H_BUS_2016A 01/26/2016 01:31:13 PM Committee Summary
Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND LABOR
| Date: | 01/26/2016 |
ATTENDANCE
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| Time: | 01:31 PM to 03:03 PM |
Arndt
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Garnett
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| Place: | LSB A |
Navarro
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Nordberg
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X
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| This Meeting was called to order by |
Pabon
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| Representative Williams |
Rosenthal
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Roupe
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| This Report was prepared by |
Sias
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| Luisa Altmann |
Thurlow
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Winter
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Wist
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Kraft-Tharp
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Williams
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X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call
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| Bills Addressed: | Action Taken: | ||
| HB16-1076 HB16-1073 HB16-1025 Issuance of Private Letter Rulings and General Information Letters Sunset |
Amended, Referred to the Committee of the Whole Amended, Referred to the Committee of the Whole Referred to the Committee of the Whole Approved draft bill LLS16-0431 for introduction |
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Luisa Altmann, Legislative Council Staff, provided an overview of the Research Note pilot project being conducted for select bills during the 2016 session.
01:31 PM -- HB 16-1076
Representative Hamner, sponsor, introduced House Bill 16-1076 to the committee. The bill allows architects over 65 years of age to apply to the state Board of Licensure for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Professional Land Surveyors (board) for classification as a retired architect. The retired classification requires the payment of a fee and cessation of practice. The bill permits reinstatement upon payment of a fee and allows the board to reexamine the applicant to establish competency.
01:35 PM -- Michael Wisneski, American Institute of Architects (AIA) Colorado, testified in support of the bill.
01:39 PM -- Kevin Eronimous, AIA Colorado, testified in support of the bill.
Representative Hamner, Mr. Wisneski, and Mr. Eronimous responded to questions from the committee.
01:45 PM
Representative Hamner discussed amendment L.003 (Attachment A).
160126 AttachA.pdf
| BILL: | HB16-1076 | |
| TIME: | 01:45:06 PM | |
| MOVED: | Kraft-Tharp | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. | |
| SECONDED: | Pabon | |
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Arndt
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Garnett
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Navarro
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Nordberg
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Pabon
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Rosenthal
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Excused
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Roupe
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Sias
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Thurlow
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Winter
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Wist
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Kraft-Tharp
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Williams
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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01:46 PM
Representative Hamner made closing comments.
| BILL: | HB16-1076 | |
| TIME: | 01:46:34 PM | |
| MOVED: | Kraft-Tharp | |
| MOTION: | Refer House Bill 16-1076, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0. | |
| SECONDED: | Roupe | |
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VOTE
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Arndt
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Yes
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Garnett
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Yes
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Navarro
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Yes
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Nordberg
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Yes
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Pabon
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Yes
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Rosenthal
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Excused
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Roupe
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Yes
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Sias
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Yes
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Thurlow
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Yes
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Winter
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Yes
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Wist
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Yes
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Kraft-Tharp
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Yes
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Williams
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Yes
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Final YES: 12 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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01:48 PM -- HB 16-1073
Representative Duran and Representative DelGrosso, co-sponsors, introduced House Bill 16-1073. The bill creates new requirements, effective January 1, 2018, for individuals applying for a renewal of a master electrician, journeyman electrician, or residential wireman license through the Division of Professions and Occupations (DPO) in the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA). Renewal applicants will be required to complete 2 hours of continuing education rather than passing a competency assessment. The State Electrical Board must adopt rules establishing continuing education requirements and standards by April 1, 2017. The bill also requires any electrical inspection performed by a local government or qualified state institution of higher education to include a contemporaneous review. The review must ensure that all electricians working onsite are properly licensed, and that all electrical apprentices working onsite are performing the appropriate work and are properly registered and supervised. To that end, the bill requires local building departments and higher education institutions to develop standard procedures for electrical inspectors conducting contemporaneous reviews and to post these procedures on the organization's public website.
The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.
01:54 PM -- Dianna Orf, Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado (AGNC), testified in opposition to the bill.
01:56 PM -- Jim Perizzolo, representing himself, spoke about his experience as a licensed electrician and testified in support of the bill. Mr. Perizzolo responded to questions from the committee.
02:00 PM -- Mark Latimer, Associated Builders and Contractors Rocky Mountain Chapter, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Latimer responded to questions from the committee.
02:06 PM -- Craig Clark, Dynalectric and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), testified in support of the bill.
02:08 PM -- David Scott, Encore Electric and Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) Rocky Mountain, testified in support of the bill.
02:10 PM -- Marlin Linder, Encore Electric and IEC, testified in support of the bill.
| BILL: | HB16-1073 | |
| TIME: | 02:15:36 PM | |
| MOVED: | Kraft-Tharp | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection. | |
| SECONDED: | Garnett | |
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Arndt
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Garnett
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Navarro
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Nordberg
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Pabon
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Rosenthal
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Excused
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Roupe
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Sias
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Thurlow
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Winter
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Wist
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Kraft-Tharp
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Williams
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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| BILL: | HB16-1073 | |
| TIME: | 02:16:04 PM | |
| MOVED: | Kraft-Tharp | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment C). The motion passed without objection. | |
| SECONDED: | Garnett | |
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Arndt
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Garnett
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Navarro
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Nordberg
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Pabon
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Rosenthal
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Excused
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Roupe
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Sias
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Thurlow
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Winter
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Wist
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Kraft-Tharp
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Williams
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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| BILL: | HB16-1073 | |
| TIME: | 02:16:39 PM | |
| MOVED: | Kraft-Tharp | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment D). The motion passed without objection. | |
| SECONDED: | Garnett | |
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VOTE
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Arndt
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Garnett
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Navarro
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Nordberg
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Pabon
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Rosenthal
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Excused
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Roupe
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Sias
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Thurlow
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Winter
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Wist
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Kraft-Tharp
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Williams
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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160126 AttachD.pdf
02:17 PM
The bill sponsors made closing statements.
| BILL: | HB16-1073 | |
| TIME: | 02:18:47 PM | |
| MOVED: | Kraft-Tharp | |
| MOTION: | Refer House Bill 16-1073, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0. | |
| SECONDED: | Garnett | |
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VOTE
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Arndt
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Yes
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Garnett
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Yes
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Navarro
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Yes
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Nordberg
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Yes
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Pabon
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Yes
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Rosenthal
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Excused
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Roupe
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Yes
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Sias
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Yes
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Thurlow
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Yes
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Winter
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Yes
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Wist
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Yes
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Kraft-Tharp
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Yes
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Williams
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Yes
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Final YES: 12 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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02:19 PM -- HB 16-1025
Representative Arndt, sponsor, introduced House Bill 16-1025. Multiple insurance companies that are owned or controlled by one entity are considered a group. This bill expands the definition of "renewal" or "to renew" when used with an automobile insurance policy, to clarify that a policy that replaces an expired policy, may be issued by another admitted company within the same insurance group, rather than the issuer of the original policy.
02:22 PM -- Dan Jablan, Farmers Insurance and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCIAA), testified in support of the bill. Mr. Jablan responded to questions from the committee.
02:25 PM -- Stephanie Paswaters and Bobbie Baca, Colorado Division of Insurance, responded to questions from the committee.
02:28 PM
Mr. Jablan, Ms. Paswaters, and Ms. Baca continued to respond to questions from the committee.
02:29 PM
Representative Arndt made closing comments.
| BILL: | HB16-1025 | |
| TIME: | 02:30:06 PM | |
| MOVED: | Kraft-Tharp | |
| MOTION: | Refer House Bill 16-1025 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0. | |
| SECONDED: | Garnett | |
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VOTE
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Arndt
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Yes
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Garnett
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Yes
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Navarro
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Yes
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Nordberg
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Yes
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Pabon
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Yes
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Rosenthal
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Excused
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Roupe
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Yes
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Sias
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Yes
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Thurlow
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Yes
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Winter
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Yes
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Wist
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Yes
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Kraft-Tharp
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Yes
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Williams
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Yes
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Final YES: 12 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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02:31 PM -- Issuance of Private Letter Rulings and General Information Letters Sunset
Vivienne Belmont, Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), presented a summary of the sunset review report for the Issuance of Private Letter Rulings and General Information Letters. A copy of the sunset report can be found at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8bNvcf083ydY1dINnF5T25XRGc/view.
Ms. Belmont responded to questions from the committee regarding the report and DORA's recommendations based on the sunset review.
02:44 PM -- Phillip Horwitz and Amber Egbert, Colorado Department of Revenue (DOR), provided the committee with an overview of letter rulings. Mr. Horwitz provided the committee with two examples of letter rulings issued by DOR (Attachments E and F). Mr. Horwitz and Ms. Egbert responded to questions from the committee regarding DOR's Taxation Division's operations, the sunset review, and DORA's recommendations.
160126 AttachE.pdf160126 AttachF.pdf
02:56 PM -- Loren Furman, Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry (CACI), testified in support of continuing the program. Ms. Furman responded to questions from the committee.
| BILL: | Issuance of Private Letter Rulings and General Information Letters Sunset | |
| TIME: | 02:59:48 PM | |
| MOVED: | Kraft-Tharp | |
| MOTION: | Introduce draft bill LLS 16-0431 as amended. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. | |
| SECONDED: | Roupe | |
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VOTE
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Arndt
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Yes
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Garnett
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Yes
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Navarro
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Yes
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Nordberg
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Yes
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Pabon
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Yes
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Rosenthal
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Yes
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Roupe
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Yes
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Sias
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Yes
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Thurlow
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Yes
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Winter
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Yes
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Wist
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Yes
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Kraft-Tharp
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Yes
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Williams
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Yes
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Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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| BILL: | Issuance of Private Letter Rulings and General Information Letters Sunset | |
| TIME: | 03:00:08 PM | |
| MOVED: | Kraft-Tharp | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment to track hours and FTE dedicated to this program. The motion passed without objection. | |
| SECONDED: | Nordberg | |
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Arndt
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Garnett
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Navarro
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Nordberg
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Pabon
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Rosenthal
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Roupe
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Sias
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Thurlow
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Winter
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Wist
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Kraft-Tharp
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Williams
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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| BILL: | Issuance of Private Letter Rulings and General Information Letters Sunset | |
| TIME: | 03:00:43 PM | |
| MOVED: | Kraft-Tharp | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment to change the sunset date from 9 years to 7 years. The motion passed without objection. | |
| SECONDED: | Thurlow | |
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Arndt
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Garnett
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Navarro
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Nordberg
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Pabon
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Rosenthal
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Roupe
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Sias
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Thurlow
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Winter
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Wist
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Kraft-Tharp
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Williams
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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Representative Kraft-Tharp was designated as the sponsor of the bill.