House Bill 23-1131, which would have required a majority of unit owners present at a Board meeting for the Board to approve a proposed budget, has been postponed indefinitely after its hearing in the Transportation, Housing, and Local Government Committee. Even a proposed strike-below, which would have allowed minute numbers of residents to veto
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2022 Legislative and Legal Update
After our scintillating discussion focused on HB 1137 this afternoon, I can’t resist but to hold another class that focuses on HB 1137 and all the other 2022 legislation and other legal changes impacting Colorado community associations. Community managers and Board members are invited to join me on July 11, 2022 at 1:00 to explore…
Gird Your Loins: HB 1137 Becomes Law
Governor Polis signed HB 1137 into law on Friday, in spite of calls by hundreds of community members for a veto. This ambiguous, flawed, and expensive bill will go into effect on August 10. As a reminder, HB 1137 will fundamentally alter all community collection and enforcement processes, as well as require certain decisions to…
Political Signs in Colorado HOAs and the Upcoming Election . . .
As of today, the General Election is 43 days away. While like most Americans I have very strong opinions and beliefs regarding the cultural and electoral issues facing our country, I also live in an HOA and am taking the signage rules and my neighbors into account when putting up signs that mirror my beliefs…
Let’s Reclaim Civility in HOAs! Self-Evaluation for Directors
For those of us who work in the HOA industry, the one constant theme we have heard over the last couple of years is that many people have become just plain mean. While this nastiness is certainly not across the board and folks in the vast majority of HOAs we work with strive to do…
Don’t Miss the Next Session of Our Warehouse Lecture Series!
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
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,…
What the Courts Say
The Colorado Supreme Court held that the non-developer owner of a parking space did not receive an unrestricted title that would allow it to sell the space to a third party non-condominium owner B.B. & C. v. Edelweiss Condominium, 218 P.3rd 310 (Colo. 2009)
The developer built a 21 unit complex that had thirty parking…
Hurricane Evacuees Temporarily Shut Out Of Florida HOA
Recently, community associations received some bad press in the wake of hurricane Katrina. I found this article to be interesting.
The Association eventually bowed to the pressure as shown in this follow-up article.
Restrictive covenants stating that all lots shall be “single-family dwellings,” or other similar language, are fairly commonplace. We recommend seeking legal…