Final
BILL SUMMARY for
HB05-1062
HOUSE
COMMITTEE ON
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Votes:
Action Taken:
Moved to refer the bill to the Committee of the Wh
PASS
02:26 PM -- Committee Introductions
Representative Hodge, Chair, introduced herself and invited other members to introduce themselves and describe their interest in local government issues.
02:34 PM
Legislative Council Staff introduced themselves including David Beaujon, committee staff, and Marc Carey and Chris Ward, fiscal analysts.
02:38 PM -- House Bill 05-1062
Representative Judd, sponsor, described the eviction process, also known as writs of restitution, that is defined in Section 13-40-115, C.R.S., and described the provision of the bill (see Attachment A). He explained that the bill specifies that a writ of restitution expires after 30 days and it amends statutory caps on fees charged by a sheriff to recover their costs when serving and executing writs of restitution. He also responded to questions from the committee.
The following persons testified on the bill:
02:50 PM --
David Oliver, Denver Sheriff's Office, County Sheriffs of Colorado, spoke in support of the bill and described problems associated with landlords delaying the submittal of a judge's writ of restitution. He also explained that executing some writs of restitution cost his office substantially more than his office is allowed to recover under state law (see Attachment B).
03:05 PM --
Cindy Bussard, Boulder County Sheriff's Office, explained that the bill was developed with the assistance of Front Range county sheriffs and spoke in support of the bill.
03:10 PM
Testimony was closed.
BILL:
HB05-1062
TIME:
03:10:47 PM
MOVED:
Berens
MOTION:
Moved to refer the bill to the Committee of the Whole, without amendment. The motion passed on a roll call vote of 8 - 1.
SECONDED:
Merrifield
VOTE
Berens
Yes
Cerbo
Yes
Curry
Yes
Decker
No
May M.
Excused
Merrifield
Yes
Soper
Yes
Sullivan
Excused
Welker
Yes
Lindstrom
Yes
Hodge
Yes
Final
YES:
8
NO:
1
EXC:
2
ABS:
0
FINAL ACTION:
PASS