Staff Publications
This memorandum provides background information on current and past statutory mechanisms used to refund state revenue in excess of the spending limit contained in the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR). TABOR allows t...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-02-17
Subjects:
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- State Revenue & Budget
Staff Publications
This memorandum examines technical debt and modernization, along with legislation that aims to address legacy technical solutions that serve government organizations and their constituents.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-02-11
Subjects:
- State Government
- Telecommunications & Information Technology
Budget Related Publications
The Supplemental Narrative is prepared by the staff to explain proposed adjustments to prior year appropriations recommended by the JBC to the rest of the General Assembly. This narrative describes all of the propose...
Publishing agency:
Joint Budget Committee Staff
Release date:
2022-02-07
Staff Publications
Sunset laws allow the General Assembly to periodically review the need for state regulations, advisory committees, or state agencies and to update the law creating the agency or function. To accomplish this review, c...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-02-07
Subjects:
- Agriculture
- Business & Economic Development
- Courts & Judicial
- Health Care & Health Insurance
Staff Publications
Legislative Council Staff conducts a study of the cost of living in each school district every two years to update the cost-of-living factors used in the state's school finance funding formula as required by state law...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-02-03
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Report #:
2103F
Release date:
2022-02-01
Report #:
2251S
Release date:
2022-02-01
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K 12)
Report #:
2053P
Release date:
2022-02-01
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K 12)
- Human Services
Report #:
2116F-A
Release date:
2022-02-01
Department:
- Colorado State University System
Report #:
2116F-B
Release date:
2022-02-01
Department:
- Colorado State University System
Report #:
2123F
Release date:
2022-02-01
Report #:
2135F
Release date:
2022-02-01
Report #:
2112F
Release date:
2022-02-01
Report #:
2037F
Release date:
2022-02-01
Budget Related Publications
Pursuant to Section 22-55-104 C.R.S., Legislative Council Staff, in consultation with the State Auditor, the State Treasurer, the Department of Education (CDE), the Office of State Planning and Budgeting, and the Join...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-02-01
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Staff Publications
Among the allowable uses of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, states have the most flexibility in spending the portion of funding used to offset the state revenue loss attributable to the COVID-19 pandemi...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-01-31
Subjects:
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- State Revenue & Budget
Session Related Publications
The memo provides the General Committee Procedural Guidelines for the House Agriculture, Livestock, and Water Committee.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-01-31
Final/Annual Reports
The Governor and General Assembly formed the Behavioral Health Transformational Task Force and Subpanel to develop recommendations in 2021. Comprised of legislators, executive branch representatives, and di...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-01-28
Subjects:
- Health Care & Health Insurance
- Human Services
- Public Health
Final/Annual Reports
The JTC final report serves as a permanent record of IT capital funding. The report also serves as an informational document for any other entity or individual interested in the progress of IT capital development in ...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-01-18
Subjects:
- Telecommunications & Information Technology
Final/Annual Reports
The subpanel supporting the Economic Relief and Recovery Task Force is pleased to present this final report. After the Summary of Findings. The report is divided into five discrete sections. The organization into disc...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-01-17
Subjects:
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- State Revenue & Budget
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Report No. 2022-TE13
Publishing agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Release date:
2022-01-14
Subjects:
- Energy
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- Natural Resources & Environment
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Report No. 2022-TE12
Publishing agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Release date:
2022-01-14
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Report No. 2022-TE11
Note: A more recent evaluation was issued in November 2023. Click HERE to access the November 2023 report.
Publishing agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Release date:
2022-01-14
Subjects:
- Business & Economic Development
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- Natural Resources & Environment
- State Government
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Report No. 2022-TE10
Publishing agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Release date:
2022-01-14
Subjects:
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Report No. 2022-TE9
Publishing agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Release date:
2022-01-14