This memorandum provides information on property tax revenue accruing to tax increment financing (TIF) districts. This research begins by providing background information on Colorado law that authorizes urban renewal authorities (URAs) and downtown development authorities (DDAs) to use TIF for urban renewal projects and concludes with information on TIF in other states.
This memorandum provides an overview of the Colorado unemployment insurance (UI) program, including UI benefits, funding, and solvency in the context of recent economic downturns.
This memorandum provides an update on leading economic indicators to inform the General Assembly about the ongoing state of the Colorado and U.S. economies. Select indicators for business activity, employment, consumer activity, and energy activity are provided. Data for June and early July suggest an ongoing recovery from the COVID-19-related recession. However, economic activity remains well below pre-pandemic levels, and the impacts of the pandemic on leisure and hospitality industries remain significant.
Colorado's Adult Protective Services (APS) system, first established in 1983, protects at-risk adults who, because of mental or physical ability, are unable to obtain services or other wise protect their own health, safety, and welfare.
This memorandum provides an overview of recent audit recommendations for selected executive departments. Staff reviewed audit reports from 2007 to the present for departments over which the Judiciary committees have oversight responsibilities. Those departments include the: Department of Corrections; Department of Law; Department of Public Safety; Judicial Department; and Governor's Office of Homeland Security. The memorandum provides a brief summary of the findings of each audit report as well as a table illustrating the auditor's recommendations and the department's response to such recommendations.
This memorandum provides an executive summary of the various public health orders issued during the declared disaster emergency related to the presence of COVID-19 in Colorado.
This issue brief provides an overview of court and court facility funding. Specifically, information is provided on state, county, and information is provided on state, county, and supplemental funding grants available to assist counties with court security and facility costs.
This memorandum provides a listing of criminal justice reform bills passed in Colorado over the past several years. More specifically, the attached table provides the bill number, title, and description of the criminal justice reform legislation. Please note that this listing only highlights legislation that is typically considered to be reformative in nature, in that it aims to fix or improve upon perceived errors or current practices in the criminal justice system.
