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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 62 — Condominium and Cooperative Conversion Protection and Abuse Relief

§ 3607. Termination of self-dealing contracts

Statutory text

(a)

Operation, maintenance, and management contracts; penalty

Any contract or portion thereof which is entered into after , and which—

(1)

provides for operation, maintenance, or management of a condominium or cooperative association in a conversion project, or of property serving the condominium or cooperative unit owners in such project;

(2)

is between such unit owners or such association and the developer or an affiliate of the developer;

(3)

was entered into while such association was controlled by the developer through special developer control or because the developer held a majority of the votes in such association; and

(4)

is for a period of more than three years, including any automatic renewal provisions which are exercisable at the sole option of the developer or an affiliate of the developer,

may be terminated without penalty by such unit owners or such association.

(b)

Time of termination

Any termination under this section may occur only during the two-year period beginning on the date on which—

(1)

special developer control over the association is terminated; or

(2)

the developer owns 25 per centum or less of the units in the conversion project,

whichever occurs first.

(c)

Vote of owners of units

A termination under this section shall be by a vote of owners of not less than two-thirds of the units other than the units owned by the developer or an affiliate of the developer.

(d)

Effective date of termination

Following the unit owners’ vote, the termination shall be effective ninety days after hand delivering notice or mailing notice by prepaid United States mail to the parties to the contract.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Condominium and Cooperative Abuse Relief Act of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–399 title VI § 608 · 94 Stat. 1614

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 3607

    (Pub. L. 96–399, title VI, § 608, Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1676.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 96–399, title VI, § 608, Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1676.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 608. optional termination of self-dealing contracts (a) Any contract or portion thereof which is entered into after the effective date of this title, and which— (1) provides for operation, maintenance, or management of a condominium or cooperative association in a conversion project, or of property serving the condominium or cooperative unit owners in such project; (2) is between such unit owners or such association and the developer or an affiliate of the developer; (3) was entered into while such association was controlled by the developer through special developer control or because the developer held a majority of the votes in such association; and (4) is for a period of more than three years, including any automatic renewal provisions which are exercisable at the sole option of the developer or an affiliate of the developer, may be terminated without penalty by such unit owners or such association. (b) Any termination under this section may occur only during the two-year period beginning on the date on which— (1) special developer control over the association is terminated; or (2) the developer owns 25 per centum or less of the units in the conversion project, whichever occurs first. (c) A termination under this section shall be by a vote of owners of not less than two-thirds of the units other than the units owned by the developer or an affiliate of the developer. (d) Following the unit owners’ vote, the termination shall be Effective date. effective ninety days after hand delivering notice or mailing notice by prepaid United States mail to the parties to the contract.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

In subsec. (a), “” was substituted for “the effective date of this title”. See Effective Date note set out under section 3601 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 96–399, title VI, § 608, , 94 Stat. 1676.)

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