Second Regular Session
              Sixty-ninth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 14-0769.01 Jery Payne x2157     HOUSE BILL 14-1304
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Williams,  Labuda, Melton, Pettersen, Salazar
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 King, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the designation of the Palisade peach as the
            state fruit.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The bill designates the Palisade peach as the state fruit of
       Colorado.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly
       hereby finds and declares that:
            (a)  The prunus persica (L.) batsch, more commonly known as the
       peach, has been grown in and around Palisade, Colorado, since the 1880s;
            (b)  Colorado ranks sixth nationwide in peach production with over
       five hundred twenty thousand peach trees in cultivation;
            (c)  In 2012, peach cultivation yielded receipts of over twenty-five
       million dollars;
            (d)  Peach cultivation accounts for seventy-five percent of all fruit
       production in Colorado, and seventy-five percent of all peach orchards in
       Colorado are located in and around Palisade;
            (e)  Palisade is home to the Palisade peach festival, which hosted
       fourteen thousand visitors in 2013.
            (2)  Therefore, the general assembly intends that the Palisade
       peach be added to the array of symbols that demonstrate our state
       character and pride.
            SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 24-80-915 as
       follows:
            24-80-915.  State fruit. The Palisade peach (prunus persica
       (L.) batsch) is hereby made and declared to be the state fruit of
       the state of Colorado.
            SECTION 3.  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
       6, 2014, if adjournment sine die is on May 7, 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 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 2014 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the
       official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.