Colorado § 44-30-1302 - Local government limited gaming impact advisory committee - creation - duties.

§ 44-30-1302. Local government limited gaming impact advisory committee - creation - duties.

(1) There is created within the department of local affairs the local government limited gaming impact advisory committee, referred to in this section as the "committee". The committee consists of the following thirteen members:

(a) The executive director of the department of local affairs;

(b) Two members, one of whom shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the executive director of the department of public safety and one who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the executive director of the department of revenue;

(c) Three members representing the counties eligible to receive money from the fund pursuant to section 44-30-1301 (2) who shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and who shall be appointed as follows:

(I) One member shall be appointed by the chairs of the boards of county commissioners from the counties impacted by gaming in the city of Cripple Creek who shall serve a term of four years;

(II) One member shall be appointed by the chairs of the boards of county commissioners from the counties impacted by gaming in the city of Central and the city of Black Hawk who shall serve a term of four years; and

(III) One member shall be appointed by the chairs of the boards of county commissioners from the counties impacted by tribal gaming who shall serve a term of four years.

(d) Two members representing the municipalities eligible to receive money from the fund pursuant to section 44-30-1301 (2) to be appointed by the mayors of the municipalities and who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayors for terms of four years. Not more than one member shall be selected pursuant to this subsection (1)(d) from each of the groups of counties described in subsections (1)(c)(I) to (1)(c)(III) of this section.

(e) One member representing the special districts providing emergency services that are eligible to receive money from the fund pursuant to section 44-30-1301 (2) to be appointed by and who shall serve at the pleasure of the director of the division in the department of public health and environment responsible for statewide emergency medical and trauma services management;

(f) One member of the Colorado house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and who shall serve at the pleasure of the speaker;

(g) One member of the Colorado senate to be appointed by the president of the senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the president; and

(h) Two members representing the governor, to be appointed by the governor and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor for terms of four years.

(2) The terms of the members appointed or reappointed by the speaker and the president expire on the convening date of the first regular session of each general assembly, and all subsequent appointments and reappointments by the speaker and the president shall be made as soon as practicable after the convening date. The person making the original appointment or reappointment shall fill any vacancy by appointment for the remainder of an unexpired term.

(3) The executive director of the department of local affairs shall convene the first meeting of the committee. The committee shall select a chair of the committee, from among the committee members, who shall convene the committee from time to time as the committee deems necessary.

(4) The committee shall have the following duties:

(a) To establish a standardized methodology and criteria for documenting, measuring, assessing, identifying, and reporting the documented negative gaming impacts upon eligible local governmental entities;

(b) To review the documented negative gaming impacts upon eligible local governmental entities on a continuing basis;

(c) To ascertain the property values for each county that is an eligible local governmental entity and compare that to the property values for all counties that are eligible local governmental entities;

(d) To review grant applications from eligible local governmental entities, individually or in cooperation with other eligible local governmental entities, based upon the needs of the entities, the documented negative gaming impacts on the entities, and the prioritization requirements set forth in section 44-30-1301 (2)(a)(I); and

(e) To make funding recommendations on a continuing basis to be considered by the executive director of the department of local affairs in making funding decisions for grant applications submitted by eligible local governmental entities pursuant to section 44-30-1301 (2)(a).

(5) The members of the committee appointed pursuant to subsections (1)(f) and (1)(g) of this section are entitled to receive compensation and reimbursement of expenses as provided in section 2-2-326.

Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18-034), ch. 14, p. 232, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2019: (1)(b) amended, (SB 19-241), ch. 390, p. 3480, § 67, effective August 2. L. 2021: (4) amended, (HB 21-1132), ch. 176, p. 964, § 2, effective May 24. L. 2022: IP(1), IP(1)(c), (1)(c)(I), (1)(d), (1)(h), and (2) amended, (SB 22-013), ch. 2, p. 90, § 123, effective February 25.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-47.1-1602 as it existed prior to 2018.

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