H_BUS_2017A 02/02/2017 Committee Summary

Final

STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND LABOR

Date:	02/02/2017	ATTENDANCE

Time:	01:36 PM to 03:55 PM	Arndt	X
		Coleman	X
Place:	LSB A	Garnett	X
		Gray	X
This Meeting was called to order by		Navarro	X
	Representative Kraft-Tharp	Nordberg	X
		Rosenthal	X
This Report was prepared by		Sias	X
	Luisa Altmann	Thurlow	X
		Van Winkle	X
		Williams D.	X
		Winter	X
		Kraft-Tharp	X
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
SB17-044 HB17-1098		Referred to the Committee of the Whole Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only

01:37 PM -- SB 17-044

Representative Arndt, sponsor, presented Senate Bill 17-044. Under current law, any report that is required to be submitted to the General Assembly by an executive agency or the judicial branch expires after three years, unless otherwise specified in statute. Recommended by the Statutory Revision Committee, the bill:

repeals the following repeals the following reporting requirements for the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) within the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) that have expired:
- Annual Report to the State Legislature - Energy Rate Cases;
- Annual Report on Energy Utility Demand Side Management;
continues indefinitely the Annual Report of the Colorado High Cost Support Mechanism, produced by the PUC; and
continues indefinitely the following four reporting requirements for the Division of Insurance within DORA:
- Annual Report of the Commissioner of Insurance - Title Insurance Enforcement Actions, Market Trends, and Consumer Complaints;
- Annual Report of the Commissioner of Insurance on Health Insurance;
- Annual Report on Complaints Against Insurers; and
- Financial Examination of Pinnacol Assurance Fund. (This report must be submitted only to the Office of the State Auditor and no longer is required to be submitted to the General Assembly, the Governor, or the executive directors of DORA and the Department of Labor and Employment.)


BILL:	SB17-044
TIME:	01:39:38 PM
MOVED:	Arndt
MOTION:	Refer Senate Bill 17-044 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0.
SECONDED:	Thurlow
		VOTE
	Arndt	Yes
	Coleman	Yes
	Garnett	Yes
	Gray	Yes
	Navarro	Yes
	Nordberg	Yes
	Rosenthal	Yes
	Sias	Yes
	Thurlow	Yes
	Van Winkle	Yes
	Williams D.	Yes
	Winter	Yes
	Kraft-Tharp	Yes

Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

01:40 PM -- HB 17-1098

Representative Liston and Representative Pabon, co-sponsors, introduced House Bill 17-1098. The bill limits civil damages recoverable by a rental car company for the loss of use of a rental vehicle to actual profits lost as a result of the vehicle being unavailable for rental. Under current law, a rental car company may pursue all lost revenue resulting from the loss of use of the vehicle while it is being repaired.

The bill sponsors provided a handout to the committee (Attachment A).

170202 AttachA.pdf

The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.

02:09 PM -- Julie Mowry, State Farm Insurance, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Mowry responded to questions from the committee.

02:26 PM -- Mark Neville, State Farm Insurance, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Neville responded to questions from the committee.

02:39 PM -- Chadwell Murley, Spies, Powers & Robinson, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Murley responded to questions from the committee.

02:52 PM -- Tony Stirling, Sean Wolf, and Scott Chapman, PurCo Fleet Services, testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Stirling, Mr. Wolf, and Mr. Chapman responded to questions from the committee.

03:21 PM -- Jeff Jenkins, Enterprise Holdings and the American Car Rental Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Jenkins responded to questions from the committee.

03:45 PM

The committee took a recess.

03:55 PM

The committee returned from recess. Representative Kraft-Tharp laid the bill over for final action at a later date.

03:55 PM

The committee adjourned.

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