S.B. 94-53 Fire protection districts - exclusion and inclusion of property - procedures - election. Allows the board of directors of a fire protection district to adopt a resolution excluding from the district real property that is to be included in another fire protection district or county fire improvement district by following specified procedures. Requires an election of the electors of the area sought to be excluded if the area is to be included in a district with a higher mill levy.
APPROVED by Governor May 25, 1994
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1994
S.B. 94-175 Moffat tunnel commission - distributions of moneys for projects. Authorizes the Moffat tunnel commission to make annual distributions of moneys from the Moffat tunnel fund to nonprofit organizations for projects that promote the public good, including projects concerning historical landmarks or objects, economic development, education, or the environment, and for projects that relate to the purposes of the Moffat tunnel improvement district or to the projects implemented by the commission.
Allows the commission to implement projects within the district that involve capital improvements and that promote history, transportation, and communication in the district.
Prescribes limitations on the use and distributions of moneys for these projects. Establishes conditions for making the distributions, including requirements concerning an application form, deadlines, an appearance before the commission to state the purpose of the proposed project, the location of the project and applicant, expenditure of moneys within the district, approval by the town, city, or county, and budget content.
APPROVED by Governor April 19, 1994
EFFECTIVE April 19, 1994
S.B. 94-184 Regional service authorities - creation in one county. Changes the requirement that a regional service authority include the territory of at least 2 counties, allowing an authority to be comprised of a single county. Specifies membership criteria for the organizational commission of the proposed regional service authority if only a single county is within its boundaries.
APPROVED by Governor April 7, 1994
EFFECTIVE April 7, 1994
H.B. 94-1040 Regional transportation district - mass transportation - construction - financing. Eliminates the statutory designation of specific corridors in the Denver metropolitan area in which a fixed guideway mass transit system (the system) is to be developed; the schedule for completing the system; the requirement for revised construction schedules to be submitted to the general assembly if sufficient funds are not available to meet construction deadlines; and the requirement that the regional transportation district (RTD) report to the general assembly by January 1, 1988, regarding the system. Permits the use of private funds as a financing source for the system.
Requires the state auditor to conduct an audit of the RTD and prepare a report upon the majority vote of the members of the legislative audit committee.
Eliminates RTD's authority to levy an additional sales tax after approval by the electorate to implement the system; to establish special tax districts or tax increment districts; to assess an employment privilege and a business privilege tax; and to impose a mass transit fee on commercial property.
Removes references to the former transit construction authority. Provides priority in county and district courts for civil actions related to the mass transportation system rather than solely to the fixed guideway system.
APPROVED by Governor May 25, 1994
EFFECTIVE May 25, 1994
H.B. 94-1222 Scientific and cultural facilities districts - authority to levy sales and use taxes. For purposes of complying with section 20 of article X of the state constitution (Amendment #1) and upon proper submittal of an initiative petition to or adoption of a resolution by the board of directors of the Denver metropolitan scientific and cultural facilities district (SCFD), authorizes the board to submit to the registered electors of the district the question of: (1) Whether there shall be an extension of the levy and collection of the aggregate 0.1% sales and use taxes currently collected by the district but at modified rates for a period of time not to exceed 10 years; (2) if prior voter approval of the extension of such modified sales and use taxes was obtained, whether there shall be an extension of the levy and collection of the aggregate 0.1% modified sales and use taxes for a period of time not to exceed 10 years; and (3) whether there shall be an extension of the levy and collection of the aggregate 0.1% sales and use taxes currently collected by the district for a period of time not to exceed 10 years. Sets forth certain requirements for such petition or resolution. Provides procedures regarding the verification of signatures on a petition. Specifies that certain provisions of article 40 of title 1, Colorado Revised Statutes, shall apply to a petition while other provisions shall not apply. Specifies at what election the question shall be submitted to the registered electors of the district and the language of the ballot question and title to be submitted. Allows for the modification of the ballot question and title to the extent necessary to conform to the requirements of a final court decision regarding the legal requirements for ballot questions and titles.
Specifies that: (1) The authority of the SCFD to levy and collect sales and use taxes shall expire July 1, 1996, unless such authority is extended by the registered electors of the district; and (2) the extension of the authority of the district to levy and collect sales and use taxes granted by the registered electors of the district shall expire on a date specified in the question submitted to the registered electors unless such authority is subsequently extended by the registered electors of the district. Clarifies that sales and use taxes are levied and collected by the district.
Limits the period of time for which scientific and cultural facilities districts in counties not included in whole or in part in the SCFD can be initially formed. Provides for initiative petitions for the formation of such scientific and cultural facilities districts to be filed with the board of county commissioners instead of with the district court. Imposes the additional requirement that petitions or resolutions include the date on which the authority of the proposed district to levy and collect sales taxes would expire.
For purposes of complying with Amendment #1 and upon proper submittal of an initiative petition or adoption of a resolution by the board of directors of a scientific and cultural facilities district other than the SCFD, provides for the submittal to the registered electors of the district the question of whether the district shall be authorized to continue the levy and collection of sales taxes for a period of time not to exceed 10 years. Sets forth certain requirements for such petition or resolution. Provides procedures regarding the verification of signatures on a petition.
APPROVED by Governor March 31, 1994
EFFECTIVE March 31, 1994
H.B. 94-1223 Denver metropolitan scientific and cultural facilities district - sales tax imposed - administration of tax - use. With respect to the Denver metropolitan scientific and cultural facilities district: Modifies the definition of "scientific facility" to include nonprofit institutional organizations and local government agencies having as their primary purpose the advancement and preservation of cultural history and to exclude organizations engaged solely in physical preservation of historic buildings, structures, or sites. Defines "cultural history".
With respect to the Denver metropolitan scientific and cultural facilities district, on and after January 1, 1996: (1) Abolishes the authority of the board to distribute up to 1% of revenues from each of the sales taxes levied and collected by the district among all qualifying scientific and cultural facilities and increases the amount of revenues from 9% to 10% from each sales tax which the board can distribute to scientific and cultural facilities which qualify to receive each sales tax levied and collected; (2) Provides for the amount of the income criteria for scientific and cultural facilities to qualify to receive moneys from the .025% sales tax to be adjusted annually based upon changes in the consumer price index; (3) For scientific and cultural facilities to qualify to receive moneys from the .025% sales tax, requires that such facilities must have been in existence and operating for at least 2 years before receiving a distribution; (4) Prohibits any scientific and cultural facility eligible to receive moneys from the .025% sales tax from receiving more than 33% of all moneys distributed from said sales tax in any given year and requires the refund of any moneys in excess of the allowable amount; and (5) Prohibits any scientific and cultural facility which receives money from the .010% sales tax to use the money for the acquisition, physical preservation, or restoration of any historic building, structure, or site.
APPROVED by Governor March 31, 1994
PORTIONS EFFECTIVE March 31, 1994; January 1, 1996
H.B. 94-1233 Regional transportation district - eligibility to vote in elections. Revises the definition of "eligible elector" in regional transportation district elections to mean a registered elector who resides in the regional transportation district.
APPROVED by Governor March 29, 1994
EFFECTIVE March 29, 1994
H.B. 94-1268 Sanitation, water and sanitation, or water districts - limit of authority over premises outside districts. Prohibits sanitation, water and sanitation, and water districts from compelling owners of premises located outside the boundaries of any district to connect to the sewer, water and sewer, or water lines of such district.
APPROVED by Governor April 7, 1994
EFFECTIVE April 7, 1994
H.B. 94-1344 Regional transportation district - Denver metropolitan scientific and cultural facilities district - Denver metropolitan major league baseball stadium district - inclusion of additional areas. Includes certain highway rights-of-way in Douglas county within the boundaries of the regional transportation district (RTD).
Authorizes elections, initiated either by a petition of eligible electors, a resolution of the governing body of a municipality, or the Douglas county commissioners, in the 1994, 1996, or 1998 general elections for the inclusion of certain areas of Douglas county or portions thereof within the boundaries of the RTD, the Denver metropolitan scientific and cultural facilities district (SCFD), and the Denver metropolitan major league baseball stadium district (MLBSD). Specifies that the areas include areas of Castle Rock and portions of Highlands Ranch and other unincorporated areas.
Requires elections in the 1994 general election for the inclusion within the boundaries of the RTD, SCFD, and MLBSD of areas that were annexed before May 25, 1994, by municipalities that were in the RTD at the time of annexation. Imposes election restrictions and requirements.
Provides for the automatic inclusion in the RTD of areas annexed on or after May 25, 1994 by a municipality that is in the RTD at the time of annexation and the automatic inclusion of these areas in the SCFD and MLBSD upon annexation if the municipality is in the SCFD and MLBSD at the time of annexation.
APPROVED by Governor May 25, 1994
EFFECTIVE May 25, 1994
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