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| Bill:
HB14-1001
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| Title: |
Tax Credit For Prop Destroyed By A Natural Cause |
| Position | Amend | | Comment | met with Singer and Nicholson and requested bill be modeled after the Senior Homestead Exemption process. Sponsors agreed. Jim Everson worked on amendments and testified in House Finance. DPT worked with sponsors on amendments to address state-assessed properties and limit scope of reimbursement for business personal property to those items on a single schedule. Amended in House to require annual legislative appropriations prior to reimbursing county treasurers for taxpayer refunds/credits. Not immediate help for those in natural disaster because of need to go to GA every year but homeowners impacted by natural disaster are able to eventually get property tax relief for the entire year in which the disaster occurred. Donnah Moody testified in conference committee on last day that it would be extremely difficult to pro-rate the personal property after the date of the natural disaster since it is portable and self reported. Signed into law and effective May 17, 2014. | | Custom Summary | Beginning January 1, 2013, real or business personal property listed on a single schedule that was destroyed by a natural cause as established/reported by the assessor of the county in which the property is located will receive reimbursement from the state for the property tax liability for the destroyed property for the year in which it was destroyed. The county treasurer reports to the state treasurer who will reimburse from the state's general fund the amount of the tax liability forgiven for destroyed property. Amended in House to require an annual appropriation prior to authorizing the tax credit or refund. Amended in Senate to appropriate $2,221,828 from the controlled maintenance trust fund for FY beginning July 1, 2014 to fund reimbursement or credit to counties. Attempt in Senate to modify reimbursement to only the tax liability from the time that the property was destroyed. That amendment was stripped in conference committee and the Senate concurred with House position. | | House Sponsors | J. Singer (D) | | Senate Sponsors | J. Nicholson (D) | | House Committee | Finance | | Senate Committee | Finance | | Status | Governor Signed (05/17/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/12/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1020
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| Title: |
Combine County Assessor Reports On Taxable Prop |
| Position | Strongly Support | | Comment | Jim Everson testified in House Committee. Passed House 3rd on a unanimous vote. Rep. Fields, Hullinghorst, Kagan, and Labuda, added as co-sponsors.Passed with NO no votes in either chamber.
Signed into law and effective February 19, 2014. | | Custom Summary | County assessors annually submit 2 separate reports (one regarding taxable real property and the other regarding taxable personal property), on different dates, to their county boards of equalization. The bill requires both reports to be submitted simultaneously on or before each July 15 or, for counties that have elected to use an alternate protest and appeal procedure, on or before each September 15. | | House Sponsors | S. Lebsock (D) | | Senate Sponsors | D. Balmer (R)
J. Nicholson (D) | | House Committee | Finance | | Senate Committee | Local Government | | Status | Governor Signed (02/19/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/14/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1073
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| Title: |
Recording Of Deeds & Other Legal Documents |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | provides that a verification of death document may be filed with the county clerk in lieu of a death certificate in proceedings dealing with the real property of a deceased personThis bill was signed into law by the Governor on March 14, 2014 and takes effect July 1, 2014. | | Custom Summary | The bill amends several statutory provisions related to the recording of deeds and other legal documents by a county clerk and recorder. Specifically, the bill:
• changes the fee amount imposed by a county clerk for the registration of bonds issued by school districts;
• allows applications for a marriage or civil union license to be accessed as public records;
• allows abstractors and title insurance personnel to subscribe to receive bulk document filings from the county clerk on a basis other than annually;
• requires that all documents received for filing and recording by the county clerk be legible;
• clarifies when a document is considered to be received, accepted, and recorded by the county clerk and prescribes the processing steps that must be followed;
• exempts the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) from paying a recording fee when filing an order for the dissolution of a special district, if the special district has no funds
to pay the fee;
• provides that a verification of death document may be filed with the county clerk in lieu of a death certificate in proceedings dealing with the real property of a deceased
person;
• permits the county clerk to retain an original deed of trust if the release of the deed of trust is recorded electronically; and
• expands how county clerks may record the payment of documentary fees. | | House Sponsors | D. Pabon (D) | | Senate Sponsors | G. Rivera (R) | | House Committee | Finance | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Status | Governor Signed (03/14/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/21/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1074
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| Title: |
Allowable Expenses Renting Tax Exempt Property |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | Minor amendments allowing recovery of expenditures to increase energy efficiencies and to adhere to generally accepted accounting principles. Effective upon signature of Governor March 14, 2014 and pplies to property tax years starting January 1, 2014. | | Custom Summary | Real property that is owned and used by a nonprofit entity is
generally exempt from the levy and collection of property tax. The nonprofit owner is allowed to lease the property to another nonprofit entity without losing the exemption as long as the amount received by the owner does not exceed one dollar plus the reasonable expenses incurred in operating and maintaining the property. The bill specifies the following to be included as expenses incurred in operating and maintaining the property:
• Depreciation;
• Long-term maintenance expenses;
• Capital expenses dedicated to refurbishing the property;and
• Expenses incurred to allow the property to conserve energy, water, or other natural resources. | | House Sponsors | B. DelGrosso (R)
L. Court (D) | | Senate Sponsors | M. Johnston (D) | | House Committee | Finance | | Senate Committee | Finance | | Status | Governor Signed (03/14/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/11/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1101
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| Title: |
Community Solar Garden Bus Per Prop Tax Exemption |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | Sen. Schwartz clarified that it is her intent to require the owner of the community solar garden to report the amount of kwh attributable to residential and non-profit entities.
The fiscal note projects a decrease in property tax revenue that is NOT back filled by the state of $168,000 in 2015/16 and $405,000 in fy 2016/17.
CCI testified in favor of the bill and the only opposition was from the northern colorado legislative alliance.
Effective upon Governor's signature May 9, 2014, as long as no referendum petition is filed | | Custom Summary | For property tax years beginning January 1, 2015, the percentage of electricity generated by a community solar garden that is attributed to residential or governmental subscribers is exempt from the levy and collection of property taxes. | | House Sponsors | M. Tyler (D) | | Senate Sponsors | G. Schwartz (D) | | House Committee | Transportation & Energy | | Senate Committee | Finance | | Status | Governor Signed (05/09/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/16/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1143
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| Title: |
Residential Storage Condo Unit As Real Property |
| Position | Oppose | | Comment | CCI took a position of support for the bill on the premise that this tax break will encourage the growth of this industry. Special districts are opposed. Realtors support the bill and testified in favor in House LG Committee. Constitutionality question and accuracy of fiscal note. Polled membership and found 51 assessors opposed. Mark Chapin, Paul Jacobs, Jim Yellico, Gil Reyes, and John Zimmerman testified in opposition in House LG. PI'd House Appropriations 4/17/2014. | | Custom Summary | The bill establishes that a residential storage condominium unit is a residential improvement. This allows the unit to be assessed as residential real property, which currently has an assessment ratio of 7.96%, instead of as nonresidential property, which has an assessment ratio of 29%. Amendment in House Local Government to allow assessors to verify affidavit, require PTA to develop process for implementation, and added a requirement that the owner of the condo storage unit have a residence in Colorado
| | House Sponsors | L. Saine (R) | | Senate Sponsors | M. Hodge (D) | | House Committee | Local Government | | Senate Committee | | | Status | House Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely (04/17/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/02/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1150
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| Title: |
Federal Land Coordination |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | Motivation appeared to be federal mineral lease $. Would have required 2 additional FTE in DOLA. PI'd House Appropriations 2/21/14 | | Custom Summary | Creates the division of federal land coordination and charges the head of the department of local affairs with forming a federal land coordination task force to study certain federal land decisions. Based on task force findings, the chief coordinator may recommend that a local government receive a grant for research and analysis to form a coordinated response to a federal land decision. | | House Sponsors | R. Rankin (R) | | Senate Sponsors | E. Roberts (R) | | House Committee | Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources | | Senate Committee | | | Status | House Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely (02/21/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/30/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1164
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| Title: |
Nonpartisan Elections Not Coordinated Cnty Clerks |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | Determined that current process for verification of voter eligibility will not change and there will not be a new requirement for assessors. Effective upon signature by the Governor 2/18/14 | | Custom Summary | Page 40 of re engrossed bill, 2bII gives an elector who is not on the voter registration list the option of making a self affirmation statement or provide a certificate of registration issued on Election Day by the county clerk and recorder or a certificate of property ownership issued on Election Day by the county assessor. 3 an election judge shall promptly contact the county clerk and recorder or the county assessor for verification. 4 the self affirmation must be accepted in lieu of the verification of registration or property ownership unless the persons right to vote is successfully challenged. | | House Sponsors | D. Hullinghorst (D) | | Senate Sponsors | J. Ulibarri (D) | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Status | Governor Signed (02/18/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/30/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1177
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| Title: |
Meetings Bds Of Commners Larger Cnties |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | The bill was signed into law by the Governor on March 27, 2014 and takes effect August 6, 2014, assuming no referendum petition is filed. | | Custom Summary | Gives boards of county commissioners flexibility to have fewer than the number of meetings specified in statute | | House Sponsors | S. Swalm (R) | | Senate Sponsors | L. Tochtrop (D) | | House Committee | Local Government | | Senate Committee | Local Government | | Status | Governor Signed (03/27/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/22/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1193
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| Title: |
Research Retrieval Fees Public Records Under CORA |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | Introduced to allow only "nominal" fees be charged and limited hourly fees for research and retrieval of public records to three times the state minimum wage. Our concern was that a nominal standard is arbitrary and may result in litigation and that it would be cheaper for residents to file CORA requests than to pay the normal fee for copies and research of records. Jim Everson and Donnah met with Rep. Salazar and presented our concerns with the bill. We testified in committee with concerns and worked the bill in support of amendments. Senate President Morgan Carroll forced amendments. Amended in committee to raise the fee cap to 4 times the minimum wage and strike the reference to "nominal" standard which has been challenged in court cases. The bill takes effect July 1, 2014. | | Custom Summary | • requires that the first hour of research and retrieval for a CORA request be provided at no cost to the requester; and
• limits the fee that custodians may charge for research and retrieval of records beyond the first hour to $30 per hour, as adjusted for inflation every five years; and
• requires custodians to post fees and policies concerning research and retrieval of documents on the custodian's website or otherwise published in order to charge fees to requesters
| | House Sponsors | J. Salazar (D) | | Senate Sponsors | J. Kefalas (D) | | House Committee | Local Government | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Status | Governor Signed (05/02/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/01/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1223
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| Title: |
Reclassify Dolores County As Category V County |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | The bill was signed into law by the Governor on March 27, 2014, and takes effect August 6, 2014, assuming no referendum petition is filed, and only if the annual salaries of county officers are not increased by more than 10 percent pursuant to legislation enacted during the 2014 legislative session | | Custom Summary | For the purpose of establishing the salaries of officers, the counties of the state are divided into 6 categories. Currently, Dolores county is classified as a category VI county. The bill reclassifies Dolores county as a category V county. | | House Sponsors | D. Coram (R) | | Senate Sponsors | E. Roberts (R) | | House Committee | Local Government | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Status | Governor Signed (03/27/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/22/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1279
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| Title: |
Income Tax Credit For Business Personal Property |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | The bill takes effect August 6, 2014 if no referendum petition is filed. | | Custom Summary | Beginning January 1, 2015, for the next five income tax years, this bill, as amended by the House Appropriations Committee, creates a state income tax credit for businesses for the
amount of business personal property tax paid in Colorado. The credit is equal to the amount of business personal property tax paid, less the value of the tax benefit received by the taxpayer from deducting these taxes from his or her federal taxable income. This is accomplished by multiplying the amount of business personal property tax paid times 100 percent minus the taxpayer's federal marginal income tax rate minus the state's income tax rate of 4.63 percent. The credit is available in tax year 2015 only to businesses with $15,000 or less of personal
property, but this threshold is adjusted annually for inflation thereafter. The tax credit is refundable,meaning that any portion of the credit exceeding a taxpayer's income tax liability must be refunded to the taxpayer. To claim the credit, the taxpayer must submit a copy of his relevant property tax
statement for his business personal property to the Department of Revenue (DOR). | | House Sponsors | D. Primavera (D)
D. Young (D) | | Senate Sponsors | R. Heath (D)
M. Scheffel (R) | | House Committee | Business, Labor, Economic, & Workforce Development | | Senate Committee | Finance | | Status | Governor Signed (06/05/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/08/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1303
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| Title: |
Legislature Take Public Testimony Remote Locations |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | The bill takes effect August 6, 2014 if no referendum petition is filed | | Custom Summary | As amended by the State Affairs Committee, allows the LC Executive Committee to consider, recommend, and establish policies allowing legislative committees to take remote testimony from one or more locations in Colorado, to enter into agreements with state higher ed institutions and to provide a report to the GA by August 1, 2016. | | House Sponsors | R. Scott (R)
M. Ferrandino (D) | | Senate Sponsors | G. Schwartz (D) | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Status | Governor Signed (05/31/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/08/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1349
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| Title: |
Prop Tax Exempt Nonprofit Entity Fed Tax Credits |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | Effective on Governor's signature May 17, 2014, and applies to property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2014. | | Custom Summary | Under current law, with limited exceptions, to obtain an exemption from local property tax a property owner must be a non-profit entity and the property must be used for religious, charitable,or educational purposes. For property tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, this bill broadens the eligibility for an exemption to include property owned by a limited partnership, or limited liability corporation (LLC), the parties to which are eligible for certain federal tax credits. The partnership or LLC must have been formed for the purpose of obtaining these tax credits, and must have obtained the credits and the general partner or managing member of thepartnership
or LLC must be an entity that qualifies for an existing property tax exemption for charitable,religious, or educational purposes. Finally, the property must continue to be used for charitable,
religious, or educational purposes. The bill also repeals an existing statutory provision requiring entities that were formed to obtain certain federal tax credits, and claim a property tax exemption, to make a payment in lieu of property taxes (PILT) to affected school districts. | | House Sponsors | D. Hullinghorst (D)
B. DelGrosso (R) | | Senate Sponsors | R. Heath (D) | | House Committee | Finance | | Senate Committee | Finance | | Status | Governor Signed (05/17/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/16/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1371
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| Title: |
Wellhead Point Of Property Valuation & Taxation |
| Position | Neutral | | Comment | Late bill introduced April 10. Oil and gas bill proposed with no input from Assessors Association. Garfield County opposed. Assessors Association took neutral position. Prior to 2013, assessors were out of compliance with statutory requirements to allocate revenue among taxing districts. They had, instead, been taxing at the wellhead. Attempts to comply in 2013 had mixed results. Directional drilling complicates the issue, as well as significant changes in tax revenue to and among special districts. The bill takes effect August 6, 2014 if no referendum petition is filed | | Custom Summary | specifies that the location of the wellhead is the point of valuation and taxation for property tax purposes, rather than current statute that requires proportionate allocation over all special districts under which minerals are captured | | House Sponsors | D. Young (D) | | Senate Sponsors | K. Grantham (R) | | House Committee | Finance | | Senate Committee | Finance | | Status | Governor Became Law (06/06/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/02/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1373
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| Title: |
Senior & Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | The bill takes effect upon signature of the Governor on May 26, 2014. | | Custom Summary | This bill modifies the state's Homestead Exemption to extend its benefits to certain individuals who are not eligible under current law. Specifically, the bill permits the following owners
of residential property to claim the exemption in tax years starting on or after January 1, 2015:
• the owner or a surviving spouse who is displaced by a natural disaster that destroys their qualifying residence; and
• the surviving spouse who takes possession of the qualifying residence of a deceased disabled veteran. | | House Sponsors | S. Lebsock (D)
R. Scott (R) | | Senate Sponsors | L. Crowder (R)
R. Zenzinger (D) | | House Committee | Finance | | Senate Committee | Finance | | Status | Governor Signed (05/26/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/18/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1375
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| Title: |
Urban Redevelopment Fairness Act |
| Position | Support | | Comment | As introduced, would have required municipalities to invest a share of diverted sales tax revenue proportionate to the county share of diverted property tax revenue. The bill takes effect August 6, 2014 if no referendum petition is filed. The bill applies to certain urban renewal activities on or after January 1, 2015. | | Custom Summary | modifies the composition of an urban renewal authority to include county commissioner involvement, requires that excess funds be redistributed pro rata to other local taxing entities and requires a study of the positive and negative effects of tax increment financing (TIF) by urban renewal authorities by December 2014. (the 2014 URA TIF Report). | | House Sponsors | B. DelGrosso (R) | | Senate Sponsors | L. Tochtrop (D)
S. King (R) | | House Committee | Finance | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Status | Governor Vetoed (06/06/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/25/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1390
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| Title: |
Legal Standing Of Public Open Meetings Law |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | Effective upon signature of the Governor, or upon becoming law without his signature, and applies to meetings held on or after this date | | Custom Summary | This bill clarifies that any person denied, or threatened with denial, of any of the rights provided by the Open Meetings Law (OML) has legal standing to challenge the violation of the OML. | | House Sponsors | C. Duran (D)
B. Gardner (R) | | Senate Sponsors | G. Brophy (R)
R. Zenzinger (D) | | House Committee | Judiciary | | Senate Committee | Local Government | | Status | Governor Signed (06/06/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/17/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
SB14-009
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| Title: |
Disclose Separate Ownership Mineral Estate |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | Requires Real Estate Commission under DORA to promulgate rules no later than January 1, 2015. Signed into law by the Governor on March 27, 2014, and takes effect August 6, 2014, assuming no referendum petition is filed. | | Custom Summary | The bill requires a seller to disclose in the sale of real property that a separate mineral estate may subject the property to oil, gas, or mineral extraction. This requirement does not include a duty to investigate. Amended in Judiciary to encourage buyers to seek additional information some of which may be available at the COGCC. Clarified that there is no additional duty to investigate or disclose. | | House Sponsors | D. Moreno (D) | | Senate Sponsors | M. Hodge (D) | | House Committee | Transportation & Energy | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Status | Governor Signed (03/27/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/28/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
SB14-043
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| Title: |
Greenhouses & Nurseries Other Ag Prop |
| Position | Amend | | Comment | Met with bill sponsors who agreed to amend the bill so it aligns with existing statute, codifies the Welby Gardens case. JoAnn Groff clarified that this bill does not impact the marijuana industry positively or negatively. The existing treatment of recreational marijuana will remain; i.e., plants grown in the ground are taxed at the agricultural rate and those grown in greenhouses are valued as “other ag.” A different statute prevents medical marijuana from being classified as ag. Passed out of Senate Finance on a unanimous vote. Effective August 6, 2014 if no referendum petition is filed. | | Custom Summary | Beginning January 1, 2015, the bill includes within the property
tax category of all "other agricultural property" greenhouses, nurseries, or other horticultural or agricultural production areas used to grow food products or horticultural stock that originate above the ground. | | House Sponsors | K. Priola (R) | | Senate Sponsors | K. Grantham (R) | | House Committee | Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources | | Senate Committee | Finance | | Status | Governor Signed (03/20/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/05/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
SB14-063
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| Title: |
Mandatory Review Of State Agency Rules |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | The bill takes effect upon signature of the Governor, or upon becoming law without his signature. | | Custom Summary | The bill codifies an executive order of the governor on the review of executive branch agency rules. No later than January 1, 2015, and periodically thereafter each principal department in state government is required to review its existing rules to determine whether the rules should be continued in their current form, amended, or repealed, based on whether the rule is still needed, duplicative, implemented correctly, and whether a cost-benefit analysis of the rule has been done within the last five years.
the following: | | House Sponsors | A. Williams (D)
L. Saine (R) | | Senate Sponsors | V. Marble (R) | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Status | Governor Signed (03/27/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/27/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
SB14-065
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| Title: |
Ban On Pledging Bus Personal Property Tax Revenue |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Custom Summary | Beginning September 1, 2014, the bill prohibits a political
subdivision, which includes counties, municipalities, special districts, and school districts, from pledging any revenues from the property tax levied on business personal property for the payment of interest or principal owed on any type of bond or for the repayment of any other multiple-fiscal year debt or other obligation that requires voter approval. | | House Sponsors | C. Holbert (R) | | Senate Sponsors | T. Harvey (R) | | House Committee | | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (03/03/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/09/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
SB14-070
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| Title: |
Application CORA Assns Elected Officials |
| Position | Oppose | | Comment | Donnah testified on behalf of the Assessors and Public Trustees. Peg Ackerman testified on behalf of the sheriffs. Both worked the committee. CML testified in opposition to the bill for themselves and CCI. | | Custom Summary | The bill modifies the definition of public records under the
Colorado Open Records Act to include all writings made, maintained, or kept by a private association whose membership consists primarily of elected officials of one or more political subdivisions of the state or individuals holding a covered state office, as applicable, and that receives at least 10% of its revenues on an annual basis from public moneys. | | House Sponsors | | | Senate Sponsors | K. Lundberg (R) | | House Committee | | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | Status | Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (01/27/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/12/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
SB14-080
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| Title: |
Statutory Prop Valuation Arbitrator Qualifications |
| Position | Strongly Support | | Comment | Anne Schafer from Gilpin County testified on behalf of the Association in support of the bill. Passed out of committee unanimously and was placed on the consent calendar in the Senate. Received zero no votes in either chamber. Effective August 6, 2014 if no referendum petition is filed. | | Custom Summary | In addition to pursuing an appeal of the valuation of his or her
property through the county board of equalization or district court, a taxpayer may appeal by utilizing an arbitration process. In addition to any other criteria imposed by the board of county commissioners, current law requires arbitrators so utilized to:
• Possess experience in property taxation;
• Be licensed or certificated as an appraiser by the state
board of real estate appraisers in the division of real estate
in the department of regulatory agencies; and
• Be either an attorney licensed to practice law in the state,
an appraiser who is a member of the institute of real estate
appraisers, a former county assessor, a retired judge, or a
licensed real estate broker.
The bill repeals the third category of qualifications. | | House Sponsors | R. Fields (D) | | Senate Sponsors | K. Grantham (R) | | House Committee | Business, Labor, Economic, & Workforce Development | | Senate Committee | Business, Labor, & Technology | | Status | Governor Signed (03/27/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/04/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
SB14-083
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| Title: |
County Payment Of State Property Reappraisal Costs |
| Position | Support | | Comment | Bledsoe issue codifying current practice | | Custom Summary | When the statewide valuation for real and personal property tax assessment, contracted annually, indicates that an assessor has failed to properly appraise any class or classes of property consistent with state and constitutional law, the state board of equalization must order a reappraisal at the expense of the county. The state generally assists in the reappraisal and the county is required to reimburse all costs. The bill would exempt salaries and benefits of state employees from the definition of reimbursable expenses and allow the state to waive all costs if the county if the county submits and implements a plan to use the money saved to improve the functioning of the county assessor's office. | | House Sponsors | M. Ferrandino (D) | | Senate Sponsors | L. Crowder (R) | | House Committee | Local Government | | Senate Committee | Finance | | Status | Governor Signed (03/20/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/20/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
SB14-083
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| Title: |
County Payment Of State Property Reappraisal Costs |
| Position | Support | | Comment | Bledsoe issue codifying current practice | | Custom Summary | The bill allows the state board of equalization to waive the
requirement that a county reimburse the state for reappraisal costs if the county submits a plan to use the money saved to improve the functioning of the county assessor's office and implements the plan in a timely manner. The bill also clarifies that salaries and benefits paid to stateemployees who work on a reappraisal are not reimbursable state costs | | House Sponsors | M. Ferrandino (D) | | Senate Sponsors | L. Crowder (R) | | House Committee | Local Government | | Senate Committee | Finance | | Status | Governor Signed (03/20/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/20/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
SB14-089
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| Title: |
Prohibit State Agreements Payment In Lieu Of Tax |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | Governor vetoed March 28, 2014. | | Custom Summary | Capital Development Committee. As amended in Senate Finance the bill limits the circumstances under which the state may make a payment in lieu of taxes (PILT) for property that it owns or leases. It specifies that the state may not agree to make any form of payment in lieu of property taxes in connection with property that it owns or leases equal to the amount of property taxes payable by a non tax-exempt entity for such property,
unless specifically authorized by law. However, the state is permitted to enter into an agreement to mitigate some of the loss of property tax revenue resulting from the ownership such property. The state is exempt from property taxes. A PILT is a payment made by a tax exempt entity to compensate a local government or local taxing jurisdiction for some or all of the tax revenue that it loses because of the nature of the ownership or use of a particular piece of real property. Usually a PILT relates to property tax revenue. Use of PILTs by Department of Natural Resources. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Division (CPW) within the Department of Natural Resources acquires real property for the purpose of habitat protection and recreation. When CPW acquires property within the boundary of a
property-taxing subdivision of the state — such as a county — and that subdivision requests a PILT, CPW annually reimburses the county for any property taxes that it will not realize due to the state's tax-exempt status. These payments are specifi-cally authorized in current law and thus no change is anticipated under the bill. | | House Sponsors | R. Fischer (D) | | Senate Sponsors | G. Schwartz (D) | | House Committee | Finance | | Senate Committee | Finance | | Status | Governor Vetoed (03/28/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/03/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
SB14-117
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| Title: |
Reauthorize Regulation Real Estate Appraisers |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | Set up meeting with Marcia Waters and Mark Chapin, Jim Everson and Anne Shafer re: appraisers being investigated by BOREA for USPAP violations. Awaiting Governor's signature. | | Custom Summary | Last year's sunset review of BOREA failed to change the repeal date to reflect the legislative intent to extend the life of the
board, and accordingly, the regulation of real estate appraisers repealed on July 1, 2013. The bill corrects this oversight by changing the July 1, 2013, repeal date to September 1, 2022, and reauthorizing the regulation of real estate appraisers by the board of real estate appraisers in the department of
regulatory agencies. | | House Sponsors | R. Fischer (D) | | Senate Sponsors | C. Jahn (D) | | House Committee | Business, Labor, Economic, & Workforce Development | | Senate Committee | Business, Labor, & Technology | | Status | Governor Signed (06/06/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/30/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
SB14-140
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| Title: |
HOA No Lien Without Full CCIOA Applicability |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | PI'd March 3rd in Senate State Affairs. | | Custom Summary | Requires that, in order to establish or foreclose a lien for
assessments, a homeowners' association must be subject to the entire Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act. | | House Sponsors | | | Senate Sponsors | O. Hill (R) | | House Committee | | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (03/03/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/04/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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| Bill:
SB14-198
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| Title: |
Mineral Extraction Study Group |
| Position | Monitor | | Comment | PI'd Senate Ag. April 23. | | Custom Summary | Creates the mineral extraction study group to research and study matters relating to the imposition and allocation of the state severance tax and the distribution of federal mineral
leasing revenues. | | House Sponsors | | | Senate Sponsors | M. Hodge (D)
G. Schwartz (D) | | House Committee | | | Senate Committee | Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy | | Status | Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Postpone Indefinitely (04/23/2014) | | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/21/2014) | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | |
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