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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="11B-111" title_number="11B" title_name="Maryland Homeowners Association Act" subtitle_number="1">
  <text>Except as provided in this title, and notwithstanding anything contained in any of the documents of the homeowners association:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of item (4) of this section, all meetings of the homeowners association, including meetings of the board of directors or other governing body of the homeowners association or a committee of the homeowners association, shall be open to all members of the homeowners association or their agents;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>All members of the homeowners association shall be given reasonable notice of all regularly scheduled open meetings of the homeowners association;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <level label="i">
      <text>This item does not apply to any meeting of a governing body that occurs at any time before the lot owners, other than the developer, have a majority of votes in the homeowners association, as provided in the declaration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Subject to item (iii) of this item and to reasonable rules adopted by a governing body, a governing body shall provide a designated period of time during a meeting to allow lot owners an opportunity to comment on any matter relating to the homeowners association;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>During a meeting at which the agenda is limited to specific topics or at a special meeting, the lot owners’ comments may be limited to the topics listed on the meeting agenda; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iv">
      <text>The governing body shall convene at least one meeting each year at which the agenda is open to any matter relating to the homeowners association;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>A meeting of the board of directors or other governing body of the homeowners association or a committee of the homeowners association may be held in closed session only for the following purposes:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Discussion of matters pertaining to employees and personnel;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Protection of the privacy or reputation of individuals in matters not related to the homeowners association’s business;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>Consultation with legal counsel on legal matters;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iv">
      <text>Consultation with staff personnel, consultants, attorneys, board members, or other persons in connection with pending or potential litigation or other legal matters;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="v">
      <text>Investigative proceedings concerning possible or actual criminal misconduct;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="vi">
      <text>Consideration of the terms or conditions of a business transaction in the negotiation stage if the disclosure could adversely affect the economic interests of the homeowners association;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="vii">
      <text>Compliance with a specific constitutional, statutory, or judicially imposed requirement protecting particular proceedings or matters from public disclosure; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="viii">
      <text>Discussion of individual owner assessment accounts;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>If a meeting is held in closed session under item (4) of this section:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>An action may not be taken and a matter may not be discussed if it is not permitted by item (4) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>A statement of the time, place, and purpose of a closed meeting, the record of the vote of each board or committee member by which the meeting was closed, and the authority under this section for closing a meeting shall be included in the minutes of the next meeting of the board of directors or the committee of the homeowners association; and</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <level label="i">
      <text>If the number of lot owners present in person or by proxy at a properly called meeting is insufficient to constitute a quorum, an additional meeting of the lot owners may be called for the same purpose if:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>The notice of the initial properly called meeting stated:</text>
      </level>
      <level label="A">
        <text>That the procedure authorized by this item (6) might be invoked; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>The date, time, and place of the additional meeting; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A majority of the lot owners present vote in person or by proxy to call for the additional meeting;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>An additional meeting called under item (i) of this item shall occur not less than 15 days after the initial properly called meeting;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <level label="1">
        <text>Not less than 10 days before the additional meeting, a separate and distinct notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of the additional meeting called under item (i) of this item shall be:</text>
      </level>
      <level label="A">
        <text>Delivered, mailed, or sent by electronic transmission, if the requirements of § 11B–113.1 of this title are met, to each lot owner at the address shown on the roster maintained by the homeowners association;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>Advertised in a newspaper published in the county where the homeowners association is located; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>If the homeowners association has a website, posted on the homepage of the website; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The notice shall contain the quorum and voting provisions of item (iv) of this item;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="iv">
      <level label="1">
        <text>At the additional meeting, the lot owners present in person or by proxy constitute a quorum; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, a majority of the lot owners present in person or by proxy:</text>
      </level>
      <level label="A">
        <text>May approve or authorize the proposed action at the additional meeting; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>May take any other action that could have been taken at the original meeting if a sufficient number of lot owners had been present; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="v">
      <text>This item (6) may not be construed to affect the percentage of votes required to amend the declaration or bylaws or to take any other action required to be taken by a specified percentage of votes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
