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Fri Jul 5, 2019, 02:11 AM Jul 2019

Colorado lawmakers consider special session on expected TABOR refunds

State lawmakers are working on a draft bill that would bring them back to Denver for a special session with the goal of keeping at least some of the money expected to go out to Coloradans as TABOR tax refunds next year.

“To do this you sometimes need to put words to paper,” House Speaker KC Becker, D-Boulder, said in confirming the draft’s existence. “We will see if something can come of it.”

What could come of it is still up in the air. Becker and others said the bill isn’t a final version nor is a special session imminent, but rather it is the start of negotiations.

“The governor has been engaged in listening to Democrats and Republicans to better understand their fiscal priorities, and there have been many fruitful conversations,” spokesman Conor Cahill said.

Read more: https://www.denverpost.com/2019/07/03/colorado-legislature-tabor-special-session/

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