§4370

Application to Rule Changes After 2004

Chapter 3 · Governing Documents · Operating Rules

Text current as of 2026-07-07 · Last amended by AB 805, eff. 2014-01-01

The code says CIV §4370

(a) This article applies to a rule change commenced on or after January 1, 2004.

(b) Nothing in this article affects the validity of a rule change commenced before January 1, 2004.

(c) For the purposes of this section, a rule change is commenced when the board takes its first official action leading to adoption of the rule change.

(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 180, Sec. 2. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2013. Operative January 1, 2014, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 180.)

How courts have read this

Editorial summaries — not the court’s words.

Clear Lake Riviera Community Assn. v. Cramer 182 Cal. App. 4th 459 · 2010 Circumstantial evidence of long enforcement can prove a rule’s valid adoption.

Every decision listed was decided before the current text (eff. 2014-01-01, AB 805).

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