NOTE:  This bill has been prepared for the signature of the appropriate legislative
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or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
      history, or the Session Laws.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 10-031
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Scheffel, Cadman, Foster, Heath, Hudak, King K.,
      Lundberg, Newell, Schwartz, Steadman, Tapia, White, Williams;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Rice, Frangas, Murray, Priola.
      
      
      Concerning a prohibition against the inclusion of facilities that
           offer gambling-related activities in a regional tourism
           project for purposes of the "Colorado Regional Tourism
           Act".
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  24-46-303 (13), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
      amended, and the said 24-46-303 is further amended BY THE ADDITION
      OF A NEW SUBSECTION, to read:
      
           24-46-303.  Definitions.  As used in this part 3, unless the context
      otherwise requires:
      
           (7.5)  "Gambling-related activities" means any betting,
      wagering, or payments made on or in connection with one or more
      games that qualify as gambling as defined in section 18-10-102 (2),
      C.R.S., or limited gaming as defined in section 9 of article XVIII of
      the state constitution and section 12-47.1-103 (19), C.R.S.
      
           (13)  "Tourism or entertainment facility" means a facility or group
      of interrelated facilities constructed primarily for use as a tourism or
      entertainment venue that is reasonably anticipated to draw a significant
      number of regional, national, or international patrons.  A tourism or
      entertainment facility may include but need not be limited to museums,
      stadiums, arenas, major sports facilities, performing arts theaters, theme or
      amusement parks, conference center or resort hotels, or other similar
      venues.  "Tourism or entertainment facility" shall not include any
      facility or group of interrelated facilities that directly or
      indirectly offer, make available, or facilitate in any manner one
      or more gambling-related activities.
      
           SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date.  This act
      shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
      ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
      11, 2010, if adjournment sine die is on May 12, 2010); except that, if a
      referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state
      constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within
      such period, then the act, item, section, or part shall not take effect unless
      approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2010
      and shall take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote
      thereon by the governor.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Brandon C. Shaffer                Terrance D. Carroll
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Karen Goldman                          Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    Bill Ritter, Jr.
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO