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Second Regular Session DRAFT

Sixty-seventh General Assembly 3.30.10


STATE OF COLORADO
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LLS NO. 10-1048.01 Debbie Haskins COMMITTEE BILL


HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
(None),

SENATE SPONSORSHIP
(None),

@House1 Committees @House2 Committees


SHORT TITLE: "Capitol Dome Restoration Fundraising"

A BILL FOR AN ACT


101 C ONCERNING THE ESSENTIAL RESTORATION OF THE CAST IRON
102 STRUCTURE OF THE C OLORADO STATE CAPITOL DOME, AND, IN
103 CONNECTION THEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR LEGISLATIVE
104 APPROVAL AND OVERSIGHT OF A FUND- RAISING CAMPAIGN FOR
105 REPAIRING THE CAPITOL DOME THAT WILL INCLUDE
106 CAUSE- RELATED MARKETING AND SPONSORSHIPS.

Bill Summary

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does


not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)

Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.


Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute.
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Capital Development Committee. The bill authorizes the capital
development committee (CDC) to oversee and approve the fund-raising
efforts and any associated agreements made with a nonprofit, statewide
historic preservation organization and a marketing firm for a
cause-related marketing and cause-related sponsorship program and
grassroots public campaigns to raise funds to repair the state capitol
dome. The CDC would review and approve any cause-related marketing,
including but not limited to the use of any protective covering over the
state capitol dome and related superstructure during construction. In
approving any cause-related marketing and cause-related sponsorships,
the CDC shall consider how these efforts will promote public support for
the project and recognize major sponsors of the restoration project in a
tasteful and appropriate manner.
The bill authorizes the state capitol building advisory committee
to review, advise, and make recommendations to the CDC about the
proposed fund-raising efforts for the repair of the dome.
The funds raised through the cause-related marketing and
cause-related sponsorship program and the grassroots public campaigns
shall be donated and credited to the capitol dome restoration trust fund.

1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

2 SECTION 1. Part 13 of article 3 of title 2, Colorado Revised

3 Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to

4 read:

5 2-3-1304.3. Additional powers and duties of capital

6 development committee - approval and oversight of fund-raising for

7 the restoration of the capitol dome - legislative declaration - capitol

8 dome restoration trust fund. (1) (a) T HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEREBY

9 FINDS THAT C OLORADO'S GOLD-PLATED STATE CAPITOL DOME IS AT THE

10 CENTER OF C OLORADO STATE GOVERNMENT AND IS AN ICONIC SYMBOL OF

11 UNPARALLELED HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE IN THIS STATE. T HE GENERAL

12 ASSEMBLY ALSO FINDS THAT THE DOME , WHICH IS MORE THAN ONE

13 HUNDRED YEARS OLD, HAS FALLEN INTO SERIOUS DISREPAIR IN RECENT

14 YEARS, THAT THE CAST IRON ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL ATTACHED TO THE

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1 SUPERSTRUCTURE IS RUSTING TO THE POINT THAT AN ARCHITECTURAL

2 INSPECTION TEAM HAS DETERMINED THAT THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF

3 STRENGTH AS A RESULT OF DETERIORATION IS A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO

4 THE BUILDING AND ITS OCCUPANTS, AND THAT THE PUBLIC OBSERVATION

5 DECK HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE A NEARLY TEN-POUND CHUNK OF CAST IRON

6 FELL FROM THE DOME, PROMPTING WORK CREWS TO INSTALL NETTING IN

7 ORDER TO CATCH FALLING DEBRIS. T HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

8 ACKNOWLEDGES THE IMPORTANCE AND URGENCY OF THE RESTORATION

9 OF THE STATE CAPITOL DOME. T HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ALSO FINDS THAT

10 THE DOME WAS RECOGNIZED IN 2010 AS ONE OF C OLORADO 'S MOST

11 ENDANGERED PLACES BY A NONPROFIT , STATEWIDE HISTORIC

12 PRESERVATION ORGANIZATION. T HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ALSO FINDS

13 THAT THE STATE'S CURRENT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY

14 IMPEDED THE ABILITY OF THE STATE TO FUND THE NEEDED REPAIRS, WHICH

15 ARE ESTIMATED AT BETWEEN ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS AND THIRTY

16 MILLION DOLLARS. T HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ALSO FINDS THAT CREATING

17 A BROAD-BASED, GRASSROOTS, PRIVATELY FUNDED INITIATIVE THAT DOES

18 NOT SOLELY RELY ON THE USE OF GOVERNMENT OR PUBLIC FUNDS WOULD

19 BE A BENEFICIAL METHOD TO RAISE THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO REPAIR THE

20 CAPITOL DOME AND TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THOSE WHO WORK IN AND

21 VISIT THE STATE CAPITOL.

22 (b) T HEREFORE, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES THAT THE

23 PURPOSE OF ENACTING THIS SECTION IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CAPITAL

24 DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE AND APPROVE A BROAD- BASED,

25 GRASSROOTS FUND- RAISING EFFORT THAT INCLUDES CAUSE- RELATED

26 MARKETING AND CAUSE- RELATED SPONSORSHIPS, OUTREACH TO

27 C OLORADO SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TO THE PUBLIC, AND GRANTS AND

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1 GIFTS, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE STATE

2 HISTORICAL FUND AND STATE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION MONEYS, FOR THE

3 PURPOSE OF REPAIRING THE CAPITOL DOME.

4 (2) IN ADDITION TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES SPECIFIED IN SECTION

5 2-3-1304, THE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE THE

6 FOLLOWING POWERS AND DUTIES:

7 (a) T O OVERSEE AND APPROVE THE FUND-RAISING EFFORTS AND

8 ANY ASSOCIATED AGREEMENTS MADE WITH A NONPROFIT , STATEWIDE

9 HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORGANIZATION AND A MARKETING FIRM FOR THE

10 PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A CAUSE - RELATED MARKETING AND

11 CAUSE-RELATED SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM ALONG WITH OUTREACH EFFORTS

12 TO C OLORADO SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TO THE PUBLIC TO RAISE FUNDS,

13 GIFTS, AND GRANTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO REPAIR

14 THE STATE CAPITOL DOME; <{Should the bill address the amount of

15 financial arrangements or fees or commissions that are deducted from

16 the funds raised that go to the nonprofit and the marketing firm?}>

17 (b) T O REVIEW AND APPROVE ANY CAUSE-RELATED MARKETING

18 EFFORTS AND ANY SPONSORSHIP RECOGNITIONS THAT INDICATE THE

19 DONATIONS OF MAJOR SPONSORS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE USE

20 OF ANY PROTECTIVE COVERING OVER THE STATE CAPITOL DOME AND

21 RELATED SUPERSTRUCTURE DURING CONSTRUCTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF

22 DISPLAYING ARTISTIC RENDERINGS OF THE PROJECT AND IMAGERY THAT

23 CELEBRATES THE HISTORY, PEOPLE , AND NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE STATE.

24 IN APPROVING CAUSE-RELATED MARKETING AND CAUSE-RELATED

25 SPONSORSHIPS, THE COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIDER HOW THESE EFFORTS

26 WILL PROMOTE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT AND RECOGNIZE MAJOR

27 SPONSORS OF THE RESTORATION PROJECT IN A TASTEFUL AND

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1 APPROPRIATE MANNER. T HE COMMITTEE SHALL NOT APPROVE THE USE OF

2 ADVERTISING, LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, OR SYMBOLS THAT APPEAR ON THE

3 DOME, SCAFFOLDING, OR ___. <{Should the bill specifically state what

4 type of advertising is not allowed? Is it ok to have these symbols on

5 signs inside the Capitol building but not outside? Is it ok to have a new

6 logo designed for the restoration project displayed on the outside of the

7 Capitol building or on signs in the building? Is it ok for a small

8 rendering of a corporate logo to be displayed indicating that a

9 particular corporation is a sponsor? Is it ok to have these symbols used

10 in advertising marketing in the media? }>

11 (3) T HE CAPITOL BUILDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL REVIEW,

12 ADVISE, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT

13 COMMITTEE ON THE PROPOSED FUND- RAISING EFFORTS AND PLANS IN

14 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 24-82-108 (3) (b.5), C.R.S.

15 (4) <{Should the bill address where the money raised would go

16 and how those funds would get donated to the state? Should the

17 moneys go into a new fund or an existing fund? For purposes of

18 discussion, the bill creates a trust-fund for the dome restoration

19 project.}> (a) O N J ULY 1, 2011, AND EACH J ULY 1 THEREAFTER UNTIL

20 THE FUND- RAISING CAMPAIGN IS COMPLETED, ALL MONEYS RAISED

21 THROUGH THE FUND- RAISING EFFORTS DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (2) OF

22 THIS SECTION SHALL BE DONATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL FOR

23 PURPOSES OF THE REPAIR OF THE STATE CAPITOL DOME. T HE DEPARTMENT

24 OF PERSONNEL IS AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT THE GIFTS, GRANTS, OR

25 DONATIONS RAISED THROUGH THE FUND-RAISING EFFORTS DESCRIBED IN

26 SUBSECTION (2) OF THIS SECTION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE REPAIR AND

27 RESTORATION OF THE STATE CAPITOL DOME; EXCEPT THAT THE

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1 DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL MAY NOT ACCEPT A GIFT, GRANT, OR

2 DONATION THAT IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH

3 THIS PART 13 OR ANY OTHER LAW OF THE STATE.

4 (b) T HE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL SHALL TRANSMIT ALL

5 PRIVATE AND PUBLIC MONEYS RECEIVED THROUGH GIFTS, GRANTS, OR

6 DONATIONS TO THE STATE TREASURER, WHO SHALL CREDIT THE SAME TO

7 THE CAPITOL DOME RESTORATION TRUST FUND, WHICH FUND IS HEREBY

8 CREATED AND REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION AS THE " TRUST FUND". T HE

9 MONEYS IN THE TRUST FUND SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THE DIRECT AND

10 INDIRECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTING THE REPAIR OF THE

11 STATE CAPITOL DOME. T HE MONEYS IN THE TRUST FUND SHALL BE

12 SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT THE TIME

13 THAT A CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUNDING REQUEST IS APPROVED BY THE

14 CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE REPAIR AND

15 RESTORATION OF THE CAPITOL DOME. ANY MONEYS IN THE FUND NOT

16 EXPENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION MAY BE INVESTED BY THE

17 STATE TREASURER AS PROVIDED BY LAW . ALL INTEREST AND INCOME


18 DERIVED FROM THE INVESTMENT AND DEPOSIT OF MONEYS IN THE TRUST

19 FUND SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE TRUST FUND . ANY UNEXPENDED AND


20 UNENCUMBERED MONEYS REMAINING IN THE TRUST FUND AT THE END OF

21 A FISCAL YEAR SHALL REMAIN IN THE TRUST FUND AND SHALL NOT BE

22 CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL FUND OR ANOTHER FUND .

23 SECTION 2. 24-82-108 (3), Colorado Revised Statutes, is

24 amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read:

25 24-82-108. State capitol building advisory committee -


26 creation. (3) The advisory committee shall have the following duties:
27 (b.5) THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL REVIEW , ADVISE, AND

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1 MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

2 WITH RESPECT TO THE FUND -RAISING EFFORTS FOR THE REPAIR OF THE

3 STATE CAPITOL DOME, AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2-3-1304.3, C.R.S. T HE

4 NONPROFIT, STATEWIDE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORGANIZATION AND THE

5 MARKETING FIRM THAT WILL BE CONDUCTING THE CAUSE- RELATED

6 MARKETING AND SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM AND THE GRASSROOTS

7 CAMPAIGNS TO CHILDREN AND THE PUBLIC FOR THE DOME RESTORATION

8 SHALL SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR THE FUND- RAISING EFFORTS AND ANY

9 ASSOCIATED AGREEMENTS TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE ADVISORY


10 COMMITTEE SHALL REVIEW , ADVISE, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO

11 THE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ABOUT ANY PROPOSED

12 CAUSE-RELATED MARKETING EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE APPROPRIATE AND

13 PERMISSIBLE USE OF SIGNS, LOGOS, OR WORDING THAT INDICATE THE

14 DONATIONS OF MAJOR SPONSORS TO THE RESTORATION PROJECT, AND

15 INCLUDING THE USE OF ANY PROTECTIVE COVERING OVER THE STATE

16 CAPITOL DOME AND RELATED SUPERSTRUCTURE DURING CONSTRUCTION

17 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISPLAYING ARTISTIC RENDERINGS OF THE PROJECT

18 AND IMAGERY THAT CELEBRATES THE HISTORY, PEOPLE , AND NATURAL

19 BEAUTY OF THE STATE. T HE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL EVALUATE AND

20 CONSIDER HOW THESE EFFORTS WILL PROMOTE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE

21 PROJECT AND RECOGNIZE MAJOR SPONSORS OF THE RESTORATION PROJECT

22 IN A TASTEFUL AND APPROPRIATE MANNER. T HE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

23 SHALL ALSO REVIEW, ADVISE, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE

24 PROPOSED OUTREACH EFFORTS TO C OLORADO SCHOOL CHILDREN AND

25 GRASSROOTS PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS TO SOLICIT DONATIONS FOR THE DOME

26 RESTORATION. T HE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL SUBMIT A WRITTEN

27 REPORT TO THE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CONTAINING THE

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1 ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

2 SECTION 3. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,

3 determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate

4 preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. <{Does the

5 committee want a safety clause or a 90-day delayed effective date


6 clause?}>

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