BILL NUMBER: SB 71	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER   2
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   FEBRUARY 28, 1998
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   FEBRUARY 28, 1998
	PASSED THE SENATE   FEBRUARY 26, 1998
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   FEBRUARY 23, 1998
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   FEBRUARY 23, 1998
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 18, 1997
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 1, 1997
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 8, 1997
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 3, 1997
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 31, 1997

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kelley

                        DECEMBER 11, 1996

   An act to amend Section 14 of Chapter 7 of the 1997-98 First
Extraordinary Session, relating to natural hazards, and declaring the
urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 71, Kelley.  Natural hazards:  disclosure.
   Existing law requires certain information to be disclosed by the
seller and the seller's agent to the prospective transferee when
ownership of real property is proposed to be transferred.  Existing
law, operative March 1, 1998, requires, if one of 2 specified
conditions are met, an additional disclosure by the seller or, in
some cases, the seller's agent, to the prospective buyer with respect
to real property located in an area subject to flooding or fire
hazards, as specified, to be made either by the issuance of a
specified natural hazard disclosure statement or in another specified
disclosure statement.  Existing law, operative March 1, 1998, also
provides that a disclosure, with respect to earthquake fault zones
and seismic hazards, need be given only if one of 2 specified
conditions are met, and may be made in the natural hazard disclosure
statement.  Existing law, operative March 1, 1998, requires the
counties to post a notice identifying the location of specified maps
or lists containing information regarding areas of potential flooding
and fire hazard severity, as specified.
   This bill would provide that the above described provisions and
other provisions of existing law regarding disclosure of natural
hazards that become operative March 1, 1998, shall become operative
June 1, 1998.
  The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 14 of Chapter 7 of the 1997-98 First
Extraordinary Session, is amended to read:
  Sec. 14.  Sections 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of Chapter 7 of
the 1997-98 First Extraordinary Session shall become operative on
June 1, 1998.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to provide real estate licensees, local public entities,
and state agencies additional time to prepare to comply with the
requirements of Chapter 7 of the Statutes of the First Extraordinary
Session of 1997, it is necessary that this bill take effect
immediately.