NOTE:  This bill has been prepared for the signature of the appropriate legislative
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      history, or the Session Laws.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 09-1157
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Waller, Baumgardner, Bradford, King S.,
      Liston, Stephens, Kerr J., Looper, Nikkel, Priola, Summers, Gardner B.,
      Lambert, Murray;
      also SENATOR(S) Kopp, King K., Scheffel, Harvey, Newell, Penry,
      Schultheis.
      
      
      Concerning the designation of N-benzylpiperazine as a schedule I
           controlled substance.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  18-18-203 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended
      BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read:
      
           18-18-203.  Schedule I.  (2)  Unless specifically excepted by
      Colorado or federal law or Colorado or federal regulation or more
      specifically included in another schedule, the following controlled
      substances are listed in schedule I:
      
           (h)  Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation
      containing any quantity of N-benzylpiperazine (BZP), including its
      salts, isomers, and salts of isomers.
      
           SECTION 2.  Exception to the requirements of section 2-2-703,
      Colorado Revised Statutes.  The general assembly hereby finds that the
      amendment to section 18-18-203 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, enacted
      in section 1 of this act will result in the minor fiscal impact of one
      additional offender being convicted and sentenced to the department of
      corrections during the five years following passage of this act.  Because of
      the relative insignificance of this degree of fiscal impact, these amendments
      are an exception to the five-year appropriation requirements specified in
      section 2-2-703, Colorado Revised Statutes.
      
           SECTION 3.  Effective date - applicability.  This act shall take
      effect July 1, 2009, and shall apply to offenses committed on or after said
      date.
      
           SECTION 4.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
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      Terrance D. Carroll                Brandon C. Shaffer
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Marilyn Eddins                          Karen Goldman
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    Bill Ritter, Jr.
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO