Proposed Legislation Would Require a Developer In Control of a Condominium To Hold At Least One Council Meeting Per Year

A bill filed in the Maryland General Assembly would require condominium developers to hold at least one meeting of the council of unit owners per year, and receive unit owner comment on the operation of the association.  House Bill 218 would amend Section 11-109 of the Maryland Condominium Act, which presently requires that a condominium’s “governing body shall convene at least one meeting each year at which the agenda is open to any matter relating to the condominium.”  The proposed legislation is intended to address those circumstances in which the developer maintains control the council as a result of still owning a majority of the units.  It would provide that the mandated open agenda meeting is to be called by “the governing body or the developer,” and would require that, at the meeting, “the unit owners have an opportunity to provide comment.”