NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 5/8/2015.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 15-1304
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Willett and Lebsock, Brown, Coram, Duran,
      Pettersen, Priola, Rankin, Rosenthal, Ryden, Singer, Tate;
      also SENATOR(S) Balmer and Scott, Baumgardner, Crowder, Donovan,
      Garcia, Grantham, Martinez Humenik, Roberts, Sonnenberg, Steadman.
      
      
      Concerning a plan to study the available bear management tools
           year round to address bear-human conflicts.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 33-9-110 as
      follows:
      
           33-9-110.  Black bears - methods to address bear-human
      conflicts - study - report - repeal. (1)  The division shall gather
      information about, consider, and evaluate all available
      management tools to enhance the division's ability to properly
      manage black bear populations year round to address
      bear-human conflicts and public safety. The division shall report
      its findings by December 31, 2015, to the agriculture, livestock,
      and natural resources committee of the house of representatives
      and the agriculture, natural resources, and energy committee of
      the senate, or their successor committees.
      
           (2)  This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.
      
           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
      
      
      
      
      
      
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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