Tennessee § 66-27-112 - Contents of bylaws — Modification.

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§ 66-27-112. Contents of bylaws — Modification.

The bylaws must necessarily provide for at least the following: Form of administration, indicating whether this shall be in charge of an administrator or of a board of administration, or otherwise, and specifying the powers, manner of removal, and, where proper, the compensation of such administrator, board of administration, or otherwise; Method of calling or summoning the co-owners to assembly; that a majority of co-owners is required to adopt decisions; who is to preside over the meeting and who will keep the minute book wherein the resolutions shall be recorded; Care, upkeep and surveillance of the building and its general or limited common elements and services; Manner of collecting from the co-owners for the payment of the common expenses; and Designation and dismissal of the personnel necessary for the works and the general or limited common services of the building. The sole owner of the building, or if there is more than one (1), the co-owners representing two thirds (2/3) of the total apartments of the building, may at any time modify the system of administration, but each one (1) of the particulars set forth in this section shall always be embodied in the bylaws. No such modification may be operative until it is embodied in a recorded instrument which shall be recorded in the same office and in the same manner as was the master deed or lease or plat and original bylaws of the horizontal property regime involved. Acts 1963, ch. 124, § 12; T.C.A., § 64-2712. Textbooks. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), No. 8-502. Law Reviews. Condominium Law in Tennessee (Thomas R. Dyer), 5 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 167 (1975). Collateral References. Validity and construction of condominium association's regulations governing members' use of common facilities. 72 A.L.R.3d 308. Validity and construction of regulations of governing body of condominium or cooperative apartment pertaining to parking. 60 A.L.R.5th 647.

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