The bill repeals statutory provisions: Prohibiting the possession of certain ammunition magazines; and Requiring each of certain ammunition magazines that are manufactured in Colorado on or after July 1, 2013, to include a permanent stamp or marking indicating that the magazine was manufactured or assembled after July 1, 2013.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
The bill extends the right to use deadly force against an intruder under certain conditions to include owners, managers, and employees of a business. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
Sections 2 through 4 of the bill establish a licensure requirement for retailers who sell cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products (products). Beginning January 1, 2019, it is illegal for any person doing business in the state to sell or offer for sale products without first obtaining a license as a retailer from the division of liquor enforcement in the department of revenue (division). A retailer with more than one location is required to have a separate license for each location. The division will establish the license application and is required to grant a license to an applicant if it meets the statutory requirements. There is no fee for a license and the license is valid until it is surrendered or revoked. A retailer is required to conspicuously display the license. Section 1 permits money that is appropriated to the division from the tobacco education programs fund to be used for the licensure of retailers, and it increases the required annual appropriation from the fund from $300,000 to $1 million. Section 6 prohibits an entity from receiving a grant for tobacco education, prevention, and cessation if any money would be used to: Advocate for a local government to impose a license requirement, fee, or tax on a retailer or impose a tax on tobacco products in any manner; or Support a statewide ballot measure that would impose a local license requirement, fee, or tax on a retailer or impose any type of tax on cigarettes or tobacco products. An entity is likewise prohibited from using a grant award to supplant other money that is in turn used for these prohibited purposes. Any prior grant that was to be used for these prohibited purposes must instead be used for tobacco education, prevention, or cessation. Under current law, an amount equal to 27% of gross cigarette sales are distributed to cities and counties in the state, but to be eligible for this distribution a city and county must not impose a fee, license, or tax on any person as a condition for engaging in the business of selling cigarettes or impose a tax on cigarettes. Section 8 expands the condition for receiving state money to include the same prohibitions for other tobacco products and nicotine products and it establishes another condition that a local government must not ban any person from selling cigarettes, other tobacco products, or nicotine products for any period of time.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More
Section 9 of the bill requires the transportation commission (commission) to submit a ballot question to the voters of the state at the November 2018 statewide election which, if approved: Will require the executive director of the department of transportation (CDOT) to issue transportation revenue anticipation notes (TRANs) in a maximum principal amount of $3.5 billion and with a maximum repayment cost of $5 billion; and Will, in conjunction with sections 3, 4, and 7, repeal current law, enacted by Senate Bill 17-267, that requires the state treasurer to execute lease-purchase agreements of up to $1.88 billion for the purpose of funding high-priority qualified federal aid transportation projects. The executive director must issue at least one-third of the TRANs within one year of the date of the official declaration of the vote on the ballot issue by the governor, issue at least two-thirds of the TRANs within 2 years of that date, and issue all of the TRANs within 3 years of that date. The additional TRANs must have a maximum repayment term of 20 years, and the certificate, trust indenture, or other instrument authorizing their issuance must provide that the state may pay them in full before the end of the specified payment term without penalty. TRANs must otherwise generally be issued subject to the same requirements as the TRANs issued in 1999; except that the commission must pledge to annually allocate from legally available money under its control any money needed for payment of TRANs until the TRANs are fully repaid. Section 10 requires TRANs net proceeds not otherwise pledged for TRANs payments to be credited to the state highway fund and expended by CDOT only for qualified federal aid highway projects as described in section 6. CDOT may expend no more than 10% of the net proceeds for the administration and engineering of the projects being funded with the net proceeds. On and after July 1, 2018, section 5 requires 7.5% of state sales and use tax net revenue to be credited to the state highway fund and used first to make TRANs payments. Section 6 requires state sales and use tax net revenue credited to the state highway fund that is not expended to make TRANs payments to be expended only for maintenance of qualified federal aid highways and requires TRANs net proceeds credited to the state highway fund to be expended only for qualified federal aid highway projects included in the strategic transportation project investment program of CDOT and designated for tier 1 funding as 10-year development program projects on CDOT's development program project list. If the voters of the state approve the issuance of TRANs, CDOT is required to ensure that construction of one-third of the projects commences within one year of the date of the official declaration of the vote on the ballot issue by the governor, to ensure that construction of two-thirds of the projects commences within 2 years of that date, and ensure that construction of all of the projects commences within 3 years of that date. Section 7 requires CDOT to include specified information about the state sales and use tax net revenue and TRANs net proceeds in its annual report to the senate transportation committee and the house transportation and energy committee. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
The bill repeals the 'Architectural Paint Stewardship Act', which act requires architectural paint producers to create paint stewardship programs for the recycling of architectural paint and to fund the paint stewardship programs by charging assessments on retailers and distributors, who are then required to add the amount of the assessments to the purchase price of containers of architectural paint sold in Colorado. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
Under current law, if a school district board of education (local school board) denies an application for a charter school or revokes or refuses to renew an existing charter, the charter applicant or charter school can appeal the decision to the state board of education (state board). If the state board remands the decision for reconsideration and the local school board confirms its prior decision, the charter applicant or charter school can appeal to the state board again, and the state board may order the local school board to grant the charter application or to reinstate or renew the existing charter. The bill removes the second appeal for denial of a charter application or the revocation or nonrenewal of an existing charter. If a charter applicant or charter school appeals a local school board's decision to deny an application or revoke or not renew an existing charter, the state board may remand the decision to the local school board for reconsideration, but the local school board's decision upon remand is final and not subject to further appeal. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
With certain exceptions, current law limits the authority of a person who holds a valid permit to carry a concealed handgun by prohibiting a permit holder from carrying a concealed handgun on public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school grounds. The bill removes this limitation. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
The bill amends the "Life and Health Insurance Protection Association Act" as follows: Adds health maintenance organizations (HMOs) as members of the association and subjects HMOs to assessments from the association; Allocates responsibility for long-term care insurance assessments between health insurance and life insurance association members; and Requires member insurers that write health benefit plans in Colorado to collect a fee of up to $2 per month from each certificate holder, policyholder, or contract holder for each certificate, policy, or contract the member insurer issues, to be deposited into a fund for the purpose of defraying the costs of a health insurer insolvency.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
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The bill allows a pharmaceutical manufacturer or its representative to promote the off-label use of a prescription drug, biological product, or device approved by the United States food and drug administration. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
The bill amends the criminal act of hazing to include emotional and psychological, as well as physical, harm. The bill also extends the crime of hazing to actions involving adult organizations and those actions that occur on public or private property. An affirmative defense is added that provides a means for a person who is charged with hazing to attempt to prove that he or she was, at the time of the offense, also a victim of hazing and as such was forced to commit the activity that constituted hazing of another individual.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
The department is required to study and address gaps in suicide prevention issues and to collaborate with other offices and the community to evaluate best practices for suicide prevention and intervention and opioid abuse issues. The department is required to report findings to the general assembly. The bill requires the department of public health and environment (department) to work with Colorado hospitals to evaluate the Colorado suicide prevention plan. The department is also required to develop a health authorization release form to improve communication between behavioral health professionals regarding the person giving consent. A health care facility is required to have a plan for individuals transitioning from inpatient to outpatient care. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
