Joint Budget Committee. For the 2017-18 fiscal year, the bill transfers: $68,840,446 from the general fund to the capital construction fund; $19,855,515 from the general fund to the information technology capital account of the capital construction fund; $500,000 from the general fund exempt account of the general fund to the capital construction fund; $20 million from the general fund to the controlled maintenance trust fund; and $1 million from the preservation grant program account of the state historical fund to the capital construction fund to restore the windows and granite exterior of the state capitol building.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
The bill implements changes to the Colorado constitution approved by voters at the 2016 general election that make it more difficult to amend the state constitution by: Prohibiting a petition for an initiated state constitutional amendment to be submitted to voters for approval or rejection unless the petition is signed by the constitutionally specified number of registered electors who reside in each state senate district and total number of registered electors; and Requiring at least 55% of the votes cast on any state constitutional amendment to adopt the amendment; except that only a simple majority of the votes cast is necessary to adopt a state constitutional amendment that only repeals in whole or in part a provision of the state constitution. When a draft of a ballot issue that proposes a state constitutional amendment is filed with the title board, the title board must decide if the proposed constitutional amendment only repeals in whole or in part a provision of the state constitution for purposes of determining the required percentage of votes cast to adopt the amendment. The designated representatives of the proponents or any registered elector who is not satisfied with the title board's decision may appeal the decision by filing a motion for rehearing to the title board. Decisions of the title board at the rehearing on this issue may be directly appealed to the Colorado supreme court in the same manner as ballot title and fiscal impact abstract appeals. The bill requires the secretary of state to notify proponents of a petition for an initiated state constitutional amendment of the number and boundaries of the state senate districts in existence and the number of registered electors in each state senate district at the time the petition format is approved. The secretary of state must validate signatures on a petition for an initiated state constitutional amendment by random sampling. If the random sample establishes that the number of valid signatures is 90% or less of the total number of registered electors needed to declare the petition sufficient, the secretary of state is required to deem the petition to be not sufficient. If the random sample establishes that the number of valid signatures is more than 90% of the total number of registered electors needed to declare the petition sufficient, the secretary of state is required to order the examination of each signature filed. After the examination of a petition for an initiated constitutional amendment, the secretary of state is required to issue a statement as to whether a sufficient number of valid signatures from each state senate district and a sufficient total number of valid signatures appear to have been submitted to certify the petition to the ballot. If the secretary of state declares that the petition appears not to have either a sufficient number of valid signatures from each state senate district, a sufficient total number of valid signatures, or both, the secretary of state's statement shall specify the number of sufficient and insufficient signatures from each state senate district, the total number of sufficient or insufficient signatures, or both, as applicable. The bill allows the proponents of the petition to cure an insufficiency of signatures in one or more state senate districts, the total valid signatures, or both, as applicable. $4,120 is appropriated from the department of state cash fund for use by the department of state for personal services. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Committee on Legal Services. Current law directs the office of legislative legal services to study the organizational recodification of title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, which relates to professions and occupations. To implement the initial recommendations of the study, Section 1 of the bill relocates the statutes governing commercial driving schools to part 6 of article 2 of title 42. Sections 2 and 3 update the citations of other statutes to harmonize with the new locations. Section 4 repeals the moved statutes.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
The bill changes the definition of 'salvage vehicle' to add another test of when an insurer determines the vehicle to be a total loss. The bill also adds theft damage as an exclusion to the types of damage that can cause a vehicle to be a salvage vehicle. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
The bill requires a court to sentence a person convicted of a class 2 felony for human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude to the department of corrections for a term of at least the minimum of the presumptive range for a class 2 felony, which is 8 years. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Committee on Legal Services. Current law directs the office of legislative legal services to study the organizational recodification of title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, which relates to professions and occupations. To implement the initial recommendations of the study: Section 1 of the bill relocates article 44.5 of title 12, which imposes requirements and penalties pertaining to the sale or offering for sale of authentic Indian and other arts and crafts, to a new part 2 in article 15 of title 6 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, governing consumer and commercial affairs; Section 6 of the bill repeals the article in its previous location in title 12; and Sections 2 through 5 make conforming amendments.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Committee on Legal Services. Current law directs the Office of Legislative Legal Services to study the organizational recodification of title 12, Colorado Revised Statutes, which relates to professions and occupations. To implement the initial recommendations of the study, the bill relocates the following laws: Article 13 of title 12, pursuant to which the commissioner of financial services and the financial services board regulate life care institutions, to article 49 of title 11 ( section 1 of the bill); and Article 52 of title 12, pursuant to which the banking board and the state bank commissioner regulate money transmitters, to article 110 of title 11 ( sections 2 and 3 ). Section 13 repeals the articles where these laws were previously codified, and sections 5 through 12 make conforming amendments.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Joint Budget Committee. The bill requires the state treasurer to transfer $26.3 million from the state employee reserve fund to the general fund on July 1, 2017.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
The bill changes the name of the 'legislative oversight committee concerning the treatment of persons with mental illness in the criminal and juvenile justice systems' to the 'legislative oversight committee concerning the treatment of persons with mental health disorders in the criminal and juvenile justice systems'. The bill makes a corresponding change to the associated task force and cash fund. The bill also modernizes terminology related to mental health disorders. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Joint Budget Committee. The bill creates the technology advancement and emergency fund (fund) in the office of information technology (office). Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the office may expend money in the fund to cover one-time costs associated with emergency information technology expenditures, to address deferred maintenance of state agency information technology assets, and to provide additional services to address unforseen service demands. The bill specifies that if the office uses money in the fund to cover all or any portion of the cost of purchasing or refreshing an asset for a state agency, the asset becomes the property of the office. The office is required to submit an annual report to the joint budget committee and the joint technology committee, including specified information regarding expenditures from the fund. The bill directs the state treasurer to transfer $2 million to the fund on July 1, 2017, and on July 1, 2018. In addition, at the end of each fiscal year the state treasurer and the state controller shall transfer any unexpended or unencumbered appropriations that are the result of cost savings by the office to the newly created fund instead of the existing information technology revolving fund. The bill specifies that the fund is exempt from the limitation on uncommited reserves of a cash fund at the end of a fiscal year. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Joint Budget Committee. For the current state fiscal year and for the next 3 state fiscal years, the state treasurer is required to transfer money from the general fund to the capital construction fund and the highway users tax fund (Senate Bill 228 transfers). For the current fiscal year, the Senate Bill 228 transfers are fixed amounts and for the remaining years, they are a percentage of the total general fund revenues, that may be reduced or eliminated if the state has to refund excess state revenues in accordance with the taxpayer's bill of rights. The bill reduces the transfer to the highway users tax fund to be made for the current fiscal year on June 30, 2017, from $158 million to $79 million. The future conditional transfers to the highway users tax fund are replaced with the following fixed transfers: $79 million on June 30, 2018; $160 million on June 30, 2019; and $160 million on June 30, 2020. The future conditional transfers to the capital construction fund are replaced with the following fixed transfers: No transfer for the fiscal year 2017-18; $60 million on June 30, 2019; and $60 million on June 30, 2020. The bill also repeals provisions that relate to the conditional transfers. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Joint Budget Committee. For the fiscal year 2016-17, the bill reduces the statutorily required general fund reserve from 6.5% to 6% of the amount appropriated for expenditure from the general fund.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
