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Colorado lawmakers are back to fix a pot tax error

Here’s a quick guide to the special session, which begins Monday
Colorado legislators will return to the Capitol on Monday for a special session to fix a bill-drafting error.

Whatever plans Colorado lawmakers had for the first week of October, they are ruined now.

All 100 legislators return to the Capitol for a special session Monday. Gov. John Hickenlooper called them back to fix a bill-drafting error that has blocked marijuana dollars from organizations like the Regional Transportation District and the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District.

Not everyone is thrilled about it. Republican Senate President Kevin Grantham said the problem could have waited until the official legislative start in January. Hickenlooper told Colorado Matters that the special districts can’t afford the delay.

Read the rest of the story at Colorado Public Radio.