BILL NUMBER: SB 337	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 12, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 24, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

   An act to add Section 1940.4 to the Civil Code, relating to
tenancy.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 337, as amended, Kehoe. Tenancy: noncommercial signs.
   Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential
tenancies. Existing law prohibits the governing documents of a common
interest development from prohibiting the posting or displaying of
noncommercial signs, posters, flags, or banners on or in an owner's
separate interest, except as specified.
   This bill would prohibit a landlord from prohibiting a tenant from
posting or displaying noncommercial signs, posters, flags, or
banners on or within any portion of the tenant's dwelling unit,
 unless the posting or display would violate a local, state,
or federal law   except under certain circumstances
 .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1940.4 is added to the Civil Code, to read:
   1940.4.   (a)    A landlord
shall not prohibit a tenant from posting or displaying noncommercial
signs, posters, flags, or banners on or within any portion of the
tenant's dwelling unit, unless  the   any of the
following apply: 
    (a)    The  posting or display would
violate a local, state, or federal law. 
   (b) The Legislature finds and declares that this section is
declaratory of existing law.  
   (b) The posting or display would violate a provision in the
governing document of a common interest development that satisfies
the requirements in Section 1353.6.  
   (c) The posting or display would violate a provision in the
covenants, conditions, and restrictions recorded against the
property.