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1     AN ACT concerning property.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Condominium Property Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 9.2, 18.4, and 18.5 as follows:
 
6     (765 ILCS 605/9.2)  (from Ch. 30, par. 309.2)
7     Sec. 9.2. Other remedies.
8     (a) In the event of any default by any unit owner, his
9 tenant, invitee or guest in the performance of his obligations
10 under this Act or under the declaration, bylaws, or the rules
11 and regulations of the board of managers, the board of managers
12 or its agents shall have such rights and remedies as provided
13 in the Act or condominium instruments including the right to
14 maintain an action for possession against such defaulting unit
15 owner or his tenant for the benefit of all the other unit
16 owners in the manner prescribed by Article IX of the Code of
17 Civil Procedure.
18     (b) Any attorneys' fees incurred by the Association arising
19 out of a default by any unit owner, his tenant, invitee or
20 guest in the performance of any of the provisions of the
21 condominium instruments, rules and regulations or any
22 applicable statute or ordinance shall be added to, and deemed a
23 part of, his respective share of the common expense.
24     (c) Other than attorney's fees, no fees pertaining to the
25 collection of a unit owner's financial obligation to the
26 Association, including fees charged by a manager or managing
27 agent, shall be added to and deemed a part of an owner's
28 respective share of the common expenses unless: (i) the
29 managing agent fees relate to the costs to collect common
30 expenses for the Association; (ii) the fees are set forth in a
31 contract between the managing agent and the Association; and
32 (iii) the authority to add the management fees to an owner's

 

 

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1 respective share of the common expenses is specifically stated
2 in the declaration or bylaws of the Association.
3 (Source: P.A. 88-417.)
 
4     (765 ILCS 605/18.4)  (from Ch. 30, par. 318.4)
5     Sec. 18.4. Powers and Duties of Board of Managers. The
6 board of managers shall exercise for the association all
7 powers, duties and authority vested in the association by law
8 or the condominium instruments except for such powers, duties
9 and authority reserved by law to the members of the
10 association. The powers and duties of the board of managers
11 shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
12         (a) To provide for the operation, care, upkeep,
13     maintenance, replacement and improvement of the common
14     elements. Nothing in this subsection (a) shall be deemed to
15     invalidate any provision in a condominium instrument
16     placing limits on expenditures for the common elements,
17     provided, that such limits shall not be applicable to
18     expenditures for repair, replacement, or restoration of
19     existing portions of the common elements. The term "repair,
20     replacement or restoration" means expenditures to
21     deteriorated or damaged portions of the property related to
22     the existing decorating, facilities, or structural or
23     mechanical components, interior or exterior surfaces, or
24     energy systems and equipment with the functional
25     equivalent of the original portions of such areas.
26     Replacement of the common elements may result in an
27     improvement over the original quality of such elements or
28     facilities; provided that, unless the improvement is
29     mandated by law or is an emergency as defined in item (iv)
30     of subparagraph (8) of paragraph (a) of Section 18, if the
31     improvement results in a proposed expenditure exceeding 5%
32     of the annual budget, the board of managers, upon written
33     petition by unit owners with 20% of the votes of the
34     association delivered to the board within 14 days of the
35     board action to approve the expenditure, shall call a

 

 

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1     meeting of the unit owners within 30 days of the date of
2     delivery of the petition to consider the expenditure.
3     Unless a majority of the total votes of the unit owners are
4     cast at the meeting to reject the expenditure, it is
5     ratified.
6         (b) To prepare, adopt and distribute the annual budget
7     for the property.
8         (c) To levy and expend assessments.
9         (d) To collect assessments from unit owners.
10         (e) To provide for the employment and dismissal of the
11     personnel necessary or advisable for the maintenance and
12     operation of the common elements.
13         (f) To obtain adequate and appropriate kinds of
14     insurance.
15         (g) To own, convey, encumber, lease, and otherwise deal
16     with units conveyed to or purchased by it.
17         (h) To adopt and amend rules and regulations covering
18     the details of the operation and use of the property, after
19     a meeting of the unit owners called for the specific
20     purpose of discussing the proposed rules and regulations.
21     Notice of the meeting shall contain the full text of the
22     proposed rules and regulations, and the meeting shall
23     conform to the requirements of Section 18(b) of this Act,
24     except that no quorum is required at the meeting of the
25     unit owners unless the declaration, bylaws or other
26     condominium instrument expressly provides to the contrary.
27     However, no rule or regulation may impair any rights
28     guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution of
29     the United States or Section 4 of Article I of the Illinois
30     Constitution, nor may any rules or regulations conflict
31     with the provisions of this Act or the condominium
32     instruments.
33         (i) To keep detailed, accurate records of the receipts
34     and expenditures affecting the use and operation of the
35     property.
36         (j) To have access to each unit from time to time as

 

 

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1     may be necessary for the maintenance, repair or replacement
2     of any common elements or for making emergency repairs
3     necessary to prevent damage to the common elements or to
4     other units.
5         (k) To pay real property taxes, special assessments,
6     and any other special taxes or charges of the State of
7     Illinois or of any political subdivision thereof, or other
8     lawful taxing or assessing body, which are authorized by
9     law to be assessed and levied upon the real property of the
10     condominium.
11         (l) To impose charges for late payment of a unit
12     owner's proportionate share of the common expenses, or any
13     other expenses lawfully agreed upon, and after notice and
14     an opportunity to be heard, to levy reasonable fines for
15     violation of the declaration, by-laws, and rules and
16     regulations of the association.
17         (m) Unless the condominium instruments expressly
18     provide to the contrary, by a majority vote of the entire
19     board of managers, to assign the right of the association
20     to future income from common expenses or other sources, and
21     to mortgage or pledge substantially all of the remaining
22     assets of the association.
23         (n) To record the dedication of a portion of the common
24     elements to a public body for use as, or in connection
25     with, a street or utility where authorized by the unit
26     owners under the provisions of Section 14.2.
27         (o) To record the granting of an easement for the
28     laying of cable television cable where authorized by the
29     unit owners under the provisions of Section 14.3; to
30     obtain, if available and determined by the board to be in
31     the best interests of the association, cable television
32     service for all of the units of the condominium on a bulk
33     identical service and equal cost per unit basis; and to
34     assess and recover the expense as a common expense and, if
35     so determined by the board, to assess each and every unit
36     on the same equal cost per unit basis.

 

 

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1         (p) To seek relief on behalf of all unit owners when
2     authorized pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 10 from or
3     in connection with the assessment or levying of real
4     property taxes, special assessments, and any other special
5     taxes or changes of the State of Illinois or of any
6     political subdivision thereof or of any lawful taxing or
7     assessing body.
8         (q) To reasonably accommodate the needs of a
9     handicapped unit owner as required by the federal Civil
10     Rights Act of 1968, the Human Rights Act and any applicable
11     local ordinances in the exercise of its powers with respect
12     to the use of common elements or approval of modifications
13     in an individual unit.
14         (r) To accept service of a notice of claim for purposes
15     of the Mechanics Lien Act on behalf of each respective
16     member of the Unit Owners' Association with respect to
17     improvements performed pursuant to any contract entered
18     into by the Board of Managers or any contract entered into
19     prior to the recording of the condominium declaration
20     pursuant to this Act, for a property containing more than 8
21     units, and to distribute the notice to the unit owners
22     within 7 days of the acceptance of the service by the Board
23     of Managers. The service shall be effective as if each
24     individual unit owner had been served individually with
25     notice.
26     In the performance of their duties, the officers and
27 members of the board, whether appointed by the developer or
28 elected by the unit owners, shall exercise the care required of
29 a fiduciary of the unit owners.
30     The collection of assessments from unit owners by an
31 association, board of managers or their duly authorized agents
32 shall not be considered acts constituting a collection agency
33 for purposes of the Collection Agency Act.
34     The provisions of this Section are applicable to all
35 condominium instruments recorded under this Act. Any portion of
36 a condominium instrument which contains provisions contrary to

 

 

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1 these provisions shall be void as against public policy and
2 ineffective. Any such instrument that fails to contain the
3 provisions required by this Section shall be deemed to
4 incorporate such provisions by operation of law.
5 (Source: P.A. 91-195, eff. 7-20-99.)
 
6     (765 ILCS 605/18.5)  (from Ch. 30, par. 318.5)
7     Sec. 18.5. Master Associations.
8     (a) If the declaration, other condominium instrument, or
9 other duly recorded covenants provide that any of the powers of
10 the unit owners associations are to be exercised by or may be
11 delegated to a nonprofit corporation or unincorporated
12 association that exercises those or other powers on behalf of
13 one or more condominiums, or for the benefit of the unit owners
14 of one or more condominiums, such corporation or association
15 shall be a master association.
16     (b) There shall be included in the declaration, other
17 condominium instruments, or other duly recorded covenants
18 establishing the powers and duties of the master association
19 the provisions set forth in subsections (c) through (h).
20     In interpreting subsections (c) through (h), the courts
21 should interpret these provisions so that they are interpreted
22 consistently with the similar parallel provisions found in
23 other parts of this Act.
24     (c) Meetings and finances.
25         (1) Each unit owner of a condominium subject to the
26     authority of the board of the master association shall
27     receive, at least 30 days prior to the adoption thereof by
28     the board of the master association, a copy of the proposed
29     annual budget.
30         (2) The board of the master association shall annually
31     supply to all unit owners of condominiums subject to the
32     authority of the board of the master association an
33     itemized accounting of the common expenses for the
34     preceding year actually incurred or paid, together with a
35     tabulation of the amounts collected pursuant to the budget

 

 

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1     or assessment, and showing the net excess or deficit of
2     income over expenditures plus reserves.
3         (3) Each unit owner of a condominium subject to the
4     authority of the board of the master association shall
5     receive written notice mailed or delivered no less than 10
6     and no more than 30 days prior to any meeting of the board
7     of the master association concerning the adoption of the
8     proposed annual budget or any increase in the budget, or
9     establishment of an assessment.
10         (4) Meetings of the board of the master association
11     shall be open to any unit owner in a condominium subject to
12     the authority of the board of the master association,
13     except for the portion of any meeting held:
14             (A) to discuss litigation when an action against or
15         on behalf of the particular master association has been
16         filed and is pending in a court or administrative
17         tribunal, or when the board of the master association
18         finds that such an action is probable or imminent,
19             (B) to consider information regarding appointment,
20         employment or dismissal of an employee, or
21             (C) to discuss violations of rules and regulations
22         of the master association or unpaid common expenses
23         owed to the master association.
24     Any vote on these matters shall be taken at a meeting or
25     portion thereof open to any unit owner of a condominium
26     subject to the authority of the master association.
27         Any unit owner may record the proceedings at meetings
28     required to be open by this Act by tape, film or other
29     means; the board may prescribe reasonable rules and
30     regulations to govern the right to make such recordings.
31     Notice of meetings shall be mailed or delivered at least 48
32     hours prior thereto, unless a written waiver of such notice
33     is signed by the persons entitled to notice before the
34     meeting is convened. Copies of notices of meetings of the
35     board of the master association shall be posted in
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1     the condominium at least 48 hours prior to the meeting of
2     the board of the master association. Where there is no
3     common entranceway for 7 or more units, the board of the
4     master association may designate one or more locations in
5     the proximity of these units where the notices of meetings
6     shall be posted.
7         (5) If the declaration provides for election by unit
8     owners of members of the board of directors in the event of
9     a resale of a unit in the master association, the purchaser
10     of a unit from a seller other than the developer pursuant
11     to an installment contract for purchase shall, during such
12     times as he or she resides in the unit, be counted toward a
13     quorum for purposes of election of members of the board of
14     directors at any meeting of the unit owners called for
15     purposes of electing members of the board, and shall have
16     the right to vote for the election of members of the board
17     of directors and to be elected to and serve on the board of
18     directors unless the seller expressly retains in writing
19     any or all of those rights. In no event may the seller and
20     purchaser both be counted toward a quorum, be permitted to
21     vote for a particular office, or be elected and serve on
22     the board. Satisfactory evidence of the installment
23     contract shall be made available to the association or its
24     agents. For purposes of this subsection, "installment
25     contract" shall have the same meaning as set forth in
26     subsection (e) of Section 1 of the Dwelling Unit
27     Installment Contract Act.
28         (6) The board of the master association shall have the
29     authority to establish and maintain a system of master
30     metering of public utility services and to collect payments
31     in connection therewith, subject to the requirements of the
32     Tenant Utility Payment Disclosure Act.
33         (7) The board of the master association or a common
34     interest community association shall have the power, after
35     notice and an opportunity to be heard, to levy and collect
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1     declaration, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the
2     master association or the common interest community
3     association. Nothing contained in this subdivision (7)
4     shall give rise to a statutory lien for unpaid fines.
5         (8) Other than attorney's fees, no fees pertaining to
6     the collection of a unit owner's financial obligation to
7     the Association, including fees charged by a manager or
8     managing agent, shall be added to and deemed a part of an
9     owner's respective share of the common expenses unless: (i)
10     the managing agent fees relate to the costs to collect
11     common expenses for the Association; (ii) the fees are set
12     forth in a contract between the managing agent and the
13     Association; and (iii) the authority to add the management
14     fees to an owner's respective share of the common expenses
15     is specifically stated in the declaration or bylaws of the
16     Association.
17     (d) Records.
18         (1) The board of the master association shall maintain
19     the following records of the association and make them
20     available for examination and copying at convenient hours
21     of weekdays by any unit owners in a condominium subject to
22     the authority of the board or their mortgagees and their
23     duly authorized agents or attorneys:
24             (i) Copies of the recorded declaration, other
25         condominium instruments, other duly recorded covenants
26         and bylaws and any amendments, articles of
27         incorporation of the master association, annual
28         reports and any rules and regulations adopted by the
29         master association or its board shall be available.
30         Prior to the organization of the master association,
31         the developer shall maintain and make available the
32         records set forth in this subdivision (d)(1) for
33         examination and copying.
34             (ii) Detailed and accurate records in
35         chronological order of the receipts and expenditures
36         affecting the common areas, specifying and itemizing

 

 

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1         the maintenance and repair expenses of the common areas
2         and any other expenses incurred, and copies of all
3         contracts, leases, or other agreements entered into by
4         the master association, shall be maintained.
5             (iii) The minutes of all meetings of the master
6         association and the board of the master association
7         shall be maintained for not less than 7 years.
8             (iv) Ballots and proxies related thereto, if any,
9         for any election held for the board of the master
10         association and for any other matters voted on by the
11         unit owners shall be maintained for not less than one
12         year.
13             (v) Such other records of the master association as
14         are available for inspection by members of a
15         not-for-profit corporation pursuant to Section 107.75
16         of the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986
17         shall be maintained.
18             (vi) With respect to units owned by a land trust,
19         if a trustee designates in writing a person to cast
20         votes on behalf of the unit owner, the designation
21         shall remain in effect until a subsequent document is
22         filed with the association.
23         (2) Where a request for records under this subsection
24     is made in writing to the board of managers or its agent,
25     failure to provide the requested record or to respond
26     within 30 days shall be deemed a denial by the board of
27     directors.
28         (3) A reasonable fee may be charged by the master
29     association or its board for the cost of copying.
30         (4) If the board of directors fails to provide records
31     properly requested under subdivision (d)(1) within the
32     time period provided in subdivision (d)(2), the unit owner
33     may seek appropriate relief, including an award of
34     attorney's fees and costs.
35     (e) The board of directors shall have standing and capacity
36 to act in a representative capacity in relation to matters

 

 

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1 involving the common areas of the master association or more
2 than one unit, on behalf of the unit owners as their interests
3 may appear.
4     (f) Administration of property prior to election of the
5 initial board of directors.
6         (1) Until the election, by the unit owners or the
7     boards of managers of the underlying condominium
8     associations, of the initial board of directors of a master
9     association whose declaration is recorded on or after
10     August 10, 1990, the same rights, titles, powers,
11     privileges, trusts, duties and obligations that are vested
12     in or imposed upon the board of directors by this Act or in
13     the declaration or other duly recorded covenant shall be
14     held and performed by the developer.
15         (2) The election of the initial board of directors of a
16     master association whose declaration is recorded on or
17     after August 10, 1990, by the unit owners or the boards of
18     managers of the underlying condominium associations, shall
19     be held not later than 60 days after the conveyance by the
20     developer of 75% of the units, or 3 years after the
21     recording of the declaration, whichever is earlier. The
22     developer shall give at least 21 days notice of the meeting
23     to elect the initial board of directors and shall upon
24     request provide to any unit owner, within 3 working days of
25     the request, the names, addresses, and weighted vote of
26     each unit owner entitled to vote at the meeting. Any unit
27     owner shall upon receipt of the request be provided with
28     the same information, within 10 days of the request, with
29     respect to each subsequent meeting to elect members of the
30     board of directors.
31         (3) If the initial board of directors of a master
32     association whose declaration is recorded on or after
33     August 10, 1990 is not elected by the unit owners or the
34     members of the underlying condominium association board of
35     managers at the time established in subdivision (f)(2), the
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1     whereupon written notice of his resignation shall be sent
2     to all of the unit owners or members of the underlying
3     condominium board of managers entitled to vote at an
4     election for members of the board of directors.
5         (4) Within 60 days following the election of a majority
6     of the board of directors, other than the developer, by
7     unit owners, the developer shall deliver to the board of
8     directors:
9             (i) All original documents as recorded or filed
10         pertaining to the property, its administration, and
11         the association, such as the declaration, articles of
12         incorporation, other instruments, annual reports,
13         minutes, rules and regulations, and contracts, leases,
14         or other agreements entered into by the association. If
15         any original documents are unavailable, a copy may be
16         provided if certified by affidavit of the developer, or
17         an officer or agent of the developer, as being a
18         complete copy of the actual document recorded or filed.
19             (ii) A detailed accounting by the developer,
20         setting forth the source and nature of receipts and
21         expenditures in connection with the management,
22         maintenance and operation of the property, copies of
23         all insurance policies, and a list of any loans or
24         advances to the association which are outstanding.
25             (iii) Association funds, which shall have been at
26         all times segregated from any other moneys of the
27         developer.
28             (iv) A schedule of all real or personal property,
29         equipment and fixtures belonging to the association,
30         including documents transferring the property,
31         warranties, if any, for all real and personal property
32         and equipment, deeds, title insurance policies, and
33         all tax bills.
34             (v) A list of all litigation, administrative
35         action and arbitrations involving the association, any
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1         or which may be taken concerning the association,
2         engineering and architectural drawings and
3         specifications as approved by any governmental
4         authority, all other documents filed with any other
5         governmental authority, all governmental certificates,
6         correspondence involving enforcement of any
7         association requirements, copies of any documents
8         relating to disputes involving unit owners, and
9         originals of all documents relating to everything
10         listed in this subparagraph.
11             (vi) If the developer fails to fully comply with
12         this paragraph (4) within the 60 days provided and
13         fails to fully comply within 10 days of written demand
14         mailed by registered or certified mail to his or her
15         last known address, the board may bring an action to
16         compel compliance with this paragraph (4). If the court
17         finds that any of the required deliveries were not made
18         within the required period, the board shall be entitled
19         to recover its reasonable attorneys' fees and costs
20         incurred from and after the date of expiration of the
21         10 day demand.
22         (5) With respect to any master association whose
23     declaration is recorded on or after August 10, 1990, any
24     contract, lease, or other agreement made prior to the
25     election of a majority of the board of directors other than
26     the developer by or on behalf of unit owners or underlying
27     condominium associations, the association or the board of
28     directors, which extends for a period of more than 2 years
29     from the recording of the declaration, shall be subject to
30     cancellation by more than 1/2 of the votes of the unit
31     owners, other than the developer, cast at a special meeting
32     of members called for that purpose during a period of 90
33     days prior to the expiration of the 2 year period if the
34     board of managers is elected by the unit owners, otherwise
35     by more than 1/2 of the underlying condominium board of
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1     year period, the board of directors, or, if the board is
2     still under developer control, then the board of managers
3     or the developer shall send notice to every unit owner or
4     underlying condominium board of managers, notifying them
5     of this provision, of what contracts, leases and other
6     agreements are affected, and of the procedure for calling a
7     meeting of the unit owners or for action by the underlying
8     condominium board of managers for the purpose of acting to
9     terminate such contracts, leases or other agreements.
10     During the 90 day period the other party to the contract,
11     lease, or other agreement shall also have the right of
12     cancellation.
13         (6) The statute of limitations for any actions in law
14     or equity which the master association may bring shall not
15     begin to run until the unit owners or underlying
16     condominium board of managers have elected a majority of
17     the members of the board of directors.
18     (g) In the event of any resale of a unit in a master
19 association by a unit owner other than the developer, the owner
20 shall obtain from the board of directors and shall make
21 available for inspection to the prospective purchaser, upon
22 demand, the following:
23         (1) A copy of the declaration, other instruments and
24     any rules and regulations.
25         (2) A statement of any liens, including a statement of
26     the account of the unit setting forth the amounts of unpaid
27     assessments and other charges due and owing.
28         (3) A statement of any capital expenditures
29     anticipated by the association within the current or
30     succeeding 2 fiscal years.
31         (4) A statement of the status and amount of any reserve
32     for replacement fund and any portion of such fund earmarked
33     for any specified project by the board of directors.
34         (5) A copy of the statement of financial condition of
35     the association for the last fiscal year for which such a
36     statement is available.

 

 

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1         (6) A statement of the status of any pending suits or
2     judgments in which the association is a party.
3         (7) A statement setting forth what insurance coverage
4     is provided for all unit owners by the association.
5         (8) A statement that any improvements or alterations
6     made to the unit, or any part of the common areas assigned
7     thereto, by the prior unit owner are in good faith believed
8     to be in compliance with the declaration of the master
9     association.
10     The principal officer of the unit owner's association or
11 such other officer as is specifically designated shall furnish
12 the above information when requested to do so in writing,
13 within 30 days of receiving the request.
14     A reasonable fee covering the direct out-of-pocket cost of
15 copying and providing such information may be charged by the
16 association or its board of directors to the unit seller for
17 providing the information.
18     (h) Errors and omissions.
19         (1) If there is an omission or error in the declaration
20     or other instrument of the master association, the master
21     association may correct the error or omission by an
22     amendment to the declaration or other instrument, as may be
23     required to conform it to this Act, to any other applicable
24     statute, or to the declaration. The amendment shall be
25     adopted by vote of two-thirds of the members of the board
26     of directors or by a majority vote of the unit owners at a
27     meeting called for that purpose, unless the Act or the
28     declaration of the master association specifically
29     provides for greater percentages or different procedures.
30         (2) If, through a scrivener's error, a unit has not
31     been designated as owning an appropriate undivided share of
32     the common areas or does not bear an appropriate share of
33     the common expenses, or if all of the common expenses or
34     all of the common elements in the condominium have not been
35     distributed in the declaration, so that the sum total of
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1     the sum total of the shares of the common expenses fail to
2     equal 100%, or if it appears that more than 100% of the
3     common elements or common expenses have been distributed,
4     the error may be corrected by operation of law by filing an
5     amendment to the declaration, approved by vote of
6     two-thirds of the members of the board of directors or a
7     majority vote of the unit owners at a meeting called for
8     that purpose, which proportionately adjusts all percentage
9     interests so that the total is equal to 100%, unless the
10     declaration specifically provides for a different
11     procedure or different percentage vote by the owners of the
12     units and the owners of mortgages thereon affected by
13     modification being made in the undivided interest in the
14     common areas, the number of votes in the unit owners
15     association or the liability for common expenses
16     appertaining to the unit.
17         (3) If an omission or error or a scrivener's error in
18     the declaration or other instrument is corrected by vote of
19     two-thirds of the members of the board of directors
20     pursuant to the authority established in subdivisions
21     (h)(1) or (h)(2) of this Section, the board, upon written
22     petition by unit owners with 20% of the votes of the
23     association or resolutions adopted by the board of managers
24     or board of directors of the condominium and common
25     interest community associations which select 20% of the
26     members of the board of directors of the master
27     association, whichever is applicable, received within 30
28     days of the board action, shall call a meeting of the unit
29     owners or the boards of the condominium and common interest
30     community associations which select members of the board of
31     directors of the master association within 30 days of the
32     filing of the petition or receipt of the condominium and
33     common interest community association resolution to
34     consider the board action. Unless a majority of the votes
35     of the unit owners of the association are cast at the
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1     of directors of condominium and common interest community
2     associations which select over 50% of the members of the
3     board of the master association adopt resolutions prior to
4     the meeting rejecting the action of the board of directors
5     of the master association, it is ratified whether or not a
6     quorum is present.
7         (4) The procedures for amendments set forth in this
8     subsection (h) cannot be used if such an amendment would
9     materially or adversely affect property rights of the unit
10     owners unless the affected unit owners consent in writing.
11     This Section does not restrict the powers of the
12     association to otherwise amend the declaration, bylaws, or
13     other condominium instruments, but authorizes a simple
14     process of amendment requiring a lesser vote for the
15     purpose of correcting defects, errors, or omissions when
16     the property rights of the unit owners are not materially
17     or adversely affected.
18         (5) If there is an omission or error in the declaration
19     or other instruments that may not be corrected by an
20     amendment procedure set forth in subdivision (h)(1) or
21     (h)(2) of this Section, then the circuit court in the
22     county in which the master association is located shall
23     have jurisdiction to hear a petition of one or more of the
24     unit owners thereon or of the association, to correct the
25     error or omission, and the action may be a class action.
26     The court may require that one or more methods of
27     correcting the error or omission be submitted to the unit
28     owners to determine the most acceptable correction. All
29     unit owners in the association must be joined as parties to
30     the action. Service of process on owners may be by
31     publication, but the plaintiff shall furnish all unit
32     owners not personally served with process with copies of
33     the petition and final judgment of the court by certified
34     mail, return receipt requested, at their last known
35     address.
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1     construed to invalidate any provision of a declaration
2     authorizing the developer to amend an instrument prior to
3     the latest date on which the initial membership meeting of
4     the unit owners must be held, whether or not it has
5     actually been held, to bring the instrument into compliance
6     with the legal requirements of the Federal National
7     Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
8     Corporation, the Federal Housing Administration, the
9     United States Veterans Administration or their respective
10     successors and assigns.
11     (i) The provisions of subsections (c) through (h) are
12 applicable to all declarations, other condominium instruments,
13 and other duly recorded covenants establishing the powers and
14 duties of the master association recorded under this Act. Any
15 portion of a declaration, other condominium instrument, or
16 other duly recorded covenant establishing the powers and duties
17 of a master association which contains provisions contrary to
18 the provisions of subsection (c) through (h) shall be void as
19 against public policy and ineffective. Any declaration, other
20 condominium instrument, or other duly recorded covenant
21 establishing the powers and duties of the master association
22 which fails to contain the provisions required by subsections
23 (c) through (h) shall be deemed to incorporate such provisions
24 by operation of law.
25     (j) The provisions of subsections (c) through (h) are
26 applicable to all common interest community associations and
27 their unit owners for common interest community associations
28 which are subject to the provisions of Section 9-102(a)(8) of
29 the Code of Civil Procedure. For purposes of this subsection,
30 the terms "common interest community" and "unit owners" shall
31 have the same meaning as set forth in Section 9-102(c) of the
32 Code of Civil Procedure.
33 (Source: P.A. 90-229, eff. 7-25-97; 91-616, eff. 8-19-99.)