SENATE
                       3rd Reading Unamended
       May 2, 2011            SENATE
                       2nd Reading Unamended
                      April 29, 2011First Regular Session
              Sixty-eighth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                REENGROSSED
                       This Version Includes All Amendments
                       Adopted in the House of Introduction
 LLS NO. 11-0884.01 Jane Ritter          SENATE BILL 11-244
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Steadman, 
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Kagan, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the repeal of certain crimes that include
            marital status as an element of the crime.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted.  If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The bill repeals certain crimes that include marital status as an
       element of the crime, including adultery and promoting sexual
       immorality.  The bill also makes a conforming amendment.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  Repeal.  18-6-501, Colorado Revised Statutes, is
       repealed.
            SECTION 2.  Repeal.  18-7-208, Colorado Revised Statutes, is
       repealed.
            SECTION 3.  24-31-305 (1.5) (g), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
       amended to read:
            24-31-305.  Certification - issuance - renewal - revocation.  
       (1.5)  The P.O.S.T. board shall deny certification to any person who has
       been convicted of:
            (g)  Any misdemeanor in violation of section 18-6-403 (3) (b.5),
       as it existed prior to July 1, 2006; and section 18-7-208, C.R.S.; or
            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.