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097 <br /> Section 4. Special Assessments for Improvements and Additions. In <br /> addition to the annual assessments authorized by Section 3 hereof, the <br /> Association may levy special assessments, for the purpose of defraying, <br /> in whole or in part, the cost of any construction or reconstruction, <br /> unexpected repair or replacement of a described capital improvement <br /> upon the Common Properties, including the necessary fixtures and <br /> personal property related thereto or additions to the Common <br /> Properties, provided that any such assessment shall have the assent of <br /> two-thirds (2/3) of the vote at a duly called meeting, written notice <br /> of which shall be sent twenty (20) days in advance and shall set forth <br /> the purpose of a meeting. <br /> Section 5. Change in Basis and Maximum of Annual Assessments Upon <br /> Merger or Consolidation. The limitations of Section 3 hereof shall not <br /> apply to any change in the maximum and basis of the assessment <br /> undertaken as an incident to a merger or consolidation in which the <br /> Association is authorized to participate under Article 2, Section 2, <br /> hereof, and under the By-Laws of the Association. <br /> Section 6. Notice and Quorum of any Action Authorized. The <br /> presence at the meeting of members or of proxies, entitled to cast <br /> thirty (30) percent of the total vote of the membership shall <br /> constitute a quorum. If the required quorum is not forthcoming at a <br /> meeting, another meeting may be called subject to the notice <br /> requirement set forth in Section 4 of this Article; but no such <br /> subsequent meeting shall be held more than sixty (60) days following <br /> the preceding meeting. <br /> Section 7. Date of Commencement of Annual Assessments. The annual <br /> assessments provided for herein shall mice on the date (which shall <br /> be the first day of the month) fixed by the Board of Directors of the <br /> Association to be the date of commencement. <br /> The first annual assessments shall be made for the balance of the <br /> calendar year and shall be payable monthly on the first day of each <br /> month commencing on the first day of the month fixed for commencement. <br /> The assessments for any year after the first year, shall similarly be <br /> payable monthly commencing on the first day of January of said year. <br /> The amount of the annual assessment which may be levied for the <br /> balance remaining in the first year of assessment shall be an amount <br /> which bears the same relationship to the annual assessment provided for <br /> in Section 3, hereto, as the remaining number of months in the year <br /> bear to twelve. The same reduction in the amount of the assessment <br /> shall apply to the properties now subject to assessment at a time other <br /> than the beginning of any assessment period. <br /> The due date of any special assessment under Section 4 hereof shall <br /> be fixed in the resolution authorizing such assessment. <br /> Section 8. Duties of the Board of Directors. The Board of <br /> Directors of the Association shall fix the date of commencement and the <br />