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      HOUSE BILL 10-1265
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Vigil, Apuan, Casso, Court, Fischer, Frangas,
      Kefalas, Labuda, Looper, Merrifield, Pace, Carroll T.;
      also SENATOR(S) Newell, Boyd, Hudak, Steadman.
      
      
      Concerning a court's authority to waive certain charges levied
           against indigent defendants.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  24-4.1-119 (1) (f) (II), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
      amended, and the said 24-4.1-119 is further amended BY THE ADDITION
      OF A NEW SUBSECTION, to read:
      
           24-4.1-119.  Costs and surcharges levied on criminal actions and
      traffic offenses.  (1) (f) (II)  All calculated surcharge amounts pursuant to
      this paragraph (f) resulting in dollars and cents shall be rounded down to the
      nearest whole dollar.  A surcharge levied pursuant to this paragraph (f) may
      not be suspended or waived by the court unless the court determines that the
      defendant against whom the surcharge is levied is indigent.
      
           (1.5)  A cost or surcharge levied pursuant to this section
      may not be suspended or waived by the court unless the court
      determines that the defendant against whom the cost or
      surcharge is levied is indigent.
      
           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