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      history, or the Session Laws.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 11-183
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Aguilar, Bacon, Carroll, Foster, Giron, Guzman, Heath,
      Hodge, Hudak, Lundberg, Nicholson, Steadman, Tochtrop, Williams S.,
      King S., Newell, Mitchell;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Gardner B. and Looper, Gardner D., Kagan,
      Kefalas, Lee, Levy, Miklosi, Ryden, Tyler, Acree, Barker, Beezley, Court,
      Duran, Fields, Hamner, Kerr J., Labuda, Massey, McCann, Pabon, Pace,
      Peniston, Schafer S., Solano, Stephens, Summers, Todd, Vigil, Waller,
      Wilson.
      
      
      Concerning mandating representation by persons with disabilities
           on certain state boards.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  24-32-706 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended
      to read:
      
           24-32-706.  State housing board.  (1)  There is hereby created,
      within the division of housing, the state housing board.  The board shall
      consist of seven members who shall be appointed by the governor for terms
      of four years each, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.  In
      making appointments to the board, the governor is encouraged to shall
      include representation by at least one member who is a person with a
      disability, as defined in section 24-45.5-102 (2), a family member of a
      person with a disability, or a member of an advocacy group for persons with
      disabilities.
      
           SECTION 2.  25.5-1-301 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
      amended to read:
      
           25.5-1-301.  Medical services board - creation.  (1)  There is
      hereby created in the state department a medical services board, referred to
      in this part 3 as the "board", which shall consist of eleven members
      appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate.  The governor
      shall appoint persons to the board who have knowledge of medical
      assistance programs, and one or more of the appointments may include a
      person or persons who have received services through programs
      administered by the department within two years of the date of appointment. 
      No more than six members of the board shall be members of the same
      political party.  Of the eleven members appointed to the board, at least one
      shall be appointed from each congressional district.  In making
      appointments to the board, the governor is encouraged to shall include
      representation by at least one member who is a person with a disability, as
      defined in section 24-45.5-102 (2), C.R.S., a family member of a person
      with a disability, or a member of an advocacy group for persons with
      disabilities, provided that the other requirements of this subsection (1) are
      met.
      
           SECTION 3.  26-1-107 (1) (a), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
      amended to read:
      
           26-1-107.  State board of human services - rules.  (1) (a)  There is
      hereby created the state board of human services.  The state board shall
      consist of nine members, each of whom shall be appointed by the governor,
      with the consent of the senate, for terms of four years each.  In making
      appointments to the board, the governor is encouraged to shall include
      representation by at least one member who is a person with a disability, as
      defined in section 24-45.5-102 (2), C.R.S., a family member of a person
      with a disability, or a member of an advocacy group for persons with
      disabilities.
      
           SECTION 4.  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
      10, 2011, if adjournment sine die is on May 11, 2011); 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 2012
      and shall take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote
      thereon by the governor.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Brandon C. Shaffer                      Frank McNulty
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Cindi L. Markwell                      Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO