Senate Committee on Business, Labor and Technology (03/27/2006)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, LABOR AND TECHNOLOGY

Date:	03/27/2006	ATTENDANCE

Time:	01:38 PM to 02:52 PM	Boyd	X
		Evans	X
Place:	SCR 354	Kester	X
		Takis	*
This Meeting was called to order by		Wiens	*
	Senator Veiga	Tochtrop	*
		Veiga	X
This Report was prepared by
	Jeanette Chapman
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
Conf 06-State Housing Board HB06-1356 HB06-1251		Favorably Refer to the Full Senate Referred to the Committee of the Whole Amended, Referred to the Committee of the Whole

01:38 PM

Mr. John J. "Jack" Kelly, candidate for appointment to the state Housing Board, introduced himself and discussed his interest in serving on the board. The committee was provided a copy of his application materials (Attachment A). He responded to questions from the committee.


BILL:	State Housing Board Confirmation
TIME:	01:43:28 PM
MOVED:	Tochtrop
MOTION:	Favorably refer the appointment of John J. Kelly to the state Housing Board to the full Senate for confirmation. The motion passed 6-0-1.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Boyd	Yes
	Evans	Excused
	Kester	Yes
	Takis	Yes
	Wiens	Yes
	Tochtrop	Yes
	Veiga	Yes
Final YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

01:44 PM -- House Bill 06-1356

Senator Owen introduced his bill that would eliminate duplicate supervised lender licensing for certain licensed professionals.

01:46 PM -- Laura Udis, Colorado Attorney General's office, spoke in support of the legislation. She described the purpose of the bill.


BILL:	HB06-1356
TIME:	01:48:24 PM
MOVED:	Tochtrop
MOTION:	Refer HB 1356 to the Committee of the Whole, recommend the consent calendar. The motion passed 7-0.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Boyd	Yes
	Evans	Yes
	Kester	Yes
	Takis	Yes
	Wiens	Yes
	Tochtrop	Yes
	Veiga	Yes
Final YES: 7 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

01:49 PM -- House Bill 06-1251

Senator Tochtrop introduced her bill that would prohibit price gouging during an emergency.

01:51 PM -- Stan Dempsey, Colorado Petroleum Association, spoke in opposition to the bill. He provided two handouts to the committee (Attachments B & C). He discussed a potential amendment limiting the bill to only apply to retail sales. He responded to questions from the committee regarding the frequency of price-gouging. He described the proposed amendment (Attachment D). He responded to questions from Senator Weins regarding potential situations that might cause problems with limiting retail establishments' price increases to 10 percent. Committee discussion ensued.

02:22 PM -- Bill Galleger, representing himself, spoke in opposition to the legislation. He discussed his experience as a retail seller of gasoline.

02:27 PM -- Roy Turner, Colorado Wyoming Petroleum Marketers Association, spoke in opposition to the legislation. He discussed the competitive nature of the retail gasoline industry. He responded to questions from Senator Weins regarding the inventory of crude oil.

02:38 PM -- Dave Lock, Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities, spoke in support of the legislation, if amended.

02:40 PM -- Tony Gagliardi, National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), spoke in opposition to the legislation. He described a poll he conducted of NFIB membership regarding the legislation. He responded to questions from Senator Boyd regarding the response to his poll.

02:49 PM

Senator Tochtrop made closing comments on the merits of the bill.


BILL:	HB06-1251
TIME:	02:50:12 PM
MOVED:	Tochtrop
MOTION:	Page 4, strike lines 9 and 10 and substitute "OR STEAM UTILITY." The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Boyd
	Evans
	Kester
	Takis
	Wiens
	Tochtrop
	Veiga
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:	HB06-1251
TIME:	02:51:09 PM
MOVED:	Evans
MOTION:	Amendment L.019 (Attachment D). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Boyd
	Evans
	Kester
	Takis
	Wiens
	Tochtrop
	Veiga
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:	HB06-1251
TIME:	02:51:26 PM
MOVED:	Tochtrop
MOTION:	Refer HB 1251 to the Committee of the Whole, as amended. The motion passed 5-2.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Boyd	Yes
	Evans	Yes
	Kester	No
	Takis	Yes
	Wiens	No
	Tochtrop	Yes
	Veiga	Yes
Final YES: 5 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

02:52 PM

The committee recessed.