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Lt. Gov. Lynne signs marijuana tax fix into Colorado law
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The bill to fix the mistake made in the 2017 omnibus bill for rural Colorado has now made it into law. Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne signed Senate Bill 88 into law Thursday afternoon. The measure restores the ability of 14 special districts to collect retail marijuana taxes, an authority they lost last year. Lynne signed…
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Fix to marijuana taxes for special districts headed to Colorado governor
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Special districts like the eight-county metro Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) and a hospital district on the Western Slope can breathe easier this week after the Colorado state Senate wrapped up the last details on a bill that will allow them to once again collect retail marijuana taxes. The bill survived a last-minute challenge in the…
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Sonnenberg wins dubious "Californian of the Year" award from Independence Institute
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The Independence Institute has named Colorado Senate President Pro tem Jerry Sonnenberg, a Sterling Republican, as its inaugural winner of “Californian of the Year.” The somewhat tongue-in-cheek award was given to Sonnenberg in recognition of his efforts “to turn Colorado into East California,” according to an Institute announcement Wednesday. Coloradans are characterized by their ability…
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Colorado House passes its version of SB 267 fix; bill heads to Senate
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Shortly after 10:30 Tuesday morning, and after more than an hour of wrap-up debate by both sides, the Colorado House voted 37 to 25 to pass its version of the special district fix, House Bill 17B-1001. Three members of the House – two Republicans and one Democrat – were excused. The final vote included all…
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Senate Transportation Committee, as expected, kills first special session bill
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The first day of the General Assembly’s special session held no surprises for anyone who listened to Senate Republicans early Monday morning: as expected, a bill to fix a drafting error in a measure from the 2017 regular session, went down on a party-line 3-2 vote. In a vote less than an hour later, the…
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Legal questions over fix stymie special session
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The biggest fight over whether to fix a drafting error in an omnibus rural sustainability bill is whether the fix requires voter approval. Senate Republicans are adamant that voters in those special districts should weigh in. Democrats and those who have fought similar battles in the courts say no. And it’s all about how the Taxpayer’s…
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Hickenlooper’s call for special districts to pay for special session doesn’t sit well with lawmakers on both sides
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When Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper called lawmakers back to the state Capitol for Monday’s special session, he also had another plan: how to pay for it. The governor’s idea was to ask special districts affected by a drafting error in Senate Bill 17-267 to pay the tab, around $25,000 per day. But representatives of some of…
