Sunset Division of Professions & Occupations

Plain English: This amendment removes email as a delivery option for certain notices, clarifies that specific charges are additional fees rather than taxes, and creates new rules allowing engineers and land surveyors licensed in other states to get Colorado licenses through endorsement.

• Notices must now be sent by certified mail only, removing the previous option to send them via email.
• The bill changes language so that certain charges are clearly labeled as 'additional fees' instead of being called an 'excise tax'.
• Engineers and land surveyors who hold a license in good standing from another state with similar requirements can now qualify for Colorado licenses through endorsement.
• New application fees will be charged specifically for engineers and land surveyors applying for licensure or enrollment by endorsement.

• The amendment text does not specify the exact dollar amounts for the new additional fees or endorsement application fees, only that they must be collected.
• While the amendment creates a legal defense account funded by these fees, it does not detail how much money is currently in the fund or specific spending limits beyond paying legal expenses.

Plain English: This amendment changes the funding amount for a specific item in the bill from two dollars to one dollar.

• The text on page 14, line 12 is changed so that 'two dollars' becomes 'one dollar'.
• This reduces the total money listed at that spot by exactly one dollar.

• The amendment does not explain what this specific dollar amount pays for or why it needs to be reduced.
• It is unclear if changing just one dollar affects any other parts of the bill's budget.

Plain English: This amendment clarifies that the term 'administrative task' does not include disciplinary actions taken under a specific state law.

• Adds a new rule stating that 'administrative tasks' do not cover disciplinary actions based on Section 12-20-404.

• The amendment text does not explain what the removed lines from page 3 contained, so it is unclear if other changes were made to that section.
• The specific details of 'Section 12-20-404' are not included in this document.

Plain English: This amendment requires government regulators to switch from email to certified or first-class mail if a professional does not confirm they received an important notice within seven days.

• Regulators must ask license holders, certificate holders, and registrants to reply confirming receipt of any official email sent to them.
• If the person receiving the message does not confirm it was received within seven calendar days, the regulator is required to send a physical letter instead.
• The new rule applies to various types of notices, including letters of admonition, confidential letters of concern, disciplinary actions, and hearing notifications.

• The amendment text does not explain what happens if the person never replies but also claims they did not receive the email.
• It is unclear from this text alone whether a simple 'read receipt' counts as confirmation or if an active reply message is required.

Plain English: This amendment removes the words 'CERTIFIED OR' from several places in a previous version of House Bill 26-1324.

• The text deletes the phrase "CERTIFIED OR" on page 1, lines 6, 13, and 21.
• The text also deletes the same phrase from page 2, lines 2, 8, 14, 21, and 27.

• Because this amendment only lists specific words to remove without showing the full sentence context, it is unclear exactly which job titles or groups are affected by taking out these words.
• The text does not explain why removing "CERTIFIED OR" changes how the law works for different types of professionals.

Plain English: This amendment proposes changing how a committee report describes edits to the bill by removing specific text instructions and replacing them with new directions.

• It removes lines 3 through 23 on page 1 of the Health and Human Services Committee Report.

• The amendment only changes the committee report's description, not the actual bill text itself.
• Because this is a procedural change to a report document, it does not explain what specific rules or laws would be created or changed in the final law.