Kansas Statutes 58-4611. Association meetings; notice
(a) An association shall hold a meeting of unit owners annually at a time, date, and place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws.
(b) An association shall hold a special meeting of unit owners to address any matter affecting the common interest community or the association if its president, a majority of the board of directors or unit owners having at least 10%, or any lower percentage specified in the bylaws, of the votes in the association request that the secretary call the meeting. If the association does not notify unit owners of a special meeting within 30 days after the requisite number or percentage of unit owners request the secretary to do so, the requesting members may directly notify all the unit owners of the meeting. Only matters described in the meeting notice required by subsection (c) may be considered at a special meeting.
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 58-4611
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Association: means the unit owners association. See Kansas Statutes 58-4602
- Board of directors: means the body, regardless of name, designated in the declaration or bylaws which has power to act on behalf of the association. See Kansas Statutes 58-4602
- Bylaws: means the instruments, however denominated, that contain the procedures for conduct of the affairs of the association, regardless of the form in which the association is organized, including any amendments to the instruments. See Kansas Statutes 58-4602
- Common interest community: means real estate described in a declaration with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person's ownership of a unit, is obligated to pay for a share of real estate taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance, or improvement of, or services or other expenses related to, common elements, other units, or other real estate described in that declaration. See Kansas Statutes 58-4602
- Declaration: means the instrument, however denominated, that creates a common interest community, including any amendments to that instrument. See Kansas Statutes 58-4602
- Person: means an individual, corporation, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Kansas Statutes 58-4602
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Unit: means a physical portion of the common interest community designated for separate ownership or occupancy. See Kansas Statutes 58-4602
(c) An association shall notify unit owners of the time, date, and place of each annual and special unit owners meeting not less than 10 days or more than 60 days before the meeting date. Notice may be by any method reasonably calculated to provide notice to the person. The notice for any meeting must state the time, date, and place of the meeting and the items on the agenda, including:
(1) A statement of the general nature of any proposed amendment to the declaration or bylaws;
(2) any budget proposals or changes; and
(3) any proposal to remove an officer or member of the board of directors.
(d) The minimum time to give notice required by subsection (c) may be reduced or waived for a meeting called to deal with an emergency.
(e) Unit owners must be given a reasonable opportunity at any meeting to comment regarding any matter affecting the common interest community or the association.
(f) The declaration or bylaws may allow for meetings of unit owners to be conducted by telephonic, video, or other conferencing process, if the alternative process is consistent with subsection (g) of Kan. Stat. Ann. 2023 Supp. 58-4612, and amendments thereto.
(g) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2011.