| 1 | Representative Porth offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 548-575 and insert: |
| 5 | units of a residential condominium with a fire sprinkler system, |
| 6 | fire alarm system, smoke detection system, or other engineered |
| 7 | lifesafety system in a building that has been certified for |
| 8 | occupancy by the applicable governmental entity, if the unit |
| 9 | owners have voted to forego such retrofitting and engineered |
| 10 | lifesafety system by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all |
| 11 | voting interests in the affected condominium. However, a |
| 12 | condominium association may not vote to forego the retrofitting |
| 13 | with a fire sprinkler system, fire alarm system, or smoke |
| 14 | detection system of common areas in a high-rise building. For |
| 15 | purposes of this subsection, the term "high-rise building" means |
| 16 | a building that is greater than 75 feet in height where the |
| 17 | building height is measured from the lowest level of fire |
| 18 | department access to the floor of the highest occupiable story. |
| 19 | For purposes of this subsection, the term "common areas" means |
| 20 | any enclosed hallway, corridor, lobby, stairwell, or entryway. |
| 21 | In no event shall the local authority having jurisdiction |
| 22 | require completion of retrofitting of common areas with a |
| 23 | sprinkler system, fire alarm system, or smoke detection system |
| 24 | before the end of 2025 2014. |
| 25 | 1. A vote to forego retrofitting may be obtained by |
| 26 | limited proxy or by a ballot personally cast at a duly called |
| 27 | membership meeting, or by execution of a written consent by the |
| 28 | member, and shall be effective upon the recording of a |
| 29 | certificate attesting to such vote in the public records of the |
| 30 | county where the condominium is located. The association shall |
| 31 | mail, hand deliver, or electronically transmit to each unit |
| 32 | owner written notice at least 14 days prior to such membership |
| 33 | meeting in which the vote to forego retrofitting of the required |
| 34 | fire sprinkler system, fire alarm system, or smoke detection |
| 35 | system is to take place. Within 30 days after the |
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| 38 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 39 | Remove lines 27-29 and insert: |
| 40 | board members; providing that an association, condominium, or |
| 41 | unit owner is not obligated to retrofit a fire alarm system or |
| 42 | smoke detection system in buildings certified for occupancy by |
| 43 | the applicable governmental entity under certain circumstances; |
| 44 | providing and revising periods in which condominium common areas |
| 45 | do not have to be retrofitted with sprinkler systems, fire alarm |
| 46 | systems, or smoke detection systems; providing that certain |
| 47 | directors and officers |