The act modifies monthly financial reporting requirements for the department of transportation to:Require the department to include in the monthly report that it submits to the state controller: Sufficient financial information for the controller to complete a review of legal overexpenditures, any deficit fund balances, and a budget to actual report for all budget lines within the annual general appropriations act; and Any additional information that is deemed reasonable and necessary by the controller; and Require the department to submit a monthly budget report to the transportation commission of the expenditures made from each budget category and the unexpended and unencumbered balance of each budget subcategory and to make each report publicly available on the department's website.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act clarifies that it is unlawful to operate an off-highway vehicle on the public streets, roads, or highways of the state, regardless of the state or other jurisdiction in which the off-highway vehicle is registered or titled, except under certain existing exceptions.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Section 1 of the act changes the cross references to certain definitions related to bingo that were relocated as a result of Senate Bill 17-232. The statutory references were not correctly changed for purposes of the bingo equipment sales and use tax exemption. This section addresses that defect.Section 2 removes the words "low-emitting" from the description of a sales tax exemption because the exemption is no longer conditioned on the motor vehicle being "low-emitting".Section 3 corrects a missed conforming amendment. House Bill 20-1023 provided for the conditional repeal of section 39-26-105.3 to be effectively replaced with section 39-26-105.2. Section 39-26-204.5, a use tax statute, makes reference to section 39-26-105.2 but a conforming amendment to that section was not included in House Bill 20-1023. Section 3 adds the same conditional repeal to the use tax statute and provides the same hold harmless for retailers as is provided in section 39-26-105.2.Section 4 addresses an anachronism in the sales tax statutes by repealing section 39-26-110. That statute specifies that a retailer doing business in 2 or more locations in Colorado may file one return that will cover all business locations. This statute was added as part of the "Emergency Retail Sales Tax Act of 1935" and has not been amended since, only moved around. With the advent of home rule taxing jurisdictions that can collect and administer their own sales and use tax, it is no longer possible that retailers doing business in more than one location in Colorado can file only one return to report all sales and use taxes collected because the department of revenue no longer administers all sales and use taxes in the state.Section 5 addresses a defect in the sales tax statute by updating the statutory reference for the definition of "food" for purposes of a sales tax exemption for certain types of food. The definition of food is no longer located in 7 U.S.C. sec. 2012 (g). It is better to include a more general cross reference to all of 7 U.S.C. sec. 2012 instead of the specific subsection (g), which is now incorrect. A more general reference allows for later amendments to that section.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under existing law, a declaration made pursuant to the "Colorado Medical Treatment Decision Act" must be signed in the presence of 2 witnesses. The act permits the declaration to be witnessed, as described in existing law, or acknowledged before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.A donor may make an anatomical gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor. If the donor is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the donor and be witnessed by at least 2 adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness. The act permits the record of a person unable to sign to be witnessed, as described in existing law, or acknowledged before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act authorizes a person with a club license (licensee) that allows the sale of alcohol beverages by the drink to members of the club and their guests for consumption on the premises of the club to commingle any alcohol beverages purchased by the licensee for the purpose of a special event with alcohol beverages in the licensee's inventory.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act amends the composition of the Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative advisory board.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
With regard to the Colorado professional fire fighters special license plate, the act:Reduces from 20 years to 15 years the length of time an organization must be in existence to qualify to issue the license plate; and Specifies the evidence an organization is to submit to demonstrate compliance with the requirement that an organization have at least 3,000 members residing in Colorado.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act removes an unused definition of "agricultural compounds" and a redundant reference to a sales and use tax exemption for poultry and livestock. The act also reorganizes special fuel and farm equipment sales and use tax exemptions so that they are in the same location.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act specifies information and issues that public schools must teach in providing courses on civil government. The act directs the state board of education to review the state civics standards and update them as necessary to include the identified information and issues. The act encourages each school district and public school to partner with local service organizations to solicit donations to improve the quality of the civics education program. Donations may be used to pay the cost to develop a high-quality curriculum, invite speakers to interact with students, and provide students with opportunities for civics learning and engagement outside of the classroom.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under existing law, offenders sentenced to the youthful offender system are housed and serve their sentences in a facility separate from, and are not brought into daily physical contact with, inmates 25 years of age or older who are sentenced to the department of corrections who have not been sentenced to the youthful offender system. The act adds an exemption to that facility separation that permits youthful offenders to be housed in a youthful offender facility with inmates 25 years of age or older who are participating in a mentoring program; except that the exemption does not apply to inmates who have been convicted of a sex offense.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act implements the recommendation of the department of regulatory agencies in its sunset review and report on the "Laura Hershey Disability Support Act" by continuing the act for 5 years, until 2026. This continues the Colorado disability funding committee, which auctions motor vehicle license plate numbers to raise money to aid persons with disabilities in accessing disability benefits.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates the "Colorado Surrogacy Agreement Act" (act). The act:Establishes eligibility requirements for entering into surrogacy agreements (agreements) and required elements of agreements; Contains provisions governing the termination of agreements and the effect of a death or a change in marital status of any of the parties to such agreements; Authorizes court orders recognizing and enforcing agreements; Specifies the duties of persons under agreements; Authorizes court orders determining parentage; and Creates new definitions for agreements.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
