This memorandum provides background information on the structure of the business personal property tax and the estimated fiscal impact of eliminating the tax. The first section of the memorandum describes the business personal property tax base, authorized exemptions, filing procedures, and the...

This memorandum provides information about vacant buildings owned by the state of Colorado, as reported by the Office of State Architect (OSA) in December 2016. There are currently 129 state-owned vacant buildings managed by four state departments and four institutions of higher education....

Term Limit Information for Members of the Colorado State Senate

Public-private partnerships have become integral to developing infrastructure in Colorado and across the country. This issue brief describes public-private partnerships and summarizes public-private partnership law in Colorado.

The purchase of goods and services by most executive branch agencies in Colorado is generally governed by the state procurement code and rules (code and rules).  The code and rules are designed to ensure the fair treatment of people seeking to do business with the state, to foster broad-based...

There are 86 courthouse facilities in Colorado: 71 courthouses and 15 probation offices.  This issue brief provides an overview of court and court facility funding.  Specifically, information is provided on state, county, and municipal court funding requirements and state supplemental funding...

Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its August 22, 2017, meeting.

This issue brief explains Colorado’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, known as Colorado Works, which provides financial and other assistance. The federally funded program is overseen at the state level by the Department of Human Services and is administered at the county...