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| 6 | | - | A RESOLUTION |
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| 8 | | - | 25-181 |
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| 10 | | - | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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| 12 | | - | June 20, 2023 |
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| 15 | | - | To declare an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Condominium Act of 1976 to |
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| 16 | | - | authorize condominium unit owners’ associations to conduct virtual meetings and to |
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| 17 | | - | clarify voting and quorum requirements for such meetings; and to amend section 29-910 |
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| 18 | | - | of the District of Columbia Official Code to allow cooperatives to conduct remote |
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| 19 | | - | meetings. |
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| 21 | | - | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this |
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| 22 | | - | resolution may be cited as the “Association Meeting Flexibility Emergency Declaration |
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| 23 | | - | Resolution of 2023”. |
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| 25 | | - | Sec. 2. (a) In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Council granted flexibility to |
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| 26 | | - | condominium and cooperative associations to conduct meetings by virtual means. |
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| 27 | | - | (b) While many COVID-19-related changes have been allowed to lapse, virtual meetings |
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| 28 | | - | have become routine for many District residents and continue to provide a benefit to |
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| 29 | | - | condominium and cooperative association leaders and occupants. |
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| 30 | | - | (c) The most recent extension of such flexibilities to condominium and cooperative |
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| 31 | | - | associations, the Post-Public Health Emergency Protections Extension Temporary Amendment |
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| 32 | | - | Act of 2022, effective December 21, 2022 (D.C. Law 24-226; 70 DCR 22), will expire on |
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| 33 | | - | August 3, 2023. |
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| 34 | | - | (d) Emergency legislation is necessary to ensure that associations can continue to meet by |
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| 35 | | - | virtual means without the need to amend their bylaws. |
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| 37 | | - | Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute |
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| 38 | | - | an emergency making it necessary that the Association Meeting Flexibility Emergency |
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| 39 | | - | Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading. |
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| 41 | | - | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. |
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| 2 | + | Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr. 2 |
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| 6 | + | A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 6 |
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| 7 | + | __________ 7 |
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| 9 | + | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9 |
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| 10 | + | ____________________ 10 |
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| 12 | + | To declare an emergency with respect to the need to amend, on a temporary basis, the 12 |
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| 13 | + | Condominium Act of 1976 to authorize condominium unit owners’ associations to 13 |
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| 14 | + | conduct virtual meetings and to clarify voting and quorum requirements for such 14 |
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| 15 | + | meetings; and to amend section 29- 910 of the District of Columbia Official Code to allow 15 |
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| 16 | + | cooperatives to conduct remote meetings. 16 |
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| 17 | + | 17 |
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| 18 | + | RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 18 |
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| 19 | + | resolution may be cited as the “Association Meeting Flexibility Emergency Declaration 19 |
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| 20 | + | Resolution of 2023”. 20 |
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| 21 | + | Sec. 2. (a) In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Council granted flexibility to 21 |
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| 22 | + | condominium and cooperative associations to conduct meetings by virtual means. 22 |
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| 23 | + | (b) While many COVID-19-related changes have been allowed to lapse, virtual meetings 23 |
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| 24 | + | have become routine for many District residents and continue to provide a benefit to 24 |
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| 25 | + | condominium and cooperative association leaders and occupants. 25 |
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| 26 | + | (c) The most recent extension of such flexibilities to condominium and cooperative 26 |
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| 27 | + | associations, the Post -Public Health Emergency Protections Extension Temporary Amendment 27 |
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| 28 | + | Act of 2022, will expire on August 3, 2023. 28 |
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| 29 | + | (d) Emergency legislation is necessary to ensure that associations can continue to meet by 29 |
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| 30 | + | virtual means without the need to amend their bylaws. 30 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 31 |
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| 31 | + | enumerated in section 2 constitute an emergency making it necessary that the Association 32 |
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| 32 | + | Meeting Flexibility Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading. 33 |
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| 33 | + | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 34 |
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