NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 5/4/2015.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 15-1203
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Rosenthal, Melton, Moreno, Young;
      also SENATOR(S) Steadman.
      
      
      Concerning earned time for certain offenders serving life
           sentences as habitual offenders.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 17-22.5-104, amend
      (2) (c) and (2) (d) (I) as follows:
      
           17-22.5-104.  Parole - regulations. (2) (c) (I)  No inmate
      imprisoned under a life sentence for a crime committed on or after July 1,
      1985, shall be paroled until such inmate has served at least forty calendar
      years, and no application for parole shall be made or considered during
      such period of forty years.
      
           (II)  Subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (c) does not apply to
      an inmate sentenced pursuant section 16-13-101 (2), C.R.S., as it
      existed prior to July 1, 1993, for any crime committed on or after
      July 1, 1985, and the inmate shall be eligible for parole after the
      inmate has served forty calendar years less any time authorized
      pursuant to section 17-22.5-405.
      
           (d) (I)  No inmate imprisoned under a life sentence for a class 1
      felony committed on or after July 1, 1990, shall be eligible for parole. No
      inmate imprisoned under a life sentence pursuant to section 16-13-101 (2),
      C.R.S., as it existed prior to July 1, 1993, for a crime committed on or after
      July 1, 1990, shall be paroled until such inmate has served at least forty
      calendar years, and no application for parole shall be made or considered
      during such period of forty years.
      
           SECTION 2.  Applicability. This act applies to an inmate
      sentenced pursuant to section 16-13-101 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes,
      as it existed prior to July 1, 1993, for any crime committed on or after July
      1, 1985.
      
           SECTION 3.  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