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2008 Bills of Interest & Legislative Status - 3/13/08

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2008 Bills of Interest

Updated 3/13/2008

BILL #

POSITION

CALENDAR NOTIFICATION

SHORT TITLE

SPONSORS

BILL SUMMARY

STATUS HISTORY

HB08-1089

Support 

NOT ON CALENDAR

Nonprofit Corp Board Action Flexibility 

BALMER / VEIGA 

States that, unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, the board of directors of a nonprofit corporation may take action upon written notice and the board members' written vote or failure to respond. 

03/03/2008 Sent to the Governor

HB08-1135

Support 

Bill HB08-1135 - CARROLL M. CICs HOAs Due Process Dispute Resolution
   Thursday, March 13 2008
   LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
   UPON ADJOURNMENT SCR 353
   (2) in senate calendar.

CICs HOAs Due Process Dispute Resolution 

CARROLL M. / HAGEDORN 

Invalidates covenants, rules, or policies of common interest communities (CICs) that prohibit reasonable modifications of a structure as necessary to allow access by persons with disabilities in accordance with federal law. Requires CICs to adopt and follow written policies for the imposition of fines on unit owners that, at a minimum:
* Create a fair and impartial method for determining whether a violation of the covenants actually occurred and whether the unit owner is responsible for the violation; and
* Provide the unit owner notice and an opportunity to be heard before an impartial decision maker. In existing law encouraging alternative dispute resolution (ADR), adds specific statutory references to available public and private ADR resources, including the office of dispute resolution established by the Colorado judicial branch. 

03/13/2008 Senate Committee on Local Government Pass Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole

HB08-1148

Monitor 

NOT ON CALENDAR

Adverse Possession 

WITWER & ... / TUPA 

On or after the effective date of the act, in addition to any other requirements specified in current law, specifies that a person may acquire fee simple title to real property by adverse possession only upon satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
* The person and any predecessors in interest of the person, as applicable, have satisfied all of the elements of a claim for adverse possession required at common law.
* The person claiming by adverse possession, or the person's predecessor in interest, had a good faith belief that the person was the actual owner of the property, and the belief was reasonable under the circumstances. In order to prevail on a claim asserting a claim of title to real property by adverse possession, requires the person asserting the claim to prove each of the elements of the claim by clear and convincing evidence. Exempts certain provisions of the act from a claim for adverse possession for the purpose of establishing a prescriptive easement. Prohibits a person from maintaining an adverse possession claim under circumstances where the claim would deprive certain charitable organizations of title to undeveloped land. Where the person asserting a claim of title to real property by adverse possession prevails on such claim, authorizes the court to determine, based upon the facts and circumstances of the case, whether to award the nonprevailing party an amount representing the fair market value of the property that is the subject of the claim as well as an amount representing any property taxes or other assessments levied on the subject property the nonprevailing party has paid from the commencement of the limitation period. 

03/12/2008 Senate Committee on Judiciary Pass Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole

HB08-1195

Monitor 

Bill HB08-1195 - MITCHELL V. Return Release Of Deed Of Trust
   Friday, March 14 2008
   GENERAL ORDERS--SECOND READING OF BILLS
   (1) in senate calendar.

Return Release Of Deed Of Trust 

MITCHELL V. / TAYLOR 

Specifies that the public trustee shall be provided with a current address of the original grantor, assignee, or current owner when a request is made to release a deed of trust. Specifies that, after recording the release of a deed of trust, the county clerk and recorder shall return the release to the original grantor, assignee, or current owner using the address provided to the public trustee. Specifies that, if the release is returned to the county clerk and recorder as undeliverable or unable to forward, the county clerk and recorder shall retain the release according to office policy. Clarifies that, if an original grantor, assignee, or current owner seeks a copy or a certified copy of the release after recording, the original grantor, assignee, or current owner shall be subject to appropriate copy fees. 

03/13/2008 Senate Second Reading Laid Over

HB08-1266

Monitor 

Bill HB08-1266 - WITWER Filing Of Notices On Statutory Liens
   Thursday, March 13 2008
   GENERAL ORDERS--SECOND READING OF BILLS--CONSENT CALENDAR
   (3) in senate calendar.

Filing Of Notices On Statutory Liens 

WITWER / VEIGA 

Allows a secured party as well as a debtor to file a correction statement to a financing statement to perfect a security interest or agricultural lien. States that the filing of a correction statement does not amend the financing statement. Eliminates the requirement that the secretary of state (secretary) provide information on federal tax lien notices to persons requesting information on records filed with the secretary. Eliminates the requirement that the fee for filing and indexing a record submitted to the secretary in writing be at least twice the amount of the fee for a record communicated by another medium authorized by the secretary. Corrects references to the international association of commercial administrators. Repeals a provision requiring the secretary to accept documents for filing that are sent by facsimile transmission. Requires a person filing a document with the secretary to declare that the document does not contain a taxpayer identification number. Prohibits the secretary from making a record publicly accessible until the secretary removes any taxpayer identification numbers in the record to the extent practicable. Allows the secretary to remove a social security number, employer identification number, electronic mail address, telephone number, password, pass code, and other personal identifying information from a record before making the record publicly accessible. Allows the secretary to remove such personal identifying information from a currently public record upon receipt of a request showing good cause and supported by documents required by the secretary of state. Requires the secretary to retain the unaltered record from which information is removed for public access and to allow inspection of the unaltered record only for good cause, notwithstanding the open records law. Enacts the "Colorado Statutory Lien Registration Act", which:
* Specifies the information that a notice of a designated statutory lien (notice of lien) or an amendment to a notice of lien (notice of amendment) filed with the secretary shall or may contain;
* States that a notice of lien or notice of amendment shall not contain a social security number, employer identification number, or individual taxpayer identification number unless required by law;
* Specifies the circumstances in which the secretary shall or may refuse to accept a notice of lien or notice of amendment for filing;
* Requires the secretary to mark, maintain, and index notices of lien and notices of amendment;
* Requires the secretary to notify a person who presents a notice of lien or notice of amendment for filing if the secretary refuses to accept the notice;
* Allows the secretary to remove a notice of lien from the secretary's records one year after the notice expires;
* Requires the filing office to provide to any person upon request specified information regarding any notice of lien or notice of amendment on file with the office that designates a particular owner;
* States that a notice of lien or notice of amendment that the secretary wrongfully refuses to accept is effective as a filed record except as against a purchaser of the property described in the notice who gives value in reasonable reliance on the absence of the record in the records of the secretary; and
* Directs the secretary to adopt rules to implement the act. Defines terms. 

03/13/2008 Senate Second Reading Passed

HB08-1270

Monitor 

Bill HB08-1270 - KERR A. CICs Allow Energy Efficiency Measures
   Thursday, March 20 2008
   LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
   UPON ADJOURNMENT SCR 353
   (3) in senate calendar.

CICs Allow Energy Efficiency Measures 

KERR A. / TUPA 

Extends an existing prohibition on covenants and deed restrictions that limit the use of solar energy devices to include other energy efficiency measures, defined to include wind-electric generators, shade structures, shutters, attic fans, evaporative coolers, energy-efficient outdoor lighting devices, and retractable clotheslines. Adds a conforming amendment to the "Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act". 

03/03/2008 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government

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