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2020 JBC Schedule
This is the Joint Budget Committee's schedule. Please check this document regularly for schedule updates.
Budget Related Publications
Forecast Update May 2020
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,...
Staff Publications
TABOR Emergency Provisions
On March 11, 2020, Governor Polis issued Executive Order D 2020 003, declaring a disaster emergency pursuant to state law due to the presence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19). The disaster emergency declaration triggers certain provisions in the Colorado Constitution and state law....
Budget Related Publications
Forecast March 2020
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,...
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Effective Tax Rates on Oil and Natural Gas
This memorandum provides information concerning severance taxes in Colorado and eight other western states. The memo provides detailed information on Colorado’s severance tax structure, including estimates for the current value of the ad valorem tax credit and the stripper well exemption. ...
02/19/2020
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Natural Resources & Environment
State Revenue & Budget
Staff Publications
2020 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Payment Forecast
Colorado receives annual payments from tobacco manufacturers as part of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). In April 2019, the state received $81.1 million, which was used to determine distributions to MSA‑funded programs for the current FY 2019‑20.
This document presents a...
Staff Publications
Property Taxes on Oil and Natural Gas Property
This memo uses a unique dataset to estimate property taxes levied on the production of oil and gas to answer the following questions...
01/31/2020
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Natural Resources & Environment
State Revenue & Budget
Final/Annual Reports
2019 Marijuana Handbook
This publication provides an overview of marijuana laws in Colorado as well as marijuana licensing, marijuana in the state budget, regulations, federal law and jurisdictional issues, and additional resources.
Staff Publications
Dynamic Modeling
A dynamic model attempts to quantify the downstream effects of a policy change throughout the economy. Legislative Council Staff (LCS) does not conduct dynamic modeling, which means that fiscal notes and other analyses are limited to the scope of legislation’s direct impacts and, in...
01/15/2020
Business & Economic Development
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
General Assembly
State Revenue & Budget
Budget Related Publications
Forecast December 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,...