The act repeals the requirement for a defendant to pay to the Colorado bureau of investigation (bureau) any costs related to sealing the defendant's criminal justice records in the bureau's custody. The act requires the bureau to, on or before June 30, 2026, waive the costs for a person whose records are in the bureau's custody but are not yet sealed. The act reduces a cash fund appropriation made in the general appropriation act for the 2024-25 state fiscal year to the department of public safety (department) for the bureau's biometric identification and records unit by $159,220. The act appropriates $441,529 to the department for the bureau's biometric identification and records unit. APPROVED by Governor May 15, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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Maddy summaryThis bill establishes a system for courts in Colorado to officially store and preserve wills that individuals voluntarily submit for safekeeping. It requires court clerks to keep these documents for a specific period, creating a permanent electronic record if the original is destroyed after the retention time expires. The law also updates probate procedures to recognize these court-stored electronic records as valid proof of a will, ensuring they can be used to settle estates without needing the original physical document.
The bill creates a legislative interim committee (committee) to study cell phone connectivity in the state and make legislative recommendations concerning how to improve cell phone connectivity. The committee consists of 6 voting members of the general assembly and 6 nonvoting members, including 4 members of the cell phone industry, a representative of the department of transportation, and a representative of the department of public safety. The committee must begin meeting no later than September 30, 2024, and may hold up to 6 meetings in the 2024 legislative interim and up to 6 meetings in the 2025 legislative interim. During each legislative interim, the committee may recommend up to 3 bills. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill creates a new refundable tax credit to be claimed in tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2036. The credit may be claimed for certain costs related to the conversion of a commercial structure to a residential structure. In order to claim the credit, a person must submit an application, a conversion plan, and an estimate of the qualified conversion expenditures under the conversion plan (documents) to the governor's office of economic development (office). Within 90 days of receiving documents, the office shall review the documents, determine whether to reserve a tax credit for the applicant, and provide written notice to an applicant for whom the office determines to reserve a tax credit. The office may not reserve a tax credit in excess of $3 million for any one project and may not reserve more than $5 million of tax credits during any calendar year. If the office reserves less than $5 million in a calendar year, the office may reserve a total of $5 million plus the amount less than $5 million that the office did not reserve in the previous calendar year. An applicant for whom the office reserves a tax credit shall commence a conversion plan and incur 20% or more of the estimated qualified conversion expenditures (expenditures) within 18 months of receiving notice from the office that it is reserving a tax credit for the applicant. Such an applicant shall place in service the conversion set forth in a conversion plan on or before December 31, 2035. After an applicant has placed a conversion in service, the applicant shall notify the office and provide the office with documentation of the applicant's certification of the expenditures and a certified public accountant's review of the expenditures. Within 90 days of receiving this documentation, the office shall review this documentation and issue a tax credit certificate to the applicant in an amount equal to 25% of the expenditures. If, as of the last day of any taxable year within 15 taxable years from when the applicant placed a conversion in service, the structure that is the subject of the conversion plan is not a qualified residential structure, the qualified applicant shall add the full amount of the credit to its return as a recaptured credit for that taxable year. The bill requires the office, in consultation with the department of revenue, to submit an annual report to the general assembly on the impact of the tax credit and to promulgate any policies and procedures necessary to implement the tax credit. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Currently, an individual aged 17 years or younger (minor) is liable to the state for income tax on earned income. The bill allows a subtraction from federal taxable income of an amount equal to the earned income of a minor. An employer is not required to deduct income tax from the wages of a minor. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
For income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2024, but before January 1, 2026, the bill allows a refundable state income tax credit, which is intended to offset the various expenses that licensed teachers often incur throughout an academic year for classroom supplies, professional development costs, supplemental educational materials, field trips, and other items that improve the quality of the educational services that they provide, to a licensed teacher who is employed as a teacher in a public school on a full-time basis for at least one-half of an academic year (eligible teacher) during the income tax year for which the credit is claimed. The amount of the credit is $1,000 for an eligible teacher who is employed for the equivalent of an entire academic year and $500 for a teacher who is employed for one-half of an academic year. Two eligible teachers who file a joint income tax return may each claim the credit.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Section 1 of the bill creates an online database managed by the department of personnel that includes information on all grant opportunities that are funded by state money or administered by the state. The database must be created by December 31, 2025, and reviewed and updated on an annual basis. Section 2 creates the grant assistance to rural communities program. This program, administered by the department of local affairs, provides assistance in accessing state grants to entities in rural communities, which are defined as counties with populations of fewer than 25,000 residents and municipalities with populations of fewer than 10,000 residents that do not border another municipality with a population of 10,000 residents or more. The bill directs the department to designate at least one full-time equivalent employee, who resides in a rural community or whose principal place of employment is in a rural community, to implement the program.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Based on the findings and recommendations of the committee on legal services, the act extends all state agency rules that were adopted or amended on or after November 1, 2022, and before November 1, 2023, with the exception of certain rules of the following agencies, as specifically listed in the act: The rule of the state board of education concerning rules for the development, expansion, implementation, and management of the regional service areas; The rule of the medical services board concerning inpatient payment rates for opioid antagonist; The rules of the executive director of the department of revenue concerning the wildfire mitigation measures income tax subtraction; and The rules of the executive director of the department of revenue concerning the wildfire mitigation measures income tax credit. Those specified rules will expire as scheduled in the "State Administrative Procedure Act" on May 15, 2024, on the grounds that the rules conflict with statute. APPROVED by Governor May 10, 2024 EFFECTIVE May 10, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Colorado Commission on Uniform State Laws. The bill repeals the "Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act" and enacts the "Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act", drafted by the uniform law commission. The bill provides guidance for guardians and conservators and clarifies how appointees must make decisions on behalf of a person under guardianship or conservatorship. The bill encourages the use of protective arrangements and less restrictive alternatives instead of conservatorship or guardianship if a person's needs can be met with support services and technology. The bill expands the procedural rights for respondents to ensure that guardianships and conservatorships are only imposed when necessary. The bill provides for expanded monitoring of guardians and conservators to ensure compliance with fiduciary duties and prevent exploitation. The bill provides for visitation and communication rights for individuals subject to guardianship or conservatorship. This includes a limitation on a guardian's ability to prevent communication, visitation, or interactions between a person subject to guardianship and a third party. The bill provides for protections to prevent exploitation of vulnerable individuals by allowing the court to restrict access to the respondent or the respondent's property by a specified person without imposing a guardianship or conservatorship. The bill prohibits courts from establishing full guardianship or conservatorship if a limited guardianship or conservatorship would meet the respondent's needs, requires a petitioner seeking full guardianship or conservatorship to provide support to justify full guardianship or conservatorship, and requires courts to provide findings to support the imposition of full guardianship or conservatorship. The bill updates provisions concerning minors subject to guardianship and provides for involvement of a minor in decisions that involve the minor. The bill provides guidance for property management for individuals subject to guardianship. The bill contains model forms for petitioners and respondents to use when filing petitions and notice with the court. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Colorado Commission on Uniform State Laws. The bill enacts the "Uniform Consumer Debt Default Judgments Act" (act), drafted by the uniform law commission. The act requires that for a default judgment to be entered on a claim for a consumer debt, certain information must be contained in the complaint or amended complaint, including language notifying the debtor of the debtor's rights and obligations.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)