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.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 10-1065
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) McCann, Court, Kagan, Labuda, Priola,
      Schafer S., Todd, Vigil;
      also SENATOR(S) Tochtrop, Boyd, Newell, Schultheis, Williams.
      
      
      Concerning a prohibition against counting any time a juvenile
           spends on escape status toward completion of the juvenile's
           commitment.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  19-2-921, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY
      THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:
      
           19-2-921.  Commitment to department of human services. 
      (11)  If a juvenile who is committed to the department of human
      services escapes from a facility operated by the department or a
      facility with which the department contracts, the department
      shall not count the time the juvenile is on escape status toward
      completion of the juvenile's commitment.
      
           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.
      
      
      
      
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      Terrance D. Carroll                Brandon C. Shaffer
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      Marilyn Eddins                          Karen Goldman
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
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                                    Bill Ritter, Jr.
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO