Current Status: Pending

FindHOALaw Quick Summary:

If an association adopts or has adopted a policy imposing any monetary penalty on any association member for a violation of the governing documents, existing law requires the board to adopt and distribute to each member a schedule of the monetary penalties that may be assessed for those violations and prohibits an association from imposing a monetary penalty on a member for a violation of the governing documents in excess of that schedule.

Existing law also requires the board to notify a member 10 days before a meeting to consider or impose discipline on the member and requires the board to provide a member with written notification of a decision to impose discipline within 15 days.

This bill would amend Civil Code Section 5850 to prohibit monetary fees from exceeding the lesser of that specified schedule or $100 per violation. The bill would also amend Civil Code Section 5855 to require the board to give a member the opportunity to cure a violation prior to the meeting to consider or impose discipline. The bill would reduce the time to provide written notification of a decision to impose discipline from 15 days to 14 days.

View more info on SB 681
from the California Legislature's website