Section 356-B:39 - [Effective 1/15/2025] VotingI. The bylaws may allocate to each unit depicted on site plans and floor plans that comply with RSA 356-B:20, I and II, a number of votes in the unit owners' association proportionate to the undivided interest in the common areas appertaining to each such unit.II. Otherwise, the bylaws shall allocate to each such unit an equal number of votes in the unit owners' association, subject to the following exception: each convertible space so depicted shall be allocated a number of votes in the unit owners' association proportionate to the size of each such space, vis-a-vis the aggregate size of all units so depicted, while the remaining votes in the unit owners' association shall be allocated equally to the other units so depicted.III. Since a unit owner may be more than one person, if only one of such persons is present at a meeting of the unit owners' association, that person shall be entitled to cast the votes appertaining to that unit. But if more than one of such persons is present, the vote appertaining to that unit shall be cast only in accordance with agreement of a majority in interest of the owners unless the condominium instruments expressly provide otherwise, and such consent shall be conclusively presumed if any one of them purports to cast the votes appertaining to that unit without protest being made forthwith by any of the others to the person presiding over the meeting. Since a person need not be a natural person, the word "person" shall be deemed for the purposes of this paragraph to include, without limitation, any natural person having authority to execute deeds on behalf of any person, excluding natural persons, which is, either alone or in conjunction with another person or persons, a unit owner.IV.(a) The votes appertaining to any unit may be cast in person at a properly noticed meeting of the unit owners' association or pursuant to a directed or undirected proxy or proxies duly executed by or on behalf of the unit owner, or, in cases where the unit owner is more than one person, by or on behalf of all such persons. The option of a directed or undirected proxy shall be the choice of the unit owner. In a condominium association of more than 20 units, proxies cast by any person shall not exceed 10 percent of the votes cast, provided that condominium bylaws that specify less than 10 percent of proxies cast shall apply. In a condominium association of less than 20 units, proxies cast by any person shall not represent a majority of the votes. The board of directors or the association secretary shall implement a process to ensure the integrity of all votes cast in person or by directed or undirected proxy in order to properly register the votes cast.(b) The complete text of all voting articles must be included in the properly noticed meeting agenda. Voting on articles amended during a meeting must be deferred until the next properly noticed meeting. Proper notice must be delivered to all condominium owners in accordance with the provisions in RSA 356-B:37.(c) The proxy or proxies shall list the name of the person who is to vote. No such proxy shall be revocable except by actual notice to the person presiding over the meeting, by the unit owner or by any of such persons, that it be revoked. Any proxy shall be void if it is not dated or if it purports to be revocable without the required notice. The proxy of any person shall be void if not signed by a person having authority, at the time of the execution thereof, to execute deeds on behalf of that person. Any proxy shall terminate automatically upon the adjournment of the first meeting held on or after the date of that proxy. The board of directors shall deliver to the unit owners, together with their notice of meeting and agenda, both directed and undirected proxy forms bearing a control number which the board of directors shall correlate to the list of all unit owners then entitled to vote. At the noticed meeting, the board of directors shall recover all proxies and compare them to the control list maintained for that purpose. Any proxies which are on a form other than that provided by the board of directors or which do not correlate with the control list maintained by the board of directors shall be disregarded for purposes of determining whether a quorum was present at the meeting and for purposes of casting any vote at that meeting.(d) The board of directors shall retain all proxies delivered to the board of directors and all independent written confirmation of any such proxies for inspection by the unit owners for a period of not less than 3 years from the date of the unit owners' association meeting.(e) This section shall not apply if the condominium is comprised of time sharing interests.V. If 50 percent or more of the votes in the unit owners' association appertain to 25 percent or less of the units, then in any case where a majority vote is required by the condominium instruments or by this chapter, the requirement for such a majority shall be deemed to include, in addition to the specified majority of the votes, assent by the unit owners of a like majority of the units.VI. If more than 50 percent of the votes are acquired by a single person after developer control is terminated, a 2/3 majority shall be required to change bylaws, budgets, and any contracted property management.Amended by 2024, 222:2, eff. 1/15/2025.Amended by 2018 , 319: 2, eff. 8/24/2018.Amended by 2016 , 311: 2, eff. 8/1/2016.1977, 468:1. 1993, 186:2, eff. June 9, 1993. 2016, 311 : 2 , eff. Aug. 1, 2016. 2018, 319 : 2 , eff. Aug. 24, 2018.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.