Senate Bill 323 added new Civil Code section 5105(c)(4), which provides that an association may disqualify a candidate for the board “if that person discloses, or if the association is aware or becomes aware of, a past criminal conviction that would, if the person was elected, either prevent the association from purchasing the fidelity bond coverage required by [Civil Code s]ection 5806 or terminate the association’s existing fidelity bond coverage.”
This optional qualification raises a number of questions and problems, both for associations which adopt it and those which do not:
This optional qualification raises a number of questions and problems, both for associations which adopt it and those which do not: