Effective Date: August 7th, 2023
Key points:
Public Database Creation: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is mandated to establish and maintain an online public database listing residential properties identified as illegal methamphetamine drug laboratories. Properties are removed from this database five years after receiving proper decontamination certification.
Mandatory Notifications: Upon discovering an illegal methamphetamine laboratory on residential property, law enforcement agencies and certified industrial hygienists must notify the CDPHE, providing details such as the property's address and the owner's name.
Warranty of Habitability Enhancement: The bill expands the definition of "uninhabitable residential premises" to include properties formerly used as illegal methamphetamine laboratories that have not been properly remediated. This allows tenants to void leases if the property is deemed uninhabitable due to such contamination.
Seller Disclosure Requirements: Sellers who are aware that a property was used as an illegal methamphetamine laboratory and have completed remediation according to state standards, obtaining the necessary certificates of compliance, are not required to disclose the property's past use to buyers. Five years after remediation, the property is removed from the public database.
Appropriation: To implement these measures, the act appropriates $74,516 from the general fund to the CDPHE.
This legislation aims to enhance public health and safety by ensuring proper remediation of properties used as methamphetamine laboratories and providing transparency to potential buyers and tenants
