Colorado Cancer Drug Repository Act - repeal. The act repeals the "Colorado Cancer Drug Repository Act".(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
School district board of education - specific powers - sale and conveyance of district property - use restrictions. A board of education of a school district may include a use restriction on the sale, conveyance, lease, or rental of any district property that restricts the property from being used as a public or nonpublic school for any grade from preschool through the 12th grade only after providing public notice of its intent to include such restriction and after discussing the issue in public at a regularly scheduled meeting of the board of education of the school district.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Income tax- military service - reacquisition of residency. Under current law, an individual in active duty military service whose home of record is Colorado and whose state of residence is a state other than Colorado is allowed to reacquire residency in Colorado and not pay Colorado state income tax on his or her military income. The act creates a presumption that the individual acquired residence in a state other than Colorado if the individual was stationed in another state and provides certain documentation to demonstrate that the other state was the individual's residence. If an individual is presumed to have acquired a state of residence other than Colorado, the presumption may only be overcome with a preponderance of specific evidence that clearly establishes that the individual did not intend to change his or her residence to a state other than Colorado. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Distribution of student loan repayment information - public service employees. The act requires the department of personnel to develop and annually facilitate the distribution of informational materials to state employees concerning federal student loan repayment programs and loan forgiveness programs for which state employees may be eligible. The department of personnel may use existing federal informational materials, if available. The informational materials may be distributed by e-mail or through a regular mailing or communication to state employees. The department of personnel shall update the materials at least annually and facilitate the distribution of any updated materials. In addition, the department of personnel shall distribute the informational materials to: The department of education, for distribution to school district, charter school, institute charter school, and boards of cooperative services employees; The department of higher education, for distribution to employees at state institutions of higher education; The secretary of state, for dissemination to nonprofit public service organizations, as defined in the act, with encouragement for these organizations to distribute the informational materials to their employees; and The division of local government in the department of local affairs, for distribution to cities, counties, cities and counties, special districts, and other local government entities, with encouragement for those entities to distribute the informational materials to their employees.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Supplemental appropriation - department of corrections. The 2018 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of corrections. The general fund portion of the appropriation is increased. The 2017 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of corrections. The general fund portion of the appropriation is increased. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Supplemental appropriation - department of health care policy and financing. The 2018 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of health care policy and financing. The general fund, cash funds, and federal funds portions of the appropriation are increased and the reappropriated funds portion is decreased, resulting in an overall increase for the department. The 2017 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of health care policy and financing. The cash funds and federal funds portions of the appropriation are increased. Restrictions on funds for the department in the 2017-18 fiscal year for the payment of overexpenditures of line item appropriations are released in accordance with section 24-75-109 (4)(a). (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Educator licensure - requirements for out-of state applicants. The act removes amendments House Bill 18-1095, concerning educator licenses issued to military spouses, made to the educator licensing statute regarding the number of years a military spouse licensed in another state must teach continuously in order to apply for a professional teacher license or professional special services license in Colorado. House Bill 18-1130, concerning increasing the availability of qualified personnel who are licensed in another state to teach in public schools, amended statute to apply the same standards to all out-of-state applicants as apply to military spouses. The act removes the redundant and possibly confusing reference to military spouses in the professional teacher license statute and the professional special services license statute. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Capital development committee - appointments - chair and vice-chair elections. The act clarifies who makes the appointments of members from the senate and the house of representatives to serve on the capital development committee and clarifies that the chair and vice-chair elections are made at the first December meeting of the capital development committee held after the general election in each even-numbered year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
When taxpayers must pay taxes via electronic funds transfer - consistent approach - timing of deadlines - department of revenue. The act authorizes the executive director of the department of revenue (director) to require the remittance of severance taxes electronically and allows the department to promulgate rules governing such electronic payment. The act authorizes the director to require a taxpayer to remit sales taxes by electronic funds transfers at an earlier hour on the deadline day for making a return and paying the taxes due than taxpayers who remit sales taxes by other means. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
State auditor - access to records or other information for audits of specified entities that are not state agencies - criminal liability and penalties for willful and knowing premature disclosure of contents of such audits. Under current law, the state auditor (auditor) generally has access at all times to all of the books, accounts, reports, vouchers, or other records or information in any state department, institution, or agency that is the subject of a performance or financial audit the auditor conducts. The act extends the same authority to performance or financial audits the auditor conducts of: The Colorado new energy improvement district and the new energy improvement program; The use of money in the state historical fund that is used for the preservation and restoration of the cities of Central, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek; The health benefit exchange; and Community-centered boards. The authority of the auditor or his or her designated representative to access books, accounts, reports, vouchers, or other records or information provided in connection with the audit of the use of money in the state historical fund terminates on the date the final audit report is released by the legislative audit committee. Under current law, any state employee or other individual acting in an oversight role as a member of a state committee, board, or commission who willfully and knowingly discloses the contents of any report prepared by or at the direction of the auditor prior to the release of such report by a majority vote of the legislative audit committee is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine. The act extends the same criminal liability and penalty to any employee or other individual acting in an oversight role with respect to any audit of an entity, program, or use of money specified in the act. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Substance testing by department - repeal. The act repeals language requiring the department of public health and environment to test substances that any individual, person, firm, association, or other entity has held out to have value in the diagnosis, treatment, alleviation, or cure of cancer.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Capital construction - controlled maintenance - state architect - flexibility in administering payment of certain projects. The act grants the state architect, through the executive director of the department of personnel, flexibility in administering the payment of certain controlled maintenance projects from the proceeds of the lease-purchase agreements executed as required by Senate Bill 17-267, concerning the sustainability of rural Colorado.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
