Two Clear Creek High Schoolers are starting their own company with the help of a grant from CCSF
BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COMSkateboarding fashion has evolved over the years, and two local teens are working to make popular styles accessible to skaters of all income levels with help from a grant from Clear Creek Schools Foundation.
The mountain, named after a man who contributed to the genocide of indigenous people, is getting a new name
BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board has begun the decision-making process of changing the name of Mount Evans.
The board met on Oct. 11 for the first meeting regarding the name change of the mountain. Indigenous community members and tribal representatives gave presentations at the meeting to inform the board and the public about the significance of changing the name.
Mount Evans was named after Colorado Territorial Governor John Evans, who set the framework in 1864 to start the Sand Creek Massacre, which killed hundreds of Indigenous people who were living on “safe” land.
Dr. Andy Masich, a historian with the Heinz History Center present at the meeting, explained the harrowing details of the massacre.
“This was genocide in its most complete sense,” he said.
Tribal representatives and descendants from the Sand Creek Massacre
This is the first year for the CCSF Innovation Grants. CCSF awarded more than $12,000 to teachers and students throughout the school districts to support projects that foster engaging and community connected experiences for students.
According to CCSF, “Educator grants support the development of the Clear Creek Learner Profile skills: leadership, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, adaptability, and character…. Student grants support ideas and passions and the development of Learner Profile skills.”
Laura Johnson with CCSF was excited to see applications for the inaugural year of the Innovation Grants program.
“We received applications that would affect kids of all ages,” she said.
Nine projects throughout Clear Creek School District ultimately received grant money. The projects involve teacher, student and district projects, with project ideas like flexible furniture seating for classrooms and a therapy dog for schools.
Johnson hopes that the program will help students gain the skills necessary to become valuable members of the Clear Creek community upon graduation.
“(The grant is) giving kids more choices and freedom to learn the things they’re interested in, and giving educators the ability to provide,” she said.
William Lewis, senior, and Braden Combrink, junior, of Clear Creek High School were recipients of this year’s grant. The two are working to launch their skateboarding brand, Urban Skate Co.
Lewis explained the concept of the brand is to make skate wear available to everyone. He hopes that some of the potential profit can go toward the skate park in Idaho Springs.
“(It’s) cheaper clothing that is new and that our community can afford. And hopefully, some of that money can go toward the skate park,” Lewis said.
Lewis remembers his 5th birthday when his dad took him to get his first skateboard. He’s been hooked ever since.
Combrink has fond memories of starting the sport young as well.
“I started skating when I was maybe 10. It’s really cool because of the community and all the styles,” he said.
Right now, skate fashion is all about baggy clothes and name brands. Brands like Supreme, Thrasher and Vans are wardrobe
Lewis and Combrick (pictured) plan to create their own designs for their skate wear line.
staples for skaters. Lewis and Combrink want to join the skate wear ensemble, but at a more affordable price, and even create decks and other skate essentials later on.
Currently, the duo is working on learning about entrepreneurship, finding mentors in the community and creating a roadmap for the brand. They hope to start selling products in Summer 2023.
The young business partners are planning to do everything themselves at the beginning, so they can learn about production, screen printing etc. That’s where the grant money comes in.
“A big chunk of the grant money is going toward materials, our own screen printing machine,” Lewis said.
To follow along with the progress of Urban Skate Co., check out its Instagram @urbanskate_co.
Idaho Springs Police Department is seeking a suspect wanted for possession of child pornography.
Dominick Refer, a 42-year-old Idaho Springs resident, is considered a suspect after ISPD responded to a call on Sept. 28 that Refer printed child pornography from a library computer at the Idaho Springs Public Library.
ISPD and the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Department served multiple search warrants on Oct. 6, and searched locations where Refer was known to live and frequent. The searches turned up dozens of images of child pornography at multiple
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locations, according to an ISPD press release.
Refer was not located by law enforcement at the time the warrants were served, the press release stated. Clear Creek County Courts have issued a signed warrant for Refer’s arrest. Refer currently has a felony warrant for
were served, the
Sexual Exploitation of a Child, according to the press release.
ISPD is seeking assistance from the public in locating Refer, and asks the public to call 911 if he is seen.
A local National Weather Service volunteer observer makes temperature and precipitation observations each day at about 8 a.m. at the Georgetown Weather Station. Wind observations are made at Georgetown Lake. “Max” and “Min” temperatures are from digital displays of a “MMTS” (“Maximum/Minimum Temperature System”); “Mean daily” temperature is the calculated average of the max and min. “Total Precipitation” is inches of rainfall plus melted snow. “Snowfall” is inches of snow that accumulated during the preceding 24 hours. T = Trace of precipitation. NR = Not Reported. “Peak wind gust at Georgetown Lake” is the velocity in miles per hour and the time of the maximum wind gust that occurred during the calendar day preceding the date of observation. Historic data are based on the period of record for which statistical data have been compiled (about 53 years within the period 1893-2021). Any weather records noted are based on a comparison of the observed value with the historical data set.
A local National Weather Service volunteer observer makes temperature and precipitation observations each day at about 8 a.m. at the Georgetown Weather Station. Wind observations are made at Georgetown Lake. “Max” and “Min” temperatures are from digital displays of a “MMTS” (“Maximum/Minimum Temperature System”); “Mean daily” temperature is the calculated average of the max and min. “Total Precipitation” is inches of rainfall plus melted snow. “Snowfall” is inches of snow that accumulated during the preceding 24 hours. T = Trace of precipitation. NR = Not Reported. “Peak wind gust at Georgetown Lake” is the velocity in miles per hour and the time of the maximum wind gust that occurred during the calendar day preceding the date of observation. Historic data are based on the period of record for which statistical data have been compiled (about 53 years within the period 1893 2021). Any weather records noted are based on a comparison of the observed value with the historical data set.
Day and date of observation (2022)
Monday, 10/10
Tuesday, 10/11
Wednesday, 10/12
Thursday, 10/13
Friday, 10/14
Saturday, 10/15
Sunday, 10/16
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Temperature (T) (degrees F)
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Peak wind gust at Georgetown Lake Max Min Mean daily Total (TP) Snowfall (SF) Velocity (mph) Time (24 hr)
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The Frothy Cup in Idaho Springs is a decades-old shop welcoming locals and travelers
BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
When you walk into the Frothy Cup in Idaho Springs, you’ll likely be greeted by a table of locals, a wall of compliments and a smiling barista ready to help kickstart your day.
The Frothy Cup in Idaho Springs
sees a mix of travelers passing through town, as well as locals enjoying their daily cup of joe. With fresh coffee roasted in-house and pastries baked fresh daily, the shop is a favorite for slowing down or taking a cup to go.
Amanda Moeller and her fiance have owned the Frothy Cup for one year as of Oct. 20. Moeller said the
mix of customers is a big part of the shop’s charm.
“We meet people from all over,” she said. “It’s also our sleepy little mountain town.”
Mornings at the Frothy Cup usually consist of the round table full of locals, armed with their own coffee
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cups that hang on the wall waiting for them.
The shop has an aesthetic Moeller likens to “grandma’s house.” An old piano, topiaries and fabric-lined tables can make anyone feel nostalgic. The mountain rustic design aims
to pay homage to Idaho Springs, Moeller explained.
The Frothy Cup roasts all its beans in-house. When packaging the beans, the roaster lists their name and what music they are listening to, just to add a more personal touch when you pick up a bag.
The shop utilizes a roasting machine they’ve lovingly dubbed, “the snowflake,” because it’s one of a kind. The machine was built by the
Diedrich brothers, in their garage, and has been in the backroom for decades.
With coffee at the forefront of the menu, the shop has a wall full of unique espresso drinks to try, as well as options to craft your own creation. People come from all over for blueberry muffins, cookies and other pastries made with love on the daily.
The walls of the Frothy Cup are
lined with “love notes” singing praises of the shop and sharing good news, uplifting quotes and fun doodles. Moeller says these pops of happiness create the friendly environment she hopes customers see when they walk in.
Moeller advises taking a gander at the wall “if you ever need a little sunshine in your day.”
October is upon us! Which means pumpkin spice lattes, apple cider, skeletons, ghosts, and Estate Planning! That’s right, its Estate Planning Awareness Month. Each year during the month of October we remind our community how important it is to ensure that your Estate Planning Goals are met.
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Probate is the judicial process in which your Will is “proven” in court, and the court gives its stamp of approval. These are known as the Letters Testamentary. Probate typically occurs in the County of the State in which you reside. The Executor is the person that is then appointed by your Will to wrap or up administer the Will. This sounds well and good, but Probate can be a disaster for many. Below are a few things to remember.
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told accounts of the massacre that claimed the lives of over 230 men, women and children. One participant, Otto Braided Hair Jr., was only able to be present for the meeting because his great-grandmother escaped the massacre on horseback. This first meeting of the Naming Advisory Board was not open to public comment, but supporters sounded off in the comments with messages of support for a name change. The next meeting of the board will be on Nov. 17, where board members will hear proposals for several different names.
BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
More than 1,000 cupcakes graced The Lodge at Ascent Church on Oct. 14 as Girl Scouts from 10 troops participated in the first Cupcake Wars.
Based loosely on the baking competition show, the event brought together more than 75 Scouts from all over the foothills. Each girl brought 13 cupcakes — one for judging and 12 to swap with other Scouts.
Guest judges tested each cupcake for presentation, creativity and taste, and they agreed they had their work cut out for them to pick one winner in each of four divisions: Daisies, Brownies, Juniors and the combined Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors.
While the judges worked hard, the Scouts made a craft and played a trivia game while waiting for the results.
It was obvious the Scouts put a lot of work into their cupcakes and decorations. Some judges were delighted to find surprises in the cupcakes — one even had a thin mint cookie hiding inside — and changed creativity scores to reflect the extra something.
Many cupcakes were decorated for Halloween, with candy corn, decorated ghosts, witches and more.
Many were splashed with bright colors. They definitely were creative.
of Murphy’s Mountain Grill, the Muddy Buck and more, explained that she and judge Audrey VanWestrienen were judging the presentation and creativity of the cupcakes created by the Brownies before diving in for the taste test.
they were trying to create,” Packer said.
Briar Oesterle, 8, a member of Troop 1104 at Parmalee Elementary School, made her cupcakes from scratch with only mom Lauren helping by putting the cupcakes in the oven.
“This is our first Girl Scout event,” Lauren said. “I would never have encouraged (Briar) to bake if not for this event.”
Briar explained that she combined chocolate and fun-fetti cake flavors and used marshmallow fluff for the frosting. She decorated with candy corn, marshmallows and Twix candies.
Fifth grader Bitsy Altrich with Troop 67430 created witches as decorations for her cupcakes. She called it a long process to decorate the cupcakes, especially finding choco-
Based upon a combination of policies to protect existing businesses and puritanical beliefs about the use of alcohol, Colorado’s liquor laws were designed to have a variety of provisions that limited a market-based approach to many elements about how the product was sold in our state.
There have been limits of what kind of stores could sell what kinds of products, where they could sell them, how many licenses any person or company could have and when sales could occur.
While these limitations have impacted consumers, most discussions about the policy implications, and virtually all the money for lobbying and campaign activities to change or maintain them, have been about how changes would impact the businesses that sell alcoholic beverages.
Businesses whose operations have been protected from competition say they have built their businesses and made long-term investments based upon a regulatory structure that limited who could compete against them and how they could operate. Businesses who have been prohibited from
business activities argue that the government should not be in the business of choosing winners and losers.
Over time, some limits have been relaxed and the market has become freer, but legislative changes have been tortured exercises with bizarre, negotiated agreements that stretch into the future and have resulted in phased-in changes that didn’t satisfy any of the parties.
Colorado voters are being asked to weigh in on three specific ballot initiatives on these topics in the November elections. Proposition 124 increases the number of liquor stores any person or company can own. Proposition 125 allows grocery and convenience stores that sell beer to also sell wine. Proposition 126 allows third-party vendors to deliver alcohol from licensed liquor establishments. If they pass, we’ll have a much more market-based regulatory structure than has ever been the case for the sale of alcohol in Colorado.
While I have a certain amount of empathy for people who opened and operated their businesses based on a regulatory model that carved out a specific market for
them, it makes more sense for us to allow a free-market system where consumers vote with their feet and dollars to determine where, when and how people purchase alcoholic beverages than through an outdated and byzantine system that was designed to carve out a specific market solely for people with specific government licenses.
I will vote for Propositions 124, 125 and 126. If they pass, we will move forward toward a more rational and market-based environment for how alcohol is sold and purchased in Colorado. I further believe that if that happens, the ingenuity of current and future liquor store owners will lead to a market that will benefit Colorado consumers with a variety of different operators who will provide the products desired by their customers.
Greg Romberg had a long career in state and local government and in government relations. He represented corporate, government and trade association clients before federal, state and local governments. He lives in Evergreen with his wife, Laurie.
Evans will almost certainly be replaced as the name for Colorado’s 14th-highest mountain. But what about other names associated with an ugly massacre?
Our heartburn about the name Evans appears to be nearing resolution. The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board this week heard testimony about the role of John Evans, then the territorial governor, in the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864.
The evidence presented by representatives of Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes, the primary victims of the massacre, was not new, but it was damning. Can there be any doubt that Colorado’s 14th highest mountain, dominant on Denver’s western skyline, should have a different name? Blue Sky and Cheyenne-Arapaho are among the names formally proposed.
The board will likely adopt a recommendation to Gov. Jared Polis in January or February. Polis will in turn report to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names, the final arbiter.
Other names assigned our mountains, streets and schools may cause indigestion if you examine the historical footnotes. Just how much more geographic cleansing do we need to address those wrongs?
Take William Byers, a frontier newspaperman who encouraged and then defended the bloodletting. That most lovely triangle of a 12,804-foot peak overlooking Fraser bears his name as does an orangehued canyon of the Colorado River.
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Then there’s Irving Howbert, whose name adorns an elementary school. Then 18, Howbert was among the 3rd Regiment soldiers nearing the end of their 100-day volunteer enlistments. They methodically killed between 150 and 230 people, mostly women and older men but also children and babies. Victims also included several Anglo-Indian “half breeds.” In camping peacefully along Sand Creek, they believed they had been afforded protection from the attack by the U.S. Army. They held up their end of the deal. Howbert, later a founder of Colorado Springs, never apologized.
And what to do with Downing, one of Denver’s most prominent streets, named after Jacob Downing, who participated in the massacre. Later, he helped create Denver’s City Park. Like many others, including Evans, who also did much good, his story is not a simple one.
Blame comes easily in the case of John Chivington, the commander of the volunteers. He was blatantly driven by aspirations for glory, likely aspiring to elevated military rank and ultimately high political office.
Evans has been a more difficult case. Abraham Lincoln had also appointed him as Indian agent, giving him responsibility for looking after the best interests of the tribes. He did not, as a report issued in 2014 by a Northwestern University panel made clear. A University of Denver report the same year, the 150th anniversary, delivered
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a more stinging conclusion, putting Evans on the same high shelf of culpability as Chivington. The report found that Evans, through his actions, “did the equivalent of giving Colonel Chivington a loaded gun.”
Both institutions were founded by Evans.
George “Tink” Tinker, an American Indian scholar-activist who contributed to that DU report, told advisory board members that discussions were “much more radical than the final report was.”
Said Ryan Ortiz, a descendant of White Antelope, an Arapaho chief killed and mutilated at Sand Creek: “The most prominent peak in Colorado should not be named after a man who (was) comfortable with the massacre of other human beings.”
As for Byers, no proposal has been filed for shedding his name from Grand County, the site of the peak and the canyon. As editor of the Rocky Mountain News, the mining camp’s first newspaper, Byers had habitually inflamed local fears with “stories that focused on Indian war, atrocities, and depredations, greatly exaggerating the actual threat locally,” says the Northwestern University report. “This press campaign made already apprehensive settlers think that Indians might set upon them at any moment.”
Like Evans, Byers refused to condemn the massacre even decades later. Instead, he argued that it had “saved Colorado and
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Icall my essays Higher Living Reflections. What, though, does living higher entail? It includes elevating oneself and rising above base proclivities, a challenging endeavor often fraught with obstacles.
The concept is ancient. Buddhists call those base proclivities desires, which cause suffering. Christians call them the Seven Deadly Sins, which bring about eternal suffering in the world beyond our ken.
Rising above is not just a spiritual quest. It is also an earthly one that involves becoming a better human by doing any number of basic things: checking passions; being kinder and more gracious; saying please and thank you; covering coughs or sneezes; respecting others’ spaces and sacred places; and not slurping soup (unless culturally acceptable) or eating with unwashed hands.
It entails showing compassion toward all others, practicing the kind of love the Greeks called agape, offering gratitude for being alive and conscious of the world around us, walking in another’s shoes to see life from their point of view, and realizing that we are not owners of the earth but, instead, temporary caretakers who are charged with preserving it for generations to come.
For me, it also includes articulating clearly when I speak, reading challenging works to sharpen my critical thinking skills and my ability to comprehend and convey complex thoughts, entertaining ambiguity, appreciating nuance and irony, divining symbolism and fostering my innate curiosity.
All those beliefs and practices enrich life experiences and help dignify the human experience by demonstrating that we Homo sapiens are intrinsically above the rest of the animal kingdom. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Yet too often, we witness fevered animalistic groupthink taking hold among ostensibly psychologically and emotionally mature adults. Scenes from “Lord of the Flies” come to mind: the hunt, the chilling chant, the sound of the fury.
In the novel, the boys are developmentally immature adolescents. After butchering a sow, which symbolizes the beast within the human psyche, the boys place its head atop a spike. Later, the boys hunt down
Ralph, who represents civilization, the rule of law and courage. They intend to behead him and place his head on a pike.
It is telling that William Golding named the character who represents rational intelligence “Piggy.” He is pudgy, has asthma and is nearsighted, which make him vulnerable. Piggy’s nearsightedness also suggests that his intellect, though strong, is limited. He is incapable of seeing what is beneath or beyond that which he can discern — and that is intellect lacking insight or wisdom. Piggy shows us that evil cannot be defeated by reason alone.
Simon personifies wisdom and innate goodness. Like Samuel in Bless Me, Ultima, Simon is a Christ figure, destined to be scorned, mutilated and sacrificed. He is unafraid of the dark forest, for he innately understands he is as much a part of nature as every other creature. As things begin to fall apart, Simon wonders if there really is a beast.
For him, the beast is not a physical being. It is, rather, something that lurks within the human unconscious. In a vision, the Lord of the Flies confirms it and says it cannot be easily dismissed.
Golding did not write “Lord of the Flies” in a vacuum. It is not an abstract, creative, philosophical tale drawn from his imagination. Rather, it arose from his utter revulsion of the horrors he witnessed during World War II committed by nations that were among the most advanced in terms of education and sophistication. Based on what he witnessed, he concluded that we are oblivious to the depth of evil humans are capable of perpetrating.
By ripping the façade from human nature, Golding forces the reader to come to grips with an essential truth: Intelligent and “good” people can swoon before and fall under the spell of charismatic, psychopathic leaders who tap into and exploit fears that lie submerged in their followers’ psyches. Feeling then a sense of validation and empowerment from those leaders, mobs go on todesecrate public buildingsand commit unimaginable atrocities.
Golding’s work deserves to be
blocks away in History Colorado, where museum visitors are asked: “Do we need monuments?”
read periodically to remind us how easy it is for people to descend to the depths instead of striving for higher living. In hindsight, I understand that I previously appreciated the profundity of “Lord of the Flies” merely intellectually and academically. Now I see it haunt-
ingly playing out not in some far-off or imaginary land but in real time right here at home.
Jerry Fabyanic is the author of “Sisyphus Wins” and “Food for Thought: Essays on Mind and Spirit.” He lives in Georgetown.
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taught the Indians the most salutary lesson they had ever learned,” according to Ari Kelman’s “A Misplaced Massacre,” one of several dozen books about Sand Creek.
Oddly, while two congressional committees and a military commission that investigated Sand Creek pronounced it an unprovoked massacre, Colorado did not. Until it was toppled by protesters in 2020, a statue honoring veterans located at the Colorado Capitol referred to the “Sand Creek Battle.”
That statue now stands several
Museums, yes, but not monuments, one person answered. But here we are, stuck in 21st century Colorado with a lot of names of 19th century men on our maps. Some seem not to offend, but those associated with the massacre assuredly do.
An Evans-Byers house stands near the Denver Art Museum. The names have been scrubbed from the sign, though. I suspect in time we’ll do the same with our mountains.
Allen Best writes about energy, water and sometimes other transitions at BigPivots.com.
For all of us who have ever weighed a tornado “watch” versus a tornado “warning,” it’s no surprise that a growing number of researchers say distinguishing between Spanish words like “aviso” and “alerta” in weather bulletins can be a life or death choice.
If a twister sprouts east of Pueblo, or a climate-driven wildfire threatens Jefferson County, or more hurricanes pummel Florida, Spanish-speaking communities need weather warnings to meet the moment. More and more meteorological and social science research shows they’re failing.
As Hurricane Ian bore down on the west coast of Florida, weather service parent agency the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was talking about its new research suggesting Spanish translations need to bump up in urgency.
NOAA and the weather service — as well as FEMA — mean to say “warning” when it comes to tornadoes and hurricanes and other hazards, but the Spanish word they have been using, “aviso,” is not taken as seriously by Spanish speakers.
Researchers asked more than 1,000 Spanish speakers to rank advisory words. The researchers were told
that the words they’d been using as strong, “aviso” and “vigilancia,” were not heard as forcefully as the more urgent Spanish words “emergencia,” “amenaza” and “alerta.”
The author of NOAA’s study, which was published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, said the study backs up other recent work comparing signals from
English words versus signals from Spanish.
“Aviso” is a literal translation of
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“warning,” but aviso is “more like advice you might get from a parent,” and doesn’t come across as an urgent official warning to act, said Joseph Trujillo-Falcón, lead author from NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations in Oklahoma.
The difference can literally mean life and death, as Florida officials struggled to convey the dangers of Ian’s intense ocean surge to evacuation stragglers around Tampa. How Spanish speakers accept the words is also key in tornado-prone spots with large Hispanic populations, from Colorado to Texas. As climate change makes emergency weather events more frequent, language and communication matter all the more, researchers say.
“It’s just so important to get people the right information at the right level of urgency,” said Ben Hatchett, assistant research professor for atmospheric science at Reno’s Desert Research Institute.
In tornado advisories, for example, the word “watch” means conditions are ripe for a tornado and residents should be alert. “Warning” means a tornado has been spotted or is imminent and residents should take shelter. The study notes that “66% of the English speakers correctly identified the meaning of a tornado watch as an early notice of possible severe weather,” but “only 38% of the Spanish speakers chose this definition.”
“Our data supports using the Spanish word ‘vigilancia’ for a tornado watch and the Spanish word ‘alerta’ for a tornado warning,” Trujillo-Falcón said.
9News meteorologist Chris Bianchi, who often handles the regular Spanish-language weather casts for the station, agrees with the research and is writing about it at 9News. com. He commented on the studies just before leaving for Florida, where he joined the hurricane coverage.
“This is absolutely critical,” Bianchi wrote from DIA, as he waited for his Tampa flight. “There has long been a huge, discernible gap between English and Spanish forecasting and terminology.”
Hatchett also does research from his base in Santa Rosa, California, on whether English-speaking communities are hearing bad-weather warnings with the urgency forecasters and safety officials intend. It’s crucial, he said, to study local dialect and geography, and which communicators are the trusted sources of information.
In Reno, Hatchett said, weather listeners don’t pay enough attention to warnings of “up to 6 inches of snow in the area.” They assume that means up on the mountains in the Tahoe area, not so much in the lower-lying Truckee Meadows.
“But if you say, ‘It’s going to snow 6 inches down here,’ everyone’s like, ‘Oh, it’s gonna snow down here in the valley in downtown Reno. OK, got it. Got to think about how I’m going to get to work tomorrow,’” Hatchett said.
Climate and weather researchers are also trying to use high temperature ranges rather than one number when expressing growing
dangers from urban heat waves, Hatchett said. Instead of saying just, “It’s likely to hit 106 degrees tomorrow,” they use probability forecasting: “It’s very likely going to be above 95 and could hit 100.”
How then, Hatchett said, to best present that range visually or verbally, to enclaves of different speakers and listeners, from San Diego to the San Luis Valley? Will they be concerned enough to think about staying home from an outdoors job, or keeping kids out of an unairconditioned school?
It’s “super important,” he said, to use translation from native speakers familiar with a community to find the words “through the lens of the local person who you’re trying to convince to make a decision.”
Meteorologists appear to welcome the flurry of social scientists researching how to sharpen communication in their field.
“We often forget how young meteorology is,” Bianchi said, adding that 100 years ago weather warnings were coming primarily from priests on the hurricane frontlines in Cuba. He’s worked on some of the NOAA research panels, and he sees the impact of words while talking with the 9News audience.
“Translating and accounting for regional dialects and slang can be very difficult,” he said.
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late ice cream cones for the hats.
The chocolate cake was frosted with what Bitsy called an “obnoxious green” vanilla frosting.
She noted it was fun to meet Girl Scouts from other troops.
Cupcake Wars was the brainchild of Juniors Troop 67431, which is based out of Bergen Valley, and the Scouts spent a month planning the evening’s activities.
Judge Rebecca Kelty, co-owner of Alpine Pastries in Evergreen and a former Girl Scout, told the bakers how proud she was of them for stepping out of their comfort zone, and they will never regret doing their
best.
Judge Kappy Kling, owner of HearthFire Books & Treat and also a former Girl Scout, said the cupcakes looked amazing, and she advised the Scouts to find something they love to do and put everything they can into doing it.
Judge Kristin Ledgerwood, owner of Vivian’s Gourmet, advised the Scouts to be true to themselves,
while Packer told the Scouts that each one of them is a gift to the world, and each must unwrap themselves so others can see who they really are.
“I’ve judged other competitions,” she told them, “but this might be the coolest thing I’ve ever judged.”
The way Diego Montemayor talks about Chamba, his Denver startup, makes one wonder why it didn’t exist before. Chamba is another job app, but, as with most startups, there’s a twist.
Chamba launched a bilingual app in April 2020 that connects Spanishspeaking workers with the employers who need them. In late July, Chamba narrowed its focus to the restaurant industry. That seems like good timing if you’ve been paying attention to the restaurant staffing woes and how hard it’s been to find people, especially for jobs busing tables, in the kitchen and other nontipped “back-of-the-house” work.
But Montemayor has a different perspective.
“There’s not a labor shortage. There’s a connectivity problem,” said Montemayor, Chamba’s cofounder and CEO. “And that’s what we’re solving here. We’re connecting restaurants to the talent that wants these kinds of jobs.”
Employers, he said, are “looking for talent in the same talent pool. They have not diversified where they search for talent and are looking in the same, common places.”
A number of companies are already promoting Chamba’s service on the app’s site, including Brothers BBQ. Within two days of using the app, the Aaron Nelsen, the general manager for two of the Denverbased chain’s locations, arranged three interviews and made a hire. “We picked the best candidate out of those three interviews,” he said in a video testimony on Chamba’s site. The Spanish-speaking employee started work the next day.
Chamba service really just helps employers look in a place they probably weren’t looking before. In a few short months, it’s helped 187 clients connect to workers in Denver and New York City, the only two cities covered so far. The app’s been downloaded more than 172,000 times from the Apple App store and 50,000 jobs have been posted, said Corina Hierro, Chamba’s community manager and a founding member. Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer David Ruiz oversaw the development of the app and led the team of developers in Colombia.
Chamba looks beyond the audience that typically relies on Indeed, LinkedIn and other English-heavy job sites. The app, available in Spanish and English, is marketed to the
Latino community and helps job seekers create online resumes.
It also vets the employers by checking online reviews first. If the company passes muster, Chamba will talk to the owners or hiring managers to see how much investment they’re putting into workers. Employers that don’t seem to care can cause job seekers to feel lost, like they don’t matter, Montemayor said.
“If they’re spending a little bit of time with the talent, then that’s a good fit for Chamba,” he said.
Chamba is offering Denver restaurants free access to the app to advertise their job openings.
Chamba, which employs about 15 people, has big plans for growth. It’s a venture-backed startup with more than $1.1 million in seed funding so far, with some of it coming from local accelerator program Techstars last year. “Techstars became our megaphone,” he said. “It put us in front of people who were actually going to listen (to) the social impact
that we were having on the community.”
To kick off the company’s Denver Startup Week presence, Montemayor was one of five newer founders getting a place on stage to grill — and be grilled — by a Colorado unicorn, or a company that has raised so much investment, its valuation tops $1 billion.
Mark Frank, cofounder of SonderMind, which helps people with mental health issues connect to therapists, was that unicorn founder. And the founders’ conversation focused on community, which is important to both companies. SonderMind, which employs 300 people, has raised more than $180 million, according to equity-tracking site Crunchbase.
“So, how did you get to 300 employees,” Montemayor asked Frank.
“Well, it wasn’t that long ago that we were a team of 15. Actually, it was three years ago at this time, we were a team of 18,” Frank said. “For us, what the bigger challenge
has been how do we maintain our culture, which has been a real driver of our success. … I would encourage everyone to find ways to get together in person and do things virtually as well that can really home in on that community aspect.”
Montemayor said he considers Chamba a synonym for community.
“Everything we do is around community,” he said. “We build community by building trust and that’s by showing who is behind the product. We get people that look like the people that we are helping and people who are going through the same experience as us.”
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BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL AND JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUNMore than half of Colorado counties lack a “co-responder” program in which a mental health professional joins law enforcement on police calls, including Clear Creek County where local officers shot and killed a 22-year-old man as he sat in his car.
The death of Christian Glass in the small mountain town of Silver Plume, about 45 miles west of Denver, is once again raising questions about law enforcement response to 911 calls involving someone who is having a mental health crisis. Glass’ parents and their attorney revealed details of the man’s June 11 death last week.
The Clear Creek County Sheriff’s office said Glass became “argumentative and uncooperative” and tried to stab an officer. But video from the arrest shows that Glass, who made a heart with his hands toward the officers and said he was terrified, never even got out of his vehicle. The officers busted out the window, shot him six times with bean bag rounds, multiple times with a Taser and then shot him five times, according to the family’s attorney.
Co-responder programs are meant to de-escalate encounters with police and reduce the number of people who need mental health treatment but are instead sent to jail. Colorado has ramped up efforts in the past few years and provided state funding to local law enforcement agencies and mental health centers to expand programs across the state. Yet wide swaths of rural and mountain communities still do not have co-responder teams.
Since 2017, the state Behavioral Health Administration has offered funding to communities to start the programs, which also require local financial contributions. Today, 24 out of the state’s 64 counties have a co-responder program funded through the administration.
The state Behavioral Health Administration funds co-responder programs in 24 of 64 counties, including 70 law enforcement agencies statewide. Eleven communities have programs that don’t receive BHA funding.
None have been added to the state program in the past year. The Alamosa Police Department, however, hired a co-responder last month and the Steamboat Springs Police Department now coordinates with the local community mental health center.
The Behavioral Health Administration program, with a $7.3 million budget, is funded through taxes on marijuana sales as well as federal mental health aid. State laws passed in 2017 and 2019 provided dedicated state funding for the program.
Co-responder teams funded by the Behavioral Health Administration responded to 25,900 calls from July 2020 to June 2021, and 98% of the time, there was no arrest, accord-
ing to state data. And 86% of the time, the mental health professional who responded to the call ended up providing help, often with a behavioral health assessment or a link to treatment.
Most of the calls are resolved on site, though some result in transport to a hospital or mental health center. The model helps police respond more effectively to behavioral health calls, “which are often timeconsuming, difficult to resolve, and, on relatively rare occasions, result in tragic injuries or deaths,” said Stefany Busch, spokeswoman for the Behavioral Health Administration.
Glass called 911 after he drove off a dirt road and said his car was stuck. Officers who responded, lights flashing in the dark, asked him repeatedly to get out of the car.
“You don’t need to be terrified,” one says, an exchange captured on body camera footage. “We’re out here to try and help you and have a conversation.”
Over the radio, Colorado State Patrol asks what the deputies’ plan is, before saying that if Glass is not suicidal, homicidal or posing danger there is no reason to contact him.
“My sergeant says there’s no point contacting him if he’s not a harm to himself or anyone else, then no crime,” an officer says.
But the interaction escalated as Glass refused to get out of the car or roll down the window. Officers threatened to break the window and Glass, who had a knife, threatened to kill them if they didn’t leave him alone. One officer got on the hood of the vehicle, pointing a gun and bright light at Glass. After about an hour, officers broke the window and Glass grabbed a knife. Officers shot him with bean bags and a stun gun, and Glass screamed as he was being pelted and hit with a Taser.
The video shows Glass, still in the driver’s seat, thrusting a knife toward an officer. He’s shot five times, and Glass stabbed himself before he died.
O cers were trained in mental health response
Although Clear Creek has no coresponder program, both sheriff’s deputies who responded to Glass’ 911 call were trained to identify signs of mental health distress, Undersheriff Bruce Snelling said. The annual training is required for all of its deputies, along with peer support training that includes recognizing signs of medical and mental distress.
Upon being hired, every deputy is required to take a two-hour training on de-escalation and must repeat the course every two years, according to the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office policies and procedures manual.
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Painter and muralist Eli Pillaert, a New Orleans native, spent a part of her formative years working as a Colorado ski instructor, teaching kids at Eldora Mountain Ski Resort.
But it was the summers spent hiking around the area that left her inspired.
“This one plant, the mountain mahogany, kept popping up. It’s so beautiful. It has spiraling pieces with little fluffy bits on them,” Pillaert said.
So, when she was selected by Adams County’s Cultural Arts Division to help bring some color to county open spaces, that’s where she looked.
“It’s local flora and fauna. It’s something that people see and could connect with. It’s exactly why I went with this design,” she said.
Pillaert is one of 15 national artists who are having their designs unveiled across Adams County this fall.
But it’s not a gallery show and you don’t need tickets to see any of them. All you need is a little time and some decent walking shoes.
Pillaert’s design, featuring long swooping branches and colorful fluff, is now a part of the county’s Clear Creek Trail at Twin Lakes Park, along 70th Avenue just west of Broadway.
Other designs featuring other artists and their inspirations are spread across the county’s trail system — not on the walls or entrances to tunnels but on the trails themselves.
It’s part of the county’s “Love Your Trails” series. Adams County is about halfway through the series, bringing colorful murals and designs highlighting the county’s natural resources and environment to those walking paths.
“Adams County has been dedicated to the arts for quite a while now,” said Adams County Cultural Arts Liaison Zoe Ocampo.
Adams County started its parks and open space Cultural Arts Division within the Arts and Cultural Department in 2019. Ocampo said arts and culture are part of a vision for Adams County to expand public art in its communities that
calls for increased spending on displays everyone can enjoy.
“It won’t just be new buildings, it will be parks, trails and also all different kinds of projects throughout the county that are deemed eligible,” she said.
Ocampo said that 50 artists from around the country applied to be part of the Love Your Trails project. The county’s Visual Arts Commission, a nine-member board of community volunteers, selected the final 15.
Pillaert said the artists were given the opportunity to include the community in the project. Hers is the only one of the eight completed so far that did that.
“The community element is part of organizing the mural so that it can be painted by the community,” Pillaert said. “It’s something that’s really near and dear to my heart. It’s something that’s really cool to see people connect through art.”
South Florida’s Stephanie Leyden made her mural theme of the four seasons. It’s also located on the Clear Creek Trail along Tennyson Street and north of 54th Avenue.
She painted summer elements transitioning into fall, winter, and spring and added designs she associated with the state — butterflies flying, animal tracks, wildflowers and changing colors of leaves as they have blown off the trees.
“It’s something we don’t have in South Florida. The seasons are here, they’re just not as obvious,” Leyden said. “With each season, I painted four butterflies, four leaves, four types of animal tracks and four wildflowers. It was fun.”
Leah Nguyen is from Seattle and her mural was more specific. Called “Community Vision: Bennett, CO,” it’s located in Bennett’s Civic Center Park off of South Street. Nguyen’s patterns depict small-town life, farmers growing corn, sunflowers, hay and wheat in the surrounding areas. The patterns connect generations of families to preserve the town’s history.
“I created the Community Vision pattern to provide support for communities that are doing the difficult work of excavating their histories, having dialogues and taking actions toward reconciliation, healing old wounds, and visioning new ways to come together and collaboratively thrive,” Nguyen said. “The pattern makes sense there at Bennett City Hall, which holds space for visionary civic work and community building conversations.”
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Northampton, Massachusetts artist Kim Carlino calls her mural “Portals
for Looking Inward.” It’s located in Strasburg Community Park. Her mural is an illusion of depth and volume occupying space in a two-dimensional surface with color that is expressive.
“I had this idea for a path coming across these portals or ovals reflecting the night sky with colorful Candy Land-like pathways that flow in and out of the portals as if they were going underneath the path and coming up the other side to give a sense of playfulness and movement,” Carlino said. “I love this idea of moving through space and coming across something that makes you take pause, and in that pause you can reflect.”
Traveling artist Kerry Cesen went small with his work. He said he lives in several places, including Maryland, Oregon and Washington state. His mural continues along the Clear Creek trail and is located just west of Lowell Boulevard along W. 55th Place.
Cesen dives into the roots of the smallest species as though you are looking through a microscope. He illustrates the natural world beneath our feet.
“It emphasizes the interactions between plants, animals, aquatic life, and fungal growth,” Cesen said. “Several magnified areas within the design allow us a deeper glimpse into the micro-world, where scientific research and design techniques help inform viewers about some of the smaller parts that make up the whole.”
Clearwater, Florida artist Beth Warmath’s mural is inspired by the Colorado landscape and two notable flowers: Sunflowers in the fields and the Colorado columbine.
“I love nature and its perfect beauty, so I challenge myself to recreate it larger than life. I draw from actual objects so I used the surrounding landscape for my inspiration,” Warmath said. “I was happy to see wildlife in its natural habitat such as fox, elk, chipmunks and bison.”
Paz de la Calzada is originally from Spain but has lived in the San Francisco Bay area for 18 years. Calzada’s mural is located at Riverdale Regional Park in Brighton near the South Platte River. It’s an abstract design that keeps flowing, intertwining with the landscape and river.
“The landscape inspired me with the color of green flowing with nature and the color of blue metaphor flowing with the river both intersecting together, and both need each other water needs nature and nature needs water,” Calzada said.
Milwaukee artist Theresa Sahar researched the Adams County area and learned that trout fishing is a popular sport in Colorado. That became the centerpiece of her mural, which is located along the South Platte Trail just east of Riverdale Dunes Golf Course and the county’s Fishing is Fun Pond. It features a realistically rendered fish leaping off of the trail.
“I’ve done some anamorphic (3D) chalk art pieces in downtown Milwaukee and decided it would be a fun and interesting addition to the Love Your Trails project,” Sahar said.
Adams County’s Ocampo said the remaining murals should be finished this fall, at least before the snow falls. The additional artists selected to work on their mural scheduled for painting are Toni Ardizzone, Sofi Ramiez, Wes Abarca, Keeley Hertzel, Eye Cough, Angela Beloian and Julio Juls Mendoza.
For more information about the artist and mapping location to see the artist’s trail mural, visit: adcogov.org/cultural-arts-currentprojects.
To learn about more projects and its process, visit the call-for-entry website at adcogov.org/call-for-entry.
pop up,” Snelling said. “So we’re always looking to try to expand what our knowledge and training capabilities are and we work hard at that each and every day.”
But the sheriff’s office is not currently looking at specific ways to improve the department’s mental health training, he said, and a low number of mental health calls the sheriff’s office receives wouldn’t justify implementing a co-responder model.
“We’re a small place, you know. It’s not like we run into a mental health issue every day. We can, but sometimes you might not run into it for a couple of weeks,” Snelling said.
“I think if we had a greater call volume of mental health issues, we might be able to justify having a coresponder program.”
Snelling declined to comment specifically on the shooting, citing the ongoing investigation.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the case, alongside the Fifth Judicial District that includes Clear Creek County, District Attorney Heidi McCollum said last week. Her office plans to release a report on the shooting or present the case to a grand jury, which would decide if the deputies violated the law, McCollum said.
Glass’ death isn’t the first time Clear Creek deputies have come under scrutiny for shooting a person having a mental health crisis.
In June 2020, a grand jury was convened by then District Attorney Bruce Brown, McCollum’s predecessor, to review the actions of two Clear Creek County sheriff’s deputies after they shot and killed an Idaho Springs man experiencing what appeared to be a mental health episode. Darrin Patterson, 57, was well-known to local police for his frequent, paranoid 911 calls.
After a high-speed chase, during which Patterson lit a gasolinedoused blanket in his backseat on fire, Patterson held a gun to his head while inside his car before pointing it toward one of the deputies, according to a grand jury report. A deputy shot Patterson fearing for the other deputy’s life.
Grand jurors did not find that either deputy violated the law, but
said they were “troubled” by the repeated responses by the Idaho Springs Police Department before Patterson’s death and “their failure to take any affirmative steps to facilitate assistance to Darrin Patterson, a person obviously experiencing profound mental illness.”
In the year before he died, Patterson had several encounters with the Idaho Springs police, many of them initiated by him, when he explained to officers his paranoid delusions of people spying on him, voices that
he heard and his belief that people were following him. He was never aggressive or showed violent tendencies, according to a grand jury report. Hours before his encounter with Clear Creek County deputies on the night of his death, Patterson called Idaho Springs police saying he was afraid people were following him and that he felt unsafe.
The jurors recommended that more mental health resources be made available across Clear Creek County and that its municipalities
contribute more funding to address mental health issues. They encouraged the local governments within the county to identify mental health resources “that do not currently exist” for law enforcement officers to help those in mental health crisis
“in hopes of preventing another tragedy like this from occurring,”
mer Fifth Judicial District Attorney Bruce Brown, who convened the grand jury, said in a statement after the 2020 grand jury report was re leased. “And the question is whether officials can work together, step up and fill a glaring need to provide treatment to people who are suffer ing,” he wrote.
It’s not clear if the deputies called a mental health professional during their interaction with Glass, but the lack of mental health resources in Clear Creek County is not new, nor is it unique, Brown said.
“This is just a county with very few counselors and no psychia trists,” Brown told The Colorado Sun on Sept. 16. “There is a mental health crisis across this country and without the public saying we are going to continue to make sure that these communities, particularly ru ral communities, are served, these gaps are going to show up as unfor tunate incidents where people die.”
While funding can create obstacles for smaller communities in creating co-responder models, money is not a “conclusive barrier,” he said, point ing to the small counties of Powers, Otero and Fremont.
It also comes down to law enforce ment agencies making a co-respond er model a priority. For Clear Creek County, that includes the sheriff’s
office and the police departments for Georgetown, Idaho Springs and Empire.
“It’s for the leadership at those agencies, in conjunction in part with their mayors, to say we want this to happen,” Brown said.
During a July 2021 Board of County Commissioners meeting, Clear Creek County Sheriff Rick Albers said he took the grand jury’s recommendation seriously and was making steps to bolster access to mental health resources with Jeffer son Center for Mental Health.
“These are all baby steps lead ing up to the big step of getting a co-response team over here,” Albers said during the meeting. “I think we have a better chance of getting a partnership with us and Gilpin rather than each county doing it themselves. I don’t see how we can afford it alone and I don’t see how Gilpin can afford it alone.”
In addition to a joint co-responder program, Gilpin County Sheriff Kevin Armstrong, who also attend ed the virtual meeting, suggested both counties partner to get depu ties 40 hours of crisis intervention training, which aims to reduce the risk of serious injury or death dur ing emergency situations between police and those struggling with mental health issues.
Clear Creek and Gilpin County commissioners reached out to other
counties with co-responder models, including Boulder, Summit and Lar imer counties, to learn about their best practices and how they fund their programs.
“We know that mental health response is most helpful when it happens right then, when you need it,” Commissioner Randy Wheelock said during the meeting. “I think for our two communities, Gilpin and Clear Creek, that involves having somebody assigned and dedicated to this locale and not having to involve a multiple-lane communication through somebody that’s coming from somewhere else to try to get here when we need it right now. For both law enforcement’s sake, the people making the call and for the person who needs that help.”
In a statement Sept. 16, Clear Creek County commissioners called Glass’ death “heartbreaking,” and said the “circumstances surround ing his death are deeply troubling.”
Data released last year showed that state-funded co-responder teams have reduced the number of people placed on involuntary mental health holds, meaning those held in a hospital or jail because of threats of suicide or homicide. Involuntary holds dropped to 3.2% of calls in September 2020, compared to 8.3% a year earlier.
The teams also gave police more time to focus on crime, the state said. Law officers responded to fewer unnecessary calls — one out of every three calls they had re
sponded to before their departments had co-responder programs. Police and sheriffs departments reported increasing patrol duties to 38% from 26%.
Some of the 24 counties have more than one program, typically at the police and sheriff’s departments. More than 70 law enforcement agen cies statewide have state-funded co-responder teams, covering about 80 communities.
The 24 counties with at least one program funded by the Behav ioral Health Administration are Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Boulder, Broomfield, Chaffee, Crowley, Delta, Denver, Douglas, Eagle, El Paso, Fremont, Jefferson, Lake, Larimer, Mesa, Montrose, Otero, Pitkin, Prowers, Pueblo, Summit and Weld.
Eleven communities in the state have mental health response pro grams that are not funded through the administration.
A law passed by the legislature this year created additional grant programs through the state De partment of Public Safety for law enforcement agencies that want to start crisis response programs.
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The Colorado Constitution (Article V, Section 1(7.3)) requires the Colorado Legislative Council to publish the ballot title and legal text of each statewide ballot measure.
A “YES/FOR” vote on any ballot issue is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a “NO/AGAINST” vote on any ballot issue is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances.
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional legal staff for the general assembly for ballot pur poses only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado constitution. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado constitution below was referred to the voters because it passed by a two-thirds majority vote of the state senate and the state house of representatives.
Ballot Title:
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning judges of the newly created twenty-third judicial district, and, in connection therewith, directing the governor to designate judges from the eighteenth judicial district to serve the remainder of their terms in the twenty-third judicial district and requiring a judge so designated to establish residency within the twenty-third judicial district?
Text of Measure:
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:
SECTION1. At the election held on November 8, 2022, the secretary of state shall submit to the registered electors of the state the ballot title set forth in section 2 for the following amendment to the state constitution:
In the constitution of the state of Colorado, section 10 of article VI, add (5) as follows:
Section 10. Judicial districts - district judges - repeal. (5) Pursuant to the creation of the twenty-third judicial district, no later than November 30, 2024, the governor shall designate district judges from the eighteenth judicial district to serve as district judges in the twenty-third judicial district. No later than January 7, 2025, each district judge designated pursuant to this section shall establish residence in the twenty-third judicial district. Each district judge designated pursuant to this section, at the completion of the last term for which the judge was last elected or appointed, is eligible to seek retention in the twenty-third judicial district. A vacancy in any judicial office in the twenty-third judicial district occurring after January 7, 2025, shall be filled as provided in section 20 (1) of this article VI.
SECTION2. Each elector voting at the election may cast a vote either “Yes/For” or “No/Against” on the following ballot title: “Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning judges of the newly created twentythird judicial district, and, in connection therewith, directing the governor to designate judges from the eighteenth judicial district to serve the remainder of their terms in the twenty-third judicial district and requiring a judge so designated to establish residency within the twenty-third judicial district?”
SECTION3. Except as otherwise provided in section 1-40123, Colorado Revised Statutes, if at least fifty-five percent of the electors voting on the ballot title vote “Yes/For”, then the amendment will become part of the state constitution.
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional legal staff for the general assembly for ballot pur poses only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado constitution. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado constitution below was referred to the voters because it passed by a two-thirds majority vote of the state senate and the state house of representatives.
Ballot Title:
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the extension of the property tax exemption for qualifying seniors and disabled veterans to the surviving spouse of a United States armed forces service member who died in the line of duty or veteran whose death resulted from a service-related injury or disease?
Text of Measure:
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:
SECTION1. At the election held on November 8, 2022, the secretary of state shall submit to the registered electors of the state the ballot title set forth in section 2 for the following amendment to the state constitution:
In the constitution of the state of Colorado, section 3.5 of article X, add (1)(d) and (1.7) as follows:
Section 3.5. Homestead exemption for qualifying senior citizens, disabled veterans, and surviving spouses receiving dependency indemnity compensationdefinition. (1) For property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2002, fifty percent of the first two hundred thousand dollars of actual value of residential real property, as defined by law, that, as of the assessment date, is owner-occupied and is used as the primary residence of the owner-occupier shall be exempt from property taxation if: (d) For property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2023, only, the owner-occupier, as of the assessment date, is an eligible spouse.
(1.7) As used in this section, “eligible spouse” means either a surviving spouse of a United States armed forces service member who died in the line of duty and received a death gratuity from the department of defense pursuant to 10 U.S.C. sec. 1475 et seq. or a surviving spouse of a veteran whose death resulted from a service-related injury or disease as determined by the United States department of veterans affairs if the surviving spouse is receiving dependency indemnity compensation awarded by the United States department of veterans affairs pursuant to chapter 13 of part II of title 38 of the United States Code, chapter 5 of part I of title 38 of the United States Code, and any other applicable provision of federal law.
SECTION2. Each elector voting at the election may cast a vote either “Yes/For” or “No/Against” on the following ballot title: “Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the extension of the property tax exemption for qualifying seniors and disabled veterans to the surviving spouse of a United States armed forces service member who died in the line of duty or veteran whose death resulted from a service-related injury or disease?”
SECTION3. Except as otherwise provided in section 1-40123, Colorado Revised Statutes, if at least fifty-five percent of the electors voting on the ballot title vote “Yes/For”, then the amendment will become part of the state constitution.
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional legal staff for the general assembly for ballot pur poses only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado constitution. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado constitution below was referred to the voters because it passed by a two-thirds majority vote of the state senate and the state house of representatives.
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the conduct of charitable gaming activities, and, in connection therewith, allowing managers and operators to be paid and repealing the required period of a charitable organization’s continuous existence before obtaining a charitable gaming license?
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-third General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:
SECTION1. At the election held on November 8, 2022, the secretary of state shall submit to the registered electors of the state the ballot title set forth in section 2 for the following amendment to the state constitution:
In the constitution of the state of Colorado, section 2 of article XVIII, amend (2), (4)(c), and (6) as follows:
Section2. Lotteries prohibited - exceptions - repeal.
(2) No game of chance pursuant to this subsection (2) and subsections (3) and (4) of this section shall be conducted by any person, firm, or organization, unless a license as provided for in this subsection (2) has been issued to the firm or organization conducting such games of chance.
The secretary of state shall, upon application therefor for a license on such forms as shall be prescribed by the secretary of state and upon the payment of an annual fee as determined by the general assembly, issue a license for the conducting of such games of chance to any bona fide chartered branch or lodge or chapter of a national or state organization or to any bona fide religious, charitable, labor, fraternal, educational, voluntary firemen’s, or veterans’ organization which that operates without profit to its members and which that is registered with the secretary of state and has been in existence continuously for a period of five three years immediately prior to the making of said its application for such the license or, on and after January 1, 2025, for such period as the general assembly may establish under subsection (5) of this section, and has had during the entire five-year period of its existence a dues-paying membership engaged in carrying out the objects of said corporation or organization, such license to expire at the end of each calendar year in which it was issued.
(4) Such games of chance shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(c)(I) No person may receive any remuneration or profit in excess of the applicable minimum wage for participating in the management or operation of any such game.
(II) This subsection (4)(c) is repealed, effective July 1, 2024.
(6)(a) The enforcement of this section shall be under such official or department of government of the state of Colorado as the general assembly shall provide.
(b) This section does not require or authorize the secretary of state to receive or review claims concerning employee wages or compensation, including tax claims, or other associated labor, employment, or contractual matters.
SECTION2. Each elector voting at the election may cast a vote either “Yes/For” or “No/Against” on the following ballot title: “Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the conduct of charitable gaming activities, and, in connection therewith, allowing managers and operators to be paid and repealing the required period of a charitable organization’s continuous existence before obtaining a charitable gaming license?”
SECTION3. Except as otherwise provided in section 1-40123, Colorado Revised Statutes, if at least fifty-five percent of the electors voting on the ballot title vote “Yes/For”, then the amendment will become part of the state constitution.
Proposition FF Healthy School Meals for All The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional legal staff for the general assembly for ballot pur poses only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was referred to the voters because it passed by a majority vote of the state senate and the state house of representatives.
Ballot Title:
SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $100,727,820 ANNUALLY BY A CHANGE TO THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES THAT, TO SUPPORT HEALTHY MEALS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, INCREAS ES STATE TAXABLE INCOME ONLY FOR INDIVID UALS WHO HAVE FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME OF $300,000 OR MORE BY LIMITING ITEMIZED OR STAN DARD STATE INCOME TAX DEDUCTIONS TO $12,000 FOR SINGLE TAX RETURN FILERS AND $16,000 FOR JOINT TAX RETURN FILERS, AND, IN CON NECTION THEREWITH, CREATING THE HEALTHY SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FREE SCHOOL MEALS TO STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; PROVIDING GRANTS FOR PARTICIPAT ING SCHOOLS TO PURCHASE COLORADO GROWN, RAISED, OR PROCESSED PRODUCTS, TO INCREASE WAGES OR PROVIDE STIPENDS FOR EMPLOYEES WHO PREPARE AND SERVE SCHOOL MEALS, AND TO CREATE PARENT AND STUDENT ADVISORY COM MITTEES TO PROVIDE ADVICE TO ENSURE SCHOOL MEALS ARE HEALTHY AND APPEALING TO ALL STUDENTS; AND CREATING A PROGRAM TO ASSIST IN PROMOTING COLORADO FOOD PRODUCTS AND PREPARING SCHOOL MEALS USING BASIC NUTRI TIOUS INGREDIENTS WITH MINIMAL RELIANCE ON PROCESSED PRODUCTS?
Text of Measure:
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add part 2 to article 82.9 of title 22 as follows:
PART 2
HEALTHY SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL PROGRAM 22-82.9-201. Short title. The short title of this part 2 is the “Healthy School Meals for All Act”. 22-82.9-202. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly finds and declares that:
(a) No Colorado child should experience hunger, and every public school student should benefit from access to healthy, locally procured, and freshly prepared meals during the school day;
(b) Healthy school meals are necessary for all students for effective learning, and Colorado’s investment in education should include healthy school meals for all students to support the
nourishment students need to achieve academic success;
(c) Access to healthy school meals should not cause stigma or stress for any student seeking an education;
(d) Colorado’s healthy school meals program should support Colorado’s food systems, including local farmers and ranchers;
(e) Colorado’s healthy school meals program must support students’ nutrition and provide quality meals to boost the health and well-being of Colorado students;
(f) During the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States department of agriculture eased program restrictions to allow free meals to continue to be available to all students universally, ensuring that all students facing hunger had access to food while in school; and
(g) Now that strategies exist to prevent hunger for all students during the school day, it is imperative that the state embrace these strategies to move toward the goal of ending child hunger.
(2) The general assembly finds, therefore, that it is in the best interests of the students of Colorado and their families to enact the healthy school meals for all program to provide free meals in public schools for all students. 22-82.9-203. Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Colorado grown, raised, or processed products” means all fruits, vegetables, grains, meats, and dairy products, except liquid milk, grown, raised, or produced in Colorado and minimally processed products or value-added processed products that meet the standards for the Colorado proud designation, as established by the Colorado department of agriculture, even if the product does not have the Colorado proud designation.
(2) “Community eligibility provision” means the federal program created in 42 U.S.C. sec. 1759a (a)(1) (F) that allows school districts to choose to receive federal special assistance payments for school meals in exchange for providing free school meals to all students enrolled in all or selected schools of the school district.
(3) “Department” means the department of education created in section 24-1-115.
(4) “Eligible meal” means a lunch or breakfast that meets the nutritional requirements specified in 7 CFR 210.10, or successor regulations, for the national school lunch program or the national school breakfast program.
(5) “Federal free reimbursement rate” means the free reimbursement rate set by the United States department of agriculture for meals that qualify for reimbursement under the national school breakfast program and the national school lunch program.
(6) “Identified student percentage” means the percentage of a public school’s or school district’s student enrollment who are certified as eligible for free meals based on documentation of benefit receipt or categorical eligibility as described in 7 CFR 245.6, or successor regulations.
(7) “Minimally processed products” means raw or frozen fabricated products; products that retain their inherent character, such as shredded carrots
or diced onions; and dried products, such as beans, but does not include any products that are heated, cooked, or canned.
(8) “National school breakfast program” means the federal school breakfast program created in 42 U.S.C. sec. 1773.
(9) “National school lunch program” means the federal school lunch program created in the “Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1751 et seq.
(10) “Participating school food authority” means a school food authority that chooses to participate in the healthy school meals for all program.
(11) “Program” means the healthy school meals for all program created in section 22-82.9-204.
(12) “School food authority” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-32-120 (8).
(13) “State board” means the state board of education created and existing pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.
(14) “Value-added processed products” means products that are altered from their unprocessed or minimally processed state through preservation techniques, including cooking, baking, or canning. 22-82.9-204. Healthy school meals for all program - created - rules. (1)(a) There is created in the department the healthy school meals for all program through which each school food authority that chooses to participate in the program:
(I) Offers eligible meals, without charge, to all students enrolled in the public schools served by the participating school food authority that participate in the national school lunch program or national school breakfast program;
(II) Receives reimbursement for the meals as described in subsection (1)(b) of this section;
(III) Is eligible to receive a local food purchasing grant pursuant to section 22-82.9-205, subject to subsection (4)(b) of this section;
(IV) Is eligible to receive funding pursuant to section 22-82.9-206 to increase wages or provide stipends for individuals whom the participating school food authority employs to directly prepare and serve food for school meals, subject to subsection (4)(b) of this section; and
(V) Is eligible to receive assistance through the local school food purchasing technical assistance and education grant program pursuant to section 2282.9-207, subject to subsection (4)(b) of this section.
(b) The amount of the reimbursement provided through the program to each participating school food authority for each budget year is equal to the federal free reimbursement rate multiplied by the total number of eligible meals that the participating school food authority serves during the applicable budget year minus the total amount of reimbursement for eligible meals served during the applicable budget year that the participating school food authority receives pursuant to the national school breakfast program, the national school lunch program, sections 22-54-123 and 22-54-123.5, article 82.7 of this title 22, and part 1 of this article 82.9.
(c) The department shall develop procedures to allocate and disburse, beginning in the 202324 budget year, the money appropriated as
reimbursements pursuant to this section among participating school food authorities each budget year in an equitable manner and in compliance with the requirements of the national school breakfast program and the national school lunch program.
(2) A school food authority that chooses to participate in the program must annually give notice of participation to the department as provided by rule of the state board. At a minimum, the notice must include evidence that the school food authority is participating in the community eligibility provision as required in subsection (3) of this section.
(3) If the United States department of agriculture creates the option for the state, as a whole, to participate in the community eligibility provision, the department shall participate in the option and shall work with school food authorities and the necessary state and local departments to collect data and implement the community eligibility provision statewide. Until such time as Colorado participates in the community eligibility provision as a state, each participating school food authority, as a condition of participating in the program, must maximize the amount of federal reimbursement by participating in the community eligibility provision for all schools that qualify for the community eligibility provision and that the participating school food authority serves.
(4)(a) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this part 2, the department shall apply to the federal secretary of agriculture to participate in the demonstration project operated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 1758 (b)(15) for direct certification for children receiving medicaid benefits, with the intent that the demonstration project is implemented statewide to the extent allowable under federal law. If the state is selected to participate in the demonstration project, the department shall comply with all of the requirements of the demonstration project, including entering into an agreement with the department of health care policy and financing to establish procedures by which a student may be certified, without further application, as meeting the eligibility requirements for free or reduced-price meals pursuant to the national school breakfast program and the national school lunch program based on information collected by the department of health care policy and financing in implementing the medicaid program.
(b) Implementation of sections 22-82.9-205 to 22-82.9207 is conditional upon the state of Colorado being certified to participate in the demonstration project for direct certification for children receiving medicaid benefits that is operated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 1758 (b)(15).
(5) The state board shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement the program, including rules to maximize the amount of federal funding available to implement the program.
22-82.9-205. Local food purchasing grant - amount -advisorycommittee-verificationofinvoices.
(1)(a) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, each participating school food authority that creates an advisory committee as described in subsection (3) of this section is eligible to receive a local food purchasing grant pursuant to this section to purchase Colorado grown, raised, or processed products.
(b) On or before August 1 of the first full budget
year in which this section is effective as provided in subsection (5) of this section and on or before August 1 of each budget year thereafter, each participating school food authority shall track and report to the department for the preceding budget year:
(I) The total amount spent in purchasing all products used in preparing meals and how much of that total was attributable to the local food purchasing grant the participating school food authority received;
(II) The total amount spent to purchase Colorado grown, raised, or processed products and how much of that total was attributable to the local food purchasing grant the participating school food authority received;
(III) The total amount spent to purchase value-added processed products and how much of that total was attributable to the local food purchasing grant the participating school food authority received; and
(IV) The total number of eligible meals the participating school food authority provided to students.
(2)(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2)(b) of this section, at the beginning of each budget year the department, subject to available appropriations, shall distribute to each participating school food authority that is eligible to receive a grant pursuant to this section the greater of five thousand dollars or an amount equal to twenty-five cents multiplied by the number of lunches that qualified as an eligible meal that the participating school food authority served to students in the preceding school year. The participating school food authority shall use the money received pursuant to this section to purchase only Colorado grown, raised, or processed products and as provided in subsection (3)(b) of this section and shall not use more than twenty-five percent of the amount received to purchase valueadded processed products. In addition, a school food authority may use up to ten percent of the money received pursuant to this section to pay allowable costs, as identified by rules of the state board, incurred in complying with this section.
(b) At the beginning of each budget year, each participating school food authority shall submit to the department an estimate of the amount it expects to spend to purchase Colorado grown, raised, or processed products for the budget year; a description of the items and amounts it expects to purchase; and a list of the suppliers from which it expects to purchase the items. If, based on the information provided, the department determines that a participating school food authority is unlikely to spend the full amount of the grant described in subsection (2)(a) of this section, the department shall reduce the amount of the grant accordingly. The department shall distribute to other participating school food authorities that are eligible to receive grants pursuant to this section any amount that is retained pursuant to this subsection (2)(b). The department shall distribute the additional amounts to the participating school food authorities for which the grant amount calculated pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section is less than twenty-five thousand dollars, prioritized based on the highest identified student percentages and greatest financial need.
(3)(a) To receive a local food purchasing grant pursuant to this section, a participating school food
authority must establish an advisory committee made up of students and parents of students enrolled in the public schools served by the participating school food authority. In selecting students and parents to serve on the advisory committee, the participating school food authority shall ensure that the membership of the advisory committee reflects the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic demographics of the student population enrolled by the participating school food authority. The advisory committee shall advise the participating school food authority concerning the selection of foods to ensure that meals are culturally relevant, healthy, and appealing to all ages of the student population.
(b) A participating school food authority may use up to twelve percent of the amount received pursuant to subsection (2) of this section to support implementation of the advisory committee required in subsection (3)(a) of this section.
(4) The department shall annually require a selected group of participating school food authorities that received a grant pursuant to this section in the preceding budget year to submit to the department a representative sample of the invoices for the products purchased using the grant money. No later than September 1 of the second budget year in which this section is effective as provided in subsection (5) of this section, and no later than September 1 of each year thereafter, the department shall review the invoices to verify that the products purchased met the requirements specified in this section. If the department finds that a participating school food authority used a significant portion of the grant money, as determined by rule of the state board, to purchase products that did not meet the requirements of this section, the participating school food authority is ineligible to receive a grant pursuant to this section for the next budget year following the budget year in which the department completes the review.
(5) This section is effective beginning in the first full budget year after the state of Colorado is certified to participate in the federal demonstration project for direct certification for children receiving medicaid benefits as provided in section 22-82.9-204 (4) and begins including medicaid direct certification in determining school districts’ identified student percentages.
22-82.9-206. School meals food preparation and service employees - wage increase or stipend. (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, in addition to the amounts received pursuant to sections 22-82.9-204 and 22-82.9-205, a participating school food authority may receive the greater of three thousand dollars or an amount equal to twelve cents multiplied by the number of school lunches that qualify as eligible meals that the participating school food authority provided in the previous budget year, so long as the participating school food authority uses one hundred percent of the amount received pursuant to this section to increase wages or provide stipends for individuals whom the participating school food authority employs to directly prepare and serve food for school meals. To receive the amount described in this section, a participating school food authority must submit documentation to the department as required by rules of the state board to demonstrate that the increase in wages or provision of stipends using the amount received pursuant to this section is implemented for the
budget year in which the amount is received.
(2) This section is effective beginning in the first full budget year after the state of Colorado is certified to participate in the federal demonstration project for direct certification for children receiving medicaid benefits as provided in section 22-82.9-204 (4) and begins including medicaid direct certification in determining school districts’ identified student percentages.
22-82.9-207. Local school food purchasing technical assistance and education grant program - createdreport. (1) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, there is created in the department the local school food purchasing technical assistance and education grant program to issue a grant to a statewide nonprofit organization to develop and manage a grant program to assist with the promotion of Colorado grown, raised, or processed products to participating school food authorities and to assist participating school food authorities in preparing meals using basic ingredients, with minimal reliance on processed products.
(2) Subject to available appropriations, the nonprofit organization may award grants for:
(a) Training, technical assistance, and physical infrastructure, awarded to participating school food authorities, grower associations, or other organizations that aggregate products from producers for:
(I) Professional contracting services to support the development and sustainability of local and regional food systems;
(II) Chef training on food handling, meal preparation using basic ingredients, and procurement practices, and for kitchen equipment purchases;
(III) Good agricultural practices certification costs and good handling practices certification costs and training on selling to schools; and
(IV) Capacity building for local value-added processed products; and
(b) Education, outreach, and promotion for:
(I) Schools to engage families and communities on the benefits of farm-to-school and ways to support farm-to-school; and
(II) Grower associations and growers to communicate to schools and school communities about the multiple benefits of purchasing local products.
(3) The nonprofit organization shall annually report to the department on implementation of the technical assistance and education grant program, including: (a) The number and types of entities receiving grants;
(b) The number, types, and purposes of the grants awarded pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section; and (c) The types of education, outreach, and promotion conducted by participating school food authorities and others pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section.
(4) This section is effective beginning in the first full budget year after the state of Colorado is certified to participate in the federal demonstration project for direct certification for children receiving medicaid benefits as provided in section 22-82.9-204 (4) and begins including medicaid direct certification
in determining school districts’ identified student percentages.
22-82.9-208. Report - audit. (1)(a) On or before December 1, 2024, and on or before December 1 every two years thereafter, the department shall prepare a report concerning the implementation of section 22-82.9-204 and sections 22-82.9-205, 22-82.9-206, and 22-82.9-207, to the extent those sections are in effect as provided in section 22-82.9-204 (4)(b). At a minimum, the report must describe:
(I) The increase in the number of students who receive free eligible meals as a result of implementation of the program;
(II) The effect of the use of local food purchasing grants on the amount of Colorado grown, raised, or processed products purchased by participating school food authorities and include a compilation of the information reported by participating school food authorities pursuant to section 22-82.9-205 (1) (b);
(III) The effect of the distribution of money pursuant to section 22-82.9-206 on the amount of wages paid or the amount of stipends provided to individuals who are employed by public schools to prepare and serve school meals; and
(IV) A summary of the information reported by the nonprofit organization pursuant to section 2282.9-207 (3) concerning implementation of the local school food purchasing technical assistance and education grant program.
(b) The department shall submit the report to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate; the agriculture, livestock, and water committee of the house of representatives; and the agriculture and natural resources committee of the senate; or any successor committees.
(c) Notwithstanding the requirement in section 241-136 (11)(a)(I), the requirement to submit the report described in this subsection (1) continues indefinitely.
(2) The department shall contract with an independent auditor to conduct a biennial financial and performance audit of the implementation of the program, including implementation of section 2282.9-204 and including implementation of local food purchasing grants pursuant to section 22-82.9-205, distributions for the increase in wages or provision of stipends pursuant to section 22-82.9-206, and implementation of the local school food purchasing technical assistance and education grant program pursuant to section 22-82.9-207, to the extent said sections are in effect as provided in section 22-82.9204 (4)(b). The audit of the two budget years in each biennial cycle must be completed by December 1 of the following budget year. The department shall make the audit easily accessible by the public on the department website.
22-82.9-209. Program - funding. For the 2023-24 budget year and for each budget year thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate to the department, by separate line item in the annual general appropriation bill, the amount necessary to implement the program, including the amount required to reimburse participating school food authorities for eligible meals provided to students pursuant to section 22-82.9-204 and including the amount distributed as local food purchasing grants pursuant to section 22-82.9-205, the amount
distributed pursuant to section 22-82.9-206 to increase the wages or provide stipends for staff who prepare and serve school meals, and at least five million dollars annually to implement the local school food purchasing technical assistance and education grant program pursuant to section 2282.9-207, to the extent said sections are in effect as provided in section 22-82.9-204 (4)(b). The department may expend not more than one and five-tenths percent of the total amount annually appropriated pursuant to this section to offset the direct and indirect costs incurred by the department in implementing this part 2.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 2282.9-101 as follows: 22-82.9-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as The short title of this part 1 is the “Child Nutrition School Lunch Protection Program Act”.
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-82.9-103, amend the introductory portion as follows: 22-82.9-103. Definitions. As used in this article part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:
SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-82.9-105, amend (1) and (2) as follows: 22-82.9-105. Program funding. (1) For each fiscal year, the general assembly shall make an appropriation by separate line item in the annual general appropriation bill to allow school food authorities to provide lunches at no charge for children in state-subsidized early childhood education programs administered by public schools or in kindergarten through twelfth grade, participating in the school lunch program, who would otherwise be required to pay a reduced price for lunch. The appropriation to the department for the program must be in addition to any appropriation made by the general assembly pursuant to section 22-54-123 or 22-54-123.5 (1). The department may expend not more than two percent of the money annually appropriated for the program to offset the direct and indirect costs incurred by the department in implementing the program pursuant to this article 82.9 part 1.
(2) The department is authorized to seek and accept gifts, grants, and donations from public and private sources for the purposes of this article part 1, but receipt of gifts, grants, and donations shall not be are not a prerequisite to the implementation of the program.
SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-82.9-107, amend (1) as follows: 22-82.9-107. No individual entitlement. (1) Nothing in this article shall be interpreted to This part 1 does not create a legal entitlement to any participant to assistance provided pursuant to the program.
SECTION6. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-22-104, amend (3)(p) introductory portion; and add (3)(p.5) as follows:
39-22-104. Income tax imposed on individuals, estates, and trusts - single rate - report - legislative declarationdefinitions-repeal. (3) There shall be added to the federal taxable income:
(p) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) (p.5) of this section, for income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2022, for taxpayers who claim itemized deductions as defined in section 63 (d) of the internal revenue code and who have federal adjusted gross income in the income tax year equal to or exceeding four hundred thousand dollars:
(p.5)(I) For income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2023, for taxpayers who claim itemized
deductions as defined in section 63 (d) of the internal revenue code or the standard deduction as defined in section 63 (c) of the internal revenue code and who have federal adjusted gross income in the income tax year equal to or exceeding three hundred thousand dollars:
(A) For a taxpayer who files a single return, the amount by which the itemized deductions deducted from gross income under section 63 (a) of the internal revenue code exceed, or the standard deduction deducted from gross income under section 63 (c) of the internal revenue code exceeds, twelve thousand dollars; and
(B) For taxpayers who file a joint return, the amount by which the itemized deductions deducted from gross income under section 63 (a) of the internal revenue code exceed, or the standard deduction deducted from gross income under section 63 (c) of the internal revenue code exceeds, sixteen thousand dollars.
(II) For the 2023-24 state fiscal year and state fiscal years thereafter, the general assembly shall annually appropriate an amount of general fund revenue at least equal to the amount of revenue generated by the addition to federal taxable income described in subsection (3)(p.5)(I) of this section, but not more than the amount required, to fully fund the direct and indirect costs of implementing the healthy school meals for all program as provided in section 22-82.9-209. The provisions of subsection (3)(p.5)(I) of this section constitute a voter-approved revenue change, approved by the voters at the statewide election in November of 2022, and the revenue generated by this voter-approved revenue change may be collected, retained, appropriated, and spent without subsequent voter approval, notwithstanding any other limits in the state constitution or law. The addition to federal taxable income described in subsection (3)(p.5)(I) of this section does not apply for an income tax year that commences after the healthy school meals for all program, or any successor program, is repealed. Upon repeal of the healthy school meals for all program, or any successor program, the commissioner of education shall promptly notify the executive director in writing that the program is repealed.
SECTION7. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-2-112, add (1)(v) as follows: 22-2-112. Commissioner - duties - report - legislative declaration - repeal. (1) Subject to the supervision of the state board, the commissioner has the following duties: (v) Upon the repeal of part 2 of article 82.9 of this title 22 and in accordance with section 39-22-104 (3) (p.5)(II), to promptly notify the executive director of the department of revenue in writing that the healthy school meals for all program is repealed.
SECTION8. Refer to people under referendum. At the election held on November 8, 2022, the secretary of state shall submit this act by its ballot title to the registered electors of the state for their approval or rejection. Each elector voting at the election may cast a vote either “Yes/ For” or “No/Against” on the following ballot title: “Shall state taxes be increased $100,727,820 annually by a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes that, to support healthy meals for public school students, increases state taxable income only for individuals who have federal taxable income of $300,000 or more by limiting itemized or standard state income tax deductions to $12,000 for single tax return filers and $16,000 for joint tax return filers, and,
in connection therewith, creating the healthy school meals for all program to provide free school meals to students in public schools; providing grants for participating schools to purchase Colorado grown, raised, or processed products, to increase wages or provide stipends for employees who prepare and serve school meals, and to create parent and student advisory committees to provide advice to ensure school meals are healthy and appealing to all students; and creating a program to assist in promoting Colorado food products and preparing school meals using basic nutritious ingredients with minimal reliance on processed products?”
Except as otherwise provided in section 1-40-123, Colorado Revised Statutes, if a majority of the electors voting on the ballot title vote “Yes/For”, then the act will become part of the Colorado Revised Statutes.
Proposition GG
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional legal staff for the general assembly for ballot pur poses only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was referred to the voters because it passed by a majority vote of the state senate and the state house of representatives.
Ballot Title:
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes requiring that the ballot title and fiscal summary for any ballot initiative that increases or decreases state income tax rates include a table showing the average tax change for tax filers in different income categories?
Text of Measure:
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-5-407, amend (7) as follows: 1-5-407. Form of ballots. (7) No printing or distinguishing marks shall be on the ballot except as specifically provided in this code, or in section 1-40-106 (3)(e) to (3)(g) and (3)(j).
SECTION2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-40-105.5, amend (1.5)(a)(III); and add (1.5)(a)(V) as follows: 1-40-105.5. Initialfiscalimpactstatement-definition. (1.5)(a) For every initiated measure properly submitted to the title board, the director shall prepare a fiscal summary that consists of the following information:
(III) Any information from the initiated measure or a description of state and local government implementation in order to provide the information required in subsection (1.5) (a)(I) or (1.5)(a)(II) of this section; and (V) If the measure would either increase or decrease the individual income tax rate, a table that shows the estimated effect of the change on the tax owed by individuals in different income categories. The table prepared by the director must have one column titled “income categories” that shows income categories, one column titled “current average income tax owed” that shows the average income tax owed by filers within each income category, one column titled “proposed average income tax owed” that shows the average income tax owed by filers within each income category if the initiated measure were to pass, and one column titled “proposed change in average income tax owed” that identifies the difference between the average income tax owed by filers within each income category if the initiated measure were to pass and if the initiated measure were not to pass. If the difference in the amount of tax owed shown in the table is an
increase, the change must be expressed as a dollar amount preceded by a plus sign. If the change in the amount of tax owed shown in the table is a decrease, the change must be expressed as a dollar amount preceded by a negative sign. The director shall use the following income categories in creating the table:
(A) Federal adjusted gross income of twenty-five thousand dollars or less;
(B) Federal adjusted gross income greater than twenty-five thousand dollars and no more than fifty thousand dollars;
(C) Federal adjusted gross income greater than fifty thousand dollars and no more than one hundred thousand dollars;
(D) Federal adjusted gross income greater than one hundred thousand dollars and no more than two hundred thousand dollars;
(E) Federal adjusted gross income greater than two hundred thousand dollars and no more than five hundred thousand dollars;
(F) Federal adjusted gross income greater than five hundred thousand dollars and no more than one million dollars;
(G) Federal adjusted gross income greater than one million dollars and no more than two million dollars; and
(H) Federal adjusted gross income greater than two million dollars and no more than five million dollars.
SECTION3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-40-106, amend (3)(h); and add (3)(j) as follows:
1-40-106. Title board - meetings - ballot title - initiative and referendum-definitions. (3)(h) In determining whether a ballot title qualifies as brief for purposes of sections section 1-40-102 (10) and 1-40-106 (3)(b) subsection (3)(b) of this section, the language required by subsection (3) (e), (3)(f), or (3)(g), or (3)(j) of this section may not be considered.
(j) A ballot title for a measure that either increases or decreases the individual income tax rate must, if applicable, include the table created for the fiscal summary pursuant to section 1-40-105.5 (1.5)(a)(V).
SECTION4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-40-124.5, amend (1)(b)(III) introductory portion as follows: 1-40-124.5. Ballot information booklet. (1)(b) The director of research of the legislative council of the general assembly shall prepare a fiscal impact statement for every initiated or referred measure, taking into consideration fiscal impact information submitted by the office of state planning and budgeting, the department of local affairs or any other state agency, and any proponent or other interested person. The fiscal impact statement prepared for every measure shall be substantially similar in form and content to the fiscal notes provided by the legislative council of the general assembly for legislative measures pursuant to section 2-2-322. A complete copy of the fiscal impact statement for such measure shall be available through the legislative council of the general assembly. The ballot information booklet shall indicate whether there is a fiscal impact for each initiated or referred measure and shall abstract the fiscal impact statement for such measure. The abstract for every measure shall appear after the arguments for and against such measure in the analysis section of the ballot information booklet, and shall include, but shall not be limited to:
(III) For any initiated or referred measure that modifies the state tax laws, if the measure would either increase or decrease individual income tax revenue or state sales tax revenue, a table that shows the number of tax filers in each income category, the total tax burden change in the amount of tax owed for each income category, and the average tax burden change in the amount of tax owed for each filer within each income category. If the change in a tax burden the amount of tax owed shown in the table is an increase, the change must be expressed as a dollar amount preceded by a plus sign. If the change in a tax burden the amount of tax owed shown in the table is a decrease, the change must be expressed as a dollar amount preceded by a negative sign. The table must use the following income categories:
SECTION 5. Refertopeopleunderreferendum. At the election held on November 8, 2022, the secretary of state shall submit this act by its ballot title to the registered electors of the state for their approval or rejection. Each elector voting at the election may cast a vote either “Yes/For” or “No/Against” on the following ballot title: “Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes requiring that the ballot title and fiscal summary for any ballot initiative that increases or decreases state income tax rates include a table showing the average tax change for tax filers in different income categories?” Except as otherwise provided in section 1-40-123, Colorado Revised Statutes, if a majority of the electors voting on the ballot title vote “Yes/For”, then the act will become part of the Colorado Revised Statutes.
Theballot title below is a summarydrafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attor ney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.
Ballot Title:
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes reducing the state income tax rate from 4.55% to 4.40%?
Text of Measure:
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-22-104, amend (1.7) as follows:
39-22-104.Incometaximposedonindividuals,estates,andtrustssinglerate-legislativedeclaration-definitions-repeal.
(1.7) (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 39-22627, subject to subsection (2) of this section, with respect to taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2000, but before January 1, 2020, a tax of four and sixty-three one-hundredths percent is imposed on the federal taxable income, as determined pursuant to section 63 of the internal revenue code, of every individual, estate, and trust.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in section 39-22-627, subject to subsection (2) of this section, with respect to taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2020, but before January 1, 2022, a tax of four and fifty-five one-hundredths percent is imposed on the federal taxable income, as determined pursuant to section 63 of the internal revenue code, of every individual, estate, and trust.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in section 3922-627, subject to subsection (2) of this section, with respect to taxable years commencing on or
after January 1, 2022, a tax of four and forty one-hundredths percent is imposed on the federal taxable income, as determined pursuant to section 63 of the internal revenue code, of every individual, estate, and trust.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-22-301, amend (I)(d)(I)(J) and add (1)(d)(I)(K) as follows: 39-22-301.Corporatetaximposed. (1) (d) (I) A tax is imposed upon each domestic C corporation and foreign C corporation doing business in Colorado annually in an amount of the net income of such C corporation during the year derived from sources within Colorado as set forth in the following schedule of rates:
(I) Except as otherwise provided in section 39-22-627, for income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2000, but before January 1, 2020, four and sixty-three onehundredths percent of the Colorado net income;
(J) Except as otherwise provided in section 39-22-627, for income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2020, but before January 1, 2022, four and fifty-five onehundredths percent of the Colorado net income.
(K) Except as otherwise provided in section 39-22627, for income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2022, four and forty one-hundredths percent of the Colorado net income.
SECTION3.Effectivedate. This act shall take effect upon proclamation by the governor.
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.
Ballot Title:
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning legal regulated access to natural medicine for persons 21 years of age or older, and, in connection therewith, defining natural medicine as certain plants or fungi that affect a person’s mental health and are controlled substances under state law; establishing a natural medicine regulated access program for supervised care, and requiring the department of regulatory agencies to implement the program and comprehensively regulate natural medicine to protect public health and safety; creating an advisory board to advise the department as to the implementation of the program; granting a local government limited authority to regulate the time, place, and manner of providing natural medicine services; allowing limited personal possession, use, and uncompensated sharing of natural medicine; providing specified protections under state law, including criminal and civil immunity, for authorized providers and users of natural medicine; and, in limited circumstances, allowing the retroactive removal and reduction of criminal penalties related to the possession, use, and sale of natural medicine?
Text of Measure:
Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add Article 170 to Title 12 as follows:
ARTICLE 170
NATURAL MEDICINE HEALTH ACT of 2022 12-170-101. Short title. The short title of this article 170 is the “Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022.” 12-170-102.Legislativedeclaration. (1) The voters of the state of Colorado find and declare that:
(a) Colorado’s current approach to mental health has failed to fulfill its promise. Coloradans deserve more tools to address mental health issues, including approaches such as natural medicines that are grounded in treatment, recovery, health, and wellness rather than criminalization, stigma, suffering, and punishment.
(b) Coloradans are experiencing problematic mental health issues, including but not limited to suicidality, addiction, depression, and anxiety.
(c) An extensive and growing body of research is advancing to support the efficacy of natural medicines combined with psychotherapy as treatment for depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, end-of-life distress, and other conditions.
(d) The federal government will take years to act and Coloradans deserve the right to access natural medicines now.
(e) Natural medicines have been used safely for millennia by cultures for healing.
(f) Colorado can better promote health and healing by reducing its focus on criminal punishments for persons who suffer mental health issues and by establishing regulated access to natural medicines through a humane, cost-effective, and responsible approach.
(g) The City and County of Denver voters enacted Ordinance 301 in May 2019 to make the adult personal possession and use of the natural medicine psilocybin the lowest law enforcement priority in the City and County of Denver and to prohibit the City and County from spending resources on enforcing related penalties.
(h) Oregon voters enacted Measure 109 in Oregon in November 2020 to establish a regulated system of delivering a natural medicine, in part to provide people access to psilocybin for therapeutic purposes.
(i) Criminalizing natural medicines has denied people from accessing accurate education and harm reduction information related to the use of natural medicines, and limited the development of appropriate training for first-and multi-responders including law enforcement, emergency medical services, social services, and fire services.
(j) The purpose of this Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022 is to establish a new, compassionate, and effective approach to natural medicines by:
(I) adopting a public health and harm reduction approach to natural medicines by removing criminal penalties for personal use for adults twenty-one years of age and older;
(II) developing and promoting public education related to the use of natural medicines and appropriate training for first responders; and
(III) establishing regulated access by adults twentyone years of age and older to natural medicines that show promise in improving well-being, life satisfaction, and overall health.
(k) The provisions of this article 170 shall be
interpreted consistently with the findings and purposes stated in this section and shall not be limited by any Colorado law that could conflict with or be interpreted to conflict with the purposes and policy objectives stated in this section.
(l) The People of the State of Colorado further find and declare that it is necessary to ensure consistency and fairness in the application of this article 170 throughout the state and that, therefore, the matters addressed by this article 170 are, except as specified herein, matters of statewide concern.
12-170-103.Definitions. (1) As used in this article 170, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) “Administration session” means a session held at a healing center or another location as permitted by rules adopted by the department at which a participant purchases, consumes, and experiences the effects of a natural medicine under the supervision of a facilitator.
(b) “Department” means the department of regulatory agencies.
(c) “Facilitator” means a person licensed by the department who:
(I) Is twenty-one years of age or older.
(II) Has agreed to provide natural medicine services to a participant.
(III) Has met the requirements established by the department.
(d) “Healing center” means an entity licensed by the department that is organized and operated as a permitted organization:
(I) That acquires, possesses, cultivates, manufactures, delivers, transfers, transports, supplies, sells, or dispenses natural medicine and related supplies; or provides natural medicine for natural medicine services at locations permitted by the department; or engages in two or more of these activities;
(II) Where administration sessions are held; or
(III) Where natural medicine services are provided by a facilitator.
(e) “Health-care facility” means a hospital, hospice, community mental health center, federally qualified health center, rural health clinic, PACE organization, long-term care facility, a continuing care retirement community, or other type of facility where health-care is provided.
(f) “Integration session” means a meeting between a participant and facilitator that occurs after the participant has completed an administration session. (g) “Locality” means a county, municipality, or city and county.
(h) “Natural medicine” means the following substances in any form that would cause such plant or fungus to be described in the “Uniform Controlled Substances Act of 2013”, article 18 of title 18: dimethyltryptamine; ibogaine; mescaline (excluding Lophophora williamsii (“peyote”)); psilocybin; or psilocyn.
(i) “Natural medicine services” means services provided by a facilitator or other authorized person to a participant before, during, and after the participant’s consumption of natural medicine, including, at a minimum at:
(I) A preparation session;
(II) An administration session; and
(III) An integration session.
(j) “Participant” means a person twenty-one years of age or older who receives natural medicine services.
(k) “Permitted organization” means any legal entity registered and qualified to do business in the state of Colorado that meets the standards set by the Department under section 12-170-104.
(l) “Preparation session” means a meeting between a participant and a facilitator that occurs before the participant participates in the administration session. 12-170-104.Regulatednaturalmedicineaccessprogram. (1) The regulated natural medicine access program is established and the department shall regulate the manufacture, cultivation, testing, storage, transfer, transport, delivery, sale, and purchase of natural medicines by and between healing centers and other permitted entities and the provision of natural medicine services to participants.
(2) Not later than January 1, 2024, the department shall adopt rules to establish the qualifications, education, and training requirements that facilitators must meet prior to providing natural medicine services, and to approve any required training programs
(3) Not later than September 30, 2024, the department shall adopt rules necessary to implement the regulated natural medicine access program and shall begin accepting applications for licensure by that date with decisions made on all licensing applications within 60 days of receiving the application.
(4) For purposes of the regulated natural medicine access program set forth in this section:
(a) Until June 1, 2026, the term natural medicine shall only include psilocybin and psilocyn.
(b) After June 1, 2026, if recommended by the natural medicine advisory board, the department may add one or more of the following to the term natural medicine: dimethyltryptamine; ibogaine; and mescaline (excluding Lophophora williamsii (“peyote”)).
(c) The department may prepare proposed rules for the addition of dimethyltryptamine; ibogaine; and mescaline (excluding Lophophora williamsii (“peyote”)) to the term natural medicine prior to June 1, 2026, in the event that dimethyltryptamine; ibogaine; or mescaline (excluding Lophophora williamsii (“peyote”)) is added to the term natural medicine under subsection (4)(b) of this section.
(5) In carrying out its duties under this article 170, the department shall consult with the natural medicine advisory board and may also consult with other state agencies or any other individual or entity the department finds necessary.
(6) The rules adopted by the department shall include, but are not limited to, rules to:
(a) Establish the requirements governing the safe provision of natural medicine services to participants that include:
(I) Holding and verifying completion of a preparation session, an administration session, and an integration session.
(II) Health and safety warnings that must be provided to participants before natural medicine services
begin.
(III) Educational materials that must be provided to participants before natural medicine services begin.
(IV) The form that each facilitator, participant, and authorized representative of a healing center must sign before providing or receiving natural medicine services verifying that the participant was provided accurate and complete health information and informed of identified risk factors and contraindications.
(V) Proper supervision during the administration session and safe transportation for the participant when the session is complete.
(VI) Provisions for group administration sessions where one or more facilitators provide natural medicine services to more than one participant as part of the same administration session.
(VII) Provisions to allow a facilitator or a healing center to refuse to provide natural medicine services to a participant.
(VIII) The requirements and standards for independent testing of natural medicine for concentration and contaminants, to the extent available technology reasonably permits.
(IX) The licensure of entities permitted to engage in the testing of natural medicine for use in natural medicine services or otherwise.
(X) The standards for advertising and marketing natural medicine and natural medicine services.
(XI) The standards for qualification as a permitted organization addressing, without limitation, environmental, social, and governance criteria directed to the findings and declarations set forth in section 12-170-102.
(b) Establish the requirements governing the licensing and practice of facilitators that include:
(I) The form and content of license and renewal applications for facilitators submitted under this article 170.
(II) The qualifications, education, and training requirements that facilitators must meet prior to providing natural medicine services. The requirements shall:
(A) Be tiered so as to require varying levels of education and training depending on the participants the facilitator will be working with and the services the facilitator will be providing.
(B) Include education and training on client safety; contraindications; mental health; mental state; physical health; physical state; social and cultural considerations; physical environment; preparation; integration; and ethics.
(C) Allow for limited waivers of education and training requirements based on an applicant’s prior experience, training, or skill, including, but not limited to, with natural medicines.
(D) Not impose unreasonable financial or logistical barriers that make obtaining a facilitator license commercially unreasonable for low income people or other applicants.
(E) Not require a professional license or professional degree other than a facilitator license granted pursuant to this section.
(F) Allow for paid compensation for natural medicine services.
(G) Allow for the provision of natural medicine services to more than one participant at a time in group administration sessions.
(III) Oversight and supervision requirements for facilitators, including professional responsibility standards and continuing education requirements.
(I) Reduced fees for licensure and facilitator training.
(II) Incentivizing the provision of natural medicine services at a reduced cost to low income individuals.
(III) Incentivizing geographic and cultural diversity in licensing and the provision and availability of natural medicine services.
within the department for the purpose of advising the department as to the implementation of the regulated natural medicine access program.
(2) The board shall consist of fifteen members. Members shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate.
share is apportioned according to the percentage that retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department in the unincorporated area of the county bear to total retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department.
(IV) A complaint, review, and disciplinary process for facilitators who engage in misconduct.
(V) Recordkeeping, privacy, and confidentiality requirements for facilitators, provided such record keeping does not result in the disclosure to the public or any government agency of personally identifiable information of participants.
election in November 2021, may be collected and spent as a voter-approved revenue change.
(VI) A process for annually reviewing the effectiveness of such policies and programs promulgated under this subsection (6)(d).
(e) Establish application, licensing, and renewal fees for healing center and facilitator licenses. The fees shall be:
(3) Members of the initial board shall be appointed by January 31, 2023. In making the appointments, the governor shall appoint:
(VI) Procedures for suspending or revoking the licenses of facilitators who violate the provisions of this article 170 or the rules adopted by the department.
(c) Establish the requirements governing the licensing and operation of healing centers that include:
(I) Qualifications for licensure and renewal.
(II) Oversight requirements for healing centers.
(b)(I.5) On and after July 1, 2018, of the ninety percent of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue in the general fund remaining after the allocation to local governments required by subsection (1)(a)(I) of this section is made, andexcluding revenue attributable to the additional tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I)(D), the state treasurer shall retain fifteen and fifty-six one-hundredths percent in the general fund for use for any lawful purpose and shall transfer from the general fund:
(III) Recordkeeping, privacy, and confidentiality requirements for healing centers, provided such record keeping does not result in the disclosure to the public or any government agency of personally identifiable information of participants.
(c) On and after January 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer monthly from the general fund to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund created by section 22-86.1-106 all revenue collected by the department attributable to the additional tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I)(D).
(IV) Security requirements for healing centers, including requirements for protection of each licensed healing center location by a fully operational security alarm system.
(V) Procedures for suspending or revoking the licenses of healing centers that violate the provisions of this article 170 or the rules adopted by the department.
SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 39-28.8-204 as follows:
(VI) Permissible financial relationships between licensed healing centers, facilitators, and other entities.
(VII) Procedures and policies that allow for healing centers to receive payment for services and natural medicines provided.
(VIII) Procedures and policies to ensure statewide access to healing centers and natural medicine services.
(IX) Rules that prohibit an individual from having a financial interest in more than five healing centers.
(X) Rules that allow for healing centers to share the same premises with other healing centers or to share the same premises with health-care facilities.
39-28.8-204. Revenue and spending limitations. (1) Notwithstanding any limitations on revenue, spending, or appropriations contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other provision of law, any revenues generated by the retail marijuana sales tax imposed pursuant to this part 2 as approved by the voters at the statewide election in November 2013, may be collected and spent as voter-approved revenue changes and shall not require voter approval subsequent to the voter approval required pursuant to part 4 of this article.
(XI) Rules that allow for locations not owned by a healing center where natural medicine services may be provided by licensed facilitators, including but not limited to, health-care facilities and private residences.
(2) Notwithstanding any limitations on revenue, spending, or appropriations contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other provision of law, any revenues generated by the additional retail marijuana sales tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I) (D), as approved by the voters at the statewide
(d) Establish procedures, policies, and programs to ensure the regulatory access program is equitable and inclusive and to promote the licensing of and the provision of natural medicine services to persons from communities that have been disproportionately harmed by high rates of controlled substances arrests; to persons who face barriers to access to health care; to persons who have a traditional or indigenous history with natural medicines; or to persons who are veterans that include, but are not limited to:
(I) Sufficient, but shall not exceed the amount necessary, to cover the cost of administering the regulated natural medicine access program, including the regulated natural medicine access program fund in 12-170-106.
(II) For licensing and renewal fees, scaled based on either the volume of business of the licensee or the gross annual revenue of the licensee.
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.
(f) Develop and promote accurate public education campaigns related to the use of natural medicine, including but not limited to public service announcements, educational curricula, and appropriate crisis response, and appropriate training for first-and multi-responders including law enforcement, emergency medical services, social services, and fire services.
(g) Study and deliver recommendations to the legislature regarding the regulation of dosage for off-site use of natural medicines.
(h) Collect and annually publish data on the implementation and outcomes of the regulated natural medicine access program in accordance with good data and privacy practices and that does not disclose any identifying information about individual licensees or participants.
(i) Adopt, amend, and repeal rules as necessary to implement the regulated natural medicine access program and to protect the public health and safety.
(7) Participant records collected and maintained by healing centers, facilitators, registered entities, or the department shall constitute medical data as defined by section 24-72-204 (3)(a)(I) and are not public records subject to disclosure.
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning property tax reductions, and, in connection therewith, reducing property tax revenue by an estimated $1.03 billion in 2023 and by comparable amounts thereafter by reducing the residential property tax assessment rate from 7.15% to 6.5% and reducing the property tax assessment rate for all other property, excluding producing mines and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas, from 29% to 26.4% and allowing the state to annually retain and spend up to $25 million of excess state revenue, if any, for state fiscal years 2022-23 through 2026-27 as a voter-approved revenue change to offset lost revenue resulting from the property tax rate reductions and to reimburse local governments for revenue lost due to the homestead exemptions for qualifying seniors and disabled veterans?
Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:
(8) The department shall have the authority to create and issue any additional types of licenses and registrations it deems necessary to carry out the intents and purposes of the regulated natural medicine access program, including allowing natural medicine services to be provided at other types of licensed health facilities or by individuals in order to increase access to and the availability of natural medicine services.
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1-104 amend (1) as follows:
(9) The department shall have the authority to adopt rules that differentiate between natural medicines and that regulate each natural medicine differently based on its specific qualities, traditional uses, and safety profile.
(1) Through December 31, 2021 the valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the state shall
(10) The department shall adopt, amend, and repeal all rules in accordance with the state administrative procedure act, article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder. 12-170-105.NaturalMedicineAdvisoryBoard (1) The natural medicine advisory board shall be established
be twenty-nine percent, and beginning on January 1, 2022 the valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the state shall be twenty-six and four-tenths percent of the actual value thereof as determined by the assessor and the administrator in the manner prescribed by law, and such percentage shall be uniformly applied, without exception, to the actual value, so determined, of the various classes and subclasses of real and personal property located within the territorial limits of the authority levying a property tax, and all property taxes shall be levied against the aggregate valuation for assessment resulting from the application of such percentage.This subsection (1) shall not apply to residential real property, producing mines, and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas.
(a) At least seven members with significant expertise and experience in one or more of the following areas: natural medicine therapy, medicine, and research; mycology and natural medicine cultivation; permitted organization criteria; emergency medical services and services provided by first responders; mental and behavioral health providers; health care insurance and health care policy; and public health, drug policy, and harm reduction.
(b) At least eight members with significant expertise and experience in one or more of the following areas: religious use of natural medicines; issues confronting veterans; traditional indigenous use of natural medicines; levels and disparities in access to health care services among different communities; and past criminal justice reform efforts in Colorado. At least one of the eight members shall have expertise or experience in traditional indigenous use of natural medicines.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1104.2 amend (3)(q) as follows:
(4) For the initial board, seven of the members shall be appointed to a term of two years and eight members shall be appointed to a term of four years. Each member appointed thereafter shall be appointed to a term of four years. Members of the board may serve up to two consecutive terms. Members are subject to removal as provided in article IV, section 6 of the Colorado Constitution.
39-1-104.2. Adjustment of residential ratelegislative declaration - definitions.
(3) (q) The ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property is 7.15percent of actual value for property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2019 and 6.5 percent of the actual value for property tax commencing January 1, 2022, until the next property tax year that the general assembly adjusts the ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property.
(5) Not later than September 30, 2023, and annually thereafter, the board shall make recommendations to the department related to, but not limited to, all of the following areas:
(a) Accurate public health approaches regarding use, effect, and risk reduction for natural medicine and the content and scope of educational campaigns related to natural medicine;
3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-3-207 add (6) as follows:
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(b) Research related to the efficacy and regulation of natural medicine, including recommendations related to product safety, harm reduction, and cultural responsibility;
39-3-207. Reporting of exemptions— reimbursement to local governmental entities
(c) The proper content of training programs, educational and experiential requirements, and qualifications for facilitators;
(d) Affordable, equitable, ethical, and culturally responsible access to natural medicine and requirements to ensure the regulated natural medicine access program is equitable and inclusive;
(e) Appropriate regulatory considerations for each natural medicine;
(6) for the purpose of off-setting lost revenue resulting from a reduction in property tax and to fund state reimbursements to local government entities for the application of the homestead exemption, in fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2022 through fiscal year ending July 1, 2027, the state shall be authorized to retain and spend up to 25 million per year in revenue for warrants otherwise authorized under this section.
(f) The addition of natural medicines to the regulated natural medicine access program under section 12-170-104(4)(b) based on available medical, psychological, and scientific studies, research, and other information related to the safety and efficacy of each natural medicine;
(g) All rules to be promulgated by the department under 12-170-104; and
(h) Requirements for accurate and complete data
collection, reporting, and publication of information related to the implementation of this article 170.
(6) The board shall, on an ongoing basis, review and evaluate existing research, studies, and realworld data related to natural medicine and make recommendations to the legislature and other relevant state agencies as to whether natural medicine and associated services should be covered under Health First Colorado or other insurance programs as a cost effective intervention for various mental health conditions, including but not limited to end of life anxiety, substance use disorder, alcoholism, depressive disorders, neurological disorders, cluster headaches, and post traumatic stress disorder.
(7) The board shall, on an ongoing basis, review and evaluate sustainability issues related to natural medicine and impact on indigenous cultures and document existing reciprocity efforts and continuing support measures that are needed as part of its annual report.
(8) The board shall publish an annual report describing its activities including the recommendations and advice provided to the department and the legislature.
(9) The department shall provide requested technical, logistical and other support to the board to assist the board with its duties and obligations.
(10) This section is repealed effective December 31, 2033.
12-170-106.Regulatednaturalmedicineaccessprogramfund. (1) The regulated natural medicine access program fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund is administered by the department and consists of all money from fees collected and money transferred from the general fund under this article 170. All interest and income earned on the deposit and investment of money in the fund shall be credited to the fund and shall not be transferred to the general fund or any other state fund at the end of any state fiscal year.
(2) The department may seek, accept, and expend any gifts, grants, donations, loan of funds, property, or any other revenue or aid in any form from the state, any state agency, any other public source, any private source, or any combination thereof, and any such monetary receipts shall be credited to the fund and any such in-kind receipts shall be applied for the benefit of the fund.
(3) The money in the fund is continually appropriated to the department for the direct and indirect costs of carrying out the provisions of this article 170.
(4) Funds for the initial establishment and support of the regulatory activities by the department under this article 170, including the natural medicine advisory board, the development and promotion of public education campaigns related to the use of natural medicine, and the development of the policies, procedures, and programs required by 12-170-104(6)(d) shall be advanced from the general fund to the regulated natural medicine access program fund and shall be repaid to the general fund by the initial proceeds from fees collected pursuant to this article 170.
(5) The office of state planning and budgeting shall determine the amount of the initial advance from the general fund to the regulated natural medicine access program fund based on the estimated costs
of establishing the program.
12-170-107.Localities. (1) A locality may regulate the time, place, and manner of the operation of healing centers licensed pursuant to this article 170 within its boundaries
(2) A locality may not ban or completely prohibit the establishment or operation of healing centers licensed pursuant to this article 170 within its boundaries.
(3) A locality may not ban or completely prohibit a licensed health-care facility or individual within its boundaries from providing natural medicine services if the licensed health-care facility or individual is permitted to provide natural medicine services by the department pursuant to this article 170.
(4) A locality may not prohibit the transportation of natural medicine through its jurisdiction on public roads by a licensee or as otherwise allowed by this article 170.
(5) A locality may not adopt ordinances or regulations that are unreasonable or in conflict with this article 170, but may enact laws imposing lesser criminal or civil penalties than provided by this article 170
12-170-108.Protections. (1) Subject to the limitations in this article 170, but notwithstanding any other provision of law:
(a) Actions and conduct permitted pursuant to a license or registration issued by the department or by department rule, or by those who allow property to be used pursuant to a license or registration issued by the department or by department rule, are not unlawful and shall not be an offense under state law, or the laws of any locality within the state, or be subject to a civil fine, penalty, or sanction, or be a basis for detention, search, or arrest, or to deny any right or privilege, or to seize or forfeit assets under state law or the laws of any locality within the state.
(b) A contract is not unenforceable on the basis that natural medicines, as allowed under this article 170, are prohibited by federal law.
(c) A holder of a professional or occupational license, certification, or registration is not subject to professional discipline or loss of a professional license or certification for providing advice or services arising out of or related to natural medicine licenses, applications for licenses on the basis that natural medicines are prohibited by federal law, or for personal use of natural medicines as allowed under this article 170. This section does not permit a person to engage in malpractice
(d) Mental health, substance use disorder, or behavioral health services otherwise covered under the Colorado Medical Assistance Act, articles 4 to 6 of title 25.5, C.R.S., shall not be denied on the basis that they are covered in conjunction with natural medicine services or that natural medicines are prohibited by federal law. No insurance or insurance provider is required to cover the cost of the natural medicine itself.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted to prevent the department from enforcing its rules against a licensee or to limit a state or local law enforcement agency’s ability to investigate unlawful activity in relation to a licensee.
12-170-109. Personal use. (1) Subject to the limitations in this article 170, but notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following acts are not an offense under state law or the laws of any locality within the state or subject to a civil fine, penalty, or sanction, or the basis for detention, search, or arrest, or to deny any right or privilege, or to seize or forfeit assets under state law or the laws of any locality, if the person is twenty-one years of age or older:
(a) Possessing, storing, using, processing, transporting, purchasing, obtaining, or ingesting natural medicine for personal use, or giving away natural medicine for personal use without remuneration to a person or persons twenty-one years of age or older.
(b) Growing, cultivating, or processing plants or fungi capable of producing natural medicine for personal use if:
(I) The plants and fungi are kept in or on the grounds of a private home or residence; and
(II) The plants and fungi are secured from access by persons under twenty-one years of age.
(c) Assisting another person or persons who are twenty-one years of age or older, or allowing property to be used, in any of the actions or conduct permitted under subsection (1).
(2) For the purpose of this article 170, “Personal use” means the personal ingestion or use of a natural medicine and includes the amount a person may cultivate or possess of natural medicine necessary to share natural medicines with other persons twenty-one years of age or older within the context of counseling, spiritual guidance, beneficial community-based use and healing, supported use, or related services. “Personal use” does not include the sale of natural medicines for remuneration
(3) Conduct permitted by this article 170 shall not, by itself:
(a) Constitute child abuse or neglect without a finding of actual threat to the health or welfare of a child based on all relevant factors.
(b) Be the basis to restrict parenting time with a child without a finding that the parenting time would endanger the child’s physical health or significantly impair the child’s emotional development.
(4) Conduct permitted by this article 170 shall not, by itself, be the basis for punishing or otherwise penalizing a person currently under parole, probation, or other state supervision, or released awaiting trial or other hearing.
(5) Conduct permitted by this article 170 shall not, by itself, be the basis for detention, search, or arrest; and the possession or suspicion of possession of natural medicine, or the possession of multiple containers of natural medicine, shall not individually or in combination with each other constitute reasonably articulable suspicion of a crime. Natural medicines as permitted by this article 170 are not contraband nor subject to seizure and shall not be harmed or destroyed.
(6) Conduct permitted by this article 170 shall not, by itself, be the basis to deny eligibility for any public assistance program, unless required by federal law.
(7) For the purposes of medical care, including organ transplants, conduct permitted by this
article 170 does not constitute the use of an illicit substance or otherwise disqualify a person from medical care or medical insurance.
(8) Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted to permit a person to give away any amount of natural medicine as part of a business promotion or other commercial activity or to permit paid advertising related to natural medicine, sharing of natural medicine, or services intended to be used concurrently with a person’s consumption of natural medicine. Such advertising may be considered evidence of commercial activity that is prohibited under this section. This provision does not preclude the donation of natural medicine by a person twentyone years of age or older, payment for bona fide harm reduction services, bona fide therapy services, or other bona fide support services, maintaining personal or professional websites related to natural medicine services, dissemination of educational materials related to natural medicine, or limit the ability of a healing center to donate natural medicine or provide natural medicine at reduced cost consistent with department rules.
addressed in this section other than those set forth in this section. Further, a person shall not be subject to increased punishment for any other crime on the basis of that person having undertaken conduct permitted by this article 170.
12-170-111. Limitations. (1) This article 170 shall not be construed:
application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.
share is apportioned according to the percentage that retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department in the unincorporated area of the county bear to total retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department.
(b)(I.5) On and after July 1, 2018, of the ninety percent of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue in the general fund remaining after the allocation to local governments required by subsection (1)(a)(I) of this section is made, andexcluding revenue attributable to the additional tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I)(D), the state treasurer shall retain fifteen and fifty-six one-hundredths percent in the general fund for use for any lawful purpose and shall transfer from the general fund:
(c) On and after January 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer monthly from the general fund to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund created by section 22-86.1-106 all revenue collected by the department attributable to the additional tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I)(D).
SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 39-28.8-204 as follows:
(9) A person who has completed a sentence for a conviction, whether by trial or plea of guilty or nolo contendere, who would not have been guilty of an offense under this Act had it been in effect at the time of the offense, may file a petition before the trial court that entered the judgment of conviction in the person’s case to seal the record of the conviction at no cost. If there is no objection from the district attorney, the court shall automatically seal such record. If there is an objection by the district attorney, a hearing shall be held and the court shall determine if the prior conviction does not qualify to be sealed under this act. If the record does not qualify to be sealed, the court shall deny the sealing of the record. Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish or abrogate any rights or remedies otherwise available to the petitioner or applicant.
12-170-110.Personalusepenalties. (1) Unless otherwise provided by subsection (2) of this section, a person who is under twenty-one years of age is subject to a drug petty offense, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject only to a penalty of no more than four (4) hours of drug education or counseling provided at no cost to the person, if the person:
(a) Possesses, uses, ingests, inhales, or transports natural medicine for personal use;
39-28.8-204. Revenue and spending limitations. (1) Notwithstanding any limitations on revenue, spending, or appropriations contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other provision of law, any revenues generated by the retail marijuana sales tax imposed pursuant to this part 2 as approved by the voters at the statewide election in November 2013, may be collected and spent as voter-approved revenue changes and shall not require voter approval subsequent to the voter approval required pursuant to part 4 of this article.
(b) Gives away without remuneration natural medicine for personal use; or (c) Possesses, uses, or gives away without remuneration natural medicine paraphernalia.
(2) Notwithstanding any limitations on revenue, spending, or appropriations contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other provision of law, any revenues generated by the additional retail marijuana sales tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I) (D), as approved by the voters at the statewide
(2) To the extent subsection (1) establishes a penalty for conduct not otherwise prohibited by law or establishes a penalty that is greater than exists elsewhere in law for the conduct set forth in subsection (1), the penalties in subsection (1) shall not apply.
(3) A person who cultivates natural medicines that are not secure from access by a person under twenty-one years of age in violation of 12-170-109(1) (b) is subject to a civil fine not exceeding twohundred and fifty dollars, in addition to any other applicable penalties.
(4) A person shall not be subject to any additional fees, fines, or other penalties for the violations
election in November 2021, may be collected and spent as a voter-approved revenue change.
To permit a person to drive or operate a motor vehicle, boat, vessel, aircraft, or other device that is capable of moving itself, or of being moved, from place to place upon wheels or endless tracks under the influence of natural medicine;
(a)
(b) To permit a person to use or possess natural medicine in a school, detention facility, or public building;
12-170-115.Effectivedate. Unless otherwise provided by this act, all provisions of this act shall become effective upon the earlier of the official declaration of the vote hereon by proclamation of the governor or thirty days after the vote has been canvassed, pursuant to section 1(4) of article V of the Colorado Constitution. The removal and reduction of criminal penalties by this act is intended to have retroactive effect.
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2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-18-403.5, amend (1) as follows:
(c) To permit a person to ingest natural medicines in a public place, other than a place licensed or otherwise permitted by the department for such use;
(d) To permit the transfer of natural medicine, with or without remuneration, to a person under twentyone years of age or to allow a person under twentyone years of age to use or possess natural medicine; (e) To permit a person to engage in conduct that endangers or harms others;
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.
(f) To require a government medical assistance program or private health insurer to reimburse a person for costs of purchasing natural medicine;
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(g) To require an employer to permit or accommodate the use, consumption, possession, transfer, display, transportation, or growing of natural medicines in the workplace;
(h) To prohibit a recipient of a federal grant or an applicant for a federal grant from prohibiting the use, consumption, possession, transfer, display, transportation, or growing of natural medicines to the extent necessary to satisfy federal requirements for the grant;
(i) To prohibit a party to a federal contract or a person applying to be a party to a federal contract from prohibiting any act permitted in this article 170 to the extent necessary to comply with the terms and conditions of the contract or to satisfy federal requirements for the contract;
(j) To require a person to violate a federal law; or (k) To exempt a person from a federal law or obstruct the enforcement of a federal law.
12-170-112.Liberalconstruction. This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose.
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning property tax reductions, and, in connection therewith, reducing property tax revenue by an estimated $1.03 billion in 2023 and by comparable amounts thereafter by reducing the residential property tax assessment rate from 7.15% to 6.5% and reducing the property tax assessment rate for all other property, excluding producing mines and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas, from 29% to 26.4% and allowing the state to annually retain and spend up to $25 million of excess state revenue, if any, for state fiscal years 2022-23 through 2026-27 as a voter-approved revenue change to offset lost revenue resulting from the property tax rate reductions and to reimburse local governments for revenue lost due to the homestead exemptions for qualifying seniors and disabled veterans?
Text of Measure:
Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:
12-170-113.Preemption. No locality shall adopt, enact, or enforce any ordinance, rule, or resolution imposing any greater criminal or civil penalty than provided by this act or that is otherwise in conflict with the provisions of this act. A locality may enact laws imposing lesser criminal or civil penalties than provided by this act.
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1-104 amend (1) as follows:
(1) Through December 31, 2021 the valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the state shall
12-170-114.Self-executing,severability,conflictingprovisions. All provisions of this article 170 are self-executing except as specified herein, are severable, and, except where otherwise indicated in the text, shall supersede conflicting state statutory, local charter, ordinance, or resolution, and other state and local provisions. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or
18-18-403.5.Unlawfulpossessionofacontrolledsubstance. (1) Except as authorized by part 1 or 3 of article 280 of title 12, part 2 of article 80 of title 27, section 18-1-711, section 18-18-428(1)(b), or part 2 or 3 of this article 18, or the “Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022”, article 170 of title 12 it is unlawful for a person knowingly to possess a controlled substance.
be twenty-nine percent, and beginning on January 1, 2022 the valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the state shall be twenty-six and four-tenths percent of the actual value thereof as determined by the assessor and the administrator in the manner prescribed by law, and such percentage shall be uniformly applied, without exception, to the actual value, so determined, of the various classes and subclasses of real and personal property located within the territorial limits of the authority levying a property tax, and all property taxes shall be levied against the aggregate valuation for assessment resulting from the application of such percentage.This subsection (1) shall not apply to residential real property, producing mines, and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas.
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SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1104.2 amend (3)(q) as follows:
39-1-104.2. Adjustment of residential ratelegislative declaration - definitions.
3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-18-404 amend (1)(a) as follows: 18-18-404.Unlawfuluseofacontrolledsubstance. (1)(a) Except as is otherwise provided for offenses concerning marijuana and marijuana concentrate in sections 18-18-406 and 18-18-406.5 or by the“Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022”, article 170 of title 12 any person who uses any controlled substance, except when it is dispensed by or under the direction of a person licensed or authorized by law to prescribe, administer, or dispense the controlled substance for bona fide medical needs, commits a level 2 drug misdemeanor.
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(3) (q) The ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property is 7.15percent of actual value for property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2019 and 6.5 percent of the actual value for property tax commencing January 1, 2022, until the next property tax year that the general assembly adjusts the ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property.
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-3-207 add (6) as follows:
4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-18-405, amend (1)(a) as follows: 18-18-405.Unlawfuldistribution,manufacturing,dispensing,or sale. (1)(a) Except as authorized by part 1 of article 280 of title 12, part 2 of article 80 of title 27, or part 2 or 3 of this article 18, or by the“Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022”, article 170 of title 12 it is unlawful for any person knowingly to manufacture, dispense, sell, or distribute, or to possess with intent to manufacture, dispense, sell, or distribute, a controlled substance; or induce, attempt to induce, or conspire with one or more other persons, to manufacture, dispense, sell, distribute, or possess with intent to manufacture, dispense, sell, or distribute, a controlled substance; or possess one or more chemicals or supplies or equipment with intent to manufacture a controlled substance.
39-3-207. Reporting of exemptions— reimbursement to local governmental entities
(6) for the purpose of off-setting lost revenue resulting from a reduction in property tax and to fund state reimbursements to local government entities for the application of the homestead exemption, in fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2022 through fiscal year ending July 1, 2027, the state shall be authorized to retain and spend up to 25 million per year in revenue for warrants otherwise authorized under this section.
SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 18-18-410 as follows: 18-18-410.Declarationofclass1publicnuisance. Except as permitted by the “Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022”, article 170 of title 12 any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling house, building, vehicle, boat, or aircraft or any place whatsoever which is frequented by controlled substance addicts for the unlawful use of controlled substances or which is used for the unlawful storage, manufacture, sale, or distribution of controlled substances is declared to be a class 1 public nuisance and subject to the provisions of section 16-13-303, C.R.S. Any real or personal property which is seized or confiscated as a result of an action to abate a public nuisance shall be disposed of pursuant to part 7 of article 13 of title 16, C.R.S
SECTION 6. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-18-411, add (5) as follows: 18-18-411.Keeping,maintaining,controlling,renting,ormaking availablepropertyforunlawfuldistributionormanufactureof controlledsubstances.
(5) A person acting in compliance with the “Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022”, article 170 of title 12 does not violate this section.
SECTION 7. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-18-412.7, add (3) as follows:
18-18-412.7.Saleordistributionofmaterialstomanufacture controlledsubstances.
(3) A person acting in compliance with the “Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022”, article 170 of title 12 does not violate this section.
SECTION 8. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-18-430.5, add (1)(c) as follows:
18-18-430.5.Drugparaphernalia—exemption. (1) A person is exempt from sections 18-18-425 to 18-18-430 if the person is:
(c) Using equipment, products or materials in compliance with the “Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022”, article 170 of title 12. The manufacture, possession, and distribution of such equipment, products, or materials shall be authorized within the meaning of 21 USC 863 sec. (f).
SECTION 9. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 16-13-303, add (9) as follows:
16-13-303.Class1publicnuisance.
(9) A person acting in compliance with the “Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022”, article 170 of title 12 does not violate this section.
SECTION 10. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 16-13-304, add (2) as follows: 16-13-304.Class2publicnuisance.
(2) A person acting in compliance with the “Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022”, article 170 of title 12 does not violate this section.
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.
Ballot Title:
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning statewide funding for additional affordable housing, and, in connection therewith, dedicating state revenues collected from an existing tax of one-tenth of one percent on federal taxable income of every individual, estate, trust, and corporation, as defined in law, for affordable housing and exempting the dedicated revenues from the constitutional limitation on state fiscal year spending; allocating 60% of the dedicated revenues to affordable housing financing programs that will reduce rents, purchase land for affordable housing development, and build assets for renters; allocating 40% of the dedicated revenues to programs that support affordable home ownership, serve persons experiencing homelessness, and support local planning capacity; requiring local governments that seek additional affordable housing funding to expedite development approvals for affordable housing projects and commit to increasing the number of affordable housing units by 3% annually; and specifying that the dedicated revenues shall not supplant existing appropriations for affordable
housing programs?
Text of Measure:
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add article 32 to title 29 as follows:
ARTICLE32
StatewideAffordableHousingFund
29-32-101.Definitions. As used in this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Administrator” means a political subdivision of the State of Colorado established for the purposes, among others, of increasing the supply of decent, safe, and sanitary housing for low- and moderateincome families, or other third party established for such purposes, selected by the office to administer certain affordable housing programs created in section 29-32-104.
(2) “Affordable housing” means rental housing affordable to a household with an annual income of at or below sixty percent of the area median income, and that costs the household less than thirty percent of its monthly income. “Affordable housing” also means for-sale housing that could be purchased by a household with an annual income of at or below one hundred percent of the area median income, for which the mortgage payment costs the household less than thirty percent of its monthly income.
Targets set for the local governments under section 29-32-105 for affordable housing shall be based on the average of the area median income. If a local government determines that application of this definition of affordable housing would cause implementation of this article in a manner inconsistent with housing and workforce needs within the jurisdiction, it may petition the division for leave to use the calculation applicable to an adjacent jurisdiction or the state median income that better reflects local needs
(3) “Area median income” means the median household income of households of a given size in the municipality, or metropolitan statistical area encompassing a municipality, or county in which the housing is located, as calculated and published for a given year by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(4) “Division” means the division of housing in the department of local affairs created in section 24-32704 (1).
(5) “Support fund” means the affordable housing support fund created in section 29-32-103(1).
(6) “Fund” means the state affordable housing fund created in section 29-32-102 (1).
(7) “Local government” means a municipality, whether home rule or statutory; a county, whether home rule or statutory; a city and county; or a local housing authority.
(8) “Office” means the office of economic development created in section 24-48.5-101.
(9) “Financing fund” means the affordable housing financing fund created in section 29-32-103(2). 29-32-102. State affordable housing fund. (1) The state affordable housing fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Commencing on January 1, 2023, all state revenues collected from an existing tax on one-tenth of one percent on federal taxable income, as modified by law, of every individual, estate, trust,
and corporation, as defined in law, as calculated pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, shall be deposited in the fund by the state treasurer. The revenue deposited into the fund pursuant to this subsection (1) shall not be subject to the limitation on fiscal year spending specified in section 20 of article X of the state constitution.
(2) The fund shall consist of money deposited into the fund under subsection (1) of this section; any money appropriated to the fund by the general assembly; and any gifts, grants, or donations from any public or private sources, including governmental entities, that the division and the office are hereby authorized to seek and accept.
(3) All money not expended or encumbered, and all interest earned on the investment or deposit of money in the fund, shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year.
(4)(a) The legislative council, in consultation with the office of state planning and budgeting, shall calculate the amount of revenues to be deposited in the fund for the period commencing January 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2023, and for each state fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 2023. The legislative council and the office of state planning and budgeting shall rely upon the quarterly state revenue estimates issued by the legislative council in calculating such amounts and shall update its calculations not later than five days following the issuance of each quarterly state revenue estimate.
(b) To ensure that all fund revenues are transferred to the fund and that other state revenues are not erroneously transferred to the fund:
(I) No later than two days after calculating or recalculating the amount of fund revenues for the period commencing January 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2023, and for any fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 2023, the legislative council, in consultation with the office of state planning and budgeting, shall certify to the department of revenue the amount of fund revenues that the department shall transfer to the state treasurer for deposit into the fund on the first day of each of the three succeeding calendar months as required by paragraph (c) of this subsection (4);
(II) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b), no later than May 25 of 2023 and of any state fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 2023, the legislative council, in consultation with the office of state planning and budgeting, may certify to the department of revenue an adjusted amount for any transfer to be made on the first business day of the immediately succeeding June; and (III) Subject to review by the state auditor, the legislative council, in consultation with the office of state planning and budgeting, may correct any error in the total amount of state affordable housing revenues transferred during any state fiscal year by adjusting the amount of any transfer to be made during the next state fiscal year.
(c) On the first business day of each calendar month that commences after January 5, 2023, the department of revenue shall transfer to the state treasurer for deposit into the fund revenues in an amount certified to the department by the legislative council, in consultation with the office of state planning and budgeting, pursuant to paragraph (b) of
this subsection (4). 29-32-103.Transfersofmoney-permittedusesofthefundcontinuousappropriation. (1) The affordable housing support fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The support fund shall consist of money deposited into it under subsection (3) of this section. The division shall administer the support fund and expend the moneys in the support fund only for the purposes set forth in section 29-32-104(3). All money not expended or encumbered, and all interest earned on the investment or deposit of money in the support fund, shall remain in the support fund and shall not revert to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year. All money transferred to the support fund pursuant to subsection (3) of this section is continuously appropriated to the division for the purposes set forth in section 29-32-104(3).
share is apportioned according to the percentage that retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department in the unincorporated area of the county bear to total retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department.
(b)(I.5) On and after July 1, 2018, of the ninety percent of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue in the general fund remaining after the allocation to local governments required by subsection (1)(a)(I) of this section is made, andexcluding revenue attributable to the additional tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I)(D), the state treasurer shall retain fifteen and fifty-six one-hundredths percent in the general fund for use for any lawful purpose and shall transfer from the general fund:
(2) The affordable housing financing fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The financing fund shall consist of money deposited into it under subsection (3) of this section. The office shall administer the financing fund and expend the moneys in the financing fund only for the purposes set forth in section 29-32-104(1). All money not expended or encumbered, and all interest earned on the investment or deposit of money in the financing fund, shall remain in the financing fund and shall not revert to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year. All money transferred to the financing fund pursuant to subsection (3) of this section is continuously appropriated to the office for the purposes set forth in section 29-32-104(1).
(c) On and after January 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer monthly from the general fund to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund created by section 22-86.1-106 all revenue collected by the department attributable to the additional tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I)(D).
SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 39-28.8-204 as follows:
(3) On July 1, 2023, or as soon as practicable thereafter, and on July 1 of each state fiscal year thereafter, the state treasurer shall transfer forty percent of the balance of the fund on the date of the transfer to the support fund and sixty percent of the balance of the fund on the date of the transfer to the financing fund. 29-32-104.Permissibleexpenditures–affordablehousingprograms.
39-28.8-204. Revenue and spending limitations. (1) Notwithstanding any limitations on revenue, spending, or appropriations contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other provision of law, any revenues generated by the retail marijuana sales tax imposed pursuant to this part 2 as approved by the voters at the statewide election in November 2013, may be collected and spent as voter-approved revenue changes and shall not require voter approval subsequent to the voter approval required pursuant to part 4 of this article.
(1) The office shall contract with the administrator. The office may select an administrator without a competitive procurement process but shall announce the contract opening publicly and select the administrator in a meeting that is open to the public, no less than seventy-two hours after notice of such meeting is publicly available. No single contract may exceed five years in duration. Upon the expiration of any contract term, the office may renew the contract with the same administrator or may select another administrator. The administrator selected by the office shall expend the money transferred to the financing fund in section 29-32-103(2) to support the following programs only:
(2) Notwithstanding any limitations on revenue, spending, or appropriations contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other provision of law, any revenues generated by the additional retail marijuana sales tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I) (D), as approved by the voters at the statewide
(a) A land banking program to be administered by the administrator. The program shall provide grants to local governments and loans to nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated history of providing affordable housing to acquire and preserve land for the development of affordable housing. Mixed use development is an allowable use of land purchased under this program if the predominate use of the land is affordable housing. Loans made by the program shall be forgiven if land acquired with the assistance of the program is properly zoned with an active plan for the development of affordable housing within 5 years of date the loan is made and if the development is permitted and funded within 10 years. The lender and borrower may establish additional terms if needed.
election in November 2021, may be collected and spent as a voter-approved revenue change.
If land acquired with the assistance of the program is not developed within the timeline above, the loan must be repaid, with interest, as soon as practical, but not more than six months after expiration of said timeline. Land acquired with the assistance of the program that is not developed within the timeline above may be used by the owner for any purpose upon payment of the loan with interest or, in exchange for a waiver of interest, conveyed to a state agency or other entity for the development of affordable housing with the approval of the administrator. All principal and interest payments on loans made under this paragraph (a) shall be paid to the administrator and used by the administrator for the purposes set forth in this subsection (1). As determined by the administrator, a minimum of 15% and a maximum of 25% of monies transferred to the office from the fund annually may be used for the program. The administrator may utilize up to two percent of the funds it receives from the office for the program annually to pay for the costs of administering the program.
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning property tax reductions, and, in connection therewith, reducing property tax revenue by an estimated $1.03 billion in 2023 and by comparable amounts thereafter by reducing the residential property tax assessment rate from 7.15% to 6.5% and reducing the property tax assessment rate for all other property, excluding producing mines and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas, from 29% to 26.4% and allowing the state to annually retain and spend up to $25 million of excess state revenue, if any, for state fiscal years 2022-23 through 2026-27 as a voter-approved revenue change to offset lost revenue resulting from the property tax rate reductions and to reimburse local governments for revenue lost due to the homestead exemptions for qualifying seniors and disabled veterans?
Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1-104 amend (1) as follows:
(1) Through December 31, 2021 the valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the state shall
(b) An affordable housing equity program to be administered by the administrator. The program shall make equity investments in low- and middle-income multi-family rental developments. The program shall also make equity investments in existing affordable housing projects which include multi-family rental units for the purpose of ensuring that said projects remain affordable. The average of rents for projects funded by the program (calculated by adding together the monthly rent for all units in a project and dividing by the number of units in the project) must be and remain permanently affordable such that a participating household shall not be required to spend more than 30% of household income on rent for households that are at or below 90% of the area median income of households of that size in the territory or jurisdiction of local government in which the housing is located, as calculated and published for a given year by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The program shall include a tenant equity vehicle, meaning, in projects funded by the program, tenants who reside in the project for at least one year shall be entitled to a share of the equity growth in the project, if any, in the form of funding from the program for a down-payment on housing or related purposes, in an amount determined by the administrator. Equity investments made by the program shall be made with the expectation of returns that are below the prevailing market returns. Returns on program investments up to the amount of the program’s initial investment shall be retained in the program and reinvested. Returns on program investments greater than the program’s initial investment shall be retained in the program to fund the tenant equity vehicle. In selecting investments under this program, the administrator shall prioritize high-density housing, mixed-income housing, and projects consistent with the goal of environmental sustainability. As determined by the administrator, a minimum of 40% of monies and a maximum of 70% of monies transferred to the office from the fund annually may be used for the program. The administrator may utilize up to two percent of the funds it receives from the office for the program annually to pay for the costs of administering the program.
(c) A concessionary debt program to be administered by the administrator. The program shall:
be twenty-nine percent, and beginning on January 1, 2022 the valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the state shall be twenty-six and four-tenths percent of the actual value thereof as determined by the assessor and the administrator in the manner prescribed by law, and such percentage shall be uniformly applied, without exception, to the actual value, so determined, of the various classes and subclasses of real and personal property located within the territorial limits of the authority levying a property tax, and all property taxes shall be levied against the aggregate valuation for assessment resulting from the application of such percentage.This subsection (1) shall not apply to residential real property, producing mines, and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1104.2 amend (3)(q) as follows:
39-1-104.2. Adjustment of residential ratelegislative declaration - definitions.
(3) (q) The ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property is 7.15percent of actual value for property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2019 and 6.5 percent of the actual value for property tax commencing January 1, 2022, until the next property tax year that the general assembly adjusts the ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property.
(I) Provide debt financing of low- and middle-income multi-family rental developments, (II) Provide gap financing in the form of subordinate debt and pre-development loans for projects that qualify for federal low income housing tax credits, (III) Provide debt financing of existing affordable housing projects for the purpose of preserving existing affordable multi-family rental units, and (IV) Provide debt financing for modular and factory build housing manufacturers. The average of rents for projects funded by the program (calculated by adding together the monthly rent for all units in a project and dividing by the number of units in the project) must be and remain permanently affordable (meaning that a household shall not be required to spend more than 30% of household income on rent and basic utilities) for households that are at or below 60% of the area median income of households of that size in the territory or jurisdiction of local government in which the housing is located, as calculated and published for a given year by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (the affordability threshold); except that where the program is a secondary source of funding, the affordability threshold required by the primary funding source, if any, may be operative. Debt financing and loans made by the program shall be made at below market interest rates as determined by the administrator. Returns on program investments up to the amount of the program’s initial investment shall be retained in the program and reinvested by the administrator in the program established in this paragraph (c). Returns on program investments greater than the program’s initial investment shall be retained in the program to fund the tenant equity vehicle of the affordable housing equity program created in subsection (1)(b) of this section. As determined by the administrator, a minimum of 15% of monies and a maximum of 35% of monies transferred to the office from the fund annually may be used for the program. The administrator may utilize up to two percent of the funds it receives from the office for the program annually to pay for the costs of administering the program.
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-3-207 add (6) as follows:
(2) In selecting investments to be made by the programs of subsection (1) of this section, the administrator shall prioritize projects that achieve high-density housing, mixed-income housing, and projects consistent with the goal of environmental sustainability, as appropriate.
39-3-207. Reporting of exemptions— reimbursement to local governmental entities
(6) for the purpose of off-setting lost revenue resulting from a reduction in property tax and to fund state reimbursements to local government entities for the application of the homestead exemption, in fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2022 through fiscal year ending July 1, 2027, the state shall be authorized to retain and spend up to 25 million per year in revenue for warrants otherwise authorized under this section.
(3) The division shall expend the money transferred to the support fund in section 29-32-103(1) to support the following programs only:
(a) An affordable home ownership program administered by the division or one or more contractors of the division. The program shall offer home ownership down-payment assistance to first-time homebuyers and shall prioritize assistance, to the extent practicable, to first-generation homebuyers. The assistance shall be provided to households with income less than or equal to 120% of the area median income of households of that size in the territory or jurisdiction of local government in which the housing is located, as calculated and published for a given year by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The program shall also make grants or loans to non-profits and community land trusts to support affordable home ownership and to groups or
associations of mobile home owners to assist them with the purchase of a mobile home park pursuant to section 38-12-217. Said grants and loans shall be used to support affordable home ownership for households with income less than or equal to 100% of the area median income of households of that size in the territory or jurisdiction of local government in which the households are located, as calculated and published for a given year by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. All principal and interest payments on loans made under this paragraph (a) shall be paid to the division and used by the administrator for the purposes set forth in this subsection (3). Up to 50% of monies transferred to the division from the fund annually may be used for the program. The division shall determine how much of the available funding shall be allocated to each aspect of the program. The division may utilize up to 5% of the funds it receives from the fund for the program annually to pay for the direct and indirect costs of administering the program.
(b) A program serving persons experiencing homelessness to be administered by the division. The program shall provide rental assistance, housing vouchers, and eviction defense assistance, including legal, financial, and case management, to persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness. The program shall also make grants or loans to non-profit organizations, local governments or private entities to support the development and preservation of supportive housing for persons experiencing homelessness, and other homelessness related activities the division determines contribute to the resolution of or prevention of homelessness, including housing programs paid for by non-profit organizations, local governments or private entities on a pay for success basis, meaning an organization, local government or private entity would receive financial support from the program upon achieving objectives contractually agreed upon with the division. All principal and interest payments on loans made under this paragraph (b) shall be paid to the division and used by the administrator for the purposes set forth in this subsection (3). Up to 45% of monies transferred to the division from the fund annually may be used for the program. The division may utilize up to 5% of the funds it receives from the fund for the program annually to pay for the direct and indirect costs of administering the program.
(c) A local planning capacity development program administered by the division. The program shall provide grants to local governments to increase the capacity of local government planning departments responsible for processing land use, permitting and zoning applications for housing projects. Up to 5% of monies transferred to the division from the fund annually may be used for the program. The division may utilize up to 5% of the funds it receives from the fund for the program annually to pay for the direct and indirect costs of administering the program.
(5) If the Legislative Council Staff’s March Economic and Revenue Forecast in any given year projects revenue for the next state fiscal year will fall below the revenue limit imposed under section 20 of article X of the state constitution, the general assembly may reduce the funding allocated to the office required by this section for the next state fiscal year in order to balance the state budget for said state fiscal year.
29-32-105.Localgovernmentaffordablehousingcommitments–three-yearcommitmentcycle-expediteddevelopmentapproval process-eligibilityforassistancefromthefund. (1) (a) Not later than November 1, 2023, the governing body of each local government, other than local housing authorities, desiring to receive funding under this section or desiring to make affordable housing projects within its territorial boundaries eligible for funding under this section shall make and file with the division a commitment specifying how, by December 31, 2026, the combined number of newly constructed affordable housing units and existing units converted to affordable housing, within its territorial boundaries shall be increased by three percent each year over the baseline number of affordable housing units within its territorial boundaries, determined as provided in subsection (1) (c) of this section.
(b) In the case of a county, the requirements of this subsection (1) only apply to the unincorporated areas of the county.
(c) The baseline number of affordable housing units within the territorial boundaries of a local government, as referenced in this subsection (1), shall be determined by the local government by reference to:
(I) The 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates published by the United States Census Bureau. The baseline number shall reset for 2027, based on the 2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, expected to be published in the spring of 2026 and every third year thereafter with the publication of the corresponding American Community Survey 5-year estimates; or
(II) The most recently available Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategies estimates published by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; or
(III) A web-based system created, maintained, and updated by the division with the estimates specified in subsection (1)(c)(I) of this section, or if the division finds that the estimates specified in said subsection (1)(c)(I) would be impractical or deleterious to the efficacious implementation of this section, an alternative source of estimates that the division finds to be appropriate.
(d) By November 1, 2026 and by November 1st of each subsequent year in which the baseline resets, the governing body of each local government, other than local housing authorities, desiring to receive funding under this section or desiring to make affordable housing projects within its territorial boundaries eligible for funding under this section shall make and file with the division a commitment specifying how, by December 31 of the third year thereafter, the combined number of newly constructed affordable housing units and existing units converted to affordable housing, within its territorial boundaries shall be increased by three percent each year over the baseline number of affordable housing units within its territorial boundaries determined as provided in subsection (1) (c) of this section.
(e) In drafting and enacting commitments under this subsection (1) local governments should prioritize high-density housing, mixed-income housing, and projects consistent with the goal of environmental sustainability, when appropriate, and should prioritize affordable housing in communities in which
low concentrations of affordable housing exist. (2)(a) In order to receive financial assistance under this article, or for affordable housing projects within a municipality, a city and county, or the unincorporated area of a county to be eligible for funding, the local government, other than a local affordable housing authority, must establish processes to enable it to provide a final decision on any application for a special permit, variance, or other development permit, excluding subdivisions, of a development project for which fifty percent or more of the residential units in the development constitute affordable housing not more than ninety calendar days after submission of a complete application, referred to herein as a “fast-track approval process.”
(b) A local government’s fast-track approval process may include an option to extend the review period for an additional ninety days at the request of a developer, for compliance with state law or court order, or for a review period required by another local government or agency, within the local government or outside, for any component of the application requiring that government’s or agency’s approval.
(c) A local government’s fast-track approval process may include extensions to allow for the submission of additional information or revisions to an application in response to requests from the local government. Such extensions shall not exceed the amount of time from the request to the submission of the applicant’s response plus thirty days. Applicants shall provide such additional information or responses promptly and shall, whenever practicable, provide a response within five business days.
(d) Nothing in this subsection (2) shall be interpreted as requiring an affordable housing developer to utilize a fast-track approval process.
(3) (a) Beginning in 2027, to be eligible under this article for direct funding, or for affordable housing projects within a local government’s territorial boundaries to be eligible for funding, local governments, other than local housing authorities, must satisfy both the requirements of subsection (1) of this section to commit to and achieve annual increases in the number of affordable housing units within their territorial boundaries, and the requirements of subsection (2) of this section to implement a system to expedite the development approval process for affordable housing projects.
(b)(I) If a local government makes and files with the division the commitment required by subsection (1) of this section by November 1, 2023, it shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of subsection (1) of this section through December 31, 2026.
(II) If a local government makes and files with the division the commitment required by subsection (1) of this section by November 1, 2026, or by November 1ST of a subsequent year in which the baseline resets, and it met its commitment to increase affordable housing made under subsection (1) of this section for the previous three-year cycle, it shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of subsection (1) of this section through the end of the current three-year cycle.
(III) If a local government, other than a local housing authority, fails to make and file with the
division the commitment required by subsection (1) of this section by November 1, 2023, or by November 1ST of a subsequent year in which the baseline resets, it shall be ineligible to receive financial assistance from the division or administrator during the following calendar year.
appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.
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share is apportioned according to the percentage that retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department in the unincorporated area of the county bear to total retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department.
(IV) If a local government fails to meet its commitment to increase affordable housing made and filed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section for any three-year cycle, it shall be ineligible to receive financial assistance from the division or administrator during the first calendar year of the next three-year cycle.
the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.
election in November 2021, may be collected and spent as a voter-approved revenue change.
Ballot Title:
(b)(I.5) On and after July 1, 2018, of the ninety percent of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue in the general fund remaining after the allocation to local governments required by subsection (1)(a)(I) of this section is made, andexcluding revenue attributable to the additional tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I)(D), the state treasurer shall retain fifteen and fifty-six one-hundredths percent in the general fund for use for any lawful purpose and shall transfer from the general fund:
(V) An ineligible local government may apply for a subsequent year with a new commitment under subsection (1) of this section for the balance of the then-current three-year cycle.
(VI) A developer, whether for-profit or nonprofit, or a local government developing an affordable housing project within the territorial boundaries of a local government that fails to meet the requirements of subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall be ineligible to receive financial assistance from the division or administrator. Notwithstanding this restriction, a project within the territorial boundaries of an eligible municipality shall be eligible for funding even if the county in which the project is located is ineligible.
(VII) Ineligible local governments and developers of projects in ineligible local government jurisdictions shall not be required to pay back to the division or the administrator money paid to them under this article prior to ineligibility.
(c) On and after January 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer monthly from the general fund to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund created by section 22-86.1-106 all revenue collected by the department attributable to the additional tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I)(D).
SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 39-28.8-204 as follows:
39-28.8-204. Revenue and spending limitations. (1) Notwithstanding any limitations on revenue, spending, or appropriations contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other provision of law, any revenues generated by the retail marijuana sales tax imposed pursuant to this part 2 as approved by the voters at the statewide election in November 2013, may be collected and spent as voter-approved revenue changes and shall not require voter approval subsequent to the voter approval required pursuant to part 4 of this article.
(d) The division shall be responsible for determining compliance with this section. For the purpose of calculating whether a local government has met the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, a new residential housing unit is to be counted at the time it is permitted rather than the time it is constructed. An existing housing unit newly qualifying as affordable housing is to be counted at the time it is permitted and fully funded rather than at the time the conversion is completed. For the purpose of calculating whether a local government has met the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, in addition to affordable housing growth achieved through the programs in this article, any new deed restricted affordable housing, newly constructed or converted to affordable, within a local government’s territorial boundaries shall be counted toward the local government’s growth requirement. Affordable housing growth in another jurisdiction resulting directly from a local government’s funding of such affordable housing in cooperation with another local government shall be attributed to a local government in proportion to the funding provided by the local government to such housing.
(2) Notwithstanding any limitations on revenue, spending, or appropriations contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other provision of law, any revenues generated by the additional retail marijuana sales tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I) (D), as approved by the voters at the statewide
29-32-106.Maintenanceofeffort. For any state fiscal year in which money is appropriated from the fund in accordance with the requirements of this article, any such money appropriated must supplement and shall not supplant the level of general fund and cash fund appropriations for affordable housing programs as of state fiscal year 2022-23
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state,
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning increasing the number of retail liquor store licenses in which a person may hold an interest, and, in connection therewith, phasing in the increase by allowing up to 8 licenses by December 31, 2026, up to 13 licenses by December 31, 2031, up to 20 licenses by December 31, 2036, and an unlimited number of licenses on or after January 1, 2037?
Text of Measure:
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. DeclarationofPurpose.
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.
The People of the State of Colorado find and declare that it is in the interest of Colorado to create a more level playing field for the different business types that sell alcohol for off-premises consumption by allowing an equal number of licenses for drugstores, grocery stores and liquor stores. Creating parity and an orderly expansion for all businesses will foster competition, create jobs, increase selection and consumer choice, and lower costs for Coloradans.
SECTION2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-409, amend (4)(b)(III) as follows: 44-3-409.Retailliquorstore license– rules. (4)(b) An owner, part owner, shareholder, or person interested directly or indirectly in a retail liquor store may have an interest in:
(III) For a retail liquor store licensed on or before January 1, 2016, and whose license holder is a Colorado resident, additional retail liquor store licenses as follows, but only if the premises for which a license is sought satisfies the distance requirements specified in subsection (1)(a)(II) of this section:
(A) On or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2022, one additional retail liquor store license, for a maximum of up to two total retail liquor store licenses;
(B) On or after January 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2027, up to two seven additional retail liquor store licenses, for a maximum of three eight total retail liquor store licenses; and
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning property tax reductions, and, in connection therewith, reducing property tax revenue by an estimated $1.03 billion in 2023 and by comparable amounts thereafter by reducing the residential property tax assessment rate from 7.15% to 6.5% and reducing the property tax assessment rate for all other property, excluding producing mines and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas, from 29% to 26.4% and allowing the state to annually retain and spend up to $25 million of excess state revenue, if any, for state fiscal years 2022-23 through 2026-27 as a voter-approved revenue change to offset lost revenue resulting from the property tax rate reductions and to reimburse local governments for revenue lost due to the homestead exemptions for qualifying seniors and disabled veterans?
(C) On or after January 1, 2027, and before January 1, 2032, up to three twelve additional retail liquor store licenses, for a maximum of four thirteen total retail liquor store licenses;
Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:
(D) On or after January 1, 2032, and before January 1, 2037, up to nineteen additional retail liquor store licenses, for a maximum of twenty total retail liquor store licenses;
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1-104 amend (1) as follows:
(E) On or after January 1, 2037, an unlimited number of additional retail liquor store licenses; or SECTION3.Effectivedate. This measure shall go into effect upon the proclamation of the governor of the state of Colorado.
(1) Through December 31, 2021 the valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the state shall
Allow Grocery and Convenience Stores to Sell Wine
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the expansion of retail sale of alcohol beverages, and, in connection therewith, establishing a new fermented malt beverage and wine retailer license for off-site consumption to allow grocery stores, convenience stores, and other business establishments licensed to sell fermented malt beverages, such as beer, for off-site consumption to also sell wine; automatically converting such a fermented malt beverage retailer license to the new license; and allowing fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensees to conduct tastings if approved by the local licensing authority?
Text of Measure:
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1: Declaration
be twenty-nine percent, and beginning on January 1, 2022 the valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the state shall be twenty-six and four-tenths percent of the actual value thereof as determined by the assessor and the administrator in the manner prescribed by law, and such percentage shall be uniformly applied, without exception, to the actual value, so determined, of the various classes and subclasses of real and personal property located within the territorial limits of the authority levying a property tax, and all property taxes shall be levied against the aggregate valuation for assessment resulting from the application of such percentage.This subsection (1) shall not apply to residential real property, producing mines, and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1104.2 amend (3)(q) as follows:
The People of the State of Colorado hereby find and declare that Article 4 of Title 44, Colorado Revised Statutes, known as the “Colorado Beer Code”, shall be amended to allow, beginning March 1, 2023, the sale of wine in grocery and convenience stores that are licensed to sell beer.
39-1-104.2. Adjustment of residential ratelegislative declaration - definitions.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-103, add (18.5), (32.5), and (60.5) as follows: 44-3-103.Definitions. As used in this article 3 and article 4 of this title 44, unless the context otherwise requires: (18.5) “Fermented malt beverage and wine retailer” means a retailer licensed under article 4 of this title 44 to sell fermented malt beverages and wine, but not spirituous liquors, in original sealed containers for consumption off the licensed premises.
(3) (q) The ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property is 7.15percent of actual value for property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2019 and 6.5 percent of the actual value for property tax commencing January 1, 2022, until the next property tax year that the general assembly adjusts the ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property.
(32.5) “Off-premises retailer” means any retailer licensed under this article 3 or article 4 of this title 44 that is allowed to sell alcohol beverages at retail for consumption off the licensed premises. (60.5) “Wine” means vinous liquors.
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-3-207 add (6) as follows:
39-3-207. Reporting of exemptions— reimbursement to local governmental entities
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-301, amend 9(a)(I)(B), (10)(b), 10(c)(I)(A), 10(c)(XII), 10(d), 10(e); and repealandreenact,withamendments, (12) as follows: 44-3-301.Licensingingeneral. (9)(a)(I)(B) The state and local licensing authorities shall not grant permission under this subsection (9)(a)(I) to a fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensed under section 44-4-107 (1)(a) to move its permanent location if the new location is: Within one thousand five hundred feet of a retail liquor store licensed under section 44-3-409; for a premises located in a municipality with a population of ten thousand or fewer, within three thousand feet of a retail liquor store licensed under section 44-3-409; or, for a premises located in a municipality with a population of ten thousand or fewer that is contiguous to the city and county of Denver, within one thousand five hundred feet of a retail liquor store licensed under section 44-3-409.
(6) for the purpose of off-setting lost revenue resulting from a reduction in property tax and to fund state reimbursements to local government entities for the application of the homestead exemption, in fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2022 through fiscal year ending July 1, 2027, the state shall be authorized to retain and spend up to 25 million per year in revenue for warrants otherwise authorized under this section.
(10)(b) A retail liquor store, or liquor-licensed drugstore, or fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensee who wishes to conduct tastings may submit an application or application renewal to the local licensing authority. The local licensing authority may reject the application if the applicant fails to establish that he or she is able to conduct tastings without violating the provisions of this section or creating a public safety risk to the neighborhood. A
local licensing authority may establish its own application procedure and may charge a reasonable application fee.
(c) Tastings are subject to the following limitations:
(I) Tastings shall be conducted only:
(A) By a person who: Has completed a server training program that meets the standards established by the liquor enforcement division in the department and is a retail liquor store, or liquor-licensed drugstore, or fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensee, an employee of a retail liquor store, or liquor-licensed drugstore, or fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensee, or a representative, employee, or agent of the licensed wholesaler, brew pub, distillery pub, manufacturer, limited winery, importer, or vintner’s restaurant promoting the alcohol beverages for the tasting; and
(XII) No manufacturer of spirituous or vinous liquors shall induce a licensee through free goods or financial or in-kind assistance to favor the manufacturer’s products being sampled at a tasting. The retail liquor store, or liquor-licensed drugstore, or fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensee bears the financial and all other responsibility for a tasting conducted on its licensed premises.
(d) A violation of a limitation specified in this subsection (10) by a retail liquor store, or liquor-licensed drugstore, or fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensee, whether by the licensee’s employees, agents, or otherwise or by a representative, employee, or agent of the licensed wholesaler, brew pub, distillery pub, manufacturer, limited winery, importer, or vintner’s restaurant that promoted the alcohol beverages for the tasting, is the responsibility of, and section 44-3-801 applies to, the retail liquor store, or liquor-licensed drugstore, or fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensee that conducted the tasting.
(e) A retail liquor store, or liquor-licensed drugstore, or fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensee conducting a tasting shall be subject to the same revocation, suspension, and enforcement provisions as otherwise apply to the licensee.
(12)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article 3, on and after July 1, 2016, the state and local licensing authorities shall not issue a new license under this article 3 authorizing the sale at retail of malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors in sealed containers for consumption off the licensed premises if the premises for which the retail license is sought is located:
(I) Within one thousand five hundred feet of another licensed premises licensed to sell malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors at retail for off-premises consumption;
(II) For a premises located in a municipality with a population of ten thousand or fewer, within three thousand feet of another licensed premises licensed to sell malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors at retail for off-premises consumption; or
(III) For a premises located in a municipality with a population of ten thousand or fewer that is contiguous to the city and county of Denver, within one thousand five hundred feet of another licensed premises licensed to sell malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors at retail for off-premises consumption.
(a.5)(I) Notwithstanding any other provision of subsection 12(a) of this section, on and after March 1, 2023, the state and local licensing authorities shall not issue a new fermented malt beverage and wine retailer’s license under article 4 of this title 44 authorizing the sale at retail of fermented
malt beverages and wine in sealed containers for consumption off the licensed premises if the premises for which the retail license is sought is located within five hundred feet of a retail liquor store licensed under section 44-3-409.
(II) This subsection (12)(a.5) does not apply to a person that owns or leases a proposed fermented malt beverage retailer licensed premises and, as of January 1, 2019, has applied for or received from the municipality, city and county, or county in which the premises are located:
(A) A building permit for the structure to be used for the fermented malt beverage retailer licensed premises, which permit is currently active and will not expire before the completion of the liquor licensing process; or
(B) A certificate of occupancy for the structure to be used for the fermented malt beverage retailer licensed premises.
(b) For purposes of subsection (12)(a) of this section, a license under this article 3 authorizing the sale at retail of malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors in sealed containers for consumption off the licensed premises includes a license under this article 3 authorizing the sale of malt and vinous liquors in sealed containers not to be consumed at the place where the malt and vinous liquors are sold.
(c)(I) For purposes of determining whether the distance requirements specified in subsections (12)(a) and (12)(a.5) of this section are satisfied, the distance shall be determined by a radius measurement that begins at the principal doorway of the premises for which the application is made and ends at the principal doorway of the other retail licensed premises
(II) This subsection (12) does not apply to the conversion of a license under section 44-4-107(1)(a) (II).
(III) Notwithstanding any other provision of subsection (12)(a) of this section, the state and local licensing authorities shall not issue a new retail liquor store license under article 3 of this title 44 authorizing the sale at retail of malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors in sealed containers for consumption off the licensed premises if the premises for which the retail license is sought is located within five hundred feet of a fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensed under section 44-4-107.
SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-313, amend (1)(e)(I), (1)(e)(II), (1)(e)(IV), and (1)(e)(V) as follows: 44-3-313.Restrictionsforapplicationsfornewlicense. (1) An application for the issuance of any license specified in section 44-3-309 (1) or 44-4-107 (1) shall not be received or acted upon:
(e)(I) If the building in which the fermented malt beverages and wine are to be sold pursuant to a license under section 44-4-107 (1)(a) is located within five hundred feet of any public or parochial school or the principal campus of any college, university, or seminary; except that this subsection (1)(e)(I) does not apply to:
(A) Licensed premises located or to be located on land owned by a municipality;
(B) An existing licensed premises on land owned by the state;
(C) A fermented malt beverage and wine retailer that held a valid license and was actively doing business before the
principal campus was constructed;
(D) A club located within the principal campus of any college, university, or seminary that limits its membership to the faculty or staff of the institution; or
(E) A campus liquor complex.
(II) The distances referred to in subsection (1)(e)(I) of this section are to be computed by direct measurement from the nearest property line of the land used for school purposes to the nearest portion of the building in which fermented malt beverages and wine are to be sold, using a route of direct pedestrian access.
(IV) In addition to the requirements of section 44-3-312 (2), the local licensing authority shall consider the evidence and make a specific finding of fact as to whether the building in which the fermented malt beverages and wine are to be sold is located within any distance restriction established by or pursuant to this subsection (1)(e). The finding is subject to judicial review pursuant to section 44-3-802.
(V) This subsection (1)(e) applies to:
(A) Applications for new fermented malt beverage and wine retailer’s licenses under section 44-4-107 (1)(a) submitted on or after June 4, 2018 March 1, 2023; and
(B) Applications submitted on or after June 4, 2018 March 1, 2023, under section 44-3-301 (9) by fermented malt beverage and wine retailers licensed under section 44-4-107 (1)(a) to change the permanent location of the fermented malt beverage and wine retailer’s licensed premises.
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5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-901, amend (1)(g), (1)(i)(III), (6)(i)(II), (6)(k)(I), (6)(k)(II)(B), (6)(k)(IV), (6) (k)(V), and (6)(p)(III), and (8)(b) as follows: 44-3-901.Unlawfulacts-exceptions-definitions. (1) Except as provided in section 18-13-122, it is unlawful for any person: (g) To sell at retail any malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors in sealed containers without holding a retail liquor store or liquor-licensed drugstore license, except as permitted by section 44-3-107 (2) or 44-3-301 (6)(b) or any other provision of this article 3, or to sell at retail any fermented malt beverages in sealed containers without holding a fermented malt beverage retailer’s license under section 44-4-104 (1)(c) or to sell at retail any fermented malt beverages and wine in sealed containers without holding a fermented malt beverage and wine retailer’s license under section 44-4-107 (1)(a). (i)(III)(A) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(i)(I) of this section, it shall not be unlawful for adult patrons of a retail liquor store or liquor-licensed drugstore licensee to consume malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors on the licensed premises when the consumption is conducted within the limitations of the licensee’s license and is part of a tasting if authorization for the tasting has been granted pursuant to section 44-3-301. (i)(III)(B) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(i)(I) of this section, it shall not be unlawful for adult patrons of a fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensee to consume malt or vinous liquors on the licensed premises when the consumption is conducted within the limitations of the licensee’s license and is part of a tasting if authorization for the tasting has been granted pursuant to section 44-3-301. (6) It is unlawful for any person licensed to sell at retail pursuant to this article 3 or article 4 of this title 44: (i)(II) Notwithstanding subsection (6)(i)(I) of this section, it shall not be unlawful for a retail liquor store, liquor-licensed drugstore, or fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensee to allow tastings to be conducted on his or her licensed premises if authorization for the tastings has
this article 4 and does not affect:
(A) Any prior discipline, limitation, or condition imposed by the state licensing authority on a licensee;
(B) The deadline for renewal of a license; or
(C) Any pending or future investigation or administrative proceeding.
SECTION 10. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-105, amend (1)(a)(I)(A) as follows: 44-4-105.Feesandtaxes-allocation. (1)(a)(I)(A) Applications for new fermented malt beverage and new fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licenses pursuant to section 44-3-301 and rules thereunder;
SECTION 11. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-106, amend (1) introductory portion, (1)(a), and (1)(b) as follows: 44-4-106.Lawfulacts. (1)It is lawful for a person under eighteen years of age who is under the supervision of a person on the premises eighteen years of age or older to be employed in a place of business where fermented malt beverages or wine are sold at retail in containers for offpremises consumption. During the normal course of such employment, any person under twenty-one years of age may handle and otherwise act with respect to fermented malt beverages or wine in the same manner as that person does with other items sold at retail; except that:
(a) A person under eighteen years of age shall not sell or dispense fermented malt beverages or wine, check age identification, or make deliveries beyond the customary parking area for the customers of the retail outlet; and (b) A person who is under twenty-one years of age shall not deliver fermented malt beverages or wine in sealed containers to customers under section 44-4-107 (6).
SECTION 12. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-107, amend (1) introductory portion, (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c)(I), (4), (5), and (6); and add (1)(a)(II), and (7) as follows: 44-4-107.Locallicensingauthority-application–fees–definition –rules. (1) The local licensing authority shall issue only the following classes of fermented malt beverage licenses:
(a)(I) Sales of fermented malt beverages and wine for consumption off the premises of the licensee;
(II) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a license issued by the local and state licensing authorities under this subsection (1)(a) of this section in effect on March 1, 2023, shall immediately convert from a license to sell fermented malt beverage for consumption off the premises to a fermented malt beverages and wine retailer license, on March 1, 2023, without any further action by the state or local licensing authority or the licensee.
(b) Sales of fermented malt beverages for consumption on the premises of the licensee; (c)(I) Subject to subsections (1)(c)(II) and (1)(c)(III) of this section, sales of fermented malt beverages for consumption both on and off the premises of the licensee.
(4) On or after January 1, 2019 March 1, 2023, a fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensed under subsection (1)(a) of this section:
(a)(I) Shall not sell fermented malt beverages or wine to consumers at a price that is below the retailer’s cost, as listed on the invoice, to purchase the fermented malt beverages or wine, unless the sale is of discontinued or close-out fermented malt beverages or wine.
(II) This subsection (4)(a) does not prohibit a fermented malt beverage and wine retailer from operating a bona fide loyalty or rewards program for fermented malt beverages
or wine so long as the price for the product is not below the retailer’s costs as listed on the invoice. The state licensing authority may adopt rules to implement this subsection (4) (a).
(b) Shall not allow consumers to purchase fermented malt beverages or wine at a self-checkout or other mechanism that allows the consumer to complete the fermented malt beverages or wine purchase without assistance from and completion of the entire transaction by an employee of the fermented malt beverage and wine retailer.
(5) A person licensed under subsection (1)(a) of this section that holds multiple fermented malt beverage and wine retailer’s licenses for multiple licensed premises may operate under a single or consolidated corporate entity but shall not commingle purchases of or credit extensions for purchases of alcohol beverage product from a wholesaler licensed under article 3 of this title 44 for more than one licensed premises. A wholesaler licensed under article 3 of this title 44 shall not base the price for the alcohol beverage product it sells to a fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensed under subsection (1)(a) of this section on the total volume of alcohol beverage product that the retailer purchases for multiple licensed premises.
(6)(a) A person licensed under subsection (1)(a) of this section who complies with this subsection (6) and rules promulgated under this subsection (6) may deliver fermented malt beverages and wine in sealed containers to a person of legal age if:
(I) The person receiving the delivery of fermented malt beverages or wine is located at a place that is not licensed pursuant to this section;
(II) The delivery is made by an employee of the fermented malt beverage and wine retailer who is at least twenty-one years of age and who is using a vehicle owned or leased by the licensee to make the delivery;
(III) The person making the delivery verifies, in accordance with section 44-3-901 (11), that the person receiving the delivery of fermented malt beverages or wine is at least twenty-one years of age; and
(IV) The fermented malt beverage and wine retailer derives no more than fifty percent of its gross annual revenues from total sales of fermented malt beverages from the sale of fermented malt beverages and wine that the fermented malt beverage and wine retailer delivers.
(b) The state licensing authority shall promulgate rules as necessary for the proper delivery of fermented malt beverages pursuant to this subsection (6) and may issue a permit to any person who is licensed pursuant to and delivers fermented malt beverages or wine under subsection (1)(a) of this section. A permit issued under this subsection (6) is subject to the same suspension and revocation provisions as are set forth in section 44-3-601 for other licenses granted pursuant to article 3 of this title 44.
(7) a fermented malt beverage and wine retailer may allow tastings of fermented malt beverages or wine to be conducted on the licensed premises if the licensee has received authorization to conduct tastings pursuant to section 44-3-301.
SECTION 13. Effective date:
This act takes effect on March 1, 2023.
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the
measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning authorization for the third-party delivery of alcohol beverages, and, in connection therewith, allowing retail establishments licensed to sell alcohol beverages for on-site or off-site consumption to deliver all types of alcohol beverages to a person twenty-one years of age or older through a third-party delivery service that obtains a delivery service permit; prohibiting the delivery of alcohol beverages to a person who is under 21 years of age, is intoxicated, or fails to provide proof of identification; removing the limit on the percentage of gross sales revenues a licensee may receive from alcohol beverage deliveries; and allowing a technology services company, without obtaining a thirdparty delivery service permit, to provide software or a digital network application that connects consumers and licensed retailers for the delivery of alcohol beverages?
Text of Measure:
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1: Declaration
The People of the State of Colorado hereby find and declare that Article 3 of Title 44, Colorado Revised Statutes, known as the “Colorado Liquor Code,” shall be amended to permit, beginning March 1, 2023, the home delivery of alcohol sales made by licensed retailers through third-party home delivery service providers.
SECTION 2: In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 44-3-911.5 as follows: 44-3-911.5Third-partydeliveryofalcoholbeverages.
(1) Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a delivery service permittee, or an employee or independent contractor of a delivery service permittee in compliance with the provisions of this article 3 or article 4 of this title 44, may transport and deliver alcohol beverages from an off-premises retailer licensed pursuant to this article 3 or article 4 of this title 44, or from a retailer licensee licensed for on premises consumption pursuant to this article 3, to a person in the state who is at least twenty-one years of age. The holder of a license listed in this subsection (1) must apply for and to hold a delivery service permit as a privilege separate from its existing license in order to use independent contractors for delivery. An off-premises retailer licensed pursuant to this article 3 or article 4 of this title 44 is not required to obtain a delivery service permit if the delivery is made by an employee of the licensee who is at least twenty-one years of age and who is using a vehicle owned or leased by the licensee to make the delivery. A retailer licensee licensed for on premises consumption pursuant to this article 3 is not required to obtain a delivery service permit if the delivery is made by an employee of the licensee who is at least twenty-one years of age in accordance with the provisions of section 44-3-911.
(2) Any individual, limited liability company, corporation, or partnership that is registered to do business in this state, regardless of the residency or domicile of the individual, entity, or owners of the entity, may apply to the state licensing authority for and be issued a delivery service permit that authorizes the permittee to deliver alcohol
beverages from a licensee permitted for delivery by section (1) of this section, to a person in the state who is at least twenty-one years of age.
(3) In order to receive a delivery service permit, an applicant shall:
to this article 3, or article 4 or article 5 of this title 44.
(i) Shall be deemed to have consented to the jurisdiction of the state licensing authority or any law enforcement agency and the Colorado courts concerning enforcement of this section and any related laws or rules.
SECTION 4: In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-410, repeal (3)(a)(II) and (3)(a)(IV) as follows: 44-3-410.Liquor-licenseddrugstorelicense-multiplelicenses permitted-requirements-rules.
share is apportioned according to the percentage that retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department in the unincorporated area of the county bear to total retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department.
(a) Provide to the state licensing authority a sample contract that the applicant intends to enter into with a licensee listed in subsection (1) of this section for the delivery of alcohol beverages. Compliance with this subsection (3)(a) shall not be required in the event a licensee listed in subsection (1) of this section, or an entity under common ownership with such licensee, is the applicant for the delivery service permit.
election in November 2021, may be collected and spent as a voter-approved revenue change.
(5) A delivery service permittee may renew its permit with the state licensing authority by maintaining all qualifications and paying annually a renewal fee established by the state licensing authority.
(3)(a) A liquor-licensed drugstore licensee who complies with this subsection (3) and rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection (3) may deliver malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors to a person of legal age if: (3)(a)(II) The delivery is made by an employee of the liquorlicensed drugstore who is at least twenty-one years of age and who is using a vehicle owned or leased by the licensee to make the delivery;
(b) Submit to the state licensing authority an outline of an internal or external certification program for delivery service personnel or contractors that addresses topics such as identifying underage persons, intoxicated persons, and fake or altered identification; and
(c) Submit proof of a general liability insurance policy in an amount no less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence.
(4) A delivery service permittee:
(b)(I.5) On and after July 1, 2018, of the ninety percent of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue in the general fund remaining after the allocation to local governments required by subsection (1)(a)(I) of this section is made, andexcluding revenue attributable to the additional tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I)(D), the state treasurer shall retain fifteen and fifty-six one-hundredths percent in the general fund for use for any lawful purpose and shall transfer from the general fund:
(a) May, through its employees or independent contractors, deliver alcohol beverages for any off-premises retailer permitted for delivery by subsection (1) of this section, for the purpose of delivering alcohol beverages.
(c) On and after January 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer monthly from the general fund to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund created by section 22-86.1-106 all revenue collected by the department attributable to the additional tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I)(D).
(b) May, through its employees or independent contractors, deliver alcohol beverages for any licensee licensed for on premises consumption pursuant to this article 3, which may include alcohol beverages by the drink. Such deliveries shall be made in accordance with the provisions of section 44-3911, except for subsection 44-3-911(3)(d).
SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 39-28.8-204 as follows:
(c) May use its own employees or independent contractors who are at least twenty-one years of age to deliver such alcohol beverages, if all delivery agents complete a certification program that meets the standards established by the state licensing authority.
(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a technology services company to obtain a delivery service permit for providing software or a digital network application that connects consumers and licensed retailers for the delivery of alcohol beverages from the licensed retailer by employees or other delivery service providers of the licensed retailer. However, the act of connecting consumers to licensed retailers shall serve to grant jurisdiction to the state of Colorado.
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.
(7) There shall be no limit to the percentage of a licensee’s gross annual revenues from total sales of alcohol beverages that the licensee may derive from alcohol beverage deliveries.
(8) The state licensing authority may enforce the requirements of this section by the same administrative proceedings that apply to alcohol beverage licenses or permits, including without limitation any disciplinary action applicable to the selling licensee, or the delivery service permittee resulting from any unlawful sale to a minor.
(d) May facilitate orders by telephone, Internet, or by other electronic means for the sale and delivery of alcohol beverages under this section. The full amount of each order shall be handled in a manner that gives the licensee control over the ultimate receipt of the payment from the consumer.
(e) May deliver alcohol beverages any time during which the licensee is lawfully allowed to sell alcohol beverages.
39-28.8-204. Revenue and spending limitations. (1) Notwithstanding any limitations on revenue, spending, or appropriations contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other provision of law, any revenues generated by the retail marijuana sales tax imposed pursuant to this part 2 as approved by the voters at the statewide election in November 2013, may be collected and spent as voter-approved revenue changes and shall not require voter approval subsequent to the voter approval required pursuant to part 4 of this article.
(f) Shall verify, at the time of delivery, in accordance with subsection 44-3-901(11), that the person receiving the delivery of malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors is at least twenty-one years of age.
(g) Shall refuse to deliver alcohol beverages if the recipient is under twenty-one years of age, appears intoxicated, or fails to provide proof of identification
(h) May not deliver to any location licensed pursuant
(2) Notwithstanding any limitations on revenue, spending, or appropriations contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other provision of law, any revenues generated by the additional retail marijuana sales tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I) (D), as approved by the voters at the statewide
(9) The state licensing authority may enforce the requirements of this section against the selling licensee, delivery service permittee, and any employee or independent contractor of the delivery service permittee, irrespective of the status of any delivery service personnel as an independent contractor or employee. For the licensee’s license to be subject to disciplinary action for a violation of alcohol law during delivery, the licensee must either be the delivery permittee or the delivery must be made by an employee of the licensee.
(10) The state licensing authority shall promulgate rules as necessary for the proper delivery of alcohol beverages as permitted by this section.
SECTION 3: In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-409, repeal (3)(a)(II) and (3)(a)(IV) as follows: 44-3-409.Retailliquorstorelicense-rules.
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning property tax reductions, and, in connection therewith, reducing property tax revenue by an estimated $1.03 billion in 2023 and by comparable amounts thereafter by reducing the residential property tax assessment rate from 7.15% to 6.5% and reducing the property tax assessment rate for all other property, excluding producing mines and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas, from 29% to 26.4% and allowing the state to annually retain and spend up to $25 million of excess state revenue, if any, for state fiscal years 2022-23 through 2026-27 as a voter-approved revenue change to offset lost revenue resulting from the property tax rate reductions and to reimburse local governments for revenue lost due to the homestead exemptions for qualifying seniors and disabled veterans?
Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1-104 amend (1) as follows:
(1) Through December 31, 2021 the valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the state shall
(3)(a) A person licensed to sell at retail who complies with this subsection (3) and rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection (3) may deliver malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors to a person of legal age if: (3)(a)(II) The delivery is made by an employee of the licensed retail liquor store who is at least twenty-one years of age and who is using a vehicle owned or leased by the licensee to make the delivery; (3)(a)(IV) The retail liquor store derives no more than fifty percent of its gross annual revenues from total sales of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from the sale of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors that the retail liquor store delivers.
(3)(a)(IV) The liquor-licensed drugstore derives no more than fifty percent of its gross annual revenues from total sales of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from the sale of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors that the liquor-licensed drugstore delivers.
SECTION 5: In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-911, repeal (2)(c), (3)(b), and (7) as follows: 44-3-911.Takeoutanddeliveryofalcoholbeverages-permit-onpremisesconsumptionlicenses-requirementsandlimitationsrules-definition-repeal.
be twenty-nine percent, and beginning on January 1, 2022 the valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the state shall be twenty-six and four-tenths percent of the actual value thereof as determined by the assessor and the administrator in the manner prescribed by law, and such percentage shall be uniformly applied, without exception, to the actual value, so determined, of the various classes and subclasses of real and personal property located within the territorial limits of the authority levying a property tax, and all property taxes shall be levied against the aggregate valuation for assessment resulting from the application of such percentage.This subsection (1) shall not apply to residential real property, producing mines, and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas.
(2) To sell and deliver an alcohol beverage or to allow a customer to remove an alcohol beverage from the licensed premises as either is authorized under subsection (1) of this section, the licensee must:
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1104.2 amend (3)(q) as follows:
39-1-104.2. Adjustment of residential ratelegislative declaration - definitions.
(c) Derive no more than fifty percent of its gross annual revenues from total sales of food and alcohol beverages from the sale of alcohol beverages through takeout orders and that the licensee delivers; except that:
(I) This subsection (2)(c) does not apply if the governor has declared a disaster emergency under part 7 of article 33.5 of title 24; or
(II) This subsection (2)(c) does not apply to a sales room at a premises licensed under section 44-3-402 or 44-3-407; and (3)(b) Be an employee of the licensee who is twenty-one years of age or older;
(7) This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.
(3) (q) The ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property is 7.15percent of actual value for property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2019 and 6.5 percent of the actual value for property tax commencing January 1, 2022, until the next property tax year that the general assembly adjusts the ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property.
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-3-207 add (6) as follows:
SECTION 6: In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-107 repeal (6) (a)(II) and (IV) as follows: 44-4-107.Locallicensingauthority-application-fees-definitions - rules.
39-3-207. Reporting of exemptions— reimbursement to local governmental entities
(6)(a) A person licensed under subsection (1)(a) of this section who complies with this subsection (6) and rules promulgated under this subsection (6) may deliver fermented malt beverages in sealed containers to a person of legal age if:
(II) The delivery is made by an employee of the fermented malt beverage retailer who is at least twenty-one years of age and who is using a vehicle owned or leased by the licensee to make the delivery;
(IV) The fermented malt beverage retailer derives no more than fifty percent of its gross annual revenues from total sales of fermented malt beverages from the sale of fermented malt beverages that the fermented malt beverage retailer delivers.
(6) for the purpose of off-setting lost revenue resulting from a reduction in property tax and to fund state reimbursements to local government entities for the application of the homestead exemption, in fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2022 through fiscal year ending July 1, 2027, the state shall be authorized to retain and spend up to 25 million per year in revenue for warrants otherwise authorized under this section.
SECTION 7. Effective date. This act takes effect March 1, 2023.
During Día de los Muertos, Oscar Padilla honors his grandmother Gloria.
“She showed me the basics to celebrate and incorporate all these components and food to receive and welcome our family after they pass away,” said Padilla.
Padilla is originally from Los Angeles, California, but said at one point in his life he went to live with his grandmother in Mexico City. “This changed my life,” he said. “It gave me the opportunity to discover my blood, my family in Mexico and all the traditions they have at that amazing country.”
Padilla is now the executive chef at Toro, a Cherry Creek restaurant that features a ceviche bar, small plates and family-style entrees. Toro shares authentic Latin ingredients, international flavors and artful
Those recipes, Padilla said, have been passed down in his family from generation to generation. “These traditions are to celebrate them but it’s also to celebrate us too,” added Padilla.
Prior to his role as executive chef at Toro, Padilla was a culinary trainer for Richard Sandoval Hospitability. He helped open more than 15 new restaurants in the United States, Dubai, Qatar, Mexico, and Costa Rica. Padilla also has a passion for training aspiring chefs, never forgetting his Mexican roots and traditions.
“A lot of people are so scared of death,” he said, “but in Mexico, we celebrate with the dead. It’s to celebrate and share and be happy because at some point you are in communion again. You remember your family and you’re there on that day.”
Día de los Muertos is celebrated November 1-2 every year primarily in Mexico, but also by others around the world including some in the United States. The holiday is rooted in Aztec culture, where the dead are the guests of honor. The ceremony
BY DANA KNOWLES, LINDSEY FORD ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS
Leo Krause, 10, can’t help but smile while snuggling with one of his two family dogs, Louie, a mini Australian Labradoodle. It’s one of the many strategies he uses to calm himself after being diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD when he was 7 years old.
“It feels like it’s hard for me to focus sometimes. I just want to move around all the time, and it’s hard for me to sit still,” Krause explained.
He received help with his ADHD through a program that’s now free and online called “Unstuck and On Target.” It was developed by researchers through Children’s Hospital Colorado to improve the executive functioning of elementary-aged school children with ADHD and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Navigating ADHD Executive functions come from the frontal lobe of the brain and involve things like paying attention, problem-solving, emotional regulation, planning, impulse control and setting goals. When left unaddressed, challenges with these traits can create barriers to success for
many children.
Leo’s mom, Jodi Krause, says the program has been a game changer for their entire family.
“Having a child who struggles with attention and having a child who struggles with anxiety can create obstacles that you want to be able to get ahead of, but as parents, we kind of react in the moment.
So that’s really challenging,” she added, saying that the strategies taught in the Unstuck and on Target curriculum continue to help Leo function like any other 10-year-old boy. “A change in Leo from the program that I’ve noticed is that he’s way more willing to put into words the things that his body is feeling.”
Laura Anthony, Ph.D., is a psychologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, a professor of psychology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and one of the researchers who developed the online curriculum for the program. It can be done in school with educators and at home with kids and their parents and/or caregivers
“We want all kids as they’re growing to be at their most optimum developmental trajectory. We want them to do and be their best,” she explained, adding that free access is the key. “From the beginning, we wanted to create a community-based program that would reach all the kids and families who needed it.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control, between the years of 2016 and 2019, 6 million children from the ages of 3 to 17 were
diagnosed with ADHD, while one in 44 children are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. “Kids with either Autism or ADHD have particular difficulties with executive functioning skills and [that’s why] we designed this intervention for them,” added Anthony.
Free to be himself
Leo told Rocky Mountain PBS some of the strategies he’s learned in the program include walking away from tense situations, taking deep breaths and thinking happy thoughts. His favorite coping mechanism? Squeezing a lemon when he’s
feeling anxious.
“I feel a lot different. I’m able to calm myself down more,” he explained.
Jodi says these days Leo can be fully himself; a boy who’s compassionate and empathetic. A boy who loves his dogs, his family, friends, playing soccer, mountain biking and skiing.
This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.
Colorado is known for its mailin-ballot system that some election experts have called the “gold standard” in the nation. But with unfounded claims of massive voter fraud rampant, some state residents remain concerned about whether their vote will get counted.
The Colorado News Collaborative is speaking with nonpartisan election experts to help the public understand more about the integrity of the vote. One of them, M.V. (Trey) Hood III, is a professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia. His state has been the epicenter of high-profile claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, which have been found false.
This Q&A has been edited for clarity and length.
Certainly every state has a lot of things that have been put in place to prevent voter fraud, so a lot of safeguards are in place. It’s not necessarily easy to commit voter fraud. It does happen — it’s pretty episodic and rare, though. But, the fact that it does happen some – that’s what gets into the news and that’s sort of what reinforces the belief that it’s just completely rampant.
[Editor’s note: In Colorado, the conservative-leaning Heritage Foundation has documented 16 cases of voter fraud in the entire state since 2005.]
Georgia has been in the news in the last few years because of Trump supporters and allies claiming fraud in the 2020 Election. What are your thoughts about these claims, which have been found baseless?
In Georgia, all kinds of claims were made, and there has just been no evidence at all.
Outside of a handful of cases, there’s no evidence at all that there was voter fraud anywhere at the level that would flip an election. We had an initial presidential count, we had a machine recount and we had a full hand recount of the presidential election — all showing the same thing.
The only difference was that, administratively, we found out there were a couple of precincts and a couple of counties where their (results data) were not uploaded properly. So that was an administrative issue. It wasn’t fraud or anything like that. And they got corrected through the recount process. But even that didn’t come anywhere near to changing the outcome.
In Colorado, we have more than 3.7 million active registered voters. The conservative-leaning Heritage Foundation has documented 16 cases of voter fraud in the entire state since 2005. So what’s the takeaway from those numbers?
In general, cases of proven, verified voter fraud are rare.
State (governments) are sort of the arbiters of elections, and even within that it’s really devolved
down to the county level, or in some states, even to the township level. That’s where elections are being carried out at a very low level in the U.S. To perpetrate some kind of massive fraud, that makes it even more difficult given how devolved elections are in the U.S. It’s not like we have one central counting place in Washington, D.C.
You’d really need more than just voters. You need the cooperation of election officials, which is not going to happen, obviously. You should feel confident when you cast a ballot that it’s going to get counted and counted correctly.
In Georgia, there are a lot of safeguards in place if you vote in person. You have to have a government-issued ID. So if you vote early, or on Election Day, it would be fairly difficult to try to impersonate someone. Even if you’re successful, that’s just one vote. I’m not saying that it’s not important to even stop fraud in terms of one vote, but it’s difficult to produce fraud on a massive scale.
We do have absentee-by-mail ballots. We used to use signature verification. So the election office would compare the signature on the ballot envelope to the signature that’s in the registration system or the DMV system to see if they match.
We moved from that safeguard to having to now put your driver’s license or state ID card number on
not only your ballot envelope, but even on your application to get a ballot. There are exceptions — say you have a passport, for instance, you can photocopy that and attach it. But for most people, it’s putting their driver’s license or state ID number on their application to get a ballot or on their ballot envelope when they return it.
Every state has some kind of verification process that they use, whether it’s signature verification for absentee ballots, or a couple of states like Georgia using state ID numbers. In North Carolina witnesses sign your ballot affidavit or your ballot envelope as an affidavit that you are who you are.
[Editor’s note: Voter ID laws vary by state. In Colorado, an ID is requested for in-person voting and a photocopy of an ID may be needed when voting by mail for the first time.]
What if someone just uses a fake ID to vote?
You would have to be in the Department of Motor Vehicles system. So you’d have to create a fraudulent identification, essentially, for that to work, which is probably not going to happen.
What mistakes can happen with absentee ballots?
A lot of things that may look like fraud are a husband accidentally sends in his wife’s absentee ballot
After ransomware disrupted the government services of multiple Colorado communities earlier this year, state officials warned that cybercrime is on the rise. That alert rang true on Oct. 5 when a cyberattack from a foreign entity took down Colorado.gov, the homepage for the state’s online services.
The attack seems to be limited to the main directory page, with state services still available through their individual websites. There’s currently no timeline for the homepage’s restoration.
A Russian-speaking group known as Killnet claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s website outages in a post on Telegram, an instant messaging service that’s grown in popularity outside the United States. The “hacktivist” group ramped up its activity in NATO countries after Russia invaded Ukraine. This latest attack also took down government websites in other states, including Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky and Mississippi. Some of those pages are now back online.
A spokesperson for the Governor’s Office of Information Technology declined to comment on the attack Thursday due to the ongoing criminal investigation. It’s unclear whether the attack came with a ransom demand.
That would put the state in a situation familiar to several local governments in Colorado that have faced multimillion-dollar extortion attempts in order to restore their systems.
Both Fremont County and the Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge were recently hit by “BlackCat” ransomware attacks, which allow hackers to block access to a computer system or function until their target pays up or rebuilds their framework. Neither of the two communities targeted paid their ransoms, leaving some government services and internal functions down for a period of time.
“It’s like going back to the 1980s for our staff, where they are working around the clock and so hard to make sure that that impact is minimal,” Wheat Ridge spokesperson Amanda Harrison said. “But that means they have to resort to some really outdated ways of doing that. We don’t have all of our servers turned back on yet because we
are ensuring that they are safe and secure.”
Harrison said the attack mainly impacted city employees, not members of the public. Fremont County wasn’t as lucky.
Many of the county’s offices were closed for over a month after it was targeted in mid-August. Despite rejecting the hackers’ demands, both communities had to spend money to rebuild and bring services back online with new security measures.
Ray Yepes, Colorado’s Chief Information Security Officer, said the two attacks on Fremont County and Wheat Ridge are unrelated and came from two different groups who want money.
Yepes said that’s bad news, because it means future attacks are likely. He stressed that local governments need to be prepared for that possibility.
Because Colorado has historically relied on a decentralized approach to cybersecurity, smaller cities and counties often lack resources to deter hackers and quickly respond to outages. State lawmakers decided in 2021 to adopt a “whole of state” approach to cybersecurity, which allowed Yepes and his team to act as roaming support staff for communities in need.
“Any government entity’s problem is our problem and we’re here to help them. We have more resources than they have,” Yepes said. “When you look at the whole of a state approach it’s an idea, it’s a model. Local, federal, every resource that you can find, you bring them together, you combine your expertise, the resources, your main power to be able to fight cybercrime together.”
Yepes said the threat of cybercrime should be taken seriously. In addition to bringing down vital government services, they can sometimes reveal sensitive information, like social security codes and bank account information.
“We are all driven by technology,” Yepes said. “The water system can
be affected by cyberattacks, transit can be affected by cyberattacks. Anything that we do nowadays in our life depends on technology.”
Colorado has learned costly lessons from previous cyberattacks. The state paid $1.7 million in overtime, meals and equipment to restore the Colorado Department of Transportation’s servers in 2018. Earlier this month, Boulder County mistakenly sent $238,000 to a fraudulent account after a cyberattack allowed hackers to pose as vendors the county owed.
This story is from CPR News, a nonprofit news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support Colorado Public Radio, visit cpr.org.
Nearly 800 more people in the Denver-metro area were experiencing homelessness on a single night than that same night two years ago. The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI) has recently released its full data of its annual Point-in-Time count.
The organization creates an annual effort in January to count the number of those experiencing homelessness to understand the scope and demographics of the homeless population. This year’s count took place on Jan. 24 and included people in shelters and living outdoors in seven counties—Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson.
The count found 6,884 people were experiencing homelessness on that night. The year before, the PIT didn’t include those living outdoors because of COVID-19 concerns. In 2020, the count found 6,104 people living unhoused. That’s a 12.8% increase over two years.
“While this count can help us understand homelessness on a single night, getting to a place where we have comprehensive, real-time data regionally is the ultimate goal,” said Jamie Rife, the director of MDHI.
Each year when this count takes place, trained volunteers and staff are dispatched around the metro area to survey anyone they find who are unhoused using a standard set of questions. Over the course of several months, that data is compiled into this report.
Looking further into where people were found, the majority — 70% — were in shelters, according to the report. A number that remained nearly the same from 2020. While the number of unsheltered homelessness increased by nearly 500 people from pre-pandemic levels to 2,078 people. The majority of those
found in this count were also found within the county of Denver at 4,794 individuals.
MDHI admits there are number of factors could affect the count including weather, how well the volunteers are engaged and how well the subjects of the survey interact with the staff and volunteers.
The encouraging news from the point in time count is the number of veterans experiencing homelessness did drop by 31% in the last two years.
“The region’s emphasis on reducing Veteran homelessness is yielding results,” said Rife.
Veterans are typically overrepresented among the homeless population and typically represent 9% of the total unhoused population. This year’s PIT count found only 432 veterans, which is less than 1% of the total unhoused population.
Also, within the data on the metroarea homelessness is a break down of race, showing an over representation of people of color among the unhoused. About 20% in the count identify as Black, African American or African while only making up about 6% of the population in these
seven counties. A similar difference can also be found among those who identify as American Indian, Alaska Native or Indigenous with 6% among this PIT count and only make up 1.4% of the census for the area.
“The overrepresentation of people of color, specifically Black and Native Americans, among those experiencing homelessness is critical to the response,” Rife explained. “Homelessness is an issue of race and must be approached through this lens,” she added.
The harsh racial realities of homelessness stem from long-standing historical and structural racism that has not improved over time. This includes but isn’t limited to segregation, housing discrimination and access to quality health care.
Part of the recommendations from the National Alliance to End Homelessness to help improve these disparities is to first collect and assess more accurate data. This is something MDHI is working toward beyond these PIT data collections.
Providers, cities and others in Colorado are working together to improve participation with the
region’s Homeless Management Information System to make data accessible each day on those experiencing homelessness.
“This data highlights the dynamic nature of homelessness and the importance of real-time data to allow the region to coordinate effectively and allocate resources efficiently,” said Rife
This summer, Boulder became the first community in the area to reach Quality Data for all singles, which means accounting for every single adult experiencing homelessness by name, in real-time.
The data from this PIT survey will also be used by MDHI to release its annual State of Homelessness report next January. Estimates show that with these numbers close to 31,000 people in this seven-county region experience homelessness in one year.
This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.
Leo Lewis is glad that his army jacket still fits.
When Rocky Mountain PBS visited the 102-year-old Lewis in his Lakewood home, the former master sergeant sat on a recliner with a blanket on his lap, proudly pointing at the stripes on his left arm.
“I had a lot of fun with these guys,” Lewis said, flipping through
a photo album of his time spent overseas. He said that when you’ve been out of the military as long as he has, “it’s difficult to remember so many of the names of the guys that served under you.”
Lewis was born on June 9, 1920 in the small town of Butte, Nebraska. One of six children, he experienced tragedy at a young age — when he was 12 years old, his mother died in a house fire and Lewis was subsequently put in foster care.
After graduating from high school in Alliance, Nebraska, Lewis earned a football scholarship at the University of Nebraska. But in the winter of his sophomore year, on Dec. 20,
1941, Leo enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a private.
Lewis worked his way up the ranks and on July 15, 1942, he was deployed.
“And nobody would tell us where that assignment was,” Lewis recalled. Two weeks later, Lewis and his group arrived in Karachi, India. This was before Pakistan gained its independence from British India.
Lewis was a field director for the China-Burma-India Air Service Command. Two of his brothers also served during World War II, one in the Army and another in the Navy.
“I actually enjoyed serving my country in 1941,” Lewis said.
“Things were a little bit different then, but we have a good Air Force.”
After the war, Lewis returned to Nebraska and got married. He then moved to Colorado to attend the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he played football once again.
Lewis had two children and started a business selling and repairing televisions in Denver, but once televisions no longer relied on vacuum tubes for operation, Lewis closed the business and transitioned to construction, where he had great success. His current home in Lakewood is one that he built.
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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that I, Carol Lee, Clear Creek County Treasurer, will according to Law, o er at Public Sale by means of the internet at www.zeusauction.com beginning at 8:00 a.m. on the 04 day of November, 2022, and continuing until 5:00 p.m. November 04, 2022, one day only, the following described Real Estate Tax Liens situ ated in Clear Creek County, which tax liens are for 2021 and prior years, to pay the taxes herein below set down, with Interest, Penalties and Advertising costs, to-wit:
Public computer work stations are available at the local libraries and in the County Treasurer’s O ce
You may nd a PDF of this document on the Clear Creek County Treasurer’s page at https://www.clearcreekcounty.us/961/Taxes
Questions regarding the operation of the auction should be addressed to SRI at 1-800-800-9588.
It is the bidder’s responsibility to research the property on which they are bid ding. At the close of the auction, all successful bids are nal. No changes in, or cancellation of, liens purchased can be made after the lien is sold. Research may be conducted at www.clearcreekcounty.us
Tax Sale # 10 R009758 APFEL JARED M & BRIAN J VOYTAS
Parcel: 195912100637
MINE: TROJAN - 4509A 100%
CAS 12-4-75
Total Due: $53.85
Tax Sale # 11 R009763 APFEL JARED M & BRIAN J VOYTAS
Parcel: 195912100644
MINE: GRACE ELY - 4509 4.06 AC CAS 12-4-74 M2 Total Due: $53.85
Tax Sale # 12 R005385 ARMENDARIZ HECTOR Parcel: 183702309013 SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION
Total Due: $513.60
Tax Sale # 13 R005057 ARMENDARIZ HECTOR Parcel: 183702310009 SAINT MARYS
$236.00
Total
Tax Sale # 14 R017093
Parcel: 183532400009
Total
Tax Sale
$2,002.80
15 R017291
Parcel: 183532400010
Total
Tax Sale # 16
Parcel: 196105100006 S:
Total Due: $1,328.90
Tax Sale # 17 R003541
Parcel:
Tax
MINE:
Tax
MINE:
11-4-73
Total Due: $741.53
Tax Sale # 20 R012953 BARON CHRISTOPHER Parcel: 196318414005
Subdivision: BLUE VALLEY
Total Due: $71.50
The Bonus Is Not Returned If The Property Is Redeemed, nor do you receive interest on the bonus amount. The person paying the highest amount is issued a Tax Lien Certi cate of Purchase, which is a lien on the property.
YOU ARE NOT BUYING THE LAND! This is merely a lien against the property. It must be understood that the sale and purchase of a tax lien does not, convey the right of possession, use, improvement or access to said property.
Tax Lien Redemptions generated by this auction may be redeemed by the as sessed owner with Certi ed Funds beginning December 01, 2022
Please call the Treasurer’s O ce for a Redemption Form and the correct payo . (303-679-2353
Tax Sale # 21 R010341 BARTOS JOSEPH G
TR % DAN AUSTIN & ELIZABETH SHAPLEIG
Parcel: 195917300608
MINE: AJAX OR BIG INDIAN - 69 1.75 AC GRI 17-4-74 UND 2/3 INT
Total Due: $52.35
Tax Sale # 22 R011515 BARTOS JOSEPH G TR
% DAN AUSTIN & ELIZABETH SHAPLEIG
Parcel: 196108100638
Mine: ORINOCO - 17962 3.528 AC CAS 8-4-73
Total Due: $63.07
Tax Sale # 23 R006121 BATTAGLIA SUSAN & FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LLC % FRANKLIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Parcel: 183710102008
Subdivision: LOCH LOMOND HIGHLANDS
Lot: 40 & IMPS; 51 MACKINAW LN Total Due: $949.07
Tax Sale # 24 R002533 BAWCUM JASON M & CHERE R LOOSIER Parcel: 183526200660
Mine: LILLY BELLE - 6467 2.954 AC IDA & 3 TRACTS ADJ 26-3-73 BLM M-2 AC 3.05 Total Due: $3,240.34
Tax Sale # 25 R007401 BEELER ELIZABETH A Parcel: 183730200008 S: 30 T: 3
Total Due:
Tax Sale # 26 R001526
TABBITHA BETZ Parcel: 183516400001
Mine:
Total Due:
Tax Sale # 27 R001070
RYAN
Tax Sale # 30 R004156 BIGGS EDWIN ALAN & JEANNE MARIE Parcel: 183535431005 Subdivision: IDAHO SPRINGS Blk: 48 Lot: 10 THRU - Lot: 12
COLORADO BLVD Total Due: $1,754.11
Tax Sale # 31 R005517 BOATRIGHT VIRGIL A TRUSTEE Parcel: 183703104008 SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 802 U5 Total Due: $386.03
Tax Sale # 32 R000759 BOCKMAN BART L & DEBBRA JO ABEYTA Parcel: 170735204004
Subdivision: WINTERLAND Lot: 66 U3
Total Due: $429.90
Tax Sale # 33 R000682 BOCKMAN BART L & DEBBRA JO ABEYTA Parcel: 170735402016
Sub.: WINTERLAND CONDO EAST Unit: 16 Total Due: $451.35
Tax Sale # 34 R005123 BOCKMAN BART L & DEBBRA JO ABEYTA Parcel: 183702216001
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 902 U6
Total Due: $338.06
Tax Sale # 35 R005126 BOCKMAN BART L & DEBBRA JO ABEYTA Parcel: 183702216004
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 903 U6
Total Due: $437.05
Tax Sale # 36 R005127 BOCKMAN BART L & DEBBRA JO ABEYTA Parcel: 183702216005
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 904 U6
Total Due: $180.89
Tax Sale # 37 R006556 BOGERT DAVID
NATHANIEL Parcel: 183723300629
Mine: LULU - 845 3.88 AC DV 23-3-74
Total Due: $64.61
Tax Sale # 39 R016303 BONNIE B VIVIAN REVOCABLE TRUST Parcel: 208514202004
Tax
Tax
Tax Sale # 38 R006558 BOGERT DAVID
NATHANIEL Parcel: 183723300632
Mine: AMAZON - 1018 .5% DV 23-3-74 S 1/2
Total Due: $54.66
Tax Sale # 49 R009309 CHANDLER BRIAN
Parcel: 195908141012
Subdivision: SILVER QUEEN CONDO GEOTN
Unit: F-101 DESC: & IMPS
1901 CLEAR CREEK DR #F-101 Total Due: $802.33
Tax Sale # 50 R007787 COLE FAMILY TR
Parcel: 195514100008
Subdivision: HERMAN GULCH Lot: G USF
IMPS ONLY 14-4-76 4361 HERMAN GULCH RD Total Due: $687.15
Tax Sale # 51 R006119 COLLINS MATTHEW C
Parcel: 183710102006
Subdivision: LOCH LOMOND HIGHLANDS
Lot: 26 & IMP ;1088 RAINBOW RD Total Due: $696.36
Tax Sale # 52 R007688 COLL MARY ELIZ.
Parcel: 183920309004
Subdivision: BERTHOUD FALLS Blk: 9 Lot: 25 L10 S15FT. Total Due: $49.29
Tax Sale # 53 R007689 COLL MARY ELIZ.
Parcel: 183920309007
Subdivision: BERTHOUD FALLS Blk: 9 Lot: 8 L9 LS N60FT & L26,27 & IMPS 145 PINE ST Total Due: $828.84
Tax Sale # 54 R007660 CONSEJO CHRISTIAN R & JOHN FRANK ESMERAL Parcel: 183920305006
Subdivision: BERTHOUD FALLS Blk: 5 Lot: 15 THRU- Lot: 17 AND- Lot: 22 THRU- Lot: 24 Total Due: $257.55
Tax Sale # 55 R017454 COOK MATTHEW & JESSIKA BURGESS
Parcel: 183534301001
Subdivision: JIM DIVISION PARCEL 1 SRO & TRACT 34-3-73 (BLM TR INCL SR & MR) BLM TR ZONED M-2 (AC BLM TR .62) JIM DIV #221006 - UND 1/2 INT EA, Total Due: $488.82
Tax Sale # 56 R010232 CORNISH HOUSE LLC Parcel: 195917229001 Subdivision: GEORGETOWN Blk: 10 Lot: 1 AND - Lot: PT 2 & IMP 314 ARGENTINE ST Total Due: $4,190.14
Tax Sale # 57 R015446 COX GARY L & LEE ANN Parcel: 195908130003 Subdivision: MEADOWS GEORGETOWN Blk: 4 Lot: 4 F4 Total Due: $794.24
Tax Sale # 58 R005835 COX STEVEN & COLLEEN COX Parcel: 183703404020 SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 329 U3 Total Due: $448.29
Tax Sale # 59 R011647 CRAMER RYAN N & AMY L MILEY Parcel: 196110203008
Subdivision: LOIS W # 19573 MINE: LOIS W 19573 JK OH 10-4-73 TR 125FT X 150FT & IMP 521/909 230 BARBOUR HEIGHTS CT
Total Due: $432.92
Tax Sale # 60 R008798 CRESSMAN CARSON Parcel: 195901400663 Mine: CRESTON - 4509 4.06 AC CAS 1-4-74
Total Due: $1,054.74
Tax Sale # 61 R008799 CRESSMAN CARSON Parcel: 195901400664
Mine: NORWALK - 4509 4.06 AC CAS 6-4-73
Total Due: $1,054.74
Tax Sale # 62 R008800 CRESSMAN CARSON Parcel: 195901400665
Mine: HELEN - 4509A 1% 4.06 AC CAS 1-4-74
Total Due: $1,054.74
Tax Sale # 63 R011256 DA SILVA BATISTA & SCOTT ANDREW TRETINA JR Parcel: 196105400670
Mine: SHANGHAI - 11860 3.63 AC CAS 5-4-73
NON-REPRO SEE APERATURE CARD #183366 551/39
Total Due: $1,173.45
Tax Sale # 64 R012854 DAVIS STONY RAY & COLLEEN K DAVIS Parcel: 196318404012
Subdivision: BLUE VALLEY AC Blk: 5 Lot: 2 THRU- Lot: 4 U1
Total Due: $478.87
Tax Sale # 65 R005662 DEDMAN MICHAEL Parcel: 183703301016
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 513 U3
Total Due: $200.28
Tax Sale # 66 R005925 DEDMAN MICHAEL Parcel: 183703406013
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 249 U2
Total
Tax Sale
Parcel:
SAINT MARYS
Total
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Tax Sale # 70 R001874 DILLON JAMES
Parcel: 183521100622
Mine: SAGINAW - 15028 5.153 AC LFR 21-3-73 EXC CONF AS DESC IN 411/710,231
Total Due: $408.42
Tax Sale # 71 R005436 DOUGLASS DAVID P & MARITA J % SEAN DOYLE
Parcel: 183703100624
Mine: NORTH STAR - 20093 27% 6.562 AC
UFR 3-3-74
Total Due: $54.66
Tax Sale # 72 R005449 DOUGLASS DAVID P & MARITA J % SEAN DOYLE
Parcel: 183703100636
Mine: YUKON MS - 20093B 27% 4.626 AC UFR 3-3-74 Total Due: $52.35
Tax Sale # 73 R013081 DOYLE CORY Parcel: 196319203015
Sub: BLUE VALLEY AC Blk: 24 Lot: 17 U6 Total Due: $116.65
Tax Sale # 76 R001296 EMMONS MATTHEW
Parcel: 183505100637
Mine: WEDGE - 4783 0.72 AC LN 5-3-73 PT IN
CCCO EXC CONF AS DESC IN 382/720-722
TOTAL AC CC & GILPIN 2.607 Total Due: $153.39
Tax Sale # 77 R001409 EQUITY TRUST COMPANY CUSTODIAN FBO & JOHN AUGUSTUS IRA Parcel: 183508300619
Mine: LOOKOUT - 4745 100% 3.23 AC LN 8-3-73 NE PT Total Due: $524.04
Tax Sale # 78 R003653 ERMENTRAUT TODD Parcel: 183533200638
Mine: BREAST - 13441 5.117 AC TR BAN 33-3-73 Total Due: $69.98
Tax Sale # 79 R003964 EVANS NICHOLAS L Parcel: 183534400736
Mine: BULLION KING NO 6 - 14705 4.56 AC SB 34-3-73 Total Due: $474.27
Tax Sale # 80 R017225 FELDMAN LAWRENCE & KYLE ROBIN FELDMAN Parcel: 183517202001
Sub: JONES DIVISION AMDMNT PARCEL A1 & IMP 2971 FALL RIVER RD Total Due: $3,462.41
Tax Sale # 81 R016781 FERNANDE DON & BRYAN D MARLEY Parcel: 196318410008 Subdivision: BLUE VALLEY AC U4 B20 & U7 B32 1999 AMENDMENT TRACT A 3 LOST TRAIL RD Total Due: $1,359.54
Tax Sale # 82 R005171 FISHER CHARLES E Parcel: 183702218015
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 681 U5 Total Due: $315.61
Tax Sale # 83 R003607 FISLER DIANA Parcel: 183533100664
Mine: MT VESUVIUS - 998 5.16 AC TR 33-3-73 Total Due: $444.34
Tax Sale # 84 R005198 FOSTER JULIA Parcel: 183702221015 SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 663 U5 Total Due: $205.40
Tax Sale # 85 R004636 FOUR BAIRS INC Parcel: 183536309206
Subdivision: IDAHO SPRINGS Blk: 29 N1/2 LOTS 1-3 & N1/2 OF E1/2 L4 & IMP 121 15TH AVE Total Due: $1,554.86
Tax Sale # 86 R016722 FOX GULCH LOT 4 LLC Parcel: 183519404004 Subdivision: FOX GULCH DIVISION Lot: 4 & PT GOV LOTS 25 & 45 29-3 Total Due: $1,929.30
Tax Sale # 87 R014817 FRIES BOB Parcel: 209110300658
Mine: SIR HENRY KNIGHT - 18495A 1.5 AC ARG 9-5-75 PT IN CCCO Total Due: $53.89
Tax Sale # 89 R010602 FULTON HILLARY HOPE & DAVID VANCE FULTON Parcel: 195925300010
Subdivision: HEFFERMAN GULCH Lot: G USF IMPS ONLY 598 HEFFERMAN GULCH RD Total Due: $503.37
Tax Sale # 90 R004500 GERITZ LAURA ELIZABETH & ROBB ALLAN MCPHAIL Parcel: 183536300093
Sub. IDAHO SPRINGS TR MT PLEASANT & PT GOV LOT 2 & & TRACT ADJ GOV LOT 2 & IMP; 1520 WALL ST Total Due: $1,635.67
Tax Sale # 91 R014098 GIBBONS LIVING TR Parcel: 208511101008 Subdivision: CIRCLE K RANCH HOMESITES TR D SITE 6 & IMP 168 SIESTA CIR Total Due: $3,284.94
Tax Sale # 95 R001872 GINZBURG ALEX.
Parcel: 183521100611
Mine: VESPER EXTENSION - 12041 3.943 AC VA 21-3-73 INC & EXC CONFLICTS AS DESC IN 481/534
Total Due: $360.93
Tax Sale # 96 R001966 GINZBURG ALEX.
Parcel: 183522200603
Mine: TRITON - 4817 100% 5.17 AC
LFR 22-3-73
Total Due: $2,109.25
Tax Sale # 97 R001971 GINZBURG ALEX.
Parcel: 183522200608
Mine: SPHYNX - 4817 100% 5.165 AC LFR 22-3-73 & TWO TRACTS ADJ 21 & 22-3-73
BLM TRS ZONED M-2 (AC FOR BLM TRS 7.55) INC CONFL 464/753 Total Due: $587.60
Tax Sale # 98 R013414 GLESSER ERIC
Parcel: 196326202023
ECHO HILLS SUB Lot: 85 F2
Total Due: $1,033.49
Tax Sale # 99 R013410 GLESSER ERIC G Parcel: 196326202019 ECHO HILLS SUB Lot: 38 F2 Total Due: $1,160.69
Tax Sale # 100 R014733 GOLDEN RULE
LEADBELT LLC Parcel: 209103400636
Mine: LEAD BELT - 13568 4.199 AC ARG 3-5-75 Total Due: $65.38
Tax Sale # 101 R003936 GOWING IAN Parcel: 183534300004
Mine: MOON - 5233 3.33 AC JK & COR 34-3-73 SRO 371 RAVEN DR Total Due: $1,650.54
Tax Sale # 102 R002337 HALL DONALD W Parcel: 183525200763
Mine: AMY C - 5939 2.104 AC IDA 25-3-73
ALL SR & UND 1/2 IN MR ALL PT ABANDON BURLINGTON LODE #1303 IN CONFLICT WITH AMY C #5939 BLM TR ZONED M-2 (AC BLM TR 0.18 AC) Total Due: $341.46
Tax Sale # 103 R000762 HALVERSON ROBERT Parcel: 170735204007 Subdivision: WINTERLAND Lot: 69 U3 W OF L68 UND 1/2 INT EA HALVERSON & STODOLSKI Total Due: $526.87
Tax Sale # 104 R011349 HARMON MARJORIE HANNA % SCOTT HARMON Parcel: 196106200659
Mine: INVINCIBLE - 1359 5.16 AC TC 6-4-73 1/36 OF UND 1/2 INT Total Due: $47.77
Tax Sale # 105 R008138 HASKINS JEFFREY Parcel: 195713411017
Subdivision: SILVER PLUME Blk: 23 Lot: B RESUB B23 L7 503/434 UND 1/2 INT Total Due: $424.06
Tax Sale # 106 R000765 HAYS MICHAEL ALAN & MARGHERITA GIUSEPPINA MARINI Parcel: 170735204010 Subdivision: WINTERLAND Lot: 72 U3 Total Due: $215.60
Tax Sale # 107 R006605 HECTOR ANN P c/o CRAIG PFEFFER Parcel: 183724100020 WHALE #423A, WHALE MS #423B, SHARK #413A, PT SHARK MS #413B AKA L2 GOV L3, 4 PT 24-3-74 DV 8.137 & IMPS 1463 MILL CREEK RD Total Due: $732.35
Tax Sale # 108 R011658 HIBERNIAN VENTURES LLC Parcel: 196111100600
Mine: STUMP - 8736 4.906 AC GD 11-4-73 Total Due: $810.46
Tax Sale # 109 R011659 HIBERNIAN VENTURES LLC Parcel: 196111100601
Mine: ESPERANZA - 8736 4.9 AC GD 11-4-73 Total Due: $810.46
Tax Sale # 110 R012352 HIGGINS BRIAN Parcel: 196311203117
Sub: HYLAND HILLS Lot: 205 F3 1306 HY-VU DR Total Due: $1,561.84
Tax Sale # 111 R006103 HIGHLAND JOHN W Parcel: 183710105020
Sub: LOCH LOMOND HIGHLANDS Lot: 67 U2 Total Due: $209.31
Tax Sale # 112 R006319 HOLLAUS FRED THOMAS ETAL
% LORA BOWMAN Parcel: 183716300638
Mine: PAULINE PL - 2077 .75% 3.44 AC UU 16-3-74 FRED THOMAS HOLLAUS DANNY ED HOLLAUS & SHARON ELIZABETH WILLIAMS AS TEN IN COM 449/653-654
Total Due: $58.49
Tax Sale # 113 R008802 HOLLAUS FRED
THOMAS ETAL
% LORA BOWMAN
Tax Sale # 115 R008819 HOLLAUS FRED
THOMAS ETAL
% LORA BOWMAN
Parcel: 195902100642
Mine: LOUISIANA - 15149 25% 4.481 AC
FRED THOMAS HOLLAUS
MA CAS TC 2-4-74
DANNY ED HOLLAUS & SHARON ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
AS TEN IN COM 449/653,654
Total Due: $51.60
Tax Sale # 116 R008822 HOLLAUS FRED
THOMAS ETAL
% LORA BOWMAN
Parcel: 195902100646
Mine: WOODMAN - 15149 25% 4.814 AC
CAS MA 2-4-74 FRED THOMAS HOLLAUS
DANNY ED HOLLAUS & SHARON ELIZABETH
WILLIAMS AS TEN IN COM 449/653,654
Total Due: $52.35
Tax Sale # 117 R008844 HOLLAUS FRED
THOMAS ETAL
% LORA BOWMAN
Parcel: 195902200621
Mine: GOLD COIN - 15149 25% 4.481 AC
MA CAS TC 2-4-74 FRED THOMAS HOLLAUS DANNY ED HOLLAUS & SHARON
ELIZABETH WILLIAMS AS TEN IN COM
Total Due: $51.60
Tax Sale # 118 R008848 HOLLAUS FRED
THOMAS ETAL
% LORA BOWMAN
Parcel: 195902200626
Mine: M - 15149 25% 4.48 AC MA CAS & TC 2-4-74 FRED THOMAS HOLLAUS DANNY ED HOLLAUS & SHARON ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
TEN IN COM 449/653,654
Total Due: $51.60
Tax Sale # 119 R008852 HOLLAUS FRED
THOMAS ETAL
% LORA BOWMAN
Parcel: 195902200630
Mine: MORNING STAR - 15149 25% 4.48 AC
MA CAS & TC 2-4-74 FRED THOMAS HOLLAUS DANNY ED HOLLAUS & SHARON ELIZABETH WILLIAMS TNC 449/653,654
Total Due: $51.60
Tax Sale # 120 R008863 HOLLAUS FRED
THOMAS ETAL
% LORA BOWMAN
Parcel: 195902300663
Mine: SILVER COIN - 15149 25% 4.481 AC
CAS TC 2-4-74 FRED THOMAS HOLLAUS
DANNY ED HOLLAUS & SHARON ELIZABETH WILLIAMS AS TEN IN COM 449/653,654
Total Due: $51.60
Tax Sale # 121 R001582 HOLM EDWARD
WILBUR & JUDITH E SUMMER Parcel: 183517300627
Mine: LAST CHANCE - 12732 2.178 AC LN 17-3-73 UND 1/8 INT CONF 247/460 Total Due: $47.77
Tax Sale # 122 R001585 HOLM EDWARD
WILBUR & JUDITH E SUMMER
Parcel: 183517300629
Mine: INGHAM - 16404 3 AC LN 17-3-73 UND 1/8 INT Total Due: $48.54
Tax Sale # 123 R001589 HOLM EDWARD WILBUR & JUDITH E SUMMER Parcel: 183517300637
Mine: PERIOD - 16404 3 AC LN 17-3-73 UND 1/8 INT Total Due: $48.54
Tax Sale # 125 R013212 HOUSTON JAMES M & ELIZABETH M Parcel: 196324200007
S: 24 T: 4 R: 72 TR SW4 NW4 PARCEL B & IMP 468/12 PLAT #141702 361 RED TAIL TRL Total Due: $4,454.60
Tax Sale # 126 R162677 HUTCHISON VALERIE Parcel: 196107200686
Mine: RHODA - 6457 33.3% 5.135 AC 7-4-73 CAS Total Due: $54.66
Tax Sale # 127 R016574 IBRAGIMOVA MARKHABO Parcel: 183507402004
Sub: STEIN DIVISION 1999 AMDTR 2 APER CARD #152169 481/580 DIV #187881 562/370 Total Due: $1,714.87
Tax Sale # 128 R164577 IBRAGIMOVA
MARKHABO Parcel: 183508300629
Mine: HERCULES - 4750 0.278 AC LN 8-3-73 248/373 Total Due: $48.54
Tax Sale # 129 R016207 IBRAGIMOVA
MARKHABO Parcel: 183517201003
Mine: UNION PL - 14545 20.442 AC TRACT
APER #152169 481/580 LN PT 17-3-73 & INCL CONF WITH BELLE #11418 F #11420
JERSEY #11418
HERCULES #4750
HERCULES
Total Due: $2,747.16
Tax Sale # 130 R016432 IBRAGIMOVA
Tax Sale # 133 R002956 IBRAGIMOVA
MARKHABO
Parcel: 183528400666
Mine: SYRACUSE MS - 1176B 2.95 AC
EMP BAN 29-3-73
Total Due: $60.01
Tax Sale # 134 R002959 IBRAGIMOVA
MARKHABO Parcel: 183528400676
Mine: OREGON-1070A 5.16 AC
BAN IA 28-3-73
Total Due: $69.98
Tax Sale # 135 R002960 IBRAGIMOVA
MARKHABO Parcel: 183528400677
Mine: MILWAUKEE MS - 7412B 4.919 AC IA 28-3-73
Total Due: $68.44
Tax Sale # 136 R002961 IBRAGIMOVA MARKHABO Parcel: 183528400678
Mine: MINER NO 1 - 7412A 4.67 AC IA & TC 28-3-73
Total Due: $67.67
Tax Sale # 137 R003584 IBRAGIMOVA MARKHABO Parcel: 183533100611
Mine: MILWAUKEE - 7412A 4.67 AC IA & TC 33-3-73
Total Due: $67.67
Tax Sale # 138 R001418 JAMES LORI JENKINS Parcel: 183509300600
Mine: RARUS - 7247 1.31 AC LN 9-3-73 EXC CONFLICTS AS DESC IN 375/375-376 471/555 FOR SER ESMT 559/100 TOTAL AC CC & GILPIN 4.610 Total Due: $641.21
Tax Sale # 139 R007019 JONES SANFORD Parcel: 183727100657
Mine: PINK NO 3 - 14949A 1% 0.82 AC CONFL WINNIE F #14849A UU Total Due: $50.83
Tax Sale # 140 R011977 JUDY RANDALL W & LORI A Parcel: 196304102037
Sub: SADDLEBACK RIDGE ESTATES Blk: 3 Lot: 9 F4 Total Due: $818.87
Tax Sale # 141 R006786 KALANI NASER Parcel: 183725210006
Sub: SILVERLAKES HOMESITES Lot: K TR-2 & IMP; 29 SILVER LAKES DR Total Due: $2,507.87
Tax Sale # 142 R162368 KASTENBAUM
MICHAEL Parcel: 183536344002
Sub: IDAHO SPRINGS URSO DIVISION Lot: 2 DAMAGED BY FIRE 2-26-2011 NOT LIVEABLE SFA 50%; 1614 WALL ST Total Due: $387.64
Tax Sale # 144 R005767 KIRKPATRICK MICHAEL T % TIM KIRKPATRICK Parcel: 183703401035
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 615 U4 Total Due: $104.35
Tax Sale # 145 R011496 KITTRELL KARLA & MARGARITA SIMENTAL Parcel: 196108100607 Mine: ESQUIMAUX - 13285 4.022 AC CAS 8-4-73 Total Due: $1,235.49
Tax Sale # 146 R010867 KRUEGER TERESA c/o ALISON HESELTON Parcel: 196102200602
Mine: WANO - 13649 4.591 AC JK 2-4-73 Total Due: $67.67
Tax Sale # 147 R012881 KUYATT SUSAN A c/o SUSAN A KUYATT RAY Parcel: 196318407004
Sub: BLUE VALLEY AC Blk: 18 Lot: 10 U4 & IMPS; 257 MOUNTAIN VIEW DR Total Due: $762.97
Tax Sale # 148 R005359 LARSEN MARGARET Parcel: 183702308039
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 180 U2 Total Due: $313.57
Tax Sale # 149 R005302 LEWIS ELSPETH A Parcel: 183702306005 SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 282 U2 Total Due: $229.88
Tax Sale # 150 R003549 LINDBLOOM PAUL S Parcel: 183532400006
Sub: TRAIL CREEK FALLS Lot: 5 AND-Lot: 6 MINE: IDAHO PLACER - 2189 TR 32-3-73 PT MRO Total Due: $47.77
Tax Sale # 151 R006250 LINDSEY MARINA P Parcel: 183714102003
Sub: MILL CREEK PARK Lot:
Tax
R003248
Parcel: 183530300615
Mine: MAUD S REYNOLDS - 15386A 4.75
Total
Tax Sale #
SEYMOUR
R001461 DEUTCHMAN
Parcel: 183515300621
Mine: JIM - 12041 4.347 AC VA 16-3-73 50% MR 27.5% DEUTCHMAN
SEYMOUR TRUST 20% ANDREW L MARTIN & KRISTEN E NORDENHOLZ 25% WENDY S MADIGOSKY & CRAIG A SIRKIN 27.5% DAVID B GRAHAM
Total Due: $1,595.39
Tax Sale # 92 R005810 GIBSON KEITH F Parcel: 183703402006
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 306 U3
$314.58
Total
Tax Sale #
Parcel: 183703404040
$315.61
Total
Tax Sale # 94 R162633
Parcel: 1835153000
Quarter: SW S: 15 T:
FOREST SERVICE TRACT #7139
Total Due: $50.83
Parcel: 195902100606
Mine: NORTH STAR - 15149 25% 4.481 AC
MA CAS TC 2-4-74 FRED THOMAS HOLLAUS DANNY ED HOLLAUS & SHARON ELIZABETH WILLIAMS AS TEN IN COM 449/653,654
Total Due: $51.60
Tax Sale # 114 R008810 HOLLAUS FRED
THOMAS ETAL
% LORA BOWMAN
Parcel: 195902100634
Mine: KING SOLOMON - 15149 25% 4.48 AC
MA CAS TC 2-4-74 FRED THOMAS HOLLAUS DANNY ED HOLLAUS & SHARON ELIZABETH WILLIAMS AS TEN IN COM 449/653,654
Total Due: $51.60
MARKHABO Parcel: 183517201006
Mine: UNION PLACER - 14545
TRACT B PER #152169
PT 17-3-73
Total Due:
Tax
MARKHABO
Tax Sale
MARKHABO
Mine:
Total
Tax
Tax
Tax
Tax
Tax Sale # 175 R008066 MCDONOUGH
TIMOTHY P Parcel: 195713403001
Tax Sale # 158 R014778 MATTHEWS ANDREW
Parcel: 209110100612
Mine: CLAYTON - 18216 4.2 AC ARG 10-5-75
Total Due: $65.38
Tax Sale # 159 R011533 MCCRACKEN S H % NANCY MCCRACKEN
Parcel: 196108200013
Mine: PRUSSIAN - 1553 0.5 ACCL CAS 8-4-73
UND 1/2 OF 13/16 INT EXC DEED CONF
Total Due: $47.77
Tax Sale # 160 R161080 MCCULLIS
RESOURCES CO INC & GEORGE G VAUGHT
JR c/o BRIAN MCCULLISS
Parcel: 183527400601
Mine: GENERAL FUNSTON-18194 100%
3.768 AC SB 27-3-73 UND 1/2 INT EA
MCCULLISS & VAUGHT AMD
Total Due: $63.84
Tax Sale # 161 R161082 MCCULLIS RESOURCES CO INC & GEORGE G VAUGHT
JR c/o BRIAN MCCULLISS
Parcel: 183527400602
Mine: LITTLE JOHNNY - 18194 100%
3.768 AC SB 27-3-73 UND 1/2 INT EA MCCULLISS & VAUGHT AMD Total Due: $63.84
Tax Sale # 162 R161081 MCCULLIS
RESOURCES CO INC & GEORGE G VAUGHT
JR c/o BRIAN MCCULLISS
Parcel: 183527400603
Mine: LITTLE JOHNNY EXTENSION – 18194
100% 3.768 AC SB 27-3-73
UND 1/2 INT EA MCCULLISS & VAUGHT AMD Total Due: $63.84
Tax Sale # 163 R161090 MCCULLIS
RESOURCES CO INC & GEORGE G VAUGHT JR c/o BRIAN MCCULLISS
Parcel: 183527400604
Mine: SYRACUSE - 18194 100% 3.768 AC SB 27-3-73 UND 1/2 INT EA MCCULLISS & VAUGHT AMD Total Due: $63.84
Tax Sale # 164 R161084 MCCULLIS
RESOURCES CO INC & GEORGE G VAUGHT JR c/o BRIAN MCCULLISS
Parcel: 183527400605
Mine: MCKINLEY - 18194 100% 3.768 AC SB 27-3-73 UND 1/2 INT EA MCCULLISS & VAUGHT AMD Total Due: $63.84
Tax Sale # 165 R161085 MCCULLIS RESOURCES CO INC & GEORGE G VAUGHT JR c/o BRIAN MCCULLISS Parcel: 183527400606
Mine: NEW YORK - 18194 100% 3.768 AC SB 27-3-73 UND 1/2 INT EA MCCULLISS & VAUGHT
Total Due: $63.84
Tax Sale # 166 R161086 MCCULLIS RESOURCES CO INC & GEORGE G VAUGHT JR c/o BRIAN MCCULLISS
Parcel: 183527400607
Mine: TRANSVAAL - 18194 100% 3.768 AC SB 27-3-73 UND 1/2 INT EA MCCULLISS & VAUGHT AMD Total Due: $63.84
Tax Sale # 167 R161083 MCCULLIS RESOURCES CO INC & GEORGE G VAUGHT JR c/o BRIAN MCCULLISS
Parcel: 183527400608
Mine: MAJOR CONGER - 18194 100% 3.768 AC SB 27-3-73 UND 1/2 INT EA MCCULLISS & VAUGHT AMD Total Due: $63.84
Tax Sale # 168 R161091 MCCULLIS RESOURCES CO INC & GEORGE G VAUGHT JR c/o BRIAN MCCULLISS
Parcel: 183527400609
Mine: CANASTOTA - 18194 100% 3.768 AC SB 27-3-73 UND 1/2 INT EA MCCULLISS & VAUGHT AMD Total Due: $63.84
Tax Sale # 169 R161094 MCCULLIS RESOURCES CO INC & GEORGE G VAUGHT JR c/o BRIAN MCCULLISS
Parcel: 183528100628
Mine: SUMMIT - 1790 50% 5.16 AC EMP 28-3-73 UND 1/2 INT EA MCCULLISS & VAUGHT AMD Total Due: $69.98
Tax Sale # 170 R161087 MCCULLIS RESOURCES CO INC & GEORGE G VAUGHT JR c/o BRIAN MCCULLISS Parcel: 183528200604
Mine: GENERAL HERKIMER
Tax
Tax Sale # 242 R001876 SMITH KURT W
Sub: SILVER PLUME Blk: 14 Lot: 8 & Lot: E2
Total Due: $1,109.31
Tax Sale # 176 R010057 MCDONOUGH
TIMOTHY PAUL Parcel: 195917109007
Sub: GEORGETOWN Blk: 37 Lot: 5 800 GRIFFITH ST
Total Due: $653.62
Tax Sale # 177 R014562 MCFARLANE GALEN Parcel: 208536301043
Sub: BROOK FOREST ESTATE Lot: 4-D F1 Total Due: $756.19
Tax Sale # 178 R005574 MCMASTER THOMAS RAYMOND & TIMOTHY M MCMASTER & TERRANCE J MCMASTER & MARK A MCMASTER & MELISSA MCMASTER LANG Parcel: 183703108002
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 873 U5 Total Due: $239.06
Tax Sale # 179 R010048 MCNAMARA CATHLEEN B Parcel: 195917108004
Sub: GEORGETOWN Blk: 41 Lot: 13 913 GRIFFITH ST Total Due: $1,559.57
Tax Sale # 180 R164564 MC PROPERTIES & EQUIPMENT LLC Parcel: 196312201205
Sub: CLEAR CRK TECH OFC CONDO BLDG D AMENDED Unit: D-106 35715 US 40 #D-106 Total Due: $7,018.79
Tax Sale # 181 R004669 MEES REAL PROPERTY REVOCABLE TRUST THE c/o CHRISTINA T HALE-HARES TRUSTEE Parcel: 183536337201
Sub: IDAHO SPRINGS 4FT FRONT OF GRAHAM PL #6027 & LOTS 11,12 & W10FT 13 ID SPGS ELL ADD IMPS, 1845 MINER ST Total Due: $1,518.78
Tax Sale # 182 R001025 MENDIAS JULIANA & ISRAEL GALICIA Parcel: 170735404011 Sub: WINTERLAND Lot: 49 U2 Total Due: $692.18
Tax Sale # 183 R005366 MEYERS THOMAS A Parcel: 183702308046
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 187 U2 Total Due: $369.71
Tax Sale # 184 R002209 MEZA BRANDON Q & MIRANDA L MEZA Parcel: 183523300602 Mine: FAIRMOUNT - 5861 5.377 AC VA 23-3-73 & TRACT ADJ 23-3-73 SRO Total Due: $1,994.37
Tax Sale # 185 R002216 MEZA BRANDON Q & MIRANDA L MEZA Parcel: 183523400608 Mine: FAIRMOUNT EXTENSION - 5861 5.228 AC VA 23-3-73 SRO & TWO TRACTS ADJ 23-3 -73 COUNTY LAND TRS M-2 (15.53 AC) Total Due: $2,025.02
Tax Sale # 186 R005605 MEZO FAMILY TRUST Parcel: 183703110003 SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 912 U6 Total Due: $199.28
Tax Sale # 187 R005614 MEZO FAMILY TRUST Parcel: 183703110012 SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 921 U6 Total Due: $211.52
Tax Sale # 188 R012950 MICHIE BARBARA A Parcel: 196318414002 Sub: BLUE VALLEY AC Blk: 3 Lot: 13 U1 Total Due: $179.44
Tax Sale # 189 R005040 MILLER DIANNE L Parcel: 183702209002 SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 626 U4 Total Due: $1,278.71
Tax Sale # 190 R005088 MIRSKIY DENIS Parcel: 183702212019 SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 774 U5 Total Due: $640.16
Tax Sale # 191 R004838 MOMPHER HAROLD V ET AL %DAVID MOMPHER Parcel: 183701100615 Mine: PORTLAND NO 2 - 16989 3.078 AC LN 1-3-74 Total Due: $60.78
Tax Sale # 192 R004839 MOMPHER HAROLD V ET AL %DAVID MOMPHER Parcel: 183701100616 Mine: INDEPENDENCE - 15017 4.7 AC LN 1-3-74 UND 7/8 INT Total Due: $67.67
Tax Sale # 193 R004735 MORGAN BENJAMIN Parcel: 183536404015
Sub: MONTANE PARK ADDITION Lot: 3 & IMPS 30 MONTANE DR Total Due: $1,816.07
Tax Sale # 194 R013796 MURPHY WADE WARREN Parcel: 208501201082
Sub: GREYSTONE LAZY AC P-F L83 Total Due: $2,942.71
Tax Sale # 195 R006996 NATIONAL JEWISH HOSPITAL Parcel: 183726400676
Mine: NIGHT HAWK - 2120 55.5% 3.62 AC MA 26-3-74 Total Due: $56.18
Tax Sale # 196 R164339 NEMMERS NICHOLE Parcel: 183536300082
Sub: IDAHO SPRINGS TRACT NORTH OF MARTIN LODE UND 1/2 INT BLM DEED 585/17 SEE R162374 FOR PCL THIS SPLIT FROM & R004495 FOR THE PARCEL ORIGINALLY COMB WITH Total Due: $47.79
Tax Sale # 197 R006548 NEWLON NORMA & NORMA ANN NEWLON Parcel: 183723300615
Mine: SILVER WING - 2171 3.24 AC DV 23-3-74 Total Due: $61.55
Tax Sale # 198 R011832 NORTHERN JONATHAN Parcel: 196302400020
S: 2 T: 4 R: 72 SE4 SE4 & NE4 NE4 11-4-72 & IMP;65 FLOYD HILL WAY Total Due: $2,784.70
Tax Sale # 199 R012968 OBLAND FAMILY TRUST Parcel: 196318415011 Sub: BLUE VALLEY AC Blk: 4 Lot: 2 U1 Total Due: $90.61
Tax Sale # 200 R016875 PARR MICHAEL Parcel: 183519100003 S: 19 T: 3 R: 73 - PT GOV LOTS 17 18 28 & 31 EXPT RESOL 564/736 CORR 589/167 Total Due: $3,563.51
Tax Sale # 201 R004140 PATRICK JERRY L Parcel: 183535428001
Sub: IDAHO SPRINGS Blk: 37 Lot: 11 AND Lot: 12 & IMP. 1200 VIRGINIA ST Total Due: $1,015.17
Tax Sale # 202 R004414 PETROVIC ANGELIA Parcel: 183536320003
Sub: IDAHO SPRINGS Blk: 2 W38.5FT L4 5 & 6 & IMPS. 1802 PLACER ST Total Due: $1,954.93
Tax Sale # 203 R015254 PHILLIPS MARK Parcel: 183525200671
Mine: PRINCE HENRY - 15857 36% 1.056 AC IDA 25-3-73 MRO Total Due: $47.77
Tax Sale # 204 R015268 PHILLIPS MARK Parcel: 183525200688 Mine: SEATON - 385 36% 0.8 AC IDA 26-3-73 Total Due: $48.54
Tax Sale # 205 R015266 PHILLIPS MARK Parcel: 183525200692 Mine: SEATON - 89 36% IDA 25-3-73 AKA CLAIMS 7-11E W 500FT Total Due: $48.54
Tax Sale # 206 R015265 PHILLIPS MARK Parcel: 183525200693 Mine: SEATON - 89 0.92 AC IDA 25-3-73 AKA CLAIM 12-E UND 50% INT Total Due: $49.29
Tax Sale # 207 R015153 PHILLIPS MARK Parcel: 183525300705 Mine: SUNNY SIDE - 2314 36% 3.4 AC IDA 25-3-73 Total Due: $52.35
Tax Sale # 208 R015130 PHILLIPS MARK Parcel: 183525300715 Mine: SEATON - 72 36% 0.57 AC IDA 25-3-73 Total Due: $47.77
Tax Sale # 209 R015121 PHILLIPS MARK Parcel: 183525300725 Mine: SILVER QUEEN - 1857 18% 4.4 AC IDA 25-3-73 Total Due: $50.83
Tax Sale # 210 R017336 POPENHAGEN RITA Parcel: 183726105004
Sub: LAWSON Blk: 2 - TRACT ADJ SOUTH EASTERN #5470 - & WATER RTS APER CARDS #173867 & #173868 Total Due: $107.45
Tax Sale # 211 R001448 PROCTOR DOUG G & PEGGY J Parcel: 183515300003
Mine: JUPITER - 12039 4.88 AC VA 15-3-73
Total Due: $1,199.49
Tax Sale # 212 R008057 REGESTER GARY LEE & JOANIE LORRAINE GOSSE REGESTER Parcel: 195713401203
Sub: SILVER PLUME Blk: 12 Lot: 8 & IMPS 916 MAIN ST Total Due: $1,050.38
Tax Sale # 213 R008063 REGESTER GARY LEE & JOANIE LORRAINE GOSSE REGESTER Parcel: 195713402205 Sub: SILVER PLUME Blk: 13 Lot: 7 Total Due: $363.35
Tax Sale # 214 R008064 REGESTER GARY LEE & JOANIE LORRAINE GOSSE REGESTER Parcel: 195713402206 Sub: SILVER PLUME Blk: 13 Lot: 6 Total Due: $281.54
Tax Sale # 215 R008084 REGESTER GARY LEE & JOANIE LORRAINE GOSSE REGESTER Parcel: 195713406203 Sub: SILVER PLUME Blk: 17 Lot: 2 E 20 FT Total Due: $241.09
Tax Sale # 216 R007586 RENNIE DAVID A Parcel: 183735200641
Mine: LINCOLN - 12796 4.499 AC MA GRI 35-3-74 M2 Total Due: $66.90
Tax Sale # 217 R008203 RENNIE DAVID A Parcel: 195714300665
Mine: ARGO - 1949 3.498 AC QS 14-4-75 M-2 Total Due: $62.32
Tax Sale # 218 R010493 RENNIE DAVID A Parcel: 195919300630 Mine: C O TOWNSEND - 2258 5.16
GRI 19-4-74 M2 Total Due: $69.98
Tax Sale # 219 R008013 ROME NEILUS & MARY ANN Parcel: 195918200609
Mine: LAC LABELLE TUNNEL LODE NO 1 - 1624 2.64 AC GRI 13-4-75 UND 1/2
Total Due: $53.12
Tax Sale # 220 R014530 RONALD
AND BONNIE M COUNSELLER FAMILY
Parcel: 208536301010
Sub: BROOK FOREST ESTATE Lot: 1-J
Total Due: $756.19
Tax Sale # 221 R014531 RONALD E AND
BONNIE M COUNSELLER FAMILY TRUST
Parcel: 208536301011
Sub: BROOK FOREST ESTATE Lot: 1-K F1 & IMPS. 49 OURAY RD
Total Due: $1,539.88
Tax Sale # 222 R002984 SCARLETT MIKE R & KAY M
Parcel: 183529200603
Mine: SNIDER (MS & WF) - 604 0.64 AC
MOR 29-3-73
Total Due: $50.06
Tax Sale # 223 R006523 SCARLETT MIKE R & KAY M
Parcel: 183722400619
Mine: PICKWICK - 12107 5.165 AC
UU 22-3-74
Total Due: $69.98
Tax Sale # 224 R006542 SCARLETT MIKE R & KAY M
Parcel: 183723200602
Mine: BLACK CROOK - 1231 25% 4.38 AC DV 23-3-74 Total Due: $51.60
Tax Sale # 225 R002587 SCHASSBERGER
KENTON L Parcel: 183526300709
Mine: SUNTAUG - 19278 3.385 AC SB IDA 26-3-73
Total Due: $62.32
Tax Sale # 226 R007619 SCHROEDER EDWIN
A % JAN SCHROEDER
Parcel: 183736200607
Mine: PORTER - 938 4.85 AC MA 36-3-74
Total Due: $68.44
Tax Sale # 227 R008421 SCHROEDER EDWIN
A % JAN SCHROEDER
Parcel: 195724100600
Mine: HAMER NO. 1 - 1251A 1% 2.462 AC
GRI 24-4-75
Total Due: $57.72
Tax Sale # 228 R007856 SCHROEDER EDWIN
A % JAN SCHROEDER
Parcel: 195918200611
Mine: VULCAN - 735 .5% 4.77 AC
GRI 18-4-74
Total Due: $57.72
Tax Sale # 229 R007857 SCHROEDER EDWIN
A % JAN SCHROEDER
Parcel: 195918200611
Mine: VULCAN - 735 .5% 4.77 AC
GRI 18-4-74
Total Due: $57.72
Tax Sale # 230 R017239 SEMCKEN MARY
ADAMS Parcel: 208510400006
S: 10 T: 5 R: 72 TRACT IN NE4 SE4 & IMPS 2090 UPPER BEAR CREEK RD
Total Due: $4,285.20
Tax Sale # 231 R017240 SEMCKEN MARY ADAMS Parcel: 208510400007
S: 10 T: 5 R: 72 TRACT BEING PT SE4 & PT SW4 11-5-72
Total Due: $2,087.95
Tax Sale # 232 R014218 SEMCKEN MARY
ADAMS Parcel: 208511300022
S: 11 T: 5 R: 72 -SW4 SW4 TR Total Due: $127.93
Tax Sale # 233 R007694 SHELMAN FLORENCE DARCEL Parcel: 183920310003
Sub: BERTHOUD FALLS Blk: 10 Lot: 34 AND
Lot: 35 B11 L5,6,36,37,38 & PT VAC ALLEYWAY & PT VAC PINE STR & IMPS 50 PINE ST
Total Due: $2,239.45
Tax Sale # 234 R007696 SHELMAN FLORENCE DARCEL
Parcel: 183920310005
Sub: BERTHOUD FALLS Blk: 10 Lot: 33 Total Due: $49.29
Tax Sale # 235 R016294 SHELMAN FLORENCE DARCEL Parcel: 183920310007
Sub: BERTHOUD FALLS Blk: 10 Lot: 29 THRU Lot: 32 & S 60FT OF L27 & S 68FT OF L28 & IMP. 51 PINE ST
Total Due: $693.30
Tax Sale # 236 R007698 SHELMAN FLORENCE DARCEL
Parcel: 183920311003
Sub: BERTHOUD FALLS Blk: 11 Lot: 7
Total Due: $49.29
Tax Sale # 237 R010412 SHUTTS WM H & ENID TRUSTEES
Parcel: 195918200656
Mine: SILVER BELL - 18493 3.602 AC
GRI 18-4-74
Total Due: $63.07
Tax Sale # 238 R007846 SILLASEN VICTOR
N ETAL % DIANNA MASON. PERS REP
Parcel: 195713100606
Mine: ADRIAN - 1054 3.23 ACGRI 13-4-75
Total Due: $61.55
Tax Sale # 239 R011888 SISSON ROBERT B Parcel: 196303203006
Sub: SADDLEBACK RIDGE ESTATES
Blk: 1 Lot: 6 F3
Total Due: $1,243.13
Tax Sale # 240 R001977 SMITH BRYAN
ONEAL & PEGGY
Parcel: 183522200618
Mine: MABEL - 10168 3.89 AC VA 22-3-73 & TWO M-2 TRACTS ADJ 22-3-73 & GOV L38 21-3-73 (BLM TR ACREAGES .71 & 25.48)
Total Due: $2,304.52
Tax
Mine:
Total
Parcel: 183521100625
Mine: PURITAN - 17017 5.058 AC LFR 21-3-73
Total Due: $397.70
Tax Sale # 243 R164271 SMITH KURT W AKA
Parcel: 183535466036
Sub: NANCARROW MOBILE HOME Lot: 22 LAND ONLY Total Due: $67.39
Tax Sale # 244 R164300 SODA CREEK
HIGHLANDS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC
Parcel: 196101200001
Sub: IDAHO SPRINGS Tract: TRS PT MONTAGUE PLACER #450
BRISTLECONE PLAT #242698 766/162-163
NOW EXPIRED Total Due: $6,967.41
Tax Sale # 245 R164762 SODA CREEK
HIGHLANDS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC
Parcel: 196101200002
Sub: IDAHO SPRINGS Tract: TRS PT
MONTAGUE PLACER #450 S: 1 T: 3S R: 73W
DESC: LOT A 376/297
BRISTLECONE PLAT #242698 766/162-163
NOW EXPIRED Total Due: $81.70
Tax Sale # 246 R164763 SODA CREEK HIGHLANDS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC
Parcel: 196101200005
Sub: IDAHO SPRINGS Tract: TRS PT MONTAGUE PLACER #450 S: 1 T: 3S R: 73W
DESC: LOT B 376/297
BRISTLECONE PLAT #242698 766/162-163
NOW EXPIRED Total Due: $80.14
Tax Sale # 247 R008255 SOLOMONSON
CHARLES W
Parcel: 195713300674
Mine: VICE PRESIDENT - 1134 0.93 AC QS 14-4-75 Total Due: $51.60
Tax Sale # 248 R008210 SOLOMONSON
CHARLES W Parcel: 195714400003
Mine: WEST RIP VAN WINKLE - 1117 2.59 AC QS 14-4-75 LS E 220FT SR Total Due: $58.49
Tax Sale # 249 R008220 SOLOMONSON
CHARLES W Parcel: 195714400609
Mine: MONTREAL - 746 3.3 AC QS 14-4-75 EXC E 350FT SURFACE Total Due: $61.55
Tax Sale # 250 R008227 SOLOMONSON CHARLES W Parcel: 195714400628
Mine: BURR - 946 .5% 4.25 AC QS 14-4-75 Total Due: $56.18
Tax Sale # 251 R009702 SOLOMONSON CHARLES W Parcel: 195909300649 Mine: BROAD GAUGE - 2045 4.967 AC GRI 9-4-74 Total Due: $69.21
Tax Sale # 252 R005382 SON KEVIN Parcel: 183711209010 SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 134 U2 Total Due: $415.63
Tax Sale # 253 R005348 SOUTHARD RONALD M & WANDA L FRANKLIN % KIMBERLY SOUTHARD Parcel: 183702308029 SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 170 U2 Total Due: $412.57
Tax Sale # 254 R005977 STAPLES SARAH Parcel: 183703407048 SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 431 U3 Total Due: $181.92
Tax Sale # 255 R001060 STARK TODD Parcel: 170735405006 Sub: WINTERLAND Lot: 75 U2 Total Due: $377.86
Tax Sale # 256 R001064 STARK TODD Parcel: 170735405010 Sub: WINTERLAND Lot: 77 U2 Total Due: $462.56
Tax Sale # 257 R012580 STENZEL MARTIN D Parcel: 196314104003
Sub: HOMESTEAD HIDEAWAY #14 Blk: 19 Lot: 2 & 3 & B13 LOTS 7 & 8 Total Due: $69.23
Tax Sale # 258
Tax
Tax
Tax Sale # 273 R014728 VAUGHT GEORGE G JR & c/o BRIAN MCCULLIS
Parcel: 209103300629
Tax
Sub:
Total Due: $1,535.90
21 U3
Tax Sale # 265 R010337 TEAL ELIZABETH D
Parcel: 195917300606
Mine: ANTEDILUVIAN - 8428 .5% 2.994 AC
GRI 17-4-74 Total Due: $53.89
Tax Sale # 266 R008129 TIBOR JAMES R JR
Parcel: 195713411010
Sub: SILVER PLUME Blk: 23 PT #586B & IMP
525 WOODWARD ST
Total Due: $2,040.00
Tax Sale # 267 R001518 TOPPER GERALD J & CHERYL E
Parcel: 183516300648
Mine: NEW WORLD - 2364 5.165 AC LFR 16-3-73
Total Due: $1,400.12
Tax Sale # 268 R005936 TOWLE JEFFREY K Parcel: 183703407006
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 382 U3
Total Due: $385.01
Tax Sale # 269 R012928 TROUT JOHN K
Parcel: 196318412006
Sub: BLUE VALLEY AC Blk: 6 Lot: 5 U1 Total Due: $159.54
Tax Sale # 270 R164927 UNKNOWN OWNER Parcel: 183531100650
Mine: JONES PLACER - 872 100% 7.58 AC TC 31-3-73 OMITTED PROPERTY ASSESSED IN 2021 FOR 1ST TIME Total Due: $2,014.30
Tax Sale # 271 R164812 UNKNOWN OWNER
Parcel: 195917111000
Sub: GEORGETOWN Blk: 36 Lot: 10 BEGINNING AT THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF LOT 10 BLOCK 36 GEORGETOWN THENCE SOUTH WESTERLY ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY OF LOT 10 A DISTANCE OF 20 FT, THENCE ALONG A LINE WHICH BEARS N58°-45’-30” W TO A POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF LOT 9 BLOCK 36, THENCE
ALONG THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF LOT 10 TO THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF LOT 10 BLOCK 36 AND THE POB. THIS PORTION OF LOT 10 IS SHOW ON SURVEY RECORDED AT RECEPTION 169528. THIS PARCELS CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 436 SQFT Total Due: $663.31
Tax Sale # 272 R010971 UPLIFTED HOSPITALITY GROUP LLC Parcel: 196103300015
Mine: LITTLE ANNIE MS 3-4-73 PT 2 TRS –2241B 3.415 AC MINE: MATTIE MS JK 3-4-73
PT 2 TRS & IMP - 6487B & TR ADJ 4-4-73 2363 COLORADO 103 Total Due: $2,831.93
Mine: ANDREWS - 828 5.165 AC ARG 3-5-75
UND 1/2 INT EA VAUGHT & MCCULLISS
Total Due: $69.98
Tax Sale # 274 R015497 VILLALOBOS LUIS ARMANDO SAENZ & LUIS E TARIN
ARMENDARIZ
Parcel: 183702209116
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 629 U4
Total Due: $191.10
Tax Sale # 275 R007174 W’STEAD HOLMHURST LIMITED LIAB CO Parcel: 183728208210
Sub: EMPIRE Blk: 10 Lot: 8 S72 FT OF W33.5 FT & IMPS. 5 E PARK AVE
Total Due: $806.01
Tax Sale # 276 R009301 WAGNER DAVID M Parcel: 195908141004
Sub: SILVER QUEEN CONDO GEOTN
Unit: D-101 DESC: & IMPS 1901 CLEAR CREEK DR #D-101 Total Due: $1,018.92
Tax Sale # 277 R017192 WAHLBORG HAROLD & MARADAY S Parcel: 183731300616
Mine: ELEANOR NO 3 - 19726 9.65 AC UU 31-3-74 MRO. Total Due: $49.29
Tax Sale # 278 R017193 WAHLBORG HAROLD & MARADAY S Parcel: 183731300617
Mine: EMANUEL - 19726 9.65 AC UU 31-3-74 MRO. Total Due: $49.29
Tax Sale # 279 R017536 WAHLBORG HAROLD J & MARADAY S Parcel: 195917100009
Sub: GEORGETOWN Blk: 36 - TR ADJ TO L10 & PT L11 Total Due: $59.93
Tax Sale # 280 R008418 WEEDS JANINE A Parcel: 195724100006
Sub: SILVER PLUME Blk: 29 TR OF LAND ADJOINING WEST SIDE & IMPS 310 WATER ST Total Due: $1,109.31
Tax Sale # 281 R010447 WEEDS JANINE A & TIMOTHY P Parcel: 195918307002 Sub: SILVER PLUME Blk: 11 Lot: 2 1, 8, 7 PT & IMPS. 940 MADISON ST Total Due: $992.32
Tax Sale # 282 R006971 WEISER PATRICIA H, JACQUELINE D Parcel: 183726400633
Mine: NIL DESPERANDUM - 816 4.87 AC MA 26-3-74
Total Due: $68.44
Tax Sale # 283 R006973 WEISER PATRICIA H, JACQUELINE D Parcel: 183726400635
Mine: METALLIC - 898 5.16 AC MA 26-3-74
Total Due: $69.98
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as pro vided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 11:00A.M. on Thursday, 12/08/2022, at The Clear Creek County Public Trustee’s Office, 405 Argentine Street, George town, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
First Publication10/13/2022
Last Publication11/10/2022
Name of Publication: The Clear Creek Courant
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES EN TITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 08/05/2022
Carol Lee, Public Trustee in and for the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado
Carol Lee By: Carol Lee, Public TrusteeThe name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Alison L. Berry #34531 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-028159
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
L0922-FC2022-005
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2022-005
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On July 15, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relat ing to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Clear Creek records.
Original Grantor(s)John P. McLaughlin
Tax Sale # 284 R006975 WEISER PATRICIA H, JACQUELINE D
Parcel: 183726400637
Mine: DRUMMOND NO 3 - 12400 3.118 AC MA 26-3-74
Total Due: $60.78
Tax Sale # 285 R006982
WEISER PATRICIA H, JACQUELINE D Parcel: 183726400644
Mine: DRUMMOND - 821 75% 5.16 AC MA 26-3-74 Total Due: $63.84
Tax Sale # 286 R006949 WEISER PATRICIA H, JACQUELINE D ENGLISH %WENDY DUNNING Parcel: 183726300654
Mine: BELLE ABBIE - 929 4.6 AC MA 26-3-74
Total Due: $67.67
Tax Sale # 287 R003432 WILLIAMS JAY H Parcel: 183532100609
Mine: STEPHENS - 860 5.16 AC BAN 32-3-73 SRO Total Due: $1,259.22
Tax Sale # 288 R003435 WILLIAMS JAY H Parcel: 183532100611
Mine: CHANCE - 861 5.16 AC BAN 32-3-73 SRO
Total Due: $1,228.57
Tax Sale # 289 R007324 WILSON REGINALD R & KAREN L WILSON
Parcel: 183728325005
Sub: EMPIRE Blk: 23 Lot: 1 AND Lot: 2 & IMPS
384 E MOUNTAIN AVE Total Due: $1,813.84
Tax Sale # 290 R005350 WILSON TIMOTHY J Parcel: 183702308030
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 171 U2 Total Due: $412.57
Tax Sale # 291 R164144 WORLD MINERALS
% ERIC HOAGLUND Parcel: 183525200764
Mine: FOURTH OF JULY - 1431 1.74 AC IDA 26-3-73 MRO Total Due: $47.77
Tax Sale # 292 R005005 WRIGHT DEBORAH L Parcel: 183702207001
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 75 U1 Total Due: $805.47
Tax Sale # 293 R005006 WRIGHT DEBORAH L Parcel: 183702207002
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 74 U1 Total Due: $796.29
Tax Sale # 294 R004808 YARDS TAP HOUSE LLC. Parcel: 183536400215
Sub: IDAHO SPRINGS FAIVRE PL #295 TR & IMPS. 2731 COLORADO BLVD Total Due: $5,431.51
Tax Sale # 295 R005916 YOUNG CHEOL HAHM Parcel: 183703406004
SAINT MARYS SUBDIVISION Lot: 343 U3 Total Due: $16.18
Tax Sale # 296 M160123 ANDERSON DONNA
% MICHAEL WEAVER
Parcel: 183535141008
MBL HOME TITLE: 51E152775 SERIAL: 1SV900R25SM000494
YEAR: 1995 MAKE: SUN
SIZE: 12X37Sub: IDAHO SPRINGS Blk: I & K
Lot: 3 MOBILE ONLY 726 HIGH ST Total Due: $98.00
Tax Sale # 297 M016022 BARTLETT BRIAN
Parcel: 183530100054
MBL HOME TITLE: 51E184617 SERIAL: C0338
YEAR: 1973 MAKE: FAL SIZE: 14X70
Sub: VALLI HI TR PARK SP 27 MOBILE ONLY 3702 STANLEY RD #27 Total Due: $126.14
Tax Sale # 298 M160196 CONSEJO CHRISTIAN
RUBI Parcel: 183726104035
MBL HOME TITLE: 000785706 SERIAL: MY9490577K YEAR: 1994 MAKE: CENTURY SIZE: 14 X 56 LAWSON MH PK SPACE 19; 2038 COUNTY ROAD 308 #SPACE 19 MOBILE ONLY Total Due: $81.75
Tax Sale # 299 M006885 CONSEJO CHRISTIAN
RUBI & CRISTOPHER RUBI CONSEJO
Parcel: 183726104031
MBL HOME TITLE: 006150959 SERIAL: K3214F YEAR: 1972 MAKE: HILLCREST SIZE: 12 X 60
Sub: LAWSON TRAILER PARK SP 1 MOBILE ONLY 2038 COUNTY ROAD 308 #1 Total Due: $102.02
Tax Sale # 300 M006881 GERTON MARK S Parcel: 183726104027
MBL HOME TITLE: 003509614 SERIAL: 14102328 YEAR: 1980 MAKE: WALL SIZE: 24 X 60 Sub: LAWSON TRAILER PARK SP 17 MOBILE ONLY 2038 COUNTY ROAD 308 #17
Total Due: $222.67
Tax Sale # 301 M016075 GERTON MARK S Parcel: 183726104034
MBL HOME TITLE: 002835651 SERIAL: 220182508256AB YEAR: 2001 MAKE: MEA SIZE: 28X48Sub: LAWSON TRAILER PARK SPACE 28 MOBILE ONLY 2039 COUNTY ROAD 308 #28 Total Due: $226.52
Tax Sale # 302 M006870 GVILLO KASEY
& JENNA BURKE
Parcel: 183726104015
MBL HOME TITLE: 51E165093 SERIAL: GN10122 YEAR: 1978 MAKE: GREAT NORTHERN SIZE: 14X53 Sub: LAWSON TRAILER PARK SP 14 MOBILE ONLY 2038 COUNTY ROAD 308 #14 Total Due: $106.83
Tax Sale # 303 M007296 HARRIS GERALD & DONNA Parcel: 183728322003
MBL HOME TITLE: 51E128160 SERIAL: 14101695 YEAR: 1979 MAKE: EATON PARK SIZE: 52X24 Sub: EMPIRE MOTEL & TR CT SP 2 MOBILE ONLY 44 E MOUNTAIN AVE #2 Total Due: $274.64
Tax Sale # 304 M016013 HUETER JAMES Parcel: 183726104018
YEAR: 1983 SIZE: 14X56 Sub: LAWSON TRAILER PARK SP 8 MOBILE ONLY 2038 COUNTY ROAD 308 #8 Total Due: $100.09
Tax Sale # 305 M006908 JOSEPHSON DARCY Parcel: 183726200026
MBL HOME TITLE: 004034081 SERIAL: D50X2B1136C YEAR: 1962 MAKE: COMMANDAR SIZE: 10X47 Sub: WESTERN INN TRAILER COURT SP 1 MOBILE ONLY 2697 COUNTY ROAD 308 #1 Total Due: $81.75
Tax Sale # 306 M007064 LEGAULT ANDREW Parcel: 183727300019
MBL HOME TITLE: 005259786 SERIAL: K12365FB61277 YEAR: 1967 MAKE: MARLETTE SIZE: 12X65Sub: EMPIRE JCT MOBILE HOME PARK SP 2 MOBILE ONLY 275 JUNCTION LOOP RD #2 Total Due: $101.38
Tax Sale # 307 M016060 LUCE KEVIN Parcel: 183728226036
MBL HOME TITLE: 51E162966 SERIAL: COF6016CK3F00066 YEAR: 1995 MAKE: OAK SIZE: 16X60Sub: SILVER SPRUCE TRAILER COURT SP 5 MOBILE ONLY 203 S GUANELLA ST #5 Total Due: $168.81
Tax Sale # 308 M160187 MOBILE HOME CENTER LLC Parcel: 183703400019
MBL HOME TITLE: 51E088645 SERIAL: M2508553 YEAR: 1959 MAKE: MAG SIZE: 10X50Sub: SAINT MARYS SUB. Lot: 551 Unit: 4 MOBILE ONLY SEE ACCOUNT DETAIL FOR HISTORY ALSO LAND ON R016578 64 LITTLE CREEK RD Total Due: $88.84
Tax Sale # 309 M006886 OTTAK PATRICK Parcel: 183726104033
MBL HOME TITLE: 51E169010 SERIAL: 4794573N4143 YEAR: 1994 MAKE: WES SIZE: 16 X 80Sub: LAWSON TR PK SP 2 MOBILE ONLY 2038 COUNTY ROAD 308 #2 Total Due: $220.73
Tax Sale # 310 M015408 WADE JOSH Parcel: 183726200021 MBL HOME TITLE: 004488362 SERIAL: 1PGTE235XD1000362 YEAR: 1983 MAKE: TWN/PAR SIZE: 8X33Sub: WESTERN INN TRAILER COURT SP 9 MOBILE ONLY 2697 COUNTY ROAD 308 #9 Total Due: $86.57
Tax Sale # 311 M006866 WRONA CHARLES Parcel: 183726104011
MBL HOME TITLE: 51E183807 SERIAL: 319RS8313 YEAR: 1970 MAKE: FLEETWOOD SIZE: 12 X 64Sub: LAWSON TR PK SP 10 MOBILE ONLY 2038 COUNTY ROAD 308 #10 Total Due: $99.13
Original Beneficiary(ies) Westerra Credit Union Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Westerra Credit Union Date of Deed of TrustJanuary 24, 2018 County of RecordingClear Creek Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 29, 2018 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)286894 Book: 945 Page: 168
Original Principal Amount $216,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $207,737.60
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Non-payment
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 77 AND THE WEST 40 FEET OF LOT 76, BARROWS SUBDIVISION, EXCEPT ANY PORTION LYING WITHIN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION14, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 72 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO.
Which has a street address of 203 Beaver Lane, Evergreen, Colorado 80439
Also known by street and number as: 203 Beaver Lane, Evergreen, CO 80439.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUM BERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as pro vided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, 11/17/2022, at The Clear Creek County Public Trustee’s Office, 405 Argentine Street, George town, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
Legal Notice No. CCC416 First Publication9/22/2022
Last Publication10/20/2022
Name of Publication Clear Creek Courant
INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES EN
TITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 07/15/2022
Carol Lee, Public Trustee in and for the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado
By: Carol Lee, Public TrusteeThe name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Neal K. Dunning #10181 Brown, Berardini & Dunning & Walker, P.C. 2000 South Colorado Blvd., Tower Two, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80222 (303) 329-3363 Attorney File # 3085-160
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
L1013-FC 2022-007 COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2022-007
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On August 8, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relat ing to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Clear Creek records.
Original Grantor(s) Mary B Moss and Michael R Moss Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Acting Solely as Nomi nee for Countrywide Bank N.A.
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt ABS
TRUST VI Date of Deed of TrustMarch 16, 2006 County of RecordingClear Creek Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 07, 2006
Recording Information
BLOCK 16, TOWN OF EMPIRE WITH THE
HAS THE ADDRESS OF: 238 WEST HANCHETT ROAD, EMPIRE CO 80438
OF DEED OF TRUST RE CORDED ON APRIL25, 2012 AT RECEPTION NO. 264078
Also known by street and number as: 238 West Hanchett Road, Empire, CO 80438.
PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUM BERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as pro vided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, 12/08/2022, at The Clear Creek County Public Trustee’s Office, 405 Argentine Street, George town, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
Publication10/13/2022
Publication11/10/2022
of Publication
DATE: 08/08/2022
Clear Creek Courant
ALSO
Lee, Public Trustee in and for the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado
By: Carol Lee, Public Trustee
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s)
the legal holder of the
Anna Johnston, Esq. #51978
& Weisserman,
Speer Boulevard,
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and vice versa. So not fraud — just a mistake that needs to be rectified.
Or someone who is dead votes. Well, what happened? They mailed their absentee ballot before they passed away. So not fraud. Now, it depends on the state as to whether that would count or not since the individual is deceased. Technically, in Georgia, it shouldn’t count. But it’s not fraud by any means.
For voters who have concerns that our systems are secure, what can they do?
I would just encourage people to the extent to which they are con cerned, to look into things — see what safeguards are there and how they’re being employed, as opposed to just thinking something is going on without investigating. A lot of the election process in a lot of the places in the U.S. is a very open sys tem. Obviously, the ballot is secret, but the administrative part of it is very open. Most counties have a board of elections or a board of reg istrars — or both sometimes — and
you want, and most importantly be grateful for your family and coun try.”
there are open meetings. There’s no shortage of information nowadays.
There is a lot of thought that has gone into this in any state. There are a lot of security and safeguards that are placed in the state’s election code to specifically prevent fraud. I would welcome anyone who’s brave enough to look at their state’s elec tion code. It’s not the most interest ing thing, but you can get an idea of just how many safeguards are in place.
People can also certainly sign up to work the polls or in other capaci ties.
Are there other voting issues Americans should be focusing on?
What we should be doing is trying to increase voter confidence in the system for all partisans, whatever stripe. Now, this seems to be easier said than done, unfortunately.
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Today, Lewis has four grandchil dren and eight great grandchil dren. One of his granddaughters, Dawnette, told Rocky Mountain PBS that Lewis “set a great example of working hard to get the things
As for the next generation of service men and women, Lewis’ advice is simple. “When you join the service, concentrate on your basic training and you’ll be happy that you did, because you’ll be able to advance your rank in the military if you do that.”
Legal Notice No. CCC453
First Publication: October 13, 2022
Last Publication: October 27, 2022
Publisher: Clear Creek Courant
CITY OF IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO
NOTICE OF BUDGET (Pursuant to 29-1-106, C.R.S.)
NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the City Council of the City of Idaho Springs, Colorado for the ensuing year of 2023. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the City Clerk and is open for public inspection. The proposed budget will be considered for adoption at the regular meeting and public hearing of the Idaho Springs City Council to be held at City Hall, 1711 Miner Street on Decem ber 12, 2022 at 7:00 P.M. Any interested elector of the City of Idaho Springs may inspect the proposed
budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.
City of Idaho Springs, Colorado Wonder Martell, Deputy City Clerk
Legal Notice No. CCC460
First Publication: October 20, 2022
Last Publication: October 20, 2022
Publisher: Clear Creek Courant
Public Notice
NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET
EVERGREEN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
More than 16 million Americans served in World War II. Today, fewer than 170,000 are still alive. And ac cording to the National World War II Museum, close to 200 World War II veterans pass away each day.
This is why for Lewis, it’s impor tant that he remembers his time overseas and that he shares stories with his family. Looking through his photo albums, Lewis said, “some
times, I don’t really comprehend how far back that really was.”
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NOTICE is hereby given to all interested parties that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Evergreen Fire Protection District (“District”) for the ensuing year of 2023; that a copy of the 2023 Budget has been filed in the office of the District at 1802 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection by appointment; and that such 2023 Budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors to be held at 1802 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen, Colorado, on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 Budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto.
EVERGREEN FIRE PROTECTION DIS TRICT
By: /s/ Stacey Ballinger EFPD Secretary
Legal Notice No. CCC459 First Publication: October 20, 2022 Last Publication: October 20, 2022 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with the notice provisions contained in 38-26-107, C.R.S., the CLEAR CREEK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS has established Tuesday, November 1st, 2022, 10:00 am, at the Board of County Commissioners hearing room, located at 405 Argentine Street, Georgetown, Colorado, as the date, time and place of final settlement with RME Ltd., LLC d/b/a/ Elite Surfacing Infrastructure for Clear Creek County Road & Bridge Department’s 2021 Soda Creek Road Pavement Overlay Project – PW21-01, County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials,
sustenance, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his or her subcontractor in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplied laborers, rental machin ery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, whose claim therefore has not been paid by the contractor or subcontractor, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for work contracted to be done, may file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Clear Creek Board of County Commissioners, Clear Creek County, P O Box 2000, 405 Argentine Street, Georgetown, Colorado, 80444-2000. Failure to file such verified statement or claim prior to final settle ment will release the County and its employees and agents from any and all liability for such claim and for making final payment to said contractor.
Sean Wood, Chairman Board of County CommissionersLegal Notice No. CCC456
First Publication: October 13, 2022
Last Publication: October 20, 2022
Publisher: Clear Creek Courant
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