GreenCO 2021 Legislative Priorities

Water

• Continue to work with state/local agencies on the Colorado Water Plan to ensure conservation, land use planning and sound regulatory development based on science and technology.
• Support legislation that will help fund the Colorado Water Plan.
• Work to educate legislators and water policy decision makers on the need for implementation of GreenCO BMP’s.
• Work with state agencies and the General Assembly on the current drought conditions in Colorado as the state has entered into Phase 3 “Full Plan Activation” of the State Drought Mitigation and response Plan.
  • Work to build a coalition of businesses and like organizations on drought and water issues.
  • Educate and be a resource for legislators, state agencies and local officials on ways to combat drought conditions.

Industry Regulations and Business Practices

• Support efforts to find solutions to retainage issues.
• Support efforts to build for better liability protection for contractors.
• Work with business coalition on any arbitration legislation that is brought in the 2021 session.
• As FAMLI passed on the 2020 ballot we will stay engaged on any legislation that is introduced on the implementation of FAMLI.
• Monitor minimum wage and wage protection issues before the legislature.
• Support job development legislation that creates opportunities to find and hire the necessary workforce in Colorado.
• Work with the business coalition to address any proposed anti-growth legislation.
• Closely monitor any legislation looking to cut tax expenditures for businesses.
• Ensure that “essential” businesses have future protection from COVID liablitiy issues.
• Closely monitor any legislation pertaining to Worker’s Compensation.

Infrastructure Funding

• Infrastructure funding will again be a top priority and GreenCO will closely monitor any transportation funding legislation and get engaged when necessary.

Sales & Use Tax

• Monitor all legislation related to sales and use tax.
• Continue to support the Sales & Use Tax Simplification Task Force.  
• Continue to support the development of a uniform set of definitions for sales and use tax.

Pesticide Regulation

• Oppose any measure to allow for local control when applying pesticides.
• Oppose non-research based arbitrary bans on pesticides.
• Closely monitor and oppose any effort to expand pesticide regulatory burden.

Education

• Fund vocational and adult education programs for the skilled trades and technical career paths that are drastically understaffed in Colorado’s workforce.
• Support tax credits for employers who hire workforce from K-12 students, returning military or those unemployed or underemployed, and provide technical and/or skills training for such hires.