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Legislative Review Committee Agenda
Meeting Notes
April 28, 2015, 4:00 p.m.
Commons Conference Room
Present: Wade Troxell, Councilmember; Ross Cunniff, Councilmember; Wendy
Williams, Assistant City Manager; Ingrid Decker, Senior Assistant City Attorney;
Dan Weinheimer, Legislative Policy Manager
Absent: None
Guests: Kevin Jones, Chamber of Commerce; Dale Adamy, citizen
Councilmember Troxell called the meeting to order at 4:16 pm.
Adoption of the minutes from the April 14, 2015 meeting were moved for
approval by Councilmember Cunniff and seconded by Councilmember Troxell.
Minutes were adopted without amendment.
Dan described new Colorado General Assembly bills for LRC consideration:
HB15-1383 – makes Modifications to the Low-income Housing Tax Credit for
the purposes of increasing the construction of affordable housing. The bill extends
the number of years, from two to five years, in which Colorado Housing and
Finance Authority (CHFA) may allocate low-income housing income tax credits.
The bill also allows these income tax credits to be transferred to other taxpayers
beginning in tax year 2017. LRC adopted a support position on this bill.
HB15-1384 – seeks to provide Funding for Affordable Housing through
requiring the state treasurer to transmit one-third of the available balance in the
Unclaimed Property Trust Fund to a newly created Affordable Housing
Assistance Fund in the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA)
annually for five years from FY 2015-16 through FY 2019-20. LRC adopted a
monitor position.
SB15-272 – would Authorize New Transportation Revenue Anticipation
Notes (TRANs) and allow bonding up to $3.5 billion in order to fund many of the
state’s top highway and large-scale transportation priorities. Included in the
proposal is expanding north Interstate 25. LRC adopted a support position.
SB15-276 – seeks to require Voter Approval for Use of Red Light Cameras.
The bill would require any municipality seeking to use red light cameras to have
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an election on the issue by the 2016 General Election or face losing its state
transportation funding. LRC adopted an oppose position.
Dan then provided a status update of bills that the LRC had previously adopted
positions on. He noted that to date, the General Assembly has introduced 742
bills, LRC has 66 on its tracker and staff has reviewed countless more bills than
on the tracker.
The LRC then briefly discussed a June legislative luncheon. Dan shared that all
state legislators are able to attend the event and that the lunch will occur that the
Gardens at Spring Creek on June 23.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:45 pm.