LAC Minutes
June 14, 2002

MINUTES
FOR
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE
LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE ("LAC")
DATED: 6/14/02

Delegates present: Richard Thompson, Denise Bower, Cheryl Brendle, Karna Gustafson,
David Schwindt, Barbara Kanz and Rich Vial

By invitation: CAI National Representative Andy Krakowski

A. Treasurer's Report. David Schwindt gave the Treasurer's Report.

B. Approval of Minutes. Approval of April and May Minutes were postponed until next meeting.

C. Discussion on Recommendations of Delegates to National. David Schwindt made a motion and Barbara Kanz seconded that we would invite Harriett Heisey to be a LAC delegate as long as she becomes a CAI member and is otherwise qualified. Denise Bower will call her.

D. Manager Licensing. No report. Discussion followed regarding the goal of the manager licensing. The goal was to have the CAI courses recognized by the State and receive a stamp of approval from the State agency regulating licensing. It was decided that the LAC would not pursue this matter any further.

E. Resale Disclosure. Discussion followed relative to Chapter 105 and having a stand-alone bill to submit to the Legislature sponsored by CAI and other groups. There was discussion that we did not want a resale certificate. We will ask Merkley to sponsor the bill on behalf of CAI and other groups. We discussed the wording in Barbara Kanz's draft of changes to Chapter 105. There was a motion to incorporate such revisions. The motion failed. Barbara Kanz and Rich Thompson will go back to the drawing board to make the owner/seller responsible to request documents and not the buyer. The delegates ask that this be done by the next meeting.

F. Corporate Issues. Barbara Kanz is still working on integrating the NonProfit Corporation Act with the Planned Community Act and Condominium Act.

G. Next Meeting. The next meeting will be on July 25, 2002 at 11:30 a.m.

H. Web Site For LAC. Denise Bower reported that CAI National is updating their web site and will have bill tracking and legislative information activity on the web site. We decided not to do anything further at this time on the web site.

I. New Business. Discussion of whether the LAC should proceed with the audit issue. We discussed the difference between audit versus review. We discussed possible dollar limits on budgets of associations that would have to do audits. David Schwindt discussed the audit issue with OWCAM. David Schwindt advised that it is approximately $2,000 to do a review. We discussed the Washington State requirements for reviews/audits. Andy Krakowski advised us that CAI-National was not supporting any State regulation on audits. It was voted that no further action be taken by the LAC on this issue.

Meeting adjourned.