Assessments are the dues every owner must pay an HOA, and how they're set and collected is where a lot of homeowner conflict starts. This bill addresses the association's assessment practices.
In short: Addresses how HOAs levy and handle assessments.
Introduced — no action Mixed
This bill changes the rules for how much an HOA or condo association can raise your annual assessment and what happens when you allegedly break a rule. It lets boards raise dues up to 20% each year on their own, but requires a supermajority owner vote for anything higher. It also builds in a formal notice-and-response process before an association can enforce a claimed violation.
For homeowners: Mixed, but the enforcement-side gains tilt it toward owners: a mandatory violation-notice process (specific provision cited, 21-day certified-mail window to contest, no enforcement until the exchange is complete) plus a late-fee cap of the greater of $15 or 10% are real due-process and fee protections. The offset is that it lets boards raise dues up to 20% per year with no member vote, which can compound steeply, though anything above 20% requires a 67% supermajority.
What the bill actually does, point by point — from the Arizona Legislature’s official fact sheet.
- Boards may increase annual assessments by up to 20% per year without a member vote (or a higher cap if the community documents allow it).
- Any increase above 20% requires approval by 67% of each class of members voting at a duly held meeting.
- Late-payment penalties are capped at the greater of $15 or 10% of the unpaid assessment or penalty amount.
- A violation notice to an owner must state the specific provision violated, the date it was observed, the names of who observed it, and the process the owner must follow to contest the notice.
- Owners get 21 calendar days to respond to a violation notice by certified mail.
- The association must respond within 10 business days with the required information, and cannot enforce the violation until this exchange is complete.
- Amends A.R.S. § 33-1242 (condominiums) and § 33-1803 (planned communities).
The A.R.S. sections this bill amends, adds, or repeals — taken from the bill text. Click one to read the current law.
Organizations and industry insiders who registered a position on this bill through the Legislature’s public Request to Speak system — simply where each stood: For, Against, or Neutral. Individual homeowners are not listed. Whether this bill helps or hurts homeowners is our own read, shown by its label above — a group’s position doesn’t set our call. Each row links to that entity’s report card and to the source at azleg.gov.