communities; and
WHEREAS, Common interest ownership communities provide some
of the same services that municipalities in which these
communities are located provide to individuals who do not live
in common interest ownership communities; and
WHEREAS, As a result, residents of common interest
communities often pay assessments to their community association
and pay municipal taxes which payments are often perceived as
double municipal taxation but not necessarily for the same
services; and
WHEREAS, Residents of common interest communities contribute
to both State-funded programs and local municipal budgets that
provide infrastructure improvements with their tax dollars, but
residents of community associations are often ineligible to
apply for, or be serviced by, these State programs and municipal
resources to address infrastructure needs; and
WHEREAS, The public benefits from various types of
infrastructure within common interest communities; and
WHEREAS, Because many private wells and on-lot septic systems
within common interest communities were constructed before the
enactment of the Uniform Construction Code, municipalities in
which they are located may not have inspected the wells or be
aware of their existence and these wells may be at the end of
their operational lives or may be contaminating the groundwater;
and
WHEREAS, There have been concerns regarding the ability of
State agencies to contact common interest owned communities
regarding responsibilities that they may hold to comply with
State laws or regulations, or notify them of any changes with
which the common interest ownership communities must satisfy;
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