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1366.1.  An association shall not impose or collect an assessment or
fee that exceeds the amount necessary to defray the costs for which
it is levied.


1366.3.  (a) The exception for disputes related to association
assessments in subdivision (b) of Section 1354 shall not apply if, in
a dispute between the owner of a separate interest and the
association regarding the assessments imposed by the association, the
owner of the separate interest chooses to pay in full to the
association all of the charges listed in paragraphs (1) to (4),
inclusive, and states by written notice that the amount is paid under
protest, and the written notice is mailed by certified mail not more
than 30 days from the recording of a notice of delinquent assessment
in accordance with Section 1367; and in those instances, the
association shall inform the owner that the owner may resolve the
dispute through alternative dispute resolution as set forth in
Section 1354, civil action, and any other procedures to resolve the
dispute that may be available through the association.
   (1) The amount of the assessment in dispute.
   (2) Late charges.
   (3) Interest.
   (4) All fees and costs associated with the preparation and filing
of a notice of delinquent assessment, including all mailing costs,
and including attorney's fees not to exceed four hundred twenty-five
dollars ($425).
   (b) The right of any owner of a separate interest to utilize
alternative dispute resolution under this section may not be
exercised more than two times in any single calendar year, and not
more than three times within any five calendar years.  Nothing within
this section shall preclude any owner of a separate interest and the
association, upon mutual agreement, from entering into alternative
dispute resolution for a number of times in excess of the limits set
forth in this section.  The owner of a separate interest may request
and be awarded through alternative dispute resolution reasonable
interest to be paid by the association on the total amount paid under
paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a), if it is
determined through alternative dispute resolution that the assessment
levied by the association was not correctly levied.



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