NOTE:  This bill has been prepared for the signature of the appropriate legislative
officers and the Governor.  To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
      history, or the Session Laws.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 07-1015
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Borodkin, Carroll M., Frangas, Kefalas, 
      Kerr A., Labuda, Madden, McFadyen, Merrifield, and Todd;
      also SENATOR(S) Taylor, Fitz-Gerald, Shaffer, and Tupa.
      
      
      Concerning international trade, and, in connection therewith,
           requiring the Colorado international trade office to
           periodically update the general assembly.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  24-47-101 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended
      BY THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING NEW PARAGRAPHS to
      read:
      
           24-47-101.  Colorado international trade office - created - staff. 
      (2)  The Colorado international trade office shall:
      
           (e)  Review and analyze proposed international trade
      agreements to assess their impact on goods and services produced
      by Colorado businesses and the possibility that Colorado
      statutes could be determined to be an impermissible barrier to
      free trade or market access;
      
           (f)  Provide input to the office of the United States trade
      representative in the development of international trade,
      commodity, and direct investment policies and agreements that
      reflect the needs of the state of Colorado;
      
           (g)  Inform the general assembly about ongoing trade
      negotiations, trade development, and the possible impacts on
      Colorado's economy and laws.  The director shall make a
      presentation to the legislative council during the interim and by
      March 1 of each year to the finance committees, or their
      successor committees, of the senate and house of representatives. 
      The legislative council shall notify all members of the general
      assembly of such presentations and shall make available to all
      members of the general assembly a copy of all materials provided
      to the legislative council by the state trade representative.
      
           (h)  Coordinate with other state and local government
      economic development entities.
      
           SECTION 2.  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.
      
      
      
      
      ________________________________________________________
      Andrew Romanoff                      Joan Fitz-Gerald
      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