NOTE:  This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
officers and the Governor.  To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
      history, or the Session Laws.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 15-1074
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Vigil, Brown, Esgar, Fields, Humphrey,
      Klingenschmitt, Mitsch Bush, Moreno, Rosenthal, Saine, Duran, Pabon,
      Hullinghorst;
      also SENATOR(S) Crowder.
      
      
      Concerning the liability of an individual member of a board of
           county commissioners in a legal proceeding in which the
           board is found liable.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-45-117, amend (4)
      as follows:
      
           1-45-117.  State and political subdivisions - limitations on
      contributions. (4) (a)  Any violation of this section shall be subject to the
      provisions of sections 9 (2) and 10 (1) of article XXVIII of the state
      constitution or any appropriate order or relief, including an order directing
      the person making a contribution or expenditure in violation of this section
      to reimburse the fund of the state or political subdivision, as applicable,
      from which such moneys were diverted for the amount of the contribution
      or expenditure, injunctive relief, or a restraining order to enjoin the
      continuance of the violation.
      
           (b)  If a board of county commissioners is found to have
      made a contribution or expenditure in violation of this section, an
      individual member of the board who voted in favor of or
      otherwise authorized the contribution or expenditure may be
      ordered to reimburse an amount pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
      subsection (4) as long as the amount does not exceed the amount
      ordered to be reimbursed by any other individual of the board
      who voted in favor or otherwise authorized the contribution or
      expenditure.
      
           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