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Class A Traffic Infractions
Crime Classification Guide for Class A Traffic Infractions
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Class B Traffic Infractions
Crime Classification Guide for Class B Traffic Infractions
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Traffic Infractions (2014)
This section contains a current listing of traffic infractions. Traffic infractions have two categories: class A and class B. The penalty range for the commission of a class A or class B traffic infraction is generally a $15 to $100 fine, although fines defined within the statute may exceed $100...
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Unclassified Traffic Infractions
Crime Classification Guide for Unclassified Traffic Infractions
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Unclassified Offenses
Crime Classification Guide for Unclassified Offenses
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Distribution of FY 2013-14 General Fund Surplus
The FY 2013-14 General Fund surplus is estimated at $235.8 million.1 State law requires this surplus to be distributed in the amounts and order shown in Table 1.2 Additionally, the transfer to the Capital Construction Fund is allocated by state law in the order and amounts shown in Table 2.3 Up...
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Summary of Major Legislation: Elections (2014)
2014 Summary of Major Elections Legislation
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Summary of Major Legislation: General Assembly (2014)
2014 Summary of Major General Assembly Legislation
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Summary of Major Legislation: K-12 Education (2014)
2014 Summary of Major K-12 Education Legislation
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Staff Summary LERP Committee (10/23/2014)
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY
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Summary of Major Legislation: Local Government (2014)
2014 Summary of Major Local Government Legislation
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Summary of Major Legislation: Marijuana (2014)
2014 Summary of Major Marijuana Legislation
Issue Briefs
State Taxes on Marijuana (2014)
In 2000, voters approved Amendment 20, allowing the possession and use of medical marijuana in Colorado. In 2012, voters approved Amendment 64, legalizing marijuana for use by adults aged 21 and older. Sales of retail marijuana for adult use began on January 1, 2014.
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Summary of Major Legislation: Military and Veterans Issues (2014)
2014 Summary of Major Military and Veterans Issues Legislation
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Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade (K-12) Public School Funding (2014)
This memorandum provides an overview of K-12 funding within the context of the state's operating budget. In December 2013, about $1.1 billion was transferred from the General Fund to the State Education Fund (SEF). The General Assembly has used some of this one-time money to set funding levels...
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Table 1 School Finance Funding Comparison with Passage of HB 14-1292 and HB 14-1298
School Finance Funding Comparison With Passage of Both HB 14-1292 and HB 14-1298, FY 2014-15
Current Law vs. Passage of HB 14-1292 and HB 14-1298 Combined
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Table 2 School Finance Funding Comparison with HB 14-1292 AND hb 14-1298
School Finance Funding Comparison With Both HB 14-1292 and HB 14-1298
FY 2014-15 vs FY 2013-14
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State Revenue Transfers to Counties (2014)
This memorandum provides information on intergovernmental transfers of revenue from the state government to Colorado's 64 counties. Data from 2010 show that of $5.0 billion in total county revenue, about $1.3 billion or 25.8 percent came from intergovernmental transfers. The state portion made...
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Colorado's Constitutional Spending Limit (2014)
In 1992, voters approved a Colorado Constitutional Amendment -- Article X, Section 20, known as the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR). TABOR limits annual growth in state spending.
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TABOR Refund Mechanisms (2014)
This issue brief provides information on mechanisms used to refund revenue in excess of the state's constitutional spending limit. For information on the state spending limit and how it is calculated, please refer to Issue Brief 14-03A.
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Innovative Motor Vehicle Income Tax Credit (2014)
The state innovative motor vehicle income tax credit is intended to reduce the cost of alternative fuel vehicles and incentivize their purchase. This issue brief describes the tax credit, most recently addressed in House Bill 13-1247, and provides information on how its value is calculated.
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Colorado 2014 Election Guide
The 2014 general election includes races for several state and federal offices. This issue brief provides an overview of key dates for the 2014 primary and general elections and highlights other information on voter registration, mail ballots, and voting procedures after various changes to...
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Academic Standards and the Common Core (2014)
Academic standards provide a broad outline for what students are expected to know and be able to do at the end of each grade level, and for what students should know in order to be prepared to enter college or the workforce by the time they graduate from high school. In Colorado, academic...
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Telecommunications Modernization (2014)
Telecommunications regulation has been an active issue in the Colorado state legislature for several years. In 2014, five bills passed that changed telecommunications regulation, subsidies, and infrastructure in Colorado. These bills deregulate a number of telecommunications products, specify...
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Child Support Enforcement (2014)
Child support is a required payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child after a divorce or other dissolution of a relationship. This issue brief summarizes how child support orders are issued, details elements of child support enforcement units and various child support...