ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB 4017: pet ownership limits; planned communities.

Sponsor: Representative Gress, LD 4

Committee on Commerce

Overview

Asserts a planned community association cannot prohibit or otherwise limit a household pet by breed, size or weight.

History

An association is a nonprofit corporation or unincorporated association of owners that is created pursuant to a declaration to own and operate portions of a planned community and that has the power under the declaration to assess association members to pay the costs and expenses incurred in the performance of the association's obligations under the declaration.

A planned community is a real estate development that includes real estate owned and operated by or real estate on which an easement to maintain roadways or a covenant to maintain roadways is held by a nonprofit corporation or unincorporated association of owners, that is created for the purpose of managing, maintaining or improving the property and in which the declaration expressly states both that the owners of separately owned lots, parcels or units are mandatory members and that the owners are required to pay assessments to the association for these purposes (A.R.S. § 33-1802).

Provisions

1. Declares a planned community association cannot prohibit or otherwise limit a household pet by breed, size or weight. (Sec. 1)

2. Asserts any provisions prohibited by the pet restriction are unenforceable without regard to whether they were adopted or enacted before the effective date of this act. (Sec. 1)

3. Authorizes a planned community association to adopt reasonable rules regarding pet behavior that are consistent with federal, state and local laws. (Sec. 1)

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