S.B. 96-21 State employees - personnel system - penalty for failure to conduct performance evaluations. Changes the penalty assessed against a supervisor within the state personnel system for failure to evaluate his or her subordinates on an annual basis from a fine of not less than three days' salary to a suspension from work without pay for a period of at least one workweek.
APPROVED by Governor April 8, 1996
EFFECTIVE April 8, 1996
S.B. 96-42 Colorado civil rights division - continuation of subpoena power under sunset law. Extends the automatic termination date of the authority of the director of the Colorado civil rights division to subpoena witnesses in unfair employment practice cases to July 1, 2002, pursuant to the provisions of the sunset law. Restricts the division's use of its subpoena powers as follows:
APPROVED by Governor April 16, 1996
EFFECTIVE April 16, 1996
S.B. 96-81 Intrastate air service - study - intrastate air carrier reports -appropriation. Provides for the director of research of the legislative council to contract for a study to be conducted to evaluate intrastate air service in Colorado and to make recommendations as to actions to encourage the expansion and improvement of such air service. Specifies what is to be included in the study. Sets forth deadlines for the contracting for and the completion of the study. Creates the Colorado intrastate air carrier assistance fund and provides for certain moneys to be credited to the fund to be used for the study's cost.
Requires air carriers providing intrastate air service in Colorado to file semi-annual reports regarding on-time performance and oversales. Specifies that such reports be filed with the aeronautics division of the department of transportation and that such reports contain certain information.
Appropriates $100,000 from the Colorado intrastate air carrier assistance fund to the General Assembly for allocation to the legislative council to fund the study.
APPROVED by Governor May 23, 1996
EFFECTIVE May 23, 1996
S.B. 96-83 Pesticide and pesticide use advisory committee - continuation. Continues the pesticide and pesticide use advisory committee scheduled for repeal July 1, 1996.
APPROVED by Governor March 18, 1996
EFFECTIVE March 18, 1996
S.B. 96-102 Statewide information infrastructure - duties of commission on information management. Instructs the commission on information management to implement the statewide information infrastructure ("SII") to provide connections between and among governments, educators, public libraries, health care providers, businesses, and citizens.
Specifically requires the commission to:
APPROVED by Governor June 6, 1996
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1996
S.B. 96-122 Colorado state insect - Colorado hairstreak. Declares the Colorado hairstreak, a butterfly, to be the state insect.
APPROVED by Governor April 17, 1996
EFFECTIVE See Note
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. It will take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly unless a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of the state constitution. In that event, the act will take effect on the date of the official proclamation of the governor, if it is approved by the voters at the 1996 election.
S.B. 96-143 Public utilities commission - commissioner salaries - state auditor review. Sets the salary for commissioners of the public utilities commission at an amount based on a one-time occupational classification and salary survey conducted by the state auditor. Requires the state auditor to certify and transmit the results of the survey and the salary level established pursuant to the survey to the director of research of legislative council and the executive director of the department of regulatory agencies. Provides for incremental implementation of a salary increase that is more than 30% of a commissioner's current salary over a two-year period.
Requires the state auditor to review the commissioner salary level whenever conditions indicate a change in the salary is necessary and requires the audit committee to confirm any change before implementation.
APPROVED by Governor May 1, 1996
EFFECTIVE May 1, 1996
S.B. 96-181 Department of state - elections - appropriations to cover costs relating to the conduct of elections. Authorizes the general assembly to appropriate general fund moneys to the department of state for the costs incurred by county clerk and recorders in conducting elections. Provides that the intent of the general assembly in appropriating such moneys is to offset some of the costs associated with the additional election requirements resulting from the passage of section 20 of article X of the state constitution, from the conduct of presidential primary elections, and from the increased number of initiatives filed. Specifies that such appropriations shall not be used in calculating the fees charged by the secretary of state.
APPROVED by Governor June 1, 1996
EFFECTIVE June 1, 1996
S.B. 96-197 Capital construction fund - highway projects - technology learning grant and revolving loan program - controlled maintenance trust fund - appropriations. Changes the amounts transferred to the capital construction fund from the general fund on July 1, 1995, from $125,000,000 to $131,958,273 and on July 1, 1996, from $50,000,000 to $210,936,099. Of the amount transferred on July 1, 1996, designates $115,000,000 to be available for appropriation to the department of transportation only for state highway reconstruction, repair, maintenance, and capacity expansion projects. For the 1996-97 fiscal year, requires the prioritized list of highway projects to consist only of state highway reconstruction, repair, maintenance, and capacity expansion projects. Specifies that the state controller is authorized to grant special authority for the department of transportation to enter into contracts for such projects in anticipation of appropriations made for the next fiscal year.
Of the amount transferred to the capital construction fund on July 1, 1996, designates $20,000,000 to be available for appropriation to the department of higher education only for the technology learning grant and revolving loan program. Establishes the technology learning grant and revolving loan program to provide funding for the development of distance and technology-assisted learning programs for K-12 schools, public libraries, and institutions of higher education. Establishes criteria for awarding funds under the program. Requires any school that applies for such funds to have in place a long-range technology utilization plan that includes certain elements. Requires each fund recipient to use a portion of its funds to purchase educational computer system equipment. Prohibits a fund recipient from using any portion of its funds for the payment of salaries.
Requires the department of higher education to select one or more multiple-use networks to connect K-12 schools, public libraries, and institutions of higher education. Specifies that schools, institutions of higher education, and public libraries connected to such network shall use the most appropriate available technology. Specifies that the access Colorado library information network shall be integrated into any multiple-use network.
Creates the technology learning committee to administer the grant and revolving loan program, select fund recipients, distribute funds, and to determine those programs that may be connected to any multiple-use network. Specifies the membership of the committee. Requires staff members from the departments of education and higher education to assist the committee in its duties. Requires fund recipients to submit an annual report and requires the committee to provide a summary of the annual reports to the general assembly on or before January 30, 1998, and January 30 of each year thereafter.
For the 1995-96 fiscal year, transfers $20,000,000 from the general fund to the capital construction fund and appropriates this amount from the capital construction fund to the controlled maintenance trust fund. Appropriates $20,000,000 to the department of higher education for the technology learning grant and revolving loan program. Appropriates $115,000,000 to the department of transportation for state highway reconstruction, repair, maintenance, and capacity expansion projects included in the prioritized list of projects.
APPROVED by Governor June 6, 1996
EFFECTIVE June 6, 1996
S.B. 96-202 State employees - group benefit plans - state personnel director - annual review for joint budget committee. Requires the state personnel director, before releasing final benefit information to state employees, to present an annual review to the joint budget committee on the structure and funding of employee benefit plans. Specifies the information to be included in that report.
VETOED by Governor June 6, 1996
S.B. 96-212 Public records - open meetings - use of electronic mail - privacy interests - retention of records - requests for public access. Declares that the use of electronic mail by government agencies creates unique circumstances that require a balancing of the privacy interests and practical limitations of public officials and employees with the public policy interests in access to government information.
Defines as "work product" not subject to public disclosure certain advisory or deliberative materials assembled for the benefit of elected officials, including notes and memoranda representing background material for decisions, preliminary drafts and discussion copies of documents that express decisions, and drafts, some reports, and some other materials relating to legislative bills or amendments not yet introduced.
If elected officials use e-mail to discuss pending legislation or other public business among themselves, makes such e-mail subject to existing open meetings laws. States that e-mail communication among elected officials that does not relate to pending legislation or other public business shall not be construed to be a "meeting".
Includes the correspondence of elected officials in the definition of a "public record," subject to exceptions for items not connected to the exercise of public functions or the expenditure of public money and for communications to or from constituents that are clearly intended to remain confidential. States that the acceptance of public funds as compensation, or the use of publicly owned equipment, does not convert an otherwise non-public writing into a "public record".
Where public records are kept only in miniaturized or digital form, requires the official custodian of such records to adopt a policy regarding the retention of the records and to take measures to assist the public in locating and gaining access to identified records. Creates limited exceptions to the existing 3-day limit on the time within which records must be produced after they are requested. Clearly expresses the right of a custodian of public records to invoke the general "public interest" exception to disclosure in response to a lawsuit seeking a court order of disclosure, rather than having to seek a protective order before such a suit is filed.
Requires each state agency to adopt, on or before July 1, 1997, a written policy regarding the monitoring of electronic mail communication of employees and notifying employees that such communication may be a public record under the public records law.
Relieves state officials and employees of the obligation to preserve e-mail messages for archival purposes unless the recipient has previously segregated and stored them because of their historical or evidentiary value.
APPROVED by Governor June 1, 1996
EFFECTIVE June 1, 1996
S.B. 96-216 Department of personnel - lease-purchase agreement for department of revenue facility - appropriations. Authorizes the department of personnel to execute a 10-year lease-purchase agreement for the acquisition of the facility located at 1881 Pierce Street in Lakewood. Requires that the lease-purchase agreement provide that all obligations of the state under the agreement are subject to annual action by the general assembly and the department of personnel in making moneys available for payment. Provides that the lease-purchase agreement may contain such other provisions as the department of personnel and the department of revenue deem appropriate. Provides that any title acquired by the state pursuant to the agreement shall be held for the benefit and use of the department of revenue. Authorizes the department of personnel and the department of revenue to enter into such ancillary agreements and instruments as are necessary or appropriate.
Appropriates to the department of personnel $13,991,825 from cash funds exempt for acquisition of the facility and $301,901 from the capital construction fund and various cash funds for the implementation of this act. Appropriates to the department of revenue from the general fund, the highway users tax fund, and various cash funds $318,812 and 1.5 FTE for the maintenance and utilities costs of the facility and $35,953 for the lease-purchase of the phone system at the facility.
Adjusts appropriations for the 1996-97 budget year as follows:
APPROVED by Governor May 23, 1996
EFFECTIVE May 23, 1996
S.B. 96-217 Department of human services - office of youth services - juvenile facilities - allocation for art requirement. Reduces the required allocations for acquisition of works of art from 1% to 0.1% for the juvenile detention and juvenile commitment beds authorized in the 1994 and 1995 prison construction bills. Declares the intent of the general assembly that the allocations be used to acquire artworks produced by residents of the state's juvenile facilities.
APPROVED by Governor May 23, 1996
EFFECTIVE May 23, 1996
S.B. 96-220 Tax compact with the Southern Ute Indian tribe - establishment of impact mitigation fund. Declares the intent of this act to provide a mechanism for mitigating local government property tax revenue impacts caused by acquisitions of real and personal property located within the Southern Ute Indian Reservation by the Southern Ute Indian tribe.
Provides for the creation of an impact fund to be used to alleviate the impacts of property tax revenue losses that result from the acquisition of property and property interests by the Southern Ute Indian tribe. Provides that the fund will be under the control of a three-member board composed of the chairman of the La Plata county board of county commissioners, the chairman of the Southern Ute Indian tribal council, and the governor, or their designees.
Provides that this act will be effective only upon approval of the taxation compact between the Southern Ute Indian tribe, La Plata county, and the state of Colorado.
APPROVED by Governor June 3, 1996
EFFECTIVE June 3, 1996
S.B. 96-228 Department of personnel - reorganization. Eliminates all statutorily created divisions and division directors within the department of personnel; except for the division of administrative hearings, the director of that division, and the state controller. Provides that the duties of the eliminated divisions shall become duties of the department. Requires the executive director of the department of personnel to carry out the duties of the eliminated division directors.
Authorizes the executive director of the department of personnel to establish divisions, sections, and units within the department as are necessary to accomplish the powers, duties, and functions of the department. Transfers the payroll duties of the state controller to the executive director of the department.
APPROVED by Governor June 1, 1996
EFFECTIVE June 1, 1996
S.B. 96-234 Peace officers - P.O.S.T. board - level IIIa - appropriation. Authorizes the peace officers standards and training board ("P.O.S.T. board") to certify persons who successfully complete comparable certification requirements in another jurisdiction and successfully complete skills examinations, rather than formal training. Increases the amount that may be charged for each certification and skills examination from $50 to $100. Deletes the prohibition against serving as a peace officer for anyone convicted of a nonfelony crime of moral turpitude. Requires current first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation certificates or equivalents for peace officers and reserve peace officers.
Authorizes the P.O.S.T. board to waive the basic training requirement for persons appointed as part-time, level I peace officers between March 6, 1992, and January 1, 1995, provided such persons successfully complete skills examinations or a training program approved by the P.O.S.T. board. Repeals the waiver authority, effective January 1, 1997.
Clarifies that unless revoked, a certificate is valid as long as the holder is continuously serving as a peace officer or reserve peace officer. Requires automatic expiration of the certificate at the end of any 3-year period if the certificate holder is not serving as a peace officer or reserve peace officer and has not served for at least 6 months during the 3-year period. Authorizes the P.O.S.T. board to promulgate rules for the renewal of an expired certificate, but prohibits renewal of an expired certificate if the holder has not served as a peace officer or reserve peace officer within the previous 10 years. Requires the P.O.S.T. board to revoke or suspend a certificate if a holder is convicted of a felony or otherwise fails to meet P.O.S.T. board requirements.
Requires a jurisdiction to adequately train a peace officer, level IIIa, for any assigned duties for which training is not provided by the P.O.S.T. board.
Clarifies that "peace officer" means a person who is certified and authorized under the law to carry a firearm, conduct arrests, and enforce the laws of the state. Excludes from the definition of "peace officer" a person serving as a citizen auxiliary, and prohibits the P.O.S.T. board from requiring such persons to be certified.
Relocates other provisions relating to the P.O.S.T. board and peace officers, level IIIa.
Adjusts the appropriation included in the long bill to the department of law, special purpose, peace officers standards and training board support, by reducing the general fund appropriation by $98,400 and increasing the cash fund appropriation by $120,000.
APPROVED by Governor June 3, 1996
EFFECTIVE June 3, 1996
H.B. 96-1097 Regulation of lobbyists - disclosure statements - who must file - gross income for lobbying - verification of income - notification of lobbying agreements - penalty - revocation of registration. Effective January 1, 1997, makes the following changes to the lobbyist regulation provisions of the Colorado Sunshine Law:
Deletes certain expenditures of $50 or more from those items required to be reported in the lobbyist's disclosure statement. Defines "gross income for lobbying".
Specifies that a registered professional lobbyist and any firm organized for professional lobbying purposes must file monthly disclosure statements. Prescribes the contents of the disclosure statement. Exempts certain persons from this filing requirement.
Requires monthly filing of disclosure statements for calendar months in which gross income for lobbying is received and deletes reporting of receivables. Specifies that the annual cumulative disclosure statement must contain the name of and total gross income for lobbying received from each person for the previous calendar year. Requires persons named in the disclosure statement to provide written verification of such income.
Requires lobbyists to give written notification to the secretary of state of an agreement to lobby for any person not named in the annual registration statement and to disclose additional information regarding such an agreement concurrent with the next monthly disclosure statement.
Creates a civil penalty of $10 per day for each day that a disclosure statement is not filed. Permits the secretary of state to excuse such penalty under certain circumstances.
Adds annual estimates of gross income for lobbying to those items required in the lobbyist's annual registration statement.
Directs the secretary of state to implement certain computer information system capabilities in connection with reviewing the disclosure statements, registration statements, and any other written statements of lobbyists.
Reduces the period of time before a certificate of registration is revoked from 90 days after the failure to file a required report to 30 days after such failure, where the person required to report has informed the secretary of state in writing of extenuating circumstances justifying the failure.
APPROVED by Governor May 23, 1996
EFFECTIVE See Note
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. Section 6 of the act establishes an effective date of January 1,
1997. It will take effect on that date unless a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of the state
constitution. In that event, the act will take effect on the date of the official proclamation of the governor or January 1,
1997, whichever is later, if it is approved by the voters at the 1996 election.
H.B. 96-1099 Department of revenue - state lottery division - contracts. Allows the state lottery commission to set the amount of the performance bond required of persons entering into contracts for materials, equipment, or supplies used in the operation of the lottery or for installation of games or lotteries. Requires corporate contractors supplying gaming materials or equipment to submit background information on the directors of the corporation. Requires contracts for the supply of gaming materials or equipment to require the director of the lottery division to exclude an employee of the contractor who has been convicted of a felony from lottery facilities and to exclude employees of the contractor from participating in gaming activities involving the materials or equipment supplied pursuant to the contract.
APPROVED by Governor April 8, 1996
EFFECTIVE April 8, 1996
H.B. 96-1142 State employees - state deferred compensation committee. Increases the membership on the state deferred compensation committee by one additional employee who is a participant in the plan. Staggers the term of the new employee member and the employee member up for election in June, 1996. Eliminates obsolete language regarding procedures for election of employee members. Clarifies that vacancies of employee members are to be filled by election for the unexpired term.
APPROVED by Governor April 8, 1996
EFFECTIVE See Note
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. It will take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the
expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly unless a referendum petition is filed
pursuant to section 1 (3) of the state constitution. In that event, the act will take effect on the date of the official
proclamation of the governor, if it is approved by the voters at the 1996 election.
H.B. 96-1155 State employees - leave of absence - disaster relief services. Authorizes a paid leave of absence for state employees to participate in specialized disaster relief services for the American red cross. Specifies the duration of the leave for Colorado and national disasters. Maintains an employee's compensation rate and benefits during the period of leave. Provides that an employee on such leave is not an employee for workers' compensation purposes.
APPROVED by Governor June 3, 1996
EFFECTIVE June 3, 1996
H.B. 96-1225 State contracts - competitive sealed proposals - protests - debarment - appeal decisions. Specifies that the resolution of any protest in connection with a competitive sealed proposal is a precondition to awarding a contract resulting from that proposal and eliminates the lapse of the appeal period or the completion of the appeals process as such a precondition. Specifies the basis and content of a written decision on a protest by an aggrieved bidder, offeror, or contractor.
Replaces failure without good cause to perform in accordance with the terms of any contract as grounds for debarring a person with willful material failure to perform one or more contracts or a history of material failure to perform or of materially unsatisfactory performance of one or more contracts.
Imposes time limits within which a decision of the executive director must be issued on appeals of protested solicitations or awards, debarments or suspensions, and contract controversies.
APPROVED by Governor April 8, 1996
EFFECTIVE April 8, 1996
H.B. 96-1262 State employees - compensation - implementation of performance-based pay - commission on the privatization of personal services by classified state employees - appropriation. Extends the current system for determining periodic salary increases for state employees to July 1, 2000. Extends the date on which performance-based pay is implemented to July 1, 1998. Requires the state personnel director to submit a performance-based pay plan by October 15, 1996. Describes the elements to be included in the plan and requires finalization of the plan by December 30, 1996. Implements performance-based pay over a 3-year period for three segments of state employees.
Creates the commission on the privatization of personal services performed by classified state employees. Describes the commission's membership and duties. Requires the commission to report to the general assembly by September 1, 1997.
Appropriates $56,696 and 1.0 FTE to the department of personnel, $10,000 of such amount and 0.1 FTE to the department of law, and $4,752 to the legislative council for implementation of the act. Estimates future appropriations of $579,924 and 2.2 FTE to the department of personnel, $29,910 of such amount and 0.5 FTE to the department of law, and $1,188 to the legislative department.
APPROVED by Governor June 1, 1996
EFFECTIVE See Note
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. It will take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly unless a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of the state constitution. In that event, the act will take effect on the date of the official proclamation of the governor, if it is approved by the voters at the 1996 election.
H.B. 96-1301 State contracts - competitive sealed best value bidding - criteria. Provides that the state purchasing director or the head of a purchasing agency may allow a contract to be entered into by competitive sealed best value bidding if such bidding is advantageous to the state. Describes when prices for enhancements, options, or alternatives to the base bid may be submitted and what the invitation for competitive sealed best value bidding must contain. Requires an evaluation of the prices for enhancements, options, or alternatives pursuant to the rules of the executive director of the department of personnel.
Permits a contract to be awarded where the total amount of a bid price and the prices for enhancements, options, or alternatives exceeds the total amount of another bidder if the higher amount provides the best value at the lowest cost to the state.
Requires the executive director to promulgate rules and prescribes the contents of such rules.
APPROVED by Governor May 22, 1996
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1996
H.B. 96-1303 Vested property rights - site specific development plans - protection of property development rights - vesting periods. Includes a final subdivision plat, conditional use permit, and site plan within the definition of a "site specific development plan". Eliminates a specially planned area, general submission plan, and conditional or special use plan from this definition. Requires local governments to determine the specific elements, level of detail, and objective information to be shown on a site specific development plan in accordance with the applicable local ordinance or regulation. Eliminates the ability of a local government and a landowner to enter into an agreement to determine what constitutes a site specific development plan. Specifies that a site specific development plan does not include a business license, a floodway or floodplain permit, a franchise, a temporary use permit, a comprehensive master plan element, a designation of an area of state interest, or the creation of a local improvement district.
Specifies that local government approval of a site specific development plan:
Prohibits a local government from requiring a landowner to waive a vested property right or existing zoning classification as a condition of a permit or other approval.
Changes the vesting period from 3 years to a minimum of 5 years for vested property rights relating to a site specific development plan with a gross acreage of 35 acres or more. Establishes when a vested property right terminates and the circumstances under which the right is extended. Specifies that the vesting period for a site specific development plan is tolled during the pendency of a lawsuit, arbitration proceeding, initiative, referendum, or other administrative procedure by a landowner, local government, or a public citizen preventing the finality of or seeking to modify the approval of such plan. Makes these changes regarding vested property rights apply to previously approved site specific development plans with unexpired vested property rights as of the effective date of the act.
Exempts a vested property right from certain subsequent land use restrictions that adversely impact the development or use of property for which the vested property right is established. Specifies that a vested property right does not preclude the application of ordinances or regulations promoting and protecting the public health and safety. Allows reasonable costs and attorney fees to the prevailing party in a legal action involving vested property rights with respect to any parcel of property.
VETOED by Governor June 5, 1996
H.B. 96-1314 Open meetings - state and local public bodies - executive session - search committees - notice of meetings. Adds any gathering that is convened electronically to discuss public business to the definition of a "meeting". Modifies the definition of "state public body" with regard to governing boards of state institutions of higher education.
Specifies that the minutes of an executive session of a state public body or local public body reflect the topic, rather than the general topic, of discussion. Requires that state and local public bodies announce the topic of discussion in the executive session before voting or holding such a session.
Specifies that a conference must be with an attorney representing the public body in order for such conference to occur in an executive session. Limits when an executive session may be held to develop strategy and receive reports on the progress of negotiations to only negotiations with employees or employee organizations. Prescribes open meeting requirements for a search committee of a state public body or local public body, including disclosure of finalists.
Requires a local public body to announce the specific legal authority requiring a matter to be kept confidential before holding an executive session on such basis. Subject to certain exceptions, requires local public bodies to maintain a list of persons who request notification of meetings.
BECAME LAW without Governor's signature May 3, 1996
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1996
H.B. 96-1344 Postemployment compensation - termination from particular employment positions - invalid contracts or agreements - filing of state settlement agreements - enforcement through civil suit. For purposes of the prohibition against payment of postemployment compensation, modifies the definition of "governmental unit" to include any local government. Modifies the definition of "postemployment compensation" to mean compensation after termination from a particular employment position with a governmental unit or government-financed entity, rather than termination from employment from such governmental unit or government-financed entity. Includes within the definition of "postemployment compensation" any payment made pursuant to a settlement agreement after the term of employment in a particular position has ended unless the payment is a part of a bona fide settlement of a legitimate legal dispute.
Provides that any employment contract, employment contract extension, or other agreement between a governmental unit or government-financed entity and a government-supported official or employee that is not substantially in compliance with the prohibition against postemployment compensation is null and void. Requires any payment in violation of such prohibition to be returned to the governmental unit or government-financed entity.
Requires that any state governmental unit entering into a settlement agreement with a government-supported official or employee to settle an employment dispute file a copy of the final settlement agreement with the department of personnel. Declares that such an agreement is a public record.
Provides that the president of the university of Colorado is an employee-at-will and is subject to the restrictions regarding payment of postemployment compensation.
Authorizes the enforcement of the statutory provisions regarding postemployment compensation through a civil suit filed in a court of competent jurisdiction.
APPROVED by Governor May 23, 1996
EFFECTIVE May 23, 1996
H.B. 96-1349 Youth crime prevention and intervention program - designation of funds - board members. Requires that no less than 20% of the appropriation for the youth crime prevention and intervention program be designated and used exclusively for programs designed for children under 9 years of age. Requires that one or more members of the youth crime prevention and intervention board have knowledge and awareness of early childhood care and education.
APPROVED by Governor April 16, 1996
EFFECTIVE April 16, 1996
H.B. 96-1350 State employees - clean air transit options. Permits any state agency to offer clean air transit options to state employees, including the use of available mass transit. Requires that the financing of those options be from existing appropriations to the state agency. Specifies that a transit option is a perquisite that is subject to the state controller's rules on perquisites.
APPROVED by Governor May 23, 1996
EFFECTIVE May 23, 1996
H.B. 96-1367 Tax compact with the Southern Ute Indian tribe - La Plata County - approval by general assembly - payments in lieu of taxes - resolution of valuation disputes. Declares the interest and authority of the general assembly to act to assist in the resolution of a dispute between the state, La Plata county, and the Southern Ute Indian tribe concerning the taxation of property held by the tribe. Approves the taxation compact between the Southern Ute Indian tribe, La Plata county, and the state of Colorado. Sets forth the provisions of the compact, including provisions requiring the tribe to make payments in lieu of taxes based on the value of property owned by the tribe. Provides that the compact shall be effective upon proper approval by all entities. Authorizes the property tax administrator to resolve valuation disputes as set forth in the compact.
APPROVED by Governor June 3, 1996
EFFECTIVE June 3, 1996
H.B. 96-1376 Legislative department - control of legislative spaces in the capitol and legislative services building. Directs that the legislative department, acting through the executive committee of the legislative council, shall have control of legislative spaces in the capitol and legislative services building and furniture and fixtures thereof, rather than the department of personnel. Clarifies that the department of personnel shall continue to have control of executive spaces in the capitol, capitol grounds, and any other property acquired adjacent to the capitol. Provides that the department of personnel retains responsibility for control of the supervision of the provision of maintenance for the state capitol buildings group.
VETOED by Governor June 6, 1996
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