(a) Insurance to
be carried by association.--Commencing not later than the time of the first
conveyance of a unit to a person other than a declarant, the association
shall maintain, to the extent reasonably available:
(1) Property insurance
on the common elements and units exclusive of improvements and betterments
installed in units insuring against all risks of direct physical loss commonly
insured against or, in the case of a conversion building, against fire and
extended coverage perils. The total amount of insurance after application
of any deductibles shall be not less than 80% of the actual cash value of
the insured property exclusive of land, excavations, foundations and other
items normally excluded from property policies.
(2) Comprehensive
general liability insurance, including medical payments insurance, in an
amount determined by the executive board but not less than any amount specified
in the declaration covering all occurrences commonly insured against for
death, bodily injury and property damage arising out of or in connection
with the use, ownership or maintenance of the common elements.
(3) Any property
or comprehensive general liability insurance carried by the association
may contain a deductible provision.
(b) Other insurance
carried by association.--If the insurance described in subsection (a) is
not maintained, the association promptly shall cause notice of that fact
to be hand delivered or sent prepaid by United States mail to all unit owners.
The declaration may require the association to carry any other insurance
and the association in any event may carry any other insurance in such reasonable
amounts and with such reasonable deductibles as the executive board may
deem appropriate to protect the association or the unit owners.
(c) Contents of
insurance policies.--Insurance policies carried pursuant to subsection (a)
must provide that:
(1) Each unit owner
is an insured person under the policy with respect to liability arising
out of his ownership of an undivided interest in the common elements or
membership in the association.
(2) The insurer waives
its right to subrogation under the policy against any unit owner of the
condominium or members of his household.
(3) No act or omission
by any unit owner, unless acting within the scope of his authority on behalf
of the association, will void the policy or be a condition to recovery under
the policy.
(4) If, at the time
of a loss under the policy, there is other insurance in the name of a unit
owner covering the same property covered by the policy, the policy is primary
insurance not contributing with the other insurance.
(d) Proceeds from
property insurance.--Any loss covered by the property policy under subsection
(a)(1) shall be adjusted with the association but the insurance proceeds
for that loss shall be payable to any insurance trustee designated for that
purpose or otherwise to the association and not to any mortgagee or beneficiary
under a deed of trust. The insurance trustee or the association shall hold
any insurance proceeds in trust for unit owners and lienholders as their
interests may appear. Subject to the provisions of subsection (g), the proceeds
shall be disbursed first for the repair or restoration of the damaged common
elements and units and unit owners and lienholders are not entitled to receive
payment of any portion of the proceeds unless there is a surplus of proceeds
after the common elements and units have been completely repaired or restored
or the condominium is terminated.
(e) Unit owner
may obtain insurance.--A unit owner may insure his unit for all losses to
his unit, including all losses not covered by the insurance maintained by
the association due to a deductible provision or otherwise. An insurance
policy issued to the association shall not prevent a unit owner from obtaining
insurance for his own benefit.
(f) Evidence and
cancellation of insurance.--An insurer that has issued an insurance policy
under this section shall issue certificates or memoranda of insurance to
the association and, upon request, to any unit owner, mortgagee or beneficiary
under a deed of trust. The insurance may not be cancelled until 30 days
after notice of the proposed cancellation has been mailed to the association,
each unit owner and each mortgagee or beneficiary under a deed of trust
to whom certificates of insurance have been issued.
(g) Disposition
of insurance proceeds.--
(1) Any portion of
the condominium damaged or destroyed shall be repaired or replaced promptly
by the association unless:
(i) the condominium
is terminated;
(ii) repair or replacement
would be illegal under any state or local health or safety statute or ordinance;
or
(iii) eighty percent
of the unit owners, including every owner of a unit or assigned limited
common element which will not be rebuilt, vote not to rebuild.
Except for the costs of repair or replacement which are not covered due
to deductibles, the cost of repair or replacement in excess of insurance
proceeds and reserves which have not been identified by the executive board
to fund costs of capital expenditures for the current fiscal year of the
association is a common expense.
(2) If the entire
condominium is not repaired or replaced:
(i) the insurance
proceeds attributable to the damaged common elements shall be used to restore
the damaged area to a condition compatible with the remainder of the condominium;
(ii) the insurance
proceeds attributable to units and limited common elements which are not
rebuilt shall be distributed to the owners of those units and the owners
of the units to which those limited common elements were assigned; and
(iii) the remainder
of the proceeds shall be distributed to all the unit owners in proportion
to their common element interests.
If the unit owners vote not to rebuild any unit, that unit's entire common
element interest, votes in the association and common expense liability
are automatically reallocated upon the vote as if the unit had been condemned
under section 3107(a) (relating to eminent domain) and the association promptly
shall prepare, execute and record an amendment to the declaration reflecting
the reallocations.
(3) Notwithstanding
the provisions of this subsection, section 3220 (relating to termination
of condominium) governs the distribution of insurance proceeds if the condominium
is terminated.
(h) Nonresidential
condominiums.--The provisions of this section may be varied or waived in
the case of a condominium all of whose units are restricted to nonresidential
use.
(i) Recovery of
deductibles.--If any insurance policy maintained by the association contains
a deductible, then that portion of any loss or claim which is not covered
by insurance due to the application of a deductible, as well as any claim
or loss for which the association is self-insured, shall be levied by the
executive board in accordance with section 3314(c) (relating to assessments
for common expenses)
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