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Second Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
HB16-1354

Debt-free Schools Act

Type Bill
Session 2016 Regular Session
Subjects
Capital Construction Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Concerning authorization for a school district to impose an additional mill levy for the sole purpose of funding capital construction, new technology, existing technology upgrade, and maintenance needs of the district without borrowing money.

Bill Summary:

The act authorizes a school district, with voter approval, to impose an additional mill levy for the sole purpose of funding its capital construction, new technology, existing technology upgrade, and facility maintenance needs without borrowing money. If a charter school chartered by a district requests that the district fund capital construction, technology, or facility maintenance needs of the charter school with money generated by an additional mill levy and submits a capital construction plan to the board of the district, the board must assess the priority of the charter school's capital construction needs relative to the needs of other district schools and include the charter school's needs for funding if the priority of those needs is higher than the other schools' needs. Revenue raised from such a mill levy must be credited to a supplemental capital construction, technology, and maintenance fund of the district and used for the sole purpose of paying for capital construction, new technology, existing technology upgrade, and facility maintenance needs of the district.

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Prime Sponsors

Representative Diane Mitsch Bush

Representative

Diane Mitsch Bush

Representative Jon Becker

Representative

Jon Becker

Senator Jerry Sonnenberg

Senator

Jerry Sonnenberg

Committees

House

Education

Senate

State, Veterans, & Military Affairs

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Status

Became Law

Introduced

Passed

Became Law

Related Documents & Information

Date Version Documents
05/17/2016 Signed Act PDF
05/10/2016 Final Act PDF
04/25/2016 Rerevised PDF
04/22/2016 Revised PDF
04/01/2016 Reengrossed PDF
03/28/2016 Engrossed PDF
03/11/2016 Introduced PDF
Date Version Documents
04/19/2016 PDF
03/22/2016 PDF
Date Version Documents
07/26/2016 FN3 PDF
04/06/2016 FN2 PDF
03/21/2016 FN1 PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Refer House Bill 16-1354, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
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Committee Report:  PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Adopt amendment L.002 The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Refer House Bill 16-1354, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-1. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
|
Committee Report:  PDF
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
04/29/2016 Senate Amendments REPASS
49
AYE
15
NO
1
OTHER
 		Vote record
04/29/2016 Senate Amendments CONCUR
63
AYE
1
NO
1
OTHER
 		Vote record
04/01/2016 Third Reading BILL
53
AYE
12
NO
0
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
04/25/2016 Third Reading BILL
33
AYE
1
NO
1
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Location Action
05/17/2016 Governor Governor Signed
05/11/2016 Governor Sent to the Governor
05/10/2016 House Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/10/2016 Senate Signed by the President of the Senate
04/29/2016 House House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/29/2016 House House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/25/2016 Senate Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/22/2016 Senate Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
04/21/2016 Senate Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
04/18/2016 Senate Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/01/2016 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
04/01/2016 House House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/29/2016 House House Third Reading Laid Over to 04/01/2016 - No Amendments
03/28/2016 House House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
03/24/2016 House House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/28/2016 - No Amendments
03/21/2016 House House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/11/2016 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Education
Effective Date Chapter # Title Documents
05/17/2016 166 Debt-free Schools Act PDF

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