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2006/2007 Newsletter Index
A
"A Look at the State Severance Tax: Sources and Uses" - April 2007
"A Slight Change to the Wording in Your District's Contract for Services" - May 2007
Ambulance, Safety Concept - November/December 2006
Amendment 38 (Petitions) - February 2006
Amendment 38 (Petitions) - September/October 2006
Amendment 41 (Ethics) - September/October 2006
Amendment 41 (Ethics) - January 2007
Amendment 42 (Minimum Wage) - September/October 2006
Annual Conference Highlights - November/December 2006
"Annual Conference Sports a Bold New Look" - July 2007
Annual Leave, employees donating unused - March 2006
"Application for Exemption from Audit" - March 2007
"Are you Ready if Pandemic Influenza Strikes?" - November/December 2006
Audit, Local Government Law, exemption - March 2007
Audits - August/September 2007
B
"Baby Boomers (and Their Employers) Face New Work/Life Challenges" - April 2007
Ballot Issues - Amendment 38 (petitions) - February 2006
Ballot Issues - Amendment 38 (petitions) - September/October 2006
Ballot Issues - Amendment 41 (Ethics) - January 2007
Ballot Issues - Amendment 41 (Ethics) - July 2007
Ballot Issues - Amendment 42 (minimum wage) - September/October 2006
Ballot Issue - Initiative 55 (gov't services to illegal aliens) - July 2006
Ballot Issue - Initiative 55 (gov't services to illegal aliens) - September/October 2006
Ballot Issue - Initiative 104 (minimum wage) - September/October 2006
Ballot Issue - Initiative 110 (warrant water supply) - July 2006
Ballot Issue - Initiative 139 (domestic partnerships) - September/October 2006
Ballot Issue - Referendum C (TABOR Time-Out, 2005 ballot) - February 2006
Ballot Issue - Referendum E (property tax exemption) - September/October 2006
Ballot Issue - Referendum F (recall deadlines) - September/October 2006
Ballot Issue - Referendum H (illegal immigrants) - September/October 2006
Ballot Issue - Referendum I (domestic partnerships) - September/October 2006
Ballot Issue - Referendum K (immigration lawsuit) - September/October 2006
"Be Concerned if a Contract Employee Gets Hurt on Your Premises" - February 2006
"Beware the Fraud Bug!" - October/November 2007
Bird Flu - April 2006
Bird Flu - November/December 2006
Blackberry handheld devices - February 2007
"Black v. Southwestern Water Conservation District" (open records) - January 2006
"Black v. S.W. Water Conservancy District" (Colo. Ct. App. 2003) - July 2007
Board Procedure ~ Executive Session - August 2006
Board Procedures and Issues ~ Tort Liability of Directors - March 2007
Bonds, filing requirements - June 2006
"Bruce v. City of Colorado Springs" (TABOR election notices) - April 2006
C
Campaign Laws - March 2006
"Cancer Presumption Legislation Raises Issues" - August/September 2007
"Caught in the IRS Crosshairs - Special District Tax Compliance Audits" - August/September Insert 2007
"Ceja v. Lemire" (Colo. 2007) - May 2007
Cell Phones, safety policies - May 2007
"Certain Cancers May Now Be Covered Under Workers' Compensation" - July 2007
"City and Metro District Create an Emergency Maintenace Reserve Account for Street Right-of-Way Needs" - October/November 2007
"Clifton's Clean Water Leading - Edge Technology INcorporated to Ensure Superior Water Quality" - March 2007
Clifton Water District - March 2007
Collins, Kevin - Clifton Gunderson, LLP - March 2007
"Colorado Campaign Laws: Special District Candidates and Permissible District Campaign Activities" - March 2006
Colorado Governmental Immunity Act - March 2007
Colorado Governmental Immunity Act - May 2007
Colorado Heritage Planning Grants - October/November 2007
"Colorado Lottery Notes" - February 2006
Colorado Municipal Bond Supervision Act - June 2006
"Colorado Near Bottom in State Tax Collections" - August 2006
Colorado Public Works Journal - March 2007
"Common-Sense Measures Preventing Employee Theft" - January 2006
"Consolidation: The Story of Highlands Ranch Metropolitan Districts #1-4" - August 2006
Contract Employee, liability - February 2006
Contracts - For Services - May 2007
Contracts for Services, new contract provisions, immigrants - August 2006
Copying Charges for Public Records - July 2007
"Courts Consider Open Records Act" - January 2006
CWRPDA Announces Open House - October/November 2007
D
"Dark Side of the Blackberry" - February 2007
"Denver Publishing Company v. Board of County Commissioners of County of Arapahoe" (open records) - January 2006
"Department of Local Affairs Head Named" - February 2007
Design-Build Authority - January 2006
Design-Build Authority - January 2007
Disaster Preparedness - January 2006
DLG - Division of Local Government, New Director - February 2006
Domestic Partnerships - September/October 2006
"Does Amendment 41 Apply to Special Districts?" - January 2007
DOLA - Colorado Heritage Planning Grants - October/November 2007
DOLA - Election Workshops - August/September 2007
"Drinking Water Quality - Regulatory Update" - March 2007
E
Eldercare - April 2007
Elections, Campaign activities - March 2006
Elections, DOLA Workshop Schedule - August/September 2007
Elections, duties - May 2006
Electronic files, storage of - April 2007
Elmshauser, Mark, CPA, Clifton Gunderson, LLP - August/September 2007
Emergency contact and health information on USB flash drive - January 2007
Emergency Meetings - October/November 2007 (Law Notes)
Employees, crisis preparedness - January 2006
Employees, Discrimination Claims Based on Caregiving Responsibilities - October/November 2007
Employees, donating unused annual leave - March 2006
Employees, health - February 2006
Employees, injuries to contract employees - February 2006
Employees, teenage - May 2007
Employees, theft - January 2006
Employees, Theft and Embezzlement - October/November 2007
Employees, wages for safety gear, "walking time" - February 2006
Employees, Work/life Challenges for Baby Boomers - April 2007
"Employer May Be liable to Third Parties for Employee's Online Porn Activities" - August 2006
"EMS Safety Concept Ambulance on Display" - November/December 2006
Enterprises, TABOR, benefits and creation - May 2006
Eppers, Sherry, Highlands Ranch Metro District - August 2006
Ethics - July 2007
Ethics Code, for directors and employees - January 2007
Executive Sessions - August 2006
"Exploring Tax-Exempt Status" - March 2007
F
"Family Responsibilities Discrimination..." - October/November 2007
"Feeling the Impact of Growth in Your District?" - March 2006
"Fire District Marks 60 Years of Service" - February 2007
Firefighters Workers' Compensation Coverage for Certain Cancer Claims - July 2007
Firefighters Workers' Compensation Coverage for Certain Cancer Claims - August/September 2007
Firefighters Workers' Compensation Coverage for Certain Cancer Claims - October/November 2007
Firefighting, volunteer - June 2006
"Follow These Rules for a Proper Executive Session" - August 2006
"Fountain Sanitation District Manager Appointed to Colorado Special Districts Pool Board" - April 2007
Fraud - October/November 2007
Free Speech Rights of Public Employees - July 2006
"Funding Assistance Available to Water and Wastewater Systems" - July 2006
G
"Garcetti v. Ceballos" (free speach, employees) - July 2006
"Gifts and Contracts: Ethics Basics for Special Districts" - January 2007
Governmental Immunity - March 2007
Governmental Immunity - May 2007
Gregory, Pat, Gregory and Associates, Inc. - July 2006
Growth, impact fees - March 2006
Growth of Special Districts - May 2007
"Gumina v. City of Sterling, Colorado" (executive sessions) - August 2006
H
"Handle Teen Employees with Care this Summer" - May 2007
Heckman, James - April 2007
"HHS Helps Employers Prepare for Pandemic Influenza" - April 2006
HIPAA - January 2007
Homeowners Association Laws, SB 05-100 - February (Law Notes) 2006
House Bills, HB 06S-1009 - August 2006
House Bills, HB 06S-1009 - September/October 2006
House Bills, HB 06S-1023 - September/October 2006
House Bills, HB 06-1287 - February 2007
House Bills, HB 06-1343 - July 2006
House Bills, HB 06-1343 - August 2006
House Bills, HB 06-1343 - September/October 2006
House Bills, HB 06-1343 - May 2007
HB 07-1008 - July 2007
HB 07-1008 - August/September 2007
House Bills, HB 07-1073 - May 2007
Hunsaker, James M., Esq., Grimshaw & Harring, P.C. - March 2006
I
Illegal Immigration - July (pull out section) 2006
Illegal Immigration - August 2006
Illegal Immigration - September/October 2006
Impact Fees - March 2006
"Implementation of Amendment 41 Suspended ...For Now" - July 2007
Index - 2006, for SDA newsletter, cumulative - January 2007
Insurance pool - New director appointed to Pool Board - April 2007
Insurance Pool - Property, casualty, liability and workers' compensation - February 2007
"Interpretive Order Clarifies Filing Requirements Under Colorado Municipal Bond Supervision Act" - June 2006
Investments, public funds - February 2007
IRS Audits - August/September Insert 2007
IRS Mileage Rate - Febuary 2007
"Is It Time to Hang Up Cell Phones?"
J
"January 15 Filing Reminder" - January 2007
K
"Keeping Employees Healthy Keeps the Bottom Line Healthy" - February 2006
Kirkpatrick, Susan - February 2007
L
Law Notes - Board Members and Governmental Immunity - March 2007
Law Notes - Emergency Information, HIPAA - January 2007
"Legislative Loose Ends" - July 2006
Legislative monitoring database - February 2007
"Legislative Preview, 2006" - January 2006
Legislative Preview, 2007 - January 2007
"Lewis v. Town of Nederland" (Colo. Ct. App. 1996) - October/November 2007
LgDb, on-line legislative database - February 2007
"Long Term Care Insurance: Planning for Your Future" - July 2006
M
McGeady Sisneros, P.C. - June 2006
Mcintyre, Erin, Colorado Foundation for Water Education - April 2006
Metro Districts - November/December 2006
Metro Districts - July 2007
Mileage Rate, IRS, 2007 - February 2007
Mileage Reimbursement Rate - 2006 - February 2006
Minimum Wage, Amendment 42 - September/October 2006
Morgan County Quality Water District - June 2006
N
"New Auditing Standards Are Coming...Are You Ready" - August/September 2007
"New Challenge in Volunteer Firefighting: Complying with State Pension, FLSA and IRS Laws" - June 2006
"New Director for Division of Local Government" - February 2006
"New Federal Law Puts More Pressure on Storing Electronic Files" - April 2007
"Nicholl v. E-470 Public Highway Authority" (enterprise status under TABOR) - May 2006
Nonprofit Corporations and Section 501(c) Organziaitons - March 2007
"November Referenda" - September/October 2006
"New World of Illegal Immigrants in the Workplace" - September/October 2006
North Metro Fire Rescue District - February 2007
O
Oil and Gas Drilling, effect on water - April 2006
Open Meeting Law - October/November 2007
Open Records Act, inspection of personnel files - January 2006
Open Records Act, inspection of personnel files - July 2006 (Laws Notes)
Open Records Law - July 2007
P
Pandemic Influenza - April 2006
Pandemic Influenza - November/December 2006
Park Meadows Metropolitan District - October/November 2007
Personnel Files, inspection by board members - July (Law Notes) 2006
"Petition Drive Results" - September/October 2006
Petition Rights (Amendment 38) - February 2006
Petition Rights (Amendment 38) - September/October 2006
"Phenomenal Growth of Special Districts" - May 2007
Population Estimate, Colorado - March 2006
Population Growth Projections in Colorado - May 2007
Pornography, online, employer liability - August 2006
"Post-Election Duties and Wrap-Up" - May 2006
"Programs Allow Employees to Donate Unused Annual Leave" - March 2006
Public Records - July 2007 (Law Notes)
Public funds, legal investments for - February 2007
Q
R
Records retention, electronic files - April 2007
Recreational In-Channel Diversions (RICDs) - April 2006
"Referendum C - How Much Money Are We Talking About and Where Will It Go?" - February 2006
Referendum E (property tax exemption) - September/October 2006
Referendum F (recall deadlines) - September/October 2006
Referendum H (illegal immigrants) - September/October 2006
Referendum I (domestic partnerships) - September/October 2006
Referendum K (immigration lawsuit) - September/October 2006
Reimbursement, mileage 2006 - February 2006
"Reported Growth in the Number of Metro Districts Formed Doesn't Tell the Whole Story" - July 2007
"Restrictions on Governmental Services to Illegal Aliens" - July 2006
Richard P. Arber Associates - May 2007
"Risks and Rewards: How Will Escalating Oil and Gas Drilling Affect Colroado's Water?" - April 2006
Ross, Dino, Esq., Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C. - June 2006
Ross, Dino A and Parsons, William H., Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor and Pascoe, P.C. - August/September Insert 2007
S
Schachter, David N. - Sherman & Howard L.L.C. - April 2007
SDA Annual Conference Call for Speakers/Topics - April 2007
SDA Annual Conference Highlights - October/November 2007
SDA Annual Conference Highlights - November/December 2006
SDA Annual Conference Preview - July 2007
SDA Board News - January 2006
SDA Board News - May 2006
SDA Board News - June 2006
SDA Board News - August 2006
"SDA Board Sets Objectives for the Coming Year" - January 2007
"SDA Newsletter 2006 Cumulative Index" - January 2007
"SDA Offers Powerful Tool for Special Districts" - January 2007
SDA Pool - Workers' Compensation - August/September 2007
"SDA Pool Completes Another Spectacular Year" - February 2007
SDA Surveys - January 2007
SDA Surveys - Results - August/September 2007
"SDA to Use On-Line Database for Legislative Monitoring" - February 2007
SDA Workshops - January 2007
"SDA 2007 Survey Report Released" - August/September 2007
Senate Bill - SB 05-100 - February 2006 (Laws Notes)
Senate Bill - SB 06-037 - April 2006
Senate Bill - SB 07-045 - July 2007
Severance Tax - April 2007
Sherman & Howard LLC - June 2006
"Should Your Employees Drive Their Own Cars When OUt on District Business?" - May 2007
South Metro Water - June 2006
South Metro Water Supply Authority, Executive Director - August/September 2007
"South Metro Water Supply Authority Unveils Regional Water Master Plan Phased Approach to Boost Long-Term Reliability of Water Supplies" - August/September 2007
"Special District Association's Benefit Plan Administrator Merges" - October/November 2007
State Auditor's Report on Metro Districts - November/December 2006
State Auditor's Report on Metro Districts - July 2007
"Supreme Court: You May Have to Pay Wages for 'Walking Time'" - February 2006
Surveys, SDA, electronic format for 2007 - January 2007
T
TABOR, Election Notices - April 2006
"TABOR Enterprieses: To Be or Not to Be" - May 2006
"Take Time to Review Your District's Investments" - February 2007
Tax Compliance Issues - August/September Insert 2007
Tax-Exempt Organizations under Interal Revenue Code Section 501(c) - March 2007
Tax-Exempt Status of Special Districts - March 2007
"Tax Extensions - Tax Increases for TABOR Election Notice Purposes" - April 2006
Tax Extensions - April 2006
Term Limits - March 2006
"2007 Legislative Preview" - January 2007
"2007 IRS Mileage Rate Jumps Nine Percent over 2006" - February 2007
U
Urman Company Merges - October/November 2007
"U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Free Speach Rights of Public Employees" - July 2006
V
"Verifying the Immigration Status of District Employees" - July (pull-out section) 2006
Volunteer Firefighting, pension, labor and IRS laws - June 2006
W
Wages for "Walking Time" - February 2006
Water and Wastewater System Funding Assistance - July 2006
Water Quality - April 2006
Water Quality - March 2007
Water Quality - Stage 2 DBPR - March 2007
Water Supply Regional Master Plan - August/September 2007
Water Supply (South Metro Water Providers) - June 2006
"Weathering the Storm: Katrina's Lessons on Crisis Management for Employers" - January 2006
"Whitewater Parks - Creating Fun and Controversy on Colorado's Rivers" - April 2006
"Who's Watching the Metro Districts?" (Report of State Auditor) - November/December 2006
Wisor, Dee P., Esq., Sherman & Howard LLC - May 2006
Workers' Compensation Insurance - August/September 2007
Workers' Compensation Insurance - July 2007
Wright-Bettner, Kristin (The Thornton Frontier) - February 2007
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