Legislative Briefs: As usual, California is leading the way with laws intended to protect the Buyers and Sellers of real property, and their Agents. A number of new issues relating to property hazard disclosure have found their way to the statehouse. Commercial real estate professionals TAKE NOTE -- several of these laws will likely affect your business in California now, and your business elsewhere in the future as the disclosure trend spreads. You will find a brief explanation of several of these laws at our links below: Dam-failure Inundation Flood Zone Disclosure Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone Disclosure Seismic Hazard Mapping Act Zone Disclosure PLEASE BE ADVISED: For California properties, ABS Consulting's subsidiary, JCP Geologists, Inc., provides a Natural Hazard Disclosure ReportTM that is designed to accommodate this legislation! Questions, comments, or problems? ktravers@absconsulting.com Contents © 1997-2002, ABSG Consulting, Inc.. All rights reserved.