House Committee on Business, Labor, Economic, & Workforce Development (04/10/2014)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, LABOR, ECONOMIC, & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Date:	04/10/2014	ATTENDANCE

Time:	01:45 PM to 02:01 PM	Exum	X
		Hamner	X
Place:	LSB B	Holbert	X
		Navarro	X
This Meeting was called to order by		Nordberg	X
	Representative Williams	Rosenthal	X
		Ryden	X
This Report was prepared by		Szabo	X
	Erin Vanderberg	Wright	X
		Kraft-Tharp	X
		Williams	X
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
SB14-156 SB14-117		Referred to the Committee of the Whole Referred to Finance

01:48 PM -- SB 14-156

Representative Williams, chair, called the meeting to order. A quorum was present. Representative Lee presented Senate Bill 14-156, concerning a requirement that a public benefit corporation file an annual report. Public benefit corporations, which may register with the Secretary of State beginning on April 1, 2014, following enactment of House Bill 13-1138, are required to prepare a report that discusses the ways in which the corporation has promoted its specified public benefits and that assesses its overall social and environmental performance against a third-party standard. This bill requires that such reports are created annually. There was no witness testimony on the bill.


BILL:	SB14-156
TIME:	01:49:19 PM
MOVED:	Hamner
MOTION:	Refer Senate Bill 14-156 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0.
SECONDED:	Kraft-Tharp
		VOTE
	Exum	Yes
	Hamner	Yes
	Holbert	Yes
	Navarro	Yes
	Nordberg	Yes
	Rosenthal	Yes
	Ryden	Yes
	Szabo	Yes
	Wright	Yes
	Kraft-Tharp	Yes
	Williams	Yes
Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

01:49 PM -- SB 14-117

Representative Fischer presented Senate Bill 14-117, concerning the regulation of real estate appraisers. The bill corrects an oversight from Senate Bill 13-155 and extends the repeal date of the Board of Real Estate Appraisers (board) in the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) through September 1, 2022. The current repeal date was July 1, 2013. The bill also reenacts the provisions from SB 13-155, allowing the board to continue to implement DORA's recommendations from the 2012 real estate appraisers sunset report.

Representative Fischer responded to a clarifying question from the committee on how this bill related to SB 13-155.

The following individuals testified on the bill:

01:52 PM -- Marcia Waters, representing DORA's Division of Real Estate, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Waters explained the purpose of the bill and responded to questions from the committee.

01:56 PM -- Rachel Nance, representing the Colorado Association of Realtors, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Nance stated that the Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association is also in support of the bill.

01:57 PM -- Lee Ormiston, representing the Colorado Coalition of Real Estate Appraisers, testified in support of the bill.

01:59 PM

Representative Fischer made closing remarks on the bill.


BILL:	SB14-117
TIME:	01:59:55 PM
MOVED:	Kraft-Tharp
MOTION:	Refer Senate Bill 14-117 to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 6-5.
SECONDED:	Ryden
		VOTE
	Exum	Yes
	Hamner	Yes
	Holbert	No
	Navarro	No
	Nordberg	No
	Rosenthal	Yes
	Ryden	Yes
	Szabo	No
	Wright	No
	Kraft-Tharp	Yes
	Williams	Yes
Final YES: 6 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

02:01 PM

The committee adjourned.