Source: https://wvohoa.org/library/legislation/
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 14:50:40+00:00

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Homeowner associations in West Virginia maintain the desire to follow the laws, learn the procedures and insist on oversight.
While EPOHOA attempts to be diligent in tracking related laws, amendments to those laws and alert their homeowner association membership of updates, the following information is not a definitive resource for relative passage.
The purpose of this bill is to update the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act.
WV House Bill 2801 Passed March 8, 2016; in effect ninety days from passage.
Abolishing the adverse possession of land – permitting county commissions and municipalities to designate areas of special interest which will not affect the use of property in those areas; and setting forth their additional powers and responsibilities.
§8‑12‑16d. Additional powers and duties of municipalities; areas of special or unique interest.
all relating to the Consumer Credit and Protection Act; excluding obligation to make required payments to property owners’ or homeowners’ association from provisions of the Consumer Credit and Protection Act; clarifying conduct for unconscionable inducement; and providing limits on charges a secured lender may recover from a consumer borrower upon default.
§46A-2-115. Limitation on default charges.
§46A-2-121. Unconscionability; inducement by unconscionable conduct.
Exemption for dues, fees and assessments paid to a homeowners’ association by a member; taxable expenses of homeowners’ association; definitions.
§11-15-9o. Exemption for dues, fees and assessments paid to a homeowners’ association by a member; taxable expenses of homeowners’ association; definitions.
Adding a new section: relating to making the theft of a traffic sign or traffic signal a misdemeanor; establishing criminal penalties; and requiring restitution.
Requesting the Joint Committee on the Judiciary to study whether the State of West Virginia should revise its current Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act. Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
§7-25-6. Notice to property owners before creation or expansion of resort area district; form of notice; affidavit of publication.
ATTENTION HOAs: (g) For purposes of the mailing of each notice to owners of real property required by this section, reasonable efforts shall be made to mail such notice to all owners of real property proposed to be included within such resort area district using the real property tax records and land books of the county in which such proposed district is located and any lists maintained by a resort operator or homeowners association within such proposed district. Such notice shall be also mailed to each president of a homeowners association, if any, located within a proposed district which has registered with a resort operator to receive such information. Immaterial defects in the mailing of such notices shall not affect the validity of such notices.
exempting homeowners’ association dues, fees and assessments from consumers sales and service tax.
WV Senate Bill 569 by Senator Herb Snyder – Increasing maximum homeowners’ associations’ fees; exception for certain expense liability planned communities – §36B-1-203. Applicability to new common interest communities. — Exception for small and limited expense liability planned communities.
allowing a supplemental assessment on personal property when personal property has been omitted from the record books; allowing a tax exemption for streets or rights-of-way when conveyed to a homeowner’s association and dedicated for public use; extending date for claiming a homestead exemption to December from October, allowing the assessor to extend the deadline for claiming a homestead exemption in certain situations and extending the date for denying an exemption from January to November; and changing the time limitation for reviewing and determining an appeal after receiving notice of the appeal.

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