Amended in Assembly June 16, 2016

Amended in Senate May 10, 2016

Amended in Senate April 7, 2016

Senate BillNo. 918


Introduced by Senator Vidak

January 27, 2016


An act to add Section 4041 to the Civil Code, relating to common interest developments.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 918, as amended, Vidak. Common interest developments.

Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, defines and regulates common interest developments, which are managed bybegin delete aend delete homeowners’begin delete association.end deletebegin insert associations.end insert

This bill would require the owners of the separate interests in a common interest development to annually provide the association with specified written information for the purpose of receivingbegin delete noticeend deletebegin insert noticesend insert from the association.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 4041 is added to the Civil Code, to read:

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4041.  

(a) An owner of a separate interest shall, on an annual
3basis, provide written notice to the association of all of the
4following:

P2    1(1) Thebegin delete mailingend delete address or addresses to which notices from the
2association are to be delivered.

3(2) An alternate or secondary address to which notices from the
4association are to be delivered.

5(3) The name and address of his or her legal representative, if
6any, including any person with power of attorney or other person
7who can be contacted in the event of the owner’s extended absence
8from the separate interest.

9(4) Whether the separate interest is owner-occupied, is rented
10out, if the parcel is developed but vacant, or if the parcel is
11undeveloped land.

12(b) The association shall solicit these annual notices of each
13ownerbegin delete andend deletebegin insert and, at least 30 days prior to making its own required
14disclosure under Section 5300, shallend insert
enter the data into its books
15andbegin delete records at least 30 days prior to making its own required annual
16disclosures to members under Section 5300.end delete
begin insert records.end insert

17(c) If an owner fails to provide the notices set forth in paragraphs
18(1) and (2) of subdivision (a), the property address shall be deemed
19to be thebegin delete mailingend delete address to which notices are to be delivered.



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