NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 6/4/2015.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 15-1335
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Sias, Priola, Saine, Wilson, Joshi, Duran,
      Buck, Lawrence, Lundeen, Navarro, Nordberg, Court, Kagan, Moreno,
      Pabon, Ransom, Williams, Hullinghorst;
      also SENATOR(S) Woods, Baumgardner, Grantham, Heath, Jahn, Kefalas,
      Lambert, Lundberg, Marble, Merrifield, Neville T., Scheffel, Scott,
      Sonnenberg, Cadman.
      
      
      Concerning a requirement that legislative service agencies
           review the fiscal impact of legislative measures considered
           by committees of the general assembly that meet during
           the interim.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  Legislative declaration. (1)  The general assembly
      hereby finds, determines, and declares that:
      
           (a)  Fiscal notes are a critically important component of informed
      decision making by legislators because they allow legislators to understand
      the complete fiscal impact of potential legislation on all levels of
      government;
      
           (b)  Understanding the fiscal impact a bill will have on state
      government, local government, or the state's economy is a vital piece of
      information in allowing legislators to make informed decisions on whether
      the bill should move forward;
      
           (c)  Interim committees provide a helpful tool for legislators to better
      understand public policy dilemmas by allowing legislators the opportunity
      to study a given subject in greater depth than is typically possible during
      the legislative session;
      
           (d)  Currently, the fiscal impact of legislative measures are not
      available for interim committee review at the time the measures are being
      considered;
      
           (e)  Providing members of interim committees a fiscal note to
      accompany the legislative measures being considered would give the
      members a more thorough understanding of the public policy impacts of
      such legislation before, in many cases, recommending such legislation to
      the legislative council as an approved interim committee bill. 
      
           (2)  By enacting this legislation, the general assembly intends to
      provide legislators serving on interim committees more information as to
      the fiscal impacts of the legislative proposals by requiring a fiscal note to
      be prepared for each legislative measure considered by the interim
      committee.
      
           SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 2-2-322, add (4) as
      follows:
      
           2-2-322.  Fiscal notes. (4)  In addition to any other
      requirement under this section or in the legislative rules for
      legislative service agency review of the fiscal impact of
      legislative measures, the general assembly shall also provide
      for legislative service agency review of the fiscal impact of
      legislative measures considered by committees of the general
      assembly meeting during the legislative interim. For each interim,
      the deadlines and guidelines adopted prior to each interim by the
      executive committee of the legislative council for requesting and
      finalizing interim committee bills must allow for sufficient time
      between the public release of the fiscal note for a particular
      measure by the staff of the legislative council and the final vote
      by the applicable legislative interim committee so that members
      of the committee are able to consider the fiscal note in voting on
      the measure. For each interim, the specific dates by which these
      requirements will be satisfied must be specified in the applicable
      set of deadlines and guidelines for that interim. Except as
      otherwise provided in this subsection (4), all other requirements
      governing legislative service agency review of the fiscal impact
      of legislative measures considered during regular legislative
      sessions that are specified in this section or in the legislative
      rules also govern the requirements of this subsection (4).
      
           SECTION 3.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
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      Dickey Lee Hullinghorst                Bill L. Cadman
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Marilyn Eddins                      Cindi L. Markwell
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO