First off, I would like to thank all of you who responded to our Call to Action to contact members of the House Finance Committee to ask that they report House Bill 19-1212 (“HB 1212”) out of Committee without any amendments. Your commitment to help us get HB 1212 out of the Finance Committee worked.
2019
Call to Action! House Bill 1212 – Continuation of Community Association Manager Licensing Program
By Molly Foley-Healy on
Posted in From Capitol Hill/Legislation
As you probably know by now, the Community Association Manager Licensure Program (“CAM Licensure Program”) in Colorado is currently scheduled to end on the last day of June. To ensure that the licensure of Community Association Managers continues, House Bill 19-1212 (“HB 1212”) was introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Brianna Titone and…
Don’t Miss the Next Session of Our Warehouse Lecture Series!
By Molly Foley-Healy on
Posted in Uncategorized
Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne is pleased to announce the next session of our Warehouse Lecture Series, which will be held on Friday, April 12th from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm in our warehouse classroom located at 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 in Littleton.
The classes we will be teaching have been approved by DORA…
Manager Licensure Bill Clears First House Committee
By Molly Foley-Healy on
Posted in From Capitol Hill/Legislation
On Tuesday, March 26th, House Bill 19-1212 (HB 1212) finally cleared the House Committee on Transportation & Local Government with several amendments and was referred to the House Finance Committee for consideration of the Fiscal Note. For those of you who follow this blog, you know that HB 1212 is an extremely important bill…
What is this Special Assessment?
By Lindsay S. Smith on
Posted in Money Matters, Your Governing Documents
Many Colorado communities are facing the need to impose special assessments as a result of recent wind and hail events in the state. Special assessments may be imposed in circumstances where the association lacks cash on hand to pay for a large or unexpected expense. Such assessments have become increasingly common due to changes in…
Prospects for CAM Licensure Program Renewal are Excellent
By Molly Foley-Healy on
Posted in From Capitol Hill/Legislation
As Lindsay Smith recently reported in a blog post, House Bill 19-1212 (“HB 1212”) was introduced in the Colorado General Assembly on Monday to extend the Community Association Manager (“CAM”) licensure program in Colorado, which is currently scheduled to end on the last day of June.
As you may recall, a bill introduced to extend…
Manager Licensure Bill
By Lindsay S. Smith on
Posted in Uncategorized
Yesterday, Representatives Brianna Titone and Monica Duran introduced House Bill 19-1212, which, if passed, will re-create the community association manager licensure program that is currently set to end in July of this year. The proposed bill includes provisions responsive to comments made throughout the industry since the original advent of community association manager licensing,…
Bill Introduced to Amend the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act
By Molly Foley-Healy on
Posted in From Capitol Hill/Legislation
On January 11th, Representatives Dafna Michaelson Jenet (D) and Colin Larson (R) introduced House Bill 19-1076 (“HB 1076”), which would amend the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act. In addition to prohibiting smoking in many public places, the Clean Indoor Air Act also currently prohibits smoking in the restrooms, lobbies, hallways and common areas of HOAs…
HOA Xeriscape Bill: A Solution in Search of a Problem?
By Molly Foley-Healy on
Posted in From Capitol Hill/Legislation
On January 4th, the 2019 Colorado Legislative Session opened. With both chambers of the General Assembly controlled by the Democrats, it will be interesting to see the types of bills which will be introduced that impact HOAs in Colorado.
While it will be particularly interesting to see whether a bill will be introduced to preserve…