Jobs, welfare top agenda for ’97 Legislature

When the Colorado Legislature reconvenes at the beginning of 1997, groups representing Northern Colorado interests will be poised to breath new life into legislation that failed last year.

The bills would not only affect the Northern Colorado business community and economy but would also reverberate statewide.

The high-profile legislation being presented will include the primary-job-creation bill, the personal-property-tax bill, transportation-funding measures and additional welfare reform.

“These are all complicated and important issues that cannot be solved quickly or easily,´ said state Rep. Steve Tool, R-Fort Collins.

Tool spearheaded the primary-job-creation bill last year with the help of the Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance and the…