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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rob Wilson-Hoss<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 26, 2017 9:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'WSBA Real Property Listserv'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Casey v. Sudden Valley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I think I just figured something out that has been bothering me for years. RCW 64.38.025(3) says how budgets are to be adopted by the Board, and then submitted to the
membership for ratification; and the members ratify unless a majority of the total votes rejects it. I, along with others, assumed, based on what I still think are compelling reasons, that "budget" meant income and assessments as well as spending. But Sudden
Valley v. Casey said that budget only refers to expenditures. I thought, and still think, this is absolutely wrong - one of the central purposes of the statute was to make sure that members got a right to vote on assessments, and it came about in part because
of complaints from members that Boards were just passing assessments without member input.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">But what I was overlooking was that the result was, the budget for assessments, since it is not in the statutory process, comes from whatever the individual association
bylaws say. So, when the bylaws say the Board imposes an assessment, then the Board imposes the assessment. The problem is shrunk to those associations that have governing documents that specify more difficult processes. And if there is nothing in the governing
documents, well, then, the nonprofit statutes, 24.03 and 24.06; and the HOA Act; and most governing documents; say that the Board acts for the association. So the Board sets assessments.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If this helps anyone, great. If I am wrong, please tell me.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rob
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Robert D. Wilson-Hoss
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