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     § 5312.  Insurance.
        (a)  Insurance to be carried by association.--Commencing not
     later than the time of the first conveyance of a unit to a
     person other than a declarant, the association shall maintain,
     to the extent reasonably available, all of the following:
            (1)  Property insurance on the common facilities and
        controlled facilities to the extent the controlled facilities
        can be insured separately from the unit and, if insurance for
        the unit is not provided by the association under subsection
        (b) or the declaration, insuring against all common risks of
        direct physical loss. The total amount of insurance after
        application of any deductibles shall be not less than 80% of
        the actual cash value of the insured property, exclusive of
        land, excavations, foundations and other items normally
        excluded from property policies.
            (2)  Comprehensive general liability insurance, including
        medical payments insurance, in an amount determined by the
        executive board but not less than any amount specified in the
        declaration 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 elements.
            (3)  Any property or comprehensive general liability
        insurance carried by the association may contain a deductible
        provision.
        (b)  Units having horizontal boundaries.--In the case of a
     building containing units having horizontal boundaries described
     in the declaration, that insurance described in subsection
     (a)(1), to the extent reasonably available, shall include the
     units but need not include improvements and betterments
     installed by unit owners.
        (c)  Other insurance carried by association.--If the
     insurance described in subsections (a) and (b) is not
     maintained, the association promptly shall cause notice of that
     fact to be hand delivered or sent prepaid by United States mail
     to all unit owners. The declaration may require the association
     to carry any other insurance. The association may carry any
     other insurance in such reasonable amounts and with such
     reasonable deductibles as the executive board may deem
     appropriate to protect the association or the unit owners.
        (d)  Policy terms.--Insurance policies carried under
     subsections (a) and (b) shall provide all of the following:
            (1)  Each unit owner is an insured person under the
        policy with respect to liability arising out of his
        membership in the association.
            (2)  The insurer waives its right to subrogation under
        the policy against any unit owner or member of the owner's
        household.
            (3)  No act or omission by any unit owner, unless acting
        within the scope of his authority on behalf of the
        association, will void the policy or be a condition to
        recovery under the policy.
            (4)  If at the time of a loss under the policy there is
        other insurance in the name of a unit owner covering the same
        risk covered by the policy, the association's policy is
        primary insurance not contributing with the other insurance.
        (e)  Proceeds from property insurance.--Any loss covered by
     the property policy under subsections (a)(1) and (b) shall be
     adjusted with the association, but the insurance proceeds for
     that loss shall be payable to any insurance trustee designated
     for that purpose, or otherwise to the association, and not to
     any mortgagee or beneficiary under a deed of trust. The
     insurance trustee or the association shall hold any insurance
     proceeds in trust for unit owners and lienholders as their
     interests may appear. Subject to the provisions of subsection
     (h), the proceeds shall be disbursed first for the repair or
     restoration of the damaged common elements and units, and unit
     owners and lienholders are not entitled to receive payment of
     any portion of the proceeds unless there is a surplus of
     proceeds after the common elements and units have been
     completely repaired or restored or the planned community is
     terminated.
        (f)  Unit owner insurance.--A unit owner may insure his unit
     for all losses to his unit, including losses not covered by the
     insurance maintained by the association due to a deductible
     provision or otherwise. A residential unit owner shall insure
     the owner's unit except as insurance is provided by the
     association in accordance with this section or the declaration.
     An insurance policy issued to the association shall not prevent
     a unit owner from obtaining insurance for the owner's own
     benefit, including, but not limited to, insurance to cover any
     deductibles or losses not covered by the association's property
     or comprehensive general liability insurance.
        (g)  Evidence and cancellation of insurance.--An insurer that
     has issued an insurance policy under this section shall issue
     certificates or memoranda of insurance to the association and,
     upon request, to any unit owner, mortgagee or beneficiary under
     a deed of trust. The insurance may not be canceled until 30 days
     after notice of the proposed cancellation has been mailed to the
     association, each unit owner and each mortgagee or beneficiary
     under a deed of trust to whom a certificate or memorandum of
     insurance has been issued.
        (h)  Disposition of insurance proceeds.--
            (1)  Any portion of the planned community for which
        insurance is required to be maintained by the association by
        this section or the declaration and which is damaged or
        destroyed shall be repaired or replaced promptly by the
        association unless:
                (i)  the planned community is terminated;
                (ii)  repair or replacement would be illegal under
            any State or local health or safety statute or ordinance;
            or
                (iii)  80% of the unit owners, including every owner
            of a unit or assigned limited common element which will
            not be rebuilt, vote not to rebuild.
        Except for the costs of repair or replacement which are not
        covered due to deductibles, the cost of repair or replacement
        in excess of insurance proceeds and reserves, which have not
        been identified by the executive board to fund costs of
        capital expenditures budgeted for the current fiscal year of
        the association, is a common expense.
            (2)  Any portion of the planned community for which
        insurance is required to be maintained by the unit owner by
        this section or the declaration and which is damaged or
        destroyed shall be repaired or replaced promptly by the unit
        owner unless:
                (i)  the planned community is terminated;
                (ii)  repair or replacement would be illegal under
            any State or local health or safety statute or ordinance;
            or
                (iii)  80% of the unit owners, including every owner
            of a unit or assigned limited common element which will
            not be rebuilt, vote to not rebuild.
        The cost of repair or replacement of these portions in excess
        of insurance proceeds is the unit owner's expense.
            (3)  If the entire planned community is not repaired or
        replaced, the following apply:
                (i)  The insurance proceeds attributable to the
            damaged common elements shall be used to restore the
            damaged area to a condition compatible with the remainder
            of the planned community.
                (ii)  The insurance proceeds attributable to units
            shall be paid to unit owners except those proceeds
            attributable to controlled facilities for which insurance
            is separately maintained by the association under this
            section or the declaration shall be distributed to all
            unit owners in proportion to their common expense
            liability. Proceeds attributable to limited common
            facilities which are not rebuilt shall be distributed
            equally to owners of units to which those limited common
            facilities were assigned.
                (iii)  The remainder of the proceeds shall be
            distributed to all the unit owners in proportion to their
            common expense liability.
            (4)  If the unit owners vote not to rebuild any unit,
        that unit's votes in the association and common expense
        liability are automatically reallocated upon the vote as if
        the unit had been condemned under section 5107(a) (relating
        to eminent domain), and the association promptly shall
        prepare, execute and record an amendment to the declaration
        reflecting the reallocations.
            (5)  Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection,
        section 5220 (relating to termination of planned community)
        governs the distribution of insurance proceeds if the planned
        community is terminated.
        (i)  Nonresidential planned communities.--The provisions of
     this section may be varied or waived in the case of a planned
     community all of whose units are restricted to nonresidential
     use.
        (j)  Recovery of deductibles.--If any insurance policy
     maintained by the association contains a deductible, then that
     portion of any loss or claim which is not covered by insurance
     due to the application of a deductible, as well as any claim or
     loss for which the association is self-insured, shall be levied
     by the executive board in accordance with section 5314(c)
     (relating to assessments for common expenses).
     (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1486, No.189, eff. 60 days)

        2004 Amendment.  Act 189 amended subsecs. (a), (c), (f) and
     (h) and added subsec. (j).
        Cross References.  Section 5312 is referred to in sections
     5221, 5307, 5402 of this title.
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