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High Performance Certification Program (2014)
New construction and substantial renovation of academic buildings and facilities constructed or maintained with state General Fund moneys (hereafter referred to as "state facilities") are required to comply with the High Performance Certification Program (HPCP). The program requires the...
Issue Briefs
Transportation Planning and Funding in Colorado
This issue brief examines the entities and revenue sources used to administer and finance Colorado's transportation system.
Issue Briefs
Statutory Transfer to Fund Transportation and Capital Construction (2014)
Senate Bill (SB) 09-228, adopted by the General Assembly during the 2009 legislative session, creates a five-year block of statutory transfers from the General Fund to finance transportation and capital construction projects. This issue brief discusses the state law that specifies the amounts of...
11/17/2014
Capital Construction
State Revenue & Budget
Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Issue Briefs
TABOR Refund Mechanisms (2014)
This issue brief provides information on mechanisms used to refund revenue in excess of the state's constitutional spending limit. For information on the state spending limit and how it is calculated, please refer to Issue Brief 14-03A.
Staff Publications
Distribution of FY 2013-14 General Fund Surplus
The FY 2013-14 General Fund surplus is estimated at $235.8 million.1 State law requires this surplus to be distributed in the amounts and order shown in Table 1.2 Additionally, the transfer to the Capital Construction Fund is allocated by state law in the order and amounts shown in Table 2.3 Up...
Issue Briefs
State and Local Government as a Proportion of the State Economy (2014)
This issue brief provides information on the relative size of state and local governments, compared with the total state economy. Government expenditures are represented as a percentage of the state's gross domestic product (GDP). In Colorado, stategovernmentexpendituresarebelowthenational...
Staff Publications
2013 Colorado Cost of Living Study (2014)
2013 Colorado Cost of Living Report - Expenditure Totals
Budget Related Publications
FY 2014-15 Budget In Brief
Budget Related Publications
FY 2014-15 Appropriations Report
Issue Briefs
Colorado's Constitutional Spending Limit (2014)
In 1992, voters approved a Colorado Constitutional Amendment -- Article X, Section 20, known as the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR). TABOR limits annual growth in state spending.