special districts
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State Rep. Larry Liston finds support for special district voting
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It’s called “how to work a bill.” On Friday, Republican state Rep. Larry Liston of Colorado Springs fought for the political life of a bill allowing non-Colorado residents to vote in special district board elections. House Bill 1108 would allow property owners – say, for example, those who own second homes in Colorado – to vote for…
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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 last year’s omnibus rural Colorado bill leaves decision to special districts
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Late Tuesday the state Senate rolled out the bill that will fix last year’s unintentional error in the omnibus bill for rural Colorado. Senate Bill 18-088 has 22 Senate co-sponsors, which ought to be more than enough to get it across the finish line in that chamber, except for one small detail. The bill doesn’t…
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Senate fix to last year’s hospital provider fee bill to surface Tuesday
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UPDATE: Senate Bill 18-088 was introduced late Tuesday and sent to the Senate Finance Committee. The issue that caused Gov. John Hickenlooper to call back lawmakers for what turned into a failed special session makes a return visit to the Capitol this week. But Senate leaders indicated Tuesday this measure might actually solve the mess that…
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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…
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Updated: Special districts to pay the cost of special session to fix tax error
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The special session that starts Monday won’t cost taxpayers a dime, at least not most taxpayers, the governor’s office tells Colorado Politics. Gov. John Hickenlooper brokered the deal, because special districts – those that collect a taxes for special services, such as bus and transit lines or parks and museums – because they stand to…
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Hickenlooper addresses rhetoric over special session, says it should be simple, not partisan
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Gov. John Hickenlooper Monday responded to criticism from Republican lawmakers and others about the special session he called last week to address a mistake made in the hospital provider fee law. The measure, signed into law on May 30, is intended to spare hospitals from a greater than half-billion budget cut in 2017-18. The law…
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Windholz’s bill rebuffed in latest skirmish over ballot initiative power
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Rare full bipartisan agreement Monday worked to quash a bill aimed at expanding ballot initiative power for residents of unincorporated county areas and of special districts. All nine members of the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs committee voted against House Bill 1071 introduced by Rep. JoAnn Windholz, R-Commerce City. Committee members said the bill…
