Home Owners' Association Voting Proxy Limitations

Under current law, a unit owner living in a common interest community (community) may grant another unit owner in the community a proxy to vote on behalf of the first unit owner at a unit owners' association (association) meeting. Also under current law, the proxy may be granted for any purpose and for multiple association meetings, and automatically terminates after 11 months unless the proxy itself provides for an earlier or later termination date. The bill limits the maximum duration of a proxy to 11 months. and requires that the proxy state the specific association meeting and specific matters for which it is granted. For the proxy holder to vote at a different meeting or on different matters than the ones stated in the proxy, the proxy holder must seek further authorization. The bill also requires that for associations with 50 or more units, a proxy holder cannot hold proxies representing more than 5% of the units unless proxies representing more than 5% of the units are granted solely for the purpose of establishing a quorum for an association meeting.

(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)