Sen. Chris Holbert

The bill clarifies that a person with a disability obtains a temporary instruction permit for driving using the normal procedures and requirements, but modified as necessary because of the disability. This includes a clarification that the instruction permit expires after 3 years. The bill also requires that the department of revenue make a reasonable effort to ensure that confidential driver's records are not visible or accessible to the public and protect the contents against inadvertent disclosure. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Current law allows nonadmitted insurers to offer only property and casualty insurance as types of surplus lines insurance. The bill: Defines 'disability insurance' as insurance that is in excess of policy limits available from an admitted insurer, provides income replacement to an insured who becomes an individual with a disability while covered by a policy, and does not provide coverage for the diagnosis or treatment of an insured's disability; and Allows nonadmitted insurers to offer disability insurance as a type of surplus lines insurance.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

The bill allows a taxpayer that makes a capital investment in an enterprise data center operation in the state of a specified dollar amount within a consecutive 5-year period to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the office of economic development to transition to a different apportionment method for apportioning the income of the taxpayer. The memorandum of understanding must describe the amount of the capital investment and any other investments or actions on the part of the taxpayer that will support the economic development of the state. The bill specifies that a transition schedule must be included in the memorandum of understanding. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Committee on Cost-benefit Analysis of Legalized Marijuana in Colorado. The bill directs the department of education (department): By July 1, 2017, to create and maintain a resource bank, to be known as the 'Jack Splitt Memorial Resource Bank' (resource bank), for public schools to use without charge, that consists of materials and curricula pertaining to marijuana use; and Upon request of a public school, to provide technical assistance in designing age-appropriate curricula on marijuana use. The bill authorizes the department to contract for the maintenance of the resource bank and the development of the curricula and directs the department to solicit input from persons within and outside of the marijuana industry. After the resource bank and curricula are available, school districts, charter schools, and boards of cooperative services are encouraged to report to the department the effectiveness of them and recommendations for changes. The bill authorizes resource bank expenses to be paid from the marijuana tax cash fund. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Under current, law a driver who fails to exhibit due care and caution when approaching or passing a stationary emergency vehicle or towing carrier vehicle commits careless driving, which is a class A traffic offense. The bill adds stationary public utility service vehicles to the statute. The bill increases the penalty to a class 1 misdemeanor if the driver's actions are the proximate cause of bodily injury to another person and to a class 6 felony if the actions are the proximate cause of the death of another person. The short title of the bill is the 'Move Over for Cody Act'. (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 laws related to debt management and collection services from articles 14, 14.1, 14.3, and 14.5 of title 12. Specifically: Section 1 of the bill relocates the 'Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act' to a new article 16 in title 5; Section 2 of the bill relocates the 'Colorado Child Support Collection Consumer Protection Act' to a new article 17 in title 5; Section 3 of the bill relocates the 'Colorado Consumer Credit Reporting Act' to a new article 18 in title 5; Section 4 of the bill relocates the 'Colorado Credit Services Organization Act' and the 'Uniform Debt-Management Services Act' to a new article 19 in title 5; Sections 5 through 24 of the bill make conforming amendments; and Section 25 of the bill repeals articles 14, 14.1, 14.3, and 14.5 of title 12.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

The bill removes the authority of a board of education of a school district, a charter school, an institute charter school, and a school operated by a board of cooperative services (local education provider) to withhold records required for enrollment in another school or institution of higher education or a student's grades, transcripts, or diploma for failure to pay any fine or fee assessed by the local education provider, to return or replace textbooks or library resources, or to return other school property. The local education provider shall make reasonable efforts to obtain payment of an assessed fee or fine or payment for lost or damaged textbooks, library resources, or other school property. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)