Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Impact Assistance Credits
Report No. 2020-TE27
09/15/2020
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Local Government
Natural Resources & Environment
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Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Coal Severance Tax Expenditures
Report No. 2020-TE30
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of Human Services Legislation (2020)
During the 2020 session, the General Assembly considered bills related to early childhood education; child welfare investigations; appropriating federal CARES Act funding; and other human services programs.
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of Children and Domestic Matters Legislation (2020)
During the 2020 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to parental rights, marriage and adoption, and child welfare.
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of State Government Legislation (2020)
During the 2020 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to its operations, state employees and retirement plans, state agencies and procurement, open records and meetings, and notarization. Several of the bills were in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the...
Staff Publications
Incentives to Use Solar Power in Colorado
This memorandum provides an overview of the financial incentives for solar power offered by utilities in Colorado, as well as other incentives, including net metering programs and state tax incentives.
Staff Publications
Energy Handbook (2020)
The Legislative Council Staff's Energy Handbook is intended to serve as a reference guide to Colorado's energy sector. The book is divided into five sections. Section I covers the sources and uses of energy in Colorado. Section II explains how severance taxes and federal mineral lease moneys...
10/28/2020
Business & Economic Development
Energy
Local Government
Natural Resources & Environment
State Government
Final/Annual Reports
2019 Prison Population Management Interim Study Committee Final Report
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Prison Population Management Interim Study Committee.
10/29/2020
Courts & Judicial
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
General Assembly
Staff Publications
Submission of Fiscal Impact Estimates for Citizen-Initiated Ballot Measures
This memorandum provides instructions and deadlines for interested parties to submit fiscal information for consideration by Legislative Council Staff, outlines the process for filing a motion for a rehearing before the Title Board if there are objections to the fiscal summary prepared by LCS,...
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of Water Legislation 2020
During the 2020 legislative session, the General Assembly considered several measures related to water, including water demand and conservation, water studies, instream flows, funding for water projects, and other water bills.
Issue Briefs
Information Technology and the Role of the Joint Technology Committee (20-21)
Information technology (IT) is used by every state agency to make operations more efficient and services more widely available to the citizens of Colorado. Along with other day-to-day expenses of state government, expenses related to IT are paid through the capital construction and
...Issue Briefs
Colorado's Climate Action Plan and Climate Change Data Collection (20-23)
In 2019, Colorado enacted House Bill 19-1261, establishing statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals. Colorado also enacted Senate Bill 19‑096, requiring the Air Quality...
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Metallic Minerals Threshold Exemption
Report No. 2021-TE1
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Metallic Minerals Ad Valorem Credit
Report No. 2021-TE2
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Molybdenum Ore Tonnage Exemption
Report No. 2021-TE3
Staff Publications
Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission SB 19-181 Rulemaking
In 2019, the General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 19-181, which changes how the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) in the Department of Natural Resources regulates the development of oil and natural gas in Colorado. Since July 2019, the COGCC has conducted rulemaking hearings...
Session Related Publications
Senate Judiciary Committee Information and Procedures
An overview of the rules and procedures to be followed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Session Related Publications
Organization and Procedures for the Senate Education Committee, 2021
An overview memo of the rules and procedures to be followed by the Senate Committee on Education.
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
New Plastic Recycling Technology Investment Tax Credit
Report No. 2021-TE12
04/15/2021
Business & Economic Development
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Natural Resources & Environment
Staff Publications
Process for Writing the Ballot Information Booklet
Article V, Section 1 (7.5), Colorado Constitution, and Section 1-40-124.5, Colorado Revised Statutes, require the Legislative Council Staff to prepare a ballot information booklet prior to each election in which a statewide issue appears on the ballot. The booklet's purpose is to provide voters...
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of 2021 Water Legislation
During the 2021 legislative session, the General Assembly considered several measures related to water, including funding for water projects, water studies, and other water-related bills.
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Materials Used in Iron, Steel, and Vanadium-Uranium Ore Manufacturing and Processing Exemption
Report No. 2021-TE17
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of 2021 Children & Domestic Matters Legislation
During the 2021 legislative session, the General Assembly considered several measures related to children and domestic matters, including foster care, child care, and child welfare.
Staff Publications
2021 Interim Committee Information
This memorandum summarizes the policies and procedures for committees meeting during the 2021 legislative interim.
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of 2021 Civil Law Legislation
During the 2021 legislative session, the General Assembly examined a number of measures related to civil law and the courts.