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Settling for an "anything is better than nothing results in nothing" The story of HOA legislation for 25 years in Colorado
legislative update
News Articles
Our proposal for HOA Foreclosure Reform
Proposed HOA Bills 2022:*** 22-1040: use of common areas
passed
22-059: proxy voting restrictions
watered down, passed22-060: limits dues/fees: failed
22-1139 Limits HOAs from regulating public-rights-of-way
passed, reinforces current law22-1239 CAM Licensing
on-hold22-1137 Fees, Fines and using small claims court, foreclosures
pending
22-1387 Reserve funds and special assessments pending
NOTE, SUMMARIES ON ACTUAL BILLS MAY NOT REFLECT CONTENT. OUR SUMMARY OF ALL BILLS FORTHCOMING
Condominium Questionnaire $25 not $125
HOA Reform: implementing a dispute resolution process in the HOA Office and creating a State HOA data repository. Refuting lobbyist distortions on feasibility, cost and their financial interests.
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Legislation & Laws
How to participate in public Committee hearings on proposed Bills
Our proposal for a 2022 Bill to implement an out of court dispute resoluton process within the State HOA Office
Proposal out of court dispute resolution: FLOW CHART
How to participate in public Committee hearings on proposed Bills
2021 HOA Property Manager Licensing Sunrise Report recommends licensing
2019 Sunset Report on HOA Office recommends dispute resolution
SIGNED INTO LAW: HB 21-1310
HOA flag restrictions a thing of the past
HB 21-1229, Records Retention and Disclosure and Fees Transparency
HB 21-1229 impact/overview
Look up any Bill or Act or proposed Bills
Construction Defects law requires homeowners to approve litigation
State HOA Office Sunset Report: Reforms and justification for Office Deleted from HB 20-1200
HB 19-1309 provides mobile home and manufactured home communities with out of court dispute resolution process within DORA
Look up any HOA Bills/law
liens, transfer fees - seniors & disabled
Liens and Super Liens
Super lien strips HOA homeowners of their home equity
Home Sale Transfer Fees
Creating a State HOA data repository as proposed in HB20-1333 would have saved HOA homeowners millions each year in home sale transfer fee
Home sales transfer fees: $50 not $350 or more
Seniors - Disabled
Senior communities get exclusion in SB 20-126 that requires HOAs to allow day care businesses in community (the Bill passed)
Should my HOA have to pay for my wheelchair ramp (scroll down on article)
Metro Districts
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Aurora Sentinel, Coloradoopenforum@denverpost.comopenforum@dailycamera.comChannel 7 NewsChannel 4 NewsChannel 9 News The politics of metro districts How developers use bonds, mill levies to ensure they are repaid Colorado metro district debts can take homeowners decades to pay off Metro Districts can deliver surprisingly and costly tax increases
Aurora Sentinel, Coloradoopenforum@denverpost.comopenforum@dailycamera.comChannel 7 NewsChannel 4 NewsChannel 9 News The politics of metro districts How developers use bonds, mill levies to ensure they are repaid Colorado metro district debts can take homeowners decades to pay off Metro Districts can deliver surprisingly and costly tax increases
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