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<br />COLORltDO INFORMATION Newsletter - Thurs<!lay, July 22,
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<br />Ira Van Dreal, Arapahoe County assessor' and leader in the move for repeal
<br />of the personal property tax which goes on the November ballot as amendment 7.
<br />has issued the followi:J.g rep:lrt to COLORADO INFOFU1l\.TION on trailers:
<br />. "Under a.new law in the stat.e of New York, whi,ch became effective on April 15,
<br />house trailers wiJl be taxe& as other real property (Nev, York does not tax personal
<br />property as such).
<br />"The new law also provides that the tax: must be collected and paid by the own-
<br />er of the premises on which the trailer is located on assessment day. Exempt are
<br />transient trailers (in O~G district for less than 60 days), trailers being held~r
<br />sale, and unoccupied tr~ilers,
<br />"In Arapahoe CO'J.oty on )1;;rch 1st, 1954 rye found 187 trailers not licronsed.
<br />These were subsequenUy 1:'(;<,)088&, forc:.ng our office iIlo oancel these schedules.
<br />The average sched~le had' an assessed value of approxunately $1,000. The loss in
<br />value would then be $189,000 to the A&sessor.
<br />In addition to this, by making two visits each year we force about 690 trailer
<br />people to license their trailers each year. If this work resulted in valuation
<br />at $1,000 per j;railer this would be an additional ~\690,OOO of valuation for our
<br />county. Thus, we do the ~;ork, but bring in no dirs"t, ad valorem tax revenue.
<br />"Trailers, thus, are licen~ea and pay their spe.::ific ownership taxes, vrhich
<br />contributes little toward the education of their children cOlTl..pared to the tax paid
<br />on an a,'erage home. Amendment {,!7 will make it possible for the l>Jgislature to cor-
<br />rect this situation, which could add more money for schools without additional
<br />t~JC.es on homes and at the same time eliminate "the ta1( on household goods, not
<br />productive of income."
<br />\ ''The amendment also provides that the specific ownership taxes paid on trail-
<br />ers and automobiles will also renmin in the local taxing districts. This also
<br />will alleviate local tax problern;l, particularly schools. Bearing all this in
<br />mind raises this question, are budget officials criticizing Amendment #7 beC81:se
<br />they expect to give real estate taxes another jolt, regardless of the many oth.o!'
<br />revenue sources open?" --
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<br />Request of the Colorado Game and Fish Commission to postpone the 1954 big
<br />game hunting season opening by the Colorado Cattlemen '5 Assn. was refused since
<br />regulations and maps had already been printed. Dates are Oct. 15 through 31 west
<br />of the Continental Divide and Oct. 20 through 31 east of the Divide. Left open
<br />was the possibility of a later opening of the 1955 season on the eastern slope.
<br />Request had been made on the basis of the drouth and the need for high country
<br />grazing by Colorado cattle. Included on the delegation were state Rep. Stafford
<br />Painter, ReP. of ROEfer; State Sen. and ex-CoUllty Commissioner Fay DeBerard, Rep.
<br />of KrenmUing, and Fran~aB M~rphy.of Coalmont.......
<br />Several years will be necessary to bring back the state's fish population. if
<br />the drouth continues, it was said by the game and fish department. Lowness of
<br />streams, lakes and reservoirs, and the complete drying away of ponds in many cases,
<br />is wiping out the normal fish population, it waE' said,.requiring an entire reap-
<br />praisal of fili!h propagation and stocking program in years to come.....
<br />Fifteen thousand pri.nted applications for resident 1954 ColoradO antelope
<br />lic(~ses with an eq~l ntunber of maps of the 12 areas for which 3900 licenses
<br />~1.1l be issued, have been received by the game and fish department and are now
<br />in the hands of licrnse agents thluughout the sta te......Applications are for both
<br />antelope seasons s~t by the Colorado Game and Fish Commission, the first for Sept.
<br />25~27 in Moffat co~nt,~ and portions of Chaffee, Fremont, Park, and Teller counties,
<br />in South park, and Nov. 27-29 in northern, northeastern, central-eastern and south-
<br />ern Colorado. IJr.;.'Jing for antelope licenses will be held August 2,3. Fifty percent
<br />of all antelope 1~~8~ses will be reserved for resident owners or lessess of land
<br />on which a~telope 6raze...........
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