(a) Except for covenants, liens and easements permitted by subsection (d) of section 47-70, any grant or reservation made by or pursuant to the condominium instruments, and any contract made by the declarant or by an association prior to assumption of control of the association by unit owners other than the declarant that provides for management, maintenance or operation of the condominium, or of any common elements serving the unit owners or available to them, shall expire not more than five years from the date of the recording of the original declaration, unless extended by vote of a majority of the unit owners other than the declarant. Any such grant, reservation or contract may be cancelled prior to its stated expiration date, or amended, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary therein, by the unit owners' association by vote of a majority of the unit owners other than the declarant. Such action may be taken by the association at any duly held meeting upon the expiration of three months from the date on which unit owners other than the declarant assume, or have the right to assume, control of the association under subsection (a) of section 47-74a, and shall take effect not less than sixty days from the date of the meeting at which such action is taken. Such meeting may be called and notice given by a unit owner if the association fails to do so.
(b) The declarant shall not establish any corporation or other instrumentality, or require the execution of any writing, having as its purpose or effect the continuation of control by the declarant, or the continuance of any grant, reservation or contract, after action by the unit owners other than the declarant to assume control and to terminate any such grant, reservation or contract, except for covenants, liens and easements permitted by subsection (d) of section 47-70 and the establishment of any such corporation or instrumentality, or the execution or enforcement of any such document, shall be a violation of this chapter.
(P.A. 76-308, S. 22, 36.)
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 47 - Land and Land Titles
Section 47-67 and 47-68. - Title. Definitions.
Section 47-68a. - Short title: Condominium Act of 1976. Definitions.
Section 47-69. - Applicability of chapter.
Section 47-70. - Declaration. Covenants, easements and liens on conveyances limited.
Section 47-70a. - Amendment of declaration or bylaws.
Section 47-71. - Recording of declaration and other instruments.
Section 47-71a. - Expansion of condominiums.
Section 47-71b. - Public offering statement.
Section 47-72. - Deeds of units. Leases.
Section 47-73. - Unit as real property.
Section 47-73a. - Boundaries, encroachments and easements.
Section 47-74. - Rights of unit owners.
Section 47-74c. - Declarant not to retain ownership interest in recreational facilities.
Section 47-74e. - Implied warranties.
Section 47-74f. - Nonbinding reservation agreements. Cancellation.
Section 47-75. - Obligations of unit owners. Limit on liability of unit owner.
Section 47-75a. - Resale of unit by person other than declarant.
Section 47-76. - Allocation of profits and expenses.
Section 47-77. - Assessment of common expenses. Liens and foreclosure.
Section 47-78. - Owner may not exempt himself from liability.
Section 47-79. - Collection of taxes and assessments.
Section 47-81. - Accounting records. Availability of records. Loan disclosure and comments. Audit.
Section 47-82. - Liens against units.
Section 47-85. - Actions between unit owners.
Section 47-86. - Owners, tenants and employees bound by chapter.
Section 47-87. - Liability for mortgages, liens and assessments on conveyance of unit.
Section 47-88. - Removal of property from application of chapter. Resubmission of property.
Section 47-88a. - Consolidation of condominiums.
Section 47-88b. - Conversion condominiums: Requirements for conversion.
Section 47-88c. - Separate heating plants required, when.
Section 47-88d. - Reimbursement for moving and relocation expenses.
Section 47-88e. - Reserves for capital expenditures.
Section 47-88f. - Applicability of tenants' rights and protections.
Section 47-88g. - Right of action for aggrieved tenant of conversion condominium. Remedies.
Section 47-90a. - Misrepresentations in public offering statements; remedies.
Section 47-90b. - Public offering statement not required, when.
Section 47-90c. - Effective date and applicability of chapter.