Bill > S1056

This bill, titled "Relative to solar drying of laundry," aims to allow homeowners and tenants to install and use clotheslines for drying laundry, even if other laws, contracts, deeds, covenants, restrictions, rules, bylaws, or lease agreements prohibit it. A "clothesline" is defined as any rope, cord, wire, or similar device used to hang clothes outdoors to dry. The bill also clarifies that an "association of homeowners" refers to entities like community, condominium, or homeowners associations, or cooperatives that have rules homeowners must follow. While these homeowner associations can implement reasonable rules about where and how clotheslines are placed and used, they cannot ban them entirely, nor can any private entity charge fees for their use. For this law to take effect in a specific city or town, its legislative body must approve it, and then voters must accept it by voting yes on a ballot question.