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State Legislative Information: 2010 Bills (Updated:
June 28, 2010)
COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
(see http://www.leg.state.co.us/)
HB-10-1018 - Increased Authority to Regulate Waste Tires
| Sponsor: |
- Rep Looper and Primavera
- Sen Gibbs, Romer, Williams
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| Summary: |
- Ends transfer of waste tire fees to innovative higher education
research (eff 1 Jul 2014)
- Repeals DOLA waste tire cleanup fund
- Repeals advanced technology
fund
- End transfer of waste tire fees to the RREOF (eff 1 Jul
2011 - however the RREOF currently is to sunset 1 Jul 2010 -
see HB 10-1052)
- Repeals and reenacts how waste tire fee is to
be allocated to the various funds or after the funds are ended
- Recreates
the waste tire cleanup fund (under CDPHE)
- Creates waste
tire market development fund
- Updates waste tire hauler decal
as well as manifest requirements
- Requires registration of waste
tire facilities including reporting requirements and plans
- DORA
will conduct a sunset review of the waste tire advisory committee
prior to the 1 July 2020 repeals
- Conforms waste tire definition
between solid waste and waste tire fee statute
- Specifies
that sales tax is not collected on the fee.
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| Status: |
- 01-13-2010 Introduced and assigned to T&E.
- Fiscal note 01/29/2010 states: Increase Full Time Equivalent
personnel of 3.2 to 3.1. Increase in projected revenues will
pay for increased costs.
- 02-02-2010 Passed unanimously as amended
to APP.
- 03-19-2010 Passed amended to COW.
- 03-23-2010 Passed the
House.
- 03-26-2010 Introduced to Senate and assigned to TR.
- 04-13-2010 Refer amended to FIN.
- 04-27-2010 Refer to Senate COW.
- 05-04-2010 Senate passed with amendemnts.
- 05-06-2010 House concurred with amendments and passed.
- 06-10-2010 Signed by governor.
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HB-09-1042 - Administration of the Stationary Sources Air Quality Permitting
Program
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| Summary: |
- Adds requirement for annual public report on stationary industrial
sources by air quality control commission
- Construction permit
advance notice reduced from 30 days to 15 days
- Notice for newly
permitted entities to notify division within 15 days after start-up
- Deletes
requirement for annual review of permits by air quality control
commission that require 5 or more hours of professional staff
time
- Open burning law limits type of materials that can be burned
outside which requires a permit to burn approved materials
- Increase
civil penalty from $100 to $1500 for violation of open burning
law for noncommercial purposes without a permit.
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| Status: |
- 01-13-2010 Introduced and assigned to HHS. Fiscal Note states
increased revenue of $11,200 based on average of 8 fines per
year.
- 01-28-2010 referred unamended by HHS to Finance Committee.
- 02-10-2010
Amended and referred to House COW
- 02-22-2010 Amended and passed
by House
- 02-24-2010 Introduced in Senate and assigned to HHS.
- 03-25-2010
Passed to FIN.
- 04-01-2010 Passed ama ned to COW.
- 04-14-2010 Passed by Senate.
- 05-06-2010 Signed by governor.
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HB-10-052 - The Recycling Resources Economic Opportunity Fund, and in
Connection therewith, extending the Life of the fund
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| Summary: |
- Removes sunset provision of 1 July 2010 for the solid waste
user fee, the RREOF and the RREO Program. Amendment placed a
sunset provision of 1 July 2017 on solid waste user fee.
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| Status: |
- 01-13-2010 Introduced and assigned to T&E. Fiscal Note
states no Fiscal Impact.
- 01-21-2010 Amended and referred to House COW
- 02-01-2010 Passed
house
- 02-04-2010 Introduced to Senate and assigned to LGE.
- 03-16-200
Passed to COW.
- 03-25-2010 Passed by Senate.
- 04-13-2010 Signed by governor.
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HB-10-1068 - The delivery of paper document's to a person's property
| Sponsor: |
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| Summary: |
- Prohibits delivery of white page directory unless customer
requests delivery.
- Prohibits delivery of paper product's in excess
of one pound unless recipient requests delivery of said request
in effect for five (5) years.
- Failure to comply may result in
fines up to $100,000.
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| Status: |
- 01-13-2010 Introduced and assigned to TE
- 03-02-2010 Postponed
indefinitely
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HB 10-1125 - Regulation of Waste Grease derived from food preparation
| Sponsor: |
- Rep Hullinghorst
- Sen Schwarts
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| Summary: |
- Adds regulations for collection, transportation, and disposal
of trap grease and yellow grease collectively referred to as "grease".
- Includes annual registration, bonding, disposal limitations,
usage limitations, and department issued decals.
- Amendments include funding for Department of Law and CDPHE.
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| Status: |
- 01-15-2010 Introduced and assigned to TE
- Fiscal Note 01/28/2010 states: Increase Full Time Equivalent
Personnel 0.7. Increase in projected revenues will pay for increased
costs.
- 03-02-2010 Passed amended to APP.
- 03-12-2010 Passed amended to COW.
- 03-22-2010 Passed by House.
- 03-23-2010 Introduced in Senate and assigned to LGE.
- 03-30-2010 Referred unamended to APP.
- 04-23-2010 Referred to Senate COW.
- 04-28-2010 assed Senate.
- 05-30-2010 Failed in House with Senate amendments.
- 05-05-2010 Conference Committee recommend adoption with amendments.
- 05-05-2010 Repassed Senate with amendments.
- 05-06-2010 Passed House with amendments.
- 06- 07-2010 Signed by governor.
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HB 10-1311 - Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Health
and Environment
| Sponsor: |
- Rep Pommer, Ferrandano, Lambert
- Sen Keller, Tapia, White
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| Summary: |
- Details appropriations for various sections of the Public Health
and Environment Department as well as detailing sources of the
funds.
- Particular to solid waste is the transfer out of the HSRF
$950,000 to Solid Waste User Fee ($400,000) and Department of
Law ($550,000).
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| Status: |
- 02-08-2010 Introduced and assigned to APP
- 02-16-2010 Referred
unamended to House COW
- 02-18-2010 Passed unamended by House
- 02-19-2010
Introduced to Senate and assigned to APP
- 02-23-2010 Referred
to COW
- 02-26-2010 Passed by Senate
- 03-10-2010 Signed by Governor
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HB 10-1329 - Solid Waste User Fee
| Sponsor: |
- Rep Peniston, Casso, Court, Fischer, Frangas, Hullinghorst,
Labuda, Levy, McCann, Miklosi, Pommer, Riesberg, Solano, Tyler,
Vigil
- Sen Boyd, Bacon, Hodge, Hudak, Keller, Romer, Steadman,
Tochtrop, Williams
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| Summary: |
- Establish and impose a solid waste fee to be determined by
1 Jul 2011
- Specify criteria of the determination and destination
fees applied (HSRF, operations, Depart of Law, etc)
- Repeals
other solid waste fees upon imposition of new fee
- Sunsets fee
1 Jul 2017
- Authorizes one time transfer from HSRF of 950,000
($400,000 to Solid Waste Fund and $550,000 to Department of Law)
- Specifies
HSRF Fund balance actions when balance equals 10 million dollars
- Specifies
user fee is not to exceed $0.50 per cubic yard
- Requires department
provide 90 day notice of fee increase to operators
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| Status: |
- 02-08-2010 Introduced and assigned to FIN Fiscal note states
HSRF reduced by $950,000, General Fund decreases by $550,00,
Department of Law cash fund increases $550,000 and Solid Waste
Fund (cash) increases $400,000.
- 02-24-2010 Passed amended to
COW.
- 03-03-2010 Passed by House.
- 03-09-2010 Introduced to Senate
and assigned to HHS.
- 03-17-2010 Referred unamended to FIN.
- 03-23-2010
Referred to APP.
- 04-30-2010 REfer to Senate COW.
- 05-03-2010 Passed Senate with amendments.
- 05-04-2010 House concurred and passed with amendments.
- 06-07-2010 Signed by governor.
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HB 10-1363 - Incentives for the Production of Biogenic Gas that was Created
as a Result of Human Intervention
| Sponsor: |
- Rep Scanlon, Liston, McFadyen
- Sen White, Boyd, Gibbs, Hodge,
Johnston
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| Summary: |
- The renewable energy portfolio standard requires each qualifying
retail utility to generate electricity from eligible energy resources
in the following minimum retail sales amounts: 10% beginning
2011-2014, 15% for 2015 through 2019, and 20% for 2020 and thereafter.
Any methane produced biogenically as a result of human intervention
will be included as a type of biomass. Methane so produced and
does not involve additional land disturbance within the definition
of "clean energy" for purposes of Colorado clean energy
development authority.
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| Status: |
- 03-12-2010 Introduced and assigned to TE.
- 04-08-2010 Refer amended to COW.
- 04-15-2010 Passed House.
- 04-19-2010 Introduced to Senate and assigned to ANR.
- 04-22-2010 Referred to Senate COW.
- 04-28-2010 Passed by Senate.
- 06-09-2010 Signed by governor.
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SB 10-048 - Regulation of the purchase of commodity scrap metals
| Sponsor: |
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| Summary: |
- Adds requirement for buyer to photograph the seller
- Keep photo for 3 years
- Cross reference photo to records of sales
- Wait five days to pay seller by check to seller's address
- Removes exemption for metal sales of less than 25 pounds
- Amended to keep photo for 12 months instead of 3 years
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| Status: |
- 01-13-2010 Introduced to BLT Fiscal Note.
- 01-25-2010 No fiscal impact to state government.
- 02-16-2010 Amended and referred to Senate COW.
- 02-24-2010 Passed Senate.
- 02-26-2010 Introduced House and assigned to JUD.
- 03-22-2010 Referred to COW.
- 04-05- 2010 Failed House.
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SB 10-177 - Promotion of Clean Energy Technologies
| Sponsor: |
- Sen Schwartz, Gills
- Rep Scanlon and Merrifield
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| Summary: |
- Exempts forestry equipment used for wood biomass production
from property taxes.
- Values biomass energy facilities the same
as wind power and solar power facilities.
- Includes generation
of electricity from combustion of woody biomass, wastewater
treatment biosolids and municipal solid waste in the definition
of new clean energy and energy efficient technology.
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| Status: |
- 03-01-2010 Introduced and assigned to LGE
- 03-09-2010 Passed
amended to COW.
- 03-18-2010 Passed amended by House.
- 03-19-2010
Introduced to Senate and assigned to TR.
- 04-08-2010 Refer amended to COW.
- 04-19-2010 Passed House COW with amendments.
- 04-21-2010 Repassed by Senate as amended.
- 06-09-2010 Signed by governor.
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Committee Assignment Abbreviations (Letters in Parathensis indicate House or Senate)
| AGRA = Agriculture, Livestock & Natural Resource (H) |
HEW = Health, Environment, Welfare & Institutions |
TAR = Transportation Committee (Senate) |
| ANR=Agriculture & Nat. Resources (S) |
HH = Health & Human Services (H&S) |
TE = Transportation & Energy (H) |
| APP = Appropriations (H&S) |
IT = Info & Technology |
TR = Transportation & Energy (S) |
| BLT = Business, Labor & Technology (S) |
JOB = Joint Budget Committee |
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| BUS = Business Affairs & Labor (H) |
JUD = Judiciary (H & S) |
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| COW = Committee of the Whole |
LG = Local Government (H) |
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| ED = Education (H & S) |
LGE = Local Government & Energy (S) |
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| FIN = Finance (H&S) |
SA = State Veterans & Military Affairs Committee (H&S) |
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Geotech Environmental Equipment, Inc.
Ground Water Sampling, Monitoring & Remediation Equipment
Ronald D. Resseguie,
Regional Manager
Phone: 303-320-4764
Fax: 303-322-7242
www.geotechenv.com
AquAeTer
Optimizing environmental resources: water, air, earth
Steve Wampler, P.G., P.E.
Cathryn Stewart, P.G.
Phone: 303-771-9150
www.AquAeTer.com
Weaver Boos Consultants, LLC
John Briest, P.E.,
Senior Project Manager
Phone: 720-529-0132
Fax: 720-529-0137
www.weaverboos.com
KRW Consulting, Inc.
Environmental Engineering & Land Surveying Services
David Douglass, PE
Senior Engineer
Phone: 303-239-9011
www.krwconsulting.com |
