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Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of 2024 Water Legislation

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Agriculture

General Assembly

Natural Resources & Environment

Water

Agency

Legislative Council Staff

Published

09/26/2024

Several pieces of legislation focused on water in Colorado were passed during the 2024 session. These include measures concerning water projects, regulations for construction activities near wetlands and rivers, water conservation efforts, and improving water quality.

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Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Molybdenum Ore Tonnage Exemption

Report No. 2021-TE3

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

01/15/2021

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Natural Resources & Environment

Issue Briefs

Colorado's Climate Action Plan and Climate Change Data Collection (20-23)

In 2019, Colorado enacted House Bill 19-1261, establishing statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals. Colorado also enacted Senate Bill 19‑096, requiring the Air Quality...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/03/2020

Subjects:

Energy

Natural Resources & Environment

State Government

Issue Briefs

Information Technology and the Role of the Joint Technology Committee (20-21)

Information technology (IT) is used by every state agency to make operations more efficient and services more widely available to the citizens of Colorado. Along with other day-to-day expenses of state government, expenses related to IT are paid through the capital construction and

...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/02/2020

Subjects:

General Assembly

Telecommunications & Information Technology

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Water Legislation 2020

During the 2020 legislative session, the General Assembly considered several measures related to water, including water demand and conservation, water studies, instream flows, funding for water projects, and other water bills.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/02/2020

Subjects:

General Assembly

Water

Final/Annual Reports

2019 Prison Population Management Interim Study Committee Final Report

Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Prison Population Management Interim Study Committee.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/29/2020

Subjects:

Courts & Judicial

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

General Assembly

Staff Publications

Energy Handbook (2020)

The Legislative Council Staff's Energy Handbook is intended to serve as a reference guide to Colorado's energy sector. The book is divided into five sections. Section I covers the sources and uses of energy in Colorado. Section II explains how severance taxes and federal mineral lease moneys...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/28/2020

Subjects:

Business & Economic Development

Energy

Local Government

Natural Resources & Environment

State Government

Staff Publications

Incentives to Use Solar Power in Colorado

This memorandum provides an overview of the financial incentives for solar power offered by utilities in Colorado, as well as other incentives, including net metering programs and state tax incentives.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/05/2020

Subjects:

Energy

Natural Resources & Environment

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of State Government Legislation (2020)

During the 2020 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to its operations, state employees and retirement plans, state agencies and procurement, open records and meetings, and notarization. Several of the bills were in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/29/2020

Subjects:

General Assembly

State Government

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Children and Domestic Matters Legislation (2020)

During the 2020 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to parental rights, marriage and adoption, and child welfare.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/22/2020

Subjects:

Children & Domestic Matters

General Assembly

Human Services

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Impact Assistance Credits

Report No. 2020-TE27

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

09/15/2020

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Local Government

Natural Resources & Environment

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