I_Gallagher_2018A 10/03/2018 09:06:10 AM Committee Summary

Mr. DeCecco responded to questions from the committee.

Don Lombardi, Colorado State Fire Chiefs, discussed the fire service impacts of reductions in property tax revenue and the role of the fire chiefs in local areas asking voters to permit changes to taxes.

Chief Briese read an email from a fire chief in response to a survey from the CSFC.  He responded to questions from the committee.

Representative Rankin made comments on the preceding testimony and asked questions of the witnesses.

Chief Lombardi responded to questions from the committee.

Gini Pingenot, Colorado Counties, Inc., discussed counties' responsibilities for providing services and the role of property tax in funding those services. She discussed county commissioner concerns with the concurrent resolution.

Barbara Holm, representing herself and five former legislators, read a prepared statement about their concerns with eliminating the Gallagher Amendment.

Ms. Pinginot responded to questions from the committee.

Senator Holm responded to comments from the committee.

Ms. Pingenot responded to comments from the committee..

Senator Holm responded to questions and comments from the committee.

Ed DeCecco, Office of Legislative Legal Services, discussed proposed Bill 2 , which changes the property classification of short-term rental units (Attachment D).

Larson Silbaugh, Legislative Council Staff, discussed the estimated fiscal impact of Bill 2. A copy of the fiscal note was provided to the committee (Attachment E).

Mr. DeCecco responded to questions from the committee.

Representative Rankin indicated that he did not want to offer this bill as a committee bill.  The committee agreed that it would not be considered as a committee bill.

John Ludwig, representing himself, discussed his experience operating an AirBnB.

Jill Bishop, representing herself, discussed her experience operating an AirBnB.

Brandon Behr, Colorado Springs Short Term Rental Alliance, discussed the role of home sharing and short term rentals in the Colorado Springs area.

Susan Bailey, representing herself, spoke about her experience operating a short term rental out of her home.

Amy Stephens, Colorado Springs Short Term Rental Alliance, spoke about short term rentals in the state.

Alison Connelly, representing herself, discussed her experience as a short term rental host.

Kathy Clark, representing herself, spoke about her experience as an AirBnB host,

Jesse Kaser, representing himself, discussed his experience as a short term rental host.

Zach Ford, representing himself, discussed his experience operating an AirBnB.

Sergio Bitti, representing himself, discussed his experience as a short term rental host.

Senator Court asked that the bill be withdrawn. The committee agreed that the bill would not be forwarded to legislative Council.

Esther Van Mourick, Office of Legislative Legal Services, discussed Bill 4 that would use general fund money to backfill lost property tax revenue for fire protection districts (Attachment F).

Chris Creighton, Legislative Council Staff, discussed the estimated fiscal impact of Bill 4. The committee was provided a copy of the fiscal note (Attachment G).

Ms. Van Mourick discussed Bill 5 which is a back fill bill for library districts (Attachment H). She responded to questions from the committee.

Mr. Creighton discussed the fiscal note for bill 5 (Attachment I).

Ms. Van Mourick explained Bill 8, which combines the backfill regime from Bills 4 and 5 into a single bill (Attachment J). She responded to questions from the committee.

The committee discussed the merits of moving forward each of the bills. Ms. Van Mourick responded to questions from the committee.

Joanne Groff, State Property Tax Administrator, responded to questions from the committee.

Ms Van Mourick continued to respond to questions from the committee.

Jon Walker, Pueblo Library District, discussed Bill 5 and the importance of the library in the community and the funding mechanism for libraries under state law.

Sheri Baca, Pueblo Library District, spoke in favor of the proposed bills 5 and 8.

Lyndell Gairaud, Pueblo Library District, spoke in support of bills 5 and 8.

Amie Pilla, Berthoud Libary District, discussed her support of bills 5 and 8.

The committee discussed the merits of the three bills.

Representative Rankin withdrew Bills 4 and 5.

Ed DeCecco, Office of Legislative Legal Services, discussed Bill 7 that would establish regional assessment rates across the state (Attachment K).

Larson Silbaugh, Legislative Council Staff, discussed the estimated fiscal impact of the bill. A copy of the fiscal note was provided to the committee (Attachment L).

Gini Pingenot, Colorado Counties, Inc., discussed issues particular to certain regions of the state under the proposed bill.

Zane Kessler, Colorado River District, spoke about the proposed bill.

Keith Erffmeyer, Colorado Assessor's Association, responded to questions from the committee.