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Issue Briefs

Unemployment Insurance and Economic Downturns (20-13)

Subjects

Business & Economic Development

Labor & Employment

State Government

Agency

Legislative Council Staff

Published

04/22/2020

This issue brief provides an overview of the Colorado unemployment insurance (UI) program, including UI benefits, funding, and solvency in the context of recent economic downturns.

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Urban Renewal in Colorado (2016)

Urban renewal provides a set of tools available to local governments to combat slum and blight conditions. This issue brief highlights urban renewal laws and financing in Colorado.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/03/2016

Subjects:

Local Government

Business & Economic Development

Issue Briefs

Colorado's Enterprise Zone Program (2016)

Colorado’s Enterprise Zone Program was created by the General Assembly in 1986. The program provides state income tax credits to business and individuals for investing in economically distressed areas of the state in an effort to encourage economic development. This issue brief describes the...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/01/2016

Subjects:

Business & Economic Development

Local Government

Issue Briefs

Colorado's Unemployment Insurance Program (2016)

Unemployment insurance (UI) provides temporary, partial wage replacement to workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. The state program is administered by the Division of Employment and Training within the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE). This issue brief...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/01/2016

Subjects:

Business & Economic Development

Labor & Employment

Issue Briefs

State Procurement and Contracting (2016)

The purchase of goods and services by public entities in Colorado is generally governed by the state procurement code. This code is designed to ensure the fair treatment of people seeking to do business with the state, to foster broad-based competition through a bidding process, and to save...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/28/2016

Subjects:

Business & Economic Development

State Government

Final/Annual Reports

Capital Development Committee Fiscal Year 2015-16 Annual Report (2016)

Final report of the Capital Development Committee for FY 2015-16.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/26/2016

Subjects:

Capital Construction

State Government

State Revenue & Budget

Issue Briefs

Tiny Houses (2016)

Tiny houses are increasing in popularity as a housing option across the country. This issue brief provides a general overview of the various legal obstacles sometimes faced by individuals who want to own and live in a tiny house in Colorado. It also provides several examples of local and state...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/18/2016

Subjects:

Business & Economic Development

Housing

Local Government

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Availability of Historic Property Preservation Income Tax Credit and Cleanroom Machinery Sales and Use Tax Exemption (2016)

Table 1 shows the availability of the historic property preservation income tax credit and the cleanroom machinery sales and use tax exemption, each of which is available only when the Legislative Council Staff forecast indicates that General Fund revenue will be sufficient to allow General Fund...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/30/2016

Subjects:

Business & Economic Development

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Staff Publications

State of Colorado Legislative Council: Responsibilities and Procedures (2016)

Quick Facts About the Legislative Council

The 18-member Legislative Council is comprised of nine Senators and nine Representatives, including the six members of the Executive Committee.
The Legislative Council elects a chair and vice-chair annually.
A quorum of the

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

04/13/2016

Subject:

State Government

Final/Annual Reports

Final Report of the State Capitol Building Advisory Committee (2016)

To Members of the Seventieth General Assembly:

Submitted herewith is the final report of the State Capitol Building Advisory Committee (advisory committee). The advisory committee was created pursuant to Section 24-82-108, C.R.S., and serves in an advisory capacity to the Capital...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

02/17/2016

Subjects:

General Assembly

State Government

Staff Publications

Capital Development Committee Information and Procedures

Capital Development Committee (CDC) Information and Procedures

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/01/2015

Subjects:

Capital Construction

State Government

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