Guzzone and Robey, co-chairs of the delegation, have sponsored another bill to change how the Columbia Association is defined under state law.
Because the Columbia Association has been considered a homeowner's association, it has had to pay nominal lobbying fees for officials to go to Annapolis and request to be exempt whenever legislation to amend the Homeowner's Act is proposed.
Another reason to redefine the Columbia Association, Guzzone said, "is as a strict homeowner's association, they don't qualify for certain kinds of federal funds, including disaster relief."
The proposed language of the bill, Guzzone explained, excepts the Columbia Association from certain provisions of the Homeowner's Act, "but only in those cases where they've already adopted their own internal rules that mirror or are stronger than state law."