PREFILED JAN 05 2024 REFERENCE TITLE: condominiums; interior improvements; approvals State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024 HB 2141 Introduced by Representative Hendrix An Act amending section 33-1221, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to condominiums. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
PREFILED JAN 05 2024
REFERENCE TITLE: condominiums; interior improvements; approvals
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
HB 2141
Introduced by Representative Hendrix
REFERENCE TITLE: condominiums; interior improvements; approvals
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
2024
HB 2141
Introduced by
Representative Hendrix
An Act
amending section 33-1221, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to condominiums.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 33-1221, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE33-1221. Alterations of units; consent A. Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, a unit owner: 1. May make any improvements or alterations to his the unit owner's unit that do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the condominium. 2. Shall not change the appearance of the common elements, or the exterior appearance of a unit or any other portion of the condominium, without written permission of the association. 3. After acquiring an adjoining unit or, if the declaration expressly permits allows, an adjoining part of an adjoining unit, may remove or alter any intervening partition or create apertures in intervening partitions, even if the partition in whole or in part is a common element, if those acts do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the condominium. Removal of partitions or creation of apertures under this paragraph is not an alteration of boundaries. B. In addition to allowed modifications as prescribed by subsection A of this section and notwithstanding the condominium documents, the association shall not prohibit a unit owner from improving or altering the interior of the unit in a manner that may disturb adjacent unit occupants if the unit owner purchases and installs at the unit owner's own expense any reasonably necessary improved materials, accessories or other adjustments that eliminate or minimize the potential disturbance. The association shall not prohibit a unit owner from using any manner of decoration on the interior of the unit. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 33-1221, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE33-1221. Alterations of units; consent
A. Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, a unit owner:
1. May make any improvements or alterations to his the unit owner's unit that do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the condominium.
2. Shall not change the appearance of the common elements, or the exterior appearance of a unit or any other portion of the condominium, without written permission of the association.
3. After acquiring an adjoining unit or, if the declaration expressly permits allows, an adjoining part of an adjoining unit, may remove or alter any intervening partition or create apertures in intervening partitions, even if the partition in whole or in part is a common element, if those acts do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the condominium. Removal of partitions or creation of apertures under this paragraph is not an alteration of boundaries.
B. In addition to allowed modifications as prescribed by subsection A of this section and notwithstanding the condominium documents, the association shall not prohibit a unit owner from improving or altering the interior of the unit in a manner that may disturb adjacent unit occupants if the unit owner purchases and installs at the unit owner's own expense any reasonably necessary improved materials, accessories or other adjustments that eliminate or minimize the potential disturbance. The association shall not prohibit a unit owner from using any manner of decoration on the interior of the unit. END_STATUTE