S.B. 04-5 Legislative oversight of principal departments - presentations to committees of reference. Requires the executive director of each principal department of the executive branch of state government to make a presentation to the appropriate legislative committee of reference beginning with the 2005 regular session of the general assembly. States that the presentation shall include, but shall not be limited to, a description and explanation of the department's priorities for the next fiscal year and a description and explanation of the performance measures that the department uses to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the programs and services that it provides.
Requires the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate to assign the committee of reference to which each department shall make its presentation. States that the committees of reference shall hold hearings during which the departments shall make the presentations. Specifies a deadline by which each department shall make the presentation. States that a department may make the presentation in conjunction with any other presentation that it makes to the same committee of reference before the specified deadline.
APPROVED by Governor March 3, 2004
EFFECTIVE August 4, 2004
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the
effective date, see page vi of this digest.
S.B. 04-67 Obsolete statutes - repeal. Repeals numerous outdated provisions in the Colorado revised statutes.
APPROVED by Governor April 1, 2004
EFFECTIVE August 4, 2004
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the
effective date, see page vi of this digest.
H.B. 04-1043 Congressional redistricting - judicial review - factors. Prohibits courts from using non-neutral factors, including political party registration, political party election performance, and other factors that invite the court to speculate about the outcome of an election, in determining whether one or more congressional districts are lawful and in adopting or enforcing a change to any such district. Requires courts to use only neutral factors in the following order of precedence:
● First, population equality, contiguity, the use of whole general election precincts, and a prohibition on district overlap;
● Second, compliance with the federal "Voting Rights Act of 1965";
● Third, preservation of political subdivision boundaries, with precedence given to the most populous counties, cities, and towns;
● Fourth, preservation of communities of interest, including ethnic, cultural, economic, trade area, geographic, and demographic factors and the traditional western slope and eastern plains communities of interest;
● Fifth, compactness; and
● Sixth, minimization of disruption to prior district lines.
APPROVED by Governor April 7, 2004
EFFECTIVE April 7, 2004
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