Date: 02/20/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB12-1237

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved amendment L.002 (Attachment A). The motion p
Moved amendment L.003 (Attachment B). The motion p
Moved to refer House Bill 12-1237, as amended, to 		Pass Without Objection
Pass Without Objection
PASS



01:23 PM -- House Bill 12-1237

Representative Williams, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 12-1237, concerning the records kept by the unit owners' association of a common interest community. Representative Williams discussed the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA) and explained that the bill lists different types of records that must be maintained by a homeowners' association (HOA). She explained that the accessible records covered by the bill must be available for examination and copying by a unit owner or the owner's authorized agent, but the association can require a reasonable charge to cover the costs of labor and material for copies of records.


01:25 PM

Molly Foley-Healy, representing the Colorado Actions Institute and the Colorado Legislative Action Committee, testified in support of the bill and talked about the need for property owners to have access to records held by their HOA and about the Information and Resource Center, within the Division of Real Estate, created for home owners by House Bill 10-1278. Ms. Foley-Healy discussed the provisions in the bill and the proper purpose provision, which does not allow an HOA to request a purpose for accessing the types of records covered by the bill. Committee members received prepared amendment L.002 (Attachment A) and L.003 (Attachment B). Ms. Foley-Healy addressed questions from the committee concerning records of HOAs, and explained the amendments.

HseLocal0220AttachA.pdf HseLocal0220AttachB.pdf

01:39 PM

Linda Hayes, representing herself, testified in support of the bill and talked about her experience as a unit owner within an HOA and about the need for House Bill 12-1237.


01:42 PM

Julius Witzler, representing himself, testified in support of the bill, discussed his personal issues with accessing information from his HOA, and addressed questions from the committee concerning the need for transparency with HOAs.


01:45 PM

Chris Pacetti, representing himself, testified in support of the bill, discussed his job as the manager of an HOA, and talked about the need to clarify state law about what records homeowners can request from their HOA.


01:47 PM

Jeani Frickey, representing the Colorado Association of Home Builders, testified in support of prepared amendment L.003 (Attachment B), which places restrictions on access to architectural designs and membership lists of an HOA.


01:49 PM

Amber Ward, representing herself, testified in support of the bill, talked about her personal experience as a unit owner in a common interest community, and discussed her problems with her HOA.
BILL:HB12-1237
TIME: 01:51:23 PM
MOVED:Gardner B.
MOTION:Moved amendment L.002 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Balmer
VOTE
Balmer
Conti
Fields
Gardner B.
Labuda
Lee
Pace
Soper
Swerdfeger
Szabo
Bradford
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:HB12-1237
TIME: 01:51:36 PM
MOVED:Gardner B.
MOTION:Moved amendment L.003 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Szabo
VOTE
Balmer
Conti
Fields
Gardner B.
Labuda
Lee
Pace
Soper
Swerdfeger
Szabo
Bradford
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:HB12-1237
TIME: 01:52:09 PM
MOVED:Balmer
MOTION:Moved to refer House Bill 12-1237, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0.
SECONDED:Szabo
VOTE
Balmer
Yes
Conti
Yes
Fields
Yes
Gardner B.
Yes
Labuda
Yes
Lee
Yes
Pace
Excused
Soper
Yes
Swerdfeger
Excused
Szabo
Yes
Bradford
Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS