Community Associations Institute applauds the Dec. 3 decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al. to issue a preliminary nationwide injunction against the Corporate Transparency Act.
Barbara Holland
Barbara Holland
You may want to contact one of the local branch offices of the United States Armed Forces for assistance. Perhaps you could obtain a formal letter from them concerning the flying of the United States flag.
There are a number of issues that would need to be resolved before installing electrical vehicle charging stations.
Your board can contact the local Department of Housing and Urban Development office to discuss the specifics of your association, such as these dogs who may possess a possible threat to another individual.
Under Nevada Revised Statutes 116.3108 (2), an association shall hold a special meeting of the unit owners to address any matter affecting the community if at least 10 percent or any lower percentage specified in the bylaws of the total number of votes in the association request that the secretary call such a meeting.
You would need to review the governing documents of the association as to the percent increase the board can assess, with or without homeowner approval.
Thomas M. Skiba, CAE, is the CEO for Community Associations Institute. In today’s column he gives a very important update regarding Community Associations Institute v. U.S. Department of Treasury. This challenges the Corporate Transparency Act and its applicability to community associations nationwide.
You could write a personal letter to each board member asking them to address the trash issue by proposing a regulation that all trash must be in containers or in proper trash bags.
Under subsection 4 of this law, the board’s decision to enforce one set of circumstances does not prevent the board from taking enforcement action under another set of circumstances but the board may not be arbitrary or capricious in taking enforcement action.
Under the law, each HOA board candidate must make a good faith effort to disclose any financial, business, professional or personal relationship or interest that would result or appeal to a reasonable person to result in potential conflict of interest in serving on the board.
The CAI chapter in Las Vegas offers monthly meetings with speakers. In addition, seminars and classes are offered on a regular basis. Published materials can be found on the national CAI webstite at caionline.org .
Your board should consider modifing their committee structure.
No. The selection of a management company is made by the board of directors. Many associations have search committees where the members of the committee consist of board members and interested homeowners.
Management companies and community managers are sensitive and are hesitant in providing this kind of information, often citing NRS 116.31175 (4b) records of the associaiton relating to the unit owner to be confidential.
Although the NDA may not be specifically noted in the covenants, conditions and restrictions, association boards generally have the power to develop criteria for serving on their committees.