With less than 30 days left in the scheduled legislative session, there are still a large number of bills impacting community associations that remain on the legislative calendar. When the legislature refocuses on Common Interest Communities, we expect them to move fast and furiously on the remaining bills. Of these bills, the HouseGo to Resource
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As the legislature marches on addressing “consumer protection” matters, HB 13-1186 was passed and signed into law on April 4, 2013. This Bill addresses transparency issues surrounding the creation and operation of Metropolitan Districts. The new law will appear in CRS 32-1-1001 and CRS 32-1-104.8, and becomes effective on August 7, 2013 unlessGo to Resource
Did that grab your attention? Sound too good to be true? Well, …it is. Hopefully you haven’t fallen for one of those “free cruise” telemarketing scam s. However, here is something that IS free and is not a scam: Community / Neighborhood Grants. Various cities and organizations offer grants and other incentives forGo to Resource
ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) opened the Trademark Clearinghouse system on March 26. The Trademark Clearinghouse is intended to give trademark holders and brand administrators the opportunity for protection against trademark infringement arising out of the new generic top level domain (gTLD, or “Dot Brand”) program. gTLD means theGo to Resource
CCIOA has an interesting provision, contained in Section 210(4), which allows developers to withdraw property included in an association only if: (1) a portion of the real estate is subject to withdrawal; and (2) a unit in such portion of real estate has not yet been sold to a purchaser. Although this SectionGo to Resource