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What it is

Proposal to allow condo owner meetings by video call

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 1 July 2022. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso.

Official title: Private member's bill amending Article fourteen of Law 49/1960, of 21 July, on Horizontal Property, regarding the modalities for holding Owners' Meetings.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000242· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would allow owners' meetings to be held in person, remotely, or in a mixed format, and would give full validity to decisions taken in any of these formats. In remote or mixed meetings, the secretary would have to verify attendees' identity through digital means and record this in the minutes.
  2. Attendance at the meeting could also be through remote means, in addition to in person or through representation with a signed letter from the owner.
  3. In remote or mixed meetings, the minutes would have to state that fact and list attendees who joined remotely. Decisions would be deemed adopted at the secretary's address, or at the administrator's address if the administrator acts as secretary.
  4. The bill seeks to make permanent the measures that royal decree-law A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses. 8/2021 applied only temporarily during the pandemic. If passed, the law would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado).

Who it affects

  • Owners of apartments and premises: Could attend their community's meetings remotely and would have identity and participation guarantees.
  • Secretaries of owners' communities: Would have to verify attendees' identity through digital means and record it in the minutes of remote or mixed meetings.
  • Property administrators: If they act as secretaries, decisions from remote or mixed meetings would be deemed adopted at their address.
  • Owners' communities: Could make decisions on works and expenses more quickly, even without an in-person meeting.

Words worth knowing

Junta de propietarios
Meeting where the owners of apartments and premises in a building make decisions on common matters.
Propiedad horizontal
Legal regime for buildings with apartments or premises owned by different people, who share common areas.
Junta telemática o mixta
Meeting held only through digital means (remote) or combining in-person and remote attendees (mixed).
Acta
Official document recording what was discussed and decided at a meeting.
Impugnar
To ask a court to void a decision because it is not valid.
royal decree-law
A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses.
decree-law
A rule with the force of law that the Government passes because it is urgent. It applies from its publication, but the Congreso must validate it within 30 days or it lapses.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced1 July 2022Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted25 August 2022The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Sept 2022Dec 2022Mar 202311. 1 July 2022: Presentación22. 25 August 2022: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 25/08/2022 hasta 30/08/202233. 25 August 2022: Calificación44. 30 August 2022: Gobierno Contestación desde 30/08/2022 hasta 06/10/202255. 6 October 2022: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 06/10/2022 hasta 30/05/202366. 30 May 2023: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 30/05/2023 hasta 16/06/2023

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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