BILL NUMBER: AB 1803	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nava

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2010

   An act to amend Section 1369.520 of the Civil Code, relating to
common interest developments.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1803, as introduced, Nava. Common interest developments:
dispute resolution.
   The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act requires a
common interest development association, owner, or member to submit
their dispute to alternative dispute resolution before filing an
enforcement action in superior court, as specified.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   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 1369.520 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
   1369.520.  (a) An association or an owner or a member of a common
interest development may not file an enforcement action in 
the  superior court unless the parties have endeavored to
submit their dispute to alternative dispute resolution pursuant to
this article.
   (b) This section applies only to an enforcement action that is
solely for declaratory, injunctive, or writ relief, or for that
relief in conjunction with a claim for monetary damages not in excess
of the jurisdictional limits stated in Sections 116.220 and 116.221
of the Code of Civil Procedure.
   (c) This section does not apply to a small claims action.
   (d) Except as otherwise provided by law, this section does not
apply to an assessment dispute.