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| 5 | | - | A RESOLUTION |
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| 7 | | - | 26-34 |
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| 9 | | - | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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| 11 | | - | February 4, 2025 |
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| 12 | | - | To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Condominium |
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| 13 | | - | Act of 1976 to authorize condominium unit owners’ associations to conduct virtual meetings and clarify voting and quorum requirements for such meetings; to amend section 29- 910 of the District of Columbia Official Code to allow cooperatives to conduct |
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| 14 | | - | remote meetings; and to amend sections 29- 1005.06, 29- 1005.07, and 29- 1008.11(b) of |
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| 15 | | - | the District of Columbia Official Code to allow limited equity cooperatives to conduct remote meetings. |
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| 17 | | - | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this |
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| 18 | | - | resolution may be cited as the “Association Meeting Flexibility Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”. |
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| 19 | | - | Sec. 2. (a) Since the onset of the COVID -19 pandemic, virtual meetings have become |
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| 20 | | - | routine for many District residents and organizations. |
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| 21 | | - | (b) During this time, the Council has repeatedly granted emergency and temporary |
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| 22 | | - | flexibility for condominium and cooperative associations to conduct their meetings virtually without the need to amend their bylaws. |
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| 23 | | - | (c) The most recent extension of such flexibilities to condominium and cooperative |
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| 24 | | - | associations, the Association Meeting Flexibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, effective |
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| 25 | | - | July 19, 2024 (D.C. law 25- 195; 71 DCR 6754), will expire on March 1 , 2025. |
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| 26 | | - | (d) On December 17, 2024, the Council passed a permanent measure, the Fairness and |
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| 27 | | - | Stability in Housing Amendment Act of 2024, enacted on January 16, 2025 ( D.C. Act 25- 694; 72 |
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| 28 | | - | DCR 754), which included these provisions. The measure has not yet completed congressional |
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| 29 | | - | review. |
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| 30 | | - | (e) Emergency legislation is necessary to ensure that all interested associations can |
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| 31 | | - | readily benefit from virtual meeting capabilities. |
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| 32 | | - | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances |
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| 33 | | - | enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the |
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| 34 | | - | Association Meeting Flexibility Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 be adopted after a single reading. |
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| 35 | | - | 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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| 11 | + | 11 |
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| 12 | + | To declare an emergency with respect to the need to amend, on an emergency 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 clarify voting and quorum requirements for such meetings; 14 |
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| 15 | + | to amend section 29-910 of the District of Columbia Official Code to allow cooperatives 15 |
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| 16 | + | to conduct remote meetings; and to amend sections 29-1005.06, 29-1005.07, and 29-16 |
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| 17 | + | 1008.11(b) of the District of Columbia Official Code to allow limited equity cooperatives 17 |
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| 18 | + | to conduct remote meetings. 18 |
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| 19 | + | 19 |
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| 20 | + | RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 20 |
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| 21 | + | resolution may be cited as the “Association Meeting Flexibility Emergency Declaration 21 |
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| 22 | + | Resolution of 2025”. 22 |
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| 23 | + | Sec. 2. (a) Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual meetings have become 23 |
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| 24 | + | routine for many District residents and organizations. 24 |
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| 25 | + | (b) During this time, the Council has repeatedly granted emergency and temporary 25 |
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| 26 | + | flexibility for condominium and cooperative associations to conduct their meetings virtually 26 |
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| 27 | + | without the need to amend their bylaws. 27 |
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| 28 | + | (c) The most recent extension of such flexibilities to condominium and cooperative 28 |
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| 29 | + | associations, the Association Meeting Flexibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, will 29 |
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| 30 | + | expire on March 1, 2024. 30 |
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| 31 | + | (d) On December 17, 2024, Council passed a permanent measure, the “Fairness and 31 |
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| 32 | + | Stability in Housing Amendment Act of 2024” (B25-418), which included these provisions. The 32 |
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| 33 | + | measure has not yet completed congressional review. 33 (e) Emergency legislation is necessary to ensure that all interested associations can 34 |
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| 34 | + | readily benefit from virtual meeting capabilities. 35 |
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| 35 | + | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 36 |
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| 36 | + | enumerated in section 2 constitute an emergency making it necessary that the Association 37 |
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| 37 | + | Meeting Flexibility Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 be adopted after a single reading. 38 |
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| 38 | + | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 39 |
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