Senate Committee on Finance (03/16/2006)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Date:	03/16/2006	ATTENDANCE

Time:	11:29 AM to 11:40 AM	Brophy	X
		Shaffer	X
Place:	SCR 354	Taylor	*
		Teck	X
This Meeting was called to order by		Tupa	*
	Senator Sandoval	Veiga	X
		Sandoval	X
This Report was prepared by
	Jason Schrock
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
SB06-201		Referred to the Committee of the Whole

11:29 AM -- Senate Bill 06-201

Senator Sandoval, chair, called the meeting to order. Senator Veiga discussed the provisions of SB 06-201 which extends the period that state income tax returns will include a voluntary contribution designation benefitting the Colorado Domestic Abuse Program Fund from tax year 2006 through tax year 2016. She explained that the checkoff is the state's second oldest and receives a significant amount of contributions.

The following persons testified on the bill:

11:31 AM -- Ms. Annmarie Jensen, Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence, spoke in favor of the bill and explained how the checkoff provides support for domestic violence victims. She indicated that 5,000 domestic violence victims were turned away from shelters last year due to a lack of funding.

11:33 AM -- Ms. Ruth M. Glenn, administrator for domestic abuse services at the Department of Human Services, testified in favor of the bill.

Senator Teck indicated that he would support extending the checkoff for another ten years rather than three because it was created before 1985 (thus it should be exempt from the three year extension provision) and because it receives a significant amount of contributions.


BILL:	SB06-201
TIME:	11:36:01 AM
MOVED:	Veiga
MOTION:	Motion to refer SB 06-201 to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation. The motion passed on a 7 - 0 vote.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy	Yes
	Shaffer	Yes
	Taylor	Yes
	Teck	Yes
	Tupa	Yes
	Veiga	Yes
	Sandoval	Yes
Final YES: 7 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

11:37 AM

Senator Teck distributed a graph prepared by Legislative Council Staff on the amount of contributions to various income tax checkoffs since 1995 (Attachment A). He explained that the graph showed that the economic downturn more likely caused the decline in contributions rather than the increasing number of checkoffs.

11:40 AM

The committee recessed.