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| 6 | | - | A RESOLUTION |
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| 8 | | - | 25-531 |
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| 10 | | - | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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| 12 | | - | June 25, 2024 |
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| 15 | | - | To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need |
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| 16 | | - | to amend the Condominium Act of 1976 to authorize condominium unit owners’ |
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| 17 | | - | associations to conduct virtual meetings and to clarify voting and quorum requirements |
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| 18 | | - | for such meetings; and to amend section 29-910 of the District of Columbia Official Code |
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| 19 | | - | to allow cooperatives to conduct remote 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 Congressional Review |
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| 23 | | - | Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024”. |
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| 25 | | - | Sec. 2. (a) On April 15, 2024, the Mayor signed into effect the Association Meeting |
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| 26 | | - | Flexibility Emergency Amendment Act of 2024, which maintains flexibility for condominium |
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| 27 | | - | and cooperative associations to conduct their meetings virtually without the need to amend their |
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| 28 | | - | bylaws. This emergency legislation is due to expire on July 14, 2024. |
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| 29 | | - | (b) On May 29, 2024, the Mayor signed an identical temporary measure, the Association |
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| 30 | | - | Meeting Flexibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2024. Due to congressional review, the |
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| 31 | | - | projected law date for this temporary legislation is August 1, 2024. |
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| 32 | | - | (c) Emergency legislation is necessary to avoid a lapse in the law. |
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| 34 | | - | Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute |
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| 35 | | - | an emergency making it necessary that the Association Meeting Flexibility Congressional |
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| 36 | | - | Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading. |
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| 38 | | - | 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 the existence of an emergency , due to congressional review, with respect to the need 12 |
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| 13 | + | to amend the Condominium Act of 1976 to authorize condominium unit owners’ 13 |
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| 14 | + | associations to conduct virtual meetings and to clarify voting and quorum requirements 14 |
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| 15 | + | for such meetings; and to amend section 29- 910 of the District of Columbia Official Code 15 |
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| 16 | + | to allow 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 Congressional Review 19 |
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| 20 | + | Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024”. 20 |
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| 21 | + | Sec. 2. (a) On April 15, 2024, the Mayor signed into effect the Association Meeting 21 |
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| 22 | + | Flexibility Emergency Amendment Act of 2024, which maintains flexibility for condominium 22 |
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| 23 | + | and cooperative associations to conduct their meetings virtually without the need to amend their 23 |
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| 24 | + | bylaws. This emergency legislation is due to expire on July 14, 2024. 24 |
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| 25 | + | (b) On May 29, 2024, the Mayor signed an identical temporary measure, the Association 25 |
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| 26 | + | Meeting Flexibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2024. Due to congressional review, the 26 |
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| 27 | + | projected law date for this temporary legislation is August 1, 2024. 27 |
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| 28 | + | (c) Emergency legislation is necessary to avoid a lapse in the law. 28 |
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| 29 | + | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 29 |
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| 30 | + | enumerated in section 2 constitute an emergency making it necessary that the Association 30 |
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| 31 | + | Meeting Flexibility Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted after 31 |
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| 32 | + | a single reading. 32 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 33 |
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