NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 3/9/2012.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 12-043
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) King K., Boyd, Guzman;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Stephens, Fields, Hamner, Holbert, Kerr J.,
      Labuda, Murray, Nikkel, Schafer S., Summers, Todd, Wilson.
      
      
      Concerning clarification of the ages of children who may attend
           a children's resident camp.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 26-6-102, amend (2.2)
      as follows:
      
           26-6-102.  Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context
      otherwise requires:
      
           (2.2) (a)  "Children's resident camp" means a facility operating for
      three or more consecutive twenty-four-hour days during one or more
      seasons of the year for the care of five or more children. The facility shall
      have as its purpose a group living experience offering education and
      recreational activities in an outdoor environment. The recreational
      experiences may occur at the permanent camp premises or on trips
      off the premises.
      
           (b)  A child shall be eligible to attend a children's resident camp if
      he or she has A children's resident camp shall serve children who
      have completed kindergarten or is are six years of age or older but
      through children younger than seventeen nineteen years of age; except
      that a person nineteen years of age or twenty years of age may
      attend a children's resident camp if, within six months prior to
      attending the children's resident camp, he or she has attended or
      has graduated from  high school. The recreational experiences may
      occur at the permanent camp premises or on trips off the premises.
      
           SECTION 2.  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.
      
      
      
      
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      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________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
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                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO