Colorado 2025 2025 Regular Session

Colorado Senate Bill SB184 Amended / Bill

Filed 04/23/2025

                     First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REVISED
This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
on Second Reading in the Second House
LLS NO. 25-0409.01 Brita Darling x2241
SENATE BILL 25-184
Senate Committees House Committees
Local Government & Housing Transportation, Housing & Local Government
Appropriations Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING THE CONTINUATION OF THE HOA INFORMATION AND101
RESOURCE CENTER , AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH ,102
IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDAT IONS CONTAINED IN THE103
2024
 SUNSET REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY104
AGENCIES.105
Bill Summary
(Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov/
.)
Sunset Process - Senate Local Government and Housing
Committee. The bill implements the recommendations of the department
HOUSE
Amended 2nd Reading
April 23, 2025
SENATE
3rd Reading Unamended
March 31, 2025
SENATE
2nd Reading Unamended
March 28, 2025
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Cutter and Weissman, Wallace
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Ricks,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.  Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. of regulatory agencies (department) in its sunset review and report on the
HOA information and resource center (center). The center is scheduled
to repeal on September 1, 2025.
The bill:
! Continues the center until September 1, 2038;
! Clarifies that the director of the division of real estate in the
department is the appointing authority for the HOA
information officer who is the head of the center; and
! Makes a technical change to refer to the HOA information
officer by title, rather than by "he or she", to reflect
gender-neutral language in statute.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-34-104, repeal2
(26)(a)(IX); and add 
(31)(a)(XIV) as follows:3
24-34-104.  General assembly review of regulatory agencies4
and functions for repeal, continuation, or reestablishment - legislative5
declaration - repeal. (26) (a)  The following agencies, functions, or both,6
are scheduled for repeal on September 1, 2025:7
(IX)  The HOA information and resource center created in section8
12-10-801;9
(31) (a) The following agencies, functions, or both, are scheduled10
for repeal on September 1, 2030:11
(XIV) THE HOA INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CENTER CREATED12
IN SECTION 12-10-801.13
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-10-801, amend14
(1), (2), (3)(b)(I), and (6) as follows:15
12-10-801.  HOA information and resource center - creation -16
duties - rules - subject to review - repeal. (1)  There is hereby created,17
within the division, the HOA information and resource center, the head18
of which shall be IS the HOA information officer. The HOA information19
184-2- officer shall be appointed by the executive director pursuant to section 131
of article XII of the state constitution DIRECTOR.2
(2)  The HOA information officer shall be familiar with the3
"Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act", article 33.3 of title 38, also4
referred to in this section as the "act". No THE DIRECTOR SHALL NOT5
APPOINT AS THE HOA INFORMATION OFFICER A person who is or, within6
the immediately preceding ten years, has been licensed by or registered7
with the division or who owns stocks, bonds, or any pecuniary interest in8
a corporation subject in whole or in part to regulation by the division.9
shall be appointed as HOA information officer. In addition, in conducting10
the search for an appointee, the executive director DIRECTOR shall place11
a high premium on candidates who are balanced, independent, unbiased,12
and without any current financial ties to an HOA board or board member13
or to any A person or entity that provides HOA management services.14
After being appointed, the HOA information officer shall refrain from15
engaging in any conduct or relationship RELATIONSHIPS that would create16
a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest.17
(3) (b)  The HOA information officer may:18
(I)  Employ one or more assistants as may be necessary to carry out19
his or her THE HOA INFORMATION OFFICER'S duties; and20
(6)  This section is repealed, effective September 1, 202521
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EPTEMBER 1, 
2030. Before the repeal, the HOA information and resource22
center and the HOA information officer's powers and duties under this23
section are scheduled for review in accordance with section 24-34-104.24
SECTION 3. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,25
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate26
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for27
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institutions.2
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