§ 5-6B-23. Election related candidate signs or signs advertising questions or propositions

MD Corp & Assn Code § 5-6B-23 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    In this section, “candidate sign” means a sign on behalf of a candidate for public office or a slate of candidates for public office.

(b)    Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a recorded covenant or restriction, a provision in a declaration, or a provision in the bylaws or rules of a cooperative housing corporation may not prohibit or restrict the display of:

(1)    A candidate sign; or

(2)    A sign that advertises the support or defeat of any question submitted to the voters in accordance with the Election Law Article.

(c)    A recorded covenant or restriction, a provision in a declaration, or a provision in the bylaws or rules of a cooperative housing corporation may restrict the display of a candidate sign or a sign that advertises the support or defeat of any proposition:

(1)    In any areas constituting those portions of a cooperative project possessed in common by the members;

(2)    In accordance with provisions of federal, State, and local law; or

(3)    If a limitation to the time period during which signs may be displayed is not specified by a law governing the jurisdiction in which the cooperative housing corporation is located, to a time period not less than:

(i)    30 days before the primary election, general election, or vote on the proposition; and

(ii)    7 days after the primary election, general election, or vote on the proposition.