Trust the Process
This is why legislators make laws.
What is to improve the lives of people living in our state
The amount of money made available to the various departments of the government from a specific source for a specific purpose
What is an Appropriation
This is a statement of the estimated fiscal impact or concurrent resolution of a bill.
What is a fiscal note
This group is empowering business voices for positive change.
What is NCLA
This number of legislators make up the Colorado General Assembly.
What is 100?
These two committees are the most powerful legislative committee because they oversee financial decisions.
What is the Appropriations Committee and the Joint Budget Committee
This is the origin of the word lobbyist
President Ulysses S. Grant would sit in a comfortable chair in the lobby enjoying a cigar and lobby at the Hay/Adams Hotel, where powerbrokers started courting him, he referred to these people as lobbyists.
This fund has very few restrictions on how the general assembly may appropriate funds.
What is the general fund that is made up of income taxes, sales taxes, and other sources to support government operations
What are Water Resource Development, Labor and Employment, Community Issues, Roads & Transportation.
This is the number of senators and representatives that are in the General Assembly
The Colorado Legislative session begins in January and ends in May, spanning this amount of days.
What is 120 days
In legislative terms this is what COW stands for
What is a committee of the Whole?
When either legislative chamber meets to debate bills calendared for second reading, the chamber is acting as a committee of the whole.
In 2023 incoming Legislators make this amount of money on average.
What is $42,750
Name three areas of legislative priority for the NCLA
Water Resource Development
Transportation
Labor and Employment
What is 10 years after the national census.
This process includes discussion and debate which are an important part of the process where you have the opportunity to share ideas and get feedback before bill becomes a law.
What is Stake Holding
The annual appropriations act, is prepared by staff to explain funding decisions recommended by the JBC. What is this called?
What is the Long Bill
This amount of money is the total amount in the Colorado State Budget for 2024
What is $40.6 Billion
These groups make up NCLA
Who are the Greeley Area Chamber of Commerce, Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce, Loveland Chamber of Commerce, and Upstate Colorado
Senators serve this amount of time with a maximum of _______ terms whereas representatives serve this amount of time with a maximum of _______ terms.
This person, different for both the house and senate, is voted for by their peers to ensure rules are adhered and to make sure all legislators and bills are treated fairly.
Who is the Speaker of the House and President (senate)
The action that concludes the session of the General Assembly to fix the hour of adjournment.
What is Sine Die (Latin term for without day)
Sweeping legislative and regulatory changes have added this amount of money to doing business in Colorado.
What is $590 Million
NCLA has taken an action on this amount of bills in the 2024 legislative session.
What is 120 bills
Legislators represent constituents, senators represent _____ number of constituents, while representatives represent __________ number of constituents.
Representatives - 89,000