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FY10/11 LONG APPROPRIATIONS BILL (Search for HB-1376)

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Colorado FY10/11 Executive Budget Request Summaries

These are the contents of Governor Ritter's FY10/11 budget request letter to the JBC, released November 6, 2009. Electronic copies of individual department detailed requests will not be released by OSBP until Monday, November 9.

FY 2010-11 Budget Summary Slides

FY 10/11 Budget Letter to JBC

Budget Letter Attachments

Adjustments to PERA Contributions

Refinancing COPs

Revised Distribution of Gaming Funds

Reduced Senior Property Tax Exemptions

Cash Fund Transfers

General Fund 2% Reserve

Request for Revisions to Tax Credits and Exemptions

Joint Budget Committee Departmental Briefing Documents

Governor Ritter's FY09/10 Budget Balancing Information

CURRENT FY09/10 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET CHANGES

FY09/10 STATE BUDGET (LONG BILL) SB09-259

FY09/10 LONG BILL NARRATIVE

FY09/10 BUDGET BALANCING PACKAGE 2/8/2010

JBC MEMO 1/26/10 VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR FY9/10

SCTY OF STATE 1331 SUPPLEMENTAL FOR WITNESS PROTECTION

CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT 1331 SUPPLEMENTALS FOR CONSTRUCTION

OSPB LETTER TO JBC ON FY09/10 SUPPLEMENTALS DTD 1/4/10

EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL 1, 1/8/10

EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL 2, 1/8/10

DPA 1331 SUPPLEMENTAL, 1/8/10

CDOT SUPPLEMENTAL, 1/11/10

TREASURY SUPPLEMENTAL 1/11/10

GOVERNOR OFFICE SUPPLEMENTAL 1/12/10

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPLEMENTAL 1/12/10

SECRETARY OF STATE SUPPLEMENTAL 1/12/10

DNR SUPPLEMENTAL 1/13/10 (Parks/Rec, Water, Wildlife only)

LAW SUPPLEMENTAL 1/13/10

DPS SUPPLEMENTAL 1/13/10 (Criminal only)

HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL 1/14/10

MILITARY & VETERANS AFFAIRS SUPPLEMENTAL 1/14/10

PERA OSPB REQUEST 1/14/10

AGRICULTURE SUPPLEMENTAL 1/15/10

DNR SUPPLEMENTAL(Reclamation, Mining, Oil & Gas) 1/15/10

JUDICIAL SUPPLEMENTAL 1/19/10

LOCAL AFFAIRS SUPPLEMENTAL 1/19/10

DPA SUPPLEMENTAL 1/19/10

CDPHE SUPPLEMENTAL #1 1/20/10

CDPHE SUPPLEMENTAL #2 1/20/10

HUMAN SERVICES SUPPLEMENTAL 1/20/10

DHS ATTACHMENT 1/20/10

REVENUE SUPPLEMENTAL 1/20/10

HCPF SUPPLEMENTAL 1/21/10

DPS SUPPLEMENTAL (Divs other than Criminal) 1/21/10

DORA SUPPLEMENTAL 1/21/10

HUMAN SERVICES SUPPLEMENTAL 2 1/22/10

HUMAN SERVICES SUPPLEMENTAL 3 1/22/10

CORRECTIONS SUPPLEMENTAL 1/22/10

CORRECTIONS SUPPLEMENTAL 2/1/10

HIGHER ED SUPPLEMENTAL 2/1/10

DEPT OF LAW SUPPLEMENTAL 2/3/10

Republican Study Committee of Colorado

(Left to right) Sen. Dave Schultheis, Sen. Kevin Lundberg, and Kent Lambert in a working group to finalize new revisions to the Declaration of Principles of the Republican Study Committee of Colorado. University of Colorado academic hiring and tenure policy, the status of illegal immigration bills, and upcoming plans for hearings on primary and secondary education were also discussed.

RSCC Declaration of Principles

I have declared my dedication to the principles of limited and Constitutional role for civil government, a strong national defense, the protection of individual and property rights, and the preservation of traditional family values.

Representative Kent Lambert

Individual liberty
Personal responsibility
Limited government
Rule of law
Sanctity of life
Legal immigration
Free markets and commerce
Lower taxes
Family integrity and the American moral tradition
Quality education through choice
Free-market conservation
Increase private-sector healthcare

I am working to support core Republican principles and to apply those principles through a strong Republican organization in the General Assembly. My experience as Executive Director of the Republican Study Committee of Colorado (RSCC) demonstrates my commitment to that goal, and my ability to make it work. I helped write the RSCC Declaration of Principles, and I follow those principles to guide my votes as a State Representative.

HB10-1080

January 27, 2010

My HB10-1080 to reform the emergency planning process for the General Assembly passed unanimously in the House Local Affairs Committee.

Stimulus Protest

Representative Lambert speaks to the crowd gathered to protest President Obama's signing of the stimulus package.

Boy Scout Centennial License Plate signed into law

June 6, 2008

Authorization for a commorative license plate honoring the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, sponsored by Representative and Eagle Scout Kent Lambert, was signed into law today by Governor Bill Ritter.

HB-1151 was co-sponsored by Eagle Scout Representative Terrance Carroll of Denver, Eagle Scouts Senator Dave Schultheis and Representative Larry Liston of Colorado Springs, and many other legislators.

The Boy Scouts of America was founded on February 8, 1910, by William Boyce, a Chicago publisher, following the model of the British Scouts started by Lord Robert Baden-Powell a few years earlier.

Since 1910, more than 111 million young people have joined Scouting organizations. As of December 31, 2006, Boy Scout program membership included: 1,167,102 Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venture Scouts (which includes both young men and young women); 1,701,861 Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts; and almost 1.2 million adult volunteers, all organized as 121,530 Packs, Troops and Teams.

Representative Lambert was awarded the Eagle Scout Award in 1970 just after he joined the Air Force Academy. It was presented to him by the Academy Commandant of Cadets, Brig. Gen. Robin Olds. He later started an American Boy Scout troop at the American Embassy in Amman, Jordan, and served as Scoutmaster for about 20 boys.

Two Kent Lambert-sponsored Referenda now in the Colorado Constitution

Denver, November, 2008

Two House Concurrent Resolutions sponsored by Kent Lambert and Senator David Schultheis, were approved by voters on the November 4 ballot.

Constitutional referenda require approval by two-thirds of members in both houses of the General Assembly, which is relatively rare. The two-year long 66th Colorado General Assembly produced only four referred measures for the 2008 ballot. Both of the Lambert/Schultheis measures received 99 of 100 possible votes.

The referenda are designed to selectively remove obsolete language from the Constitution. HCR08-1008 removes language from the original 1876 Colorado Constitution and from the Prohibition Era concerning "spurious, poisonous, or drugged spiritous liquors," which protected Coloradoans before the days of the Federal Food and Drug Administration and a variety of other federal and state laws.

HCR08-1009 removes an obsolete and superseded provision that allowed a tax waiver for "arborial planting" of "hedges, orchards, and forests" on private land. Research indicated that since 1876 that waiver had never been used.

In response to the opinion of many that the Constitution was getting too long, these were two of several sections of the Constitution that were originally identified by Representative Douglas Bruce as good candidates for removal.

The two measures appeared on the November 4 ballot as "Referendum M" and "Referendum N", and were passed by a majority of the voters.

Lambert Emergency Volunteer Protection Act Signed into Law

Denver, April 24, 2008

HB08-1097, sponsored by Representative Kent Lambert and Senator Chris Romer, was signed into law today. It will protect Civil Air Patrol members and other state volunteers from losing their jobs during declared emergencies. During times of emergency, the state and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security rely more and more on trained, but unpaid, volunteers to respond during federal, state-wide, or local disasters or terrorist incidents.

HB08-1097 will extend the same job protections to members of the Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force Auxilary, as currently protect members of the National Guard during emergencies or disasters at the request of the Governor, the U.S. Air Force, or the Colorado Division of Emergency Management.

Representative Lambert also worked with the Division of Emergency Management to amend the bill to extend job protections to other essential volunteers throughout the state.

Representative Lambert is the Commander of the Capitol Squadron of the Colorado Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.

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