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Denver committee reviews consumer-focused construction-defect bill ("12 61")
Summary
City staff and legal advisers briefed the Finance and Governance Committee on a proposed consumer construction-defect bill known in the briefing as "12 61," which would expand claimant remedies, require disclosure of contractor information and insurance, and raise questions about conflicts with Denver code and administrative processes.
Denver’s Finance and Governance Committee heard a briefing March 18 on a state bill described in the meeting as “12 61,” a proposed consumer construction-defect law that would change how homeowners and other claimants pursue defects, city staff and the city attorney’s office said.
Jill Jennings Gohlek, deputy director for Community Planning and Development, summarized the bill to the committee and said it “requires construction professionals to provide the claimant or the claimant's legal representative the whole host of things, including copies of any plans, information, contact information for construction professionals that perform worker services, copies of insurance policies held” and would “require a…
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