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SENATE BILL 97­221

BY SENATOR Tebedo;

also REPRESENTATIVE Pfiffner.

CONCERNING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS RELATED TO THE CONTINUATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PERIODIC REPORTS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL BRANCH AGENCIES UNDER TITLES 1 TO 3, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1.  2­3­1401 (2) and (4), Colorado Revised Statutes, 1980 Repl. Vol., as amended, are amended to read:

2­3­1401.  Oversight of economic development activities of state ­ business affairs and labor committees of senate and house of representatives ­ reports from governor to joint budget committee on economic development programs. (2)  The governor's office shall submit a quarterly AN ANNUAL report to the joint budget committee and to the business affairs and labor committees of the senate and the house of representatives detailing the expenditures by appropriated line item and funding source in the general appropriation bill of the state for all economic development programs in all departments. THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SHALL ALSO MAKE SUCH ANNUAL REPORT AVAILABLE TO THE FULL GENERAL ASSEMBLY. The report shall identify which activities are funded and where such activities fall within priorities of the strategic plan formulated pursuant to subsection (3) of this section and identify any anticipated and actual results of such funded activities; specify dollars spent on each activity; and show a balance of funds remaining for additional economic development activities.

(4)  The Colorado first program shall submit to the joint budget committee and to the business affairs and labor committees of the senate and house of representatives a quarterly AN ANNUAL report on the number of workers trained, for whom they were trained, why they were trained, who trained the workers, and the cost per worker trained. SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO THE FULL GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

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.



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Tom Norton Charles E. Berry

PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES





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Joan M. Albi Judith M. Rodrigue

SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE

THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES



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Roy Romer

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO