The following requirements are repealed, as they are duplicative of an annually required inventory of unused state-owned real property prepared by the department of personnel: The requirement that each state agency and state institution of higher education annually submit to the capital development committee (committee) a list of all nondeveloped real property owned by or under the control of the agency or institution (nondeveloped real property list); The requirement that the committee include the information from the nondeveloped real property list in an annual report; and The requirement that the division of housing within the department of local affairs post a link to the report on the division's website. APPROVED by Governor April 19, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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Each county in the state is categorized for purposes of establishing the salaries of elected officers in the county. The statutory salary amounts are adjusted every 2 years for inflation and take effect for terms commencing after any change is made. The act modifies the categories of 4 counties, which will result in accompanying percentage increases in salaries as follows: Fremont county changes from category II-C to category II-B, resulting in a 9.1% increase for commissioners, treasurers, assessors, clerks, sheriffs, surveyors, and full- and part-time coroners; Elbert county changes from category IV-A to category III-A, resulting in a 17.7% increase for commissioners, treasurers, assessors, clerks, and full-time coroners; a 14.1% increase for sheriffs; a 50.0% increase for surveyors; and a 49.8% increase for part-time coroners; Rio Grande county changes from category IV-C to category III-C, resulting in a 17.7% increase for commissioners, treasurers, assessors, clerks, and full-time coroners; a 14.1% increase for sheriffs; a 50.0% increase for surveyors; and a 49.8% increase for part-time coroners; and Hinsdale county changes from category V-B to category V-A, resulting in an 8.3% increase for commissioners, treasurers, assessors, clerks, sheriffs, surveyors, and part-time coroners. APPROVED by Governor April 11, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Water Resources and Agriculture Review Committee. Under current law, when certain conditions exist, a district court may establish conservancy districts for the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water for agricultural, municipal, and industrial uses. Section 1 of the bill allows conservancy districts to conserve, develop, utilize, or dispose of water for commercial uses as well. Section 2 authorizes the board of directors of a conservancy district to: Submit and participate in a plan for augmentation for the benefit of water rights and wells within and outside of the boundaries of the conservancy district; Contract with water users within and outside of the conservancy district for the provision of services; Exercise certain powers concerning the management, control, delivery, use, and distribution of water in conjunction with a plan for augmentation; In conjunction with sections 4 and 5 , establish a water activity enterprise, which is a government-run business, for the purpose of pursuing or continuing water activities; and Sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the use of water or capacity in works by term contracts or by contracts for the perpetual use of the water or works to certain entities. Section 3 authorizes a conservancy district to: Enter into long-term contracts with public and private entities for the accomplishment of functions of the conservancy district; and Avail itself of aid, assistance, and cooperation from the federal government, the state government, and local governments. Sections 4 and 5 allow a conservancy district to establish a water activity enterprise, which is a business that receives less than 10% of its annual revenues in grants from all Colorado state and local governments combined, is authorized to issue its own revenue bonds, and is excluded from the provisions of the "Taxpayer's Bill of Rights" in the state constitution.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
On or before September 1, 2025, the board of veterinary medicine (board) is required to promulgate rules establishing certain tasks that a licensed veterinarian may delegate to veterinary technicians and veterinary technician specialists and the recommended level of supervision for the tasks. A licensed veterinarian may delegate tasks pursuant to the board's rules after first establishing a veterinarian-client-patient relationship with an animal or group of animals and the owner of the animal or animals. The licensed veterinarian is required to provide an appropriate level of supervision of the veterinary technician or veterinary technician specialist in accordance with applicable rules of the board. If there are not applicable rules related to the specific task that is being delegated, the veterinarian may delegate the task based on the assessment of the veterinary medical care being provided, the experience, education, and training of the person providing the care, and in compliance with all state and federal laws. Beginning on January 1, 2026, the act authorizes a veterinary technician to apply to the board to receive a veterinary technician specialist designation as part of the veterinary technician's registration, grants title protection for veterinary technician specialists, and prohibits the unauthorized practice as a veterinary technician specialist by a person who does not have a veterinary technician specialist designation. APPROVED by Governor March 22, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
On and after January 1, 2026, the act prohibits local governments from allowing the installation, planting, or placement of nonfunctional turf, artificial turf, or invasive plant species on commercial, institutional, or industrial property, common interest community property, or a street right-of-way, parking lot, median, or transportation corridor. The act also prohibits the department of personnel from allowing the installation, planting, or placement of nonfunctional turf, artificial turf, or invasive plant species as part of a project for the construction or renovation of a state facility, which project design commences on or after January 1, 2025. Artificial turf on athletic fields of play is exempted from the prohibitions. APPROVED by Governor March 15, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Current law specifies that after the distraint sale of a mobile home to collect delinquent property taxes, any surplus proceeds from the sale must be credited to the county general fund. The bill modifies the distraint sale statute to require a public auction of the mobile home at a fixed fair minimum price with any surplus proceeds being paid to the owner, or any other person having established a legal right thereto, in order to bring state law into compliance with the United States supreme court's recent decision affirming a property owner's constitutional right to the value of their property in excess of their tax debt. The bill also extends the redemption period for the owner of a mobile home that is located on leased land or other land not owned by the owner from one year to 2 years.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)