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Issue Briefs

Driving Under the Influence of Drugs or Alcohol (2016)

Subjects

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Transportation & Motor Vehicles

Agency

Legislative Council Staff

Published

01/13/2016

This issue brief discusses the various offenses related to driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol in Colorado, and their associated criminal and administrative penalties.

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Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Occasional Sale of Liquor by Public Auction Exemption

Report No. 2018-TE6

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

09/15/2018

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Sacramental Wines Excise Tax Exemption

Report No. 2018-TE7

Note: A more recent evaluation was issued in May 2023. Click HERE to access the May 2023 report.

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

09/15/2018

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Crimes and Law Enforcement Legislation (2018)

During the 2018 legislative session, the General Assembly introduced numerous bills concerning crimes,criminal penalties, and law enforcement.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/07/2018

Subjects:

Courts & Judicial

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Corrections Legislation (2018)

During the 2018 legislative session, the General Assembly introduced numerous bills concerning the state’s correctional system and associated issues.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/07/2018

Subject:

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Marijuana Legislation (2018)

During the 2018 legislative session, the General Assembly considered bills relating to the regulation of both medical and recreational marijuana on topics such as taxes, research, use of medical marijuana, and marijuana business licensing.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

08/29/2018

Subject:

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Liquor Legislation (2018)

During the 2018 legislative session, the General Assembly considered several bills to clarify practices related to events at which alcohol is auctioned or sold, redefined Japanese rice wine, and passed additional legislation related to the retail sale of low- and full-strength beer.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

08/29/2018

Subject:

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Issue Briefs

Oversize and Overweight Commercial Vehicles (18-10)

State and federal regulations set standards for the size and weight of commercial vehicles operated on public highways. A commercial vehicle is any vehicle used for commerce that has a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more. Commercial vehicles that exceed the established weight...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

08/16/2018

Subject:

Transportation & Motor Vehicles

Staff Publications

2018 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Payment Forecast

Colorado receives annual payments from tobacco manufacturers as part of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). In April 2018, the state received $177.3 million, including a one-time payment of $113.3 million pursuant to the Nonparticipating Manufacturers Adjustment Settlement Agreement,...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

08/01/2018

Subjects:

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

State Revenue & Budget

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Transportation and Motor Vehicles Legislation (2017)

During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to transportation funding, motor vehicles, other modes of transportation, and traffic offenses. In addition, an overview of Colorado’s transportation system is available online at:...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

06/01/2018

Subject:

Transportation & Motor Vehicles

Issue Briefs

Traffic Demand Management and Managed Lanes (18-06)

We may all complain about traffic, but traffic professionals regularly work to deploy a wide variety of strategies to reduce or redistribute traffic. One of the major strategies is managed lanes, or as they are commonly known, toll roads. This issue brief discusses traffic demand management and...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

04/26/2018

Subject:

Transportation & Motor Vehicles

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