Seed potato act - advisory committee - continuation under sunset law. The act implements the following recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies' 2018 sunset review and report on the "Colorado Seed Potato Act" and the seed potato advisory committee by: Extending the committee indefinitely, subject to review under the act in 2028; Replacing a member of the committee who is an employee of the department of agriculture with a member who is a potato grower who does not grow seed potatoes, with a preference for a potato grower with an operation in the western slope region of the state, but only when commercial cultivation begins in the western slope region; Repealing a requirement that one member of the committee who represents the Colorado Certified Potato Growers Association be the association's sitting president; and Repealing a provision that sets and staggers the initial terms of the members of the committee.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
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The bill states that food is misbranded as "meat" or a cut of meat if it does not come from animals and that lab-grown meat is misbranded as "meat" or a cut of meat unless these terms are not modified by "lab-grown" or "artificially cultured".(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More
Beginning with the third quarter of the 2020-21 state fiscal year, the concurrent resolution allows the transfer of available net proceeds minus any money required to pay bonds issued by law by the Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) trust fund board of every state-supervised lottery game operated under the authority of section 2 of article XVIII of the state constitution to the state education fund.(Note: This summary applies to this concurrent resolution as introduced.) Read More
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For income tax years commencing on and after January 1, 2019, the bill: Reduces both the individual and the corporate state income tax rate from 4.63% to 4.49%; and Reduces the state alternative minimum tax by 0.14%.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More
The bill requires an executive agency with rule-making authority to obtain additional statutory rule-making authority to amend or reinterpret an existing rule unless the rule is amended or reinterpreted based on: The rule's expiration or pending expiration as a result of its inclusion in the annual rule review bill; or A determination that the existing rule has been rendered unconstitutional or otherwise in contravention of the law based on a court decision or changes made to state or federal statutes, federal regulations, or the state or federal constitution. Any rule that an agency promulgates or reinterprets without complying with the requirement to obtain additional statutory rule-making authority is void. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More
Current law requires motor vehicles having an empty weight of 16,000 or more pounds or a motor vehicle that weighs 26,001 or more pounds fully loaded to clear a port of entry within 5 miles of its route. The bill exempts motor vehicles hauling trailers used primarily for agricultural commodities, including livestock. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More
The bill prohibits members of the sex offender management board (board) from receiving a direct financial benefit from the standards or guidelines adopted by the board. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
Capital Development Committee. The bill clarifies that for any capital construction project that is the subject of a lease-purchase agreement, the one percent of the total construction costs that is required to be used for the acquisition of works of art is calculated on the state-funded portion of the total construction costs and not on the total construction costs.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
Sunset Process - House Transportation and Energy Committee. The bill implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies in its sunset review of the conservation easement oversight commission by extending the repeal date of the commission for 7 years until 2025 (Recommendation 2). The bill modifies the composition of the commission. The bill creates the division of conservation as a type 2 entity in the department of regulatory agencies and moves the existing conservation easement oversight commission, the program to certify conservation easement holders, and the program to certify conservation easement tax credit certificates to the new division.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More