| AB 567 Has been withdrawn. This bill would have established in the Department of Consumer Affairs the Common Interest Development Bureau. The bill would require the agency, among other things, to offer training materials and courses to common interest development directors, officers, and owners, in subjects relevant to the operation of a common interest development and the rights and duties of an association or owner. The bill would require the bureau to maintain a toll-free telephone number and Internet Web site for purposes of further providing that information and assistance, and would require an association director or agent to meet certain requirements in that regard. The bill would require the bureau, upon request and within the limits of its resources, to investigate and assist in resolving any dispute involving the law governing common interest developments or the governing documents of a common interest development. The bill would set forth applicable procedures for responding to the investigation request, serving a written citation and administrative fine on an association for violations of the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act and other laws governing common interest developments, administrative review of any citation issued, and enforcement of any order or fine contained in a citation. We would pay for this agency through fees to the association but, with no guarantee that it would be able to help with problems. The toll-free number would be constantly busy and the website so overloaded no one would get any information promised by this bill. If citations and fines were issued to the association, as members of the association we would be paying.........again! The idea of an agency to oversee and regulate homeowner associations is a good one, but this bill isn't the answer. |