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Colorado PERA 2010 Reform Legislation and Historical Funded Status

Subject

State Revenue & Budget

Agency

Legislative Council Staff

Published

09/28/2010

This memorandum provides a brief description of the Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA), presents the pension plan's historical funded ratio, and summarizes provisions of 2010 PERA reform legislation.

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Impact of Final Residential Assessment Rate on Local Share

The final Residential Assessment Rate (RAR) Study released by the Division of Property Taxation (DPT) on April10, 2019,estimates anRARof 7.15 percent for property tax years 2019 and 2020. The General Assembly would have to pass a bill for this rate to become law. The anticipated assessed...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

04/12/2019

Subjects:

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Local Government

State Revenue & Budget

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Higher Education Enrollment and Tuition Revenue Forecast

This memorandum presents the 2019 Legislative Council Staff forecast for the state public institutions of higher education. The forecast provides projections of resident and nonresident full-time equivalent (FTE) student enrollment and College Opportunity Fund (COF) FTE enrollment for the...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

04/05/2019

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Higher Education

State Revenue & Budget

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Refund Mechanisms Used for Prior TABOR Surpluses

Refund Mechanisms Used for TABOR Surpluses, Tax Years 1997 through 2015. No refunds were required for unlisted years, including 1993 through 1996, 2016, and 2017.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

03/28/2019

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

State Revenue & Budget

Staff Publications

History of TABOR Refund Mechanisms

This memorandum provides background information on current and past statutory mechanisms used to refund state revenue in excess of the spending limit contained in the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR). TABOR allows the state to use "any reasonable method" for refunds.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

03/27/2019

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

State Revenue & Budget

Budget Related Publications

FY 2019-20 Budget Package and Long Bill Narrative

The Long Bill Narrative, which is the annual appropriations act, is prepared by staff to explain funding decisions recommended by the JBC to the rest of the General Assembly. This document is a companion document to the actual Long Bill. The narrative outlines budget changes based on the...

Publishing Agency:

Joint Budget Committee Staff

Date:

03/25/2019

Subject:

State Revenue & Budget

Budget Related Publications

Forecast March 2019

Focus Colorado presents forecasts for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2019-20. Implications of the forecast for the state's General Fund budget and spending limit are described in the report's highlights and executive summary sections. The report is based on current law,...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

03/15/2019

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

State Revenue & Budget

Budget Related Publications

Fiscal Strategies for Budget Shortfalls

Each year, the General Assembly is tasked with balancing constitutional, statutory, and federal requirements with other legislative considerations, such as competing policy priorities, caseload pressures, and the health of the state’s economy, in order to create a budget. The Colorado...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

03/07/2019

Subject:

State Revenue & Budget

Budget Related Publications

CY 2019 for FY 2018-19 Supplemental Narrative

The Supplemental Narrative is prepared by the staff to explain proposed adjustments to prior year appropriations recommended by the JBC to the rest of the General Assembly. This narrative describes all of the proposed budget changes statewide, by department, and by program, and provides...

Publishing Agency:

Joint Budget Committee Staff

Date:

02/04/2019

Subject:

State Revenue & Budget

Staff Publications

2019 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Payment Forecast

Colorado receives annual payments from tobacco manufacturers as part of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). In April 2018, the state received $177.3 million, including a one‑time payment of $113.3 million pursuant to the Nonparticipating Manufacturers Adjustment Settlement Agreement...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/29/2019

Subjects:

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

State Revenue & Budget

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of School Finance Legislation (2019)

During the 2018 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to public school funding in Colorado. Specifically, the legislature considered bills pertaining to kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12) school funding, tax credits and deductions, grant programs, school...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/10/2019

Subjects:

Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

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