When any portion of the common area is taken or damaged under the power of eminent domain, any award or payment therefor shall be paid to the association, which shall be a party in interest in the condemnation proceeding. The common area that is affected shall be valued on the basis of the common area’s highest and best use as though it were free from restriction to sole use as a common area.Except to the extent the declaration or any rules and regulations duly adopted pursuant thereto otherwise provide, the board of directors shall have the authority to negotiate with the condemning authority, agree to an award or payment amount with the condemning authority without instituting condemnation proceedings and, upon such agreement, convey the subject common area to the condemning authority. Thereafter, the president of the association may unilaterally execute and record the deed of conveyance to the condemning authority.A member of the association, by virtue of his membership, shall be estopped from contesting the action of the association in any proceeding held pursuant to this section.

History

1995, c. 377; 1998, c. 32; 2016, c. 719.