Senate Committee on Finance (04/27/2006)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Date:	04/27/2006	ATTENDANCE

Time:	11:50 AM to 12:21 PM	Brophy	X
		Shaffer	*
Place:	SCR 354	Taylor	X
		Teck	X
This Meeting was called to order by		Tupa	*
	Senator Sandoval	Veiga	E
		Sandoval	X
This Report was prepared by
	Jason Schrock
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
HB06-1306 HB06-1394 HB06-1266		Amended, Referred to the Committee of the Whole Referred to the Committee of the Whole Referred to the Committee of the Whole

11:50 AM -- House Bill 06-1306

Senator Sandoval, chair, called the meeting to order. Senator Traylor, prime sponsor, explained the provisions of HB 06-1306 which requires the State Auditor or a contractor to study the implementation of the Secure and Verifiable Identity Document Act on or before July 1, 2008. She explained how bill was changed in the House to eliminate the fiscal impact.

The following person testified on the bill:

11:54 AM -- Ms. Cindi Stetson, Office of the State Auditor, discussed how the Secure and Verifiable Identity Document Act interacts with the federal Real ID Act.

The committee questioned whether the bill should require that the auditor examine whether birth certificates issued from other states should qualify as a secure and verifiable document. Ms. Stetson explained that the auditor could perform this function. The committee also discussed whether examining other jurisdictions' birth certificates besides Colorado would cause an increased cost for the auditor.


BILL:	HB06-1306
TIME:	12:01:19 PM
MOVED:	Teck
MOTION:	Motion to adopt a conceptual amendment on page 2, line 10, stating that the bill would require the state auditor to examine whether a birth certificate issued in any jurisdiction of the United States in addition to Colorado should qualify as a secure and verifiable document. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy
	Shaffer	Excused
	Taylor
	Teck
	Tupa	Excused
	Veiga	Excused
	Sandoval
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 3 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:	HB06-1306
TIME:	12:06:59 PM
MOVED:	Teck
MOTION:	Motion to refer HB 06-1306, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation. The motion passed on a 4 - 0 vote.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy	Yes
	Shaffer	Excused
	Taylor	Yes
	Teck	Yes
	Tupa	Excused
	Veiga	Excused
	Sandoval	Yes
Final YES: 4 NO: 0 EXC: 3 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

12:08 PM -- House Bill 06-1394

Senator Teck, prime sponsor, explained the provisions of HB 06-1394 which authorizes companies renting class A motor vehicles for periods of less than 45 days to pay 2 percent of the rental fees in place of paying normal specific ownership tax (SOT) on this type of vehicle.

The following person testified on the bill:

12:10 PM -- Mr. Justin Frank, U-Haul, spoke in favor of the bill. He explained why the bill was necessary.


BILL:	HB06-1394
TIME:	12:13:01 PM
MOVED:	Teck
MOTION:	Motion to refer HB06-1394 to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation. The motion passed on a 4 - 0 vote.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy	Yes
	Shaffer	Excused
	Taylor	Yes
	Teck	Yes
	Tupa	Excused
	Veiga	Excused
	Sandoval	Yes
Final YES: 4 NO: 0 EXC: 3 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

12:14 PM -- House Bill 06-1266

Senator Sandoval explained that the committee was unable to locate the prime sponsor of HB 06-1266, Senator Veiga. Since time was running out for the session, Senator Sandoval allowed the witnesses to present the bill.

The following people testified on the bill:

12:15 PM -- Ms. Charissa Hammer, Colorado Welfare Fraud Council, spoke in favor of the bill. She explained the provisions of the bill which makes changes regarding the recovery of public assistance payments for which a judgment has been issued. She indicated that the bill primarily allows the state to garnish an individual's workers compensation benefits if welfare fraud is discovered. She indicated that the bill's fiscal impact has been removed as the Department of Human Services could implement the provisions of the bill manually outside the state's computer systems, such as the Colorado Benefit Management System.

12:17 PM -- Mr. Gerald Garcia, Adams County and the Colorado Welfare Fraud Council, explained why the bill was necessary and how it would be implemented.


BILL:	HB06-1266
TIME:	12:21:23 PM
MOVED:	Teck
MOTION:	Motion to refer HB06-1266 to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation. The motion passed on a 4 - 0 vote.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy	Yes
	Shaffer	Excused
	Taylor	Yes
	Teck	Yes
	Tupa	Excused
	Veiga	Excused
	Sandoval	Yes
Final YES: 4 NO: 0 EXC: 3 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

12:21 PM

The committee recessed.