In this Chapter, the following words have the following meanings:
Commission means the Commission on Common Ownership Communities.
Common ownership community includes:
(1) a residential development subject to a declaration enforced by a homeowners’ association, as those terms are used in state law;
(2) a residential condominium, as that term is used in state law; and
(3) a cooperative housing project, as that term is used in state law.
Department means the Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
Director means the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Affairs or the Director’s designee. (1990 L.M.C., ch. 33, § 1; 1994 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1; 2005 L.M.C., ch. 26, § 1; 2016 L.M.C., ch. 10, § 1; 2023 L.M.C., ch. 7, §1.)
Editor’s note—2005 L.M.C., ch. 26, §§ 2 and 3, state:
Sec. 2. Regulations. A regulation which implements a function transferred to the Office of Consumer Protection by this Act continues in effect until otherwise amended or repealed, but any reference to any predecessor department or office must be treated as referring to the Office of Consumer Protection.
Sec. 3. Transition. This act does not invalidate or affect any action taken by the Department of Housing and Community Affairs before this Act took effect. Any responsibility or right granted by law, regulation, contract, or other document, and which is associated with a function transferred by this Act from the Department of Housing and Community Affairs, is transferred to the Office of Consumer Protection.