Just minutes ago, the Senate passed the overhauled version of SB 126 on second reading by a voice vote on the floor without further amendments.
Republican Senator David Balmer spoke before the vote in opposition to the bill citing constituent concerns that older apartment buildings are not wired appropriately to host electric car charging stations. Republican Senator Kevin Lundberg …
The Senate Local Government Committee just passed out of Committee an overhauled version of SB 126 which was introduced by Senator Guzman to address the installation of electric car charging stations in apartment buildings and HOAs. In terms of HOAs, the bill as amended, provides as follows:Continue Reading Overhauled Electric Car Charging Station Bill Passed by Senate Local Government Committee
Senate Bill 13-052 ("SB 52"), the bill introduced by Senator Mark Scheffel to address construction defects in "transit-oriented developments," was scheduled to be heard before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. As just reported by the Denver Business Journal, Senator Scheffel asked that the bill be removed from the Committee calendar while the Association…
Yesterday, Representative Clare Levy introduced in the Colorado House of Representatives House Bill 13-1225 ("HB 1225") entitled the Homeowner’s Insurance Reform Act of 2013. The provisions of the bill, aimed at providing information and protections to homeowners, are quite extensive and include the following: Continue Reading Homeowner’s Insurance Reform Bill Introduced in Colorado House of Representatives
The Colorado Division of Real Estate has just published the 2012 Annual Report of the HOA Information and Resource Center. While the number of complaints received by the HOA Information Office in 2012 is higher than the 478 complaints received during 2011, for the 8,347 HOAs which registered in 2012 representing 853,542 units – the office received “576 complaints from 309 different homeowners and residents.”
Here are some interesting facts from the 2012 Annual Report:Continue Reading 2012 Annual Report of HOA Information and Resource Center Just Published!
The Senate Local Government Committee just held a hearing on SB 126 – the bill which addresses the installation of electric car charging stations in HOAs and apartment buildings. While the testimony supported the concept of electric car charging stations, there was also testimony addressing the practical realities of the bill as introduced. Extensive amendments will be introduced on the…
Since some HOAs are located in special districts that regulate domestic water or sanitary sewer services, I thought you might be interested in House Bill 13-1186 ("HB 1186") which was introduced in the Colorado House of Representatives yesterday by Representative Edward Vigil.
HB 1186 requires a special district that provides domestic water or sanitary sewer services to…
Late yesterday afternoon, I blogged that SB 126 had just been introduced in the Colorado Senate by Senator Lucia Guzman. In addition to the provisions outlined in my blog yesterday, the bill provides that associations would be permitted to apply for funds from Colorado’s Electric Vehicle Grant Fund. The amount of funds that would be made available for the installation of electric car charging stations in HOAs is
Senate Bill 13-126 (“SB 126”) was introduced by Senator Lucia Guzman today in the Colorado Senate. The bill, which is intended to provide consumers with the ability to charge electric cars in apartments, condominiums and common interest communities, is quite extensive and could have significant implications for existing condominiums. Here’s a synopsis of how the bill, as originally introduced, impacts associations:Continue Reading Extensive Electric Car Charging Station Bill Impacting HOAs Just Introduced in the Colorado Senate
On January 25th, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published by the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (“DORA”) in The Colorado Register to address a wide variety of issues – including the towing of vehicles from private property.
Currently under Colorado law, HOAs are permitted to enter into a contract with a towing company to have the company act as an agent of the association to determine whether a vehicle should be towed. In other words, associations can currently hire a towing company to periodically patrol for parking violations and tow vehicles which are parked in violation of an association’s covenants, rules and regulations.
While some associations contract directly with a towing company to patrol for parking violations and to tow when appropriate, other associations utilize a practice where a member of the board or a managing agent contacts the towing company to request that a vehicle be towed.
While upon initial review it doesn’t seem this latter practice would be impacted by the proposed changes to the Public Utilities Commission rules regulating towing, the former practice would not be permissible. However, in addition to dealing with the issue of towing companies acting as the agent for associations, the proposed rules should be clarified to ensure that managers and managements companies have the authority to authorize a tow. Continue Reading Proposed Changes to Towing Regulations Could Negatively Impact HOAs
