by Beth Mulcahy, Esq. Our firm represents over 1,000 associations in Arizona. I can tell you with certainty that I have not seen a proxy used in an election or annual meeting in many, many years. Pursuant to Arizona law (A.R.S. Section 33-1812 for planned communities and 33-1250 for condominiums), proxy voting is only allowed while the association is under [...]
Dear Cyber-Followers: It was a busy week last week at the Arizona Legislature! Many of the committees in the Arizona Legislature finished hearings last week and now it is “game time” for final voting by legislators on community association bills. Currently, 88 bills have passed and 73 have been signed by the governor (with 15 bills still waiting to be [...]
Dear Cyber-Followers: We are 68 days into the 2016 legislative session! A typical goal for each legislative session is to have all work finished by the 100th day. In 2015, the Arizona legislature finished its work surprisingly fast (in 81 days). It is unlikely that this session will end that early this year, however, it is anticipated that the session [...]
By Beth Mulcahy, Esq. In my opinion, the best way to get a tenant to comply with the documents is to aggressively pursue the owner for the tenant’s violations. Most association documents state that a landlord/owner is responsible for the behavior of their tenants and guests. Once the landlord/owner figures out that the tenant is starting to cost the landlord/owner [...]
Dear Cyber-Followers: It has been a quiet two weeks for community association bills at the Arizona Legislature (trust me, this is a good thing!). There have been no community association bills passed by both the House and the Senate and signed by the Governor yet. We are closely watching the six following bills for a full vote (SB1496, Homeowners’ Associations, [...]
By Beth Mulcahy Esq. Question: Our association has an owner who requests to review records on a monthly basis. This is starting to become a pain and it requires a lot of time. What are our responsibilities under Arizona law to provide these records to this owner? Pursuant to A.R.S. 33-1805 (Planned Community)/ A.R.S. 33-1258 (Condo), all financial and other [...]
Dear Cyber-Followers, Here we are in Week 9 of the Fifty-Third Regular Session of the Arizona Legislature. As you know, we have been closely watching the bills relating to community associations over the last 9 weeks. There were only 3 bills with activity last week and they are all listed on page two of our updated 2016 Pending Bills Summary. [...]
by Beth Mulcahy, Esq I am often asked the following question… “What makes a community manager a superstar?” I have been fortunate to work with numerous exceptional managers in Arizona. Here is a short list of the qualities of a great community manager: Communicate: —Listen to homeowners who have concerns or problems with the association; —Return/respond to phone calls/e-mails within [...]
By Beth Mulcahy, Esq. Board meetings are typically not well attended. Everyone is busy, so the association board meeting is often low on the “to-do-list” because it takes too much time. Don’t let the long drawn-out board meeting filled with trivia be the reason your association members do not attend. Making your board meeting an efficient business meeting in an [...]
Dear Cyber Followers: It was an exciting week last week at the Arizona Legislature! The Arizona Legislature has been in session for 40 days and 1,200 bill have been introduced. However, there have been no community association bills passed by both the House and the Senate and signed by the Governor yet. Our firm is closely following three bills which [...]
