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      history, or the Session Laws.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 11-204
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Giron and Morse, King K., Lambert;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Swerdfeger and Stephens, Barker,
      Gardner B., Lee, Duran, Hamner, Labuda, Massey, Nikkel, Pace, Ramirez,
      Summers, Todd, Vigil, Wilson.
      
      
      Concerning the role of certain southern Colorado university
           campuses.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  23-31.5-101, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended
      to read:
      
           23-31.5-101.  University established - role and mission.  There is
      hereby established a university at Pueblo, to be known as Colorado state
      university - Pueblo, which shall be a regional, comprehensive university,
      with moderately selective admissions standards.  The university shall offer
      a broad array of baccalaureate programs with a strong professional focus
      and a firm grounding in the liberal arts and sciences.  The university shall
      also offer selected master's-level a limited number of graduate programs.
      
           SECTION 2.  23-20-101 (1) (c), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
      amended to read:
      
           23-20-101.  University of Colorado - role and mission - all
      campuses.  (1)  The role and mission of the several campuses of the
      university of Colorado shall be as follows:
      
           (c)  The Colorado Springs campus of the university of Colorado shall
      be a comprehensive baccalaureate and specialized graduate research
      university with selective admission standards.  The Colorado Springs
      campus shall offer liberal arts and sciences, business, engineering, health
      sciences, and teacher preparation undergraduate degree programs, and a
      selected number of master's and doctoral degree programs.
      
           SECTION 3.  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
      
      
      
      
      
      
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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