Date: 01/28/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB15-1074

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 15-1074 to the Committee of the WPASS



01:38 PM -- HB15-1074

Representative Vigil, sponsor, presented House Bill 15-1074 concerning an individual member of a board of the county commissioner in a legal proceeding in which the board is found liable. The bill prohibits any judgements against a board of county commissioners, arising solely from an act of the board exercising its authority as a governing body, from being enforced against one or more individual members of the board. The bill does not apply to cases where a member is individually liable for a violation of law.

01:41 PM -- Pat Ratliff, Colorado Counties, Inc., spoke in favor of the bill and distributed a handout (Attachment A). She discussed a case where a commissioner was held liable for a decision of the board acting in its official duty. Ms. Ratliff discussed the importance of a clarifying law regarding county commissioner liability.

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Representative Klingenschmitt asked if other elected officers would be covered under the bill. Ms. Ratliff said that there is no record that other elected officials have been held individually liable.


01:49 PM

Ms. Ratliff answered questions from the committee and provided clarification regarding lawsuits against a board.

01:51 PM -- Richard Orf, Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado, spoke in support of the bill.

Representative Vigil provided closing comments on the bill.
BILL:HB15-1074
TIME: 01:53:31 PM
MOVED:Singer
MOTION:Refer House Bill 15-1074 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0.
SECONDED:Saine
VOTE
Arndt
Yes
Danielson
Yes
Keyser
Yes
Klingenschmitt
Yes
Navarro
Yes
Ransom
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Saine
Yes
Singer
Yes
Lebsock
Yes
Fields
Yes
YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS