First Regular Session
              Sixty-ninth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 13-0317.01 Kate Meyer x4348     HOUSE BILL 13-1069
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Navarro-Ratzlaff,
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 Business, Labor, Economic, & Workforce Development
 
 
 
 Appropriations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the preparation of small business fiscal impact
            statements by the staff of the legislative council.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The bill requires the staff of the legislative council to prepare a
       small business fiscal impact statement for each bill or concurrent
       resolution (collectively, "legislative measures") introduced by a member
       of the general assembly, and describes the process for soliciting and
       compiling comments pertaining to the potential fiscal impacts of such
       legislative measures on small businesses in the state.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 2-2-322.5 as
       follows:
            2-2-322.5.  Small business fiscal impact statement - procedure
       - definitions. (1) (a)  The staff of the legislative council shall
       prepare a small business fiscal impact statement for each
       legislative measure introduced by a member of the general
       assembly.
            (b)  As used in this section:
            (I)  "Legislative measure" means a bill or concurrent
       resolution.
            (II)  "Small business" means any business with fifty or
       fewer employees who are located in Colorado.
            (2) (a) (I)  Upon the introduction of a legislative measure
       in its house of origin, except as otherwise provided in
       subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (a), the staff of the
       legislative council shall identify a five-day period during which
       any person may submit comments regarding the potential small
       business fiscal impacts of the legislative measure. The five-day
       period commences no sooner than the second day after the
       introduction of the legislative measure and no later than the
       fourth day after the introduction of the legislative measure.
            (II)  For a legislative measure introduced in its house of
       origin on or after the one hundred fifteenth day of a legislative
       session, the staff of the legislative council shall make a
       reasonable attempt to accept comments regarding the potential
       small business fiscal impacts of the legislative measure.
            (b) (I)  Upon the expiration of the five-day period required
       by subparagraph (I) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), or to
       the extent feasible for comments received pursuant to
       subparagraph (II) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), the
       staff of the legislative council shall prepare a small business
       fiscal impact statement that summarizes and compiles the
       comments received during the five-day period regarding the
       potential fiscal impacts of the legislative measure on small
       businesses.
            (II)  A small business fiscal impact statement prepared
       pursuant to this section shall briefly state the range of
       potential fiscal impacts to small businesses that were claimed
       by commenters and, if submitted with the comments, shall
       include the methodology employed to calculate the claims. The
       staff of the legislative council shall not conduct independent
       analyses or state conclusions as to any comments received.
            (III)  If no comments are received, the staff of the
       legislative council shall state that fact in the small business
       fiscal impact statement.
            (c)  The staff of the legislative council shall attach the
       small business fiscal impact statement to the fiscal note
       required by section 2-2-322.
            (3)  In order to reduce any costs it may incur by fulfilling
       its duties under this section, the staff of the legislative council
       may adopt and apply, to the greatest extent practicable,
       existing procedures and resources, including those procedures
       and resources developed and utilized to comply with section
       22-32-143, C.R.S.
            SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
       takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
       ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
       7, 2013, if adjournment sine die is on May 8, 2013); except that, if a
       referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the
       state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act
       within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect
       unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
       November 2014 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the
       official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.