For residents living in communities governed by homeowner associations, this means that they could be caught between breaking the water reduction mandate to comply with their covenants, conditions and restrictions to keep their lawns greens or pay their HOA potentially hefty fines. To relieve homeowners of this dilemma, Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, introduced Senate Bill 992 to prohibit HOAs from assessing fines for brown lawns during a governor-declared drought     Read more……….