H_BUS_2022A 02/03/2022 01:35:18 PM Committee Summary

Esther Turcios, representing the Colorado Fiscal Institute, testified in support of the bill.

Brandy Harrison, representing 9to5 Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

Representative Gray made closing remarks on the bill.

The committee took a brief recess.

The committee reconvened.

Representatives Rich
and Hooton introduced House Bill 22-1040, Home Owners' Reasonable Access
to Common Areas.  Current law allows a home owners' association (HOA)
to regulate the use, maintenance, repair, replacement, and modification
of a community's common elements.  The bill specifies that an HOA
must protect owners' and their guests' access to common elements by clarifying
when an HOA may restrict access and requiring HOAs to notify owners of
restrictions lasting longer than 24 hours.



The bill sponsors
provided Amendments L.001 and L.002 (Attachments C and D).

Anne Landman, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.

John Seward, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.

Ms. Landman and Mr. Seward responded to questions from the committee.

James LeDuc, representing himself, testified in opposition to the bill.

Ms. Straus and Ms. Washington responded to questions from the committee.

The bill sponsors and committee members provided closing remarks on the bill.

Representatives Snyder and Soper, bill sponsors, introduced House Bill 22-1036, Improvement Location Certificate Real Estate Forms. The bill requires the Real Estate Commission in the Department of Regulatory Agencies to promulgate rules by January 1, 2023, requiring certain commission-approved forms to show whether a real estate transaction is based on an improvement location certificate or a land survey plat.

Ralph Pettit, representing Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

Scott Thompson, representing Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

The bill sponsors made closing remarks on the bill.