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Comparison of Civil Code Sections 4270 as originally enacted
to Old CID Section 1355(a)

Section 4270 - Procedure to Amend

(a) A declaration may be amended pursuant to the declaration or this act. Except as provided in Section 4275, an amendment is effective after all of the following requirements have been met:

(1) The amendment has been approved by the percentage of members required by the declaration and any other person whose approval is required by the declaration.

(2) That fact has been certified in a writing executed and acknowledged by the officer designated in the declaration or by the association for that purpose, or if no one is designated, by the president of the association.

(3) The amendment has been recorded in each county in which a portion of the common interest development is located.

(b) If the declaration does not specify the percentage of members who must approve an amendment of the declaration, an amendment may be approved by a majority of all members, pursuant to Section 4065.


 Section 1355 - Amendment of Declaration

(a)    The declaration may be amended pursuant to the governing documents or this title.  Except as provided in Section 1356, an amendment is effective after (1) the approval of the percentage of owners required by the governing documents has been given, (2) that fact has been certified in a writing executed and acknowledged by the officer designated in the declaration or by the association for that purpose, or if no one is designated, by the president of the association, and (3) that writing has been recorded in each county in which a portion of the common interest development is located.


 Changes

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(a)    The  A declaration may be amended pursuant to the governing documentsdeclaration or this titleact. Except as provided in Section 13564275, an amendment is effective after all of the following requirements have been met:
(1) (1) the approval ofThe amendment has been approved by the percentage of ownersmembers required by the governing documents has been given, (2) that declaration and any other person whose approval is required by the declaration.

(2)  That fact has been certified in a writing executed and acknowledged by the officer designated in the declaration or by the association for that purpose, or if no one is designated, by the president of the association,

(3) and (3) that writingThe amendment has been recorded in each county in which a portion of the common interest development is located.

(b) If the declaration does not specify the percentage of members who must approve an amendment of the declaration, an amendment may be approved by a majority of all members, pursuant to Section 4065.