NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 6/5/2015.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 15-1310
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Rankin, Becker K., Brown, Court, Hamner,
      Mitsch Bush, Pettersen, Ryden, Thurlow, Vigil, Hullinghorst, Kagan,
      Pabon;
      also SENATOR(S) Baumgardner, Jones.
      
      
      Concerning the authority of the division of parks and wildlife to
           acquire real property for their Garfield county
           administrative office and public service center, and, in
           connection therewith, making an appropriation.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  Legislative declaration. (1)  The general assembly
      finds that:
      
           (a)  The division of parks and wildlife (division) maintains an
      administrative office and public service center in Garfield county. The
      department of natural resources owns the building and surface
      improvements for the benefit of the division of parks and wildlife and the
      parks and wildlife commission, but the land on which the building and
      improvements are located, approximately 3.8 acres, is owned by the
      Colorado Wildlife Heritage Foundation. The department leases the land
      from the Colorado Wildlife Heritage Foundation under a ten-year lease that
      ends in 2020.
      
           (b)  The department of natural resources also holds an agreement
      with the Colorado Wildlife Heritage Foundation that gives the division the
      option to purchase the land for a price of $552,500 provided the option is
      exercised prior to September 1, 2015. The option continues after that date
      but the purchase price for the land will be based on a market value
      appraisal.
      
           (c)  The division believes the market value is currently in excess of
      $552,500;
      
           (d)  The division wishes to acquire fee title to the land in order to
      eliminate the need to lease the land and to eliminate the annual lease
      payments;
      
           (e)  The Colorado Wildlife Heritage Foundation wishes to sell the
      land;
      
           (f)  Section 33-1-105.5 (7), Colorado Revised Statutes, grants the
      parks and wildlife commission the authority to acquire fee title interest in
      real property without using a bid process if the purchase is approved by the
      general assembly acting by bill;
      
           (g)  Section 33-1-102 (10), Colorado Revised Statutes, specifies that
      the "division" means the division of parks and wildlife and its employees,
      and, when necessary, allows the term to refer to the parks and wildlife
      commission.
      
           SECTION 2.  Division of parks and wildlife authority to acquire
      real property. (1)  The state of Colorado, acting by and through the
      division of parks and wildlife, is authorized to purchase real property
      located on the southerly side of Interstate 70 Exit 109, in Garfield county,
      being a 3.792 acres tract in Section 35, Township 5 South, Range 90 West
      of the 6th Principal Meridian. The real property will be acquired by the
      division of parks and wildlife for the division's administrative office and
      public service center.
      
           (2)  The real property may be acquired by the division of parks and
      wildlife for the sum of five hundred fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars
      ($552,500).
      
           (3)  The real property may not be subject to any restrictive
      covenants, contracts, or zoning requirements that restrict public access to
      the property or restrict any alternative state use of the property.
      
           (4)  The state controller must approve all agreements relating to the
      purchase of the real property prior to closing.
      
           (5)  Any title to real property received by the division of parks and
      wildlife will be held by the state for the benefit and use of the division of
      parks and wildlife.
      
           SECTION 3.  Capital construction appropriation. For the
      2015-16 state fiscal year, $552,500 is appropriated to the department of
      natural resources for use by the division of parks and wildlife. This
      appropriation is from the wildlife cash fund created in section 33-1-112 (1),
      C.R.S. To implement this act, the division of parks and wildlife may use
      this appropriation for capital construction related to the acquisition of real
      property authorized in section 2 of this act.
      
           SECTION 4.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
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      Dickey Lee Hullinghorst                Bill L. Cadman
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      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