Existing law establishes provisions relating to the management of common-interest communities. (NRS 116.3101-116.350) Section 1 of this bill requires a unit-owners' association of a common-interest community that contains 150 or more units to establish and maintain a secure Internet website or electronic portal that is accessible to any unit's owner. Section 1 also requires such an association to make available on the website or within the electronic portal any documents relating to the common-interest community or the association. Section 5 of this bill makes such requirements effective on January 1, 2022. Section 4 of this bill additionally requires any such website or electronic portal to provide units' owners with the ability to pay assessments electronically. Section 5 makes such an additional requirement effective on January 1, 2023. Section 1.5 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate the proper placement of section 1 in the Nevada Revised Statutes. Existing law requires, in general, a unit-owners' association to deliver any notice required to be given by the association to any mailing or electronic mail address designated by a unit's owner or, if a unit's owner has not designated a mailing or electronic mail address, to deliver any such notice by certain authorized means. (NRS 116.31068) Section 1.7 of this bill instead requires, in general, an association to deliver any such notice and any communication from or other information provided by the association to the mailing and electronic mail addresses designated by a unit's owner unless the unit's owner has opted out of receiving electronic communications or has not designated an electronic mail address. Existing law provides that a unit-owners' association has a lien on a unit in a common-interest community for certain assessments and charges imposed on units' owners from the time the assessment or charge becomes due and establishes the process for the foreclosure of such liens, including the sale of the unit. (NRS 116.310312, 116.3116-116.31168) Existing law prohibits, in general, the person conducting the foreclosure sale of a unit or any entity in which that person holds an interest from purchasing the unit, but authorizes the association to purchase the unit unless otherwise provided in the declaration or by agreement. (NRS 116.31164) Section 1.9 of this bill removes the ability of the association to purchase the unit. Section 1.9 also prohibits certain other persons from purchasing the unit, including any person who: (1) was involved in the process of foreclosing the association's lien; or (2) is related by blood, adoption, marriage or domestic partnership within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to any person who was involved in the process of foreclosing the association's lien. With one exception, a person is prohibited from conducting a collection agency or engaging in certain related activities in this State unless the person has been issued a license by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. (NRS 649.075) Section 2 of this bill requires each licensed collection agency to file with the Commissioner an annual written report which includes certain information relating to cases in which the collection agency collected debts for a unit-owners' association during the immediately preceding year. Existing law prohibits a collection agency and its managers, agents and employees from engaging in certain practices. (NRS 649.375) Section 3 of this bill prohibits a collection agency and its managers, agents and employees from collecting a debt from a person who owes fees to a unit-owners' association, an operator of a tow car or a property manager for an apartment building if the collection agency is owned by a person who is or is related to a person who holds an ownership interest in the community manager for the unit-owners' association, the operator of the tow car or the property manager for the apartment building, or is or is related to an affiliate of the community manager, the operator of the tow car or the property manager.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 649.375
Reprint 1: 649.375
Reprint 2: 116.1203, 116.31068, 116.31164, 649.375
As Enrolled: 116.1203, 116.31068, 116.31164, 649.375