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DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY AGENCIES
DIVISION OF REAL ESTATE
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGERS
4 CCR 725-7

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PERMANENT RULEMAKING HEARING
March 4, 2015
	
C RULES – LICENSING - OFFICE

Pursuant to and in compliance with Title 12, Article 61 and Title 24, Article 4, C.R.S. as amended, notice of proposed rulemaking is hereby given, including notice to the Attorney General of the State of Colorado and to all persons who have requested to be advised of the intention of the Director of the Division of Real Estate (“Director”) to promulgate rules, or to amend, repeal or repeal and re-enact the present rules related to community association managers.

STATEMENT OF BASIS

The statutory basis for the rules titled Rules Regarding Community Association Managers is Part 10 of Title 12, Article 61, Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended.  

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The purpose of this rule is to effectuate the legislative directive to promulgate necessary and appropriate rules in conformity with the state statutes of the Community Association Managers Practice Act.

SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF THIS RULEMAKING

The specific purpose of this rule is to promulgate rules with respect to the requirements for licensing of a community association management company and ensures that community association managers are familiar with current regulations.

Proposed New, Amended and Repealed Rules

[Deleted material shown struck through, new material shown ALL CAPS. Rules, or portions of rules, which are unaffected are reproduced.  Readers are advised to obtain a copy of the complete rules of the Board at www.dora.state.co.us/real-estate/.

C Rules – Licensing - Office

C-1) Individual proprietor must be sole owner.
A CAM licensed as an individual doing business under a trade name must be the sole owner of that trade name. 
C-2) Individual proprietor may not appear to be corporate.
A CAM licensed as a sole proprietorship may not adopt a trade name which includes the following words: corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited, incorporated, or the abbreviations thereof.
C-3) Qualifications for community association management companies. 
As set forth in § 12-61-1003(6), C.R.S., when a CAM company submits a license application to qualify as a CAM, it must comply with the following:
1)	Designate, and thereafter maintain, a qualified active CAM for the CAM company who is responsible for management and supervision of the licensed actions of the CAM company and all persons employed by, or acting at any time on behalf of, the CAM company; who is personally responsible for the handling of any and all common interest community funds received or disbursed by the CAM company pursuant to § 12-61-1003(6)(b) and (7); who has passed the examination for licensees set forth in the Act and the Director rules; and who is qualified to act as a CAM under the Act and the Director rules.
2)	If the CAM company is a corporation, it must certify that:
a)	The corporation has been properly incorporated with the Colorado Secretary of State or is authorized to do business in Colorado, and is in good standing, proof of which must be included with the application;
b)	If an assumed or trade name is to be used, it has been properly filed with and accepted by the Colorado Secretary of State, proof of which must be included with the application; and
c)	The applicant has designated a qualified active manager who has been appointed by the corporation’s board of directors or the board’s duly appointed designee to act as the designated manager for the corporation.
3)	If the CAM company is a partnership, it must certify that:
a)	The partnership has been properly registered with the Colorado Secretary of State and is in good standing, proof of which must be included with the application;
b)	If an assumed or trade name is to be used, it has been properly filed with the Colorado Secretary of State, proof of which must be included with the application; and
c)	The applicant has designated a qualified active manager who has been appointed the designated manager for the partnership by all general partners or managers/officers of the partnership.
4)	If the CAM company is a limited liability company, it must certify that:
a)	The limited liability company has been properly registered with the Colorado Secretary of State and is in good standing, proof of which must be included with the application;
b)	If an assumed or trade name is to be used, it has been properly filed with the Colorado Secretary of State, proof of which must be included with the application; and
c)	The applicant has designated a qualified active manager who has been appointed the designated manager for the limited liability company by all managers, or if management has been reserved to the members in the articles of organization, by all members of the limited liability company.
C-4) Individuals employed by a community association management company, sole proprietorship, or a common interest community. 
Any CAM company, licensed sole proprietorship, or common interest community that employs individuals who perform activities requiring a CAM license pursuant to § 12-61-1001(3), C.R.S., must designate and maintain a qualified active designated manager.
C-5) Resident community association managers required to have office; exceptions.
Every resident Colorado CAM must maintain and supervise a community association management practice with an office that is available to the consumer, except a CAM registered in the Division as in the employ of a designated manager or a CAM registered as inactive.
C-6) Manager availability.
Any CAM licensed as a sole proprietorship or as a designated manager for a CAM company must be reasonably available to manage and supervise each community association management practice.
C-7) Community association manager license non-transferable.
No agreement will be entered into by any licensee whereby the licensee transfers or lends their name or license to another to avoid or evade any provision of the Act or the Director rules. 
C-8) Corporate license name may not duplicate suspended/revoked license.
The Director may refuse to issue a CAM license to a CAM company if the name of the CAM company is the same as that of any other CAM company whose license has been suspended or revoked, or is so similar as to be easily confused with that of the suspended or revoked CAM company by members of the general public.
C-9) No license name identical to one previously issued.
No CAM license will be issued to a CAM under a trade name, corporate, partnership or limited liability company name which is identical to another licensed CAM’s trade name, corporate, partnership or limited liability company name.
C-10) Community association manager activity only in trade name or full licensed name.
A CAM may adopt a trade name according to Colorado law and such trade name will appear on the face of the license. However, pursuant to § 12-61-1003(8), C.R.S., such CAM must conduct business only under such trade name, or conduct business under the entire name appearing on the face of the license. A CAM who is licensed under a designated manager that is doing business under a trade name must be licensed under the entire name appearing on the face of the license.  
C-11) Name rules. 
Pursuant to § 12-61-1003(8), C.R.S., a person will not be licensed as a CAM under more than one name, or conduct or promote business as a CAM except under the name under which the person is licensed. However, the use of a trade name, with the permission of the owner of such trade, name may be used concurrently with the licensed name of the CAM company in the promotion or conduct of the licensed community association management business.	
1)	No licensee or CAM company will advertise or promote its business in such a manner as to mislead the public as to the identity of the licensed CAM or CAM company; nor may a portion of the licensed name of any CAM or CAM company be advertised or promoted in a manner which would mislead the public as to the identity of the licensed CAM or CAM company.
2)	Any licensee or CAM company using a trade name, the use of which requires obtaining permission from another who has an existing and continuing right in that trade name by virtue of any state or federal law, will clearly and unmistakably include the licensee CAM company name as registered with the Director in addition to the trade name in a conspicuous and reasonable manner in any of the following:

a)	Advertising;
b)	Business cards;
c)	Letterhead;
d)	Contracts or all other documents relating to community association management business; and
e)	Signs displayed at a place of business.

C-12) Notice of termination; designated manager.
A CAM company and its designated manager both must immediately notify the Director in writing of the termination of the designated manager’s status as designated manager for the CAM company, or upon the designated manager’s failure to comply with the Act or the Director rules. Unless a temporary designated manager license is obtained in compliance with the provisions of Rule C-13, upon such notification the designated manager, entity and all employed licensees will be placed on inactive status.
C-13) Temporary designated manager license.
Pursuant to § 12-61-1003(6)(c), C.R.S., a temporary designated manager’s license may be issued to a CAM company to prevent hardship for a period not to exceed 90 days to the person so designated. No designated manager license will be approved unless the individual designated holds a CAM license and meets all additional requirements pursuant to § 12-61-1003(6), C.R.S. and the Director rules.
C-14) Inactive license. 
A CAM license may be issued while on inactive status. No activities requiring a license may be performed while a CAM license is on inactive status.