NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 5/3/2013.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 13-1167
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Pettersen and Duran, Court, Fields, Fischer,
      Ginal, Hamner, Hullinghorst, Kagan, Kraft-Tharp, Labuda, Melton,
      Mitsch Bush, Moreno, Pabon, Rosenthal, Salazar, Schafer, Tyler, Williams,
      Young, Ferrandino;
      also SENATOR(S) Crowder, Aguilar, Carroll, Giron, Hudak, Newell,
      Ulibarri.
      
      
      Concerning the collection of business information by the
           secretary of state, and, in connection therewith, making an
           appropriation.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 24-21-114 as
      follows:
      
           24-21-114.  Secretary of state collection of business information.
      Beginning thirty days after the effective of this section, the
      secretary of state shall request that each individual who files
      documents with the secretary of state pursuant to part 3 of
      article 90 of title 7, C.R.S., submit information to the secretary of
      state upon initial registration of a business and when updating a
      business registration. The secretary of state shall request that
      each reporting entity, as that term is defined in section 7-90-102
      (58), C.R.S., to which the filing relates, submit the following
      information about the reporting entity: gender; race, including
      whether the person is Latino, African American, Asian, Anglo,
      native American, or other; veteran status; whether the reporting
      entity is a person with a disability; and the national American
      industry classification system code or its successor code of the
      reporting entity's business, if applicable. The individual is not
      required to submit the information. The secretary of state shall
      make the information available to the public on the secretary of
      state's web site in a searchable manner by the information
      submitted.
      
           SECTION 2.  Appropriation. In addition to any other
      appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the
      department of state cash fund created in section 24-21-104 (3) (b), Colorado
      Revised Statutes, not otherwise appropriated, to the department of state, for
      the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, the sum of $74,592, or so much
      thereof as may be necessary, for allocation to information technology
      services for contract programming services related to the implementation
      of this act.
      
           SECTION 3.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
      takes effect January1, 2014, 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 the ninety-day period after final
      adjournment of the general assembly, 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 2014 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the
      official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
      
      
      
      
      ________________________________________________________
      Mark Ferrandino                         John P. Morse
      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