State Bill Colorado

CHP+ Assess Monthly Enrollment Fee

Short Title:

CHP+ Assess Monthly Enrollment Fee

Sponsors:

HODGE / GEROU

Summary:

Directs the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing(DHCPF) to assess an annual enrollment fee for persons with a family income up to 205% of federal poverty line(FPL), and to assess a monthly enrollment fee, capped at $50 per month, per family, for children in families with a family income that exceeds 205% of the FPL. The bill authorizes the DHCPF to provide information to the department of revenue concerning unpaid enrollment fees for offset against a state income tax refund. The DHCPF shall establish a process for an enrollee to contest and appeal the determination of debt.

Status:

05/31/2011 Governor Action - Vetoed

Fiscal Notes:

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Impact:

For FY 2011-12, the bill increases the Department of Revenue's appropriation by $5,920 General Fund. This amount should be reappropriated to the Governor's Office of Information Technology. The bill also makes the following adjustment in appropriations to the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing:
• The Executive Director's Office appropriation for general administration is increased
by 0.2 FTE and $4,821, including $1,687 General Fund and $3,134 federal funds.
• The Indigent Care Program appropriation for CBHP administration is increased by
$11,088, including $3,881 General Fund and $7,207 federal funds.
• The Indigent Care Program appropriation for CBHP medical and dental costs is
decreased by $398,849, including $139,597 from the Hospital Provider Fee Cash Fund
and $259,252 federal funds.
• The Department of Human Services Medicaid-funded Programs, Office of Information
Technology Services, Medicaid Funding for CBMS appropriation is increased by
$375,960, including $29,970 General Fund, $101,616 from the Children's Basic Health
Plan Trust, and $244,374 federal funds.
• The full CBMS cost of $375,960 is reappropriated from the DHCPF to the Department
of Human Services (DHS), and reappropriated from the DHS to the Governor's Office
of Information Technology.

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HB11-1005	Reinstate Tax Exemption For Ag Products
Short Title:	Reinstate Tax Exemption For Ag Products
Sponsors:	SONNENBERG / BROPHY
Summary:	Repeals House Bill 10-1195, which suspended an exemption from the state sales and use taxes imposed on certain items used in agricultural production from the period March 1, 2010, through June 30, 2013.
Status:	05/23/2011 Governor Action - Signed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	General Fund revenue will be reduced by up to $1.3 million in FY 2010-11, $3.7 million in FY 2011-12, and $3.7 million in FY 2012-13.
News:	Release: Another One Bites the Dust

HB11-1014	Child Care Contrib Income Tax Credit
Short Title:	Child Care Contrib Income Tax Credit
Sponsors:	DELGROSSO / ROBERTS
Summary:	Repeals the requirement that the General Fund revenues must increase by 6% over the previous year before the Child Care Contribution income tax credit is allowed.
Status:	06/02/2011 Governor Action - Signed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	This bill will reduce General Fund revenue by $12.2 million in FY 2011-12 of which $6.0 million will accrue to FY 2010-11.
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HB11-1023	Continue Foreclosure Deferment Program
Short Title:	Continue Foreclosure Deferment Program
Sponsors:	FERRANDINO / CARROLL
Summary:	Continues the existing foreclosure deferment program, scheduled to expire in 2011, until 2016.
Status:	03/01/2011 Governor Action - Signed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	The bill will not impact state revenue or expenditures.
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HB11-1045	CO Innovation Investment Tax Credit
Short Title:	CO Innovation Investment Tax Credit
Sponsors:	KEFALAS / NEWELL
Summary:	In 2009, the General Assembly created a pilot income tax credit for investment in certain qualified businesses, which was called the Colorado Innovation Investment Tax Credit. The bill limits the amount of tax credits available in 2011.
Status:	05/23/2011 Governor Action - Signed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	This bill will reduce General Fund revenue by $200,000, which will be accrued half ($100,000) to FY 2010-11 and half ($100,000)to FY 2011-12.
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HB11-1052	Pay-as-you-go Requirements
Short Title:	Pay-as-you-go Requirements
Sponsors:	HULLINGHORST / MORSE
Summary:	Prevents Appropriations Committee in either house from passing a bill requiring a tax expenditure or resulting in a decrease in revenue without offsetting its effects so that the bill does not impact the state budget.
Status:	02/14/2011 House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	This bill requires that bills reducing state revenue also contain an offsetting revenue increase or expenditure decrease, if considered by the appropriations committee before the Long Bill is passed. This will reduce the impact of revenue-reducing bills on the state budget. However, the ultimate impact of this bill is conditional on future actions of the General Assembly.
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HB11-1056	Undo 2003 Payday Shift
Short Title:	Undo 2003 Payday Shift
Sponsors:	KERR A. / STEADMAN
Summary:	Creates a Payday Shift Fund that will allow the state to gradually move the state payday for work performed in June from the first working day in July back into June. The payday was shifted as a way of balancing the state's budget by moving salary costs into the next fiscal year. This will ultimately set the June payday on the same day of the month the state uses to pay workers for other months.
Status:	05/11/2011 House Committee on Appropriations Committee Vote - Final Action Failed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	Beginning in FY 2011-12, the bill changes the timing of and funding source for certain payroll obligations. It does not change overall state payroll expenditures.
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HB11-1075	Limit Uses Of SB 09-108 Funding
Short Title:	Limit Uses Of SB 09-108 Funding
Sponsors:	BECKER
Summary:	Limits the requirement under Senate Bill 09-108 (FASTER) that the Department of Transportation spend $10 million per year in Highway Users Tax Fund money on transit-related projects to fiscal years ending before July 1, 2015. The bill would also put limitations on bikeway projects.
Status:	02/02/2011 House Committee on Transportation Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	The bill has no net effect on state revenue.
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HB11-1091	Sales Tax Exemption For Med Equipment
Short Title:	Sales Tax Exemption For Med Equipment
Sponsors:	LISTON / MORSE
Summary:	Specifies that "durable medical equipment" and "mobility enhancing equipment" are exempt from sales tax and defines those particular terms.
Status:	05/27/2011 Governor Action - Signed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	The bill will reduce sales and use tax revenue to the General Fund by ($295,877) in FY11-12 and ($304,458) in FY 2012-13.
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HB11-1093	Special Mobile Machinery Ownership Tax
Short Title:	Special Mobile Machinery Ownership Tax
Sponsors:	BRADFORD / CADMAN
Summary:	Changes the requirements, ownership tax and penalties of failing to register farm equipment meeting the definition of special mobile machinery registered as Class F personal property.
Status:	06/02/2011 Governor Action - Signed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	The bill is expected to reduce specific ownership taxes each year, starting in the current fiscal year, FY 2010-11.
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HB11-1100	Military Experience License Certificate
Short Title:	Military Experience License Certificate
Sponsors:	LOOPER / MORSE
Summary:	Requires the Director of the Division of Registrations and the State Examining and Licensing Boards to accept education, training, or service completed by an applicant for licensure or certification while serving in the military toward the qualifications required to receive the license or certification.
Status:	05/09/2011 Governor Action - Signed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	In FY 2011-12, the bill is anticipated to increase revenue from fees by an estimated $94,449, in order to pay for one-time program modifications.
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HB11-1103	Incentivize Certain Wind Turbine Systems
Short Title:	Incentivize Certain Wind Turbine Systems
Sponsors:	KERR A.
Summary:	Creates a sales and use tax exemption for all sales, storage, and use of components and parts used to build a distributed electrical generation wind turbine system. Also creates a business investment tax credit for taxpayers who invest in a qualified small business as well as exempt any business that is manufacturing distributed electrical generation wind turbine systems and that has a net job growth of 100 or more new jobs in the state during the income taxyear commencing January 1, 2011.
Status:	02/25/2011 House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	The provisions of HB 11-1103 would result in an estimated reduction in General Fund revenue of at least $382,644 in FY 2012-13 and $847,932 in FY 2013-14.
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HB11-1136	Fund Foreclosure Prevention Counseling
Short Title:	Fund Foreclosure Prevention Counseling
Sponsors:	WILLIAMS A.
Summary:	Authorizes the Division of Housing in the Department of Local Affairs to accept and expend moneys collected by public trustees and deposited in a newly created fund, the Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Fund, which specifies that the moneys in the fund shall be used to support foreclosure prevention efforts by housing counseling agencies approved by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Status:	04/06/2011 House Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	Assuming that 40,000 foreclosures annually are subject to the two surcharges provided in the bill, as much as $9.6 million will be credited to the Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Fund annually beginning in FY 2011-12.
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HB11-1169	Higher Ed Campus Safety Info Sharing
Short Title:	Higher Ed Campus Safety Info Sharing
Sponsors:	LEVY / HEATH
Summary:	Allows Colorado state institution of higher education police department to share information regarding incidents that may pose risks to the campus community with certain designated institution administrators or a person who is the subject of a threat of physical violence and protects a person providing information in good faith to campus officials is immune from civil liability.
Status:	04/20/2011 Governor Action - Signed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	No fiscal impact.
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HB11-1262	Elec Util PUC Transparency In Bidding
Short Title:	Elec Util PUC Transparency In Bidding
Sponsors:	BECKER / JOHNSTON
Summary:	directs the public utilities commission to adopt rules requiring investor-owned electric utilities to provide the owners of electric generating facilities with access to any modeling inputs and assumptions used by the utilities in bidding for acquisitions that directly relate to the owners' facilities.
Status:	03/29/2011 Governor Action - Signed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	No fiscal impact.
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HB11-1104	Tax Expenditure Reports
Short Title:	Tax Expenditure Reports
Sponsors:	FERRANDINO / STEADMAN
Summary:	Requires the Department of Revenue to prepare an annual tax expenditure report to be made available to members of the General Assembly as well as the public.
Status:	02/25/2011 House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	State expenditures are estimated at $303,552 and 2.4 FTE in FY 2011-12 and $182,891 and 2.3 FTE in FY 2012-13.
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HB11-1114	Lease-purchase Agrmnt Approval Reqmnts
Short Title:	Lease-purchase Agrmnt Approval Reqmnts
Sponsors:	RAMIREZ
Summary:	Requires any state lease-purchase agreement that requires total payments exceeding $500,000 to be approved by a bill.
Status:	02/02/2011 House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:
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HB11-1123	Prohibit Sev Related Revenue To Gen Fund
Short Title:	Prohibit Sev Related Revenue To Gen Fund
Sponsors:	CORAM / ROBERTS
Summary:	Prohibits transfers to the General Fund from a variety of local and state funds.
Status:	03/21/2011 Senate Committee on State, Veterans & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	The ultimate impact is conditional on what choice the General Assembly makes regarding future budget decisions.
News:	Bill to keep local money advances

HB11-1125	Oil & Gas Sev Tax Point Of Taxation
Short Title:	Oil & Gas Sev Tax Point Of Taxation
Sponsors:	FISCHER
Summary:	Requires the severance tax to be levied instead against a producer, which is the person responsible for the management and day-to day operation of an oil and gas well, or an interest owner who takes production in kind from the producer starting in 2012.
Status:	02/07/2011 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	This bill is estimated to increase severance tax revenue to the state by $2.1 million in FY 2011-12 (half-year impact) and $4.5 million in FY 2012-13.
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HB11-1127	Fair Use Of Consumer Credit Information
Short Title:	Fair Use Of Consumer Credit Information
Sponsors:	KAGAN / CARROLL
Summary:	Specifies the purposes for which consumer credit information can be used in certain situations.
Status:	02/17/2011 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	No fiscal impact.
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HB11-1141	Econ Stimulus Bus Prop Tax Exemption
Short Title:	Econ Stimulus Bus Prop Tax Exemption
Sponsors:	HOLBERT / SCHEFFEL
Summary:	Exempts business personal property that is purchased at any time from Jan. 12, 2012, through Dec. 31, 2013, from the levy and collection of property tax.
Status:	05/02/2011 Senate Committee on State, Veterans & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	The state's share of public school total program funding will increase by the amount of local property taxes foregone by increasing the exemption for business personal property. This bill will reduce local school district property tax revenue by an estimated $37.5 million in FY 2013-14 and $76.3 in FY 2014-15.
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HB11-1147	Business Development In Colorado
Short Title:	Business Development In Colorado
Sponsors:	TYLER
Summary:	Creates the "Joint Opportunities for Business Support (JOBS) Act." Requires the Colorado Office of Economic Development to establish a technical assistance program whereby the office contracts with entities to provide eligible businesses with technical assistance in the form of marketing, accounting, legal services and consulting. Also reduces the value of some enterprise zone tax credits.
Status:	02/24/2011 House Committee on Economic and Business Development Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	In FY 2011-12, this bill increases state General Fund revenue by $1,878,392 in tax incentives no longer issued. In FY 2012-13, this bill increases General Fund state revenue by $3,756,784 in tax incentives no longer issued.In FY 2011-12 and each year thereafter, the Governor's Office will require $50,731(1.0 FTE); the Department of Higher Education will require $50,731 (1.0 FTE); and the Department of Labor and Employment will require $101,462 (2.0 FTE).
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HB11-1158	Colorado Wood Products Incentives
Short Title:	Colorado Wood Products Incentives
Sponsors:	BRADFORD / SCHWARTZ
Summary:	Expands current sales tax exemption from wood and wood products from trees killed or infested by beetles to include wood and wood products from all trees lawfully harvested in Colorado and extends the expiration of the exemption to July 1, 2020.
Status:	05/11/2011 House Committee on Appropriations Committee Vote - Final Action Failed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	State revenue to the General Fund will be reduced by an estimated $164,952 in FY 2011-12 and $162,275 in FY 2012-13. Expenditures under this bill will be minimal to process refunds and modify tax collection systems.
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HB11-1162	Sales Tax Exemption For Soft Drinks
Short Title:	Sales Tax Exemption For Soft Drinks
Sponsors:	BALMER
Summary:	Reinstates the state sales and use tax exemption for soft drinks that was repealed during the 2010 legislative session, effective July 1, 2011.
Status:	05/11/2011 House Committee on Appropriations Committee Vote - Final Action Failed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	The bill requires a General Fund appropriation of $2,960 for FY 2010-11 and $1,320 for FY 2011-12 for the Department of Revenue.
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HB11-1170	Extend Credit For Alt Fuel Facilities
Short Title:	Extend Credit For Alt Fuel Facilities
Sponsors:	BAUMGARDNER
Summary:	Extends the availability of the income tax credit for a percentage of the actual cost incurred by a person in constructing, reconstructing, or acquiring an alternative fuel refueling facility that is directly attributable to the storage, compression, charging, or dispensing of alternative fuels to motor vehicles.
Status:	03/30/2011 House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	The bill will decrease General Fund revenue by $74,096 in FY 2010-11 (half-year impact), $159,787 in FY 2011-12, and $170,479 in FY 2012-13.
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HB11-1171	Study Constitutional Health Care Moneys
Short Title:	Study Constitutional Health Care Moneys
Sponsors:	FERRANDINO / STEADMAN
Summary:	Recommended by the Joint Budget Committee, this bill creates a 15-member interim committee to study issues related to state constitutional provisions dedicating the use of certain revenues for health care programs. The committee is to meet no more than 3 times to study the Health Care Affordability Act of 2009 (House Bill 09-1293, which established the hospital provider fee) and recent federal health care law and determine whether constitutional adjustments would increase federal moneys received by the state. The committee is required to issue its findings in writing by November 30, 2011.
Status:	02/22/2011 House Committee on Health and Environment Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	Legislative Department will require $20,288 from the General Fund.
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HB11-1175	Health Care Prof Transparency Act
Short Title:	Health Care Prof Transparency Act
Sponsors:	BALMER / MORSE
Summary:	Enacts the "Health Care Professional Transparency Act," which requires health care practitioners to identify the type of professional license they hold in an advertisement for health care services.
Status:	02/22/2011 House Committee on Health and Environment Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	Fiscal note postponed.
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HB11-1242	Medicaid Provider Integration Of Service
Short Title:	Medicaid Provider Integration Of Service
Sponsors:	FERRANDINO / NICHOLSON
Summary:	Requires the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (DHCPF) to study issues concerning the integrated delivery of health care. Integrated services address the mental, oral, and physical health needs of a patient at the same time. The DHCPF, with input from behavior health organizations, community mental health centers, and other health care providers, is required to review existing regulations, reimbursement policies, barriers, and incentives that affect the integrated delivery of health care.
Status:	06/02/2011 Governor Action - Signed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing requires an appropriation of $38,500, including $19,250 General Fund and $19,250 federal funds for FY 2011-12.
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HB11-1263	Business Personal Property Tax Exemption
Short Title:	Business Personal Property Tax Exemption
Sponsors:	PRIOLA / SCHEFFEL
Summary:	Under current law, the amount of the exemption from property tax for business personal property listed on a single personal property schedule is $5,500 for the current property tax year cycle, $7,000 for the next property tax year cycle, and an inflation-adjusted amount for each property tax year cycle thereafter. The bill increases the exemption to$14,000 for the next property tax year cycle, which in turn increases the future inflation-adjusted amount of the exemption.
Status:	05/11/2011 Senate Committee on Local Government Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	Implementation of this bill requires a General Fund appropriation increase of $2.6 million in FY 2011-12 for school funding under the Public School Finance Act. In addition, the Department of Local Affairs will require a General Fund appropriation of $23,976 and authorization for 0.4 FTE.
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HB11-1288	Unemployment Insurance Solvency Reform
Short Title:	Unemployment Insurance Solvency Reform
Sponsors:	LISTON / MORSE
Summary:	Reforms the means of financing the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund to return it to solvency and ensure that it remains solvent in the future.
Status:	05/26/2011 Governor Action - Signed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	For FY 2011-12, the Department of Labor and Employment requires an appropriation of $62,900 from the Employment Support Fund.
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HB11-1296	Continue State Sales Tax On Cigarettes
Short Title:	Continue State Sales Tax On Cigarettes
Sponsors:	KAGAN / STEADMAN
Summary:	Prior to July 1, 2009, cigarettes were exempt from the state sales and use tax. This exemption was suspended for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 state fiscal years. The bill continues the state sales and use tax on cigarettes for 2 more years. Local sales and use taxes would not be impacted.
Status:	05/19/2011 Governor Action - Signed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	Sales tax revenue to the General Fund will increase $27.3 million in FY 2011-12 and $26.0 million in FY 2012-13.
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SB11-002	Low-income Telephone Assistance Prog
Short Title:	Low-income Telephone Assistance Prog
Sponsors:	CARROLL / KERR J.
Summary:	Sets eligibility for the Low-Income Telephone Assistance Program, by which the Public Utilities Commission provides customers a $6.50-per-month subsidy for basic local exchange telecommunications service to certain low-income individuals certified by the Department of Human Services as qualified to receive specific financial assistance payments.
Status:	03/21/2011 Governor Action - Signed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	This bill is assessed at minimal fiscal impact.
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SB11-025	Colorado Taxpayer Empowerment Act 2011
Short Title:	Colorado Taxpayer Empowerment Act 2011
Sponsors:	CARROLL / FERRANDINO
Summary:	Requires contractors who work for the state to make available records relating to the cost of contracts and any performance measures to legislative oversight committees and legislative leaders. Exempts records not subject to Colorado's Open Records Act.
Status:	04/08/2011 Governor Action - Signed
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	The bill will likely increase the workload of state agencies required to coordinate with vendors to obtain records in response to legislative requests. However, this analysis assumes that the volume of requests will be relatively small and that no additional appropriation is required at this time.
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SB11-026	New Business Personal Prop Tax Exemption
Short Title:	New Business Personal Prop Tax Exemption
Sponsors:	SCHEFFEL / HOLBERT
Summary:	Exempts from property tax a percentage of all business personal property first used in a business in future property tax years. Also specifies how the exemption applies to a state-assessed public utility.
Status:	02/17/2011 Senate Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	This bill will reduce local school district property tax revenue by an estimated $9.7 million in FY 2013-14, and $260.1 million when all personal property becomes fully exempt.
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SB11-027	Create Colorado Economic Stability Fund
Short Title:	Create Colorado Economic Stability Fund
Sponsors:	KING S.
Summary:	Creates the Colorado Economic Stability Fund, which specifies that the principal of the fund shall consist of general fund moneys transferred to the fund, requires fund interest, and income to be credited to the fund.
Status:	02/15/2011 Senate Committee on State, Veterans & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
Fiscal Notes:	Fiscal Note
Fiscal Impact:	Based on the December 2010 Legislative Council Staff forecast, this bill requires General Fund transfers to the Colorado Economic Stability Fund of $62.2 million in FY 2010-11, $1.6 million in FY 2011-12, and $49.5 million in FY 2012-13.
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