BILL NUMBER: SB 1287	CHAPTERED  07/10/08

	CHAPTER  117
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 10, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 10, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 1, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 26, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hollingsworth

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2008

   An act to add Section 27297.7 to the Government Code, relating to
local governments.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1287, Hollingsworth. Local government: records: Riverside
County.
   Existing law authorizes the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors to adopt a resolution to authorize the county recorder to
notify the party or parties executing a deed, quitclaim deed, or
deed of trust.
   This bill would also authorize the Riverside County Board of
Supervisors to adopt such a resolution.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 27297.7 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   27297.7.  (a) Following adoption of an authorizing resolution by
the Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside, the County
Recorder of the County of Riverside may, within 30 days of
recordation of a deed, quitclaim deed, or deed of trust, notify by
mail the party or parties executing the document. The recorder may
require, as a condition of recording, that a deed, quitclaim deed, or
deed of trust indicate the assessor's identification number or
numbers that fully contain all, or a portion of, the real property
described in the legal description. If the description contains more
than one assessor's parcel, all assessor's parcels shall be
indicated. The form of the entry shall be substantially as follows:
   Assessor's Identification Number __-__-__.
   (b) This section shall not apply to the recordation of any
document where the federal government, or state, county, city, or any
subdivision of the state acquires title.
   (c) The failure of the county recorder to provide the notice as
permitted by this section shall not result in any liability against
the recorder or the county. In the event that the notice is returned
to the recorder by the postal service as undeliverable, the recorder
is not required to retain the returned notice.
   (d) Where the county recorder contracts with any party or parties
for the performance of the processing or the mailing of the notice,
or both, as authorized by this section, the contract shall be awarded
by competitive bid. The county recorder shall solicit written bids
for the contract in a newspaper of general circulation in the county,
and all bids received shall be publicly opened and the contract
awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. If the county recorder or
his or her designee deems the acceptance of the lowest responsible
bid is not in the best interest of the county, all bids may be
rejected.
  SEC. 2.  Due to the unique circumstances concerning recording of
documents in the County of Riverside, the Legislature finds and
declares that a general statute cannot be made applicable wihtin the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution.