First Regular Session
             Sixty-seventh General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 09-0507.01 Thomas Morris        SENATE BILL 09-027
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Foster,
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Miklosi,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Agriculture and Natural Resources
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the protection of the public from coyotes.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently
       adopted.)
       
            Requires the commissioner of agriculture and the division of
       wildlife to give a higher priority in their administration of the state's
       predator-control laws to the protection of human safety from coyotes in
       wild land-urban interface areas and in habitat corridors within developed
       areas.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  35-40-101 (7), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
       amended to read:
            35-40-101.  Powers and duties of the commissioner - rules -
       agreements - repeal.  (7) (a)  The commissioner is authorized to enter
       into agreements with the division of wildlife in the department of natural
       resources for assistance in carrying out the provisions of this part 1,
       which assistance may include resources, including financial assistance,
       at the discretion of the wildlife commission.
            (b) (I)  On and after the effective date of this paragraph
       (b), the commissioner and the division of wildlife shall give a
       higher priority to the protection of human safety from coyotes
       in wild land-urban interface areas and in habitat corridors
       within developed areas.  The commissioner and the division shall
       cooperate with local governments' animal control efforts.
            (II)  During the 2010 departmental presentation to
       legislative committees of reference pursuant to section 2-7-201,
       C.R.S., the commissioner and the executive director of the
       department of natural resources shall report to the legislative
       committees of reference concerning their implementation of this
       paragraph (b).  This subparagraph (II) is repealed, effective July
       1, 2010.
            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.