NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 5/4/2015.'
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 15-1239
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) McCann and Lontine, Court, Garnett, Pabon,
      Rosenthal, Williams, Fields, Ginal, Pettersen;
      also SENATOR(S) Steadman, Guzman.
      
      
      Concerning an exception to the prohibition against paying
           postemployment compensation for the Denver health and
           hospital authority.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-19-102, amend (3)
      (b) as follows:
      
           24-19-102.  Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless the
      context otherwise requires:
      
           (3) (b)  "Governmental unit" does not include the university of
      Colorado hospital authority created pursuant to section 23-21-503, C.R.S.,
      or the Denver health and hospital authority created in section
      25-29-103, C.R.S.
      
           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.
      
      
      
      
      ________________________________________________________
      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