Current law requires a bank to use a certified or licensed appraiser when including property in its financial balance sheet unless the property is initially valued at $250,000 or less. The act deletes the dollar-value limit and changes the exemption to a value consistent with federal requirements and established pursuant to rules of the state banking board.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates the peace officer credibility disclosure notification committee (committee), which is required to create a statewide model for peace officer credibility disclosure notifications (statewide model) by December 1, 2021. The statewide model must include policies and procedures that law enforcement agencies and district attorneys' offices are required to adopt and implement on or before January 1, 2022.The statewide model's policies and procedures must include:The circumstances that trigger a law enforcement agency to promptly notify a district attorney if a peace officer's credibility is called into question by a sustained finding; The circumstances that trigger a law enforcement agency's obligation to notify a district attorney when a peace officer's credibility is called into question by a criminal or administrative investigation; A process for district attorneys to follow for receiving credibility disclosure notifications and maintaining a current record of all credibility disclosure notifications; and A process for district attorneys to timely notify a defense attorney or defendant of credibility disclosure notification records (records) and to remove any records when appropriate and lawful. The act requires district attorneys to review the statewide model's policies and procedures at least every 4 years to ensure compliance with controlling federal and state case law, as well as the Colorado rules of criminal procedure. The act also requires a district attorney to make available to the public the adopted policies and procedures on or before February 1, 2022.The act, subject to available appropriations, requires the P.O.S.T. board to create and maintain a database, in a searchable format to be published on its website, containing information related to a peace officer's actions that resulted in a credibility disclosure notification.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires the state treasurer to transfer to the capital construction fund any excess proceeds from the issuance of a lease-purchase agreement under Senate Bill 20-219, concerning the issuance of a lease-purchase agreement to fund the continuations of certain previously funded capital construction projects, that are initially credited to the emergency controlled maintenance account.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates the kidney disease prevention and education task force (task force) and makes an appropriation. The task force consists of members that are part of the general assembly and members that are not part of the general assembly. The task force's purpose is to evaluate and make recommendations to the general assembly about the detection, treatment, education, and awareness of kidney disease in Colorado.The task force has the following duties:To work with various entities to create kidney disease educational programs and increase overall awareness of kidney disease in Colorado; To examine chronic kidney disease, transplantation, donation, and the higher rates of affliction in minority populations; and To develop a plan to raise awareness about kidney disease in Colorado, which shall include an ongoing campaign that incorporates health workshops, preventative screenings, social media campaigns, and television and radio commercials. The task force is required to submit an initial and final report with its findings and recommendations to the department of health care and environment (department) by December 1, 2023, and August 31, 2026. The department is required to include the initial and final report of the task force as part of the department's presentation to its joint committees of reference at a hearing held pursuant to the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act".The department is required to select a Colorado medical center with a program dedicated to treating kidney disease to administer the task force. The task force is required to convene by November 1, 2021, and is required to meet at least 4 times every year. The task force is scheduled for sunset review and repeal on September 1, 2026.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires the executive director of the department of labor and employment (executive director), in partnership with the director of the division of unemployment insurance, the office of the governor, and either the new American advisor in the department or the director of the office of new Americans (ONA), if established, to study the feasibility of establishing a contract with a nonprofit, third-party entity to administer a wage replacement program for individuals who are unemployed through no fault of their own and who are ineligible for regular unemployment benefits due to their immigration status. The executive director and the new American advisor or director of the ONA are required to submit recommendations to the governor and to the senate business, labor, and technology committee and the house of representatives business affairs and labor committee.$75,000 is appropriated to the department of labor and employment for the wage replacement program study.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act defines "respite child care centers" and includes them in the overall definition of "child care center" for licensing purposes.For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, $14,092 is appropriated to the department of human services for use by the office of information technology services. This appropriation is from the general fund. To implement this act, the office may use this appropriation for Colorado trails.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires the department of education (department) to prepare an annual report on the number of pupils enrolled in public schools in the state and the total number of licensed school psychologists in the state employed by a school district, a board of cooperative services, or the state charter school institute who are reported as full-time equivalent employees. The report must state the number of pupils and licensed and employed school psychologists in total for the state, disaggregated by school district, board of cooperative services, and the state charter school institute.The act requires the department to make the report publicly available on its website no later than 30 days after its completion.The act appropriates $35,000 to the department to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under current law, the office of the child protection ombudsman (ombudsman) has a duty to receive complaints made by or on behalf of a child relating to the child protection system in order to investigate and seek resolution of the complaint. The act extends the scope of the ombudsman's duties to self-initiate impartial and independent investigations and ongoing reviews of the safety and well-being of unaccompanied immigrant children who live in a state-licensed residential child care facility (facility) and who are in the custody of the office of refugee resettlement of the federal department of health and human services. The ombudsman may seek resolution of such investigations and ongoing reviews by referring an investigation and ongoing review to the state department of human services (department) or the appropriate agency or entity and making a recommendation for action relating to the investigation and ongoing review of the facility. The ombudsman may request, review, and receive copies of information, records, or documents that the ombudsman deems necessary to conduct a thorough and independent investigation and ongoing review of the facility. The ombudsman shall report the results of the investigation and ongoing review in the ombudsman's annual report.The act requires the facility to notify the ombudsman and the department within 3 days after the arrival of an unaccompanied immigrant child.The act permits the department and the ombudsman to coordinate site visits to investigate and review a facility. The department and the ombudsman may share final reports based on their site visits.For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, $90,600 is appropriated from the general fund to the judicial department and provides 0.9 FTE for use by the office of the child protection ombudsman to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act directs the state auditor to contract with a public or private entity (contractor) to conduct a performance audit of the statewide system of standards and assessments and the statewide education accountability system. The act specifies the issues that the performance audit must address. By November 15, 2022, and following release by the legislative audit committee, the final report of the performance audit must be submitted to the commissioner of education, the state board of education, and the education committees of the general assembly.The act specifies the authority of the state auditor and the contractor to access nonfinancial records and information held by the department of education or held by public schools, school districts, boards of cooperative services, and the state charter school institute, if the records and information are not available from the department or from other sources.For the 2021-22 fiscal year, the act appropriates $300,000 from the general fund to the legislative department for use by the office of the state auditor and appropriates $52,000 from the general fund to the department of education to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act continues the necessary document program (program) indefinitely. Beginning January 1, 2032, and each 5 years thereafter, the department of public health and environment shall report to the general assembly the total number of necessary documents acquired on an annual basis and any significant technological changes or other developments that affect the need for, or operation of, the program.The act appropriates $250,000 to the department of public health and environment for use by the office of health equity to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates the technology risk prevention and response fund (fund) for the office of information technology (office). The act specifies that the fund consists of money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund.Fifty percent of the total balance of the fund is continuously appropriated to the office.The office may use the money in the fund for one-time costs associated with:Information technology emergencies; Ensuring compliance with the office's information technology standards and policies; or Preventing risk from certain information technology debt. The act also increases the amount of money that may be transferred between items of appropriation made to principal departments of state government and to the office of the governor, which includes the office of information technology.The act appropriates $2 million from the general fund to the fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act increases requirements for disclosure and transparency in the operations of unit owners' associations (HOAs) in common interest communities, including requiring an HOA to maintain and keep available to unit owners, as part of its official records:A list of the HOA's current fees chargeable upon sale of a home in the community; and Other information currently required to be disclosed annually under existing law, including financial statements, reserve fund balances, insurance policies, and meeting minutes. If access to the association records described above are not provided within 30 calendar days after a request was submitted by certified mail, the HOA is liable for a penalty of $50 per day for not providing them.Section 2 of the act adds specificity to the requirement that HOAs allow installation of renewable energy generation devices (e.g., solar panels) subject to reasonable aesthetic guidelines by requiring approval or denial of a completed application within 60 days and requiring approval if imposition of the aesthetic guidelines would result in more than a 10% reduction in efficiency or a 10% increase in price.Section 1 specifically includes nonvegetative turf grass (also known as artificial turf) among the types of drought-tolerant landscaping materials that the HOA may regulate but not prohibit in the backyard area of a unit. Section 3 adds a similar provision to a companion statute.The act does not apply to HOAs that include time-share units.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
