The act allows an owner of special mobile machinery who regularly rents or leases the special mobile machinery and who pays specific ownership tax on a monthly basis in an amount equal to 2% of the rental or lease payments for the special mobile machinery to apply to the department of revenue for a registration exempt certificate. The department shall issue the certificate if:The department verifies that the owner regularly has 1,000 or more items of such special mobile machinery in the state; Each item of such special mobile machinery is clearly marked or painted in a manner that identifies it as being owned by the owner; Each item of such special mobile machinery bears a visible and readily identifiable unique identification number assigned by the owner; and Each item of such special mobile machinery bears a visible toll-free telephone number for the owner that can be used for verification of ownership. The owner of any item of special mobile machinery that is covered by a registration exempt certificate is required to pay, at the time during each calendar year in which specific ownership tax is first paid for the item, all fees and surcharges that would otherwise be paid at the time of registration; except that the owner is not required to pay any fee imposed for the purpose of covering the direct costs of license plates, decals, or validating tabs or the direct costs incurred by an authorized agent of the department of revenue in registering or issuing license plates, decals, or validating tabs for the item.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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The act prohibits a property owner from withholding from a contractor more than 5% of the price of completed work to ensure the work is satisfactorily completed. The contractor and subcontractors are also prohibited from withholding more than 5% from subcontractors and suppliers. The act also clarifies that these prohibitions do not apply to other types of contractual conditions made before payment is due.The contract may require lien waivers to be executed before payment is made.The act applies to:A contract between a property owner and a contractor that has a price of at least $150,000; and A subcontract or supply agreement to such a contract. The act does not apply to a single contract that governs:The building of: A single-family dwelling; A multifamily dwelling with 4 or fewer family dwelling units; or A contract with a public entity.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act limits the conditions under which the appropriate regulatory authority in the department of revenue and the department of regulatory agencies may use a driver's history to make certain decisions about a license, permit, certification, or registration that is necessary to practice an occupation or profession or to operate a business. Felonies and misdemeanors are excluded from the meaning of "driver's history".The decisions that are limited by the act concern:Issuing, renewing, reinstating, or reactivating the license, permit, certification, or registration; and Taking disciplinary action against the holder of the license, permit, certification, or registration. The events in a driver's history used to make these decisions may be used only if the event is relevant to the profession or occupation and:The profession or occupation involves driving; The event is a part of a pattern of behavior; or The event occurred within 3 years before the person applied for the license, permit, certification, or registration or the act upon which the discipline is based.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Section 2 of the bill requires the Colorado department of transportation (CDOT) to solicit construction contracts for public projects by invitation for bids, also known as the design bid build method of procurement, unless CDOT determines, based on specific written findings that CDOT posts on its website prior to awarding a contract, that it is not feasible to do so and that soliciting the contract through an alternative procurement method authorized by law such as competitive sealed best value bidding, an integrated product delivery contract, a public-private initiative, or a design-build contract is likely to cause the project to be completed faster, at a lower cost, or to a higher standard of quality than if the project was solicited by an invitation for bids. Section 4 prohibits CDOT from refusing to prequalify a contractor to bid on CDOT projects or reducing the scope of prequalification granted based on the contractor's lack of prior opportunity to demonstrate performance on past department contracts if the bidder can demonstrate its experience, past performance, expertise, and financial capacity through its work on construction contracts in other states or for county, municipal, or other local governments in Colorado.Sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, and 12 ensure that the requirements and prohibitions set forth in sections 2 and 4 apply to CDOT project procurement through the alternative methods of competitive sealed best value bidding, integrated product delivery contracts, public-private initiatives, and design-build contracts.Section 8 requires CDOT to disclose to the public its rationale for selecting a specific participating entity to which it has awarded an integrated product delivery contract. Section 10 requires CDOT to disclose to the public its rationale for entering into the public-private initiative agreement for a project in lieu of soliciting a contractor for the project by invitation for bids or for best value bids and its rationale for selecting each private or public entity that is a party to the agreement over any other unselected private or public entities that submitted comparable proposals.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
During the 2020 general election, the voters approved Proposition 114, which authorized the reintroduction of gray wolves on designated lands in Colorado west of the continental divide beginning no later than December 31, 2023. The bill excludes from the definition of "designated lands" the following: Lands within a county in which the majority of the votes cast in the 2020 general election did not approve Proposition 114 unless, prior to a proposed reintroduction of gray wolves in that county, an election is held in the county and a majority of the votes cast from that county in the election approve of the reintroduction of the gray wolf in designated lands in the county; and Lands within a county in which is located prey of the gray wolf that, as determined by the parks and wildlife commission, either: Is a candidate for listing or has been placed in the threatened or endangered species list pursuant to the federal "Endangered Species Act of 1973" or is listed as endangered or threatened pursuant to state law; or The state has spent money to reintroduce or restore.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Under preexisting law, a county clerk may conduct a pilot kiosk program using private providers to issue driver's licenses, register motor vehicles, or issue certificates of title. The act eliminates the program's pilot status, converting it to a regular program, and makes the following substantive changes: Requires counties to provide services across county jurisdictions; Expands the services the program may provide; Authorizes mobile telephone and web-based services; Replaces the cap of $3.00 on the convenience fee for services with a requirement that the cap be negotiated between the county clerk and the private provider; Adds data security requirements for the private provider; and Limits the private provider's ability to retain and transfer data to those purposes contemplated by the motor vehicle statutes. $112,500 is appropriated from the Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account to the department of revenue to implement the act. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act: Extends the rural jump-start program for an additional 5 years; Adds a legislative declaration stating that the purpose of the 5-year extension is to create or retain jobs in order to help address the still significant contraction of local economies in certain areas of the state; Changes the existing competition clause to specify that a new business applying for rural jump-start program benefits cannot compete with an existing business in the rural jump-start zone in which the business will be located or in any distressed county that is contiguous to the rural jump-start zone; Adds economic development organizations as authorized entities to apply to: Form a rural jump-start zone; or To allow a new business to participate in the rural jump-start program; and Amends the reporting requirements to ensure that any future evaluation of the rural jump-start program can rely on clear, relevant, and ascertainable metrics and data provided by the economic development commission.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under existing law, the office of transportation safety within the office of the executive director of the department of transportation (department) receives funding from the law enforcement assistance fund (LEAF fund) to provide funding to local governments that have established a qualified drunk driving prevention and law enforcement program. The department receives funding from the first time drunk driving offender account in the highway users tax fund for high-visibility drunk driving enforcement. The bill requires the general assembly to annually appropriate $2 million to the department for allocation to local government programs that implement high-visibility drunk driving enforcement. The bill repeals department funding for high-visibility drunk driving enforcement from the first time drunk driving offender account and repeals office of transportation safety funding from the LEAF fund. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
A commercial motor vehicle fleet owner that wishes to apply for an annual fleet overweight permit has been required to apply for separate annual fleet permits for vehicles that have a quad axle grouping for divisible vehicles or loads, and vehicle combinations with a trailer that have 2 or 3 axles for divisible vehicles or loads. The act allows a fleet owner that has a fleet consisting of vehicles from both of these categories to apply for a single annual fleet overweight permit. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)