Colorado House Passes
CCA-Supported
FASTER-related Bills
Today the Colorado House
passed two CCA-supported FASTER-related bills, HB
10-1212 and HB 10-1211, on Third Reading with no unfriendly
amendments. The bills
now move to the Senate for consideration.
HB 10-1212
Bill
Sponsors:
Representative Joe Rice (D-Littleton)
Senator Gail Schwartz (D-Snowmass)
Bill Summary:
Requires the Executive Director of the Department of
Revenue to promulgate rules that establish circumstances, in
addition to circumstances already established in statute, in which a
vehicle owner shall be exempted from paying the late fee for late
registration of a motor vehicle. The bill requires the rules
to apply uniformly throughout the state and to include, but not be
limited to, exemptions for:
1)
Acts of God and weather-related delays;
2)
Office closures and furloughs;
3)
Medical hardships, which shall not include
financial
4)
Inability to pay;
5)
Out-of-state lien holders; and
6)
Information technology failures.
HB
10-1211
Bill
Sponsors:
Representative Max Tyler (D-Lakewood)
Senator Suzanne Williams (D-Aurora)
Bill Summary:
Effective
July 1, 2010, the bill reduces the penalty for late registration of
a vehicle without motive power that weighs 2,000 pounds or less from
$25 per month (up to $100) to $10.
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Ritter for Governor
Campaign Announces Contribution Refund Process
All
refund requests have a March 1 deadline
Please see the note below from the Ritter
For Governor website and click on the link to request a
pro-rated refund of your campaign contribution
Gov. Ritter
thanks the thousands of individuals who generously donated to his
2010 campaign. We are now in the process of winding down the
campaign operation, and taking care of our financial obligations to
staff, vendors and others. If you donated to the campaign in 2009 or
2010 and would like a pro-rated refund of your contribution to Gov.
Ritter (40% of your original donation), please complete this form
no later
than 5 p.m. MT on March 1, 2010. Governor Ritter
and Lt. Governor O'Brien will distribute non-refunded funds to
causes and issues they care deeply about, in accordance with state
statute.
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ad hoc insight
"In the
interest of saving money and eliminating useless and redundant
government programs the Colorado House of Representatives amended HB
10-1306 to eliminate the Senate for FY 2009-10 and thereafter. I anticipate that amendment
will encounter resistance when the Senate takes up supplemental
bills later this week."
CCA Lobby Team
Member, Bill Skewes
February 22, 2010
