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The alarms are mandatory because of House Bill passed by the Colorado Legislature this year and signed into lawby Gov. Bill Ritter in The new law relates to housexs that are for sale and rental housinbg such as apartments that are leased tonew tenants. It requiree that sellers/landlords of such homes provide well-functioning carbon monoxide alarms near bedrooms, if the home has the • attached garage. Mobile and manufactured homew also are covered bythe law. Any buildin g permit issued for the constructio n of a new home or upgrades to an existing home is subjecr to thesame provisions. Alarnm installation costs an estimated $40 per unit, accordingv to the state.
Colorado enacted the alarnm law partly because of several deaths attributed to carbon monoxidew poisoning from November 2008 to the end of last including a Denver family spending the Thanksgiving holidaygin Aspen. Roughly 170 people a year die in the Uniterd States from carbon monoxide produced bymalfunctioning fuel-burning appliances such as stoves and water heaters, according to SAFEbuiltr Colorado. Thousands more receive emergency SAFEbuilt Colorado, part of SAFEbuilyt Inc.
of Loveland, contracts with severaol Colorado municipalities to perform services such as building inspections andplan
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