SENATE
                       3rd Reading Unamended
                   March 24, 2016      SENATE
                Amended 2nd Reading
                      March 22, 2016Second Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                REENGROSSED
                       This Version Includes All Amendments
                       Adopted in the House of Introduction
 LLS NO. 16-0790.01 Jason Gelender x4330 SENATE BILL 16-100
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Jahn, 
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Pabon, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning requirements that a county must meet before
            reducing the mill levy for its road and bridge fund.
       
       
                           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.)
       
            Current law:
                 Requires each county to annually adopt a road and bridge
                 budget, which must show the aggregate amount estimated
                 to be expended for county road and bridge construction,
                 maintenance, and administration and the aggregate amount
                 estimated to be paid from the county road and bridge fund
                 to municipalities in the county; and
                 Authorizes each county to levy a property tax, taking into
                 account other available money, at a rate sufficient to fund
                 the county road and bridge budget. 
            The bill prohibits a county from reducing the rate of the property
       tax unless it notifies all municipalities located within the county of its
       intent to do so, and either:
                 A majority of the municipalities consent to the reduction;
                 or
                 The county annually makes an additional payment to each
                 municipality that compensates the municipality fully for the
                 reduction in the amount of tax revenues that it receives due
                 to the rate reduction.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 43-2-203, add (3)
       and (4) as follows:
            43-2-203.  County road and bridge budget - tax levy - repeal.
       (3)  No later than October 15 of each year, the board of county
       commissioners of a county must give written notice to each
       municipality within the county of its intent to potentially
       reduce the rate of the tax authorized to be levied under
       subsection (2) of this section.            
            (4) (a)  The transportation legislation review committee,
       created in section 43-2-145, shall consider, during the 2016
       legislative interim, input from counties, municipalities,
       interested stakeholders, and the public regarding the process
       by which the rate of the tax authorized to be levied under
       subsection (2) of this section is reduced and proposals to resolve
       any issues pertaining to that process.
            (b)  This subsection (4) is repealed, effective July 1, 2017.
            SECTION 2.  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.