Effective until May 14, 2013:
57-8-43. Insurance.
(1) As used in this section, "reasonably available" means available using typical insurance carriers and markets, irrespective of the ability of the association of unit owners to pay.
(2) This section applies to an insurance policy or combination of insurance
policies:
(a) issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2011; and
(b) issued to or renewed by:
(i) a unit
owner; or
(ii) an
association of unit owners, regardless of when the association of unit owners
is formed.
(3) Beginning not later than the day on which the first unit is conveyed to a
person other than a declarant, an association of unit owners shall maintain, to
the extent reasonably available:
(a) subject to Subsection (9), property insurance on
the physical structures in the condominium project, including common areas and
facilities, limited common areas and facilities, and units, insuring against
all risks of direct physical loss commonly insured against, including fire and
extended coverage perils; and
(b) subject to Subsection (10), liability insurance,
including medical payments insurance covering all occurrences commonly insured
against for death, bodily injury, and property damage arising out of or in
connection with the use, ownership, or maintenance of the common areas and
facilities.
(4) If an association of unit owners becomes aware that property insurance under Subsection (3)(a) or liability insurance under Subsection (3)(b) is not reasonably available, the association of unit owners shall, within seven calendar days after becoming aware, give all unit owners notice, as provided in Section 57-8-42, that the insurance is not reasonably available.
(5) (a) The declaration or bylaws may require the association of unit owners to
carry other types of insurance in addition to those described in Subsection
(3).
(b) In addition to any type of insurance coverage or
limit of coverage provided in the declaration or bylaws and subject to the
requirements of this section, an association of unit owners may, as the
management committee considers appropriate, obtain:
(i) an
additional type of insurance than otherwise required; or
(ii) a
policy with greater coverage than otherwise required.
(6) Unless a unit owner is acting within the scope of the unit owner's
authority on behalf of an association of unit owners, a unit owner's act or
omission may not:
(a) void a property insurance policy under Subsection
(3)(a) or a liability insurance policy under Subsection (3)(b); or
(b) be a condition to recovery under a policy.
(7) An insurer under a property insurance policy or liability insurance policy obtained under this section waives the insurer's right to subrogation under the policy against any unit owner or member of the unit owner's household.
(8) (a) An insurance policy issued to an association of unit owners may not be
inconsistent with any provision of this section.
(b) A provision of a declaration, bylaw, rule, or
other document governing the association of unit owners that is contrary to a
provision of this section has no effect.
(c) A property insurance or liability insurance policy
issued to an association of unit owners may not prevent a unit owner from
obtaining insurance for the unit owner's own benefit.
(9) (a) This Subsection (9) applies to property insurance
required under Subsection (3)(a).
(b) The property covered by property insurance shall
include any property that, under the declaration, is required to become common
areas and facilities.
(c) The total amount of coverage provided by blanket
property insurance may not be less than 100% of the full replacement cost of
the insured property at the time the insurance is purchased and at each renewal
date, excluding items normally excluded from property insurance policies.
(d) Property insurance shall include coverage for any
fixture, improvement, or betterment installed by a unit owner to a unit or to a
limited common area, including a floor covering, cabinet, light fixture,
electrical fixture, heating or plumbing fixture, paint, wall covering, window,
and any other item permanently part of or affixed to a unit or to a limited
common element.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this section and
unless otherwise provided in the declaration, an association of unit owners is
not required to obtain property insurance for a loss to a unit that is not
physically attached to:
(i)
another unit; or
(ii) an
above-ground structure that is part of a common area or facility.
(f) Each unit owner is an insured person under a
property insurance policy.
(g) If a loss occurs that is covered by a property
insurance policy in the name of an association of unit owners and another
property insurance policy in the name of a unit owner:
(i) the association's
policy provides primary insurance coverage; and
(ii)
notwithstanding Subsection (9)(g)(i), the unit owner's policy applies to that
portion of the loss attributable to the policy deductible of the association of
unit owners.
(h) (i) As used in this Subsection (9)(h):
(A)
"Covered loss" means a loss, resulting from a single event or
occurrence, that is covered by a property insurance policy of an association of
unit owners.
(B)
"Unit damage" means damage to a unit or to a limited common area or
facility applicable to that unit, or both.
(C)
"Unit damage percentage" means the percentage of total damage
resulting in a covered loss that is attributable to unit damage.
(ii) A
unit owner who owns a unit that has suffered unit damage as part of a covered
loss is responsible for an amount calculated by applying the unit damage
percentage for that unit to the amount of the deductible under the property
insurance policy of the association of unit owners.
(iii) If a
unit owner does not pay the amount required under Subsection (9)(h)(ii) within
30 days after substantial completion of the repairs to the unit, an association
of unit owners may levy an assessment against the unit owner for that amount.
(i) An association of unit owners shall set aside an
amount equal to the amount of the association's property insurance policy
deductible or $10,000, whichever is less.
(j) (i) An association of unit owners shall provide
notice in accordance with Section 57-8-42 to
each unit owner of the unit owner's obligation under Subsection (9)(h) for the
association's policy deductible and of any change in the amount of the
deductible.
(ii) An
association of unit owners that fails to provide notice as provided in
Subsection (9)(j)(i) is responsible for the amount of the deductible increase
that the association of unit owners could have assessed to a unit owner under
Subsection (9)(h).
(iii) The
failure of an association of unit owners to provide notice as provided in
Subsection (9)(j)(i) may not be construed to invalidate any other provision of
this section.
(k) If, in the exercise of the business judgment rule,
the management committee determines that a claim is likely not to exceed the
property insurance policy deductible of the association of unit owners:
(i) the
unit owner's policy is considered the policy for primary coverage to the amount
of the policy deductible of the association of unit owners;
(ii) a
unit owner who does not have a policy to cover the property insurance policy
deductible of the association of unit owners is responsible for the loss to the
amount of the policy deductible of the association of unit owners, as provided
in Subsection (9)(h); and
(iii) the
association of unit owners need not tender the claim to the association's
insurer.
(l) (i) An insurer under a property insurance policy
issued to an association of unit owners shall adjust with the association of
unit owners a loss covered under the association's policy.
(ii)
Notwithstanding Subsection (9)(l)(i), the insurance proceeds for a loss under a
property insurance policy of an association of unit owners:
(A)
are payable to an insurance trustee that the association of unit owners
designates or, if no trustee is designated, to the association of unit owners;
and
(B)
may not be payable to a holder of a security interest.
(iii) An
insurance trustee or an association of unit owners shall hold any insurance
proceeds in trust for the association of unit owners, unit owners, and lien
holders.
(iv) (A)
Insurance proceeds shall be disbursed first for the repair or restoration of
the damaged property.
(B)
After the disbursements described in Subsection (9)(l)(iv)(A) are made and the
damaged property has been completely repaired or restored or the project
terminated, any surplus proceeds are payable to the association of unit owners,
unit owners, and lien holders.
(m) An insurer that issues a property insurance policy
under this section, or the insurer's authorized agent, shall issue a
certificate or memorandum of insurance to:
(i) the
association of unit owners;
(ii) a
unit owner, upon the unit owner's written request; and
(iii) a
holder of a security interest, upon the holder's written request.
(n) A cancellation or nonrenewal of a property
insurance policy under this section is subject to the procedures stated in
Section 31A-21-303.
(o) A management committee that acquires from an
insurer the property insurance required in this section is not liable to unit
owners if the insurance proceeds are not sufficient to cover 100% of the full
replacement cost of the insured property at the time of the loss.
(10) (a) This Subsection (10) applies to a liability insurance policy required
under Subsection (3)(b).
(b) A liability insurance policy shall be in an amount
determined by the management committee but not less than an amount specified in
the declaration or bylaws.
(c) Each unit owner is an insured person under a
liability insurance policy that an association of unit owners obtains that
insures against liability arising from the unit owner's interest in the common
areas and facilities or from membership in the association of unit owners.
Enacted by Chapter 355, 2011 General Session