An Act To Ensure the Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Educational and Behavioral Assessment of Children Entering State Custody
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0820
Committee: Judiciary
Sponsors: GRATWICK, HAMANN, DILL, DUTREMBLE, MIRAMANT, McCREIGHT, MORRISON
Amends: 33 MRSA §1603

Legislative Document 
No. 820 
S.P. 294 
In Senate, March 10, 2015 
An Act To Ensure the Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Educational 
and Behavioral Assessment of Children Entering State Custody 
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator GRATWICK of Penobscot. 
Cosponsored by Representative HAMANN of South Portland and 
Senators: DILL of Penobscot, DUTREMBLE of York, MIRAMANT of Knox, 
Representatives: McCREIGHT of Harpswell, MORRISON of South Portland. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  33 MRSA §1603-103, sub-§(c), as enacted by PL 1981, c. 699, is 
amended to read: 
(c)  Within 30 days after adoption of any proposed budget for the condominium, the 
executive board shall provide a summary of the budget to all the unit owners, and shall 
set a date for a meeting of the unit owners to consider ratification of the budget not less 
than 14 10 nor more than 30 days after mailing of the summary.  Unless at that meeting a 
majority of all the unit owners or any larger vote specified in the declaration reject the 
budget, the budget is ratified, whether or not a quorum is present.  In the event the 
proposed budget is rejected, the periodic budget last ratified by the unit owners shall must 
be continued until such time as the unit owners ratify a subsequent budget proposed by 
the executive board. 
Sec. 2.  33 MRSA §1603-103, sub-§(g) is enacted to read: 
(g) The executive board may make a special assessment, subject to the following 
ratification requirements. 
(1)  A special assessment must be ratified by unit owners in accordance with 
subsection (c), except that, if payment of any portion of the proposed special 
assessment is due after the end of the association's current budget year, ratification 
requires approval of a majority in interest of all unit owners. 
(2)  If the amount of the special assessment does not exceed 2 months' common 
charges and the board determines that the assessment is necessary to meet an 
emergency, the board may make the special assessment immediately in accordance 
with the terms of the board's vote, without ratification by unit owners. 
Sec. 3.  33 MRSA §1603-108, first ¶, as amended by PL 2011, c. 368, §5, is 
further amended to read: 
A meeting of the association must be held at least once each year. Special meetings 
of the association may be called as provided in the Maine Nonprofit Corporation Act.  
The bylaws must specify which of the association's officers, not less than 10 nor more 
than 60 days in advance of any meeting, shall cause notice to be hand delivered or sent 
prepaid by United States' mail to the mailing address of each unit or to any other mailing 
address designated in writing by the unit owner or sent by electronic means to any other 
address, including an e-mail address, specifically designated by the unit owner.  The 
notice of any meeting must state the time and place of the meeting and the items on the 
agenda, including the general nature of any proposed amendment to the declaration or 
bylaws, any budget changes and any proposal to remove a director or officer. 
SUMMARY 
This bill amends the Maine Condominium Act in the following ways. 
1.  It allows notice of the annual meeting of a unit owners' association to be sent to a 
unit owner by electronic means to any electronic address designated by the unit owner. 
2.  It changes from 14 to 10 the minimum number of days for notice of a budget 
meeting of a unit owners' association. 
3.  It authorizes the executive board of a unit owners' association to make special 
assessments and specifies the procedure for approving special assessments with certain 
limitations.