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Legislative Alert: SB10-116 Change Orders
For several years, ACEC/CO has been part of “Building Jobs for Colorado” (BJ4C) Coalition to address prompt pay issues. In the past, the coalition has developed comprehensive prompt pay legislation that has been defeated in committee hearings. This year, the coalition decided to tackle one part of two prompt pay concerns – Change Orders. SB10-116 “Public Contracting Jobs Protection Act” sponsored by Senator Kopp and Representatives Rice and Priola requires public entities to make periodic reimbursement of a contractor’s costs, as defined in the contract, when the public entity issues a change directive without an executed change order in place, until the change order is finalized. The goal is to increase cash flow to contractors and sub-contractors, which includes engineers, for public works projects.
SB10-116 is scheduled for the Senate Business Affairs committee Wednesday, February 17, 1:30 p.m. in the Colorado State Capitol, 3rd floor, room 354. Please contact the Senate Business Affairs members to voice your support of SB116. Use these Sample grassroots letters, including ACEC/CO's letter of support and fact sheet to personalize your response. If we can be of any assistance please contact Marilen Reimer at 303-832-2200, mar@acec-co.org. Committee contact information below:
Senate Business Affairs and Labor Committee
Lori Tochtrop – Chair – Assistant Majority Leader - District 24
200 E. Colfax
Denver, CO 80203
303-866-4863
lotochtrop@aol.com
Suzanne Williams – Vice-Chair – Majority Caucus Chair – District 28
200 E. Colfax
Denver, CO 80203
303-866-3432
Suzanne.williams.senate@state.co.us
Joyce Foster – District 35
200 E. Colfax
Denver, CO 80203
303-866-4875
Joyce.foster.senate@state.co.us
Ted Harvey – District 30
200 E. Colfax
Denver, CO 80203
303-866-4881
Ted.harvey.senate@state.co.us
Michael Johnston – District 33
200 E. Colfax
Denver, CO 80203
303-866-4864
Mike.johnston.senate@state.co.us
Shawn Mitchell – District 23
200 E. Colfax
Denver, CO 80203
303-866-4876
Shawn.mitchell.senate@state.co.us
Mark Scheffel – District 4
200 E. Colfax
Denver, CO 80203
303-866-4869
Mark.scheffel.senate@state.co.us
Bills to Watch for This Week
Use the following information to track the bills, listen to the proceedings or contact your legislators to voice your position on the bill. Go to the Colorado General Assembly Website at: http://www.leg.state.co.us/ and click on Video/Audio Broadcasts of Current Proceedings.
KEY to help you track legislation listed below:
Bill #, Sponsors in both house and senate, short bill title;
Date to be heard;
Committee that will hear it;
Time it will be heard and room number;
Order on calendar to be hear which is subject to change.
BUSINESS PRACTICES:
Bill HB10-1192 - POMMER / HEATH Sales & Use Tax Of Standardized Software
Monday, February 15 2010
CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
(4) in house calendar.
Bill SB10-114 - CARROLL M. / WEISSMANN Taxpayer Transparency Act Of 2010
Monday, February 15 2010
GENERAL ORDERS - SECOND READING OF BILLS
(1) in senate calendar.
Bill HB10-1163 - ACREE / SCHEFFEL Interstate Purchase Health Insurance
Tuesday, February 16 2010
State Veterans & Military Affairs
1:30 p.m. Room 0112
(3) in house calendar.
Bill SB10-049 - SANDOVAL / BENEFIELD Liability Lmts Life Hlth Ins Protection
Tuesday, February 16 2010
Business Affairs & Labor
Upon adjournment Room 0112
(1) in house calendar.
Bill SB10-046 - GIBBS / LEVY Boundaries Of Forest Improvement Dist
Wednesday, February 17 2010
GENERAL ORDERS -- SECOND READING OF BILLS
(31) in house calendar.
Bill SB10-085 - SCHEFFEL / PRIOLA Exempt Personal Prop Tax Pilot Program
Wednesday, February 17 2010
STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1:30 P.M. SCR 353
(3) in senate calendar.
Bill SB10-086 - SCHEFFEL / PRIOLA Phased-in Fully Depreciated Prop Exempt
Wednesday, February 17 2010
STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1:30 P.M. SCR 353
(4) in senate calendar.
Bill SB10-116 - KOPP / RICE & ... Change Orders On Public Works Contracts
Wednesday, February 17 2010
BUSINESS, LABOR, & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
1:30 P.M. SCR 354
(1) in senate calendar.
Bill SB10-112 - KOPP Workers' Compensation Ins Rate Setting
Thursday, February 18 2010
FINANCE COMMITTEE
UPON ADJOURNMENT SCR 354
(2) in senate calendar.
Bill HB10-1085 - KERR J. / TAPIA Land Surveys & Profl Land Surveyors
Monday, February 22 2010
BUSINESS, LABOR, & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
1:30 P.M. SCR 354
(1) in senate calendar.
Bill HB10-1283 - RIESBERG / SANDOVAL Patient Safety Issues
Monday, February 22 2010
Health & Human Services
1:30 p.m. Room LSB-A
(5) in house calendar.
ENVIRONMENT:
Bill HB10-1042 - PENISTON / HODGE Air Quality Permitting Program
Wednesday, February 17 2010
GENERAL ORDERS -- SECOND READING OF BILLS
(8) in house calendar.
Bill HB10-1051 - POMMER / WHITEHEAD Water Efficiency Plans Annual Reports
Wednesday, February 24 2010
Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
1:30 p.m. Room 0107
(1) in house calendar.
TRANSPORTATION:
Bill HB10-1143 - MCNULTY / JOHNSTON Uses At RTD Transfer Facilities
Wednesday, February 17 2010
GENERAL ORDERS -- SECOND READING OF BILLS
(26) in house calendar.
Bill HB10-1212 - RICE / SCHWARTZ Req Rules For Late Veh Regis Fee Exemps
Wednesday, February 17 2010
GENERAL ORDERS -- SECOND READING OF BILLS
(12) in house calendar.
ENERGY
Bill HB10-1204 - SOPER Plumbing Code Water Conservation Stnd
Wednesday, February 17 2010
GENERAL ORDERS -- SECOND READING OF BILLS
(3) in house calendar.
Bill SB10-074 - PENRY PUC Electric Util Encourage Natural Gas
Thursday, February 18 2010
AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
1:30 P.M. SCR 353
(1) in senate calendar.
WATER
Bill SB10-027 - SANDOVAL / ROBERTS Fine Illegal Surface Water Diversions
Monday, February 15 2010
THIRD READING OF BILLS--FINAL PASSAGE
(7) in senate calendar.
Bill HB10-1325 - LAMBERT / WHITE Natural Resource Damage Recovery Fund
Tuesday, February 16 2010
Appropriations
7:30 a.m. Room LSB-A
(29) in house calendar.
Bill SB10-165 - HODGE / HULLINGHORST Adjust Oil And Gas Well Regulation
Wednesday, February 17 2010
AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
UPON ADJOURNMENT SCR 353
(2) in senate calendar.
Bill SB10-098 - TOCHTROP / SONNENBERG Allocate Moneys Conserve Nat Resources
Thursday, February 18 2010
AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
1:30 P.M. SCR 353
(3) in senate calendar.
Bill SB10-025 - WHITEHEAD / BAUMGARDNER Extend Funding Water Efficiency Grants
Friday, February 19 2010
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
8:00 A.M. SCR 356
(2) in senate calendar.
Bill HB10-1051 - POMMER / WHITEHEAD Water Efficiency Plans Annual Reports
Wednesday, February 24 2010
Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
1:30 p.m. Room 0107
(1) in house calendar.
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