Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Date:11/10/2015
ATTENDANCE
Time:09:03 AM to 09:33 AM
Buck
X
Court
X
Place:RM 271
DelGrosso
X
Donovan
X
This Meeting was called to order by
Duran
X
Representative Hullinghorst
Grantham
X
Guzman
X
This Report was prepared by
Jones
X
Rachel Kurtz-Phelan
Landgraf
X
Lawrence
*
Lundberg
X
Melton
X
Roberts
X
Scheffel
X
Ulibarri
X
Williams
X
Cadman
E
Hullinghorst
X
X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call
Bills Addressed: Action Taken:
Introductory Remarks
Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee
Transportation Legislation Review Committee
Off -Highway Vehicle Committee
Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Reform Commission
Profiling-Initiated Contacts by Law Enforcement
Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System
Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission
Water Resources Review Committee
Wildfire Matters Review Committee
Vocational Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
1 recommendation approved
4 recommendations approved
1 recommendation approved
2 recommendations approved
1 recommendation approved
1 recommendation approved
3 recommendations approved
3 recommendations approved
5 recommendations approved
2 recommendations approved


09:04 AM -- Introductory Remarks

Speaker Hullinghorst, Chair, called the meeting to order. Mike Mauer, Director, Legislative Council Staff, explained that the purpose of the meeting has historically been to decide whether bills proposed by interim committees fit the charge of the interim committee. He discussed how the meeting would generally proceed.



09:07 AM -- Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee

Senator Roberts, Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee chair, presented Bill A recommended by the committee. The summary report prepared for the Legislative Council Committee, a copy of the bill, and the committee's charge can be found in Attachment A.

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The bill is as follows:

Bill A - Exchange Use of Qualified Insurance Brokers. This bill requires the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange (Connect for Health Colorado) to establish a system for referring consumers to qualified insurance brokers to enroll consumers in health plans. To participate in the system, a broker must be licensed by the Colorado Division of Insurance and certified by Connect for Health Colorado.
BILL:Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee
TIME: 09:08:45 AM
MOVED:Roberts
MOTION:Approve Bill A recommended by the Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee as fitting under the committee's charge. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Court
VOTE
Buck
Court
DelGrosso
Donovan
Duran
Grantham
Guzman
Jones
Landgraf
Lawrence
Lundberg
Melton
Roberts
Scheffel
Ulibarri
Williams
Cadman
Excused
Hullinghorst
Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection






09:09 AM -- Transportation Legislation Review Committee

Representative Kraft-Tharp came to the table to present Bills B, C, D, and E recommended by the Transportation Legislation Review Committee (TLRC). The summary report prepared for the Legislative Council Committee, copies of the bills, and the committee's charge can be found in Attachment B.

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The bills are as follows:

Bill B - Transportation Advisory Committee Procedures. This bill requires the Statewide Transportation Advisory Committee (STAC) to provide advice and comments to both the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Transportation Commission, rather than only to CDOT. The bill also specifies that the STAC will provide advice on budgets and transportation policy, programming, and planning.

Bill C - Modify Transportation Commission Membership. This bill requires the TLRC to study the current statutory Transportation Commission districts during the 2016 interim to determine whether the number and boundaries of the districts should be modified. To assist the TLRC in its work, by August 1, 2016, Legislative Council Staff (LCS), with the cooperation of CDOT, must present a research study to the TLRC that documents changes in the current 11 Transportation Commission districts since the last time the General Assembly modified the districts, to include population, number of lane miles, and annual vehicle miles traveled in each of the districts. In doing so, LCS must take into account existing county and municipal boundaries, regional transportation areas and districts, and Transportation Planning Regions. The TLRC must also hold public hearings in the major geographical regions of the state regarding potential district modifications. The committee may recommend legislation to modify the Transportation Commission districts, which will not be subject to review by or approval of the Legislative Council.

Bill D - Register Title Kei Vehicle for Roadway. This bill allows the Department of Revenue (DOR) to title, register, and issue a rear license plate to kei vehicles. A person with a valid driver's license and insurance may operate a registered kei vehicle on a roadway with a posted speed limit of 55 miles per hour (MPH) or less, unless it is a limited access highway. Under the bill, it is a class B traffic infraction to operate a kei vehicle on an unauthorized roadway, without proper registration, or without the required safety equipment.


Bill E - Abandoned Motor Vehicle National Title Search. Currently, when an abandoned motor vehicle has been towed, the responsible law enforcement agency and tow operator notify the DOR, which searches its records to determine who owns the vehicle and if there is a lienholder. This information is used to return stolen vehicles and to notify the owner and any lienholder that the vehicle will be sold at an auction if it is not claimed. This bill broadens the records used in the search to include those that can be obtained through a national title search. The bill also extends the period for a tow operator to notify the owner and any lienholder from three days to five days.
BILL:Transportation Legislation Review Committee
TIME: 09:12:14 AM
MOVED:Duran
MOTION:Approve Bills B, C, D, and E recommended by the Transportation Legislation Review Committee as fitting under the committee's charge. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Buck
Court
DelGrosso
Donovan
Duran
Grantham
Guzman
Jones
Landgraf
Lawrence
Lundberg
Melton
Roberts
Scheffel
Ulibarri
Williams
Cadman
Excused
Hullinghorst
Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection




09:13 AM -- Off-Highway Vehicle Committee

Representative Court, Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Interim Committee chair, came to the table to present Bill A recommended by the committee. The summary report prepared for the Legislative Council Committee, a copy of the bill, and the committee's charge can be found in Attachment C.

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The bill is as follows:

Bill A - Registration of OHVs with County Clerks. This bill requires county clerk and recorder offices to administer a voluntary, one-time registration program for OHV use on county roads, to work alongside the Colorado Parks and Wildlife's (CPW) existing OHV trails registration program. With this new license, OHVs may be driven on certain roads where approved by local authorities, and any ordinance or resolution adopted by a county supersedes the rules of the CPW. The following requirements apply to driving an OHV on roads, not trails, unless a local authority designates a trail as a road:

• a driver must be licensed, unless the local authority waives the requirement, in which case the driver must be at least 10 years old and under the supervision of a licensed driver;
• a driver must obey the rules of the road;
• driving on a limited-access highway or a road with a speed limit over 45 MPH is prohibited, but a driver may cross these roads where already authorized by statute;
• the driver must wear eye protection, unless the vehicle has a windshield;
• helmets must be worn by drivers and passengers 18 years of age or under;
• the OHV must have brakes;
• if driven at night, the OHV must be equipped with a headlamp and taillights; and
• the vehicle speed limit must not exceed 40 MPH, unless a governing body authorizes a higher speed for a specific road.

Local authorities, acting by ordinance or resolution, may:

• approve OHV use on roads, which approval takes effect when the regulation is posted at the entrances of roadways through official signage or traffic control devices and in conjunction with publication of a map of roads available for OHV use;
• waive the driver's license requirement for OHV drivers, in which case the driver must be at least 10 years old and under the supervision of a licensed driver; and
• require an OHV driver to carry liability insurance.


A class B traffic infraction is created for violating any registration or road use provision in the bill. OHVs used under certain circumstances, such as for agriculture, or during special OHV events, are exempt from the program.
BILL:Off-Highway Vehicle Committee
TIME: 09:14:02 AM
MOVED:Court
MOTION:Approve Bill A recommended by the Off-Highway Vehicle Committee as fitting under the committee's charge. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Buck
Court
DelGrosso
Donovan
Duran
Grantham
Guzman
Jones
Landgraf
Lawrence
Lundberg
Melton
Roberts
Scheffel
Ulibarri
Williams
Cadman
Excused
Hullinghorst
Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

09:14 AM -- Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Reform Commission

Representative Ginal, Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Reform Commission chair, came to the table to present Bills A and B recommended by the committee. The summary report prepared for the Legislative Council Committee, copies of the bills, and the committee's charge can be found in Attachment D.

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The bills are as follows:

Bill A - County Sheriff Optional Affiliation with the Firefighter and Police Pension Association. This bill allows counties that do not cover, under the federal Social Security Act, salaried employees whose duties are directly involved with the provision of law enforcement or fire protection to elect coverage under the Firefighter and Police Pension Association (FPPA). In order to affiliate, the county must file a resolution with the FPPA board, and election of coverage under the plan is irrevocable.



Bill B - Firefighter and Police Pension Association Statewide Death and Disability Plan Modification. This bill changes the calculation of a transfer from the Statewide Death and Disability Plan of the FPPA to the normal retirement plan of an FPPA member who has incurred a temporary disability. When a temporarily disabled FPPA member is restored to active service or satisfies the age and service requirements for a normal retirement, a transfer is made from the Statewide Death and Disability Plan to the member's normal retirement plan. Under current law, the amount of the transfer is equal to 16 percent of the member's monthly salary, multiplied by the number of months for which the member received temporary occupational disability benefits. Under Bill B, in cases where the member and employer were contributing less than 16 percent of the member's salary to the member's retirement plan at the time of disability, the amount of the transfer will be reduced to reflect the actual percentage contribution at that time.

The bill also changes the deadline for completion of a newly hired member's statewide standard health history form. Under current law, the form must be completed prior to the member's employment. Bill B allows the form to be completed within 30 days of the member's first date of employment.
BILL:Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Reform Commission
TIME: 09:16:06 AM
MOVED:Melton
MOTION:Approve Bills A and B recommended by Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Reform Commission as fitting under the committee's charge. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Buck
Court
DelGrosso
Donovan
Duran
Grantham
Guzman
Jones
Landgraf
Lawrence
Lundberg
Melton
Roberts
Scheffel
Ulibarri
Williams
Cadman
Excused
Hullinghorst
Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection




09:16 AM -- Profiling-Initiated Contacts by Law Enforcement

Senator Ulibarri came to the table to present Bill A recommended by the Profiling-Initiated Contacts by Law Enforcement Interim Committee. The summary report prepared for the Legislative Council Committee, a copy of the bill, and the committee's charge can be found in Attachment E.

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The bill is as follows:

Bill A - Race Info ID Application. This bill requires that the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) within the Department of Revenue modify the application process for driver’s licenses and state-issued identification cards. Revised applications for these documents must include the opportunity for an applicant to self-identify his or her race or ethnicity. If an applicant chooses to report his or her race or ethnicity information, the information must not be printed on the card. Rather, this information must be maintained in the stored information on the card's magnetic strip, accessible to law enforcement equipped with magnetic strip card readers.
BILL:Profiling-Initiated Contacts by Law Enforcement
TIME: 09:17:14 AM
MOVED:Ulibarri
MOTION:Approve Bill A recommended by the Profiling-Initiated Contact by Law Enforcement Interim Committee as fitting under the committee's charge. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Buck
Court
DelGrosso
Donovan
Duran
Grantham
Guzman
Jones
Landgraf
Lawrence
Lundberg
Melton
Roberts
Scheffel
Ulibarri
Williams
Cadman
Excused
Hullinghorst
Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection




09:17 AM -- Mental Illness in Criminal Justice System

Senator Martinez Humenik, Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System chair, came to the table to present Bill A recommended by the committee. The summary report prepared for the Legislative Council Committee, a copy of the bill, and the committee's charge can be found in Attachment F.

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The bill is as follows:

Bill A - Mental Health and Collaborative Management Teams. This bill adds mental health professionals to the list of persons that must be included in any memorandum of understanding established as a means of promoting a collaborative system of local-level interagency oversight to coordinate and manage the provision of services to children and families, and entered into by between county departments of human or social services and other local-level service providers.
BILL:Mental Illness in Criminal Justice System
TIME: 09:19:03 AM
MOVED:Jones
MOTION:Approve Bill A recommended by the Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System Oversight Committee as fitting under the committee's charge. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Buck
Court
DelGrosso
Donovan
Duran
Grantham
Guzman
Jones
Landgraf
Lawrence
Lundberg
Melton
Roberts
Scheffel
Ulibarri
Williams
Cadman
Excused
Hullinghorst
Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection




09:19 AM -- Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission

Senator Martinez Humenik, Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission chair, came to the table to present Bills A, B, and C recommended by the commission. The summary report prepared for the Legislative Council Committee, copies of the bills, and the committee's charge can be found in Attachment G.

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The bills are as follows:

Bill A - Start of the Child Tax Credit. This bill repeals the contingent start of the refundable Colorado child tax credit, allowing the credit to be claimed beginning in tax year 2016. Under current law, the credit becomes effective beginning with tax year 2016 only if Congress passes the Marketplace Fairness Act (or similar legislation). The Marketplace Fairness Act is a federal bill that requires out-of-state retailers to collect and remit sales taxes to states that have met minimum simplification requirements for sales tax administration. To date, Congress has not passed the bill or an alternate measure with similar requirements. Under this bill, beginning in tax year 2016, qualifying taxpayers may claim a refundable state income tax credit equal to 30 percent, 15 percent, or 5 percent of the federal child tax credit depending on their federal adjusted gross income (AGI). The credit is capped for single filers at an AGI of $75,000, and for joint filers at an AGI of $85,000.

Bill B - Expand Child Care Assistance Cliff Effect Pilot Program. The bill removes the existing ten-county cap on the number of counties that may participate in the Child Care Assistance Cliff Effect Pilot Program. It also removes the two-year participation requirement for counties if the Department of Human Services (DHS) determines that participation during a shorter period will still contribute relevant data to the evaluation of the pilot program. The Cliff Effect Pilot Program was created by Senate Bill 12-022 to allow counties to modify their child care assistance programs so that families are able to phase out their participation in the program as they enter the workforce and receive higher incomes. Subsequently, Senate Bill 14-003 was enacted, which created a cash fund for the pilot program and appropriated $1.3 million to fund county pilot programs. Currently, ten counties are participating in the pilot. The pilot program is scheduled to conclude on June 30, 2019.

Bill C - Low-Income Parents Ed Child Care. The bill creates a task force to address issues relating to the child care needs of low-income parents. The task force is housed in the Workforce Development Council in the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE). Its mission is to develop strategies and procedures for state and local agencies, and institutions of higher education, to use in coordinating efforts that address the child care needs of low-income parents who are seeking to advance their education.


Specifically, the task force is required to:

• identify and reduce barriers to obtaining child care;
• determine whether state, federal, and campus-based financial resources are meeting the needs of parents pursuing further education;
• review and streamline administrative processes for the provision of child care;
• create a plan for communicating child care availability and processes; and
• recommend legislation to address issues related to child care for parents pursuing further education.
BILL:Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission

TIME: 09:21:02 AM
MOVED:Melton
MOTION:Approve Bill A recommended by the Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission as fitting under the committee's charge. The motion passed on a vote of 12-5.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Buck
No
Court
Yes
DelGrosso
No
Donovan
Yes
Duran
Yes
Grantham
Yes
Guzman
Yes
Jones
Yes
Landgraf
No
Lawrence
No
Lundberg
No
Melton
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Scheffel
Yes
Ulibarri
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cadman
Excused
Hullinghorst
Yes
Final YES: 12 NO: 5 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

BILL:Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission
TIME: 09:24:27 AM
MOVED:Scheffel
MOTION:Approve Bills B and C recommended by the Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission as fitting under the committee's charge. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Buck
Court
DelGrosso
Donovan
Duran
Grantham
Guzman
Jones
Landgraf
Lawrence
Lundberg
Melton
Roberts
Scheffel
Ulibarri
Williams
Cadman
Excused
Hullinghorst
Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

09:25 AM -- Water Resources Review Committee

Senator Roberts, Water Resources Review Committee chair, came to the table to present Memorials A and B and Joint Resolution A recommended by the committee. She explained that the resolution is recommended jointly by the Water Resources Review Committee and Wildfire Matters Review Committee. The summary report prepared for the Legislative Council Committee, copies of the memorials and resolution, and the committee's charge can be found in Attachment H.

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The memorials and resolution are as follows:

Memorial A - Good Samaritan Protection for Voluntary Remediation of Abandoned Mine. This memorial urges Congress to pass legislation establishing a good Samaritan exemption from liability under the Clean Water Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.




Memorial B - Wildfire Funding. This memorial urges Congress to enact laws necessary to protect federal land management agencies' ability to mitigate the risk of catastrophic wildfires and manage the lands within their jurisdiction by funding catastrophic wildfire response in a manner analogous to that used for other natural disasters.

Resolution A - Timely Access to Federal Lands for Dam Restoration. This resolution urges the United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to respond promptly to requests for permission to access a dam to maintain, repair, or rehabilitate it.
BILL:Water Resources Review Committee
TIME: 09:26:58 AM
MOVED:Roberts
MOTION:Approve Memorials A and B and Resolution A recommended by the Water Resources Review Committee as fitting under the committee's charge. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Buck
Court
DelGrosso
Donovan
Duran
Grantham
Guzman
Jones
Landgraf
Lawrence
Lundberg
Melton
Roberts
Scheffel
Ulibarri
Williams
Cadman
Excused
Hullinghorst
Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

09:27 AM -- Wildfire Matters Review Committee

Senator Jones presented Bills A, B, C, and D and Joint Resolution A recommended by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee. The summary report prepared for the Legislative Council Committee, copies of the bills and resolution, and the committee's charge can be found in Attachment I.

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The bills and resolutions are as follows:

Bill A - Change the Wildfire Mitigation Tax Deduction to a Credit. This bill eliminates the wildfire mitigation income tax deduction and creates a wildfire mitigation state income tax credit. The tax credit will be available for tax years 2017 through 2019. The amount of the credit is equal to 25 percent of the costs a landowner incurs performing wildfire mitigation on his or her property located in the Wildland-Urban Interface. The amount of the credit per tax year cannot exceed $2,500. Any amount above the limit can be carried forward for five years. Any remaining credit after five years is nonrefundable.

Bill B - Use Broadcast Burns to Promote Watershed Restoration. This bill adds broadcast burning to the types of projects and methods for which the Colorado State Forest Service may award grants from the Healthy Forests and Vibrant Communities Cash Fund and the Forest Restoration Program Cash Fund.

Bill C - Add Broadcast Burning to Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program and Replenish Funds. This bill adds broadcast burning to the types of projects and methods for which the Department of Natural Resources may award grants from the Wildfire Risk Reduction Fund, and authorizes the transfer of a total of $3.0 million into the cash fund: $1.5 million from the General Fund and $1.5 million from the Severance Tax Operational Fund.

Bill D - Auxiliary Emergency Communication. This bill creates the Auxiliary Emergency Communications Unit (unit) in the Office of Emergency Management in the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management in the Department of Public Safety. The unit has the power to:

• establish programs for the training and credentialing of auxiliary emergency or disaster communicators across the state;
• assume all the duties and responsibilities of the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES); and
• ensure that auxiliary emergency communicators are authorized volunteers entitled to the appropriate protections and benefits of emergency volunteers when assisting local governments with the maintenance or demolition of communication facilities.

Pursuant to this authority, the DPS may develop and issue photo identification cards to auxiliary communicators, conduct criminal background checks, and reimburse emergency communicators for necessary travel and other expenses incurred in performance of their duties.

Finally, the bill increases from 23 to 24 the number of members serving on the Public Safety Communications Subcommittee of the Homeland Security and All-Hazards Senior Advisory Committee in the DPS. The additional member is the section emergency coordinator for the Amateur Radio Emergency Service of the Colorado section of the Amateur Radio Relay League.

Resolution A - Recognizing Firefighters Killed in the Line of Duty. This resolution honors and recognizes firefighters that have been killed in the line of duty.


Resolution B - Federal Budgets for Catastrophic Wildfire Response. This joint resolution with the Water Resources Review Committee requests that Congress fund the costs for catastrophic wildfire response outside the normal budgets for federal forest management agencies.
BILL:Wildfire Matters Review Committee
TIME: 09:29:37 AM
MOVED:Jones
MOTION:Approve Bills A, B, C, and D and Resolution A recommended by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee as fitting under the committee's charge. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Buck
Court
DelGrosso
Donovan
Duran
Grantham
Guzman
Jones
Landgraf
Lawrence
Lundberg
Melton
Roberts
Scheffel
Ulibarri
Williams
Cadman
Excused
Hullinghorst
Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

09:30 AM -- Vocational Rehabilitation Services for the Blind

Representative Danielson, Vocational Rehabilitation Services for the Blind chair, came to the table to present Bills A and B recommended by the committee. The summary report prepared for the Legislative Council Committee, copies of the bills, and the committee's charge can be found in Attachment J.

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The bills are as follows:

Bill A - Expand Scope Business Enterprise Program. This bill removes an existing statutory exemption for property owned, leased, or occupied by higher education institutions or the State Fair Authority, thereby granting priority to persons who are blind and licensed vendors to operate vending facilities on these properties. The bill also expands the scope of the program so that persons who are blind may also operate businesses other than vending facilities on state property. In addition, the bill makes conforming amendments to comply with federal law. The bill requires the program changes to be implemented within existing appropriations to the CDLE.

Bill B - Income Tax Credit Employment of Persons with a Disability. This bill creates two income tax credits for taxpayers who hire person with developmental disabilities and persons who are blind or visually impaired. The first is a tax credit for employee wages equal to 50 percent of the gross wages of a qualifying employee in the first three months of continuous employment, and 30 percent of the gross wages of a qualifying employee in the next nine months of continuous employment. The employee must be eligible for Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) services and referred by the DVR. The second tax credit is a tax credit for software and hardware costs equal to the share of the cost of the maintenance, repair, or upgrade of software or hardware that assists a qualifying employee in performing his or her job. The software and hardware tax credit is available on a sliding scale for each year of employment. Both credits are nonrefundable and are available for three years, beginning in tax year 2016. The credits are limited to a taxpayer’s income tax liability and the amount of a credit in excess of liability may be carried forward for up to five years.

BILL:Vocational Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
TIME: 09:31:57 AM
MOVED:Ulibarri
MOTION:Approve Bills A and B recommended by the Vocational Rehabilitation Services for the Blind Interim Committee as fitting under the committee's charge. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Buck
Court
DelGrosso
Donovan
Duran
Grantham
Guzman
Jones
Landgraf
Lawrence
Lundberg
Melton
Roberts
Scheffel
Ulibarri
Williams
Cadman
Excused
Hullinghorst
Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

09:32 AM

With no further business to discuss, the committee adjourned.