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      history, or the Session Laws.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 11-002
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Carroll, Mitchell, Tochtrop, Cadman, Williams S.;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Kerr J., Miklosi, Duran, Fields, Gardner D.,
      Kagan, Labuda, Pabon, Solano, Summers, Todd, Williams A., Wilson.
      
      
      Concerning the low-income telephone assistance program.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  40-3.4-105 (1) and (3), Colorado Revised Statutes, are
      amended to read:
      
           40-3.4-105.  Low-income telephone assistance - eligibility.
      (1)  Individuals An individual is eligible for low-income telephone
      assistance shall be those persons who if the person:
      
           (a)  Are Is certified by the department of human services as qualified
      to receive financial assistance payments under at least one of the
      following programs:
      
           (I)  An old age pension as set forth in section 26-2-111 (2),
      C.R.S.;
      
           (II)  Aid to the needy disabled as set forth in section 26-2-111
      (4), C.R.S.;
      
           (III)  Aid to the blind as set forth in section 26-2-111 (5),
      C.R.S.;
      
           (IV)  Supplemental security income benefits under the
      federal "Social Security Act", as amended, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1601 et
      seq.;
      
           (V)  Colorado works assistance as set forth in section
      26-2-706, C.R.S; or
      
           (VI)  Low-income home energy assistance benefits under the
      federal "Energy Policy Act of 2005", as amended, 42 U.S.C. sec. 8621
      et seq.
      
           (b)  Are Is a current or prospective subscribers subscriber to basic
      local exchange service, as defined in section 40-15-102; and
      
           (c)  Are citizens Is a citizen or legal residents resident of the
      United States and residents a resident of Colorado. and
      
           (d)  Have a monthly household gross income at or below one
      hundred eighty-five percent of the federal poverty line.
      
           (3)  In providing low-income telephone assistance, the department
      of human services shall give priority to households where one or more
      persons are recipients of:
      
           (a)  An old age pension as set forth in section 26-2-111 (2), C.R.S.;
      
           (b)  Aid to the needy disabled as set forth in section 26-2-111 (4),
      C.R.S.;
      
           (c)  Aid to the blind as set forth in section 26-2-111 (5), C.R.S.;
      
           (d)  Supplemental social security disability benefits under 42 U.S.C.
      sec. 1396 et seq.; or
      
           (e)  Colorado works assistance as set forth in sections 26-2-706 and
      26-2-707, C.R.S.
      
           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
      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