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Condominium Act
- Rights of Unit Owners -
2009-R-0123. You asked what actions unit owners can take under the
Condominium Act to contest decisions and actions taken by the
association of unit owners' board of directors. You also asked if the
act authorizes a unit owner to repair significant damage to his unit
(but not the common elements) without the board's approval. Your
questions assume the unit owner is in a condominium that is governed by
the Condominium Act.
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Compensating
Condominium Owners for Municipal Services - 2009-R-0138
You asked if other states' laws allow municipalities to compensate
condominium owners for trash pick up, snow plowing, or other municipal
services they pay for through property taxes but do not receive.
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Valuing
Property for Assessment Purposes -
2009-R-0161
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Qualifications
of Condominium Officers - 2008-R-0007. You asked what recourse a
condominium unit owner has when the executive board selects someone to
be the treasurer who has several felony convictions on his record.
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Condominiums -
Flip Taxes - 2008-R-0107.
You asked for background information on “flip taxes” in connection
with condominium unit sales. You also asked whether other states allow
or mandate them.
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Condominiums -
Annual Budget - Unit Ownership Act - 2008-R-0354. You asked
whether the Unit Ownership Act requires the adoption of an annual budget
each year or permits the prior year's budget to be used if a new one is
not adopted.
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Condominiums
and Flag Displays - 2007-R-0249.
You asked about state laws regarding the internal rules that
condominium associations may establish, and the right of a condominium
owner to display an American flag.
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Condominiums -
Access to Association Records - 2007-R-0389. You asked what
rights unit owners have to examine association records in condominiums
created under the Unit Ownership Act and the Condominium Act.
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Condominiums-Development Rights - 2007-R-0427
You asked how the Common Interest Ownership Act deals with
development rights.
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Petitions for
Condominium Association Meetings - 2006-R-0561. You asked about
the law regarding the ability of condominium unit owners to petition for
an association or board of directors' meeting.
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Common Interest
Ownership Act - Voting Requirements, Proxy Voting, And Adoption of CIOA
By Pre CIOA Condominiums - 2006-R-0586.
Regarding the common interest ownership act
(CIOA), you asked (1) for the voting requirements for various
activities, (2) whether proxy voting is allowed or required, and (3)
which condominiums have adopted CIOA in place of the old law that
previously governed them.
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Condominiums -
Association's Duty to Provide Insurance - 2006-R-0593
You asked what responsibility a condominium association has regarding
insuring condominium units in residential condominiums.
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Condominiums
and Code of Ethics - 2006-R-0630
You asked whether the statutes contain a code of ethics for members
of a condominium association's board of directors.
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Condominiums-
Mergers and Amendments to Bylaws by Chapter 825 Condominiums -
2006-0728
You asked whether condominiums organized under Chapter 825 may merge
with other condominiums organized under that chapter. You also asked
whether the law prohibits unit owners of such condominiums from amending
their bylaws to require that the unit owners of condominiums that create
a master association vote for any budget for common expenses approved by
the master association board.
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Condominiums -
Applicable Law - 2005-R-0348.
You asked (1) what sections, if any, of the common interest ownership
act apply to large residential condominium developments created during
the late 1960s and early 1970s; (2) can these condominiums opt to be
governed by the current law; and (3) if so, what are some advantages of
doing so.
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Condominiums - Fees
for Financial Information to Unit Owners - 2005-R-0725
You asked if the law allows or requires a condominium association to
charge a unit owner a fee for providing financial information about the
condominium, and if so, whether the law set any limits on the fee?
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Property
Insurance for Condominiums - 2004-R-0091.
You asked if Connecticut law requires a condominium association’s
insurance policy to cover water damage to a unit owner’s property inside
a condominium.
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Laws Concerning
Condominiums and Cooperatives - 2004-R-0885. You asked for a
summary of laws concerning condominiums and cooperatives.
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Condominiums - Duty of Association to Repair Common Elements -
2003-R-0562.
You asked what rights condominium unit owners have when the
association of unit owners refuses to make necessary repairs to common
elements. You asked whether unit owners could refuse to pay their common
charges and instead put them in escrow when the association refuses to
make needed repairs.