State Legislation

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Written By David A. Firmin | Wednesday, May 8, 2013

As expected, with less than 24 hours left in the legislative session, the remainder of the HOA bills that were being debated all passed out of the legislature and moved on to the Governor and are all expected to be signed.

The bills include:

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Written By David A. Firmin | Monday, May 6, 2013

SB13-183 finally cleared its last hurdle on May 2 and now only awaits the governor’s signature.  The provisions of the bill modify the existing xeriscape statute, which appears at CRS 37-60-126.  The bill, as finally approved, prohibits an...

Written By David A. Firmin | Wednesday, April 24, 2013

As the legislative session winds down, two more bills were quickly approved by the Senate and House and sent to the Governor for signature.  SB 13-126 The bill that removes unreasonable restrictions on electric car charges and...

Written By David A. Firmin | Wednesday, April 17, 2013

One of the major bills being debated this year, HB13-1277, promises to become as famous in the HOA circles as SB 05-100 and SB 06-89.  This bill represents a major change in how community associations are perceived and managed.  So what does...

Written By David A. Firmin | Monday, April 15, 2013

With just more than 3 weeks left in the scheduled legislative session, the Senate Bills still up for consideration include:

SB 13-126: This bill concerns the removal of unreasonable restrictions on the ability of the Owner of an...

Written By David A. Firmin | Friday, April 12, 2013

With less than 30 days left in the scheduled legislative session, there are still a large number of bills impacting community associations that remain on the legislative calendar.  When the legislature refocuses on Common Interest Communities, we expect them to move fast and furiously on the remaining bills. Of these bills, the House Bills include:

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Written By David A. Firmin | Thursday, April 11, 2013

As the legislature marches on addressing “consumer protection” matters, HB 13-1186 was passed and signed into law on April 4, 2013.  This Bill addresses transparency issues surrounding the creation and operation of Metropolitan Districts.  The...

Written By David A. Firmin | Tuesday, March 26, 2013

As promised last week, two significant bills were introduced into the Colorado legislature this week that are aimed directly at community associations.  The first, HB 13-1277 is the manager licensure bill.  This bill contains two essential...

Written By David A. Firmin | Thursday, March 21, 2013

This morning the Colorado Legislative Action Committee held a legislative update breakfast.  Generally speaking, the speakers conveyed that the legislature was expressing that “consumer protection” was the name of the game this year.  It was also noted that their seemed to be a current mood in the legislature of “getting things done”

and that, with the exception of the...

Written By David A. Firmin | Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Last week the House introduced HB 13-1249 which is a bill that attempts to clean up the foreclosure issues that have plagued residential lenders.  The Bill’s stated purpose is:

“Concerning...

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