77th (2013) Session
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AB34
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Against		May-08-2013
Against	Our names are Randall and Kristine Curnutt and we are homeowners in hte Fairbrook Community Association in Henderson, NV. We are opposed to the Legislative Bill as it is not in our best interest or that of our community. As my legislative representative, we are asking you to please oppose this bill.	Apr-23-2013
Against	We are William and Kathryn Max and are homeowners in the Fairbrook Community Association in Henderson, Nevada. We are opposed to this Legislative Bill as it is not in our best interest or our community's best interest. As my legislative representative, we are asking that you please oppose this Bill.	Apr-21-2013
Against	Don't do this to the smaller HOA's	Apr-20-2013
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For	The board memebers pre select the people who are close friends instead of solisiting other memebers in the community. They also do not play by the same rules for example, a family of two now has relatives living in the same house, cars are parked illegally, kids are running in the streets playing on peoples property and destroying the property they are not suppose to be on. Also cars and garages are packed up to the ceieling the cars are not working but placed in these packed garages many complaints have been made but the president and boards members are doing nothing to correct any problems and many residents are copmplaining about this one family and board members who give out rules and regulations but do not follow their own rules. IT IS A JOKE to have HOA borad members.	Apr-17-2013
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Against	This bill is just more weight to the back of HOA's who don't need it. We are already loaded down with enough!! Please DO NOT pass AB34.	Apr-15-2013
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Against	I Oppose AB234 which requires a background check for private person transfers of firearms, and all other sections of AB234.	Apr-12-2013
Against	I oppose Section 13 of this bill which imposes a sales TAX on every firearms dealer who sells firearms or ammunition in this state. Each consumer will pay $25 for each firearm and 2 cents for each round of ammunition purchased.	Apr-12-2013
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Against		Apr-10-2013
Against	My name is Vicki Rousseau and I am a homeowner in the Montelano Community at Mountain's Edge in Las Vegas, Nevada. I am OPPOSED to this Legislative Bill as it is not in the best interest of me or my community. As my legislative representative, I am asking that you please OPPOSE this Bill.	Apr-10-2013
Against		Apr-10-2013
Against	I read the bill and appreciate the analysis given by Christian Diamandis, though I do not know who this is. Under B34 the meeting we are planning with Mary of Associas to better understand the financials would NOT be allowed. We currently have a claim before the Ombudsman Office, that has been unresolved for years, and this bill now adds another claim processing unit. In this scenerio even if an HOA Board wins it could lose by not being able to recover all the charges it is owed. Also how is it determined which ,Ombudsman or this new referee system, is to handle the claim? And who selects the referee? This bill would require bids (3?) every time we need work done or we wish to renew a contract. Some of our jobs have been seen as too small for some companies to bid, so this bill would further add to our response time in correcting problems, such as gate repair, fence repair, tree removals, pool repairs, etc. In the past, and especially in 2009, there were gross unlawful practices by some HOA board members and managers. This bill seems to be a response.	Apr-10-2013
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Against	HOA's are corrupt enough without giving them power to curcumvent the communities interest	Apr-10-2013
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Against	This bill will unnecessarily complicate the timely administration of smaller HOA groups which cannot afford full-time legal representation for matters which are normal day-to-day operations. This bill obviously was not drafted by anyone who has had experience as an officer/Board of Directors member in smaller HOA's.	Apr-09-2013
Against	This bill is unnecessary as it will increase costs and oversight where it's clearly not needed...	Apr-09-2013
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Against	This bill would give a division under the executive branch judicial powers to act as judge, jury and executioner. This bill draft should be unconstitutional.	Apr-09-2013
Against	Bad for homeowners	Apr-09-2013
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Against	Do we really need more government ? Let's get real here and stop the Insanity !!! We are all still Recovering from 2008 ....	Apr-08-2013
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Against	these bills cost the home owners meney they don't have and they are not needed!!!!	Apr-08-2013
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Against	Very poor written legislation. What idiot came up with this?	Apr-08-2013
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Against	Once again, more attempts to make it more difficult for the Directors of CIC's to do their job. This will increase costs for all homeowners. Please stop trying to micro-manage us.	Apr-08-2013
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Against	Absolutely unnecessary and will destroy the many good HOAs	Apr-08-2013
Against	This will increase HOA fees/assessments for all owners.	Apr-08-2013
Against	I am on the Board of Directors of the Fairbrook Homeowners Association. Most people living in associations are satisfied. Do not allow our Legislature to continue to create laws that benefit the small, vocal minority at the expense of the responsible homeowner!	Apr-08-2013
Against	I am a homeowner in a HOA community and I oppose any further legislation that the government wants to impose, making it more than miserable to live in this type of community, and will only make it harder to remain in one///////	Apr-08-2013
Against	I am on the Board of a small HOA. We have had no problems in any of the areas that this bill concerns. Why make us change when we're not broken. The current system is more than capable of handling any situations that arise. Thank you.	Apr-08-2013
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Against	This would be a disaster for our small HOA.	Apr-08-2013
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Against	This would complicate the work of an HOA board and result in increased expense.	Apr-08-2013
Against	Real estate division attempting to control HOA. This looks like a very shady deal to me. I think this bills creation should be investigated.	Apr-08-2013
Against	This bill smells of special interest---NOT THE BEST INTEREST OF HOME OWNERS!	Apr-08-2013
Against	This is the worst bill ever! Although having at least 3 bids are good most of the time, requiring it every time will hurt the Associations, especially when the board has no itention on changing vendors. What happen, vendors don't wont to put in a proposal because the Association get a reputation on just wanting bids. Also so many of board members do not live in the Association or even the city and board members to vote on every issue that happen between board meetings. To have a very special meeting it cost the Associatons more money, to send out agendas. It is unbeleivable that a homeowner would not have to pay for all damage done to Association. So then the Association pays for the cost which means every homeowner has to pay for the damage over and over, because then the insurance will go up.	Apr-08-2013
Against	Our small HOA is key in helping us maintain the standards in the community, which the vast majority of homeowners subscribe to and comply with. However, when there are physical or legal infringements in the community,the monetary limits proposed can be quickly exceeded. The HOAs need the power to levy fines or collect damages from individuals to ensure the well-being of the entire community.	Apr-08-2013
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Against	This bill is too flawed in too many ways to be amended into acceptance. It must be defeated in its entirety. Skip this bill has no positives for your constituents in AB 31! Thank you!	Apr-08-2013
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Against	This IS NOT a very "community association-friendly" bill. We enjoy living in our HOA and there are not statistics that show we need this type of bill!	Apr-08-2013
Against	please no more reg's!!!!!!!!!!!!	Apr-08-2013
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Against	Bad for business taking away normal corporate powers and giving to real estate division.	Apr-08-2013
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Against		Apr-07-2013
Against	The bill is poorly written, confusing and does not benefit the homeowners it purports to protect. In some cases, there will be spillover effects to management companies and other business partners in the form of additional restrictions.	Apr-07-2013
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Against	This bill will raise assessments and is unnecessary to micro manage the companies the we pay for to run us.	Apr-07-2013
Against	Last minute meeting: 3 different painting contractors/estimators met and walked around the property with all board members, raising questions and concerns affecting their estimates that the board had never thought of. Looks like such education/fact-finding efforts are prohibited by AB34. Why? Matter will still be on agenda for next official meeting.	Apr-07-2013
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Against	NO organization that is NOT an actual HOA should be deciding how tyhe HOA runs its business. Furthermore, workshops are needed to KEEP HOA's running efficiently!!	Apr-07-2013
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Against	This bill harms HOA's. Please opposethis bill.	Apr-06-2013
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Against	As a homeowner I'm very concerned about this bill because it forces unworkable restrictions on HOAs and it will increase costs for my HOA, thus increasing the assessments I and my neighbors must pay. Workshops are a necessary part of HOA governance. Unexpected things happen all the time in HOAs and they need quick resolution. A gate gets damaged... do we file an insurance claim or fix it ourselves? Repair or replace? Decisions like this are brought to the board all the time. We'd have to rent a large meeting room and mail notices to all our members creating unacceptable delays and adding costs for: the room, printing, & mailing. To solve what problem? The bad guys for which this bill is intended will simply ignore it. Why punish the vast majority of boards who are doing their best for their communities? The referee program will increase costs to my association. Requiring every contract to be rebid every year is a complete waste of time. No other business or government agency does this. Why put this unnecessary burden on HOAs. And again, the bad guys will just ignore this, but the good guys will be burdened. Management fees will increase to handle all the paper work and legal fees will increase to review all the contracts. THIS BILL IS BAD FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WILL NOT STOP THE BAD GUYS. PLEASE VOTE AGAINST THIS BILL.	Apr-06-2013
Against	Too many issues that do not benefit a homeowner but instead legislators, the Ombudsmen's office, etc. Workshops would be illegal and they are an integral part of our community getting our residents involved. This is just one area which is unfair and does not make sense.	Apr-06-2013
Against	Too much power trying to be wielded by the NRED	Apr-06-2013
Against	This would weaken HOAs and limit their ability to protect all of the homewoner in their communities.	Apr-06-2013
Against	Please kill this legislation. This proposed legislation, if passed, would be damaging to Homeowner Associations. This bill eliminates the concept of Board members holding workshops. The proposed voting monitor legislation would add additional costs to Associations. There is already a dispute resolution procedure in place so the Referee is not needed.	Apr-06-2013
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Against	No redeeming qualities in this proposal. The CICC and Chapter 38 process is working fine and we certainly don't need voting monitors. Ms. Anderson is wrong in thinking that hoa's have deep pockets. She's hitting the pockets of individual homeowners with some of these ideas. Scrap this one please.	Apr-06-2013
Against	This bill does not reflect the way most common interet communities operate.	Apr-06-2013
Against	This bill would be very bad for homeowner in HOA's	Apr-06-2013
For		Apr-06-2013
Against	You in Carson City have greatly overstepped the boundaries of common sense in the presentation of Bill AB362. When our forefathers wrote the Constitution of the United States, they laid the foundation for ruling by common-interests, not over burdening laws. You should reconsider all portions of this bill and use a common-interest approach and do away with the heavy handed and greatly over regulation of a bill such as this one.	Apr-06-2013
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Against	This bill would ultimately increase costs for home owners, gives far too much power to the administrator, and is unnecessary. Strongly OPPOSE.	Apr-06-2013
Against	1. AB-34 would make board workshops illegal. NV Real Estate Division provided no evidence the boards have abused workshops at all. Workshops are a necessary tool for boards to discuss items without making decisions.AB-34 would eliminate board members' right to act by written consent as presently allowed by NRS 82. NV Real Estate Division provided no evidence that boards have abused this right. Written consents are a necessary tool for boards where the members live all over the country or world and meet only once every 100 day 2. AB-34 would create a referee program to resolve certain HOA disputes. NV Real Estate Division represented it was comparable to a small claims court for HOA issues with jurisdictional limits. THAT IS A MISREPRESENTATION. The bill provides an owner may utilize the referee program for all hoa disputes no matter how small or large. Associations lose out though the limit. The association can recover a maximum of $7,500. What if owner caused $20,000 damage to gate. He is on the hook for only $7,500 and the rest of the owners absorb the rest? 3. AB-34 would make it more difficult to move through the bid process by making bids required for all services and material, even where not practicable to get a multiple bids or where renewing a contract. NV Real Estate Division presented no evidence as to abuses under present sections of NRS 116 on sealed bids. 4. AB-34, sponsored by NV Real Estate Division, would give the Administrator of the NV Real Estate Division enhanced powers including the right to adopt regulations without the oversight of the Common Interest Community Commission. This would put the Administrator in the position of executive and judiciary. This person would make the regulations and enforce them and decide who gets prosecuted if they do not want to prosecute them by sending the claim to the Commission. This is akin to making the Administrator the judge, jury and executioner.	Apr-06-2013
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Against	No evidentiary support exists for the proposed changes. It is poorly written and unclear as to why these changes are needed. I am strongly opposed to this Bill!	Apr-05-2013
Against	This bill could seriously impact an HOA's ability to carry out its business effectively. There is no evidence pointing to a need for this legislation, and there are already adequate mechanisms in place to deal with abuses of NRS 116 regulations.	Apr-05-2013
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Against	All retired employees should be allowed to remain in the insurance program they retired with. Splitting retirees into geographical groups or State v. School Districts, etc. is an unjust solution.	Mar-25-2013
For	HOA boards are cop, prosecutor, judge, jury and bailif and NRS 116 is a violation of the Nevada Constitution and the US Constitution.	Mar-25-2013
Against	I am part of a very small HOA, only 80 homes, and due to foreclosures (i.e., nonpayment of dues, etc.), our financial condition has been declining for several years. I am not in favor of requiring all communities to pay for voting monitors ... our community cannot afford this additional expense. Why are you punishing all of the HOAs when it was a few very sophisticated and unscrupulous attorneys, law enforcement officials, and construction companies who took advantage of a small number of HOAs? This bill also appears to prohibit Board members from attending the same social function at the same time … that is absurd. HOAs try to build a sense of community … this provision of this Bill would ostracize Board members … who would want to be on a HOA Board if they could not attend the same social event with other Board members? This is another example of unneeded legislation …punishing all HOAs for the acts of a few and unscrupulous attorneys, law enforcement officials, and construction companies. Please kill this bill.	Mar-23-2013
Against	Therer are some truly outlandish and unworkable parts to this bill. Get real!!	Mar-22-2013
Against	Unequivocally No	Mar-20-2013
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Against	This Bill would cause great hardship to the operation of our board, as well as significant increases in expenses, with no real benefit to our homeowners. We only have 39 units in our association and have never had any of the problems that have been noted in larger Associations in the past several years. We have kept our dues very low due to the pro-active members of our Board. Most of our owners are retired, elderly and living on fixed incomes. They don't need to be paying higher assessments due to the costly requirements of this Bill. You might want to consider amending this Bill to only affect the larger Associations, such as those with more than 250 units. I have happily lived in this association for about 14 years. During this time, I have served on the board as a member, Vice President, as well as Treasurer for more than 10 years. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to express my concerns.	Mar-19-2013
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Against	These New proposals will cause too much expense for small associations.	Mar-18-2013
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Against	As a homeowner in multiple HOAs and a Board Member on 2 Boards, I must register my opposition to this bill. Once again, the legislators are attempting to fix suspected problems that simply DO NOT EXIST. That this bill is sponsored by the Real Estate Division is even more galling. The vast majority of HOAs have only 3-5 VOLUNTEER Board Members. Quit making it impossible to govern HOAs. This bill is completely unnecessary, redundant, and should be permanently disposed of.	Mar-17-2013
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Against	Will increase costs. Bad time to increase costs.	Mar-17-2013
Against	Dear Legislators, One size does not fit all! Clearly there is a need to separate out the various types of Common Interest Communities because highrise condos, town home communities and single family communities are diverse both within themselves and clearly very diverse vis-a-vis needs, etc. I have lived in my more upscale community of 92 single family units for 8 + years and I have served on our BOD for 7 years. It has been my experience that many of your mandates are either totally irrelevant to our concerns and/or have proved to have been an obstruction for our capacity to do the HOAs business. Please consult us (community BOD members) directly prior to enacting your always well intentioned but oftentimes obstructionist norms.	Mar-16-2013
Against	Some meetings of a few board members are necessary to determine what action shold be brought before the full board at a scheduled and noticed meeting. Those meetings attended by certain board meetings are not decision actions but they are necessary to determinethe facts -- research groups, committeee assignements, property assessments, vendor assessments, etc. The results of such meetings, as with certain sub-committee assignments and workshops in the state and other government legislative bodies are able to utilize the detailed attention of a few of the member bodies without taking up the time of all. If a full, noticed, and scheduled meting is necessary every time an issue arises, then it would seriously cripple the activities of the volunteer board and limit their ability to oversee all activities that they are expected to cover. What is the need for a voting or electin referee? As long as voting is done in accordance with current laws, and vote counts are made by a body of the residents selected by the board or by it Election Committee and judged by those bodies to be honest and have integrity, there should be no need to add to the already expensive election process by emplyoying an outside source to check and verify the election results or processes which have been written and approved by the asociation board of directors. The Real Estate Commission is trying to become a police body for complaining individual residents and forcing the homeowner associations to act completely undere their thumb. They wish to become tyhe voice of the few and require the many toacquiesce under their rules, which often is not in the best interest of the whole. they should have no more power than as a review group. If further action is truly required after investigation, then let them then turn it over to a higher authority for action. they should not write rules or opinions that are outside the current and published rules and laws of the state.	Mar-16-2013
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Against	Owner also of 408 Smithridge Park, Reno, NV 89502	Mar-15-2013
Against	I am on the Board in a small community, approximately 110 built out homes, with the potential for a total of approximately 150. We have no club house or parks a little common area within the development only small portion that is landscaped coming into the development. This bill will make it impossible for Board members to do their job and add a great deal of expense to our Association and home owners. The cost of mailing announcements to all members anytime a board member wishes to converse with another Board Member works against all associations. If this kind of bill passes;it accomplishes nothing complicating the process adding expense to the Home owners. Having to hire a voting monitor will most likely cause an increase in our Association dues. Teleconference was used by a previous management company, we have since fired, and no one could understand anything that was said. This method in our situation was extremely counterproductive. 3 bids required for any contract in our situation is insane. Half the time we don't even get a response from services we need and put out for bid. We are very often ignored, perhaps because of our community's size.	Mar-14-2013
Against	This bill will increase cost to homeowners. Bad for members in HOAs. Please vote against this bill, our wallets are already stretched.	Mar-14-2013
Against	they're already too powerful.	Mar-13-2013
Against	As a volunteer on two boards, I know that many of the changes in this bill if enacted would make me reconsider volunteering. My sole motivation for being on the board is to help keep the standards set by the developer and sold to us owners. My community is an upscale community and as such lawns should be maintained, trees should be trimmed, streets should be clean, driveways not used to fix cars, windows covered with proper window treatments and not sheets, nuisance laws abided by, etc. All of these are rules clearly stated in our CC&R's and as a board member it is our duty to enforce them. I am offended that these bills make it so that board members can be targeted by rule breakers and that more of a burden is put on us, when we simply want to help keep up the standards. A home owner association is for the homeowners, no one else including the media. If a home owner disagrees with a board decision, he can appeal it to the real estate division through the appropriate channels. I don't know why these changes are even being proposed. Please vote no!	Mar-13-2013
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Against	We have plenty of regulations now that cause small and large communities a great deal of aggravaion and inflict a lot of unecessary expence.	Mar-13-2013
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Against	Gives more power to the RE Division instead of Board members making reasonable decisions for their association.	Mar-13-2013
Against	The Division's bill has created problematic solutions to what they perceive as issues pertaining to meetings, voting and arbirtration with the end results of creating convoluted solutions that will not work.	Mar-13-2013
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Against	I live in an association that has 36 units. We know each other as neighbors. A false charge under this bill will violate several constitutional amendement to include free speech and free association. No on this bill.	Mar-12-2013
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Against	Why can't you leave this bill alone. Your just causing problems, which you seem to enjoy.	Mar-12-2013
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Against	simplify our work load and make it easier to be a volunteer. This is bill helps no one	Mar-12-2013
Against	As a homeowner in a CIC, and a member of the Board, I feel that we already have WAY too many rules & regs as it is. This only makes it harder for a BOD to maintain a working relationship with the community as a whole, and we don't need to live in a Police State. Just because they have so many problems in the South State, doesn't mean we in the north should be penalized (per se). Please see that this bill is defeated for the sake of us (homeowners). Phillip K. Gregory C.C.	Mar-12-2013
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Against	Voting monitors, and the use of them from beginning to end of nomination forms through ballots counted, will most definitely be a high cost to HOA's. I am president of my 433 single family homeowners association, Silverado Ranch III, and our annual assessment is $180. The cost of a third party other than our management company, who handles this task for us, will be upwards of $3,500 and will cause us to increase our assessments at a time when we have more than 15% delinquencies with no assessment money coming in. This additional cost is just more bureaucratic than anything and will just amount to yet another 'body' charging high costs for their third party administrative services. Another concern is the 'referree' program now talked about....What happened to the mediation and arbitration programs the State already has in place, not to mention the totally free services of the Neighborhood Justice Center that also does mediation?? I say this bill will be more damaging financially to associations that are already in danger.	Mar-12-2013
Against	Very poor bill not allowing any time for a majority of Board members to be together except in a scheduled meeting. I have served on my Board for 7 years as Treaurer then President. I am a huge advocate of Board education. I have attended Ombudsman and CAI classes and have earned the DCAL designation from CAI. I work very hard to get all Bd members to attend these training classes and want to support them by going with them. Under this bill if 3 or more of our 5 board members attended a classs and an issue came up affecting an issue in our development, we would not be allowed to discuss it. We have 67 acres of common area with all kinds of landscaping challenges. This bill would prohibit the majority of the Board meeting with our landscaper except in a regular Board meeting to look at the area and understand the issues. That frequently is just not practical. Certainly decisions need to be made in public. But Boards need the ability to investigate issues, participate as a group in educational training, etc. outside of a regular Board meeting. Not make decisions but gather informatioon and seek training to use in making our public decisions.	Mar-12-2013
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Against	As a homeowner, board member and community manager; I am completely against this bill. This bill is bad for HOAs. If your idea is to help homeowners, then come up with bills that will really help and not harm us.	Mar-12-2013
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Against	All of these so called "protections" cost the CIC's additional dollars which will result in increased assessments to the homeowners.	Mar-12-2013
Against	I am concerned about 1) the executive board acting without a meeting as this could easily be abused and 2) the Real Estate Aministrator having supoenas ability - if there is a criminal or civil liability then it should be handled through existing processes. Creating a new process is redundant.	Mar-12-2013
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Against	If you keep trying to impose ever more onerous and vindictive restrictions on CIC's, nobody will volunteer to serve as board members. What then?	Mar-12-2013
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Against	I strongly oppose this bill. This bill covers too many areas and any objection to a single item should be opposed in whole. Boards need to accomplish tasks on a daily basis and in good faith should act accordingly. Voting monitors are not necessary and would require an additional expense on owners when under the current system owners that have a vested interest are in control of counting ballets and verifying election results via the current secret ballot system. All these items need to be separate bills an evaluate as such otherwise we will have bad rules even if there are good rules in the all encompassing bill.	Mar-11-2013
Against	I own property at 821 Mesa Blvd, Mesquite, NV; am on the board of directors of the Mesa Hownhomes Assn. I oppose this bill.	Mar-11-2013
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Against	It seems to me that once again the majority is being punished because of a few who have not followed rules already governing community associations. We certainly do not need to hire voting monitors as we already appoint inspectors of election from homeowners present at our annual meeting. To require us to ask for a bid from a current provider for the same service is time consuming and costly for both the Board and the contractor. It makes no sense to me to move community associations from the jurisdiction of the Common Interest Commission to the Real Estate Division when the former is working well. This bill seems to imply that most associations are not following Nevada's open meeting law and I do not think that is true. Deal with any association that doesn't follow any of our laws, but do not impact the majority of us who are following existing laws by limiting the necessary contact Board members have at workshops we need to learn about different aspects of our fiduciary responsibilities, etc.	Mar-09-2013
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Against	This Bill appears to be poorly written, this Bill will cost homeowners and associations more money to run our community. Please vote against this bill.	Mar-06-2013
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Against	The rules for what constitutes a meeting are just too restrictive for a small HOA to function and the requirement for 3 bids for all contracts is problematic for smaller communities in Mesquite and other isolated markets.	Mar-06-2013
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Against	No workshops? Directors can't talk to one another? Voting Monitors? Leave that up to each hoa. The three-bid process has proved cumbersome and expensive and unnecessary delays. AB98 has a better approach! And finally, replacing a viable and proven mediation program with this new referee scheme does not make any sense. Why is the RE Division trying to undo the good things the CIC Commission has done?	Mar-05-2013
Against	All this bill would do is to make the efficient administration of HOAs more cumbersome and, therefore, increase costs to homeowners.	Mar-05-2013
Against	As a director of HOA boards for almost 20 years, I am strongly against passage of any part of this proposal. Those of us in strong associations know there are no sound reasons for these changes & restrictions. The author should learn the facts before making such proposals.	Mar-04-2013
Against	AB34 IS A BAD BILL IT WILL COST PEOPLE LIVING IN COMMOM INTEREST COMMUNITIES MORE MONEY FOR EXAMPLE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS COULD NEGOTIATE A TWO YEAR CONTRACT INSTEAD OF A ONE YEAR FOR LESS MONEY.	Mar-04-2013
Against	This bill will not serve the interest of homeowners living in an HOA. It will increase costs for the association, which in turn, will result in increases in HOA dues. It also will increase the bureaucracy and will make the associations less effective. PLEASE do not pass this bill as written.	Mar-04-2013
Against	Many people actually are happy with HOA's. I am one of them. In my experience, the loudest complaints come from a minority of residents. Usually, those are the ones that didn't read their CC and R's before signing them. This bill would be a big step backwards in my opinion. I urge lawmakers to allow it to die.	Mar-04-2013
Against	This bill is bad for my community.	Mar-04-2013
Against	Unnecessary for the vast majority of HOAs in Nevada. Expensive for homeowners.	Mar-03-2013
Against	NRS 116 already adequately covers all aspects of HOAs & more legislation only increases the reading load of HOA board members who volunteer their time.	Mar-03-2013
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Against	My HOA has more power that is good for homeowners now. This does not benefit the homeowners.	Mar-01-2013
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Against	This is not a good bill for the property owners in an association. Bob LeGoy, Sr	Mar-01-2013
Against	The bill is too confusing and not clear.	Mar-01-2013
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Against	Who wrote this bill ... a bunch of self-serving bureaucrats? It is bad enough that homeowner associations are double taxed on all services, not you want to create 'gestapo type' oversight where it is not needed. Why do you want to punish the many thousands of good homeowners living in a homeowners association, because of a very few bad homeowners. Come on people ... get a life!	Mar-01-2013
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For	All of you sheep who chose to live in an HOA deserve this terrible bill. Enjoy the tyranny, you paid for it.	Feb-28-2013
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Against	This Bill needs some very sever realignment. Completely unacceptable as written. To create a Bill of this nature, and be of value. It must first be prepared and submitted by the Managers of the very associations it claims to be of assistance to. Otherwise it will be noting but conflict.	Feb-28-2013
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Against	We do not need monitors to administer and supervise votes or any additional governmental regulation or interference.	Feb-28-2013
Against	NRS 116 should be repealed in its entirety. It is poorly written, lacking clear definitions and subject to conflicting opinions. Some regulation is necessary but not something so vague, created by lawyers for lawyers and the real estate industry.	Feb-28-2013
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Against	I am on the board of small HOA. Our job is to volunteer and serve our community. Regulations are important but please think through the ones you are submitting. HOA's are not the enemy please help us to do right by our communities and vote against this bill (AB34).	Feb-28-2013
Against	Will hurt the quality of our neighborhoods and our quality of life.	Feb-28-2013
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Against	This bill is nothing more then a smokescreen led by the realtors for their own benefit, NOT for the benefit of our communities. Please vote NO! Thank you, Dean	Feb-28-2013
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Against	While certain points of this bill have merit, I feel the bill itself goes too far and has several requirements that will likely end up ineffective in practice and will likely result in higher assessments to homeowners which should be avoided.	Feb-28-2013
Against	to onerous for small HOA's and the problems are better taken care thru current procedures	Feb-28-2013
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Against	Home Owners Associations DO NOT need more regulation	Feb-28-2013
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Against	This bill is not well thought out, and would put a real financial burdon on small associations.	Feb-28-2013
Against	As a member of an HOA board, I oppose this bill. Derek Jamison, Esq.	Feb-28-2013
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Against	This bill is not practical, and represents additional costs to HOA's that cannot be incurred...budgets are tight, people are out of work. We don't need a referee, and we don't need The Real Estate Division. There is already a working Commision and working rules. Don't screw this up and don't screw your voters.	Feb-27-2013
Against	This a terrible bill and a waste of time and money	Feb-27-2013
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Against	Poorly written	Feb-27-2013
Against	I just spent an ungodly amount of time reading and attempting to understand AB34. In my primary life as a Law Enforcement Specialist, one of my primary functions is reviewing Legislative actions which may impact Law Enforcement both negatively and positively. Up until AB34, I can say all I've read made great sense. AB34 is an abomination. It is so poorly written and gives so many powers to the RED (whose main objective is supporting the companies who provide the most income to its members -- and right now that's foreign investors, not Nevada Residents, voters and homeowners. The vast amount of their buisiness comes from people who don't even owe allegiance to the USA, let alone Nevada. The impact this bill makes on CICs is unconsionable. I have lived an voted in Nevada for 20 years and am President of two HOAs (one I live in the other is my retirement home) and this bill will cripple our ability to protect homeowners and our association. Do Nevada a favor and throw this bill in the toilet. Thanks.	Feb-27-2013
Against	Let the HOAs have as much control as possible. This ties their hands and will increase HOA dues.	Feb-27-2013
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Against	This bill is not in the best interest of HOA communities.	Feb-26-2013
Against	Unfair to homeowners	Feb-26-2013
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Against	Passage of this bill would create even more financial challenges for Homeowner Associations which are already tremendously burdoned.	Feb-26-2013
Against	The bill is poorly written, confusing and does not benefit the homeowners it purports to protect. In some cases, there will be spillover effects to management companies and other business partners in the form of additional restrictions.	Feb-26-2013
Against	we are capable/able of monitoring our own voting/costs/bidding etc because of the closeness of the activities of our board. If we don't like what we see we can(and Have) just thrown the board out!! Here you go again with the government's ONE SHOE FITS ALL APPROACH. If there are troubled common interest communities- focus only on the troubled few-NOT ON ALL OF US- you are just complexifying our associations procedures and acting as if you know more about our home owners activities than those of us that live right in the middle of the action. No armchair commanders needed!! I will be watching how this vote goes down and voting in elections appropiately	Feb-26-2013
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Against	this is a very dangerous bill for small homeowner groups like ours... We are asking that you PLEASE vote against this bill... it could have disastrous consequences to our association... Thank you for your consideration in this urgent request.	Feb-26-2013
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Against	Time and Time againg you,the legislature try to fix something and you only make it worse. This bill is an example of trying to fix something that isn't broken	Feb-26-2013
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Against	A a board president, the change see overly restrictive and will certainly result in increase costs to association and in turn, homewowners. My position makes keeping montly assessments as low as possible.	Feb-26-2013
Against	This bill will undermine the operations of common-interest community boards and associations. In addition, this bill will create additional management fees, thus increasing the association fees paid by homeowners.	Feb-26-2013
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Against	Please do not pass this bill as it is detrimentle towards HOA'S	Feb-26-2013
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Against	As a homeowner in the Fairways in Sparks I feel this bill would not be helpful to the homeowners association or our community.	Feb-25-2013
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Against	This a very poorly written bill that attempts to hand over power to the real estate industry and away from homeowners. Please vote against this bill for the citizens of Nevada.	Feb-25-2013
Against	This is not a well written bill and does not benefit HOA's in a manner that would be needed. This bill needs to be killed in committee. I as secretary of my home owners association do not see the need for monitoring of votes and this would be an unnecessary expense to HOA's as well as management companies.	Feb-25-2013
Against	Who's crazy Idea is this, must be one of are elected officials.	Feb-25-2013
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For	Home owners need to have the ability to fight HOAs when they are in the wrong. At the moment the HOAs have a strong hold over the homeowners and there is no way for the local or state governments to help the people against these tyrants. This bill will grant homeowners the right to have referees that will hopefully listen to their problems and give unbiased decisions on disputes between homeowners and the HOAs.	Feb-25-2013
Against	Resident's do not need more governmental-type controls, especially those that will cost them more money. Eventually residents will not have enough money to have a home, food and other necessary items needed for everyday living.	Feb-25-2013
Against	The bill seems to be poorly written, confusing and does not really benefit the homeowners it purports to protect. In some cases, there will be spillover effects associations' business partners in the form of additional restrictions. A few examples: 1. Stops board workshops and prohibits a quorum of the board being together for most reasons, including social events. Workshops are so beneficial to what we do. They are eductional/instructional for those of us who don't do this professionally. 2.Requires ALL associations to hire Voting Monitors to monitor association elections. Overreach here. There are mechanisms in place to deal with rogue election processes. Having to hire monitors drives costs up for everyone and creates an unprecedented level of oversight that is largely unnecessary. 3.Replaces the successful mediation/arbitration program with an untested "referee program." Who benefits from this one, really? If it ain't broken, don't fix it. 4.Requires all associations to request bids for ALL goods and services every year. I'm not opposed to the bid process, but an annual bid process is onerous. Every two or three years makes more sense to me. What about the vendors? No one will like this process...way to cumbersome! 5. Removes much of the authority of the Common Interest Commission and gives it to the Real Estate Division. Again, why? If it ain't broke... There are other facets to this bill that are effectively unworkable in practice, and will result in increased assessments to owners. Essentially...yup, more "TAXES!" While the bill's sponsors may have good intentions, there are items within that are not good for our communities, whether as process or outcome. Please do not let this bill pass in its current form.	Feb-25-2013
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Against	too cumbersome for HOA ~ need a different solution	Feb-25-2013
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Against	This bill will make operating an HOA very costly for homeowners by requiring many mor official board meetings at a large additional expense to the HOA. It will result in HOAs having to increase assessments to cover additional expense. There are many things that can be discussed by board members that do not require a vote or approval for expenditures. These type of discussions can be done in an informal workshop and would not interfere with the boards ability to consider motions made during a formal regular board meeting in an impartial manner. Such discussions in a workshop could center around exploring various alternatives on an issue or project without reaching any agreement as to a specific choice.	Feb-25-2013
Against	We are regulated enough already! I won't be able to afford to live in a common-interest community if the government continues to add burdensome (and expensive) regulations to the operation of these communities. If Clark county has a problem, let Clark county adopt regulations to deal with it and leave the rest of us alone.	Feb-25-2013
Against	This bill would be detrimental to all HOA's. It's time to stop creating laws to address the "squeaky wheel" voices and listen to the majority of the HOA voices. These laws are starting to get too specific where they will create much more problems for the majority of HOA's versus helping them.	Feb-25-2013
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Against	This is not in the best interest of the communities that the HOA's represent. Please consider this my opposition to this unreasonable bill.	Feb-25-2013
Against	What a mess.	Feb-25-2013
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Against	I can't belive that a bill this ridiculous can get any attention let alone get to a vote. We have a great HOA and they don't need more obstacles like this in their way of doing a great job. PLEASE VOTE NO ON AB34	Feb-25-2013
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Against	Will restrict associations from accomplishing their mandate effectively and could lead to added association fees.	Feb-25-2013
Against	As a homeowner and a member of my homeowner's Board of Directors, I urge you to oppose the proposed AB34. As one of the most detrimental elements of this bill, it will require that Association’s go out to bid on EVERY single Association project and send contracts for all services out to bid at each year’s renewal date. The Association would no longer have any discretion to use contracted vendors for minor projects and our vendors will be swamped trying to fulfill bid request after bid request (ultimately increasing costs for the Association’s services). Further, the number of meeting dates will be increased dramatically, as even minor repair work would require the three sealed bid process. Therefore, in the best interest of homeowners and their HOA, I urge you to remove AB34 from consideration.	Feb-25-2013
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Against	This bill will discourage responsible homeowners from living in NV.	Feb-25-2013
Against	We are opposed to more burdensome legal language effecting our community association. Presently and for the past twenty years our HOA has been run by very capable homeowners and a professional management company.	Feb-24-2013
Against	This bill has no thought process. A good Hoa board works together as a unit. I realize there is some bad apples in every basket but don't make it more difficult for us volunteers to work within our communities.	Feb-24-2013
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Against	This bill will force our small, well-managed HOA to raise our members' assessments, without providing ANY meaningful benefits. Ultimately, it will lead to reduced home values and neighborhood deterioration.	Feb-24-2013
Against	This will cause a great hardship on small and large HOA's -- financially as well as in efforts to teambuild and educate. Terribly constructed bill. Please DO NOT PASS this bill!!	Feb-24-2013
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Against	We have been doing fine without anyone else intruding on our Association. Our Association Fees are high enough and can't spend anymore money for what you have suggested on this bill by hiring a referee for disputes.	Feb-24-2013
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Against	too costly. If there is a problem with some HOA's that problem should be addressed on a case by case basis.	Feb-24-2013
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Against	I believe the things included in this bill will have a detrimental effect on the ability of an HOA board to perform effectively. I also think it will result in significant cost increases to HOA's in order to comply which will cripple some organizations that are currently trying desperately to maintain properties while keeping costs down. Please do NOT support this bill - it will have negative implications for all parties.	Feb-23-2013
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Against	Why not just close all HOA's? You want to Prohibit any Workshops, A Quorum of Board Members, and Outlaw Any Meetings. Why have any HOA that cannot function? Voting Monitors, who will pay for that expense? Our HOA gets three (3) bids now for any work needed. It is in our Bylaws.	Feb-23-2013
Against	Not workable! A vote for this will result in a vote against a practical and workable homeowners association.	Feb-23-2013
Against	Our HOA cannot afford additional expenses such as "Voting Monitors. With all the foreclosures, and residents not paying monthly assessments because of the poor economic situation, it is not in the best interest of common interest communities to add additional expenses. Please shelve this bill. Thank you for your consideration.	Feb-23-2013
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Against	This will drive up the complexity and cost of managing communities. Not a good idea.	Feb-23-2013
Against	I recommend that this not pass.	Feb-23-2013
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Against	Does not protect homeowners. Makes it more difficult for HOAs to keep property up.	Feb-23-2013
Against	Bill is poorly written, will require additional unnecessary expenses for associations which will increase fees and will create another level of bureaucracy that no one needs.	Feb-23-2013
Against	I do not feel that this Bill is beneficial in any way to an HOA. Why would you want to eliminate the Board of Directors ability to meet and discuss issues that help keep their community operating smoothly? It doesn't help to find more ways to spend money --- What are you people thinking!	Feb-23-2013
Against	We are a small community of 29 homes. This bill could cause us major unwarranted problems	Feb-23-2013
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Against	Workshop meetings are essential in that it allows board members to meet and discuss with NO decisions made. As for Board Members attending social events - this should be encouraged no outlawed. Currently volunteers count votes in an election - we do not need an added expense of a Outside Monitor. Instead of looking for ways to further complicate HOA protocol, how about addressing the issue of snowbird owners who run for the board, are elected and then go home leaving a skeleton crew to essentially run the community that puts an unfair burden on the other board members.	Feb-23-2013
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Against	Stop trying to control good Homeowner Associations. We live in a CC&R community because we want to. This type of bill interferes with our desire to keep our association costs low. Butt out!	Feb-23-2013
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Against	My homeowners association is working fine. We don't want any new restrictions.	Feb-23-2013
Against	Good example of government over control causing problems.	Feb-23-2013
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Against	You cannot punish the majority for the sins of the minority. Adding substantial administrative and other costs for no reason other than to punish badly run organizations actually punish the well-run ones. this is a no-brainer, get regulation out of areas where it does not belong, punish those who committed crimes, not the generally well-behaved public.	Feb-23-2013
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Against	Caughlin Ranch HOA does not need the meddling that AB 34 will require. AB34 should be restricted to those HOAs that violate the letter and spirit of NRS116. CRHA has a process in place for monitoring elections. It's called an independent organization to count the ballots.There are much more important topics for the Assembly to address.	Feb-23-2013
Against	For the actions of a few rogue HOAs in Las Vegas, this bill attempts to fix the problem by imposing requirements on HOAs across the state that will undoubtedly result in cost increases that will be passed to homeowners. It's a hidden tax that all will be required to pay for the illegal actions of a few. I ask that the assembly and senate representatives from my district oppose this bill.	Feb-23-2013
Against	Unnecessary, ridiculous and causing additional expense to HOAs. This is a Vegas problem and should be handled under existing laws.	Feb-22-2013
Against	Don't punish everyone for what a few do.	Feb-22-2013
Against	we should be able to handle our own problems.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	Swating a fly with a sledgehammer. To broad and catches up the inocent and well intentioned with the scoundrels.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	We have enough government invasion. I don't particularly like HOA's but we DON'T need more regulations than we already have, so this is to all state legislators. BACK OFF or lose your job!!!	Feb-22-2013
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Against	Surely there is a better way to resolve the issues without penalizing the vast majority of associations that are working hard and exercising sound business judgment. There is concern with the cost of implementing such voting monitors and referees.	Feb-22-2013
Against	Who says that you know how to run our community and that you know how best to act within the best interest of it? Real Estate Divisions are in this solely for a monetary interest and ignore the specific communities ideals and goals. Individual HOA's know their communities better than any monetary driven entities and act within the best interests of their communities within their means. If this bill is passed it will take away from the rights of the owners and severely increase the bureaucracy and burden the systems in place from doing the best for the home owners. If you pass this... you will loose any chance of re-election. Don't be part of the problem, be a part of the solution.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	this bill goes too far in restricting HOAs. I have lived in Caughlin Ranch for 21 years and have nothing but good things to report about my experience. It will be more costly in the long run for boards and ultimately it will be the homeowners who will have to pay more.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	Let the HOAs do their own job.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	This bill was not well thought out and will and just have the opposite impact on what your trying to accomplish. This bill will handcuff and bottle neck the HOA boards and community managers. Some of the items listed are an unproven to be effective and is completely speculative by the NRED.	Feb-22-2013
Against	I oppose of this bill as written because it is unrealistic to request bids for minor repairs like fixing a stuck gate or replacing some irrigation tubing for instance. This bid requirement should ONLY be for larger scale repairs and projects such as the types that are listed in Reserve Studies. Also, getting annual contract bids every year is redundant and wastes time of the volunteer board members as well as the vendors submitting bids. Making this requirement be performed at minimum every 3 years is more realistic and will accomplish what is being proposed. PLEASE TAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE VOTING!	Feb-22-2013
Against	No real benefit and probably higher costs to HOA members. Poorly written and somewhat confusing.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	To Whom It May Concern: I would like to express my opposition to passage of the legislation before you regarding AB 34. I am a current board member and must tell you that this legislation would put our association in a financial crisis because of all the additional costs to follow the law. We are a small HOA with an operating budget of just over $400,000.00 and as a result of the current economics our residents are falling behind in their dues. We have raised the dues by the lowest amount we could to prevent other homeowner from simply saying "enough, I refuse to pay because I know the HOA cannot due anything about it." That's right, the law isn't on our side when it comes to collecting money owed, we haven't got the finances to foreclose on liens and if we impose any further responsibility on the homeowners because of the cost of implementing portions of this legislation we will be unable to pay our bills. Just because a few bad apples have broken the law prompting this legislation, it is unfair to make it hard on smaller HOA's such as our with a total of 212 owners of the middle to lower socioeconomic status. I beg you to please consider small HOA's such as our when contemplating your vote and please do not pass this piece of legislation. Thank you, Francis P. Misauraca Villa Del Oro HOA board	Feb-22-2013
Against	Not a good bill, sloppily written.	Feb-22-2013
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For	Section 3 paragraph 2 allows the president of the association to singularly decide if a voting monitor is necessary. I believe this is contrary to all other requirements for expenditure of funds from an HOA. I highly RECOMMEND that para 2 be amended to remove the portion granting this right to the president and leave it to a majority of the board or 10% of the members to decide.	Feb-22-2013
Against	As a board member of an HOA I cannot believe that this bill tells me I cannot attend a holiday party with other board members also present. We should be able to socialize outside of official meetings as long as we are not discussing board business. Also, to insist that we hire inspectors to conduct elections is a ridiculous expense - we use other HOA members who are present to do the counting, and we always have 3-4 doing so in order for the counts to be double and triple checked. This is all done by volunteers who are not related to the candidates.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	Restricts Boards from making decisions. Our Board meets quarterly and if this bill passes, we will not be able to function as a Board. You would put us out of business and the City of Henderson does not have a stingent support of neighborhoods through their ordinances. Marlene Baker, President of Cobblestone HOA, Henderson, NV	Feb-22-2013
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Against	What happens when an HOA goes bankrupt? With so many people in our HOA in arrears on thier dues, the added expense of passage of this bill will kill our association. We have just had to raise dues because of so many residents that aren't paying if we raise dues again we will be doomed...what would we do? We can't afford to act on the liens we place for arrages, we cannot afford this bill. We are a small association (Villa Del Oro) with 212 owners we are already in a crisis situation financially. Please stop this bill from passage!	Feb-22-2013
Against	I am on the board of directors of my homeowners association. This bill contains provisions that would essentially make it impossible for us to do our jobs, and it would lead to increased costs for association members.	Feb-22-2013
Against	We live in a community with a great Homeowners Association. Their work in caring for our community is the reason we chose to purchase our home. We do not support the restrictions that AB362 would cause for our community. We do not believe this bill serves the public interest.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	You have to allow the Board to act in a manner that doesn't restrict communication between Board members and be very careful not to increase the costs of these non-profit H.O.A.'s with so many restrictions. This bill makes it hard to interest homeowners to serve on a Board, when the work to operate the community is constrained by so many rules. Why punish the many by so few violators and rogue Boards. Must of these problems come from self administered Boards not using a mangement company and their trained representatives.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	This bill is not good for either homeowners or their boards. It is vague and unworkable.	Feb-22-2013
For	Helps the homeowner. HOA needs to have some kind of regulations for their entity. HOA & Boards rules are Out of control.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	ou are eroding the authority of the HOA in lieu of other interests.	Feb-22-2013
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For	I would urge you to realize that a grass roots effort has been initiated by a large organization with a huge email list to strongly advise their members to vote against this bill. This skews the votes to the maximum. Had this same effort gone out to homeowners in associations, I would have to beleive that there would be many 'for' this bill. So when voting on this please take into consderation the vast network of one organization's ability to impact the views on this bill.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	do not restrict honest HOAs because of the actions of a few. Do a survey of all Boards and mgmt as to what they feel is needed to make HOA more efficient. Yearly bids for vendors that are proven good for community and restricting Board members from talking to each other if a quorum is present is stupid. Spending money for monitors is also stupid and wasteful and will result in highher fees for HOs.	Feb-22-2013
Against	The entire bill is not good for any of communities that have home owners ass, it hard to get people to serve on a board as is. this will not work for the better.	Feb-22-2013
Against	You are tying to legislate the HOA's right out of business without knowing how they operate!	Feb-22-2013
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Against	I'm president of a small (122 home) HOA and this bill imposes many un-needed requirements. Our neighborhood is 16 years old and the HOA has operated successfully with out requirements like rebidding for services every year and election monitors.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	No taxation without representation. No board members acting out thier wishes to be someone without participation of the homeowner.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	HOA's need freedom to govern themselves through their Boards of Directors. The more freedom taken away and the more regulations take away owner's rights.	Feb-22-2013
Against	Please see our HOA President, Greg Keller, comments. We're against any legislation and makes it more difficult to manage our association.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	Not practical.	Feb-22-2013
Against	This bill removes too many rights of the homeowner and asks us to abide by a law that will be impossible to put into practice.	Feb-22-2013
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For	FOR - The intent of this bill only. Not all the provisions. There is very simple solution to most or all of the issues and problems with HOAs. - FAIR ELECTION of board members. Any homeowner under any circumstances, for example, even if they owe one penny should be able to run for the board. Even if it's husband and wife with different names. The entire election process must be administered by some independent government 3rd party like the Sec of State Office and NOT one hired by the existing board and paid for by the HOA. There must be advance notification of elections. An owner my have fines and simply not paying because of perhaps very valid disagreement with the fines, fees, etc. If their argument for non-payment is valid, perhaps, in a fair election they could win. If not, perhaps they might lose. ie. the other owners, appropriately so, through a fair election process, would decide the validity of outstanding fines, etc. If husband and wife running, their opponents can make that known via a fair election process and if others owners think it is a problem, perhaps both will not win. If there appears to be any conflicts of interest or mismanagement of the existing board, these conflicts could be voiced by other owners and candidates running for the board and if they are valid the others will decide through fair election and vote. Most or all of the associated problems with HOAs could be eliminated with completely fair elections where ownership is the ONLY criteria to become elected and the election process is FAIR.	Feb-22-2013
Against	This is not a good bill for HOAs. It will also cause spill over effects throughout the industry.	Feb-22-2013
Against	This bill is poorly written and confusing. In addition, it does not protect the rights of homeowners like it claims to do.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	This bill will create unnecessary costs and extra work for the association and the managers.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	Too costly. Too time consuming. Too much government intrusion.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	Much to restrictivefor board operations.This bill will hurt homeowners as it will create inefficiences in board operations.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	This bill will only confuse and make it more difficult for small communities to operate their homeowner associations. The amount of time that is already required is burdensome on the volunteers who take board positions and this will take more money and time away from small communities who are trying to keep their communities in high standard and who are also trying to work on betterment of their communities with the limited amount of monies they have.	Feb-22-2013
Against	I strongly oppose AB34. Please do not pass this bill.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	The Real Estate Division "can't find their collection asses with both hands now" - why would you give them further authority! It takes them months to years now to complete a complaint investigation.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	This is unfair & cumbersome. A knee jerk reaction to punish everyone for the evil doings of a very few felons.	Feb-22-2013
Against	This bill provides no benefit nor protection for homeowners. It complicates the process for the elected boards. Additionally the additional requirements found in the bill will drive up costs to manage an HOA, resulting in an increase in HOA fees for each homeowner. This is the last thing that needs to be done in a suffering economy. HOA boards are an elected body. If they fail to appropriately represent the needs of their community, they can be removed through the electoral process.	Feb-22-2013
Against	I'm against this bill for the following reason the changes you are recommending may impose more charges to the association which then will cost more money to the association in a already hard economic time. So it's going back to the homeowners pocketbooks to increase their association fees to handle the proposed changes you are requesting.	Feb-22-2013
Against	Will drive up costs for all involved. Adamantly protest this bill!	Feb-22-2013
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Against	This bill will Prohibit workshops or any meetings a quorum of the board being together for most reasons, including social events. This will require additional meetings and increased costs associated with additional meetings. It will slow down the already cumbersome process of addressing maintenance issues in the community. It requires associations to hire Voting Monitors to handle the election processes at an additional cost to the associations. This will inevitably increase assessments for homeowners as it will be a costly expense. And it will start requiring all associations to request bids for ALL services every year. Essentially, our vendors’ costs will be driven higher as they will be out submitting bids for all of the projects in our valley. They will get a lower percentage of the bids they submit and it is possible they will need additional staff to cover the extra work. This will only drive up the overall prices of the proposals we receive as the vendors’ overheads will be increasing.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	Infringes on both personel and professional freedoms. What problems does the bill intend to fix. appears as it is yet another attempt to discoursage the real functions and purposes of HOA,s. No positive, just more negative	Feb-22-2013
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Against	I am against the bill as it stands now...some modifications need to be made. The part I am concerned with is getting 3 bids for every work order. I agree that in most situations that is good and very necessary but in emergency situations on site we don't always have time to go out and get 3 bids..whatever the problem is needs to be fixed or replaced as soon as possible. Also on the voting issues..I don't think we need to hire voting monitors either..that is wasted HOA money. We count our votes at the local meetings in front of everyone from sealed envelopes..it's upfront and very honest. With all the foreclosures and owners not paying their HOA dues we need to really monitor our monies very carefully..we certainly don't need to be wasting it on items as such. Thank you	Feb-22-2013
Against	AB34 will hender the HOA bord f om conduting busness ina timely and cost effective mannor.	Feb-22-2013
Against	Many requirements of this bill are unnecessary and burdensome for HOAs and their Boards, e.g. hiring voting monitors and requiring annual requests for bids for all goods and services.	Feb-22-2013
Against	This bill will drive the cost to the condo owner through the roof. We cannot afford the added financial burden. The majority of HOAs are honestly run and subject to outside audit etc.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	This bill would make it almost impossible to do the daily runnning of the HOAs	Feb-22-2013
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Against	We have a small community association consisting of 111 homes. This bill would cause serious harm to the homeowners. We have many community activities and it would be unfair to exclude Board members from attending. Usually we have a real problem getting enough homeowners to agree to run for office when a board position comes up and we have to resort to going door to door to get enough candidates to fill the open board positions. To have us go to the expense of hiring an election monitor would be rediculous and would mean the Board would have to pass the expense on to the homeowners in the form of addition HOA assessments. This is a poorly written bill and needs to be voted down, or revised to exclude the small HOA's that have less than 300 homes.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	this will destroy the speedy time of fixing leak/ tree limb break broken gates ect... this will cause vendors outside the vendor of record to have to hire someone to do these bids that most likely will still go to the vendor of record due to a warrenty issues. How can a vendor other than the one of record offer a warrenty for something they are not maintaining. If they do the prices have to go up to balance this offset. so between hiring someone to did these items and recieving little to no revune for this extra expense. vendors prices have to go up causing assocaites more money and could actually put vendors out of business. In the state where unemployement is so high more people/ companies could shut down. Then hoa dues will not be paid and who is hurt the communities/ vendors who also live in communities... all together this will only hurt everyone in the valley	Feb-22-2013
Against	Upon a cursory review, it appears some of the proposed changes would inevitably increase HOA dues to the homeowners as well as delay the process to address "urgent" or unexpected maintenance issues.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	The Bill is bad overall for private homeowners, private communities, and industry. The Section 3 rule about the use of voting monitors in the conduct of the annual election of Directors, has the potential to cause private communities and homeowners to incur thousands of dollars of unnecessary costs at the behest of a very small minority.	Feb-22-2013
Against	The Bill is bad overall for private homeowners, private communities, and industry. The Section 3 rule about the use of voting monitors in the conduct of the annual election of Directors, has the potential to cause private communities and homeowners to incur thousands of dollars of unnecessary costs at the behest of a very small minority.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	The bill is poorly written, confusing and does not benefit the homeowners it purports to protect.	Feb-22-2013
Against	I am a homeowner and a Board Member at Sterling at Silver Springs Homeowners Assn. I am opposed to AB34 for the following reasons: Prohibiting Workshops: The Board getting together before a HOA meeting and discussing a topic saves time for both the Board and Audience of Homeowners. Board Members are well aware that NO decisions may be made in a Workshop Meeting, which could also include homeowners to get their opinion of a certain project. For this "Workshop" to include Social Events is absolutely rediculous! Our community has a monthly breakfast for all homeowners and that includes Board Members! We also have planned events that include Board Members. For Government to say who Board Members can or cannot associate with is communistic! Re Voting Monitors: Currently, we ask for volunteers (homeowners) to count ballots and the Property Manager and the Owner of our Property Mgmt. Co. oversee the procedure and that should be sufficient. Also, if a homeowner request ballots be recounted it is mandatory that it be done. We DO NOT need an additonal EXPENSE of hiring Outside Monitors. Re Requesting Bids for All Services: I put this in the same category as "communistic". If the Association is satisified with their vendors and property manager they SHOULD NOT be required to go out for bids on a yearly basis. By doing this you not only cause the Association added time delay and expense, but it also causes vendors and property managers time, money and expectations of winning a contract when most likely the Association will stay with their current vendor or property manager that they concurrently have and are satified with. What should be looked into is allowing a homeowner who only lives in the community for the winter months to become a Board Member. Conducting HOA business and HOA meetings with out-of-state Board Members is one BIG PAIN! ALL Board Members should be REQUIRED to not only own a Unit, but must ACTIVELY LIVE IN THE UNIT 12 MOs.	Feb-22-2013
Against	this is just another way to monitor the human race and every stinking thing we do i have NEVER seen so many government RULES in all my life! what are we ? A NAZI Government! Please the people can run their own lives believe it or not and their own communities, we will deal with our business ourselves we dont need a NANNY!	Feb-22-2013
Against	This will increase the cost of living for many homeowners while giving nothing in return to them!!	Feb-22-2013
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Against	I believe it will increase the HOA expenses that are already high and most of them already have problems to maintained their budget since many residence can't pay their assessment from one side and crime caused by unemployment creat more expenses on the other side.	Feb-22-2013
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Against	Are you looking to cause DUES and COSTS for needed service to skyrocket,or perhaps have boards "quit" and LAWYERS take over. TABLE this bill!	Feb-22-2013
Against	I have been on the Board 2 1/2 years. We have three board members who are the only one's that ever go to the meetings. This bill creates a burden for the board and for the home owner. Increases cost needlessly. This is not a bill my community will support. The Real Estate Division is not looking out for the home owner. Once I buy my house why would I want the Real Estate Commission to have anything to do with my home. Keep them out of my our business. Please vote against this bill.	Feb-22-2013
Against	not well thought out, will cost condo owners time and wasted funds	Feb-22-2013
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For	I think it will help keep Management Company's and H.O.A. Boards from treating the H.O.A. communities as their own private kingdoms. Hopefully it will help curb any corruption or malfeasance Which seems to have occurred at some H.O.A.'s.	Feb-21-2013
Against	A simple process is a better process. This bill doesn't identify the problems it is meant to address nor does it demonstrate any capacity to improve existing operations. Don't use HOA's as a testing ground to learn how to write legislation. This bill is useless and appears to be an example of passing a measure, not for any benefit, but for its own sake.	Feb-21-2013
Against	I am the member of a 3-member board. If this bill is passed, the board members will no longer be able to even say "Good Morning" to each other if we pass each other in the community (or anywhere). If it passes, we will have to pay to have somebody run our elections, when we can barely afford the postage to run it ourselves.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill would be very detrimental to the Hoa's and limit the boards in their actions. it will also make it extremlly difficult for managers to perform their jobs	Feb-21-2013
Against	THIS BILL IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR MY COMMUNITY. I AM DEFINITELY AGAINST IT!!! PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR IT!!!	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Better to allow community associations the freedom they need to make decisions consistent with their property. While "water mitigation" idea is a good idea, water outside of a unit is an external nuisance. NRS already requires associations to have community managers, these are capable of counting votes, as long as 1+1=2, 2+3=5, and so on. No additional vote counter, paid at expense to the homeowner who pays the home owners associations dues is necessary. Vote no to AB34.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Unfortunately this is a well meaning but very short sighted Bill. First of all it will prevent members of an executive board from meeting in a social setting. These people are volunteers who are also neighbors. This bill prevents people from participating in activities as friends and neighbors. Using an "untested" referee program is certainly not prudent. And, to require associations to obtain sealed bids for all projects and contract renewals will create both lengthly log jams for associations in attempting to efficently and expediently doing the business of the association, as well as create an enormous "trickle down" financial hardship for vendors, associations and finally the homeowner. The costs involved for vendors in providing project and contract proposals will be passed on to the associations and finally the homeowner. In the current economy, this move would be extremely irresponsible.	Feb-21-2013
Against	I believe this is an anti-community bill that should not be passed into law.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Too much regulation! How will you ever get homeowners to volunteer for their communities? No social interation? Isn't that the point of neighborhoods? Extra costs paying monitors? HOAs don't need more costs.	Feb-21-2013
Against	NO good whatsoever, stop wasting time and money writing stupid Bill's such as this, make yourself useful...	Feb-21-2013
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Against	It will increase our community member fees. We have a hard time trying to collect them as it stands.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Too restrictive and makes no provision for emergency situations.	Feb-21-2013
Against	poorly written to intrusive is not a benefit to the home owners.	Feb-21-2013
Against	I strongly oppose all facets of AB34.	Feb-21-2013
Against	It is insane.	Feb-21-2013
Against	THIS BILL is a poorly written bill and will cost HOA's more money also not all HOA's are bad the problem is that the residents that move in to an HOA refuse to get involved to learn the cc&rs and the rules and regs of the community most communites are ran fair and Just. This BILL WILL PUNISH ME AS AN OWNER IN AN HOA COMMUNITY PLEASE MAKE SURE IS FAILS!	Feb-21-2013
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Against	I am President of a Homeowners Association in Las Vegas and write in strong opposition to AB 34. This bill will create undue and unnecessary financial strains on all HOAs in Nevada by restricting the meeting opportunities of Board members, not providing for consideration of emergency measures, and requiring the retention of election monitors. In all of my years as an HOA Board member, the latter was never necessary and the circumstances are unlikely to change. I respectfully request that the members of the Judiciary Committee vote "NO" on AB 34.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Unreasonable for smaller communities. This bill will drive up vendor costs as well as members dues unnecessarily.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill will hamper our Boards' abilities to effectively operate their communities, and will make a much larger workload for those unpaid volunteers, and the hardworking CAM's that manage them. But the added workload would be fine - if the bill served to resolve some issue. As far as I can see, there's very little benefit. The Boards I work with are diligent in their allocation of funds, and holding their vendors to their contractual obligations. This will be a nightmare for small associations with already strapped budgets, while doing nothing to actually punish those who are not abiding by the rules already in place. And that opinion is based only on the new annual contract bidding part proposed. None of the rest of the bill makes much sense either.	Feb-21-2013
Against	The bill would accomplish nothing but added expense for HOA's that are already struggling to pay expenses in this hard times. Re-bidding vendors would cause current vendors to raise rates just to keep filling out papers. Most Boards can't find members to run - adding costs to "monitor" voting - another added expense for nothing. Don't tie our hands any tighter. S. L. Isaac, President, Antigua Maintenance Corp.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	I oppose this bill as written, especially for the changes to Sec. 13. The community I am Board President of is relatively small by some standards and these changes would add an unnecessary level of complexity for repairs in our neighborhood. For example, the torrential rain storms a few months ago washed tons of decorative rock and underlying dirt off a common area embankment and into the gutter. Within a week our regularly contracted landscaping crew had repaired the damage, but necessitating a board meeting to entertain (at least) 3 bids places excessive demands on the volunteer board members. While I understand and agree with the need to eliminate bribes and "sweet-heart deals" on large scale projects in bigger communities, the changes as written waste time and prevent timely repairs. Additionally, having to obtain new bids for current, regular services (such as landscape maintenance) each year seems redundant and also creates an unnecessary waste of time. Thank you.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	I do not see this bill as benefiting me as a home owner.	Feb-21-2013
Against	We have a very small HOA and this will drive up association fees because of more meetings, cost of monitors, the bid process each causing increased money for contract also driving up association fees. I am against bill in its entirety.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Just because there's been a problem with Las Vegas groups, doesn't mean all common-interest communities are bad.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Bill will be bad for families of common-interest communities, and will end up costing all concerned more money in the long run and not accomplish anything good.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Strong opposition. Does more to harm associations than assist. As president of our association I think AB 34 will limit our ability to act in the best interests of the homeowners/members. The system is not broken, it does not need that drastic type of repair	Feb-21-2013
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Against	As a homeowner and board member of a townhome community, bill AB 34 is not type bill we need. It curtails the ability of the board and HOA to perform the necessary steps in keeping up with association business and issues which crop up continually. Please vote NO on this bill. Thank you Cherry Smith Greve	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill is absolutely ridiculous!!! I live in an HOA which would be negatively impacted by this bill!!! Bad proposed legislation....!	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Unfair to homeowners and Home Owner Organizations. Real estate Div. should have no interest in HOA's or homeowners.	Feb-21-2013
Against	HOA's increase the value of homes within those HOA communities It is unfair to punish the many for the mistakes of a few. In our HOA there are 167 homes, but there are only 4 who are consistently having trouble with compliance with CC&R's. As legislators it is those 4 homeowners (the squeeky wheels)who complain how unfair HOA's are, you never hear from those who play by the rules and enjoy their communities. Please don't allow the Real Estate special interest to destroy HOA's as they have in Arizona. Support those who live in HOA's for a reason, not everyone wants to live accross the street from a tank or someone who rebuilds car engines in their driveway. Thank you for your support	Feb-21-2013
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Against	As a board member of an HOA, I am at a loss as to this proposed bill’s once/year bid requirement for contracts and the "meeting" related to social events. Perhaps this was written with a poorly functioning specific HOA in mind? I would guess there are already sufficient rules and avenues to address whatever problems exist that may have caused this bill to be drafted. Please, please do not pass this poorly constructed bill.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	bad bill. J Heroy Rio Largo HOA board.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill is poorly written and generally unhelpful to hoa governance. I am a hoa bd member in Reno.	Feb-21-2013
Against	I believe the the restrictions being proposed will further inhibit the Board from being productive. It's hard enough to get homeowners to participate and volunteer for the Board. If their service takes a year to get a project done, then I don't see them volunteering another year. To put further restrictions related to a quorum can be a problem, when several members belong to the same church.	Feb-21-2013
Against	I am vice president of Sunset Mesa HOA in Summerlin, Las Vegas, NV. The bill being proposed is entirely too cumbersome to allow for day-to-day incidents that occur in HOA communities. An example: a homeowner has sewage backing up into their home. Should this bill pass, there could be nothing done to alleviate this problem until 3 bids are received, opened in open meeting,AFTER the requisite 10 day notification period. Really? This is what you propose? We who serve on our HOA boards do so to maintain our communities, which will be nigh impossible should you add these restrictions to our day-to-day problems, most of which are minor. We are not doing this for monetary or "quid-pro-quo" reasons. Prosecute those who are abusing their positions, but please do not punish the vast majority of us who are doing the best we can with due diligence to maintain our communities & property values for ALL in our communities. Our budgets are extremely tight & what is proposed will adversely affect all homeowners. I challenge you to do a complete and open survey of all who live in HOA associations and see how it's the few who are hurting the many. I believe you will find those who complain loudest have no interest in serving on boards, but are more than ready to complain about those who are doing the work to maintain associations AND keep costs as low as possible. Check out Sunset Mesa and I know you will find an excellent board who do their utmost to keep our community in great condition with total oversight from homeowners. We also have 2 social get-togethers each year, which are attended by most of our residents. Do you also want to abolish these functions which are a great way for neighbors to meet new & old neighbors?	Feb-21-2013
Against	The government needs to stay out of this (like they need to stay out of most things). So I buy a home in an HOA and i pay them now you want me to pay the state of Nevada to watch them. Home many millions will this cost? Where is this money coming from to regulate the HOA'? Does anyone see how Ignorant this cyle us? What will you do when this cause HOA's to spend more money which goes directly to the homeowner ship cost of most people in Nevada. You will make it were it will be more dissirable to live in a home without an HOA which may not be a good thing and will give Nevada less control over home ownership. I have 30 properties in Clark County and I already spend much of my time dealing with HOA's and State of Nevada stuff. I am actually a seller in the market ready to get out of Nevada and move my investments to other states and other places that are more supportive. Goverment stay out please.....	Feb-21-2013
Against	Why don't you people stick with something you know about. You have it now where the Banks are getting a free ride. Now you want to mess with something else.	Feb-21-2013
Against	As an owner in a common interest community, this will raise my dues, limit my freedom as an owner AND board member to meet with fellow owners in a social setting. It will also further burden the management and board members by requiring a bid process on services we may very well be happy with and not want to bid. The arbitration process has been well tested by owner sand hOAs. This bill takes that option away from owners and Boards. This bill is not a friend to the HOA boards, management, or homeowners.	Feb-21-2013
Against	Enought already! Please stop.	Feb-21-2013
Against	I think most of the provisions are unworkable and extremly unfair to small HOA's. I am against anything that will raise my yearly assessment.	Feb-21-2013
Against	It would be very difficult to get efficient business done this way.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill will make it impossible to get emergency work done in a timely fashion. Roof repairs from storm damage,irrigation system water leaks,broken windows from hail storms,etc as examples.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill addresses problems that don't exist.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	this bill will increase the cost of HOA operations	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill places additional restrictions on associations and homeowners when there are already numerous regluations in place. Regular volunteer homeowners cannot be expected to follow laws that even lawyers and judges disagree. regulations are forcing regular homeowners to give way to professionals because	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This will be a killer to the associations do to increase cost.... we currently have problems getting homeowners to pay their dues and if this bill is passed it will inevitably cause an increase in homeowners dues...please do not pass this bill	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This Bill is ridiculous. Makes it even more difficult to get issues resolved in our communities. We do NOT need this BILL.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill would place an undue financial and administrative burden on CICs, particularly those operating on a small scale.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill would significantly impact HOA effeciency,maintenance aspects and costs.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill will make it VERY difficult for our association to do business! We strongly oppose this bill and don't want it to bog down our vendors, management company and board of directors with unnecessary paperwork and meetings for minor repairs. Thank you	Feb-21-2013
Against	I oppose of this bill as written because it is unrealistic to request bids for minor repairs like fixing a stuck gate or replacing some irrigation tubing for instance. This bid requirement should ONLY be for larger scale repairs and projects such as the types that are listed in Reserve Studies. Also, getting annual contract bids every year is redundant and wastes time of the volunteer board members as well as the vendors submitting bids. Making this requirement be performed at minimum every 3 years is more realistic and will accomplish what is being proposed. PLEASE TAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE VOTING!	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill has not been thought all the way through as to what it will impose upon both the vendors offering services to the associations as well as the additional requirements upon the associations themselves both in costs and time of the members.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	I oppose this bill because it is unrealistic to request bids for minor repairs. This bid requirement should ONLY be for larger scale repairs and projects such as the types that are listed in Reserve Studies. Also, getting annual contract bids every year is redundant and wastes time of volunteer board members as well as the vendors submitting bids. This should be performed every 3 years or so , which is more realistic and will accomplish what is being proposed.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	As ususal you are legislating for something that is going to make it more costly and time consuming without any benefit to the homeowners. We do not need voting monitors. we are all present at themeeting and are fortunate if 5% of the homeowners respond by mail to any issue. we do not want our costs driven up by this measure.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Most people who choose to live in gated communities do so because the HOA boards, in general, work very well with the current rules and regulations. Additional regulations will only diminish their effectiveness and cost the home owners more money.	Feb-21-2013
Against	Please vote against this bill. Your volunteer boards will get nothing done but have meetings to vote on water leaks treees fallen etc. VOTE NO	Feb-21-2013
Against	I have been the President of our 65 home community for approximately five years. We have a fairly smooth running community. New rules adopted in just the past five years have made it increasingly more difficult to run a community. Especially by Board members with demanding careers. The best example is the bid process. First of all, the bid process in general is counterproductive in the long run because it wastes two-thirds of the time of highly compensated employees. I have never seen the bid process as having any benefit other than to help in negotiations, but any reasonable businessperson can negotiate without additional bids. Maybe some Boards do not have seasoned individuals, but all three of ours are legislation won’t improve on our effectiveness. The second reason the bid process hinders communities relates to the recent rule requiring sealed bids to be opened in a Board meeting. This is asinine because in five years and having reviewed at least thirty bids, I have never, ever, received a bid proposal that I was willing to execute as is. I have always needed additional information or clarification, or I wanted to negotiate the price further from that point. This arms-length sealed bid process hurts far more than it helps. Do you as public servants believe you’d do a better job at work if you had to re-apply for your job every year? So then why do you think my vendors will do a better job having to rebid their contracts every year? I need loyalty from my vendors. I need them to trim trees and mow grass, not spend their time filling out bid proposals. HOAs and Boards are often viewed as incompetent pains in the posterior. There are two causes for this. One is the rules we must abide by. The second is that when legislation makes a Board member’s job too frustrating to handle, the good ones quit.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill is very poorly written and where do homeowners benefit? In this suffering economy, increasing assessments to owners and other proposals are more harmful than benificial. We should be for the homeowners not a "judicial" branch with too much power.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill has no redeeming features!	Feb-21-2013
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For	This would slow down the HOA process even more then it is now. The bidding system would be a nightmare. We can hardly get 3 bids on some projects as it is. It would also mean I would have to drop my membership from the Foothills Ladies Coffee group. Frankly, I'd resign my HOA Board membership before I would do that.	Feb-21-2013
Against	I am totally against this bill which will increase our HOA dues and is not necessary. Our HOA is working just fine without any new rules that would increase our costs for no apparent reason. PS. We are s small community.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Poorly written and too demanding for volunteer members of HOA Executive Boards to comply with. Adds costs to the administration of Homeowner Associations. Discourages homeowners from volunteering for HOA Executive Board positions. Although there are a few parts, such as section 7.4 of amendment to NRS 116.3103, requiring former custodians of HOA records and papers to turn them over to current board members or community managers, AB34 is in need of further consideration of unintended consequences, such as a quorum of board members may not attend the same festivity. This bill needs further study and wise editing.	Feb-21-2013
Against	In summary, this bill will • Prohibit workshops or any meetings a quorum of the board being together for most reasons, including social events. This will require additional meetings and increased costs associated with additional meetings. It will slow down the already cumbersome process of addressing maintenance issues in the community. • Require associations to hire Voting Monitors to handle the election processes at an additional cost to the associations. This will inevitably increase assessments for homeowners as it will be a costly expense. • Requiring all associations to request bids for ALL services every year. Essentially, our vendors’ costs will be driven higher as they will be out submitting bids for all of the projects in our valley. They will get a lower percentage of the bids they submit and it is possible they will need additional staff to cover the extra work. This will only drive up the overall prices of the proposals we receive as the vendors’ overheads will be increasing. This bill does not consider the ramifications for emergency items in an Association and should be opposed in its entirety.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	It is too restricting for boards. This would mean that the board could not use the swimming pool together.	Feb-21-2013
Against	It will make impossible to run a board for my HOA !	Feb-21-2013
Against	There is no need to get annual sealed bids for services that everyone is happy with. For a community that meets 4 times per year, it takes two meetings to get anything accomplished.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Vehemently against this bill. As an owner in 3 different HOA's including one business HOA, this is not a sensible or workable piece of legislation for owners. Please vote against this!	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Stopping board workshops would leave board members uneducated. Prohibiting a quorum of the board being together for most reasons, including social events is flat out unconstitutional. Requiring ALL associations to hire Voting Monitors to monitor association elections would increase assessments to our homeowners that are already struggling to pay their current rates.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Does not help my association and is only good for developers and very large common-interest communities. It will force our small association to spend a large amount of money for things we do not require.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill will make the HOA very hard to run their business. It is very hard to get Directors to run for office, this makes even harder. How would you get anything done if you had to follow these rules?	Feb-21-2013
Against	too much ridiculous control	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Use your time for more important issues.	Feb-21-2013
Against	on the face of it, I like the idea of voting monitors to administer and supervise votes of units owners. However, I fear the reality will be costly to HOA's while not creating a fail-safe approach to ensuring accurate and honest elections but potentially a new opportunity for collusion and coruption.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	I am adamently against this bill in its entirety! It is horribly restrictive and causes too much expense to homeowners' communities; especially smaller ones such as ours!	Feb-21-2013
Against	Common Interest Communities (CIC): 1. CICs face a real problem when attempting to alter and clarify their CC&R’s. To facilitate a change most CC&R’s require a 66 2/3% majority voting in favor. Good times or bad, obtaining this super majority is next to impossible. In today’s world and probably the future, the fact is that banks and other controlling majority or minority interests simply block passage or simply do not respond when asked to vote. There are many ways to deal with this problem. One is to recognize the failure to vote as an automatic “yes” vote and another would be to allow a lower percentage requirement for passage. Lowering the percentage requirement to perhaps 55%, while requiring two back to back votes in order to ratify is an alternate suggestion. In any case the legislature should address this problem now. 2. The current NRS 116 education requirement for new board members is insufficient and leads to errors and the need to hire ever more expertise. New members should take at least two CIC related courses during their first year and one course every year thereafter. Perhaps this doesn’t matter because there is no real oversight or enforcement of the existing lesser education requirement today. 3. Raise the level of expertise and enforcement at the Ombudsman’s office. Change the requirement for binding arbitration from “all parties must agree” to only one party must agree. At a minimum this should apply to any complaint where economic damages are judged to be nearly non-existent. Hopefully this reduces or eliminates continuing “food fights” in the CIC legal cafeteria. Add administrative law judges to speed up the process. Fund this by doubling the cost per home from $3 per year to $6.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill will increase the cost of operation a common interest community. The requiremenst if passed will lead to many unforseen negative and unintended consequences. It will put the volunteers that serve the fellow members with no compensation at risk. The bill should not become law. Thank You	Feb-21-2013
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Against	I consider that if this bill is passed , the costs of running HOA will increase,due to inconsiderate new rulings.	Feb-21-2013
Against	The changes proposed will only increase my dues and cause unnecessary extra work for the volunteers on the board and the management company. We don't need voting monitors -- we ask people in the association to monitor! We don't need referees either. You made a specific law for common-interest communities but then you try to put us back under the real estate division -- ridiculous! I am totally opposed to this bill!!!	Feb-21-2013
Against	• Prohibit workshops or any meetings a quorum of the board being together for most reasons, including social events. This will require additional meetings and increased costs associated with additional meetings. It will slow down the already cumbersome process of addressing maintenance issues in the community. • Require associations to hire Voting Monitors to handle the election processes at an additional cost to the associations. This will inevitably increase assessments for homeowners as it will be a costly expense. • Requiring all associations to request bids for ALL services every year. Essentially, our vendors’ costs will be driven higher as they will be out submitting bids for all of the projects in our valley. They will get a lower percentage of the bids they submit and it is possible they will need additional staff to cover the extra work. This will only drive up the overall prices of the proposals we receive as the vendors’ overheads will be increasing.	Feb-21-2013
Against	There are many provisions of this bill that are unworkable. By far the worst in my opinion is the requirement to solicit at least three bids for any association project or service. There is no mention of a dollar threshold nor any reference to "practicality". This provision could only have been written by someone with utterly no business experience. Please kill this bill or at least strike the provisions of Section 13.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	After reviewing portions of this Bill, I find it hard to believe that the Real Estate Division could adequately handle the enforcement and monitoring the changes they are suggesting.	Feb-21-2013
Against	Leave the HOA's alone,This bill does not consider the ramifications for emergency items in an Association and should be opposed in its entirety	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill doesn't make sense and isn't practical in the real world. Many small HOAs simply can't afford to pay for the items required in the bill without raising assessments. Getting annual bids for EVERY contract isn't practical and won't change the fact that if a Board is happy with a contractor they will continue to work with that contractor.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	As an HOA board member on numerous projects in the state of CA as well as the Las Vegas area, I have lived with CA legislation restricting board communication and meeting requirements as well as HOAs being forced to hire election monitors. Neither area was made easier or more effective, it simply made it more expensive and harder for the HOA to do business. Please do not pass this legislation.	Feb-21-2013
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For	I am currently a Home Owners Association Board Member for Gand Teton Colinas HOA. I completely support this bill as written because the HOA needs MORE supervision from the State Realty Division, not less. There are too many problematic issues to list, but this bill would address some existing issues.	Feb-21-2013
Against	this bill might do well for job creation but do very little for the community except raising fees for the homeowner.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill is totally unrealistic. As a board member I am required to learn the laws related to HOA's but this law would not allow me to attend seminars with my peers. I also can't imagine how you do business when every action must be done by sealed bid. The current law is extremely difficult to work with and this would be far worse. I oppose it in its entirety.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill will add a extra three layers of bureaucracy,increase cost to home owners,slow down approval process, WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE REGULATION.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Looks like punitive steps which will make expenses higher for all HOA's, most of which are not having fraud problems, due to problems in a very small percentage of overall HOA's	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill will cause additional costs to HOA boards for monitoring election votes. This will be an unnecessary legislation to again force government into private affairs.	Feb-21-2013
Against	I oppose of this bill as written because it is unrealistic to request bids for minor repairs like fixing a stuck gate or replacing some irrigation tubing for instance. This bid requirement should ONLY be for larger scale repairs and projects such as the types that are listed in Reserve Studies. Also, getting annual contract bids every year is redundant and wastes time of the volunteer board members as well as the vendors submitting bids. Making this requirement be performed at minimum every 3 years is more realistic and will accomplish what is being proposed. PLEASE TAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE VOTING!	Feb-21-2013
Against	ASSOCIATIONS CAN GOVERN THEMSELVES! WE DON'T NEED LEGISLATION FOR SUCH NONSENSE. WE OPPOSE THIS COMPLETELY! Please stick to the stuff that needs your help, like creating jobs without creating bigger government and more interference!	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill has a VERY negative affect on the HOA’s money.	Feb-21-2013
Against	I oppose of this bill as written because it is unrealistic to request bids for minor repairs like fixing a stuck gate or replacing some irrigation tubing for instance. This bid requirement should ONLY be for larger scale repairs and projects such as the types that are listed in Reserve Studies. Also, getting annual contract bids every year is redundant and wastes time of the volunteer board members as well as the vendors submitting bids. Making this requirement be performed at minimum every 3 years is more realistic and will accomplish what is being proposed. PLEASE TAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE VOTING!	Feb-21-2013
Against	I am an HOA Board member, a former Community Manager, and a current Nevada attorney. I was just informed of the existence of this Bill and would like to express my opinion. First of all, I don't think the whole bill is bad. Parts of it make sense, actually, such as Sections 9 and 12. I think other parts could be fine if amended slightly; for example, Section 7 would require me to return every paper I ever received as a Board member if I ever step off the Board. I have no objection to returning the "Board binder," but it would be impossible for me to return every meeting packet and every other document I ever received while on the Board. Additionally, this Section does not distinguish electronic documents, which certainly could be considered "records of the association." Finally, there are whole sections that are plainly overburdensome. In my HOA, where we have a 3-member Board, I would be prohibited by Section 2 from ever discussing any HOA business with any other Board member, unless we previously authorized it at a meeting! If I meet another Director to sign checks, and we happen to discuss an issue that we noticed, we would be breaking the law? This can't be the intended purpose of the Bill, but it would be the effect. In summary, I think the Bill could be revised and salvaged, but it would need to be closely analyzed by someone with extensive experience in this field. (I'm happy to discuss it with the legislators if they would like.)	Feb-21-2013
Against	Commons sense has apparently removed itself from this bill. By legislating the issues in this bill it prevents every HOA board to act appropriately and in a timely manner. PLEASE VOTE NO!	Feb-21-2013
Against	It looks like an invite for trouble and we don't need that.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	I oppose of this bill as written because it is unrealistic to request bids for minor repairs like fixing a stuck gate or replacing some irrigation tubing for instance. This bid requirement should ONLY be for larger scale repairs and projects such as the types that are listed in Reserve Studies. Also, getting annual contract bids every year is redundant and wastes time of the volunteer board members as well as the vendors submitting bids. Making this requirement be performed at minimum every 3 years is more realistic and will accomplish what is being proposed. PLEASE TAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE VOTING!	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill is ridiculous. Requiring bids on all pu9rchases goes agains sensible business practice and is unduly onerous. Restricting board members from ever gathering together is unrealistic. Working sessions zre very helpfulto board members. Requiring the hiring of voting monitors is unnecessary and an added expense.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill is poorly written, will increase assessments for homeowners, and the Administrator of the Real Estate Division is not the proper authority to oversee association matters.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill will drive up the operating cost of the Associations and impede the ability to handle business in an as efficient manner as possible.	Feb-21-2013
Against	What this bill proposes is definitely not needed.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This is ridiculous! This would cost our associatons way too much money that we cannot afford.	Feb-21-2013
Against	Having lived in a CIC for seven years; I appreciate all that they do. Mine isn't broken, please don't fix it.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	As a Board member at Canyon Mist Estates HOA I urge you to vote NO on this bill. It is already exceptionally difficult to get anything done with the current regulations. This bill seems to tell me who I can't associate with which will take away my right to choose my friends! Thank you for your prompt NO vote.	Feb-21-2013
Against	THE BILL WILL MAKE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET ANYONE TO PARTICIPATE ON ASSOCIATION BOARDS. SOME OF THE TERMS OF THE BILL ARE INCREDIBLY RIDICULOUS AND BURDENSOME SUCH AS BIDING EVERY ITEM FOR THE ASSOCIATION. THE ASSOCIATION SHOULD BE ABLE TO POLICE ITS OWN ELECTIONS WITHOUT HIRING MONITORS. FEDERAL AND STATE ELECTIONS DON'T PAY MONITORS TO SUPERVISE THEM.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Wondering if whomever wrote this bill lives in a property governed by an Association Board, therefore realizing the importance of the Arbitration process running the way it does. The Arbitration process works fine now with both H/O and the Association benefiting. I am asking you to vote NO on this Bill.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill inhibits an Association's ability to address maintenance issues in a timely manner and will drive up fees paid by homeowners by way of additional required mailings, additional required services and increased overhead of Association vendors, which will be passed on to the Association. It will cause all community maintenance items to only be completed at a snail's pace causing a blighting of the community's appearance.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	My HOA board is a group of 3 for about 350 single-family homes. There are often times we seek education from the ombudsman office on things like reserve study projects (painting, street sealing), etc. that are only offered a few times a year and we usually have only a month's notice on class times -- no decisions are made at these meetings; they are educational awareness sessions. If restrictions are placed on our ability to attend educational seminars without notice, the boards will then just be making uneducated decisions possibly costing homeowners thousands of dollars in shoddy or unnecessary work for lack of awareness. A referee instead of arbitrator? What is that? This bill is just too vague and restrictive for homeowners and volunteer board members trying to do right by their communities.	Feb-21-2013
Against	Let the homeowners Associations take care of themselves. They have alot on their plate with the economy and don't need any further restrictions, especially from The Real Estate Division.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	What I see more than anything here is more red tape, delays, and headaches trying to get anything accomplished. I am totally against this bill.	Feb-21-2013
Against	Does not really help homeowners by making it harder on those working for them.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Bills like this are obviously introduced by people how know nothing about how an HOA actually works. This would devistate HOA's, ruin property values and turn HOA's into the type of places some people already claim the are.	Feb-21-2013
Against	Emergency considerations This bill does not consider the ramifications for emergency items in an Association. For example, it is quite common for second-story condo units to flood out the units below, from a burst pipe, water heater or other item. The Association is sometimes responsible for the dry-down and repair of one or both units. Microbial growth, also referred to as mold, can begin growing just 48 hours after a water intrusion issue. Time and temperature can also affect the rate and can start growing within hours depending on the species of the microbial growth. In this situation, the Board has several issues to address: - Dry down of the unit(s) - Repair of the cause of the leak - Restoration of the damaged unit(s) If we had to obtain three sealed bids for any of these items, it could be detrimental to the Association and the affected owners. It could be argued that the only item that could be deemed an emergency under NRS 116.31083 is the dry down of the unit. Both the repair of the cause of the leak and the restoration could potentially be held off for 10 days until the Board could get a notice out in the mail, obtains three proposals and approves a proposal. But is it fair to the homeowner to be displaced during that time? Would the Association have to cover the expense of a hotel during that time? If the owner is renting, would the HOA need to cover the loss of use from the rental income as well as the hotel stays? When HOA expenses are already of great concern due to delinquency rates, does it make sense to incur extra expenses if they can be avoided? What happens if one or more vendors fails to provide a proposal by the Board meeting? That means more of an expense to the HOA for hotel stays, potential loss of use lawsuit by the owner whether they are renting or not, and other financial concerns.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill does not protect association homeowners in a productive manner and will likely increase the expenses in running an efficient homeowners association	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill obviously does not PROTECT homeowners and it makes the managers/management company's job extremely restrictive and negative.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	These initiatives would virtually handcuff HOAs in a bureacratic morass, and would not increase their effectiveness	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill has so many backward thinking things and costly things. What vendor in his right mind is going to give free proposals every year to every HOA that asks? You will either not have three bids or the association will have to pay to obtain bids. The meeting definition is absurd. My friend on a three member board lives next to another member of the board. If they happen to mention the association they are taking illegal actions. Why do we need these things? If it isn't broke leave it alone. Making the 3 bids sealed in the first place put a burden on boards that only meet quarterly, I know I remember when it came out and we had one heck of a time getting anything done because we either had to quickly see if they were actually bidding on the same thing and if it needed to be done make a truely uninformed decision or have a Special Meeting or wait 3 months for the next meeting.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill is prohibitive and will be costly to both homeowners and HOAs. Scrap it.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill is like trying to kill an ant with a sledgehammer. I have served on the Boards of a number of community associations, and drafted their formative and operating documents. The RED should not be involved in the day-to-day operations of associations; the vast majority are fully capable of self-governance. This bill goes way too far, and would decrease efficiencies and increase costs of operation. It will also make it more difficult to get qualified people to serve. This bill needs to be scrapped, or at least completely rethought.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This is unreasonable; HOAs, Board Members and Community Managers are overregulated enough and to add unrealistic protocols from an unrelated industry including giving them the power to oversee this when there is already a CIC is irresponsible and leading toward a breakdown!	Feb-21-2013
Against	We do not need more regulation in our hoas. This will increase management costs.vote against this!	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill hampers the good volunteer work that HOA boards do for the benefits of their communities.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	These requiremnet put undo pressure on the associations to spend money better used in reserved status. Hiring outside companies have no right to determine what a specific computnity votes on based on type, location, or affiliations. We are free people and do not need regulation. What you should be requiring is Management COmpanies to be more responsive, better monetary control and to ensure there are no conficts of interest such as the recent one that came to light on the news lately.	Feb-21-2013
Against	I am against this for the main reason of the referee program and not being allowed to reward legal fees. What happens if you have someone obusing the system because they have the time on their hands to request referee service one after the other. Who will pay for management or a lawyer to sit in these referees with a Board member or if no board member can make it. This process could cause other homeowners to pay for the expense of an individuals actions. Poorly thought out. Our HOA all Board Members hold full time jobs as well. A Board Member could lose money attending these due to not being able to go to work. The need for 3 votes before renewing contracts seem counter productive unless it is every couple years as it could add to management costs if this has to be done every year for every contract. Some contracts don't have cost increases and if the vendor is performing excellent service what is the reason for this bidding out if the vendor won the original contract through a 3+ bid process? Voter monitors only concern would be costs to do it, but don't disagree if only upon request.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	I tuly believe that aspects of this bill will prove to do more harm than good to most common interest communities.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Although the news is full of horror stories about HOA boards and management companies, I have been very pleased with the way our HOA and management have conducted themselves. Making things more difficult and more costly will have terrible consequences for everyone in the future.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill will only hurt Homeonwers in an Association, it will also cost additional monies and in this time of lower income very fews peop;le can afford to have an additional expense. Please do not approve this Bill.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	The bids for contracted work should have a time frame rather than annually. Make it every 2 or 3 years so competitive pricing is obtained but time is also not wasted. The portion stating "projects involving construction, maintenance, repair, replacement, or restoration of any part of common elements or which involves provision of services to associations" NEEDS TO SAY EITHER "FOR RESERVE PROJECTS" OR "IF PROJECT IS X% OF OPERATING BUDGET" The idea of this sounds great, but people can't and shouldn't have to go out to bid for minor repairs such as a leaking hose bib or if the entry gate needs to be fixed. IT'S NOT PRACTICAL AND LEAVES WAY TOO MUCH ROOM FOR MIS-INTERPRETATION IN EITHER DIRECTION AS WRITTEN.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	let homeowners regulate homeowner associations. How dare you try to impose rules on us that will cost us more, bring us nothings and shift the burden to us who worked long and hard to buy our homes in a community that has rules that work and make sense without non value added processes.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Regarding getting bids for any and all projects and renewal contracts would seriously hinder the associations and the vendors including management. What is not being considered is the amount of work (unnecessary if passed) involved (vendors, managing agent and board of directors) in requesting, preparing and reviewing that amount of bids for each meeting. The Board may already be reviewing several bids during the meeting for necessary projects, as an example of concern they are billed extra for meetings which exceed the contracted amount. The manager as an example has a lot of involvement in the creation of the RFP, follow up with the vendors to receive the bids and processing meeting minutes and completing the approved tasks. This would also take away necessary time away from managing agents to deal with other important matters for the care of the association. In regards to time if you wish to push this forward and approve these changes consider on the community management side to at least extend the deadline for processing minutes to 7 days. It could also be a consideration to amend the proposal for the new bill for every 3 years or so depending on inflation averages. There is a lot involved with managing a community and it takes a lot of time to do everything required, please consider it from our stand point and on behalf of the association. With the initial law it would have been better to further clarify the definition of "capital improvement" and leave it at that. Regardless if you use a voting monitoring system there is always the chance of accusation that the process is rigged. Not a smart, financial solution for the associations to have to carry out this process in the proposed manner. Require more specific documentation of the election. Perhaps with the 623 form submitted with board changes we can include a copy of the tally sheets and minutes to confirm the accuracy of the votes and somewhat accountable of the process.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This will add additional expenses to HOA'S, and complicate the processes even more. Board members are homeowners in their community, and this bill suggests they should not congregate socially? The expense of having more complicated voting procedures with not only make the process more difficult, but it may be cost prohibitive for small sub associations.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This is going to hurt most homeowners.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This will have an onerous effect on HOA's	Feb-21-2013
Against	What are you people doing? This bill is not good.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This will make it harder for the Homeowners Association to do business, which are already strained from the economy. Please consider the business aspect of this bill when voting for it and how it will affect your constituents who live in HOAs.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	If you support / pass this bill I will never vote for you again. and work diligently to see that you are not reelected to office!	Feb-21-2013
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Against	My concerns are that AB 34 would: 1. Define a board meeting in such a way that a meeting with a manager on routine business or if a majority of the board were in an education class would be considered a board meeting and thus subject to the meeting notice and other requirements of Nevada law. 2. Impose costly election monitoring mandates on all common interest communities despite the fact that the division has noted most election issues occur in self-managed communities. 3. Replace the state’s successful mediation/arbitration program with a ‘referee’ program that is vaguely defined with unclear qualifications for referees. The Ombudsman's Office currently acts outside their authority by offering legal advice and interpreting the law. For these reasons we urge the committee not to support the bill as drafted. One of the criticisms of common interest communities is that their boards fail to live up to their obligations to the association. Adding another layer of complexity to dispute resolution, imposing more mandates on associations and the business that serve them will make it more difficult for managers, residents and boards to serve their community’s needs. Nevada common interest communities have faced a set of challenges not seen anywhere else in the country. There are legitimate challenges to be addressed. This includes finding affordable and accessible dispute resolution mechanisms and ensuring that communities have the tools needed to be financially sound. While AB 34 touches on these concerns, it does so in a manner that I feel would move the state backward and have a negative financial and operational impact on common interest communities and the professional companies that support them.	Feb-21-2013
Against	Very bad for common-interest communities and too restricting.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This is a overly restrictive bill that will raise our association costs significantly. Our association has 114 homes, a monthly assessment of $13 which fully funds our operating and reserve requirments, and this bill will require us to raise that fee. In trying economic times, that is the last thing we need.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	The bill is poorly written, confusing and does not benefit the homeowners it purports to protect.	Feb-21-2013
Against	Section 2 attempts to define a meeting as any gathering of directors during which they may discuss HOA matters. I believe the 1st amendment guarantees the right to meet with NO restrictions: “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble…”. The law can only define "meeting" during which decisions can be made that affect the HOA. If passed I will personally contact the ACLU and fight this bill!	Feb-21-2013
Against	We have had absolutely disastrous problems with HOA's in Las Vegas, and this bill has too many problems to even discuss. I don't know when being a homeowner meant giving up true ownership. We all agree to abide by the rules and regulations of our associations, and many function well, however, this kind of change is too restrictive. Are we living in the former Soviet Socialist Republic? I don't want to, in spite of my love of Russian novelists. No, no, a thousand times no to this bill.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	The bill is poorly written, confusing and does not benefit the homeowners it purports to protect.	Feb-21-2013
Against	Never Pass this Bill	Feb-21-2013
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Against	DO NOT PASS!!!	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill is poorly written and seeks to make board of directors job more difficult. Requiring bids on ALL goods and services provided to an Association is cumbersome, unnecessary and in some instances impossible. The CICCH should be left alone.	Feb-21-2013
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For	There should be monitoring in the association meetings when voting is done most people that show up for meetings are usually the ones that always vote for more costs spent in the community when there shouldn't be any money spent. Any provisions for voting should be done via mail sent out by uninterested parties and counted by the voting monitors that don't live in the community. Too many communities are not of the best interest for everyone only the few that is why I gave up voting at the meetings because no one ever listens to the rest only the few buddy buddies in that meetings and only want there way instead of the general well being of all the other residents.	Feb-21-2013
Against	My concern is that this bill is an over reaction to the minority of HOA Management Associations that break the rules. This is not a true reflection of the majority, this will only serve to penalize the majority who continues to play by the rules.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	More and more the Real Estate Division trys to micomanage HOA's. We like most other associations have to beg people to serve on the board, we have a 5 person board with only 3 positions filled as no one else is will to serve, but the RE Division wants us to pay for voting monitors. It is time for the legislators stop making laws for the few exceptions that may be having trouble, and let those who live in the HOA and know their needs best make the determinations for those properties. This is only one problem with this bill and demonstrates that the RE Division has little knowledge of the problems in trying to take care of the needs of an HOA. This bill if passed would increase the cost for an association, ours for one is struggling to keep afloat with all the foreclosures and unit owners not paying the association fees as it is. Please stop this micromanagement and let us take care of our own affairs.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This will cost the HOA's more money for the items that you are proposing. Please do NOT pass this at all.......	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill will increase HOA fees for those that are already struggling financially.	Feb-21-2013
Against	We don't need more regulations on how to conduct HOA business. I am a board member and we are perfectly satisfied with Nevada's current governing laws, regulations, and guidelines. Adding more rules on conduct only further discourages people from wanting to participate in their government. We already have most people who are not interested in taking on the board and management duties because of all the current requirements, much less adding more. The cost of governing is going up at a time when home values are going down and unemployment remains at an unacceptable level. It seems government agencies just get bigger and more burdensome on the people they are supposed to serve. We are greatly against AB34 and ask you to vote against it.	Feb-21-2013
Against	Having served on an association board for many years, I believe this bill will essentially destroy associations. Boards are elected to serve the association. They can be unelected if they don't do there job.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This would add costs. Our fee is high enough as is, and our association is a quality operation!	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Nothing more then Department medaling .	Feb-21-2013
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Against	HOA's DO NOT need to be managed in ANY WAY by and for the benefit of realtors. Also, HOA's DO NOT need to hire, at HOA expense, ANY election "monitors". Harry Reid, who just yesterday stated that a plan for photo I.D. at polling places is "...a solution looking for a problem". Although I strongly disagree with him on that subject (one only need to look at how Sen.Al Frankin (D. MN.) was elected with over 1,100 illegal votes in 2010). However, this legislation is EXACTLY what Sen. Reid should have referenced.	Feb-21-2013
Against	You won’t believe this bill. If you think NRS 116 was bad and difficult to follow before, just read these changes. Not being an attorney I don’t know if I have the time it takes or the temerity to challenge this garbage. Most associations have fewer than 200 homes and I really can’t see how they can continue to get qualified people to run for their boards given the volume of junk law that the legislature continues to heap upon us. They must think that 2,900 out of 3,000 CIC’s here are run buy wannabe criminals. The constraints they place upon the ability of volunteer boards to conduct business would put any private sector business out of business in no time. I wonder if HOA’s could vote to disband and then reconstitute the association as a privately held business with shareholders. The legislature fails to differentiate the large HOA’s from the smaller ones anywhere that makes sense. One size fits all. This bill is a mixture of a whole lot of absurd contestable gibberish, especially “the congregation of a majority of the members” jargon and a few rational thoughts. Individual and/or collective congregations – wow, who keeps track of this? Will we now be required to turn over our emails on demand? Hire a voting monitor – really? Now the Ombudsman’s office will have referees? Now its not “if” any more, 3 bids “whenever” possible. Guess they could have added “when reasonable too?” More legal cafeteria food fights here. Here are a few excerpts.. Better yet read the bill. Rick 1 Section 1. Chapter 116 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 2 thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 5, inclusive, of this 3 act. 4 Sec. 2. “Meeting,” with respect to a meeting of the executive 5 board: 6 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, means: 1 (a) The congregation of a majority of the members of the 2 executive board at the same time and place to hear, discuss or 3 deliberate upon any matter that is within the authority of the 4 executive board. 5 (b) Any s	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill would make HOA operations a true nightmare for our volunteer board members and hired management companies. A horrible example of lobbying gone wild. Quit micro-managing everything with "over-kill" regulations. Take care of the States financial business and stop meddling in our HOA's.	Feb-21-2013
Against	There are a number of significant problems with this proposed Bill, some of which are as follows: 1. The Bill would virtually assure that HOAs' would have to hire voting monitors for all of their annual elections. This provision creates an unnecessary financial burden on all HOAs, but especially smaller ones. Most Board elections are not contentious and the current law works just fine. As a matter of fact, many HOAs have difficulty getting a sufficient number of members to run for the Board. 2. The definition of what constitutes a Board meeting requiring notice to all homeowners is too broad. Virtually all contact by a majority of Board members at any one time would constitute a Board meeting. This provision makes the ordinary day-to-day management of the community extremely difficult. 3. The provisions in this Bill togther with provisions in AB 98 would basically require HOAs to get written proposals for virtually everything that the HOA purchases. Written proposals should only apply to significant projects. The monetary limit set forth in the proposed legislation is far too low. This Bill vitually assures that HOAs will have no continuity of vendors and will significantly delay maintenance projects from completion. I urge the Judiciary Committee to vote against this Bill without significant modification.	Feb-21-2013
Against	I feel this adds undue pressures on HOA boards. I realize that there are a number of HOAs' who have had undue problems with their boards. The solution is more oversight by the homeowners, becoming involved with their HOA, rather than more legislation.	Feb-21-2013
Against	If you regulate CICs out of business, the government will be left to pick up the tab for all neighborhood roadways, common area landscapes, etc. Doesn't the government have more than it can take care of already? Additionally, the Commission was designed to provide better oversight of the people under it because the NRED it not as familiar with management of CICs. In one part of the bill, layers of protection are being removed (commission oversight) and then layers added in places that make no since (voting monitors). When a association has 30 homes, do they really need some outsider to watch as the votes are counted? Wouldn't a video tape work just as well? Please think before you vote on this poorly-written bill. Thank you.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill does not benefit the homeowners it purports to protect. It adds additional restrictions to homeowners associations that are already struggling to maintain compliance with all applicable regulations.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This is a very bad bill, poorly written, and impractical in its application. It will hurt homeowners associations and create unresonable costs to the homeowners.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill is against the best interests of HOA's.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill seems to be an over reaction to the recent HOA election rigging scandal. The vast majority of HOA's practice good business judgment and do not need additional legislative oversight, which causes increased expenses which are passed on to the homeowners in the form of higher monthly assessments.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This is a terrible bill! It is poorly written, confusing and directly contrary to various Nevada statutes. The CCICCH should continue to oversee common interest comm associations, not the NRED. The NRED Chapter 38 arbitral process should be retained. The bill is ill conceived and the result of political motivations. I live in an HOA in Northern Nevada and have served as an officer of my association for several years. This bill would do nothing to protect homeowner interests. I urge you to vote against AB 34. Virginia Bonar	Feb-21-2013
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Against	I am against this bill because I don't think it's necessary to hire a "monitor" to conduct votes for board members. This will increase HOA expenses and is unnecessary. We can take care of our own voting and have done so without incident for years. Requiring a bid for every purchase is just ridiculous. It will prolong the process and create difficulties to procure the most inane and small purchases. We already have to get bids on significant expenditures. That's enough oversight. There other unworkable provisions of this bill that will just add expense and paperwork to a Board's duties making it even harder to get HOA members to run for these voluntary positions. We have enough trouble getting people to participate in the community associations as it is. The economy and resultant homeowner difficulties is enough of a hardship. We don't need more legal restrictions and oversight to make it worse. In general, this is not a very "community association-friendly" bill. I am a member of an HOA Architectural Review Committee.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Does not support homeowners or the HOA industry.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This Bill will increase costs to all homeowners. Board Memebrs that live in a Commmunity with social gatherings are told that can't attend an event, takes away their rights to enjoy their amenities that their paying for in their assessments. Many owner's choose to live in a Community that has these samenties and teh Association will lose competent Board Members.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	The bill is poorly written, confusing and does not benefit the homeowners it purports to protect. In some cases, there will be spillover effects to management companies and other business partners in the form of additional restrictions and additional costs that will be emposed on the homeowners who live in HOA's.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This will NOT be good for Boards or HOA's. The RED is once again attempting to "control" the industry and over-step their authority and boundaries.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	I reside in Sun City Aliante Homeowners Assoiciation in North Las Vegas. I have been on the Board of Directors since November 2006 and have been elected President 3 times. I believe this is a very, very bad bill and does not take into consideration the realities of running and operating an effective homeowner's association. It will cause HOA's to incur unnecessary expense and delays for no good reason. Please vote against this bill. Thank you.	Feb-21-2013
Against	I am totally against this bill as it will put undue burden (including financial) on HOA and home owners within communities like the one I live in here in Clark County. Stop the over-regulating of HOAs. They represent the home owners. How can anyone of you believe that requiring annual bids for all goods and services are a good thing? How can you think that requiring "voting monitors" will be a good thing -- all it does is add complexity and bureaucracy that will delay action. Let the homeowners decide (not you) what is good for our community. We have a big stake in our community's well-being, so let us govern ourselves. As it is, there already are a lot of laws on the books that regulate HOA - so enough already! It seems that the Nevada legislature is distrustful of anything an HOA does, when all we are interested in is living in a nice community where everyone adheres to the CCRs. What is the logic for getting the Real Estate Commission (REC) involved in HOA management. The CIC is working well with our community. The REC's motivation is to trade properties, how are they representing our community better than the CIC?? Where do you guys get all these ideas anyway? Do any of you ever talk to homeowners? Please oppose this bill. Thanks a lot.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	No "Referee" needed! No "Real Estate Division" involvement, please !	Feb-21-2013
Against	Not in the best interests of Community Associations.	Feb-21-2013
Against	As treasurer of a small HOA (74 homes), I feel that this bill will cause an unnecessary burden on the finances of homeowners associations causing assessments to increase. This will cause more homeowners, who are already struggling to pay their assessments, to become delinquent.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill could hurt some associations. I believe it would also impede work that needs to be done quickly in a community from being performed in a timely manner especially if it is a health and safety issue. This may also cause associations who don't have alot of many to raise assessments for owners who can not afford it and causing more to lose their homes.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill will hurt the Homeowners. Most board of directors have the best interest of community at the fore front of their minds. This bill would greatly reduce the ability for the board to facilitate the needs of the association and will greatly increase the demands of a volunteer board to the point where it will hinder the ability for the boards to timely facilitate their responsibility’s. It is my opinion the Real Estates Division is trying to over reach and “take control” of an industry they know nothing about. The regulations specified in NRS 116 more than provide for the proper operations of the community manager and the board. Over-regulation has already scared away “good” managers and board members because of fear of liability. The Commission for Common Interest communities is much better equipped to handle the disputes and regulations the HOA’s present in this state.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Tis is a stupid attempt to get a constituent somewhere to think "Oh! At least they tried!"	Feb-21-2013
Against	The bill is poorly written, confusing and does not benefit the homeowners it purports to protect. Adding additional restrictions will have an adverse affect on not only the homeowners, but management companies and business partners as well.	Feb-21-2013
Against	The items in thhis bill are ludicrous, and would only cost every homeowner more money!!! We's like to spend less, not more!!!	Feb-21-2013
Against	is not friendly to homeowners--unintended consequences seen; i.e., 'referee program'; voting monitors??? we don't need another layer of bureaucracy....	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This bill really hurts the smaller associations and restricts HOAs from running smoothly while keeping costs down. The smaller associations, like mine, are really hurting right now with properties in the foreclosure process not paying their assessments. Please do not vote for this bill. Thank you.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	I have lived in a HOA for the past 11 years. The contents of this bill will do NOTHING to help the operation of an HOA, only make the operation of a HOA extremely difficult and in most cases totally unworkable. I have been on our HOA board for 9 of the last 11 years, and can tell you that the majority of our owners have no objection at all to the way we do business under current law. The only persons that want to change things are small minority that are critical of everything that takes place, and in my opinion have no business living in an HOA as they do not want to follow any rules, or have a personal financial agenda to obtain. Getting bids yearly for services that are working properly is unreasonable and not necessary. Current law adequately defines the actions taken by the board and circumstances where decisions can be made. Doing away with workshops will require many more unnecessary official and very lengthy board meetings, and greatly hamper normal operations. It isn't broken, so please stop trying to fix current procedures that work well in daily use.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	I strongly urge Assembly members to vote against AB34. It is poorly written and confusing.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Does not benefit the Association and it's homeowners!!	Feb-21-2013
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Against	It is truly unfortunate that a few bad associations cause our state assembly to craft a draft bill that penalizes all associations. This "one size fits all" approach is NOT a reasonable solution. Almost all the changes offered in this draft bill will financially encumber associations even further than the recession already has (referees and voting monitors). Further, the bill reaches deeper into association management than it should while it continues to ignore the fundamental fact that legislation won't change - the majority of volunteers who serve on boards have no experience and, sometimes, can make uninformed choices and decisions. Piling on these new, obfuscated rules will not help - only hinder - effective management of associations. Overly prescriptive laws will not help to fix the problems that only exist in an extreme minority of badly run associations. It is about the people who run them and sometimes the wrong people join a board and steer it into the wrong direction. Legislation should serve as the rudder not rower. It is also a mistake to move any CCIC responsibilities to NRED. NRED has proven again, through the release of Advisory 13-01, that it lacks the objectivity required of a state regulatory office. This recent advisory flies in the face of CCIC rules and recent arbitration decisions. It also demonstrates that the investor community has been able to cozy up to NRED staff. CCIC is necessary and its duties and powers (e.g., disciplinary hearings) should NOT be shared with NRED. Finally, whoever is responsible for crafting the language should be taken to task for producing such a ghastly product. It is confusing and unclear. The sponsors should be ashamed to put their names on this pathetic product. I hope you will choose to let this misdirected, ill-conceived, poorly written piece of legislation die in committee.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill is poorly written and confusing and does not benefit the homeowners living in common interest communities.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill is over reaching and gives too much power to the NRED which should focus on the issues the already have.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	AB34 as proposed is overreaching and damaging to community associations including the homeowners like myself. The NRED has their own internal issues to tend to, they are behind to what we hear in getting back with the homeowners with complaints and I believe they are not in the position to take on additional responsibilities. Currently laws are in place that limit board of directors already and more laws will only destroy the future health of those communities already suffering. I do not approve of the passage of AB34.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	Much more thought and discussion needs to go into changes like this.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	The Government has to back off legislating how homeowners run their private affairs. You have done everything you can to run the public sector into the ground financially and now you are doing your best to do the same to the private sector. Furthermore, having participated in the "Referee Program", it is a sham and it is completely biased on the part of NRED's agenda in direct opposition to what is in the best interest of the majority of Homeowners in HOAs. All one has to do is look at the recent NRED "opinion" issued in direct opposition to the Arbitrator's decision in favor of the Associations in the Higher Ground lawsuit to see that NRED does not have the best interests of HOAs in mind. HOAs would be best served with less constricting legislation, not more. We are a nation of laws and there are laws already on the books to regulate HOAs: overregulation causes an undo burden on homeowner associations. If you grant more power to NRED you will be creating another fascist quasi government agency and taking another step towards the ruination of this country's core values.	Feb-21-2013
For	This is a great bill. Why fear open meetings? Why fear anything in this bill? The Nevada Real Estate Division has a pot load of cases where they have proven abuse by Bully Boards and greedy managers. Oh, but how we need this bill.	Feb-21-2013
Against	This bill makes it extremely difficult for a small hoa to operate efficiently, and keep the cost within or close to budget. In this economy, our hoa can't afford more costs. We are already underfunded with all of the foreclosures in our community. Also, no one attends our meetings,....nothing would get accomplished . Please vote against this bill for the small hoas.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This will increase unit owner costs, put duress upon HOA;s who are volunteer members, it is hard enough to get volunteers now, and management companies fees will increase with increased and additional service requirements.	Feb-21-2013
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For	The Ombudsmen must have a recourse against these Homeowner's Association Management Companies. A few days ago I saw a program NAS, 1ST Columbia and a Lawyer on a program were encouraging homeowners to call their Legislators and tell them the good work they are doing? That put me on defense. The owner of our management company use the CAM to send this e-mail to our Board of Directors and homeowners. Telling us to vote againt AB34. This Management Company should not have used our e-mails for political again without permission from the board in writing. I am a HOA Board Member and our Homeowner Association Management Company is using Collection Agencies, Trainers and Lawyers to mislead our HOA Board to make a profit. Their fiduciary duty is to help us save money not to take avantage of the Board. They know that the Ombudsmens Office only has control of the Community Association Managers (CAM's), which works for the management companys. The Ombudsman office provides free service's to train Board Members and homeowners on how to enforce NRS 116 and procedures on how to run meeting, elections using Robert's Rules changing By-Law's and CC&Rs etc. Our CAM suggest to use this lawyer to change our By Laws. I went to the office and the Lawyer was training the CAMs and could not assist me on a homeowners issue. He stated he works for the HOA Board not the Board Members. This is a conflict of interest. It was never disclosed to us that he assisted the Management company. Our Board member's are encourage by the mgmt Co. to go to training that the HOA pays for it which the Owner of the mgmt co. is a board member. They use Collection Agencies to encourage HOA Board's to foreclosure on HOA Liens. Once it goes to auction three time the HOA Board must foreclosure or pay the collection agency over $2000.00 for their services.	Feb-21-2013
Against	I have been a HOA board member for 6 years. Things are running very smoothly now, therefore, I do not see any need for these proposed changes which I believe would primarily only serve the interests of the real estate community and make the BODs operations more complicated with little or no positive benefits.	Feb-21-2013
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Against	This is our 2nd home in a HOA with CC&Rs. This bill is not in our best interest and will only increase our very reasonable association assessments and will do nothing to improve our home values.	Feb-20-2013
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Against	The costs that some HOAs will incur because of this bill, will make is so we can not function. We already have problems because of the forclosed properties in our communites and now we have to pay for voting personal to monitor, when we already pay our management co. to do that. What happens if we have a quorom of the board at a social event or and educational event, will that not be allowed ? Think about how crazy that part of the bill is.	Feb-20-2013
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Against	This bill does not appear to help HOA boards do a better job of managing their communities and will probable make their job more difficult. It could also result in increased costs to unit owners	Feb-20-2013
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Against	If you feel you need to do something to rein in Boards of Directors that don't follow the rules for meetings, elections, etc. as addressed in NRS 116 beef up enforcement of the rules. Don't make new regulations that hamper a good associations ability to do it's job. Adding another bad provision(s), such as contained in AB34, to NRS 116 isn't going to make it better for homeowners and their associations.	Feb-20-2013
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Against	Come on guys--we have a workable set of laws now and your misguided attitude towards association boards and the people who work hard to make the laws we have now don't need constant meddeling and tuning. Leave well enough alone and fine something else to do with your time. There are enough regulations noe and knee jerk reaction to a few bad apples is like punishing all of us for the sins of a few. This industry is an easy target but you are way off bsss with AB34.	Feb-20-2013
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Against	This bill will result in HOAs having to spend more money to perform simple day to day operations and by doing so, will prevent HOA's from enforcing their CC&R's and preserving their communities' home values.	Feb-20-2013
Against	The changes are confusing and make it difficult to implement .	Feb-20-2013
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Against	This proposed bill will do more harm than good. Please vote against it in committee and on the floor.	Feb-20-2013
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Against	Too reactionary to the unfortunate circumstance that occurred within a small group of the many common-interest communities. Throwing out the baby and the bathwater. And adding too many facets that will have unintended consequences that will be detrimental to the communities.	Feb-20-2013
Against	As Board President of the Northridge Estates community in North Las Vegas, I am highly against this bill as written. It is full of language that would create more fees and less community-friendly discussions of issues and concerns. The true purpose of HOA boards and Management companies is not to inflict heavy burdens upon the homeowners but to protect their rights as homeowners. It is a privilege to belong to an unified and caring community. This kind of community isn't created through legislation but through people who come together to work out their differences, share in the lives of their neighbors and work towards creating a great community for the future. No referees, no fees, no limits or monitors will create a thriving community. Thriving communities are created through friendships, hard work, and trust. AB34 doesn't provide anything positivie for the Northridge Estates Community, therefore, my opinion and vote is against its consideration.	Feb-20-2013
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Against	The bill proposed is overreaching and potentially lethal to community associations and those homowners living within those associations. Reducing the authority of an elected association board of directors, passing much of that authority onto an already over encumbered NRED staff makes no sense. The NRED has their own internal housekeeping to tend to and they are not in the position to take on additional responsibilities/governance that ultimately lies with those that live within community associations. Currently laws are in place that limit abuses by governing board of directors. More laws will only stymie the future health of Nevada communities and create additional bottlenecks when it comes to the day to day operations of our state's communities. I do not approve of the passage of AB34. Respectfully submitted by a native Nevadan...	Feb-20-2013
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Against	This Bill will hurt those it is designed to protect. Doesn't anyone consider the costs to CICs to implement this stuff? The provisions of this bill like requiring CICs to hire monitors for elections, requiring bids for ALL good and services each year and eliminating the Real Estate Commission are absurd changes. Stop the nonsense.	Feb-20-2013
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Against	DO NOT PASS THIS!	Feb-20-2013
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Against	This is a bad bill. Do not do this to the many hundreds of honest, volunteer run HOA's in Nevada.	Feb-20-2013
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Against	This bill will make it both harder AND more expensive for our small, well-run HOA community to function. Please vote against it!	Feb-20-2013
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Against	This bill is in the interests of investors only and not in the best interests of homeowners and HOA's trying to do the best to protect the interests their owners and residents.	Feb-20-2013
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For	Currently Vice-President of Sundown HOA board. I am for AB32 for all the reasons that a lot of the management companies are against it. Time to start collaring the rogue management companies and collection agencies that are abusing the residents of CIC's.	Feb-20-2013
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Against	I am a board member of a 3-member board of a small community, 73 units (mostly rentals). I'm a volunteer and only serve on the board because me and the other two board members are the only people willing to donate our time to doing the job. Truth is, besides the board usually only 3 to 4 owners bother to show up to any of our meetings. Please don't make our jobs any more difficult than they already are. I understand some boards of large communities may be on power trips. We're not. We're just trying to make sure we have a pleasant community in which to live. Please don't make that more difficult for us than it already is. What happens if you make serving on a board so onerous we can't get anybody to volunteer to serve on the board? How does that improve our little community?	Feb-20-2013
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Against	I am against this bill. This is a bad bill!	Feb-20-2013
Against	This will drive up our costs without good reason. Poor solutuons just become the next problem. this bill creates more problems than it solves.	Feb-20-2013
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Against	Certain aspects of this bill reduce HOA operating flexibility and accountability seemingly aimed at reining-in rouge HOAs, yet done so at the detriment of the vast majority of well operated HOAs.	Feb-20-2013
Against	too many problems will arise from this bill	Feb-20-2013
Against	While the intent of this bill was to clarify certain areas of the HOA law, it seems to me that many of the "fixes" only further confuse the issue. Many of the requirements are simply not practical in an effort to running a smooth community. Thank you.	Feb-20-2013
Against	This is bad for homeowners. It will increase their costs, not solve any real problems and impede the asociation from doing it's business.	Feb-20-2013
Against	The bill needs serious work.	Feb-11-2013
Against	don't sanction secret meetings. Executive boards have been having them for decades, they are unfair to homeowners- don't codify this nonsense	Feb-05-2013

77th (2013) SessionOpinions

77th (2013) Session
Opinions