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§ 11-109.2. Preparation of annual budget

West's Annotated Code of MarylandReal PropertyEffective: October 1, 2022

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Real Property (Refs & Annos)
Title 11. Maryland Condominium Act (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2022
MD Code, Real Property, § 11-109.2
§ 11-109.2. Preparation of annual budget
Currentness
Submission of budget to unit owners
(a) The council of unit owners shall cause to be prepared and submitted to the unit owners an annual proposed budget at least 30 days before its adoption.
Contents of budget
(b) The annual budget shall provide for at least the following items:
(1) Income;
(2) Administration;
(3) Maintenance;
(4) Utilities;
(5) General expenses;
(6) Reserves; and
(7) Capital items.
Amount of reserves
(c)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the reserves provided for in the annual budget under subsection (b) of this section for a residential condominium shall be the funding amount recommended in the most recent reserve study completed under § 11-109.4 of this title.
(2) If the most recent reserve study was an initial reserve study, the governing body shall, within 3 fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the initial reserve study was completed, attain the annual reserve funding level recommended in the initial reserve study.
Adoption of budget by council of unit owners
(d)(1) The budget shall be adopted at an open meeting of the council of unit owners or any other body to which the council of unit owners delegates responsibilities for preparing and adopting the budget.
(2)(i) The council of unit owners or other governing body of unit owners shall submit the adopted annual budget to the unit owners not more than 30 days after the meeting at which the budget was adopted.
(ii) The adopted annual budget may be submitted to each unit owner by electronic transmission, by posting on the condominium association's home page, or by inclusion in the homeowners association's newsletter.
Expenditures resulting in increase of assessments
(e) Any expenditure made other than those made because of conditions which, if not corrected, could reasonably result in a threat to the health or safety of the unit owners or a significant risk of damage to the condominium, that would result in an increase in an amount of assessments for the current fiscal year of the condominium in excess of 15 percent of the budgeted amount previously adopted, shall be approved by an amendment to the budget adopted at a special meeting, upon not less than 10 days written notice to the council of unit owners.
Authority of council
(f) The adoption of a budget shall not impair the authority of the council of unit owners to obligate the council of unit owners for expenditures for any purpose consistent with any provision of this title.
Condominiums for nonresidential purposes
(g) The provisions of this section do not apply to a condominium that is occupied and used solely for nonresidential purposes.

Credits

Added by Acts 1983, c. 562, § 2, eff. July 1, 1983. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 572; Acts 2020, c. 138, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020; Acts 2020, c. 559, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020; Acts 2021, c. 433, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Acts 2022, c. 664, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2022.
MD Code, Real Property, § 11-109.2, MD REAL PROP § 11-109.2
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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