As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Amount of income' means a tenant's or prospective tenant's income from salaries, wages, commissions, payments received as an independent contractor, bonuses, or a housing subsidy or derived from any other public or private source and includes all of a tenant's or prospective tenant's cash assets.(1.2) 'Consumer report' has the meaning set forth in section 5-18-103 (3).(1.3) 'Consumer reporting agency' has the meaning set forth in section 5-18-103 (4).(1.5) 'Dwelling unit' means a structure or the part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place.(1.7) 'Housing subsidy' means any portion of a rental payment that is derived from a public or private assistance, grant, or loan program and that is paid by the program directly, indirectly, or on behalf of a tenant to a landlord.(2) 'Landlord' means the owner, manager, lessor, or sublessor of a dwelling unit.(2.5) 'Portable tenant screening report' or 'screening report' means a consumer report prepared at the request of a prospective tenant that includes information provided by a consumer reporting agency, which report includes the following t' or 'screening report' means a consumer report prepared at the request of a prospective tenant that includes information provided by a consumer reporting agency, which report includes the following information about a prospective tenant and the date through which the information contained in the report is current:(a) Name;(b) Contact information;(c) Verification of employment and income;(d) Last-known address;(e) For each jurisdiction indicated in the consumer report as a prior residence of the prospective tenant, regardless of whether the residence is reported by the prospective tenant or by the consumer reporting agency preparing the consumer report: (I) A rental and credit history report for the prospective tenant that complies with section 38-12-904 (1)(a) concerning a landlord's consideration of a prospective tenant's rental history; and(II) A criminal history record check for all federal, state, and local convictions of the prospective tenant that complies with section 38-12-904 (1)(b) concerning a landlord's consideration of a prospective tenant's arrest records.(3) 'Rental agreement' means any agreement, written or oral, between a landlord and a tenant embodying the 12-904 (1)(b) concerning a landlord's consideration of a prospective tenant's arrest records.(3) 'Rental agreement' means any agreement, written or oral, between a landlord and a tenant embodying the terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit.(4) 'Rental application' means any information, written or oral, submitted to a landlord by a prospective tenant for the purpose of entering into a rental agreement. 'Rental application' includes a portable tenant screening report.(5) 'Rental application fee' means any sum of money, however denominated, that is charged or accepted by a landlord from a prospective tenant in connection with the prospective tenant's submission of a rental application or any nonrefundable fee that precedes the onset of tenancy. 'Rental application fee' does not include a refundable security deposit or any rent that is paid before the onset of tenancy.(6) 'Tenant' means a person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others.Amended by 2023 Ch. 402,§ 2, eff. 8/7/2023.Amended by 2023 Ch. 151,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2023.Added by 2019 Ch. 129, § 1, eff. 8/2/2019.L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1106), ch. o the exclusion of others.Amended by 2023 Ch. 402,§ 2, eff. 8/7/2023.Amended by 2023 Ch. 151,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2023.Added by 2019 Ch. 129, § 1, eff. 8/2/2019.L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1106), ch. 581, p. 581, § 1, effective August 2.Subsection (1.2) was numbered as (1) in HB 23-1099 but has been renumbered on revision for ease of location. Subsection (1.5) was numbered as (1.7) in HB 23-1099 but has been renumbered on revision for ease of location.2023 Ch. 402, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).2023 Ch. 151, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
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