Statutory Revision Committee. Pursuant to section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), Colorado Revised Statutes, any report that is required to be made to the general assembly by an executive agency or the judicial branch on a periodic basis expires on the day after the third anniversary of the date on which the first report was due unless the general assembly, acting by bill, continues the requirement. The bill addresses reporting requirements of the department of labor and employment. Section 1 of the bill continues a reporting requirement indefinitely. Section 2 of the bill adds a repeal date in the organic statute that coincides with the scheduled repeal date specified in section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I).(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
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Joint Budget Committee. The state historical society operates a state museum and a number of separate community museums throughout the state. Revenues generated by the community museums are currently deposited in the enterprise services cash fund, which is appropriated for the costs of carrying out the general activities of the historical society. The bill deposits revenues from the community museums in a new community museums cash fund which would be appropriated specifically for the activities of the community museums.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Currently, a person who is not lawfully present in the United States may obtain a driver's license or identification card if certain requirements are met. One of the requirements is that the person present a taxpayer identification card. The bill allows a social security number to also meet this requirement. The bill also allows the license or identification card to be reissued or renewed in accordance with the process used for other licenses and identification cards. $216,000 is appropriated to the department of revenue from the licensing services cash fund to implement the bill. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
The bill prohibits a contract between a carrier and a dentist from requiring a dentist to provide services to a covered person at a fee set by, or subject to the approval of, the carrier unless: The services are covered services under the person's policy; and The carrier provides payment for the service under the person's policy in an amount that is reasonable and not nominal or de minimis. The bill authorizes a dentist to charge a covered person for noncovered items or services in any amount determined by the dentist and agreed to by the patient if the amount is equal to, or less than, the usual and customary amount that the dentist charges individuals who are not enrolled for such items and services. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Beginning on the effective date of the bill, the bill creates a state sales and use tax exemption for a historic aircraft that is on loan for public display, demonstration, educational, or museum promotional purposes (public display) in the state if: The historic aircraft is on loan for public display to a publicly owned or nonprofit museum in the state; The historic aircraft will be used only for public display while within the state but away from the museum to which the historic aircraft is on loan; and The museum to which the historic aircraft is on loan for public display is open to the public for at least 20 hours every week.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Statutory Revision Committee. Section 15-16-919 (2)(j)(I) of the 'Colorado Uniform Trust Decanting Act' refers to a second trust when discussing the decanting power of an authorized fiduciary. This conflicts with the uniform law commission's corrected version of the 'Colorado Uniform Trust Decanting Act'. The bill changes one reference to the second trust to the first trust. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Under current law, a person born in Colorado who seeks a new birth certificate from the registrar of vital statistics (state registrar) to reflect a change in gender designation must obtain a court order indicating that the sex of the person has been changed by surgical procedure and ordering that the gender designation on the birth certificate be amended, and the person must obtain a court order with a legal name change. The bill repeals that provision and creates new requirements for the issuance of birth certificates in cases of changes to gender designation. Under the bill, known as the '2017 Birth Certificate Modernization Act', the state registrar shall issue a new birth certificate with a different gender designation to a person who was born in this state when the state registrar receives: A written request from the person or the person's legal representative requesting a new birth certificate with a gender designation that differs from the gender designated on the person's original birth certificate; and A statement from a medical or mental health care provider licensed in good standing stating that the person has undergone treatment appropriate for that person for the purpose of gender transition or stating that the person has an intersex condition, and that in the provider's professional opinion the person's gender designation should be changed accordingly. The bill requires that the state registrar issue a new birth certificate rather than an amended birth certificate. The bill allows a person who has previously obtained an amended birth certificate under previous versions of the law to apply to receive a new birth certificate. A person is not required to obtain a court order for a legal name change in order to obtain a new birth certificate with a change in gender designation. The bill creates a process for a person to update the person's name on a birth certificate at other times than the issuance of the new birth certificate. The state registrar is prohibited from requesting additional medical information but is authorized to contact the medical or mental health provider to verify the provider's statement. The courts in this state are given jurisdiction to issue a decree to amend a birth certificate to reflect a change in gender designation for certain persons if the law in another state or foreign jurisdiction requires a court decree in order to amend a birth certificate to reflect a change in gender designation. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Under existing law, the department of education (department) considers the performance of each school district and the state charter school institute (institute) on specified indicators when assigning accreditation categories. The bill creates a new performance indicator that measures the improvement achieved over the preceding 4 school years by a public school, school district, the state charter school institute, and the state as a whole in student scores on state assessments and in closing the achievement and growth gaps. The bill directs the state board of education (state board) and the department to place the greatest emphasis on the academic growth performance indicator when determining the appropriate accreditation category for each school district and the institute. Under existing law, the department may recommend that the state board remove a school district's or the institute's accreditation if the school district or institute is accredited with turnaround plan and fails to make substantial progress under the turnaround plan or the school district or institute is accredited with priority improvement plan or lower for 5 consecutive school years. If the state board removes accreditation, it specifies the corrective actions the school district or institute must take to be accredited again. The bill repeals the authority to remove a school district's or the institute's accreditation based on performance under a priority improvement or turnaround plan. If a school district or the institute fails to make substantial progress under a priority improvement or turnaround plan and is accredited with priority improvement plan or lower for 5 consecutive school years, the commissioner of education must assign the state review panel to critically evaluate the school district's or institute's performance and recommend one or more corrective actions. The state board must specify the corrective actions the school district or institute must take. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)