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HELLO SOLERA
BY JEFF HAYWARD, GENERAL MANAGER
ASSOCIATION NEWS / FEBRUARY 2017
Several laws are making their way through the state and federal legislatures that pertain to associa- tions. Although this is not a complete list, these are some that may affect Solera.
SB 918 Owners Must Provide Annual Notice of Address Civil Code Section 4041
This new law requires an owner of a separate interest to provide written notice to the association to all of the following on an annual basis:
(1) The address to which notices from the association are to be delivered.
(2) An alternate or secondary address to which notices from the association are to be delivered.
(3) The name and address of the owner’s legal representative,
if any, including any person with power of attorney or other person who can be contacted in the event of the owner’s extended absence from the separate interest.
(4) Whether the separate interest is owner-occupied, is rented out, if the parcel is developed but vacant, or if the parcel is underdeveloped land.
these annual notices from each owner and enter the new data into its books and records at least 30 days prior to mailing the annual budget report and annual policy statement.
AB 551 Rental Property: Bed Bugs Civil Code Section 1942.5, 1954.1 and Chapter 2.8 (Commencing with Section 1954.600 of Title 5 of Part 4 of Division 3
Landlords must provide a pro- spective tenant, on and after July 1, 2017, and to all other tenants by January 1, 2018, information about bed bugs. A landlord cannot show, rent, or lease a vacant dwelling unit that the landlord knows has a bed bug infestation.
AB 1732 Single-User Restrooms Health and Safety Code Section 118600
Commencing March 1, 2017, all single-user toilet facilities in any business establishments must be identi ed with all-gender toilet facilities signage. Inspectors, build- ing of cials, or other local of cials responsible for code enforcement will be authorized to inspect for
compliance with these provisions during any inspection.
SB 814 Excessive Water Use Prohibited
A new law is added to declare that when the Governor has issued a proclamation of a state of emergency or during a period in which an urban retail water supplier has moved to a stage of action in response to a local water supply shortage condition, excessive water use by a residential customer in a single-family residence or by
a customer in a multi-unit housing complex is prohibited.
During these time periods, each urban retail water supplier must establish a method to identify and discourage excessive water use. As a method to identify and discourage excessive water use, the water supplier may establish a rate structure that includes block tiers, water budgets, or raise surcharges over and above base rates for excessive water use by residential customers.
What didn’t pass
AB 1720 Allowing homeowners’ attorneys at association meetings.
The association must solicit
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