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      SENATE BILL 11-021
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Nicholson, Jahn;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Looper, Jones, Wilson.
      
      
      Concerning the removal of term limits for members of the water
           and wastewater facility operators certification board.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  25-9-103 (3), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended
      to read:
      
           25-9-103.  Water and wastewater facility operators certification
      board - composition - repeal of article.  (3) (a)  Except as otherwise
      provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (3), appointments shall be are
      for terms of four years. and a member of the board shall serve no more than
      two consecutive four-year terms.
      
           (b)  The board shall be reconstituted as of July 1, 2004. Members
      who were serving as of June 30, 2004, and who are qualified for
      membership under subsections (1) and (2) of this section, as amended, may
      be reappointed by the governor and, if a member is so reappointed, his or
      her service shall be deemed to have been continuous.  The governor shall
      make initial appointments or reappointments to the reconstituted board so
      that two voting members' terms expire in 2005, two voting members' terms
      expire in 2006, two voting members' terms expire in 2007, and three voting
      members' terms expire in 2008.  Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this
      subsection (3), members who were serving as of June 30, 2004, and who are
      reappointed shall not be eligible for more than a total of ten years'
      continuous service.
      
           SECTION 2.  Effective date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.
      
           SECTION 3.  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.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Brandon C. Shaffer                      Frank McNulty
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      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