Key Votes
SB 100 - Multi-County Local Improvement Districts - Key Vote
Colorado Key Votes
Susan Shepherd voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- May 5, 2010 Executive Signed
- April 15, 2010 Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- April 12, 2010 House Bill Passed
- Feb. 15, 2010 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 20, 2010 Introduced
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - May 5, 2010
Title: Multi-County Local Improvement Districts
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (Senate) - April 15, 2010
NOTE: THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDES ITS MEMBERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH VOTE ON WHETHER TO CONCUR WITH THE OPPOSING CHAMBER'S AMENDMENTS AND, IF THE CONCURRENCE VOTE SUCCEEDS, VOTE TO REPASS THE BILL AFTER THE AMENDMENTS ARE INCORPORATED. THIS IS A VOTE ON REPASSAGE OF THE BILL AFTER THE MEMBERS CONCURRED WITH THE OPPOSING CHAMBER'S AMENDMENTS.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (37-26) - April 12, 2010
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (24-10) - Feb. 15, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Multi-County Local Improvement Districts
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes multiple counties to jointly establish local improvement districts (LIDs), in which bonds can be used to provide loans to businesses and homeowners for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, whereas existing law required that each county create its own separate district.
-Authorizes boards of county commissioners to finance projects that benefit "qualified community locations" as well as residential or commercial buildings, whereas existing law limits financing to residential and commercial buildings only (Sec. 1).
-Defines "qualified community locations" as locations that (Secs. 1 & 7):
-Are owned, wholly or in part, by the same owners of the residential or commercial buildings that directly benefit from the project;
-Provide energy that is credited on the owner's utility bill; and
-Are an "encumbrance" on the properties that benefit from the project.
-Prohibits boards of county commissioners from authorizing projects that would interfere with the rights of public utilities certified by the Public Utilities Commission, and authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to determine whether or not proposed projects would interfere with those rights (Secs. 1 & 7).
-Authorizes boards of county commissioners to create intergovernmental agreements regarding the financing of projects in local improvement districts, including the use of (Sec. 5):
-Assessment payments;
-Penalty payments; and
-Property sale proceeds.
-Exempts the county treasurer from countersigning bonds issued by local improvement districts, whereas existing law required this signature (Sec. 5).
-Exempts local improvements districts from forced dissolution after projects have been completed, whereas existing law requires that all districts dissolve following project completion and debt payment (Sec. 6).
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Jan. 20, 2010
Title: Multi-County Local Improvement Districts
Sponsors
- Morgan L. Carroll (CO - D)
- Joyce Foster (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dan Gibbs (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rollie Heath 'Rollie' Heath II (CO - D)
- Joe Miklosi (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Linda M. Newell (CO - D)
- Chris Romer (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gail S. Schwartz (CO - D)
Co-sponsors
- Dennis Apuan (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Betty Boyd (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- K. Jerry Frangas (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jeanne Labuda (CO - D)
- Claire Levy (CO - D)
- Michael Merrifield (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Salvatore 'Sal' Pace (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- John V. 'Jack' Pommer (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sue Schafer (CO - D)
- Judith Anne 'Judy' Solano (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Max Tyler (CO - D)
- Edward 'Ed' Vigil (CO - D)
- Bruce Whitehead (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
