Legislative Update Forthcoming

Regular readers will notice that my legislative tracking widget is no longer posted; with the adjournment of the legislature, it seems rather meaningless.

Of the bills being watched, only HB 243 survived; that bill dealt with "Rental Restrictions on Condominiums and Common Interest Communities". A couple of readers and clients have asked for my thoughts on that; unfortunately, I haven't had time to read and consider it. It is, however, on my "short list", and I'll update on it and other legislation of note in an upcoming blog.

UCIOA Consideration Postponed

Marla Mott-Smith Bowers, Chair of the Utah Legislative Action Committee (ULAC), has advised that the Utah Legislature will not be considering the adoption of the Uniform Common Ownership Interest Act this session, as had been hoped and anticipated. From her press release:

Due to the magnitude of UCIOA and Legislative Research time restraints, Senator Greg Bell will not submit UCIOA this session. Instead, he will submit it during the interim session to be held sometime in May or June, 2009.

Senators Michael Waddoups and Greg Bell recognize the need in Utah for the type of comprehensive act we have proposed and remain committed to the passage of UCIOA.

New Legislation Watch

I've added a new Utah Legislature Watch Widget; the top left corner of this blog will be devoted, at least through the duration of the legislature, to monitoring the progress of bills related to condominiums and other types of community associations. I'm going to skip the liquor bills and the "message bills"; you can watch those elsewhere.

The list should be updated automatically; we'll see how it works.

And if there are any other bills that are related to the industry and which you think should be posted, please let me know.

The Proposed Legislation

As I embark upon my commentary of the pending (and presumably to be proposed) Utah legislation, it seems appropriate to make it available.

So, here you go:

Unused Utah Statutes

Section 2: Creation, Alteration and Amendment

Section 3

Section 3, Revised

And Now, a New Project

My weekly case review obviously didn't fare too well, as my last post was well over a half of a year ago.

How time flies...

Meanwhile, The Legislative Action Committee of the Utah Chapter of the Community Associations Institute is reviewing and drafting a proposed comprehensive revision to the Utah statutes dealing with Common Interest Associations, and they plan (at least last I heard -- I think they also are pretty busy), to propose legislation in early 2008.

During the course of an HOA meeting today, I realized I need to get caught up with what they are proposing, and I thus plan (hope?) to take on the draft a bit at a time, and while in the process, to update this blog with my thoughts. Then I'll invite others with whom I deal (and you, if you are reading this), to join in the conversation.

Please do jump in; I'll see your postings, and it just might motivate me to do a better job of keeping up on this blog.