(1) Before a homeowners association may take action to increase an annual budget in any single year, the homeowners association must provide notice to homeowners at least forty-eight hours in advance of the meeting in which a decision to raise the annual budget is made. Notice of the meeting may be through posting notice: (a) in a conspicuous place in a common area in the community; (b) on an Internet website maintained by the homeowners association; (c) by electronic mail; or (d) through methods provided in the association's bylaws that ensure actual notice. (2) The provisions of this section do not apply to a homeowners association that is incorporated under the South Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act found in Chapter 31, Title 33. HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 245 (H.3886), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018.
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