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      HOUSE BILL 11-1161
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Gerou, Becker, Ferrandino;
      also SENATOR(S) Hodge, Steadman, Lambert.
      
      
      Concerning the extension through the 2011-12 fiscal year of
           authorization for the use of highway users tax fund moneys
           to fund driver and vehicle services within the division of
           motor vehicles of the department of revenue.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  43-4-201 (3) (a) (I) (B) and (3) (a) (III) (C), Colorado
      Revised Statutes, are amended to read:
      
           43-4-201.  Funds created.  (3) (a) (I)  The general assembly shall
      not make any annual appropriation (whether by regular, special, or
      supplementary appropriation) or any statutory distribution from the highway
      users tax fund for any purpose or purposes in a total amount that is:
      
           (B)  Commencing in the fiscal year 1995-96, more than a six percent
      increase over such appropriation to the department of public safety for the
      Colorado state patrol and to the department of revenue for the ports of entry
      division for the prior fiscal year; except in fiscal years 2009-10 and
      2010-11, and 2011-12, more than a six percent increase over such
      appropriation to the department of public safety for the Colorado state
      patrol, to the department of revenue for the ports of entry division, and to
      the department of revenue for the division of motor vehicles pursuant to
      sub-subparagraph (C) of subparagraph (III) of this paragraph (a) for the
      prior fiscal year.
      
           (III) (C)  The general assembly shall not make any annual
      appropriation or statutory distribution from the highway users tax fund for
      the fiscal year 1997-98 or for any succeeding fiscal year authorized by
      subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (a), excluding the annual appropriation
      or statutory distribution to the Colorado state patrol and the ports of entry
      section and excluding any appropriation to the department of revenue for
      the fiscal years 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2010-11, and 2011-12, for expenses
      incurred in connection with the administration of article 2 of title 42,
      C.R.S., by the division of motor vehicles within the department.
      
           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.
      
      
      
      
      ________________________________________________________
      Frank McNulty                      Brandon C. Shaffer
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      Marilyn Eddins                      Cindi L. Markwell
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO