| HB12-1001 | Rule Review Evaluation Of Educator Effectiveness |
| Short Title: | Rule Review Evaluation Of Educator Effectiveness |
| Sponsors: | MURRAY / JOHNSTON |
| Summary: | test |
| Status: | 02/15/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1002 | The CLEAR Act & Application Permit Rules |
| Short Title: | The CLEAR Act & Application Permit Rules |
| Sponsors: | SONNENBERG / JAHN |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1002 Rules - permits - applicability of existing or new rules and written statements of agency interpretation - exceptions. The act creates the "CLEAR Act", which stands for "Creating Level Expectations For Application Review". The act amends the "State Administrative Procedure Act" (APA) to state that the rules and any written statements of agency interpretation of the statutes of a state agency in effect on the date that a person applies for a new or renewed permit govern the application for a new permit or for renewal of the permit. If the rules or any written statements of agency interpretation governing the agency's permit process or the requirements to qualify for a permit have been amended, the agency must grandfather in the application under the rules and any written statements of agency interpretation in effect on the date of the application, unless the agency determines in writing that: The new rules materially affect the health and safety of the public and that use of the rules in effect on the date of application is likely to result in an unsafe situation if the applicant does not comply with new rules; or New rules or new requirements are necessary to ensure that the agency and the permit will be in compliance with the requirements of federal law and federal regulations; or New rules or new requirements are necessary to ensure that the agency and the permit will not be in conflict with state statutes; or New rules or new requirements are necessary to ensure that the agency and the permit will be in compliance with the requirements of a court order. If the agency determines that one of these four exceptions will occur, the agency must treat the application as pending, provide a written notice to the person that states the reasons the application is incomplete, and give the person a reasonable opportunity to comply with the new law or new requirements. The act states that if an agency adopts or amends rules that govern or impact the application process or any permit eligibility requirements after a person has applied for a permit or renewal of a permit and while the application is pending with the agency, the person shall have the option to have the application processed under the rules in existence at the time of the filing of the application or under the new rules. The act defines "permit" as a grant of authority by an agency that authorizes the holder of the permit to do some act not forbidden by law but not allowed to be performed without such authority. "Permit" does not include a professional license issued by a licensing board or agency to conduct a profession or occupation. "Permit" does not include a registration or certification issued by a board or state agency to an individual to pursue a profession, practice, or occupation. "Permit" does not include a water well permit issued by the state engineer. APPROVED by Governor June 4, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. |
| Status: | 06/04/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1003 | Authorize Graywater Use |
| Short Title: | Authorize Graywater Use |
| Sponsors: | FISCHER / NICHOLSON |
| Summary: | Except in connection with individual septic systems, current law is unclear regarding whether, and under what conditions, graywater may be used. Section 1 of the bill declares the importance of water conservation to the economy of Colorado and the well-being of its citizens. Section 2 defines "graywater" as wastewater from sources other than toilets, urinals, kitchen sinks, nonlaundry utility sinks, and dishwashers collected within a residential, commercial, or industrial building that meets certain standards established by the water quality control commission. Section 3 authorizes the commission to adopt a control regulation establishing use standards and specifies that: Graywater may be applied only to uses that are allowed by the water sources' well permits and water rights; and, if so used, the use of the graywater is deemed to not cause injury. Graywater can be used only if the commission has adopted a control regulation and a local government authorizes the use. The local government has exclusive enforcement authority regarding compliance with the commission's control regulation. Section 5 allows counties to authorize graywater use, and section 6 allows municipalities to authorize graywater use. Section 4 repeals an obsolete provision authorizing local boards of health to adopt rules regarding graywater use with individual septic systems. |
| Status: | 02/01/2012 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1004 | Colorado Timber Act |
| Short Title: | Colorado Timber Act |
| Sponsors: | BRADFORD / KING S. |
| Summary: | The bill requires county and municipal building codes to allow the use of lumber milled from lodgepole pine and Englemann spruce trees having a grade of "stud" or better as building framing material. County and municipal building codes must also encourage the use of lumber milled from these trees for this purpose. |
| Status: | 04/18/2012 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1005 | Legal Investments For Public Funds |
| Short Title: | Legal Investments For Public Funds |
| Sponsors: | PABON / HARVEY |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1005 Public funds - legal investments. The act clarifies that it is legal to invest public funds in any nonsubordinated corporate or bank security that: Is denominated in United States dollars; Matures within 3 years from the date of settlement; At the time of purchase carries at least 2 credit ratings from any of the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations; and Is not rated below "A1, P1, or F1" or their equivalents by either rating if the security is a money market instrument such as commercial paper or bankers' acceptance or is not rated below "AA- or Aa3" or their equivalents by either rating if the security is any other kind of security. The act also prohibits the investment of public funds in a subordinated security issued by or guaranteed by one of several specified federally created and controlled entities and prohibits investment in a security issued by a corporation or bank that is not organized and operated within the United States unless the governing body of the public entity authorizes investment in such securities. APPROVED by Governor March 7, 2012 EFFECTIVE March 7, 2012 |
| Status: | 03/07/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1006 | American Red Cross Colorado Chapters Tax Checkoff |
| Short Title: | American Red Cross Colorado Chapters Tax Checkoff |
| Sponsors: | TODD / SPENCE |
| Summary: | The bill creates the American Red Cross Colorado disaster response, readiness, and preparedness fund (fund) in the state treasury. For the 5 income tax years following the year in which the executive director of the department of revenue certifies to the revisor of statutes that there is a space on the income tax return form and that the American Red Cross Colorado disaster response, readiness, and preparedness fund voluntary contribution is next in the queue, the bill requires a voluntary contribution designation line for the fund to appear on state individual income tax return forms. The department of revenue (department) must determine annually the total amount designated to the fund and report that amount to the state treasurer and the general assembly. The state treasurer shall credit that amount to the fund. Finally, the general assembly must appropriate annually from the fund to the department its costs of administering contributions to the fund. All moneys remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall be transferred to the American Red Cross Colorado Chapters. |
| Status: | 04/26/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1007 | Regulatory Analysis Requirement For Rules |
| Short Title: | Regulatory Analysis Requirement For Rules |
| Sponsors: | SZABO / GRANTHAM |
| Summary: | Under current law, if any person so requests, a state administrative agency must issue a regulatory analysis of any proposed rule at least 15 days prior to a rule-making hearing. The bill requires agencies to conduct the analysis for every proposed rule, regardless of whether an analysis has been requested. The bill also requires each regulatory analysis to include information on the effect of the proposed rule on jobs in Colorado. If the agency specifies that the proposed rule only makes grammatical, format, or organizational changes and makes no substantive changes, an analysis is not required. The bill also states that the general assembly determines that amendments to the law made by this bill can be implemented within existing appropriations and, therefore, no separate appropriation of state moneys or allocation of full time equivalent state employees is necessary to carry out the purposes of the bill. |
| Status: | 03/20/2012 Senate Committee on Local Government Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1008 | GA & Public Input Proposed Agency Rules & Fees |
| Short Title: | GA & Public Input Proposed Agency Rules & Fees |
| Sponsors: | ACREE / JAHN |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1008 Rules - notice to representative groups of proposed rule-making - notice to general assembly of increases in fees and fines - departmental regulatory agendas. An executive branch agency of state government considering adopting rules shall establish a representative group of participants with an interest in the subject of the rule-making to submit views or otherwise participate in conferences or to participate in the rule-making hearing on the proposals under consideration. If the agency convenes a representative group prior to issuing a notice of proposed rule-making, the agency shall include the group participants in the notice of the actual rule-making hearing. If an agency proposes a rule to increase fees or fines, at the time of giving notice of proposed rule-making under the State Administrative Procedure Act or within 10 days following the adoption of an emergency or temporary rule that increases fees or fines, the agency shall send a written or electronic notification to each member of the general assembly notifying the members about the proposed rule or about the adoption of an emergency rule and specifying the amount of the increase in the fees or fines. Principal departments of state government shall submit a departmental regulatory agenda each November 1 to the legislative council staff for distribution to the applicable oversight committee of reference of the general assembly. The departmental regulatory agenda shall include: A list of new rules or revisions to existing rules that the department expects to propose during the next calendar year; The statutory or other basis for adoption of the proposed rules; The purpose of the proposed rules; The contemplated schedule for adoption of the rules; An identification and listing of persons or parties that may be affected positively or negatively by the rules; and An update and brief summary of all permanent and temporary rules actually adopted since the previous departmental regulatory agenda was filed. Each principal department shall present its departmental regulatory agenda to the applicable oversight committee of reference of the general assembly during the departmental presentations on strategic plans and performance-based budgeting held during the first 15 days of the legislative session. APPROVED by Governor May 17, 2012 EFFECTIVE May 17, 2012 |
| Status: | 05/17/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1009 | Federal Funds Transparency Act |
| Short Title: | Federal Funds Transparency Act |
| Sponsors: | GEROU / LAMBERT |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1009 Federal moneys - annual reporting requirements - departments and agencies. The act modifies the information that each department and agency of the executive branch is required to provide in an annual report to the state controller regarding all federal moneys received by the department or agency. A state institution of higher education is excluded from the new reporting requirements. APPROVED by Governor April 16, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. |
| Status: | 04/16/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1010 | Reissue Lost Mutual Ditch Share Cert |
| Short Title: | Reissue Lost Mutual Ditch Share Cert |
| Sponsors: | BAUMGARDNER / GIRON |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1010 Mutual ditch company - share certificate - reissuance. If a person loses a mutual ditch share certificate, the person may file with the mutual ditch company a request for reissuance of the certificate, but current law requires the company to wait for 3 years before issuing a replacement certificate. The act eliminates the 3-year period and specifies that a person who is named in the books of the company as a lienholder on the lost certificate is also entitled to file a request for reissuance of a lost certificate. APPROVED by Governor March 15, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. |
| Status: | 03/15/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1011 | 15-year Rule For State Controlled Maint Funding |
| Short Title: | 15-year Rule For State Controlled Maint Funding |
| Sponsors: | BROWN / BACON |
| Summary: | Capital Development Committee. The bill codifies the 15-year rule for requesting controlled maintenance funding for: * Any new construction of, addition to, renovation of, or corrective repair or replacement of any state-owned, general-funded building or other physical facility; and * Any acquisition of a state-owned, general-funded building or other physical facility. If a state agency or state institution of higher education requires a waiver of these eligibility requirements, the state agency or state institution of higher education must submit in writing a justification of special consideration to the state architect, and the capital development committee must approve the justification. The bill allows the state architect to use moneys in the newly created emergency controlled maintenance account for emergency controlled maintenance funding when the need for such funding is communicated in writing to the state architect by a state agency or state institution of higher education. The state architect must annually provide a status report to the capital development committee that shows spending for emergency controlled maintenance projects from that account. |
| Status: | 02/02/2012 House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1012 | Increase Agency Displacement Expenses Payment Cap |
| Short Title: | Increase Agency Displacement Expenses Payment Cap |
| Sponsors: | WILLIAMS A. / GUZMAN |
| Summary: | The bill increases from $10,000 to $50,000 the maximum amount of actual reasonable expenses to be paid by a state agency in connection with the reestablishment at a new site of a farm, nonprofit organization, or small business displaced by the agency. |
| Status: | 05/03/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1013 | Interventions For Middle School Students |
| Short Title: | Interventions For Middle School Students |
| Sponsors: | FIELDS / HUDAK |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1013 Middle-school grades - interventions - parent involvement. The act directs school districts to consider adopting procedures by which the public schools of the school district use available data to identify and provide intervention services to students in grades 6 through 9 who are exhibiting behaviors that indicate the students are at increased risk of dropping out of school. Institute charter schools are also directed to consider adopting procedures to identify and provide intervention services to this population of students. If the school district or institute charter school that adopts the procedures identifies a student who is at increased risk of dropping out of school, it must notify the student's parent and explain the interventions it intends to implement. The parent may approve or reject the interventions, and, following approval, may direct the school district or institute charter school to terminate the interventions at any time. A parent may contact a school district or institute charter school and request interventions for his or her child. APPROVED by Governor March 16, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. |
| Status: | 03/16/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1014 | Modify Late Vehicle Registration Fee |
| Short Title: | Modify Late Vehicle Registration Fee |
| Sponsors: | BAUMGARDNER |
| Summary: | Effective July 1, 2012, the bill changes the fee for late registration of a vehicle from a fee of $25 per month to a flat fee of $20 and repeals an exemption from the late fee for a vehicle that has expired temporary registration number plates, tags, or certificates. The bill also repeals authorization for the department of revenue or a county clerk and recorder acting as an authorized agent of the department to waive or reduce the late fee for an idled commercial or farm vehicle. |
| Status: | 04/26/2012 Senate Committee on Transportation Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1015 | Modifications DORA Sunrise Review Process |
| Short Title: | Modifications DORA Sunrise Review Process |
| Sponsors: | HOLBERT / NEVILLE |
| Summary: | Under current law, persons proposing the regulation of a currently unregulated professional or occupational group must submit the proposal to the department of regulatory agencies (department), and the department normally must conduct a sunrise review and analysis of, and issue a sunrise report and recommendations on, the proposed regulation within 120 days after the proposal was submitted. However, the department need not conduct a sunrise review of a proposal if the department finds that: * The proposed regulatory scheme would regulate less than 250 people; * The department previously reviewed the same professional or occupational group and determines it would not change its recommendations contained in the prior review; * A majority of states regulate the same profession or occupation; or * The unregulated profession or occupation poses an imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare, in which case the department is to promptly notify the proponents and the general assembly and recommend regulation of the profession or occupation. When the department declines to conduct a review, current law requires the department to notify the proponents and the general assembly of its decision, and the proponents may pursue legislation to regulate the profession or occupation during the next 2 regular legislative sessions of the general assembly or, if the notice is issued during a regular legislative session, legislation may be presented during that legislative session as well. The bill modifies the sunrise review process for analyzing proposals to regulate an unregulated professional or occupational group submitted on or after July 1, 2012, as follows: * Requires regulation proponents to submit a proposal by December 1 of any given year in order to obtain a review and report by October 15 of the following year; * Requires the department to issue sunrise reports no later than October 15 on proposals submitted by December 1 of the prior year; * Eliminates the ability of the department to decline to review a proposal in all cases except when the department finds the profession or occupation poses an imminent threat, or has previously reviewed the same proposal, issued a report less than 36 months before the current proposal was submitted, and finds that its conclusions would be the same as in the initial report, in which case the department may reissue its original report by October 15 of the year following the year in which the proposal was submitted; * When the department declines a sunrise review because it finds the profession or occupation poses an imminent threat, the department must notify the legislative council of the general assembly of its finding and the basis for its finding, and requires the legislative council to conduct a hearing to examine the department's findings and determine whether it concurs; and * If a report is issued or reissued or an imminent threat finding is made and concurred in by the legislative council during a legislative session, eliminates the ability of proponents to pursue legislation to regulate the profession or occupation during that same legislative session. The changes to the sunrise process do not affect proposals to regulate a profession or occupation that are submitted prior to July 1, 2012. |
| Status: | 03/15/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1016 | PUC Ex Parte Communications |
| Short Title: | PUC Ex Parte Communications |
| Sponsors: | BALMER |
| Summary: | The bill allows a party to a proceeding before the public utilities commission (PUC) to file a motion seeking the disqualification of a public utilities commissioner or an administrative law judge for failure to be impartial. A district court may stay or suspend the proceedings of the PUC if the PUC fails to disqualify a commissioner from the proceedings. If the disqualification of a commissioner results in the loss of a quorum, the decision rendered by a commissioner designated as a hearing officer or by an administrative law judge is the final decision of the PUC. The rule of necessity, which states that under some circumstances an adjudicator must hear a case even if the adjudicator has an interest in the case, does not apply. The bill specifies that the standards contained in the Colorado code of judicial conduct apply to commissioners and PUC administrative law judges. The bill requires the director to post memoranda regarding ex parte communications by commissioners and administrative law judges on the PUC's web site within 5 business days. Discussions by commissioners or administrative law judges on pending legislative proposals will no longer be exempted from disclosure as an "adjudicatory proceeding". |
| Status: | 01/25/2012 House Committee on Transportation Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1017 | Extend Local Access Health Care Pilot |
| Short Title: | Extend Local Access Health Care Pilot |
| Sponsors: | SWERDFEGER / GIRON |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1017 Local access to health care pilot - Pueblo county - extension. Under current law, the authority of the board of county commissioners (board) of Pueblo county to operate, either itself or through a contractor, a local access to health care pilot program in the county expires on July 1, 2012. The act extends the repeal date for the pilot program and the board's authority for another 5 years, through July 1, 2017. APPROVED by Governor April 26, 2012 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2012 |
| Status: | 04/26/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1018 | FPPA Social Security Pension Modifications |
| Short Title: | FPPA Social Security Pension Modifications |
| Sponsors: | LABUDA / TOCHTROP |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1018 Fire and police pension association - social security supplemental plan - repeal of optional affiliation. The act modifies the social security supplemental plan by repealing provisions related to optional affiliation by any employer (social security employer) that covers members under the federal "Social Security Act", as amended, or any county that covers salaried employees whose duties are directly involved with the provision of law enforcement or fire protection, as certified by the county under the federal "Social Security Act", as amended. With one exception, any social security employer is limited to electing affiliation with the fire and police pension association only as to coverage under the statewide defined benefit plan. A social security employer is allowed to elect coverage under the statewide death and disability plan if the social security employer files with the board of directors of the association a resolution to that effect by the governing body of that social security employer. APPROVED by Governor March 19, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. |
| Status: | 03/19/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1019 | Transfer Ports Of Entry To State Patrol |
| Short Title: | Transfer Ports Of Entry To State Patrol |
| Sponsors: | VAAD / KING S. |
| Summary: | Transportation Legislation Review Committee. Section 1 of the bill abolishes the motor carrier services division (division) of the division of motor vehicles of the department of revenue (department) and transfers the powers, duties, and functions of the division by type 3 transfers as follows: * It transfers the ports of entry section of the division to the Colorado state patrol of the department of public safety. * It transfers the powers, duties, and functions of the division relating to commercial driver's licenses to the department. * It transfers the powers, duties, and functions of the division relating to the international registration plan to the department. Section 11 of the bill defines the term "port of entry officer". Section 26 of the bill makes the bill effective July 1, 2012. Sections 2 to 10 and 12 to 25 of the bill make conforming amendments. |
| Status: | 04/26/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1020 | Nonacceptance US Cash Money |
| Short Title: | Nonacceptance US Cash Money |
| Sponsors: | SOPER |
| Summary: | For debts less than $5,000, the bill specifies that if any person to whom money is owed refuses to accept payment in the form of United States currency or coin, the person owing the money, at that person's option, may deduct from the amount owed, or demand from the person to whom the money is owed, a sum covering the cost of obtaining a medium of exchange acceptable to the person to whom the money is owed. |
| Status: | 02/02/2012 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1021 | Coordinated And Rational Transp Planning |
| Short Title: | Coordinated And Rational Transp Planning |
| Sponsors: | VAAD |
| Summary: | Sections 1 to 4 of the bill amend existing statutory provisions regarding transportation planning in order to coordinate such planning for any area of the state that is outside the jurisdiction of a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) by: * Eliminating non-MPO transportation planning regions and regional transportation plans and requiring the department of transportation (CDOT) to include all non-MPO areas of the state in its comprehensive statewide transportation plan using an appropriate level of planning and analysis to incorporate the needs of the areas in an equitable and consistent manner; * Eliminating the state transportation advisory committee and the special interim transit and rail advisory committee; * Emphasizing the importance of coordinated and rational CDOT and state transportation commission transportation planning relative to local government and regional transportation planning in the legislative declaration that pertains to the statutory provisions. Sections 5 to 16 of the bill make conforming amendments. |
| Status: | 02/08/2012 House Committee on Transportation Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1022 | Establish Mines Water Replacement Reqmnt |
| Short Title: | Establish Mines Water Replacement Reqmnt |
| Sponsors: | SONNENBERG / SCHWARTZ |
| Summary: | Water Resources Review Committee. Some mining operations construct impermeable areas that capture precipitation and eliminate preexisting natural evapotranspiration. Current law requires that the portion of the captured precipitation that historically reached the stream must be replaced to prevent injury to senior water rights. However, capturing the amount of water that was lost through plant transpiration or evaporation does not increase the actual stream depletions caused by the mining operation because the evapotranspiration did not historically reach the stream. Current law does not give the mine operator any credit for this reduction in evapotranspiration when calculating the obligation to replace stream depletions unless it is a sand and gravel mine. The bill specifies that for all permitted mining operations, there will be no requirement to replace the amount of historic natural depletion to the waters of the state that was caused by the preexisting natural evapotranspiration on the surface of an area that will be, or that has been, eliminated or made impermeable. |
| Status: | 03/15/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1023 | Fallen Heroes Vehicle License Plate |
| Short Title: | Fallen Heroes Vehicle License Plate |
| Sponsors: | NIKKEL / KING S. |
| Summary: | The bill creates the fallen heroes license plate. A person becomes eligible to use the plate by donating $50 to the Colorado chapter of the concerns of police survivors. In addition to the normal motor vehicle fees, the plate requires 2 one-time fees of $25. One of the fees is credited to the highway users tax fund and the other to the licensing services cash fund. |
| Status: | 04/26/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1024 | Plain Language For Ballot Titles |
| Short Title: | Plain Language For Ballot Titles |
| Sponsors: | SZABO |
| Summary: | Section 1 of the bill requires the title board, when setting a title for a proposed initiated law or constitutional amendment, to write the title, to the extent possible, in plain, nontechnical language and in a clear and coherent manner using words with common and everyday meaning that are understandable to the average reader. Section 2 requires the same standard for the ballot title of a statewide referred measure. |
| Status: | 02/29/2012 Senate Committee on State, Veterans & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1025 | Regulator Navigator To Provide Regulatory Info |
| Short Title: | Regulator Navigator To Provide Regulatory Info |
| Sponsors: | TYLER |
| Summary: | The bill requires the director of research of legislative council to provide a regulator navigator to the public. The regulator navigator will provide the public with easy access to information about any state, local, or federal government rule or regulation, including the name and telephone number of the person to contact or the correct web site link regarding the rule or regulation at issue. The regulator navigator is not expected to be a problem solver, but is expected to be an expert in providing the public with quality contact information for the appropriate state, local, or federal government agency. |
| Status: | 02/08/2012 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1026 | Municipal Prosecuting Attorney Peace Officers |
| Short Title: | Municipal Prosecuting Attorney Peace Officers |
| Sponsors: | CORAM / ROBERTS |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1026 Local government prosecuting attorneys - peace officer status. The act confers peace officer status on a city attorney, town attorney, senior assistant city attorney, assistant city attorney, chief deputy city attorney, deputy city attorney, special deputy city attorney, prosecuting attorney, senior prosecuting attorney, senior prosecutor, or special prosecutor employed or contracted by a municipality, city, town, statutory city or town, or city and county. The attorney may be certified by the peace officers standards and training board. However, the peace officer status will not be conferred if the attorney also practices criminal defense or contracts with the local government on less than a full-time basis. APPROVED by Governor April 6, 2012 EFFECTIVE April 6, 2012 |
| Status: | 04/06/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1027 | Home Kitchen Nonpotentially Hazardous Food |
| Short Title: | Home Kitchen Nonpotentially Hazardous Food |
| Sponsors: | BRADFORD / SPENCE |
| Summary: | The bill permits a person to produce nonpotentially hazardous food in a home kitchen for sale directly to consumers for consumption off premises. County or district public health agencies may register persons who produce nonpotentially hazardous food in a home kitchen for sale directly to consumers for consumption off premises. These food products are subject to inspection by local or state public health agencies. |
| Status: | 03/22/2012 Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1028 | Continue Low-income Energy-related Assistance |
| Short Title: | Continue Low-income Energy-related Assistance |
| Sponsors: | GEROU / STEADMAN |
| Summary: | The bill extends the funding from the operational account of the severance tax trust fund used for providing energy-related assistance to low-income households through direct bill payment assistance and home energy-efficiency improvements from only state fiscal year 2012-13 to state fiscal years 2012-13 through 2018-19. |
| Status: | 03/24/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1029 | Economic Stimulus Personal Property Tax Exemption |
| Short Title: | Economic Stimulus Personal Property Tax Exemption |
| Sponsors: | HOLBERT / SCHEFFEL |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1029 Incentive payment or credit for property taxpayer - local government authority - new business facility - expand existing business facility. Counties, municipalities, and special districts currently have statutory authority to negotiate for an incentive payment or credit with a taxpayer who establishes a new business facility or expands an existing business facility. The maximum amount of the payment or credit is 50% of the amount of taxes levied by the respective local government upon the taxable business personal property located at or within the business facility and used in connection with the operation of the business facility for the current property tax year. The act increases the maximum amount of the payment or credit to the total amount of the taxes levied by the respective local government upon such taxable business personal property. APPROVED by Governor March 24, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. |
| Status: | 03/24/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1030 | Repeal Transportation-related Reporting Reqmnts |
| Short Title: | Repeal Transportation-related Reporting Reqmnts |
| Sponsors: | LOOPER / WILLIAMS S. |
| Summary: | Transportation Legislation Review Committee. The bill repeals requirements that the following transportation and energy-related reports or other information be provided to various committees of the general assembly: * An annual capital construction request submitted by the transportation commission to the capital development committee for state highway reconstruction, repair, and maintenance projects to be funded from money transferred to the capital construction fund for those purposes; * 3-year plans and annual activity reports submitted by the Colorado clean energy development authority to the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over energy-related matters; * An annual report submitted by the executive director of the department of revenue to the transportation legislation review committee (TLRC) on the effectiveness of motor vehicle emissions program quality assurance and enforcement measures and additional related matters; * An annual report from the department of public health and environment to the TLRC on the cost and effectiveness of the high emitter program currently provided by the department of public health and environment, in cooperation with the program contractor; * A prioritized list submitted by the executive director of the department of transportation to the TLRC with recommendations concerning railroad rights-of-way or rail lines proposed to be acquired by the state and their proposed uses; * An annual report submitted by the office of transportation safety to the TLRC on the nature and purpose of the programs funded by, and distribution and expenditure of law enforcement assistance fund moneys appropriated to, the department of public health and environment for drunken driving prevention and law enforcement improvement by counties; and * Notice of the boundaries of a public highway authority to be created or of a value capture area to be created within the boundaries of a public highway authority submitted by the board of the authority to the TLRC. |
| Status: | 03/13/2012 Senate Committee on Transportation Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1031 | FPPA Board Authority To Amend Plans |
| Short Title: | FPPA Board Authority To Amend Plans |
| Sponsors: | PENISTON / TOCHTROP |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1031 Fire and police pension association - board authority to make amendments to plans. The board of the fire and police pension association is authorized to make amendments to plans for the administration of benefits, so long as the amendments do not result in an actuarial cost to the plans and the board deems the amendments prudent and necessary in order to consistently and uniformly manage the plans under the board's administration. APPROVED by Governor March 24, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. |
| Status: | 03/24/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1032 | Continue Forest Restoration Programs 5 Years |
| Short Title: | Continue Forest Restoration Programs 5 Years |
| Sponsors: | HAMNER / NICHOLSON |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1032 Colorado state university - state forest service - forest restoration program - appropriation. The act continues the forest restoration program, and its associated funding from severance taxes, for 5 years and specifies that the program is no longer a pilot program. The act also extends for 5 years the annual transfers from the operational account of the severance tax trust fund of $1.45 million to the healthy forests and vibrant communities fund and $50,000 to the wildland-urban interface training fund, and the $50,000 is appropriated to the department of public safety. APPROVED by Governor March 24, 2012 EFFECTIVE March 24, 2012 |
| Status: | 03/24/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1033 | Workers' Comp Admin Audit Fines |
| Short Title: | Workers' Comp Admin Audit Fines |
| Sponsors: | SWALM / NEWELL |
| Summary: | The bill specifies that the director of the division of workers' compensation may not impose an administrative fine on an insurer or self-insured employer as a result of a compliance audit for late reporting of an injury, occupational disease, or fatality when the late reporting resulted from the insurer or self-insured employer not having notice or knowledge of the injury, occupational disease, or fatality in sufficient time to comply with the reporting period. The bill permits the director to impose a fine if the director finds that the late reporting constituted a knowing and repeated pattern of noncompliance with the reporting requirements and was not caused by the insurer or self-insured employer's lack of notice or knowledge of the injury, occupational disease, or fatality. |
| Status: | 03/22/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1034 | Waste Tire Processor End User Fund |
| Short Title: | Waste Tire Processor End User Fund |
| Sponsors: | LOOPER / SPENCE |
| Summary: | Transportation Legislation Review Committee. Currently, the processors and end users fund, which allocates money to encourage recycling, is scheduled to repeal on July 1, 2012. The fund is extended to July 1, 2020. |
| Status: | 05/09/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1035 | Repeal Veterans Identifier Fee |
| Short Title: | Repeal Veterans Identifier Fee |
| Sponsors: | YOUNG / SPENCE |
| Summary: | Transportation Legislation Review Committee. The bill repeals the fee currently charged to a member of the armed services for the branch of service identifier on a Colorado driver's license. |
| Status: | 02/17/2012 House Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1036 | Open Records Act Clarification |
| Short Title: | Open Records Act Clarification |
| Sponsors: | KERR J. |
| Summary: | The bill clarifies that the current exemption from the "Colorado Open Records Act" for investigative files applies to those files compiled for any civil, administrative, or criminal law enforcement purpose. |
| Status: | 06/07/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1037 | Classify Certain Ag Products Wholesale Sales |
| Short Title: | Classify Certain Ag Products Wholesale Sales |
| Sponsors: | BECKER |
| Summary: | The bill classifies the sales of certain agricultural items as wholesale sales rather than retail sales. The effect of such a classification is that the following sales will not be subject to sales tax: * Sales of agricultural compounds to be consumed by, administered to, or otherwise used in caring for livestock; * Sales of semen for agricultural or ranching purposes; and * Sales of pesticides that are registered by the commissioner of agriculture for use in the production of agricultural and livestock products. |
| Status: | 06/04/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1038 | Multi-year Class A Trailer Registration |
| Short Title: | Multi-year Class A Trailer Registration |
| Sponsors: | LOOPER / WILLIAMS S. |
| Summary: | Transportation Legislation Review Committee. Section 1 of the bill makes a legislative declaration. Section 2 creates an alternate registration for interstate, commercial trailers and semitrailers if the owner is based in a jurisdiction other than Colorado or, if the owner is based in Colorado, the trailer or semitrailer is at least 10 years old. The registration does not expire until the trailer is sold or transferred. The owner notifies the department when the trailer is sold or transferred. The department will issue a report in 2014, including the cost-effectiveness of this system of registration. Section 3 sets the specific ownership tax at $95.50. Section 4 sets the registration fee at $24.50. Of the fee, the department or authorized agent that registers the vehicle retains $2.00, the county gets $1.50 for the county road and bridge fund, the statewide bridge enterprise special revenue fund is credited with $5.00, the Colorado state titling and registration account is credited with $0.50, the license plate cash fund is credited with $2.50, and the highway users tax fund is credited with $13.00. |
| Status: | 06/08/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1039 | Pay-as-you-go Requirements |
| Short Title: | Pay-as-you-go Requirements |
| Sponsors: | HULLINGHORST |
| Summary: | For each regular or special session of the general assembly, prior to the passage of the long appropriation bill, the bill prohibits the appropriations committee in either house from favorably passing out a bill that requires a tax expenditure or that results in either a decrease in revenue to the state or an increase in general fund spending unless the bill either specifically identifies equivalent decreases in such expenditures or offsets to the general fund or specifically identifies sufficient increases in revenue for the next state fiscal year and for any other fiscal year that new tax expenditures or changes in tax expenditures would be implemented. The bill defines "tax expenditure" to mean a deduction from taxable income, tax credit, tax exemption, the lowering of a tax rate, the elimination of a tax, or the elimination or reduction of a fee. |
| Status: | 02/08/2012 House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1040 | Designate September 11 As State Holiday |
| Short Title: | Designate September 11 As State Holiday |
| Sponsors: | CASSO |
| Summary: | Each 10th and 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is designated as a legal holiday in Colorado. In all other years, the bill recognizes September 11, also known as "Patriot Day", as an optional holiday. In such years, a state agency may allow an employee to substitute Patriot Day for another legal holiday, but is required to remain open on September 11. |
| Status: | 03/07/2012 Senate Committee on State, Veterans & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1041 | Electronic Death Registration System |
| Short Title: | Electronic Death Registration System |
| Sponsors: | LABUDA / GUZMAN |
| Summary: | The bill directs the department of public health and environment to create an electronic death registration system for purposes of allowing persons responsible for reporting death information to the office of the state registrar of vital statistics to do so electronically. |
| Status: | 06/06/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1042 | Income Tax Credit For Estate Taxes On Ag Land |
| Short Title: | Income Tax Credit For Estate Taxes On Ag Land |
| Sponsors: | PACE |
| Summary: | The bill establishes an income tax credit for a person who inherits agricultural land located within the state that is equal to the portion of Colorado estate taxes attributable to the transfer of the land. The tax credit is subject to the following requirements: * If more than one person inherits the land, the credit is apportioned among all beneficiaries; * If the credit exceeds the income taxes owed, the excess is refundable to the taxpayer; and * If the land is reclassified in the 10 years after the credit is claimed, the taxpayer is required to repay the credit, with interest, to the state as part of an amended income tax return. |
| Status: | 05/21/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1043 | Concurrent Enrollment For Early High School Grads |
| Short Title: | Concurrent Enrollment For Early High School Grads |
| Sponsors: | CONTI |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1043 Concurrent enrollment - students who graduate early. Under the act, each public school, in developing an individual career and academic plan for each student, will inform the student and the student's parent or legal guardian concerning concurrent enrollment and, at the student's or parent's or legal guardian's request, assist the student in course planning to enable him or her to concurrently enroll. In considering applications for concurrent enrollment, a district superintendent, the superintendent's designee, or the chief administrator of a charter school or high school of a board of cooperative services must give priority consideration to qualified students who, by the time they would concurrently enroll, will have completed the high school graduation requirements. APPROVED by Governor May 24, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. |
| Status: | 05/24/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1044 | Start-up Colo Technology Transfer Grant Program |
| Short Title: | Start-up Colo Technology Transfer Grant Program |
| Sponsors: | FERRANDINO |
| Summary: | The bill establishes the start-up Colorado technology transfer grant program (program). The purpose of the program is provide grants of up to $750,000 to offices of technology transfer to help further the commercialization of technology projects and discoveries in Colorado, which will, in turn, lead to the creation of Colorado jobs. The start-up Colorado technology transfer cash fund, not to exceed $5 million, is also created. The program is repealed, effective July 1, 2015. |
| Status: | 04/17/2012 House Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1045 | Spruce Beetle Kill Wood Products Tax Exemption |
| Short Title: | Spruce Beetle Kill Wood Products Tax Exemption |
| Sponsors: | BRADFORD / KING S. |
| Summary: | Wood and wood products from trees killed or infested in Colorado by the mountain pine beetle are currently exempt from sales and use tax. The exemption expires on July 1, 2013. The bill specifies that the current exemption includes trees killed or infested in Colorado by the spruce beetle and extends the expiration of the exemption to July 1, 2020. |
| Status: | 05/21/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1046 | Colorado Works Program Drug Testing Requirement |
| Short Title: | Colorado Works Program Drug Testing Requirement |
| Sponsors: | SONNENBERG / BROPHY |
| Summary: | The bill requires a person applying for assistance through the Colorado works program (works program) to take a drug test for the presence of controlled substances as a condition of eligibility for assistance. If an applicant fails the drug test, the applicant may reapply for assistance 1 year after the date of the drug test. However, a person may reapply after 6 months if the person successfully completes a substance abuse treatment program. The applicant is required to pay the cost of the drug test. If the applicant passes the drug test, the applicant's initial assistance will be increased by the cost of the drug test. The dependent child of an applicant who fails the drug test shall still be eligible to receive assistance, but the county department of human services will be required to approve a protective payee to receive the assistance on behalf of the dependent child. The protective payee will also need to pass the drug test. |
| Status: | 03/29/2012 House Second Reading Lost with Amendments |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1047 | Non-safety Licensing Standards Kinship Foster Care |
| Short Title: | Non-safety Licensing Standards Kinship Foster Care |
| Sponsors: | KEFALAS / NEWELL |
| Summary: | The bill allows a county director of social services, or his or her designee, to waive certain non-safety licensing standards for kinship foster care if certain conditions are met and to limit or restrict a license for kinship foster care. The state board of human services is directed to promulgate rules to define "kinship foster care" and for the waiver of certain non-safety licensing standards for kinship foster care. |
| Status: | 03/22/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1048 | End CBI Instacheck Duty For Firearm Transfers |
| Short Title: | End CBI Instacheck Duty For Firearm Transfers |
| Sponsors: | WALLER |
| Summary: | Current federal law requires a licensed transferor of firearms to complete a background check of a prospective transferee through the national instant criminal background check system before transferring a firearm to him or her. Current state law requires the Colorado bureau of investigation (CBI) to perform such background checks as a point of contact for the federal bureau of investigation. The bill eliminates this requirement of the CBI and makes conforming amendments as necessary. |
| Status: | 04/23/2012 Senate Committee on State, Veterans & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1049 | Parental Rights Regarding Statewide Ed Assessment |
| Short Title: | Parental Rights Regarding Statewide Ed Assessment |
| Sponsors: | SOLANO / AGUILAR |
| Summary: | The bill prohibits a public school from penalizing a student whose parent does not allow the student to take all or part of a statewide student assessment. Further, the department of education shall not lower a public school's attainment level on the accreditation performance indicators or otherwise penalize a public school due to a parent's refusal to allow his or her child to participate in statewide student assessments. |
| Status: | 02/09/2012 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1050 | Extend Nongame & Endangered Wildlife Tax Checkoff |
| Short Title: | Extend Nongame & Endangered Wildlife Tax Checkoff |
| Sponsors: | WILSON / NICHOLSON |
| Summary: | The bill extends the period for which state income tax return forms shall include a line whereby individual taxpayers may make a voluntary contribution to the nongame and endangered wildlife fund. |
| Status: | 03/16/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1051 | Older Motor Vehicles Rebuilt From Salvage |
| Short Title: | Older Motor Vehicles Rebuilt From Salvage |
| Sponsors: | SCOTT / JAHN |
| Summary: | Currently, a motor vehicle rebuilt from salvage must comply with several requirements to qualify for a certificate of title, such as stamping on the vehicle's frame the phrase "REBUILT FROM SALVAGE" and obtaining a VIN inspection. The bill changes the definition of "salvage vehicle" to include vehicles that are over 6 years old and applies the requirements to those vehicles. |
| Status: | 02/15/2012 House Committee on Transportation Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1052 | Health Care Work Force Data Collection |
| Short Title: | Health Care Work Force Data Collection |
| Sponsors: | SUMMERS / BOYD |
| Summary: | The bill requires the director of the division of registrations in the department of regulatory agencies (director) to implement a system to collect health care work force data from health care professionals who are eligible for the Colorado health service corps, from practical and professional nurses, and from pharmacists. The bill requires a voluntary advisory group designated by the director of the primary care office to recommend the structure of the data elements to be collected regarding specific information about each health care professional and his or her practice. The director is authorized to accept and expend any gifts, grants, or donations that may be available from any private or public sources for the implementation of the data collection system. |
| Status: | 05/29/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1053 | Victims' Rights Changes |
| Short Title: | Victims' Rights Changes |
| Sponsors: | GARDNER B. / GIRON |
| Summary: | The bill adds the following crimes to those that are included in the victims' rights statute: Trafficking in adults, trafficking in children, first degree burglary, retaliation against a judge, and retaliation against a juror. The definition of victim is expanded to include a grandchild. The bill requires those responsible for criminal justice records to use reasonable efforts to redact social security numbers of victims and witnesses from criminal justice records. In addition, a victim or a witness has the right to have his or her address redacted and the right to be informed about protection services such as the witness protection program and the address confidentiality program. Under current law, a victim must be notified by mail and telephone of all critical stages of a criminal proceeding. Electronic communication is added as a communication option. The bill clarifies that a victim has the right to know when the defendant is released from county jail. The bill clarifies the public records about which a victim has a right to be informed, including a victim impact statement. Under current law, a victim has the qualified right to be present at the trial of the defendant. The bill changes the standard for when the victim is not allowed to be present so that a court may prohibit a victim from being present if it finds by clear and convincing evidence that the victim's presence would violate the defendant's right to a fair trial. The bill gives a victim the right to know if a subpoena is requested for records of the victim and to be heard before the ruling is made on the subpoena. A victim also has the right to be informed when the offender is transferred to a nonresidential setting or is terminated from a community corrections program. If a victim is unable to attend a critical stage of the criminal justice process at which the victim has a right to be heard, the victim may request that the court make reasonable arrangements for the victim to provide input beyond a victim impact statement. The bill adds postconviction DNA testing for purposes of establishing innocence to the definition of "critical stages" of the criminal proceeding about which a victim must be notified. The bill clarifies when a victim must be notified of sentence modification matters, including probation modifications or a modification of a protection order. A victim who turns 18 years of age may request that he or she become a point of contact for victim notification, but the victim's designee may continue to receive notification as well, unless there are extenuating circumstances. A victim of a crime that was committed before 1993 whose offender is still serving a sentence for the crime may request notification of future critical stages. A victim will be permitted to provide a victim impact statement when the offender is referred to community corrections, and the victim has the right to provide a written statement. For transition cases, the victim has a right to make an oral statement to the community corrections board. |
| Status: | 06/04/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1054 | Simplify Procurement DHCPF Health Care Providers |
| Short Title: | Simplify Procurement DHCPF Health Care Providers |
| Sponsors: | FIELDS / BOYD |
| Summary: | The bill simplifies the procurement process by exempting the department of health care policy and financing (department) and a health care provider from certain state fiscal rule requirements concerning standard state contracts and commitment vouchers when the department has regulatory authority over the program and when the provider has already signed a department-approved provider application to provide services under department-administered programs or to bill for services provided under those programs. Applicable programs include medicaid, the children's basic health plan, the Colorado indigent care program, the school health services program, services funded by the primary care fund, and the health and medical care program for old age pensioners. Eligible providers include health care providers, mental health care providers, pharmacists, home health agencies, and other providers authorized under the applicable department-administered programs who provide health care, health care coordination, or outreach, enrollment, or administrative support services. |
| Status: | 03/15/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1055 | DORA Div Registrations Name Change Rule Authority |
| Short Title: | DORA Div Registrations Name Change Rule Authority |
| Sponsors: | SCHAFER S. / WHITE |
| Summary: | Under current law, the division of registrations (division) in the department of regulatory agencies (department) is tasked with providing supervision and control of boards that examine and license professions and occupations. The division also provides management support to other autonomous licensing boards. The division is headed by a director of registrations, who is appointed by the executive director of the department. Section 1 of the bill renames the division as the division of professions and occupations and directs the revisor of statutes to correct all references to the division within the next 3-year period. Section 1 also authorizes the executive director to adopt rules necessary to administer the functions of the division. Additionally, section 1 requires the department to conduct periodic reviews of the division and its functions in the same manner it conducts reviews of other governmental entities under the sunset process but does not subject the division to automatic termination under that process. Section 2 renames the division of registrations cash fund as the division of professions and occupations cash fund and directs the revisor of statutes to correct all references to the cash fund within the next 3 years. |
| Status: | 03/22/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1056 | Regional Tourism Project Application Requirements |
| Short Title: | Regional Tourism Project Application Requirements |
| Sponsors: | KERR A. / HODGE |
| Summary: | Section 1 of the bill: * Clarifies the scope of analysis to be conducted by a third-party analyst who is analyzing a regional tourism project application under the "Colorado Regional Tourism Act" (application) by requiring the analyst to: * Assess the assumptions used in the application to estimate net new tourism revenues to Colorado; * Calculate the total anticipated sales tax increment in the proposed regional tourism zone; * Calculate the amount and percentage of the total regional tourism zone sales tax increment that each county or municipality that is part of a multi-party application is eligible to receive; and * Assess the probability of the proposed project moving forward without funding from tax increment financing; * Requires the Colorado economic development commission to consider the third-party analyst report, the data submitted by the applicant, and comments and testimony received when reviewing an application for approval or disapproval; and * Changes the requirement that a significant portion of the sales tax revenue to be generated by a proposed regional tourism project be attributable to transactions with nonresidents of the regional tourism zone to a requirement that a significant portion of the revenue be attributable to transactions with nonresidents of the state. Section 2 of the bill clarifies the extent to which the director of the Colorado office of economic development initially reviews an application for compliance with statutory requirements and requires the director to consider input provided by the director of the Colorado tourism office and counties and municipalities regarding an application. |
| Status: | 02/17/2012 House Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
| Fiscal Notes: | |
| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1057 | Homeowner's Insurance Additional Protections |
| Short Title: | Homeowner's Insurance Additional Protections |
| Sponsors: | LEVY / NICHOLSON |
| Summary: | The bill requires the insurance commissioner (commissioner) to adopt rules on the following related to the sale of homeowner's insurance in Colorado: * Criteria and requirements for estimates of replacement value of insured property; and * An educational requirement for insurance producers related to homeowner's insurance, including estimating replacement value. The bill also puts into place the following with respect to homeowner's insurance policies in this state: * Minimum requirements for additional living expense coverage for a period of time of no less than 24 months after a loss requiring additional living arrangements; * Requirements that insurers make available to policyholders copies of homeowner's insurance policies, including declaration pages, within 48 hours after a loss or a request; * Standards for paying contents loss claims in the event of total loss; * Additional arbitration requirements for disputes between insured homeowners and insurers relating to policy coverage; * A requirement to provide summary disclosure forms to homeowner's insurance policyholders at least annually; and * Potential disciplinary action by the commissioner against insurance producers that fail to: * Accurately describe to an insured the relationship of the producer to an insurer as the representative of the insurer and not a representative of, or advocate for, the insured policyholder; or * Accurately represent the adequacy of policy limits in a homeowner's insurance policy to cover total loss of the property. |
| Status: | 02/08/2012 House Committee on Local Government Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1058 | Health Department Infant Eye Prophylaxis |
| Short Title: | Health Department Infant Eye Prophylaxis |
| Sponsors: | JOSHI / NICHOLSON |
| Summary: | Currently, the department of public health and environment is required to name, approve, and provide, free of charge, a prophylaxis to be used in treating the eyes of newly born infants. The bill deletes these requirements and requires the health care provider in charge of the birth to treat an infant with a prophylaxis that is in accordance with the current medical standard of care. The bill also deletes the penalty provision for a health care provider who violates the statutes relating to infant eye prophylaxis. |
| Status: | 03/24/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1059 | Military Spouse Practice Occupation Profession |
| Short Title: | Military Spouse Practice Occupation Profession |
| Sponsors: | LOOPER |
| Summary: | The bill authorizes military spouses to practice in a regulated profession or occupation other than real estate for one year if the spouse is licensed, registered, or certified to practice in another state; there is no other reason to deny the license; and the person consents to be governed by Colorado law. If applying for authority to continue to practice in Colorado, the applicant must notify the agency that the person is practicing in Colorado and include the contact information for the applicant's employer. If the agency denies the application, the agency notifies the employer. The director of the division of registrations may promulgate rules to implement the bill. The bill also directs agencies to exempt regulated persons who are on active duty for more than 120 days from the requirement to pay certification fees and complete continuing education that became due during the period of active duty, with the exemption continuing for 6 months after the period of active duty. An agency may accept continuing medical education, training, or service from the armed services in satisfaction of Colorado continuing education requirements. A service member or spouse who is an emergency medical service provider certified or licensed in another state is exempt from certification in Colorado. The term "emergency medical technician" is changed to "emergency medical service provider" to align with the trend in other states. |
| Status: | 06/08/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1060 | Sunrise Dietitian Regulation |
| Short Title: | Sunrise Dietitian Regulation |
| Sponsors: | MASSEY / BOYD |
| Summary: | The bill creates the state board of dietitians, consisting of 3 licensed dietitians and 2 members of the public, to oversee the regulation of dietitians. Dietitians must be licensed. To get a license, an applicant must have a baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate degree with a major course of study in human nutrition, nutrition education, public health nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, or food systems management or an equivalent major course of study as approved by the board, including a practice experience component in dietetics of not less than 1,200 hours, and have successfully completed the examination for dietitians administered by the commission on dietetic registration. A dietitian from a state that has analogous requirements can be licensed by endorsement, and provisional permits, valid for one year and renewable a single time for 6 months, are also available for dietitians from such states. Standard disciplinary and procedural provisions are included. The regulation of dietitians sunsets in 2019. |
| Status: | 02/06/2012 House Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1061 | The Skills For Jobs Act |
| Short Title: | The Skills For Jobs Act |
| Sponsors: | KAGAN |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1061 Higher education - report - credential production - workforce projections. The act requires the department of higher education (department), in consultation with the department of labor, the department of regulatory agencies, and any other entity the department deems appropriate, to produce, within the limits of available resources and data, an annual report regarding state workforce projections and education credential production. The report will show the workforce needs that are not being met by state degree and certificate programs and identify institutions, public or private, that may be able to address those workforce needs through new programs or expansion of existing ones. The department will send the report to every public postsecondary governing board in the state and will work with the department of education to provide the report to the state's public school districts, the Colorado charter school institute, and Colorado private elementary, middle, and high schools. The act repeals July 1, 2016. APPROVED by Governor April 2, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. |
| Status: | 04/02/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1062 | Employment Protections For Colorado Peace Officers |
| Short Title: | Employment Protections For Colorado Peace Officers |
| Sponsors: | BARKER |
| Summary: | The bill declares that rights and protections afforded to peace officers are a matter of statewide concern. An agency that employs a peace officer (employing agency) shall not enter into a peace officer's personnel file any comment or material that is adverse to the peace officer unless the peace officer is given an opportunity to: * Review the comment or material; * Receive a copy of the comment or material; and * Respond to the comment or material in writing. If a peace officer reviews any such comment or material, he or she may sign it upon completing his or her review. The signature indicates only that the peace officer is aware of the comment or material and does not constitute a confirmation by the peace officer of the accuracy of the comment or material. If the peace officer refuses to sign the comment or material, the employing agency shall include with the comment or material an acknowledgment of the peace officer's refusal. If the peace officer prepares a written response, the employing agency shall place it in the peace officer's personnel file. A peace officer shall have the same right to engage in political activities as is afforded to each resident of the state so long as he or she is not on duty or in uniform. Neither an employing agency nor any person may coerce or require a peace officer to engage in political activity. A peace officer may form, join, support, or participate in an employee organization or its lawful activities. An employing agency shall not retaliate or discriminate against a peace officer for joining or advocating for any employee organization or for advocating for the formation thereof. A peace officer, other than a peace officer who has not yet completed a reasonable initial new-hire probationary period, is subject to disciplinary action only for just cause. A peace officer who is accused of a violation of law or of a policy of his or her employing agency (violation) is presumed innocent, and an investigation into such an allegation shall be conducted in a fair and impartial manner. Before an employing agency imposes any disciplinary action upon a peace officer, the peace officer has the right to be heard during a meeting with a designated representative of the employing agency. A peace officer who is accused of a violation is entitled to have a peace officer representative present during any meeting with one or more members of the employing agency, or with a representative of the employing agency, if the peace officer reasonably believes the meeting may result in disciplinary action against him or her. Each employing agency shall establish a fair and just appeal process to allow a peace officer who is subjected to disciplinary action to challenge the disciplinary action or to assert that the employing agency lacked just cause to impose the disciplinary action. The appeal process includes a hearing that provides the disciplined peace officer with due process, including but not limited to the right to have a peace officer representative present, offer live testimony, offer documentary evidence, and cross-examine any witness who offers testimony against him or her. The hearing is confidential unless the disciplined peace officer waives such confidentiality. Any document generated or presented in connection with the hearing shall be treated as a personnel record and is subject to the legal protections afforded to personnel records. An employing agency shall not adopt any regulation, ordinance, policy, or procedure preventing a peace officer from filing a civil suit arising from the performance of his or her duties as a peace officer. An employing agency shall not discharge, demote, or discipline; or deny promotion, transfer, or reassignment to; or otherwise discriminate against; or threaten any such action against a peace officer as retaliation for the peace officer's lawful exercise of his or her rights. |
| Status: | 02/27/2012 House Committee on Local Government Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1063 | Military Veterans Cemetery At Homelake Expansion |
| Short Title: | Military Veterans Cemetery At Homelake Expansion |
| Sponsors: | RAMIREZ |
| Summary: | The bill authorizes the military veterans' cemetery at Homelake, Colorado, (cemetery) and directs the state department of human services (department) to prepare, develop, construct, and maintain the cemetery. The bill establishes within the state treasury the Homelake military veterans cemetery fund (fund) and authorizes the department to accept gifts, grants, and donations for the fund. The bill requires the department to adopt procedures whereby persons who are eligible for burial and interment at the Colorado state veterans center in Homelake (center) may reserve plots in the cemetery. |
| Status: | 05/03/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1064 | Firearm Possession During State Of Emergency |
| Short Title: | Firearm Possession During State Of Emergency |
| Sponsors: | STEPHENS |
| Summary: | The bill prohibits the state or any political subdivision of the state (state), during a declared state of emergency, from prohibiting or restricting the otherwise lawful possession, use, carrying, transfer, transportation, storage, or display of a firearm or ammunition; seizing or confiscating a lawfully possessed firearm, except in specific, described circumstances; or requiring registration of a firearm or ammunition for which registration is not otherwise required by law. An exception is made for the commercial sale of firearms if an authorized authority has ordered an evacuation or a general closure of business. An individual whose rights are violated by the state in conflict with these prohibitions has legal recourse against the state. |
| Status: | 03/05/2012 Senate Committee on State, Veterans & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1065 | Deadline Advan Prac Nurse Retain Prescriptive Auth |
| Short Title: | Deadline Advan Prac Nurse Retain Prescriptive Auth |
| Sponsors: | GARDNER D. |
| Summary: | Pursuant to legislation in 2009, the standards for advanced practice nurses (APNs) to obtain prescriptive authority were modified to require APNs, in addition to obtaining specified levels of education and experience, to develop an articulated plan for safe prescribing that documents how the APN will collaborate with physicians and other health care professionals in his or her practice of prescribing medications. Under the 2009 legislation, APNs who were granted prescriptive authority prior to July 1, 2010, were permitted to retain that authority but were required to develop an articulated plan of safe prescribing within one year, or by July 1, 2011. The bill allows the state board of nursing, on a case-by-case basis, to extend the deadline by which APNs with prescriptive authority granted before July 1, 2010, are required to develop an articulated plan, but in no case is the board allowed to extend the deadline beyond July 1, 2012. An APN seeking a deadline extension must submit to the board, prior to July 1, 2012, an application and fee and an attestation that he or she has developed an articulated plan. The board is to adopt rules establishing the criteria for granting a deadline extension. A decision of the board regarding a deadline extension request is not appealable. |
| Status: | 04/02/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1066 | Titling And Registering ATVs |
| Short Title: | Titling And Registering ATVs |
| Sponsors: | PRIOLA |
| Summary: | The bill authorizes off-highway vehicles to be operated on the road with the following limitations: * The rider must be licensed; * The vehicle must be registered with the department of revenue; * The vehicle must be insured; * The vehicle cannot be driven on a road with a speed limit greater than 45 miles per hour except to cross the road; * The vehicle cannot be operated on a limited-access highway or state highway; except that the Colorado department of transportation may authorize the use of off-highway vehicles on state highways outside of municipalities; * The vehicle cannot be driven in certain counties or municipalities with larger populations unless the local government has authorized it; * The driver cannot carry more people than the vehicle is designed for; * The vehicle cannot exceed 40 miles per hour; and * The vehicle must meet equipment standards, including: Seats, seatbelts, brakes, stoplights, red reflectors, mirrors, and headlamps. Drivers of off-highway vehicles must obey the rules of the road. A dealer may act as the agent of the department of revenue to issue temporary registrations of off-highway vehicles. The department issues license plates to registered vehicles, but the plates do not need to be renewed. The owner pays a registration fee of $10, a county fee of $4, and the motorist insurance database fee of $0.50. "Powersports vehicles" include snowmobiles and off-highway vehicles. A repair shop that is entitled to a lien on a powersports vehicle and has released the vehicle for a promise of payment may restore the lien if a person's check is dishonored, in the same manner as with motor vehicles. Powersports vehicles must be titled in the same manner as motor vehicles when sold by a powersports dealer except with regard to statutory provisions that assume the vehicle will be registered with the department of revenue. Powersports vehicles may be registered by an owner. |
| Status: | 04/24/2012 House Third Reading Lost |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1067 | Contribution Limits School Dist & RTD Directors |
| Short Title: | Contribution Limits School Dist & RTD Directors |
| Sponsors: | MCCANN / AGUILAR |
| Summary: | Current law regulating campaign finance does not set limits on contributions to candidates for school district director and members of the board of directors of the regional transportation district (RTD). The bill sets aggregate limits on contributions from persons that are not small donor committees for any primary, general, or other specific election as follows: * RTD director, $500; and * School district director, $500. The bill also sets aggregate limits on contributions from small donor committees for any primary, general, or other specific election as follows: * RTD director, $5,000; and * School district director,$5,000. Additionally, the bill subjects the new contribution limits to existing statutory provisions governing the disclosure of campaign contributions. Finally, the bill contains requirements applicable to when a candidate for school district director is required to provide disclosure of information concerning campaign contributions and clarifies that candidates for RTD and school district director are required to file their disclosure with the secretary of state. |
| Status: | 01/26/2012 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1068 | Nonprofit Cemetery Corporation Board Directors |
| Short Title: | Nonprofit Cemetery Corporation Board Directors |
| Sponsors: | MCKINLEY |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1068 Special purpose corporations - cemetery companies - oversight - directors - records. The act requires the board of directors of a nonprofit cemetery to include at least one owner of a lot, grave space, niche, or crypt. A nonprofit cemetery is required to make an annual written report of its financial situation and governance and to keep copies of annual reports and other specified records. The report must be available for inspection and copying and be attested and verified. An owner of a lot, grave space, niche, or crypt may attend meetings of the board of directors. The board must provide reasonable notice of board meetings. APPROVED by Governor May 29, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. |
| Status: | 05/29/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1069 | Sales & Use Tax Holiday For Back-to-school Items |
| Short Title: | Sales & Use Tax Holiday For Back-to-school Items |
| Sponsors: | MIKLOSI |
| Summary: | Section 1 of the bill creates a state sales and use tax exemption for back-to-school items. The exemption only applies for 3 days in the beginning of August for a period of 5 years beginning in 2012. A "back-to-school item" is defined to mean clothing, shoes, school supplies, or computers. Clothing includes sports and recreational equipment, but does not include clothing accessories. The exemption applies to all noncommercial purchasers. Section 2 of the bill permits a town, city, or county to create a sales tax exemption that is identical to the state exemption. |
| Status: | 05/07/2012 Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1070 | Harmonize Gov Ethics Statutes & Constitution |
| Short Title: | Harmonize Gov Ethics Statutes & Constitution |
| Sponsors: | PENISTON |
| Summary: | The bill makes modifications to statutory provisions concerning the reporting of gifts and honoraria, lobbyist disclosure, the statutory rules of conduct for governmental officials and employees, and campaign contributions to members of the general assembly and the governor during the regular legislative session to harmonize those provisions with the requirements of article XXIX of the state constitution, which article is more familiarly known and referred to as "Amendment 41". |
| Status: | 05/09/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1071 | Portable Electronics Insurance |
| Short Title: | Portable Electronics Insurance |
| Sponsors: | LISTON / JAHN |
| Summary: | The bill requires a vendor of portable electronics to hold a limited license to sell or offer portable electronics insurance. The limited license authorizes an employee or authorized representative of the vendor to sell or offer coverage to customers at each vendor location. Each vendor is required to make written materials available to customers that: * Disclose that portable electronics insurance may provide duplicate coverage; * State that the purchase of coverage is not required; * Summarize the material terms of the insurance; * Summarize the process for filing a claim; and * State that the coverage may be cancelled at any time. The bill outlines the criteria that a person must meet in order to sell portable electronics insurance without a limited license. The bill outlines the billing and collections procedures for vendors. Each vendor who violates the terms for selling portable electronics insurance is subject to fines and suspension or revocation of the privilege of selling the insurance. A vendor is permitted to terminate coverage with the required notice upon discovery of fraud or misrepresentation by the customer, for nonpayment of the premium, if the customer no longer has active service with the vendor, or if the customer exhausts the aggregate limit of liability. The bill outlines notice requirements for correspondence between the vendor and the customer. The commissioner of insurance is required to prescribe an application for insurance and accept applications from the vendors. Each vendor is required to pay a fee to the commissioner for a limited license. |
| Status: | 03/19/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1072 | Higher Ed Prior Learning Assessments |
| Short Title: | Higher Ed Prior Learning Assessments |
| Sponsors: | MASSEY / BACON |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1072 Higher education - institutions - academic credit for prior learning. Beginning with the 2013-14 academic year, the act requires each public institution of higher education to adopt and make public a policy or program to determine academic credit for a student's prior learning. Additionally, the act permits a nonpublic institution of higher education that is accredited by an accrediting agency or association approved by the United States department of education to participate in the review conducted by the department of higher education (department) to determine if the institution's core course requirements comply with the department's general education course guidelines. APPROVED by Governor March 24, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. |
| Status: | 03/24/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1073 | Number Of Judges In Judicial Districts |
| Short Title: | Number Of Judges In Judicial Districts |
| Sponsors: | BROWN / ROBERTS |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1073 Judges - first and sixth judicial districts. The act decreases the number of judges in the first judicial district from 14 to 13 and increases the number of judges in the sixth judicial district from 3 to 4. APPROVED by Governor March 9, 2012 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2012 |
| Status: | 03/09/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1074 | Judicial Oversight Of Guardians & Conservators |
| Short Title: | Judicial Oversight Of Guardians & Conservators |
| Sponsors: | KERR J. / KING S. |
| Summary: | Legislative Audit Committee. The bill authorizes the court with jurisdiction over a guardianship of an incapacitated person or over a conservatorship of a protected person to have access to data maintained by other state agencies in order to conduct an investigation when a guardian or conservator has failed to file required reports with the court or has failed to respond to court orders. The court will also have access to this data with respect to the incapacitated person or protected person. The bill specifies which types of data may be accessed. The court may access the data only to obtain contact information for the guardian, conservator, incapacitated person, or protected person. The bill requires the court to preserve the confidentiality of the data obtained from state agencies and use the data only for the purposes of conducting the investigation of the guardian, conservator, incapacitated person, or protected person. Notwithstanding the provisions of the open records law, documents and information obtained by the court pursuant to an investigation are not public records and shall be open to public inspection only upon an order of the court based on a finding of good cause. The judicial department and other state agencies may enter into agreements for the sharing of this data with the applicable court. Under current law, prior to appointment as a guardian or conservator, a nominee signs an acceptance of office. The bill amends the acceptance of office to include an acknowledgment that the nominee understands that Colorado law allows the court to access personal contact information held by state agencies if the nominee fails to file required reports or fails to respond to a court order. |
| Status: | 03/22/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1075 | Six Percent General Fund Appropriations Limit |
| Short Title: | Six Percent General Fund Appropriations Limit |
| Sponsors: | BEEZLEY / BROPHY |
| Summary: | Currently, the maximum allowable amount of total state general fund appropriations for a given fiscal year is equal to 5% of Colorado personal income. Beginning with the 2012-13 state fiscal year, the bill establishes a new limit for total state general fund appropriations that is equal to 6% over the total general fund appropriations for the previous fiscal year. The end-year surplus in the general fund, which is moneys above the new appropriation limit, is transferred as follows: * 50% to the newly created state reserve fund; * 25% to the highway users tax fund; and * 25% to the capital construction fund. During economic downturns, the general assembly may appropriate or transfer moneys from the state reserve fund for any purpose by the enactment of a bill approved by a 2/3 majority vote of all of the members elected to each house. The moneys transferred to the highway users tax fund are allocated as follows: * 60% to the state highway fund; * 22% to counties; and * 18% to municipalities. |
| Status: | 04/30/2012 Senate Committee on State, Veterans & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1076 | Additional Voluntary Info On Initiative Petitions |
| Short Title: | Additional Voluntary Info On Initiative Petitions |
| Sponsors: | COURT / STEADMAN |
| Summary: | The bill permits an initiative or referendum petition to include space for a registered elector to voluntarily include his or her telephone number, electronic mail address, or both. If a space for the information is included, a petition must clearly indicate that the information is not required in order for a registered elector to sign the petition. |
| Status: | 03/08/2012 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1077 | FPPA Inv Confidentiality Revisions |
| Short Title: | FPPA Inv Confidentiality Revisions |
| Sponsors: | GARDNER B. / TOCHTROP |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1077 Fire and police pension association - investment confidentiality - modification of definitions. With respect to provisions addressing investment confidentiality, the definition of "investment information" is modified to include information whose release might cause competitive harm to an investment vehicle, investment manager, general partner, fund sponsor, or investment fiduciary. The term "portfolio company" is replaced with the term "investment vehicle" and includes sponsored funds, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies. APPROVED by Governor March 19, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. |
| Status: | 03/19/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1078 | Exempt Drinking Water Cert Designation |
| Short Title: | Exempt Drinking Water Cert Designation |
| Sponsors: | VIGIL / SCHWARTZ |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1078 Solid wastes - disposal site and facility - certificate of designation - exemption for drinking water treatment facilities. Current law requires a drinking water treatment facility that stores, treats, or processes solid wastes originating at the facility to get a certificate of designation from the local municipality or board of county commissioners. Such facilities are regulated by both the solid and hazardous waste commission and the water quality control commission. The act exempts these facilities from the requirement to get a certificate of designation as a solid wastes disposal site and facility regardless of when the solid wastes were handled, and allows a drinking water treatment facility to dispose of drinking water treatment residuals that were generated on-site on the facility's property in compliance with the rules of the solid and hazardous waste commission for waste impoundments and solid wastes disposal. APPROVED by Governor March 22, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. |
| Status: | 03/22/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1079 | CDPS Peace Officer Designations |
| Short Title: | CDPS Peace Officer Designations |
| Sponsors: | BARKER / KING S. |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1079 Department of public safety - peace officer status - appoint deputy director. The act designates the deputy executive director of the department of public safety and the director of the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety as peace officers who may be certified by the peace officer standards and training board. The act specifically gives the executive director of the department of public safety the authority to appoint a deputy department director. APPROVED by Governor March 16, 2012 EFFECTIVE March 16, 2012 |
| Status: | 03/16/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1080 | Adams State College Name Change |
| Short Title: | Adams State College Name Change |
| Sponsors: | VIGIL / SCHWARTZ |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1080 Adams state college - Adams state university. The act changes the name of Adams state college to Adams state university. APPROVED by Governor May 19, 2012 EFFECTIVE May 19, 2012 |
| Status: | 05/19/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| HB12-1081 | Operations Auraria Higher Education Center |
| Short Title: | Operations Auraria Higher Education Center |
| Sponsors: | DURAN / STEADMAN |
| Summary: | H.B. 12-1081 Auraria higher education center. The act clarifies numerous statutory sections that concern the operations of the Auraria higher education center, including, among others, capital construction, risk management, and lease-purchase agreements. APPROVED by Governor May 24, 2012 EFFECTIVE August 8, 2012 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. |
| Status: | 05/24/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-01-11 |
| Status History: | Status History |
| SB12-148 | Name Change Metropolitan State College Of Denver |
| Short Title: | Name Change Metropolitan State College Of Denver |
| Sponsors: | GUZMAN / DURAN |
| Summary: | S.B. 12-148 Metropolitan state university of Denver. The act changes the name of Metropolitan state college of Denver to Metropolitan state university of Denver. APPROVED by Governor April 18, 2012 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2012 |
| Status: | 04/18/2012 Governor Action - Signed |
| Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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| Date Introduced: | 2012-02-08 |
| Status History: | Status History |