(1) There is hereby created within the department of local affairs a local government limited gaming impact advisory committee, referred to in this section as the "committee". The committee shall be composed of the following thirteen members:
The executive director of the department of local affairs;
Two members, one of whom shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of theexecutive 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;
Three members representing the counties eligible to receive money from the fundpursuant to section 44-30-1301 (2) who shall serve at the pleasure of the boards and who shall be appointed as follows:
One member shall be appointed by the chairs of the boards of county commissionersfrom the counties impacted by gaming in the City of Cripple Creek who shall serve a term of four years, except the initial appointee who shall serve a term of two years;
One member shall be appointed by the chairs of the boards of county commissionersfrom 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
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.
Two members representing the municipalities eligible to receive money from thefund 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; except that one of the initial appointees shall serve a term of two 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.
One member representing the special districts providing emergency services that areeligible 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;
One member of the Colorado house of representatives to be appointed by the speakerof the house of representatives and who shall serve at the pleasure of the speaker;
One member of the Colorado senate to be appointed by the president of the senateand who shall serve at the pleasure of the president; and
Two members representing the governor, to be appointed by the governor and whoshall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
The terms of the members appointed by the speaker of the house of representativesand the president of the senate who are serving on March 22, 2007, shall be extended to and expire on or shall terminate on the convening date of the first regular session of the sixty-seventh general assembly. As soon as practicable after the convening date, the speaker and the president shall each appoint or reappoint one member in the same manner as provided in subsections (1)(f) and (1)(g) of this section. Thereafter, the terms of the members appointed or reappointed by the speaker and the president shall 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. Members appointed or reappointed by the speaker and the president shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and shall continue in office until the member's successor is appointed.
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.
The committee shall have the following duties:
To establish a standardized methodology and criteria for documenting, measuring,assessing, and reporting the documented gaming impacts upon eligible local governmental entities;
To review the documented gaming impacts upon eligible local governmental entitieson a continuing basis;
To review grant applications from eligible local governmental entities, individuallyor in cooperation with other eligible local governmental entities, based upon the needs of the entities and the documented gaming impacts on the entities;
To make funding recommendations on a continuing basis to be considered by theexecutive 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.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-47.1-1602 as it existed prior to 2018.