It’s official – Governor Hickenlooper has signed House Bill 1343 ("HB 1343") into law!  Now that this important manager licensure clean-up bill has been signed into law, we expect the Colorado Division of Real Estate to immediately publish emergency rules addressing the requirements and procedures which managers must follow to obtain the Apprentice License and Provisional License.  When the emergency rules are published, we will pass that information along to you.  In the meantime, since the provisions of HB 1343 immediately became effective, here is what managers need to know about the clean-up bill: 

●          The bill clears up who is required to be licensed as a Community Association Manager (“CAM”) and who is not required to be licensed

●          CEOs of management companies who do not engage in community association management and are not the Designated Manager for their companies, are not required to be licensed as CAMs.

●          An employee of a management company, working under the supervision of a licensed CAM, is not required to be licensed if that employee performs clerical, ministerial, accounting or maintenance functions.

●          An employee of a common interest community who only performs clerical, ministerial, accounting or maintenance functions is not required to be licensed as a CAM.

●          An independent contractor who only performs clerical, ministerial, accounting or maintenance functions, and who does not perform community association management functions, is not required to be licensed.

●          An individual holding an Apprentice License and who is working under the direct supervision of a CAM, is not required to be licensed as a CAM during the period of time their Apprentice License is in effect (1 year). Continue Reading Manager Licensure Clean-Up Bill Signed Into Law!

On Sunday, the Denver Post ran an article indicating that community association managers are struggling with passing the manager licensure exam and some representatives of Community Associations Institute ("CAI") feel the test may not be well written.  While the overall pass rate for both portions of the exam was accurately reported and is absolutely respectable, here’s the good news for community association

Now that S.B. 177 has been killed, it might be useful to talk about what our concerns were with its provisions. We don’t disagree that the process of resolving construction defect claims needs to be corrected. What we oppose is the resolution on the backs of consumer home buyers by effectively taking away their rights to some recourse in the event they suffer from significant defects in the design or construction of their homes.Continue Reading Whose Ox is Being Gored? Construction Defects Legislation in Colorado

Senate amendments to House Bill 1343 ("HB 1343") were given the thumbs-up yesterday by the House and the bill is now headed to Governor Hickenlooper to be signed into law.  In a legislative session that was highlighted by partisan politics, HB 1343 had bipartisan unanimous approval through every step of the process.  That’s a truly astounding success story!

HB 1343 will immediately become effective as soon as the Governor signs the bill into law.  Here’s what you need to know about HB 1343: Continue Reading Manager Licensure Clean-Up Bill Headed to the Governor!

Just minutes ago, HB 1343 unanimously cleared the House Appropriations Committee with a favorable recommendation to the Colorado House of Representatives!  This manager licensure clean-up bill will now move to the full House for consideration where we expect strong bipartisan support.

Stay tuned to this blog for important updates on HB 1343 as it proceeds through

Yesterday, under the stewardship of Representative Angela Williams who is the Chair of the House Business Affairs & Labor Committee, House Bill 1343 sailed through that Committee with unanimous bipartisan support!  The bill will now be considered by the House Appropriations Committee where we do not expect any problems.  Next week, we anticipate that HB 1343 will be approved by the full House and will then move over to the Senate under the guidance of Senator David Balmer who is the Chair of the Senate Business, Labor & Technology Committee.

As a reminder, here is a synopsis of the key provisions of HB 1343: Continue Reading Manager Licensure Clean-Up Bill Sails Through House Committee