First Regular Session
              Sixty-eighth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 11-0237.01 Christy Chase        SENATE BILL 11-075
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Guzman,
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Business, Labor and Technology
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the regulation of inflatable play structures as
            part of the current regulation of amusement rides by
            the division of oil and public safety in the department
            of labor and employment.
       
       
                           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.)
       
            Under current law, the division of oil and public safety (division)
       in the department of labor and employment regulates amusement rides,
       requiring registration and periodic inspection of the rides and financial
       responsibility of operators of the rides.  Inflatable amusement rides are
       specifically exempted from this regulation.
            The bill requires the division, as part of its regulation of
       amusement rides, to also regulate inflatable amusements or play
       structures, which are defined as air-filled structures used for recreational
       purposes that are made of flexible fabric, are kept inflated by continuous
       air flow by one or more blowers, and rely on air pressure to maintain their
       shape.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  8-20-1001 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
       amended, and the said 8-20-1001 is further amended BY THE
       ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION, to read:
            8-20-1001.  Definitions.  As used in this part 10, unless the
       context otherwise requires:
            (1)  "Amusement ride" means a ride or device, or a combination
       of rides or devices, as defined by rule of the division. except that
       "Amusement ride" shall not include includes an inflatable amusement
       rides or inflatable play structure.
            (4.5)  "Inflatable amusement" or "inflatable play
       structure" means an air-filled structure used for recreational
       purposes that is made of flexible fabric, kept inflated by
       continuous air flow by one or more blowers, and relies on air
       pressure to maintain its shape.
            SECTION 2.  8-20-1002 (1) and (3), Colorado Revised Statutes,
       are amended to read:
            8-20-1002.  Duties of director - standards - certification of
       inspectors - fees - rules.  (1)  The director shall promulgate rules for the
       registration, construction, installation, repair, and maintenance of
       amusement rides and for the financial responsibility of operators.  The
       rules shall require operators to submit a periodic certificate of inspection
       to the division for each amusement ride.  The director shall establish
       minimum standards for the certification of inspectors and shall require
       each operator to submit the inspector's qualifications to the division with
       an annual registration application.  The inspector for each amusement ride
       shall be an independent third-party inspector.
            (3)  The director may prohibit the operation of an amusement ride
       that does not meet the registration, construction, installation, repair,
       inspection, and maintenance requirements established by the division
       pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
            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.