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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="2-303" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Housing and Community Development" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Requirements">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Common ownership community” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a condominium, as defined in § 11–101 of the Real Property Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a cooperative housing corporation, as defined in § 5–6B–01 of the Corporations and Associations Article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a homeowners association, as defined in § 11B–101 of the Real Property Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Local common ownership community program” means a program operated by a local jurisdiction for the regulation or oversight of common ownership communities.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department shall establish and maintain a website that provides information for individuals living in a common ownership community.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall make publicly available on the website:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a hyperlink to the website of each local common ownership community program in the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>information on statewide legislation enacted in the prior legislative session regarding the rights and responsibilities of individuals living in a common ownership community, including, for each bill that is enacted:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the bill title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the bill and chapter number;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the effective date of the bill; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a hyperlink to the bill information on the General Assembly website;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>a summary of the requirements for the governing body of a common ownership community and for an individual seeking to install electric vehicle recharging equipment in a common ownership community under § 5–6B–23.1 of the Corporations and Associations Article and §§ 11–111.4 and 11B–111.8 of the Real Property Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>information on contractors, including specific information on contractors certified through labor–management training programs, and insurers for the installation of electric vehicle recharging equipment in a common ownership community; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a point of contact in the Department to assist individuals with questions relating to electric vehicle recharging equipment in common ownership communities; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>information on resources available to individuals living in common ownership communities to aid in dispute resolution between the individual and the common ownership community.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The information required under subsection (c)(2) of this section shall be posted on the Department’s common ownership community website on or before June 1 each year.</text>
  </level>
</section>
