Date: 02/14/2013
Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB13-1193
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, LABOR, ECONOMIC, & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
| Votes: View--> | Action Taken: |
| Refer House Bill 13-1193 to the Committee on Appro | PASS |
03:48 PM -- House Bill 13-1193
Representative Kraft-Tharp and Representative McLachlan, prime sponsors, presented House Bill 13-1193, which creates the Advanced Industries Export Acceleration program (AIEA) to be administered by the Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), and distributed a fact sheet to the committee (Attachment C). The AIEA program provides training, access to consulting services, and expense reimbursements for eligible companies. Representative Kraft-Tharp stated that exporting means jobs and economic growth for the state. The sponsors responded to questions from the committee on: programs in other states, return on investment, redundancy of the program, and the bill's reporting requirements.
130214 AttachC.pdf
The following individuals testified:
04:04 PM -- Ken Lund, OEDIT, spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Lund discussed the economic value of exports and responded to questions from the committee on the logistics of matching and reimbursement provisions of the bill.
04:16 PM -- Sandi Moilanen, OEDIT, was brought to the table to discuss company eligibility. Ms. Moilanen and Mr. Lund responded to additional questions from the committee on: the fiscal note, company eligibility, tax incentives as an alternative to grants, earlier pilot programs, and which states the program is modeled after.
04:24 PM -- Jeff Popiel, Geotech Environmental Equipment, spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Popiel discussed his company's experience with OEDIT's exporting programs, and how successful his business had become with the assistance from the agency.
04:31 PM
Avram Saunders, Lightning Elimanators, was called to testify. The committee was informed he had to leave due to time constraints.
04:32 PM -- Patrick Boyle, speaking on behalf of the Colorado Competitive Council and the Economic Development Council, spoke in favor of the bill.
04:33 PM
Representative Kraft-Tharp made closing comments.
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| BILL: | HB13-1193 | |
| TIME: | 04:36:09 PM |
| MOVED: | Kraft-Tharp |
| MOTION: | Refer House Bill 13-1193 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 7-4. |
| SECONDED: | Rosenthal |
| VOTE |
| DelGrosso | No |
| Exum | Yes |
| Hamner | Yes |
| Holbert | No |
| Navarro | Yes |
| Nordberg | No |
| Rosenthal | Yes |
| Ryden | Yes |
| Szabo | No |
| Kraft-Tharp | Yes |
| Williams | Yes |
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YES: 7 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
04:37 PM
The committee adjourned.