SECTION 1.  Section 10(b)(4) of chapter 183A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “master deed” the following:-

“, notwithstanding any provision in the by-laws, master deed, or administrative rules and regulations.”

SECTION 2.  Said Section 10 of chapter 183A of the General Laws, is hereby further amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection (o):

(o)  Any provision of a master deed, declaration of trust, or by-laws that imposes upon the organization of unit owners any precondition to the institution or maintenance of a lawsuit, an arbitration, a mediation, or a similar proceeding, including, without limitation, obtaining a vote of unit owner, obtaining the approval of the Declarant, establishing a budget for the litigation, providing a copy of the complaint to unit owners, or which otherwise limits the free exercise of the power conferred in subsection (b)(4) of this Section 10, shall be unenforceable unless the organization of unit owners adopts such a provision after the date on which the unit owners, other than the Declarant and/or its affiliates, first elect a majority of the members of the governing board for the organization of unit owners.  The adoption of the provision described in this subsection shall be accomplished in accordance with the requirements necessary to amend the declaration of trust or by-laws.”

SECTION 3.  This act shall apply to all master deeds, declaration of trusts, by-laws and any amendments thereto, without regard to whether such master deed, declaration of trust, bylaws, or amendment was recorded before, on or after the effective date of this act.