House Finance
The House Finance Committee sent a PERA plan-options bill and a license-plate transfer measure on to Appropriations, but killed two tax bills — a retirement-income deduction that dissolved into a 'taxation is theft' clash and a hotly contested proposal to let local governments tax vacant homes.
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“So this was a bill brought to me by a constituent in my district from the Windcrest Assisted Living Facility who's very involved in para issues overall and asked if we could run this and my knee jerk reaction was oh hell no. I am very protective of para.”
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Sign in to subscribeThe committee will come to order. Ms. Culver, please call the roll. Representative Brooks? Present. Camacho here. DeGraff DeGraph Garcia excuse. Gonzalez Good afternoon. Hartsuk Here. Marshall Here. Stuart Excuse. Zo Kai Excused. Tatone. Here. And Mr. Chair, I am here and we are also joined by Representative Garcia. Folks, we got a lot of witnesses signed up on the last bill so we're going to get moving. I see the sponsors are here and ready on 1026. Who'd like to go first? Representative Hammer thank you Mr. Chair and members of the House Finance Committee, thank you for hearing House Bill 26 1026. As you know, para is a retirement system for many Colorado's public employees and para benefits are tied to service credit the years you are working and contributing. House Bill 2612 oh 12 sorry, 1026 is about making para fit the reality of today's workforce while protecting the integrity of the PARA trusts. Many public employees don't have a perfectly straight, uninterrupted career. People may step out of the workforce or change jobs for reasons like caring for a child, an aging parent or a family member with a disability, a serious health issue, a spouse's…
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