BILL NUMBER: AB 1720	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wagner

                        JANUARY 27, 2016

   An act to amend Section 4925 of the Civil Code, relating to common
interest developments.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1720, as introduced, Wagner. Common interest developments:
meetings.
   Existing law requires an association managing a common interest
development to provide notice of the time and place of a board
meeting and authorizes any member of the association to attend board
meetings, except when the board adjourns to, or meets solely in,
executive session. Existing law also requires the board to permit any
member to speak at any meeting, except for executive session
meetings.
   This bill would require the board to permit an attorney who
represents a member to attend board meetings, and would require
written notice to be given, as specified.
   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 4925 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
   4925.  (a)  Any   A  member may attend
board meetings, except when the board adjourns to, or meets solely
in, executive session. As specified in subdivision (b) of Section
4090, a member of the association shall be entitled to attend a
teleconference meeting or the portion of a teleconference meeting
that is open to members, and that meeting or portion of the meeting
shall be audible to the members in a location specified in the notice
of the meeting.
   (b) The board shall permit  any   the 
member to speak at any meeting of the association or the board,
except for meetings of the board held in executive session. A
reasonable time limit for all members of the association to speak to
the board or before a meeting of the association shall be established
by the board. 
   (c) The board shall permit an attorney who represents a member to
attend any board meeting that the member is permitted to attend,
regardless of whether the member attends. Where possible, the member
shall give the board at least 48 hours advance written notice that
his or her attorney will attend the board meeting.