Gov. Hickenlooper signs Colorado Energy Office bill

DENVER —Thursday, May 24, 2012 — Gov. John Hickenlooper today signed 29 bills, including one that refocuses the Colorado Energy Office to build on the state’s national reputation as a leader in clean energy and energy innovation and to enhance the office’s ability to support private-sector job creation in renewable energy and natural gas industries.

“This legislation helps ensure our continued investment and research in Colorado’s energy industry,” Hickenlooper said about HB12-1315. “The office will promote clean and affordable sources of energy that are critical to the future of our state.”

The energy office bill changed the name of the office to the Colorado Energy Office, secured funding for five years and established the office’s Innovative Energy Fund and the Clean & Renewable Energy Fund.

The Colorado Energy Office promotes sustainable economic development in Colorado by encouraging job creation, increasing energy security and lowering long-term consumer costs while protecting the environment.

Here is a complete list of the bills signed today by the governor:

Number	Title	Sponsors	Summary
SB12-150	State Treasurer Authority To Manage State Financing	Schwartz / Sonnenberg	Concerning the State Treasurer’s authority to manage state public financing, and, in connection therewith reducing an appropriations.
SB12-009	Consolidate Div Water Resources Funds	Hodge / Swerdfeger	Concerning the consolidation of cash funds administered by the Division of Water Resources, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing appropriations.
SB12-010	CBI Gifts Grants Donations Fund	Hodge / Ferrandino	Concerning the authority of the Department of Public Safety to use grants and donations for the purpose of funding the activities of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
SB12-026	Agency Rules With State Mandates On A Local Gov	Cadman / Vaad	Concerning a state of agency rule that creates a state mandate on a local government.
SB12-051	Contract Requirements For School Districts	Bacon / Massey	Concerning requirements for contracts executed by local education providers.
SB12-118	Repeal 25 Percent Food Threshold Liquor License	White / Acree	Concerning the repeal of the requirement for a hotel and restaurant alcohol license that twenty-five percent of sales must be from meals.
SB12-145	Cap 2011-12 School Land Revenues Transfers	Steadman / Becker	Concerning a cap on the 2011-12 state fiscal year transfers to the state public school fund from public school land moneys.
SB12-159	Evaluation Children With Autism Medicaid Waiver	Hudak / Kerr J.	Concerning the evaluation of home- and community-based services for children with autism under the Medicaid waiver program, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
SB12-160	Parent Involvement In Education	Hudak / Duran	Concerning parent involvement in public education advisory committees.
SB12-161	Reduce Correctional Facility Health Care Costs	Nicholson / Bradford	Concerning measures to reduce health care costs in correctional facilities.
SB12-168	Triggers For General Fund Obligations	Steadman / Gerou	Concerning a trigger related to General Fund obligations created in Senate Bill 09-228.
SB12-170	Personalized License Plate Auctions One Position	Aguilar / Gerou	Concerning authorization for personalized license plates of one position to fund a program that helps persons with disabilities obtain benefits.
SB12-175	Court Time Periods By Seven Day Periods	Carroll / Gardner B.	Concerning statutorily established time intervals.
HB12-1043	Concurrent Enrollment For Early High School Grads	Conti / King K.	Concerning concurrent enrollment for students who may complete high school graduation requirements before the end of twelfth grade.
HB12-1081	Operations Auraria Higher Education Center	Duran / Steadman	Concerning the operations of the Auraria Higher Education Center.
HB12-1124	Colorado Digital Learning Study	Massey / Johnston	Concerning a study of digital learning in Colorado.
HB12-1214	Community College Two-year Degree Programs	Becker / Spence & Nicholson	Concerning community college two-year degree programs in certain healthcare fields without a student transfer agreement.
HB12-1223	Inmates Eligibility For Earned Time	Levy / Steadman	Concerning earned time for inmates, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing appropriations.
HB12-1274	Regulation Notaries Public DOS Cash Fund	Swerdfeger / Jahn	Concerning the regulation of notaries public, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing appropriations.
HB12-1302	Flight For Life Colorado Special License Plate	Massey / Tochtrop	Concerning the creation of a Flight for Life Colorado license plate, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
HB12-1307	Bd Assessment Appeals Nonlawyer Trustees	Kerr J. / Roberts	Concerning the authority of a nonlawyer trustee of a certain size trust to represent the trust before the board of assessment appeals.
HB12-1327	Towing Carriers Repeal Bond Impose 5 Yr Revocation	Coram / Roberts & King S.	Concerning financial responsibility requirements for motor carriers, and, in connection therewith, repealing the surety bond requirement for towing carriers, imposing a period of disqualification from the right to operate as a towing carrier as an additional penalty for failure to respond as required after violating applicable provisions, creating a designated tow truck license plate, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
HB12-1328	Unif Consumer Credit Code Contracts For Purchase	Priola / Giron	Concerning exclusion from the “Uniform Consumer Credit Code” of certain charges by persons regularly engaged in making contacts for purchase of tangible personal property in the course of business if those charges do not exceed amounts permitted by law.
HB12-1334	Severence Tax Funding Agricultural Energy Projects	Becker / Hodge	Concerning the extension of severance tax funding for the promotion of agricultural energy-related projects, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
HB12-1346	Sex Offender Registration No Fixed Residence	Gardner B. / King S.	Concerning sex offender registration.
HB12-1353	Proportional Reductions Tier 2 Sev Tax Transfers	Becker / Steadman	Concerning the mitigation of the effect of automatic proportional reduction to the tier 2 transfers out of the operational account of the severance tax trust fund when revenue shortfalls occur.
HB12-1357	Unspent Proceeds Of FML Lease-Purchase Agreements	Brown / Renfroe	Concerning the use of unspent moneys after completion of capital construction projects at state-supported institutions of higher education authorized by a 2008 federal mineral lease revenues lease-purchase agreement.
HB12-1360	Surplus General Fund Transfer To Econ Dev Fund	Gerou & Levy / Steadman & Lambert	Concerning the transfer of up to four million dollars from the General Fund to the Colorado Economic Development Fund based upon the amount by which the June 2012 estimate of General Fund revenue for the 2011-12 fiscal year exceeds the March 2012 estimate of general fund revenue for the 2011-12 fiscal year, and, in connection therewith, making and appropriation.
HB12-1315	Reorganization Of Governor's Energy Office	Becker / Steadman	Concerning the reorganization of the Governor’s Energy Office, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

For a complete list of Hickenlooper’s 2012 legislation decisions, click here.

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