The spread of COVID-19 and politics continue to be hot topics this week in Arizona. Our law firm continues to keep a close-eye on the Arizona Department of Health Services data dashboard regarding COVID-19. The bad news: According to several reports published earlier this week, Arizona ranks No. 1 for its rate of new COVID-19 cases and hospitals are experiencing [...]
During the 2020 General Election, Arizona voters approved Proposition 207, which legalizes and governs the adult use, regulation and taxation of recreational marijuana. On November 30, 2020, the Arizona Secretary of State certified the voters’ approval and the Proposition became the Smart and Safe Arizona Act (the “Act”). Please also note that local (County, City and/or Town) ordinances may enact [...]
On Monday, January 13th, the Arizona Legislature’s 2020 session begins. One topic that’s guaranteed to be on the legislature’s agenda is short-term rentals. After signing a May 2019 law that regulated “party house” rentals through sites such as Airbnb and VRBO, Governor Ducey signaled in August that the law would likely be revisited in the next legislative session. State lawmakers [...]
Pet restrictions in community associations can be a very controversial topic. Animal lovers consider dogs (and pets in general) to be members of the family, so any type of restriction that places limitations on an owner’s right to keep his/her pets within the home can be met with serious resistance. Breed specific restrictions, which are a subset of pet restrictions, [...]
During the summer months, many board members travel outside of Arizona to escape the heat. Due to travel schedules during June, July and August, sometimes it is difficult for the board to obtain a quorum to have a board meeting. Under Arizona law, all meetings of the association must be conducted in the State of Arizona. However, A. R. S. [...]
Happy Easter and Passover to everyone! As you may know, our firm posts an update to any bills pending in the Arizona legislature every week while in session. I haven’t been blogging too much about what is going on at the Arizona Legislature since it has been a quiet legislative year for community associations (thank goodness). Right now, the legislature [...]
Dear Cyber-Followers: The Arizona Legislature adjourned Sine Die in the early morning hours of Saturday, May 7, 2016 after an 18 hour marathon day! The last formal day the Arizona Legislature was in session was an all-night voting spree. In fact, during their last day, Arizona lawmakers voted on more bills than they passed in the entire 116 prior days and sent [...]
Dear Cyber-Followers: After 103 days in session, 106 bills have passed and 105 have been signed by Governor Ducey. Last week was the third week of budget discussions at the Arizona Legislature. None of the five (5) community association bills we are monitoring have moved an inch in 3 weeks due to the budget negotiations. It is anticipated that once [...]
Dear Cyber-Followers: It was another busy week last week at the Arizona Legislature! After 82 days in session, 106 bills have passed and 89 have been signed by the governor. Last week, the first community association bill was signed by Governor Ducey (HB2172, Design; Architectural Committees; Review). Under HB2172, a board or an architectural committee’s approval of construction projects, [...]
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 [...]
