h_bus_2017a_2017-02-02t13:36:28z0 Hearing Summary

Date: 02/02/2017

Location: LSB A

01:37 PM -- SB 17-044



Representative Arndt, sponsor, presented Senate Bill 17-044. Under current law, any report that is required to be submitted to the General Assembly by an executive agency or the judicial branch expires after three years, unless otherwise specified in statute. Recommended by the Statutory Revision Committee, the bill:

• repeals the following repeals the following reporting requirements for the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) within the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) that have expired:
  
  • Annual Report to the State Legislature - Energy Rate Cases;
  • Annual Report on Energy Utility Demand Side Management;
• continues indefinitely the Annual Report of the Colorado High Cost Support Mechanism, produced by the PUC; and
• continues indefinitely the following four reporting requirements for the Division of Insurance within DORA:
  
  • Annual Report of the Commissioner of Insurance - Title Insurance Enforcement Actions, Market Trends, and Consumer Complaints;
  • Annual Report of the Commissioner of Insurance on Health Insurance;
  • Annual Report on Complaints Against Insurers; and
  • Financial Examination of Pinnacol Assurance Fund. (This report must be submitted only to the Office of the State Auditor and no longer is required to be submitted to the General Assembly, the Governor, or the executive directors of DORA and the Department of Labor and Employment.)