Staff Publications

2022 SMART Act Hearing Overview Memorandum

Subject

State Government

Agency

Published

01/07/2022

This memorandum provides an overview of the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent Government Act" (SMART Government Act). The act requires executive agencies to annually present specific information to joint legislative committees during the first two weeks of the legislative session. This memorandum summarizes the information that state agencies are required to submit to committees in advance of the hearings and the requirements of the hearings.

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2024 American Indian Affairs Interim Study Committee Final Report

Submitted herewith is the final report of the American Indian Affairs Interim Study Committee. This committee was created pursuant to Interim Committee Request Letter 2024-003. The purpose of this committee is to build better relationships between American Indian communities and the legislative...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/19/2024

Subjects:

General Assembly

State Government

Issue Briefs

Smart Government Act

The State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent Government Act (SMART Act) was adopted in 2010 by House Bill 10-1119. This bill...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/19/2024

Subjects:

General Assembly

State Government

State Revenue & Budget

Staff Publications

2025 Fiscal Note Staff Assignments by Subject Area

2025 Fiscal Note Staff Assignments by Subject Area.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/11/2024

Subjects:

State Government

State Revenue & Budget

Issue Briefs

Overview of the Office of the Attorney General

The Attorney General is a statewide elected official who acts as the chief legal representative of the state and the chief executive officer of the Department of Law. The Attorney General and the Department of Law together are known as the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. This issue brief...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/25/2024

Subjects:

Courts & Judicial

State Government

Staff Publications

Funding Mechanisms and Fiscal Notes

This memorandum is intended for use by policymakers, legislative drafters, and budget analysts to understand the different funding mechanisms that may be used in legislation. It describes how different funding mechanisms in legislation impact the state budget and how they are shown in fiscal...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/20/2024

Subjects:

General Assembly

State Government

Staff Publications

2025 Fiscal Note Staff Assignments by Subject Area

2025 Fiscal Note Staff Assignments by Subject Area.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/20/2024

Subjects:

State Government

State Revenue & Budget

Staff Publications

State Government Enterprises

This memorandum provides information on state government enterprises under Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution, also known as the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR). From FY 1993-94 through FY 2023-24, over 30 state government entities had received enterprise status for at least...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/04/2024

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

State Government

State Revenue & Budget

Staff Publications

Overview of the Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association

The state legislature established the Colorado Public Employee's Retirement Association (PERA) in 1931 to provide a pension benefit to state and local government employees, predating the federal Social Security Act of 1935 by four years. PERA is administered under Article 51 of Title 24 of the...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/30/2024

Subject:

State Government

Issue Briefs

Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act

The harmful effects of secondhand smoke and emissions from tobacco, marijuana, and electronic smoking devices continue to be an issue in Colorado. Since 1992, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has classified secondhand tobacco smoke as a known cause of cancer.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/29/2024

Subjects:

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Local Government

Public Health

State Government

Staff Publications

Ranked Choice Voting

This memorandum provides an overview of ranked choice voting in Colorado and other states. Ranked choice voting is a method of voting where voters rank candidates by preference. Ranked choice voting is currently used in nonpartisan elections in several Colorado municipalities, with at least one...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/10/2024

Subjects:

Elections & Redistricting

Local Government

State Government

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