COLORADO LEGISLATORS PAST AND PRESENT

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Palmer Lyle   Burch

Chamber:House
Political Party:Republican
Occupation:Real Estate Management
Leadership Position:
House Majority Leader: 1969-70


House
Years Served House:1947; 1948; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970
District #:no district numbers until 1964; 17 (1965 - 1966); 01 (1967 - 1968); 17 (1969 - 1970)
Number of Years:20
General Assembly #:36th; 38th; 39th; 40th; 41st; 43rd; 44th; 45th; 46th; 47th
Counties:Denver
Other government positions held:
State Treasurer: 1975-78

Notes About Member's Term:10/1970 -- Representative Palmer Burch resigned; replaced by Charles Lindley.
Gender:Male
Birth year and Place:1907
Ordway CO

City of Residence:Denver
Date of Death:06/28/1990
Place of Death:Denver CO
Memorial:
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Committees
House Standing1947 -- Public Buildings (Chair); Appropriations & Expenditures; Aviation; Denver City Affairs; Education; Railroads; State Institutions
1948 -- Public Buildings (Chair); Appropriations & Expenditures; Aviation; Denver City Affairs; Education; Railroads; State Institutions
1951 -- Personnel (Chair); Appropriations; Corporations; Municipal & County Affairs; Penal & Reformatory  Institutions
1952 -- Personnel (Chair); Appropriations; Corporations; Municipal & County Affairs; Penal & Reformatory  Institutions
1953 -- Finance (Chair); Appropriations; House Services; Natural Resources
1954 -- Finance (Chair); Appropriations; House Services; Natural Resources
1955 -- Appropriations (Chair); Finance (Vice-chair); Business Affairs; Local Government
1956 -- Appropriations (Chair); Finance (Vice-chair); Business Affairs; Local Government
1957 -- Appropriations; Business Affairs; Finance
1958 -- Appropriations; Business Affairs; Finance
1961 -- Appropriations; Education; Finance
1962 -- Appropriations; Education; Finance
1963 -- Finance (Chair); Education; Rules; State Affairs
1964 -- Finance (Chair); Education; Rules; State Affairs
1965 -- Business Affairs; Education; Finance
1966 -- Business Affairs; Education; Finance
1967 -- Finance (Chair); Business Affairs; Education; Rules
1968 -- Finance (Chair); Business Affairs; Education; Rules
1969 -- Finance (Vice-chair); Rules; Education
1970 -- Finance (Vice-chair); Rules (Vice-chair); Education

Joint/Statutory1953 -- Legislative Council (Chair) (63-5-1, 1953 C.R.S.); Executive Committee of Legislative Council (63-5-1, 1953 C.R.S.)
1954 -- Legislative Council (Chair) (63-5-1, 1953 C.R.S.)
1955 -- Legislative Council (Chair) (63-5-1, 1953 C.R.S.)
1956 -- Legislative Council (Chair) (63-5-1, 1953 C.R.S.); Joint Sub-Committee on Appropriations (Chair) (63-2-18, 1953 C.R.S. )
1957 -- Legislative Council (63-5-1, 1953 C.R.S.)
1958 -- Legislative Council (63-5-1, 1953 C.R.S.)
1969 -- Legal Services (63-3-2, 1963 C.R.S.)
1970 -- Legal Services (63-3-2, 1963 C.R.S.)

Interim1953 -- Committee to Consider Qualifications for Director
1955 -- School District Organization-Consolidation-Reorganization (Vice-chair) (HJR 14); State Payroll Procedure (Chair) (HR 15)
1956 -- Pension Benefits of Municipal Firemen & Policemen (Chair) (HJR 2); Mental Difficulty (Chair) - (HJR 11); Correctional Institutions (Chair) (HJR 12)
1958 -- Assessment Study (SJR 12)
1961 -- Administrative Organization of State Government (HJR 18); School Aid (SB 35)
1962 -- Administrative Organization of State Government - SJR 2; Teachers' Emeritus Retirement (SJR 9); School Attendance Laws (HJR 3); County Superintendent of Schools (HJR 7); Public Schools (SB 30)
1963 -- School Laws (HJR 25)
1964 -- Education (HJR 1030); School Laws (HJR 25); Tax Revision (Chair) (HJR 25)
1965 -- State Aid to Schools (HJR 1024); Financing State & Local Government (HJR 1024); State & Local Taxes - Subcmte on Property Taxation Subdistricting
1966 -- State Aid to Schools (SJR 8 (1966)); (HJR 1024 (1965))
1967 -- Legislative Procedures (Vice-chair) (SJR 42); Public Utilities Commission (SJR 32); Open Records (SJR 42); State & Local Taxes
1968 -- Public Utilities Commission (HJR 1026); Legislative Procedures (Vice-chair)
1969 -- Interstate Cooperation Legislative Procedures Highway Revenue (Chair)

Special1955 -- Governor's Commission on Organization of State Government (Vice-chair) (HB 460)