HB22-1007 | Assistance Landowner Wildfire Mitigation |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Summary: | The forest service is tasked with reviewing grant applications. Grants must be awarded to applicants proposing to conduct outreach among landowners in high wildfire hazard areas and the forest service must consider the potential impact of the applicants' proposed outreach when awarding grants. The forest service must report to the wildfire matters review committee on the grant program.
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 5/5/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
Amendments: | House Journal, February 18 House Journal, March 8 House Journal, April 21 House Journal, April 21 |
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HB22-1011 | Wildfire Mitigation Incentives For Local Governments |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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The grant program is administered by the forest service. On or before March 1, 2023, the forest service is required to adopt polices, procedures, and guidelines for the grant program that include, without limitation:
Any funding awarded under the grant program must match either revenues raised by the local government from a dedicated revenue source In allocating funding under the grant program, preference will be given to certain eligible recipients based on prioritization factors enumerated in the bill. Eligible recipients may apply for funding from the grant program, and the recipient's application for funding may be approved by the forest service, before the local government has created a dedicated revenue source that forms the basis for the match if the electors of the local government approve a ballot issue creating the revenue source at an election that takes place in the same calendar year in which the funding is awarded. The bill creates the wildfire mitigation incentives local government grant program fund (fund) in the state treasury. On or before November 1, 2024, and on or before November 1 of each year thereafter, the forest service is required to publish a report summarizing the use of all of the money that was awarded under the grant program in the preceding fiscal year. The bill specifies additional required components of the report. The report must be posted on the website of the forest service. The bill requires the Colorado department of higher education to summarize the information contained in the report in its "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" hearings. The bill requires the forest service to prepare educational materials concerning the grant program and to display such materials on its official website. In addition, the forest service is also required to undertake outreach activities to inform local governments located in priority areas for wildfire mitigation of the grant program. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 5/10/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass |
Amendments: | House Journal, February 18 House Journal, April 28 House Journal, April 28 House Journal, April 29 House Journal, April 29 Senate Journal, May 9 |
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HB22-1012 | Wildfire Mitigation And Recovery |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 5/10/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass |
Amendments: | House Journal, February 18 House Journal, April 22 House Journal, April 22 House Journal, April 26 |
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HB22-1092 | Loans From Irrigation Districts To Landowners |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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An obligation or contract to borrow such money is exempt from the existing requirement that a contract purporting to bind the district to pay any sum in excess of $500,000 must be ratified by a majority of all the votes cast at a general or special election. Additionally, the district cannot assess landowners to raise money to fund the loans. A board may adopt rules concerning the issuance of loans to landowners.
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 4/12/2022 Governor Signed |
Amendments: | House Journal, February 25 House Journal, March 2 Senate Journal, March 18 |
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HB22-1097 | Dissolution Of Special Districts |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Summary: | Under current law, municipalities and regional service authorities are authorized to file an application for dissolution of a special district with the board of directors of the special district. The bill expands current law to authorize a board of county commissioners to file with the special district's board of directors an application for dissolution of the special district if the special district is wholly located in the boundaries of the county and to file jointly with another board of county commissioners a petition for dissolution of a special district located in 2 or more counties. The bill also expands current law to allow a board of county commissioners and a special district that is wholly within the county's boundaries and that has no financial obligations or outstanding debt to mutually consent to dissolution of the special district via a court order dissolving the special district without an election. Additionally, if more than 85% of the special district lies within one or more municipalities, the governing bodies of all such municipalities also must consent to dissolution via court order without an election. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 3/17/2022 Governor Signed |
Amendments: | House Journal, February 9 House Journal, February 11 |
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HB22-1151 | Turf Replacement Program |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Summary: | The bill requires the Colorado water conservation board (board) to develop a statewide program to provide financial incentives for the voluntary replacement of irrigated turf with water-wise landscaping (turf replacement program). The bill defines water-wise landscaping as a water- and plant-management practice that emphasizes using plants with lower water needs. Local governments, certain districts, Native American tribes, and nonprofit organizations with their own turf replacement programs may apply to the board for money to help finance their turf replacement programs. The board will contract with one or more third parties to administer one or more turf replacement programs in areas where local turf replacement programs do not exist. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 5/10/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass |
Amendments: | House Journal, March 1 House Journal, May 3 House Journal, May 3 |
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SB22-007 | Increase Wildfire Risk Mitigation Outreach Efforts |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Summary: | The working group shall consider how best to conduct enhanced wildfire awareness month outreach campaigns in 2023 and 2024, as well as other outreach efforts that inform and motivate residents in the WUI to engage in more wildfire risk mitigation. The working group's considerations also include how best to distribute educational resources and information and which methods of outreach are most effective in reaching the targeted audience. After considering feedback from the working group, and subject to available appropriations, the forest service shall implement an enhanced wildfire awareness month outreach campaign in conjunction with the DFPC and the USFS in 2023 and 2024, as well as other outreach efforts in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 state fiscal years. In implementing an enhanced wildfire awareness month outreach campaign and other outreach efforts, the forest service may, subject to available appropriations:
The bill requires the state forester to report to the wildfire matters review committee during the 2023 and 2024 legislative interims concerning the outreach efforts implemented pursuant to the bill, including the amount and use of money appropriated for outreach efforts and the impact of those efforts in increasing awareness of wildfire risk mitigation in the WUI. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 5/18/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House |
Amendments: | Senate Journal, February 3 Senate Journal, March 18 House Journal, May 5 House Journal, May 6 |
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SB22-013 | Boards And Commissions |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Summary: | The bill makes changes related to the requirements for various boards and commissions (boards).
The remaining sections of the bill make changes to statutory provisions governing various boards with appointed members, including:
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Status: | 2/25/2022 Governor Signed |
Amendments: | Senate Journal, January 28 Senate Journal, February 1 Senate Journal, February 1 Senate Journal, February 3 House Journal, February 17 |
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SB22-028 | Groundwater Compact Compliance Fund |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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Status: | 5/16/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House |
Amendments: | House Journal, April 21 House Journal, April 27 House Journal, April 27 |
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SB22-029 | Investment Water Speculation |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Summary: | On or after January 1, 2023, the state engineer or the state engineer's designee (state engineer) may investigate complaints of investment water speculation. If a purchaser holds, or by virtue of a proposed sale or transfer, will hold at least a minimum percent of the shares in a mutual ditch company, about which minimum percent the mutual ditch company must determine and notify the state engineer on or before December 31, 2022, there is a rebuttable presumption that the purchaser is engaged in investment water speculation. The state engineer may fine a purchaser up to $10,000 for a violation and require, for a period of up to 2 years after a fine has been imposed, that any sale or transfer of shares in a mutual ditch company to the purchaser be subject to approval by the state engineer. If the state engineer believes that a complaint is frivolous or was filed for the purpose of harassing a seller or purchaser, the state engineer may refer the matter to the attorney general's office for the attorney general or the attorney general's designee (attorney general) to investigate and, if the attorney general determines that enforcement is warranted, bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction alleging the complaint is frivolous or was filed for the purpose of harassment. If the attorney general prevails in the civil action, the court may fine a complainant up to $1,000, prohibit the complainant from filing any complaints alleging investment water speculation for up to one year, and grant attorney fees and court costs. Section 3 authorizes the attorney general to bring a civil action against a complainant if the state engineer refers the matter to the attorney general. |
Status: | 4/21/2022 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Lay Over Amended |
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SB22-030 | Expand Water Resources Review Committe To Include Agriculture |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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Status: | 3/30/2022 Governor Signed |
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SB22-114 | Fire Suppression Ponds Water Rights |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Summary: |
The designation of a pond as a fire suppression pond expires
Within 70 days after the state engineer designates a pond as a fire suppression pond, a holder of a decreed water right may file with the water clerk of the water division in which the fire suppression pond is located a petition for review of the state engineer's decision. Upon receiving a petition, a water judge must conduct a review of the state engineer's decision. A water judge may nullify the state engineer's designation of a pond as a fire suppression pond if, after considering the entire record, including any evidence of material injury, the judge finds that:
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 5/10/2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass |
Amendments: | Senate Journal, March 18 Senate Journal, March 30 Senate Journal, April 1 House Journal, May 2 House Journal, May 3 |
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SB22-115 | Clarifying Terms Related To Landowner Liability |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Summary: | The bill clarifies the meaning of terms related to landowner liability and declares that the Colorado court of appeals and supreme court decisions in Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood, Inc. v. Wagner should not be relied upon to the extent that those decisions determined:
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Status: | 4/7/2022 Governor Signed |
Amendments: | House Journal, March 10 House Journal, March 15 |
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