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      history, or the Session Laws.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 11-1011
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Peniston, Kerr J., Solano, Todd, Vigil, Fields;
      also SENATOR(S) Giron, Aguilar.
      
      
      Concerning the participation of additional individuals in a
           proceeding pending before the board of assessment appeals.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  39-2-127 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended,
      and the said 39-2-127 is further amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW
      SUBSECTION, to read:
      
           39-2-127.  Board of assessment appeals meetings - proceedings
      - representation before board.  (2)  At the direction of the chairman and
      with the agreement of the parties before the board, one or more of the
      members of the board of assessment appeals may conduct hearings which
      may be held in Denver or in a county of closer location to the subject
      property, administer oaths, examine witnesses, receive evidence, issue
      subpoenas, and render preliminary decisions subject to concurrence and
      modification by agreement of at least two members of the board.  An
      additional board member may be added after a hearing to review
      the evidence and hearing transcript or recording and render a
      decision in the event the board members who conducted the
      hearing are unable to reach a decision.
      
           (5)  The board may permit, in its discretion and upon prior
      written application, the intervention of another affected party
      in a matter pending before the board.  The board may limit or
      restrict the participation of an intervenor in such manner as the
      board, in its discretion, orders.
      
           SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date -
      applicability.  (1)  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.
      
           (2)  The provisions of this act shall apply to appeals filed with the
      board of assessment appeals on or after the applicable effective date of this
      act.
      
      
      
      
      ________________________________________________________
      Frank McNulty                      Brandon C. Shaffer
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      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