Polis signs state stimulus bills on energy, business, arts and events | Legislature

Gov. Jared Polis on Monday opened the post-legislative session bill signing period with a flurry, signing into law more than a half dozen bills from the $800 million Colorado Comeback stimulus package in four separate ceremonies around the Denver metro area.

The day opened with a four-bill slate on Polis’ agenda at the governor’s residence at Boettcher Mansion. Those included:

• House Bill 1253, a $5 million measure from Reps. Meg Froelich, D-Greenwood Village, and Matt Gray, D-Broomfield, and Sens. Faith Winter, D-Westminster, and Bob Rankin, R-Carbondale, for grants for renewable and clean energy projects;
• Senate Bill 230 from Winter, Sen. Chris Hansen, D-Denver, and Reps. Alex Valdez, D-Denver, and Tracey Bernett, D-Longmont, which would send $40 million to the Colorado Energy Office, a bulk of which would go toward the office’s former chief operating officer who now runs the Colorado Clean Energy Fund, which he set…

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