NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 4/13/2012.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 12-152
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Cadman, Morse, Shaffer B., Lambert, Newell;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Ferrandino, McNulty, Stephens, Todd.
      
      
      Concerning changes to the procedures for filing reports with the
           general assembly under the "Information Coordination
           Act".
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-1-136, amend (9)
      as follows:
      
           24-1-136.  "Information Coordination Act" - policy - functions
      of the heads of principal departments. (9)  Whenever any report is
      required or allowed to be made to the general assembly, the filing of one
      copy of such report in each house of the general assembly, six copies in
      including any report required to be made to any committee of the
      general assembly or legislative staff, the reporting entity shall
      file one electronic copy of the report with the joint legislative library,
      and four hard copies with the state librarian for the state publications
      depository and distribution center. plus electronic notification to legislators,
      shall be deemed to be sufficient compliance Such filing is sufficient to
      comply with the direction or authority to make such report. The electronic
      notification to the legislators filing shall be by means of a portable
      document format and shall include the report or a hyperlink to the web
      site where the report is located, if the report is directly accessible via
      the internet. If the reporting entity cannot provide an electronic
      copy of the report to the joint legislative library, then the
      reporting entity shall deliver six hard copies to the joint
      legislative library. The joint legislative library is responsible for
      delivering an electronic or hard copy of the report to the
      legislators, legislative committees, or legislative staff, as
      applicable, who are to receive the report. A legislator may request
      from the joint legislative library delivery of a hard copy of any report.
      
           SECTION 2.  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.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Brandon C. Shaffer                      Frank McNulty
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Cindi L. Markwell                      Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO