Signed by Governor Jared Polis

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that prohibits landlords from charging renters hidden fees in Colorado.

Highlights:

• Prohibits landlords from charging renters hidden fees in Colorado (Sec. 2)..

• Prohibits an individual from offering, displaying, or advertising pricing information for a good, service, or property unless the individual discloses the maximum total (total price) of all amounts that a individual may pay for the good, service, or property, not including a government charge or shipping charge (total price disclosure requirement) (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits an individual from misrepresenting the nature and purpose of pricing information for a good, service, or property (Sec. 2).

• Requires an individual to disclose the nature and purpose of pricing information for a good, service, or property that is not part of the total price (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay certain fees, charges, or amounts.

• Specifies that an individual does not violate the total price disclosure requirement if the individual does not use deceptive, unfair, and unconscionable acts or practices related (Sec. 2):

• Is a food and beverage service establishment that: and

• Includes a disclosure in the total price for a good or service, the amount of any mandatory service charge, and how the mandatory service charge is distributed; and

• Distributes any mandatory service charge exclusively to nonmanagerial employees under applicable laws;

• Can demonstrate that the individual is governed by and compliant with applicable federal law regarding pricing transparency.

• Specifies that a violation of the above prohibitions and requirement (violation) constitutes a deceptive, unfair, and unconscionable act or practice (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes an individual aggrieved by a violation to bring a civil action and send a written demand for the violation (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that if an individual declines to make full legal tender of all fees, charges, amounts, or damages demanded or refuses to cease charging the aggrieved individual within 14 days after receiving the written demand, the individual is liable for the greater of (Sec. 2):

• 3 times the actual damages incurred; or

• At least $100 to no more than $1,000 per individual per violation.

• Specifies that current law prohibits a written rental agreement from including a provision requiring a tenant to pay a markup or fee for a service for which the landlord is billed by a third party (Sec. 3).

• Amends that provision to prohibit the inclusion of a provision in a written rental agreement that requires a tenant to pay a fee that is a violation (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that prohibits landlords from charging renters hidden fees in Colorado.

Highlights:

• Prohibits landlords from charging renters hidden fees in Colorado (Sec. 2)..

• Prohibits an individual from offering, displaying, or advertising pricing information for a good, service, or property unless the individual discloses the maximum total (total price) of all amounts that a individual may pay for the good, service, or property, not including a government charge or shipping charge (total price disclosure requirement) (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits an individual from misrepresenting the nature and purpose of pricing information for a good, service, or property (Sec. 2).

• Requires an individual to disclose the nature and purpose of pricing information for a good, service, or property that is not part of the total price (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay certain fees, charges, or amounts.

• Specifies that an individual does not violate the total price disclosure requirement if the individual does not use deceptive, unfair, and unconscionable acts or practices related (Sec. 2):

• Is a food and beverage service establishment that: and

• Includes a disclosure in the total price for a good or service, the amount of any mandatory service charge, and how the mandatory service charge is distributed; and

• Distributes any mandatory service charge exclusively to nonmanagerial employees under applicable laws;

• Can demonstrate that the individual is governed by and compliant with applicable federal law regarding pricing transparency.

• Specifies that a violation of the above prohibitions and requirement (violation) constitutes a deceptive, unfair, and unconscionable act or practice (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes an individual aggrieved by a violation to bring a civil action and send a written demand for the violation (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that if an individual declines to make full legal tender of all fees, charges, amounts, or damages demanded or refuses to cease charging the aggrieved individual within 14 days after receiving the written demand, the individual is liable for the greater of (Sec. 2):

• 3 times the actual damages incurred; or

• At least $100 to no more than $1,000 per individual per violation.

• Specifies that current law prohibits a written rental agreement from including a provision requiring a tenant to pay a markup or fee for a service for which the landlord is billed by a third party (Sec. 3).

• Amends that provision to prohibit the inclusion of a provision in a written rental agreement that requires a tenant to pay a fee that is a violation (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits landlords from charging renters hidden fees in Colorado.

Highlights:

• Prohibits landlords from charging renters hidden fees in Colorado (Sec. 2)..

• Prohibits an individual from offering, displaying, or advertising pricing information for a good, service, or property unless the individual discloses the maximum total (total price) of all amounts that a individual may pay for the good, service, or property, not including a government charge or shipping charge (total price disclosure requirement) (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits an individual from misrepresenting the nature and purpose of pricing information for a good, service, or property (Sec. 2).

• Requires an individual to disclose the nature and purpose of pricing information for a good, service, or property that is not part of the total price (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay certain fees, charges, or amounts.

• Specifies that an individual does not violate the total price disclosure requirement if the individual does not use deceptive, unfair, and unconscionable acts or practices related (Sec. 2):

• Is a food and beverage service establishment that: and

• Includes a disclosure in the total price for a good or service, the amount of any mandatory service charge, and how the mandatory service charge is distributed; and

• Distributes any mandatory service charge exclusively to nonmanagerial employees under applicable laws;

• Can demonstrate that the individual is governed by and compliant with applicable federal law regarding pricing transparency.

• Specifies that a violation of the above prohibitions and requirement (violation) constitutes a deceptive, unfair, and unconscionable act or practice (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes an individual aggrieved by a violation to bring a civil action and send a written demand for the violation (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that if an individual declines to make full legal tender of all fees, charges, amounts, or damages demanded or refuses to cease charging the aggrieved individual within 14 days after receiving the written demand, the individual is liable for the greater of (Sec. 2):

• 3 times the actual damages incurred; or

• At least $100 to no more than $1,000 per individual per violation.

• Specifies that current law prohibits a written rental agreement from including a provision requiring a tenant to pay a markup or fee for a service for which the landlord is billed by a third party (Sec. 3).

• Amends that provision to prohibit the inclusion of a provision in a written rental agreement that requires a tenant to pay a fee that is a violation (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text