Kansas law · Common Interest Owners' Bill of Rights Act

K.S.A. § 58-4611

Association meetings; notice

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What this section does for you

Requires an annual owner meeting, gives owners a 10%-of-the-vote trigger for a special meeting, and sets the meeting notice and agenda requirements.
Owner guide: Elections & meetings in Kansas

The statutory text

Verbatim from the public record. The law itself is a government work — always confirm the current version on the official source before you rely on it.

58-4611. Association meetings; notice. (a) An association shall hold a meeting of unit owners annually at a time, date, and place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. (b) An association shall hold a special meeting of unit owners to address any matter affecting the common interest community or the association if its president, a majority of the board of directors or unit owners having at least 10%, or any lower percentage specified in the bylaws, of the votes in the association request that the secretary call the meeting. If the association does not notify unit owners of a special meeting within 30 days after the requisite number or percentage of unit owners request the secretary to do so, the requesting members may directly notify all the unit owners of the meeting. Only matters described in the meeting notice required by subsection (c) may be considered at a special meeting. (c) An association shall notify unit owners of the time, date, and place of each annual and special unit owners meeting not less than 10 days or more than 60 days before the meeting date. Notice may be by any method reasonably calculated to provide notice to the person. The notice for any meeting must state the time, date, and place of the meeting and the items on the agenda, including: (1) A statement of the general nature of any proposed amendment to the declaration or bylaws; (2) any budget proposals or changes; and (3) any proposal to remove an officer or member of the board of directors. (d) The minimum time to give notice required by subsection (c) may be reduced or waived for a meeting called to deal with an emergency. (e) Unit owners must be given a reasonable opportunity at any meeting to comment regarding any matter affecting the common interest community or the association. (f) The declaration or bylaws may allow for meetings of unit owners to be conducted by telephonic, video, or other conferencing process, if the alternative process is consistent with subsection (g) of K.S.A. 58-4612, and amendments thereto. (g) This section shall take effect on and after January 1, 2011. History: L. 2010, ch. 116, § 11; July 1.