Sec. 47-252. Voting at meetings of association.
Sec. 47-252. Voting at meetings of association. (a) If only one of several owners
of a unit is present at a meeting of the association, that owner is entitled to cast all the
votes allocated to that unit. If more than one of the owners are present, the votes allocated
to that unit may be cast only in accordance with the agreement of a majority in interest
of the owners, unless the declaration expressly provides otherwise. There is majority
agreement if any one of the owners casts the votes allocated to that unit without protest
being made promptly to the person presiding over the meeting by any of the other owners
of the unit.
(b) Votes allocated to a unit may be cast pursuant to a proxy duly executed by a
unit owner. If a unit is owned by more than one person, each owner of the unit may vote
or register protest to the casting of votes by the other owners of the unit through a duly
executed proxy. A unit owner may revoke a proxy given pursuant to this section only
by actual notice of revocation to the person presiding over a meeting of the association.
A proxy is void if it is not dated or purports to be revocable without notice. A proxy
terminates one year after its date, unless it specifies a shorter term.
(c) If the declaration requires that votes on specified matters affecting the common
interest community be cast by lessees rather than unit owners of leased units: (1) The
provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section apply to lessees as if they were unit
owners; (2) unit owners who have leased their units to other persons may not cast votes
on those specified matters; and (3) lessees are entitled to notice of meetings, access to
records and other rights respecting those matters as if they were unit owners. Unit owners
shall also be given notice, in the manner provided in section 47-250, of all meetings at
which lessees are entitled to vote.
(d) No votes allocated to a unit owned by the association may be cast.
(P.A. 83-474, S. 53, 96.)