From the East Valley Tribune on-line edition
More HOA reforms near OK
By Le Templar, Tribune
The Arizona Legislature is close to adopting a new set of homeowners association reforms that would make it easier to remove board members, replace proxy voting with absentee ballots and tell potential home buyers in plain English about certain rights they give up when joining an association.
A series of proposals approved by the House of Representative has been combined into a single measure, HB2154, awaiting debate in the Senate. Key lawmakers say the bill likely will pass because of widespread support from reform advocates and the HOA industry, two sides that usually are at each other's political throats. "This one is a little staggering with the ease that it has passed," said Sen. Jim Waring, a Republican whose district includes western Scottsdale, Cave Creek and Carefree. "Frankly, you just dont see that on (HOA reform). It is always contentious." But there's still plenty of frustration out there. Many HOA reform advocates are angry that key lawmakers never allowed committee votes on more sweeping changes they claim would provide homeowners further protection from abuses of power by associations and their management companies.
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I don't have the URL for the whole article, but it seems that AZ is going to get another round of reform on top of the bills passed last year.
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The AZ reform this year is an industry crafted "Omnibus" bill (HB2154) with very minimal or questionable value to homeowners. However, it includes one certain provision for the benefit of the industry, giving it an additional power over the powerless homeowners: It allows UNDEFINED COLLECTION FEES to be added to the assessment lien NON-JUDICIALLY. Such fees can expressly be foreclosed upon, even if the assessments have been fully paid.
Shamefully, an AZ homeowner advocacy group, claiming to stand for homeowners rights, passionately supported this bill together with the HOA industry, believing that the sour candy included in the bill is worth the price of giving the industry (and the HOA) additional bite in homeowner rights.
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