Connecticut General Statutes 47-80 – Bylaws
(a) The administration of every condominium shall be governed by bylaws, a copy of which shall be annexed to the declaration and recorded as a part thereof. No modification of or amendment to the bylaws shall be of legal effect until set forth in an amendment to the declaration and such amendment is recorded.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 47-80
- 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.
- Board of directors: means an entity consisting of natural persons elected by the unit owners to direct the operation of the condominium. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
- Common elements: means all portions of the condominium other than the units. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
- Common expenses: means and includes: (1) Expenses of administration, maintenance, repair or replacement of the common elements. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
- Condominium: means real property and any incidents thereto and interests therein, lawfully submitted to this chapter by the recordation of condominium instruments pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
- Conversion condominium: means a condominium containing structures which were wholly or partially occupied more than six months before the recording of the declaration by persons other than those holding a contract for the purchase of a unit therein. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
- Declarant: means the person or persons who execute the declaration or on whose behalf the declaration is executed. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
- Improvements: means any construction on or in any land included in the condominium, including, but not limited to, roads, buildings, poles, wires, sewers, drains, clubhouses, swimming pools, tennis courts, man-made lakes, ponds and watercourses. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
- Nonresidential condominium: means property submitted to the provisions of this chapter which contain no residential units other than units occupied by superintendents, janitors and like maintenance personnel. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
- Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trustee or other entity capable of holding an interest in real property or any combination thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Unit: means a part of the property including one or more rooms or designated spaces located on one or more floors or a part or parts thereof in a building, intended for any type of independent use, and with a direct exit to a public street or highway or to common elements leading to such street or highway. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
- Unit owner: means the person or persons owning a condominium unit or leasing a unit in a leasehold condominium, as hereinafter provided, and an undivided interest in the common elements specified and established in the declaration and the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of such person or persons, and a mortgagee or lienholder holding both legal and equitable title. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
(b) Each residential unit in the condominium, other than in a nonresidential condominium, shall be entitled to a vote in the unit owners’ association in proportion to its interest in the common elements established pursuant to subsection (b) of section 47-74. If a unit is owned by more than one person, the bylaws shall set forth the method by which the vote attributable to such unit is to be cast and counted.
(c) The bylaws shall provide for the following: (1) The election from among the unit owners of a board of directors, the number of persons constituting and the term of office of such board; a provision that the terms of at least one-third of such board shall expire annually; the powers and duties of the board; the compensation, if any, of the directors; the method of removal from such board; the powers of the board in engaging the services of a manager or managing agent; provided, (A) during the first five years following the recording of the declaration pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and so long as the declarant is the owner of any units, the bylaws may provide for a board of directors which consists of persons other than unit owners and (B) the bylaws may provide that a unit owner‘s spouse, having no ownership interest, may be a director if such spouse is a resident of the condominium; (2) the method of calling meetings of the unit owners; and the percentage, if other than a majority, of unit owners which shall constitute a quorum; (3) the qualifications of the officers of the association, and their powers, duties, manner of selection and removal and term and compensation, if any; (4) maintenance, repair and replacement of the common elements and payments therefor, including the method of approving payment vouchers; (5) the manner of assessing against and collecting from the unit owners their share of the common expenses; (6) designation and removal of personnel necessary for the maintenance, repair and replacement of the common elements; (7) the method of adopting and amending administrative rules and regulations governing the details of the operation and use of the common elements; (8) such restrictions on and requirements respecting the use and maintenance of the units and the use of the common elements as are not set forth in the declaration, designed to prevent unreasonable interference with the use of their respective units and of the common elements by the several unit owners; (9) such provisions governing the alienation, conveyance, sale, leasing, purchase, ownership and occupancy of units as are deemed desirable; (10) such provisions for the establishment of reserves to provide for maintenance, improvements, replacements, working capital, bad debts, depreciation, obsolescence, and similar purposes as are deemed desirable, except that for a conversion condominium, provisions for reserves for capital expenditures shall be required; (11) the manner by which the bylaws may be modified or amended, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, provided that no amendment shall be contrary to the requirements of this section; (12) other provisions deemed necessary for the administration of the condominium consistent with this chapter.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 47-90c, a condominium unit owners’ association may adopt or amend its bylaws to provide that a unit owner’s spouse, having no ownership interest, may be a director if such spouse is a resident of the condominium.