Date: 03/05/2014

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB14-121

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer Senate Bill 14-121 to the Committee of the WPASS



01:44 PM -- SB14-121

Representative Young, sponsor, presented and summarized the reengrossed Senate Bill 14-121 concerning financial assistance for local governments after a declared disaster emergency. Under current law, if a disaster emergency is declared by the federal government, federal aid is provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other federal agencies. In order to receive moneys from federal agencies, the federal government typically requires that the affected unit of local government provide a certain percentage of matching funds. The bill allows the Governor to determine a percentage of state aid that can be made available to a local government to assist it in meeting the federal match requirement. The Governor is required to notify the Joint Budget Committee of the source and amount of state moneys that will be contributed for this purpose.

01:46 PM -- Tara Schoedinger, Mayor of Jamestown, spoke in support of the bill. She discussed the impact of the flood in the Town of Jamestown and discussed the recovery needs of the community. She discussed need of state resources and financial support of recovery work. Ms. Schoedinger distributed pictures of the flood destruction in Jamestown to the committee members (Attachment A).
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The committee members discussed the flood impact. Ms. Schoedinger answered questions from the committee regarding the annual budget of Jamestown and the projected cost for the flood recovery.

Representative Young discussed the Flood Disaster Study Committee and the importance of supporting community recovery efforts.

01:53 PM -- Bill Clayton, Colorado Counties Inc., spoke in support of the bill.

Representative Young provided closing comments on the bill.

The committee members discussed the flood recovery effort.
BILL:SB14-121
TIME: 01:55:00 PM
MOVED:Singer
MOTION:Refer Senate Bill 14-121 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0.
SECONDED:Lebsock
VOTE
Dore
Yes
Exum
Yes
Garcia
Yes
Gardner
Yes
Landgraf
Yes
Lebsock
Yes
Navarro
Yes
Rankin
Yes
Rosenthal
Excused
Vigil
Yes
Wright
Yes
Singer
Yes
Fields
Yes
FINAL YES: 12 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS