S.B. 06-138 Fuel products - ethanol - gasoline-ethanol blend - standard percentages - required sales - appropriations. Requires that 75% of all gasoline sold in Colorado from November through April of every year contain at least 10% denatured ethanol by volume. Requires the department to certify to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the governor no later than October 15 of each year that such requirement shall not increase the retail cost of gasoline in order for the requirement to go into effect.
Establishes that every gallon of E85 fuel sold in Colorado count as 8½ gallons of E10 fuel sold. Establishes that every gallon of cellulosic ethanol sold in Colorado count as 50 gallons of E10 fuel sold.
Requires distributors and entities required to file IRS form 637 selling gasoline in Colorado to submit to the department of labor and employment a monthly statement containing the total volume of gasoline sold and indicating separately the amount of E10 fuel, E85 fuel, and cellulosic ethanol sold in Colorado.
Allows distributors and entities required to file IRS form 637 to hold, store, import, transfer, or offer for sale or use unleaded premium-grade gasoline that has an antiknock index number of 91 or greater that does not contain ethanol, to be dispensed at an airport.
Appropriates $100,491 and 1.0 FTE to the department of labor and employment, and $9,668 to the department of law, for the implementation of the act.
VETOED by Governor May 26, 2006
S.B. 06-140 Division of reclamation, mining, and safety. Changes the name of the division of minerals and geology to the division of reclamation, mining, and safety.
APPROVED by Governor
March 31, 2006
EFFECTIVE August 7,
2006
NOTE: This act was
passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning
the effective date, see page vi of this digest.
S.B. 06-142 Oil and gas conservation and environmental response fund - cap on unobligated portion of fund. Increases the cap on the 2-year average of the unobligated portion of the oil and gas conservation and environmental response fund from $2 million to $4 million.
APPROVED by Governor
March 31, 2006
EFFECTIVE March 31,
2006
S.B. 06-194 Youth hunting licenses - age of eligibility - special license for terminally ill hunters. Increases the age of eligibility for persons applying for a youth small or big game hunting license. Authorizes the wildlife commission to establish a special licensing program for hunters who are 21 years of age or younger and who suffer from a terminal illness or life-threatening disease or injury.
APPROVED by Governor
April 24, 2006
EFFECTIVE January 1,
2007
NOTE: This act was
passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning
the effective date, see page vi of this digest.
S.B. 06-215 Wildlife - hunting license - military personnel preference - rules. Allows the wildlife commission to adopt appropriate rules to establish a hunting license preference for active duty members of United States armed forces stationed at any military facility located in Colorado upon their return from service outside of the United States for licenses left over after completion of the division of wildlife's annual limited license draw. Authorizes the adoption of rules allowing a service member to apply for preference points for any limited license draw that occurred during the member's absence.
APPROVED by Governor
May 25, 2006
EFFECTIVE May 25,
2006
S.B. 06-236 Construction material - permits - exploration exemption. Specifies that exploration for a construction material does not include any single activity that results in the disturbance of a single block of land totaling 1,600 square feet or less of the land's surface, not to exceed 2 such disturbances per acre, so long as the cumulative total of such disturbances does not exceed 5 acres statewide in any exploration operation extending over 24 consecutive months.
APPROVED by Governor
May 25, 2006
EFFECTIVE May 25,
2006
H.B. 06-1049 Landowner liability - land made available for public recreational purposes.In the statutes governing landowner liability toward persons using land made available for public recreational purposes, specifies that the definition of "land" and the exception to liability for maintaining an attractive nuisance include land subject to mining operations under federal or state law that were abandoned or left in inadequate reclamation status prior to certain dates. Clarifies that land on which a landowner has acquiesced to public use of existing trails historically used by the public for recreational purposes need not be subject a lease, easement, or other right of use to a public entity to be covered by the law. States that nothing in the law shall be deemed to create a prescriptive easement on land covered by the law. Also clarifies that the incidental use of such private property for recreational purposes shall not establish or presume facts supporting land use classification or zoning.
APPROVED by Governor
March 8, 2006
EFFECTIVE March 8,
2006
H.B. 06-1204 Coal mine board of examiners - certification of persons working in coal mines - complaints - disciplinary actions - continuation of coal mine board of examiners under sunset law. Allows the coal mine board of examiners (board) to take disciplinary action, other than revocation of a certificate of competency, against persons subject to regulation by the board. Authorizes the board to issue cease-and-desist orders, letters of admonition, and confidential letters of concern.
Repeals the requirement that complaints filed with the office of active and inactive mines against a certificate holder be sworn.
Extends the automatic termination date of the coal mine board of examiners to July 1, 2020, pursuant to the provisions of the sunset law.
APPROVED by Governor
March 31, 2006
EFFECTIVE March 31,
2006
H.B. 06-1210 Colorado recreational trails committee - members - great outdoors Colorado trust fund. Increases from 8 to 9 the number of members on the Colorado recreational trails committee, with the new member appointed by the state board of the great outdoors Colorado trust fund.
APPROVED by Governor
March 31, 2006
EFFECTIVE August 7,
2006
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date, see page vi of this digest.
H.B. 06-1250 Ski safety - increase in fines for skier violations. Increases the fine from not more than $300 to not more than $1,000 for a skier who violates the "Ski Safety Act of 1979", including violating slope, trail, or boundary closures, riding a passenger tramway or using a ski slope or trail while the skier's ability to do so is impaired by alcohol or a controlled substance, or leaving the vicinity of a skier collision before giving contact information.
APPROVED by Governor
March 27, 2006
EFFECTIVE July 1,
2006
H.B. 06-1311 Species conservation trust fund - recapitalization - appropriations.Appropriates money from the species conservation trust fund ("trust fund") for programs submitted by the executive director of the department of natural resources that are designed to conserve native species that have been listed as threatened or endangered under state or federal law, or are candidate species or are likely to become candidate species as determined by the United States fish and wildlife service. For fiscal year 2005-06, transfers from the operational account of the severance tax trust fund $2 million to the capital account of the trust fund and $2 million to the operations and maintenance account of the trust fund. For fiscal year 2006-07, transfers from the operational account $4.4 million to the capital account and $4.4 million to the operations and maintenance account. Repeals obsolete provisions.
APPROVED by Governor
May 25, 2006
EFFECTIVE May 25,
2006
H.B. 06-1355 Wildlife - hunting licenses - raffle or auction. Authorizes the raffle or auction of the following number of hunting licenses for either sex of the following species:
● Two licenses for rocky mountain bighorn sheep;
● Two licenses for rocky mountain goats;
● Two licenses for shiras moose;
● Four licenses for mule or white-tailed deer;
● Four licenses for rocky mountain elk; and
● Four licenses for pronghorn.
If an auction or raffle is conducted by a nonprofit organization, allows the organization to retain up to 25% of the proceeds to cover auction or raffle costs and to fund projects of its own choosing that benefit wildlife in Colorado. Requires the remaining proceeds from the auction or raffle of sheep, goat, and moose licenses to be used for the benefit of sheep, goats, and moose in Colorado. Requires the remaining proceeds from the auction or raffle of mule and white-tailed deer, elk, and pronghorn licenses to be used for the benefit of mule and white-tailed deer, elk, and pronghorn in Colorado. Allows the wildlife commission to promulgate rules to implement the act.
APPROVED by Governor
May 11, 2006
EFFECTIVE August 7,
2006
NOTE: This act was
passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning
the effective date, see page vi of this digest.
H.B. 06-1393 Soil conservation - districts - grant program - appropriation. Continuously appropriates $450,000 per year from the operational account of the severance tax trust fund to the department of agriculture for the natural resources conservation matching grants program. Repeals the continuing appropriation on July 1, 2011.
APPROVED by Governor
June 5, 2006
EFFECTIVE June 5,
2006
H.B. 06-1408 Mining - off-site ground water monitoring wells. Includes off-site ground water monitoring wells as land that is not considered affected land for purposes of a mining operation.
APPROVED by Governor
May 26, 2006
EFFECTIVE May 26,
2006
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