Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB05-1195

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Votes:
Action Taken:
Moved to refer HB05-1195 to the Committee of the WPASS



02:43 PM -- House Bill 05-1195

Representative Kerr, sponsor, described the provisions of the bill that pertains to ownership of lands that have been vacated by a local government.

The following persons testified on the bill:

02:47 PM --
Jim Everson, Jefferson County Assessor's Office, spoke in support of the bill. He also described the challenge of maintaining ownership records of small tracks of land that have been vacated by a local government (Attachment C).

02:53 PM --
David Vallano, Jefferson County Treasurers, spoke in support of the bill. He also described the challenge of collecting taxes on small tracks of land that have been vacated by a local government.

02:55 PM --
Pat Ratliff, Colorado Counties, Inc., spoke in support of the bill.

02:56 PM

Testimony was closed.

BILL:HB05-1195
TIME: 02:56:32 PM
MOVED:Berens
MOTION:Moved to refer HB05-1195 to the Committee of the Whole, without amendment. The motion passed on a roll call vote of 10-0.
SECONDED:Sullivan
VOTE
Berens
Yes
Cerbo
Yes
Curry
Yes
Decker
Yes
May M.
Yes
Merrifield
Excused
Soper
Yes
Sullivan
Yes
Welker
Yes
Lindstrom
Yes
Hodge
Yes
Not Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS