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April 26, 2005
Stupid Amendment of the Year Award to Arizona Legislature
I was scrolling through various state legislative web sites looking for updates when I ran across HB 2482 in the Arizona Legislative site. Someone had added an amendment to the bill that I had to read three times just to make sure I wasn't seeing things. Here it is:
D. THE ASSOCIATION SHALL PROVIDE ON A WEB SITE THAT IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET A COPY OF THE ASSOCIATION'S RULES AND A COPY OF ITS SCHEDULE OF FEES AND FINES. THE ASSOCIATION SHALL ALSO PROVIDE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE WEB SITE ADDRESS FOR THESE PUBLIC POSTINGS. ANY ASSOCIATION THAT FAILS TO NOTIFY THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF CHANGES IN ITS WEB SITE ADDRESS OR THAT FAILS TO ACCURATELY REVISE ITS WEB SITE POSTINGS WITHIN TEN DAYS OF ANY CHANGES IS CIVILLY LIABLE TO EACH MEMBER OF ITS ASSOCIATION FOR ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION AND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY FOR EACH ADDITIONAL DAY OF VIOLATION.
I cut and pasted it to make sure I didn't miss a word. First it requires every association that falls under the Planned Communities Act to have a web site that shows its rules, fees and fines. It then has to notify the Secretary of State of the web address, and if they make a change to the rules, fee, or fines and fails to notify the state and change the web site, the association will have to pay each member of the association $1,000 per violation and another $100 per day for each additional day of violation.
So an association is going to have to special assess each owner $1,000+ in order to pay each owner $1,000+. Exactly who does this legislator think pays when an association owes money? Duh!
It may be early in the year, but I think this amendment will be hard to top. Here's the link in case you don't believe me. Anyone top this?
Posted by joewest at April 26, 2005 10:33 AM