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Issue Briefs

Local Government Affordable Housing Strategies

Subjects

Housing

Local Government

Agency

Legislative Council Staff

Published

11/04/2020

This issue brief focuses on additional strategies that local governments and communities in Colorado are using to meet the housing needs of residents.

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Overview of Courthouse Funding (2017)

There are 86 courthouse facilities in Colorado: 71 courthouses and 15 probation offices. This issue brief provides an overview of court and court facility funding. Specifically, information is provided on state, county, and municipal court funding requirements and state supplemental funding...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

07/13/2017

Subjects:

Courts & Judicial

Local Government

State Government

Issue Briefs

Laws Addressing Service Animals and Assistance Animals

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, approximately 10.3 percent of Colorado’s population reported having a disability in 2015. Many of those individuals use a service animal or assistance animal to cope with their disability. This issue brief defines the...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

06/08/2017

Subjects:

Civil Law

Housing

Human Services

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Residential Assessment Rate and the Gallagher Amendment

A video presentation about Colorado property taxes and the Gallagher Amendment. It is anticipated that the residential assessment rate will be reduced for the first time in 14 years, impacting homeowners and the tax base of every local taxing jurisdiction in the state.

(10 minutes 49...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

03/09/2017

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Local Government

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

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Department of Local Affairs, 2016 DOLA Regulatory Report

Presented to the Joing Local Government Committee.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/06/2017

Subject:

Local Government

Other

Department of Local Affairs, 2017 Regulatory Agenda

Presented to the Joint Local Government Committee.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/06/2017

Subject:

Local Government

Other

Department of Local Affairs, FY 2016-17 Performance Plan

Presented to the Joint Local Affairs Committee.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/06/2017

Subject:

Local Government

Other

Department of Local Affairs, FY 2016 Annual Performance Evaluation (March 2016)

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/06/2017

Subject:

Local Government

Other

Department of Local Affairs, FY 2017 Performance Plan Evaluation

Presented to the Joint Local Affairs Committee.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/06/2017

Subject:

Local Government

Issue Briefs

Overview of the Colorado Open Records Act (2016)

The Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) 1 creates a presumption in favor of public access to government documents. This issue brief addresses CORA’s two threshold questions: 1) what is and is not considered a public record; and 2) which public records are exempt from disclosure. It also briefly...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/07/2016

Subjects:

General Assembly

Local Government

State Government

Issue Briefs

Colorado Judges (2016)

Colorado’s state court system is comprised of many different courts, including the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals (COA), and district courts. Colorado law also governs county courts and jurisdiction-specific courts in Denver.1 This issue brief describes the qualification requirements and...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/29/2016

Subjects:

Courts & Judicial

Local Government

State Government

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