Housing.

(1) Existing law requires on and after January 1, 2014, replacement of noncompliant plumbing fixtures in multifamily residential real property and commercial real property, as specified. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change. (2) Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act defines and regulates common interest developments. Operative January 1, 2014, the act will be reorganized and recodified. This bill would repeal provisions of the act that are superseded by the reorganization and recodification of the act. The bill would make other conforming changes, would authorize an action that is required to be approved by a majority of a quorum of the members at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present to, instead, be approved by a majority in a duly held election in which a quorum is represented, would revise provisions governing inconsistencies between the governing documents and the law and other inconsistencies to instead apply to conflicts, would authorize delivery of documents to the homeowner's association by specified types of mail delivery, would revise requirements for a board teleconference and the form for billing disclosures, and would prohibit cancellation fees for requests for documents, as specified. (3) Existing law requires the lessor of a building intended for residential occupation to ensure that the inside telephone wiring meets the applicable standards of the most recent National Electrical Code. This bill would replace the reference to the National Electrical Code with the California Electrical Code. (4) Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations to control the quality and installation of fire alarm systems and devices, and prohibits the marketing, distribution, or sale of any fire alarm system or device that has not been approved by the State Fire Marshal. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2014, requires a smoke alarm to meet prescribed requirements, including, but not limited to, the requirement that it incorporate an end-of-life feature that provides notice that the device needs to be replaced and that it, if battery operated, contain a nonreplaceable, nonremovable battery capable of powering the smoke alarm at least 10 years in order for the smoke alarm to be approved by the State Fire Marshal. Existing law authorizes the State Fire Marshal to suspend enforcement of this requirement for a period not to exceed 6 months. This bill would recast those provisions to, instead, require commencing July 1, 2014, a smoke alarm that is only battery operated to contain a nonreplaceable, nonremovable battery capable of powering the smoke alarm for at least 10 years in order to be approved by the State Fire Marshal. The bill would also require, commencing January 1, 2015, a smoke alarm to display the manufacture date, provide a place to write the date of installation on the device, and incorporate a hush feature in order for the State Fire Marshal to approve it. The bill would delete the authority for the State Fire Marshal to suspend enforcement of these requirements, and would authorize the State Fire Marshal to adopt exceptions through its regulatory process. (5) This bill would delete an obsolete provision related to eligibility for funding under the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002. (6) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 2924b of the Civil Code proposed by Senate Bill 752 that would become operative if this bill and Senate Bill 752 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.