Date: 04/01/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB15-1181

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment I) The motion pa
Refer House Bill 15-1181, as amended, to the Commi		Pass Without Objection
PASS



04:29 PM -- HB15-1181

Representative Keyser, sponsor, introduced House Bill 15-1181. The bill allows a person on active duty in the military that reacquires Colorado residency to receive a tax deduction from his or her state income tax. The person's military home of record must be Colorado and he or she must have changed his or her state of legal residence to Colorado after January 1, 2016. Representative Keyser distributed an unofficial preamended version of the bill (Attachment H) and amendment L.004 (Attachment I). He discussed how the military and the tax code treats active duty military stationed in Colorado. He also discussed the benefits of the bill to Colorado's active duty military who claim Colorado as their home of record. He responded to committee questions regarding which Colorado active duty military would pay Colorado income taxes and what other fees and taxes that they would have to pay in Colorado.

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04:53 PM -- Mr. Louis Pino, Legislative Council Staff, came to the table to answer questions on the fiscal note. He discussed the fiscal implications of amendment L.004.

04:56 PM -- Mr. Kevin Bronski, representing the Colorado Department of Revenue, came to the table to answer questions regarding the traceability of tax exemptions.


05:04 PM

Committee discussion ensued regarding the fiscal note and amendment L.004.

05:21 PM -- Mr. Mike Ragole, representing the United Veterans Committee, testified in support of the bill. He noted that most active duty military do not choose Colorado as their state of residence due to the tax benefits offered by other states.

05:25 PM -- Mr. Steve Rylant, representing the United Veterans Committee, testified in support of the bill. He discussed his personal experience with using another state as his state of residence.

05:29 PM -- Mr. Bernie Rogoff, representing the the Veterans Affair Commission of the City of Aurora, testified in support of the bill. He discussed the experiences of Colorado veterans.
BILL:HB15-1181
TIME: 05:40:37 PM
MOVED:Kagan
MOTION:Refer House Bill 15-1181, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0.
SECONDED:Priola
VOTE
Becker K.
Yes
Conti
Yes
Garnett
Yes
Kagan
Yes
Pabon
Excused
Priola
Yes
Roupe
Yes
Van Winkle
Yes
Wilson
Yes
Foote
Yes
Court
Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


BILL:HB15-1181
TIME: 05:39:28 PM
MOVED:Conti
MOTION:Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment I). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Garnett
VOTE
Becker K.
Conti
Garnett
Kagan
Pabon
Priola
Roupe
Van Winkle
Wilson
Foote
Court
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection



05:43 AM

The committee adjourned.