Tag: tabor
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Election Results: 2C road maintenance tax on track for renewal for 10 years
Colorado Springs voters are set to approve a 10-year extension for the sales tax that has helped the city funds road improvements. Tuesday night’s initial election results from the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office at 8 p.m. showed that 73.18% of voters were in support of renewing the 2C sales and use tax.…
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District Court dismisses lawsuit to remove road tax extension from Colorado Springs ballot
An El Paso County District Court judge this month dismissed a lawsuit that sought to remove the so-called 2C road tax question from Colorado Springs’ November ballot. Douglas Bruce, the author of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights amendment, filed a three-page civil lawsuit against the city of Colorado Springs in late September, alleging the city…
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Proposed $530 million budget includes infrastructure improvements, TABOR refund in El Paso County
El Paso County is planning a renewed focus on infrastructure and public safety and hopes to give property owners some financial relief, according to a Wednesday news release from the county. The El Paso County Services Department presented the plan during Wednesday’s meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, outlining a $530.8 million preliminary budget…
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TABOR author sues Colorado Springs, seeks removal of road tax extension question on November ballot
Douglas Bruce, the former Colorado state legislator who authored the state’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights amendment, is suing the city of Colorado Springs in a bid to remove a question from the November ballot that would authorize the 10-year extension of a dedicated sales tax for road maintenance. Bruce filed the three-page lawsuit against the city…
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El Paso County approves two new public improvement districts
This year, El Paso County is continuing a program that allows developers to pay impact fees to for public improvements over several years instead of upfront. The program, called a Public Improvement District, offsets impact fees due through the county for major public works, like roads, by allowing property owners to pay a property tax…
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$67 million more in TABOR refunds slated for April: What you need to know if you pay taxes in Colorado
Colorado taxpayers are in line for almost $67 million in Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refunds that should have been paid years ago due, the result of an error by the state controller in determining what should — or shouldn’t — be counted as TABOR revenue in the state’s reinsurance program. That money would have to…
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$67 million more in TABOR refunds slated for April: What you need to know if you pay taxes in Colorado
Colorado taxpayers are in line for almost $67 million in Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refunds that should have been paid years ago due, the result of an error by the state controller in determining what should — or shouldn’t — be counted as TABOR revenue in the state’s reinsurance program. That money would have to…
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10th Circuit rejects conservative group’s challenge to ballot title transparency law
The federal appeals court based in Denver rejected a conservative group’s challenge on Friday to a 2021 Colorado law that requires tax-cutting ballot initiatives to provide details to voters about affected services, even if the mandated information is inaccurate. Following the 1992 enactment of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, ballot measures seeking to increase tax…
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Appeals court clarifies water conservancy districts must follow TABOR
Colorado’s second-highest court clarified last week that water conservancy districts must seek voter approval pursuant to the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, before increasing their tax rates. Previously, a Logan County judge believed the law creating water conservancy districts, which existed prior to voters’ enactment of TABOR in 1992, mandated district boards to set tax…
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Appeals court says TABOR-compliant contract lets Kit Carson health district off hook for millions in damages
Thanks to a contractual provision meant to ensure compliance with the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TABOR, a Kit Carson County special district does not have to pay roughly $8 million to a healthcare provider after terminating their multiyear agreement, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week. However, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals…