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      HOUSE BILL 12-1163
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Waller, Barker, Kerr J., Pace, Todd;
      also SENATOR(S) Morse, King S., Newell, Nicholson.
      
      
      Concerning limited peace officer authority designations.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-31-301, amend (2);
      and repeal (3.5) as follows:
      
           24-31-301.  Definitions. As used in this part 3, unless the context
      otherwise requires:
      
           (2)  "Certification" means the issuance to an applicant of a signed
      instrument evidencing that such applicant has met the requirements imposed
      by this part 3 and the P.O.S.T. board. Certification includes "basic
      certification" and "provisional certification" and "conditional peace officer
      authority" that shall be issued to peace officers, "reserve certification" that
      shall be issued to reserve peace officers, and such additional certifications
      as the board may approve for peace officers.
      
           (3.5)  "Conditional peace officer authority" means a signed
      instrument issued by the P.O.S.T. board that allows any person to serve as
      a peace officer described in sections 16-2.5-102, 16-2.5-103 (1), 16-2.5-105
      to 16-2.5-114, 16-2.5-116 (1), 16-2.5-117 (1), 16-2.5-120, 16-2.5-121,
      16-2.5-123 to 16-2.5-126, 16-2.5-128 to 16-2.5-130, 16-2.5-132 to
      16-2.5-136, 16-2.5-139 to 16-2.5-142, 16-2.5-145, and 16-2.5-146, C.R.S.
      
           SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-31-305, repeal (1)
      (c).
      
           SECTION 3.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-31-308, amend (1)
      (a) as follows:
      
           24-31-308.  Reciprocity - provisional certificate. (1)  The P.O.S.T.
      board is authorized to grant a provisional certificate to any person who:
      
           (a)  Has been authorized to act as a peace officer in another state or
      federal jurisdiction, excluding the armed forces, for at least within the
      preceding three years and has served as a certified law enforcement officer
      in good standing in such other state or federal jurisdiction for more than one
      year;
      
           SECTION 4.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
      takes 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
      8, 2012, if adjournment sine die is on May 9, 2012); 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 will not take effect unless
      approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2012
      and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of
      the vote thereon by the governor.
      
      
      
      
      ________________________________________________________
      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