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h_lg_2016a_2016-03-09t13:32:22z0 Hearing Summary

Date: 03/09/2016



Final

BILL SUMMARY for HB16-1230



HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT


Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment F). The motion p

Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment A). The motion p

Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment B). The motion p

Adopt amendment L.006 does not fit under the title

Refer House Bill 16-1230, as amended, to the Commi
Pass Without Objection

Pass Without Objection

Pass Without Objection



PASS







01:32 PM -- HB16-1230



Representative Dore presented and summarized House Bill 16-1230 concerning the transparency online project to include county information. This bill requires counties to provide revenue and expenditure data to the state Chief Information Officer (CIO) no later than 30 days after the end of the fiscal year for inclusion in the State Transparency Online Project site (TOPS). Data must be segmented by agency and provided in an electronic format approved by the CIO so it can be added to TOPS. If a county fails to provide this data within 90 days of the deadline, the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) will consider this to be an adverse factor when making local government severance tax grant awards. The CIO is also required to archive past county revenue and expenditures data.



Representative Dore summarized and distributed amendment L.004 (Attachment A) and amendment L.005 (Attachment B).



16HouseLocal0309AttachA.pdf16HouseLocal0309AttachA.pdf 16HouseLocal0309AttachB.pdf16HouseLocal0309AttachB.pdf



01:40 PM --
Jack Arrowsmith, representing the Statewide Internet Portal Authority, spoke in favor of the bill. He discussed statewide transparency statistics.



Mr. Arrowsmith answered questions from the committee regarding amendment L.005.



01:45 PM --
Carol Block, representing Larimer County, spoke in opposition of the bill. She distributed and discussed a handout to the committee (Attachment C). Ms. Block discussed the current state requirements for publishing county financial and budget information. She discussed the county's concerns regarding the bill.



Attachment C can be viewed at Legislative Council.



01:55 PM



Ms. Block answered questions from the committee regarding the publication of transparency requirements. She also answered questions regarding amendment L.005.



02:02 PM --
Gini Pingenot, representing Colorado Counties, Inc., spoke in opposition to the bill. She distributed and discussed an informational handout (Attachment D) and a list of examples of local government transparency publications (Attachment E).



16HouseLocal0309AttachD.pdf16HouseLocal0309AttachD.pdf 16HouseLocal0309AttachE.pdf16HouseLocal0309AttachE.pdf



Ms. Pingenot answered questions regarding the amendments to the bills.



Representative Dore distributed and discussed amendment L.003 (Attachment F).



16HouseLocal0309AttachF.pdf16HouseLocal0309AttachF.pdf

BILL: HB16-1230
TIME: 02:13:10 PM
MOVED: Lebsock
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment F). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED: Singer
VOTE
Arndt
Danielson
Klingenschmitt
Navarro
Ransom
Rosenthal
Saine
Singer
Thurlow
Lebsock
Fields
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection



Representative Dore summarized amendment L.004.

BILL: HB16-1230
TIME: 02:16:38 PM
MOVED: Lebsock
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED: Singer
VOTE
Arndt
Danielson
Klingenschmitt
Navarro
Ransom
Rosenthal
Saine
Singer
Thurlow
Lebsock
Fields
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection




BILL: HB16-1230
TIME: 02:17:35 PM
MOVED: Lebsock
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED: Singer
VOTE
Arndt
Danielson
Klingenschmitt
Navarro
Ransom
Rosenthal
Saine
Singer
Thurlow
Lebsock
Fields
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection



Representative Thurlow distributed and discussed amendment L.006 (Attachment G). Representative Fields said that the amendment does not fit under the title of the bill.



16HouseLocal0309AttachG.pdf16HouseLocal0309AttachG.pdf



Representative Dore provided closing comments on the bill.



The members provided closing comments on the bill.

BILL: HB16-1230
TIME: 02:26:25 PM
MOVED: Singer
MOTION: Refer House Bill 16-1230, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-3.
SECONDED: Arndt
VOTE
Arndt
Yes
Danielson
Yes
Klingenschmitt
Yes
Navarro
Yes
Ransom
Yes
Rosenthal
No
Saine
No
Singer
Yes
Thurlow
No
Lebsock
Yes
Fields
Yes
YES: 8 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS










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