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      HOUSE BILL 11-1100
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Looper, Acree, Baumgardner, Brown, Court,
      Fields, Holbert, Kerr A., Priola, Ryden, Solano, Soper, Barker, Beezley,
      Casso, Conti, Fischer, Gerou, Hamner, Kerr J., Lee, Massey, Miklosi,
      Nikkel, Pabon, Pace, Ramirez, Schafer S., Scott, Summers, Swerdfeger,
      Szabo, Todd, Williams A., Wilson, McNulty;
      also SENATOR(S) Morse, Aguilar, Boyd, Cadman, Foster, Grantham,
      Heath, Hodge, Hudak, Jahn, King K., King S., Lambert, Lundberg, Newell,
      Scheffel, Schwartz, Steadman, Tochtrop, White.
      
      
      Concerning the consideration of military experience towards
           qualification for professional licensure and certification,
           and making an appropriation therefor.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  24-34-102, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended
      BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:
      
           24-34-102.  Division of registrations - creation - duties of division
      and department heads - license, registration, or certification renewal,
      reinstatement, and endorsement - definitions.  (8.5)  The director and
      each of the examining and licensing boards shall, upon
      presentation of satisfactory evidence by an applicant for
      certification or licensure, accept education, training, or service
      completed by an individual as a member of the armed forces or
      reserves of the United States, the National Guard of any state,
      the military reserves of any state, or the naval militia of any
      state toward the qualifications to receive the license or
      certification.  The director and each appropriate examining and
      licensing board shall promulgate rules to implement this section.
      
           SECTION 2.  Appropriation.  (1)  In addition to any other
      appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the
      division of registrations cash fund created in section 24-34-105 (2) (b) (I),
      Colorado Revised Statutes, not otherwise appropriated, to the department
      of regulatory agencies, for allocation to the division of registrations, for
      personal services, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, the sum of
      fifty-nine thousand nine hundred four dollars ($59,904) cash funds, or so
      much thereof as may be necessary, for the implementation of this act.
      
           (2)  In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby
      appropriated, out of any moneys in the division of registrations cash fund
      created in section 24-34-105 (2) (b) (I), Colorado Revised Statutes, not
      otherwise appropriated, to the department of regulatory agencies, for
      allocation to the executive director's office and administrative services, for
      legal services, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, the sum of
      thirty-four thousand four hundred eighty-four dollars ($34,484) cash funds,
      or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the implementation of this act.
      
           (3)  In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby
      appropriated to the department of law, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
      2011, the sum of thirty-four thousand four hundred eighty-four dollars
      ($34,484) and 0.4 FTE, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the
      provision of legal services to the department of regulatory agencies related
      to the implementation of this act.  Said sum shall be from reappropriated
      funds received from the department of regulatory agencies out of the
      appropriation made in subsection (2) of this section.
      
           SECTION 3.  Act subject to petition - effective date.  This act
      shall take effect January 1, 2012; 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 the ninety-day period
      after final adjournment of the general assembly, 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 January 1,
      2012, or on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the
      governor, whichever is later.
      
      
      
      
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      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