NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 4/5/2016.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 16-012
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Heath, Baumgardner, Carroll, Crowder, Donovan,
      Garcia, Hodge, Johnston, Jones, Kefalas, Marble, Martinez Humenik,
      Merrifield, Newell, Scott, Todd, Woods;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Singer, Becker K., Brown, Fields, Foote,
      Klingenschmitt, Kraft-Tharp, Lebsock, Lee, Lontine, Mitsch Bush,
      Primavera, Saine, Salazar, Vigil, Young, Hullinghorst.
      
      
      Concerning the authority of a local assessor to grant
           additional time for a landowner to reconstruct
           residential improvements that were destroyed by a
           natural cause.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1-102, amend
      (14.4) (b) (II) (A) as follows:
      
           39-1-102.  Definitions.  As used in articles 1 to 13 of this title,
      unless the context otherwise requires:
      
           (14.4) (b) (II)  The residential land classification of the land
      described in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b) shall change according
      to current use if:
      
           (A)  A new residential improvement or part of a new residential
      improvement is not constructed or placed on the land in accordance with
      applicable land use regulations prior to the January 1 after the period
      described in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b), unless the property
      owner provides documentary evidence to the assessor that
      during such period a good-faith effort was made to construct or
      place a new or part of a new residential improvement on the land
      but that additional time is necessary;
      
           SECTION 2.  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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      Bill L. Cadman                Dickey Lee Hullinghorst
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      Effie Ameen                            Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
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                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO