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Home Rule Governance in Colorado (20-16)

Subjects

Local Government

State Government

Agency

Legislative Council Staff

Published

06/01/2020

This issue brief outlines home rule governance for municipalities and counties, including the process for adopting a home rule charter and the powers that a home rule charter provides to local governments.

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Energy Handbook (2020)

The Legislative Council Staff's Energy Handbook is intended to serve as a reference guide to Colorado's energy sector. The book is divided into five sections. Section I covers the sources and uses of energy in Colorado. Section II explains how severance taxes and federal mineral lease moneys...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/28/2020

Subjects:

Business & Economic Development

Energy

Local Government

Natural Resources & Environment

State Government

Staff Publications

Summary of Governor’s Executive Orders Issued During COVID-19 Emergency

This memorandum provides a summary of the various Executive Orders and Public Health Orders issued during the declared disaster emergency related to the presence of COVID‑19 in Colorado.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/09/2020

Subjects:

Public Health

State Government

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of State Government Legislation (2020)

During the 2020 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to its operations, state employees and retirement plans, state agencies and procurement, open records and meetings, and notarization. Several of the bills were in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/29/2020

Subjects:

General Assembly

State Government

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Impact Assistance Credits

Report No. 2020-TE27

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

09/15/2020

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Local Government

Natural Resources & Environment

Issue Briefs

Colorado Fireworks Law (20-18)

This issue brief examines Colorado fireworks law, including permissible fireworks, sales, local government regulations, penalties for violating state laws, and executive orders.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/14/2020

Subjects:

Local Government

State Government

Staff Publications

Community Choice Energy

Community choice energy (CCE) is an alternative to the investor-owned utility energy supply system that allows local entities to aggregate individual customers within a defined service area and secure alternative energy suppliers on their behalf. The primary goals of CCEs have been to lower...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

08/05/2020

Subjects:

Energy

Local Government

Staff Publications

Fiscal Impacts of the Gallagher Amendment

In 1982, voters approved a constitutional measure governing property taxes, including a provision known as the Gallagher Amendment (Gallagher). Gallagher sought to protect homeowners from rising property taxes by maintaining a relatively constant ratio of residential and nonresidential property...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

08/03/2020

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

State Government

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

State-Employed Chaplains Housing Allowance

Report No. 2020-TE17

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

07/16/2020

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Housing

State Government

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Corporate Condemnation Capital Gains Income Tax Deduction

Report No. 2020-TE15

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

07/16/2020

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

State Government

Staff Publications

Process for Writing the Ballot Information Booklet

Article V, Section 1 (7.5), Colorado Constitution, and Section 1-40-124.5, Colorado Revised Statutes, require the Legislative Council Staff to prepare a ballot information booklet prior to each election in which a statewide issue appears on the ballot. The booklet's purpose is to provide voters...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

07/07/2020

Subjects:

Elections & Redistricting

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