NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 3/18/2015.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 15-1062
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Melton and Lebsock, Arndt, Becker K.,
      Court, Esgar, Garnett, Ginal, McCann, Pabon, Primavera, Rosenthal,
      Roupe, Singer, Williams, Winter, Young;
      also SENATOR(S) Balmer and Sonnenberg, Donovan, Grantham,
      Guzman, Heath, Jones, Kefalas, Kerr, Martinez Humenik, Newell, Scott,
      Steadman, Todd, Ulibarri.
      
      
      Concerning increasing the penalties for persons who engage in
           animal fighting.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-9-204, amend (2)
      as follows:
      
           18-9-204.  Animal fighting - penalty. (2) (a)  Any Except as
      described in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), a person who
      violates the provisions of this section commits a class 5 felony and, in
      addition to the punishment provided in section 18-1.3-401, may be punished
      by the court shall impose upon the person a mandatory fine of up to
      at least one thousand dollars.
      
           (b)  Any A person committing who commits a second or subsequent
      violation of this section commits a class 4 felony and, in addition to the
      punishment provided in section 18-1.3-401, may be punished by the court
      shall impose upon the person a mandatory fine of up to at least five
      thousand dollars.
      
           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
      5, 2015, if adjournment sine die is on May 6, 2015); 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 2016
      and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of
      the vote thereon by the governor.
      
      
      
      
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      Dickey Lee Hullinghorst                Bill L. Cadman
      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