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Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Final Fiscal Note
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 22-0611
Rep. Holtorf
Sen. Simpson
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
June 1, 2022
Postponed Indefinitely
Clare Pramuk | 303-866-2677
clare.pramuk@state.co.us
Bill Topic: REESTABLISH SUNRISE SUNSET REVIEW COMMITTEE
Summary of
Fiscal Impact:
☐ State Revenue
☒ State Expenditure
☐ State Transfer
☐ TABOR Refund
☐ Local Government
☐ Statutory Public Entity
This bill would have reestablished the Committee for Sunrise and Sunset Reviews to
consider the continuation or termination of each division, board, agency, and advisory
committee subject to sunset review, as well as sunrise proposals to regulate a new
professional or occupational group. It would have increased state expenditures on an
ongoing basis.
Appropriation
Summary:
For FY 2022-23, the bill would have required an appropriation of $71,452 to multiple
agencies.
Fiscal Note
Status:
The fiscal note reflects the introduced bill. This bill was not enacted into law; therefore,
the impacts identified in this analysis do not take effect.
Table 1
State Fiscal Impacts Under HB 22-1081
Budget Year
FY 2022-23
Out Year
FY 2023-24
Revenue
- -
Expenditures General Fund $71,452 $45,955
Centrally Appropriated $15,618 $10,928
Total Expenditures $87,070 $56,883
Total FTE 1.0 FTE 0.7 FTE
Transfers - -
Other Budget Impacts General Fund Reserve $10,718 $6,892
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Summary of Legislation
This bill reestablishes the six member Committee for Sunrise and Sunset Reviews to consider the
continuation or termination of each division, board, agency, and advisory committee subject to sunset
review. The committee will also consider sunrise proposals to regulate a new professional or
occupational group. Any bill that creates a new advisory committee must be referred to the committee
for a review of whether the advisory committee should be created. Finally, the bill shortens the time
that the Department of Regulatory Agencies has to conduct its analysis of sunrise proposals.
Background
Between 1985 and 1996, the Committee for Sunrise and Sunset Reviews met during the legislative
interim to review sunrise and sunset reports prepared by the Department of Regulatory Agencies
regarding the regulation of professions and occupations and advisory committees. The committee
also heard testimony from proponents and opponents, and sponsored bills to begin, continue, or
terminate regulatory functions or advisory committees. In 1996, the committee was repealed and in
its place House committees of reference are designated to hear sunrise and sunset reports in even
numbered years and Senate committees of reference are designated in odd numbered years.
State Expenditures
The bill increases state expenditures by $84,121 in FY 2022-23 and $53,934 in FY 2023-24 from the
General Fund for the Department of Regulatory Agencies and the Legislative Department.
Expenditures are shown in Table 2 and detailed below.
Department of Regulatory Agencies. The Office of Policy, Research and Regulatory Reform requires
additional staffing to meet the earlier deadlines established in the bill for the analysis of sunrise
requests. The office requires 1.0 FTE in FY 2022-23, prorated for the General Fund paydate shift, and
reduced to 0.6 FTE in FY 2023-24 when more time is allotted for reviews. Standard operating and
capital outlay costs are included.
Legislative Department. Because the bill creates a new committee, Legislative Council Staff requires
an additional 0.1 FTE of a research analyst to staff the committee. In addition, assuming two meetings
are held outside of the legislative session, costs in the General Assembly for member per diem and
travel expenses. These costs are shown in Table 2 below.
Centrally appropriated costs. Pursuant to a Joint Budget Committee policy, certain costs associated
with this bill are addressed through the annual budget process and centrally appropriated in the Long
Bill or supplemental appropriations bills, rather than in this bill. These costs, which include employee
insurance and supplemental employee retirement payments, are shown in Table 2.
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Table 2
Expenditures Under HB 22-1081
Cost Components FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24
Department of Regulatory Agencies
Personal Services $54,295 $35,538
Operating Expenses $1,350 $810
Capital Outlay Costs $6,200 -
Centrally Appropriated Costs
1
$13,889 $9,199
FTE – Personal Services 0.9 FTE 0.6 FTE
DORA Subtotal $75,734 $45,547
Legislative Department
Personal Services $6,777 $6,777
Member Per Diem and Travel $2,830 $2,830
Centrally Appropriated Costs
1
$1,729 $1,729
FTE – Personal Services 0.1 FTE 0.1 FTE
LCS Subtotal $11,336 $11,336
Total $87,080 $56,883
Total FTE 1.0 FTE 0.7 FTE
1
Centrally appropriated costs are not included in the bill's appropriation.
Other Budget Impacts
General Fund reserve. Under current law, an amount equal to 15 percent of General Fund
appropriations must be set aside in the General Fund statutory reserve beginning in FY 2022-23. Based
on this fiscal note, the bill is expected to increase the amount of General Fund held in reserve by the
amounts shown in Table 1, which will decrease the amount of General Fund available for other
purposes.
Effective Date
The bill was postponed indefinitely by the House State, Civic, Veterans, and Military Affairs
Committee on February 17, 2022."
State Appropriations
For FY 2022-23, the bill requires the following General Fund appropriations:
$61,845 to the Department of Regulatory Agencies and 0.9 FTE; and Page 4
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$9,607 to the Legislative Department, including $6,777 and 0.1 FTE for Legislative Council Staff
and $2,830 to the General Assembly.
State and Local Government Contacts
Information Technology Legislative Council Staff Regulatory Agencies
The revenue and expenditure impacts in this fiscal note represent changes from current law under the bill for each
fiscal year. For additional information about fiscal notes, please visit: leg.colorado.gov/fiscalnotes.