What changed in HF 2485

3 passages reworded, 1 added and 4 removed; 23 of 31 unchanged.

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Section 1.

f. “Unit owner” means the same as defined in section 499C.1.

2. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a common interest community with one thousand or more units that is adjacent to or abutting in part a public lake may establish policies in the common interest community’s bylaws or rules regarding the operation of watercraft, including but not limited to equipment specifications, upon the public lake by specifications. The authority granted to a common interest community under this subsection shall only apply to unit owners and unit owners’ guests.

3. Notwithstanding section 462A.32, a common interest community may communicate the common interest community’s policies established under subsection 2 through the use of private buoys and other safety-related installations until the date the commission adopts rules regulating buoys and other safety-related installations for the public lake that is adjacent to or abuts the common interest community described in subsection 2.

b. “Bylaws” means the same as defined in section 504.141.

c. “Member” means a person who on more than one occasion, pursuant to the provisions of an association’s articles or bylaws, has a right to vote for the election of a director or directors of the association, irrespective of how the member is defined in the articles or bylaws of the association, and who is a record lot owner of the association. A person is not a member because of any of the following:

(1) The person’s rights as a delegate.

(2) The person’s rights to designate a director.

(3) The person’s rights as a director.

c. “Member” means a person who is a record lot owner of the association.

d. “Public lake” means any lake located within the boundaries of this state that is a navigable body of water and that is lawfully accessible by the general public.

e. “Rules and regulations” means the rules and regulations adopted by the association’s board of directors as authorized by the bylaws of the association.

f. “Unit” means a portion of an association dwelling unit designated for separate ownership or occupancy or as otherwise defined in the statute under which the association is organized.

2. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an association may establish policies in the association’s rules and regulations regarding the operation of watercraft, including but not limited to equipment specifications, upon a public lake by specifications. The authority granted to an association under this subsection shall only apply to the association’s members and the association’s members’ guests.

3. Notwithstanding section 462A.32, an association may communicate the association’s policies established under subsection 2 through the use of private buoys and other safety-related installations until the date the commission adopts rules regulating buoys and other safety-related installations for the public lake that is adjacent to or abuts the association.

3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.