Opinion ID: 2593799
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Heading: Composition of Board of Directors

Text: The trial judge ruled that Board members are not required to be condominium owners, provided Board members are elected by the condominium owners. We agree. K.S.A. 58-3119 provides: The bylaws may provide for the following: (a) The election from among the apartment owners of a board of directors, the number of persons constituting the same, and the terms of at least one-third (½) of the directors shall expire annually; the powers and duties of the board; the compensation, if any, of the directors; the method of removal from office of directors; and whether or not the board may engage the services of a manager or managing agent. Neither the statute nor the Act, generally, restricts board membership to condominium residents. In fact, K.S.A. 58-3119 sets out a discretionary list of bylaw provisions that may govern the organizational structure of a condominium owners' association. The legislature's use of the language may provide in K.S.A. 58-3119(a) makes the provisions regarding the contents of the bylaws permissive and discretionary. The trial court noted that, as a practical matter, requiring that the Board must be comprised of condominium residents could result in impediments to an organization comprised of retired persons who may not want to be involved in governing their association and who would choose not to serve on the Board. As the trial court stated: We can foresee that associations will exist where none of the members will want to serve on the board. If this court finds that only residents may serve on an association's board, then these associations must fail for want of leadership.