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House advances change to state population method used for TABOR calculations
Summary
Lawmakers approved Senate Bill 180 to change which U.S. Census Bureau population estimate the state uses when calculating the TABOR limit growth factor, after members heard technical testimony showing the current method can produce small undercounts or double counts of population.
Members of the Colorado House on Thursday approved Senate Bill 180, a technical change to how the state calculates population growth for the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) limit. Sponsor Representative Sirota moved the bill and outlined why the change matters for the TABOR cap.
The bill directs the state to use the original annual Census Bureau estimate published in the December release for a given July 1 base year, rather than the revised estimate that appears later. Representative Sirota told colleagues that revisions to prior-year estimates can create either an apparent double count (when…
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