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Effective Jan 1, 2014Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 605, Sec. 21. (SB 752) Effective January 1, 2014.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a provision of the governing documents shall be void and unenforceable if it does any of the following:
- (1) Prohibits, or includes conditions that have the effect of prohibiting, the use of low water-using plants as a group.
(2) Has the effect of prohibiting or restricting compliance with either of the following:
- (A) A water-efficient landscape ordinance adopted or in effect pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65595 of the Government Code.
- (B) Any regulation or restriction on the use of water adopted pursuant to Section 353 or 375 of the Water Code.
- (b) This section shall not prohibit an association from applying landscaping rules established in the governing documents, to the extent the rules fully conform with the requirements of subdivision (a).