NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 6/10/2016.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 16-1367
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Hamner and Rankin, Becker K.,
      Klingenschmitt, Pabon, Rosenthal, Salazar, Vigil, Hullinghorst;
      also SENATOR(S) Hodge and Marble.
      
      
      Concerning the re-categorization of certain counties for the
           purpose of determining salaries paid to county officers in
           those counties.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.   In Colorado Revised Statutes, 30-2-102, amend (1.5)
      (a) as follows:
      
           30-2-102.  Categorization of counties for fixing salaries of county
      officers - salary amounts - legislative declaration. (1.5) (a)  For the
      purpose of establishing the salaries of county officers whose terms of office
      begin on or after January 1, 2016:
      
           (I) (A)  Category I-A counties consist of the counties of Adams,
      Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Pueblo, and
      Weld;
      
           (B)  Category I-D counties consist of the county of Mesa.
      
           (II) (A)  Category II-A counties consist of the counties of Eagle,
      Fremont, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Pitkin, Routt, and Summit;
      
           (B)  Category II-C counties consist of the counties of
      Fremont and Pitkin.
      
           (III) (A)  Category III-A counties consist of the counties of Alamosa,
      Archuleta, Chaffee, Clear Creek, Delta, Gilpin, Grand, Gunnison, Las
      Animas, Logan, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Morgan, Otero, Park, Rio
      Blanco, San Miguel, and Teller;
      
           (B)  Category III-B counties consist of the counties of
      Archuleta, Delta, Gilpin, and Logan;
      
           (C)  Category III-C counties consist of the county of Otero;
      
           (D)  Category III-D counties consist of the counties of
      Grand, Las Animas, and Montezuma.
      
           (IV) (A)  Category IV-A counties consist of the counties of Custer,
      Elbert, Huerfano, Kit Carson, Lake, Ouray, and Prowers; Rio Grande,
      Washington, and Yuma;
      
           (B)  Category IV-B counties consist of the counties of Kit
      Carson, Washington, and Yuma;
      
           (C)  Category IV-C counties consist of the county of
      Huerfano;
      
           (D)  Category IV-D counties consist of the county of Rio
      Grande.
      
           (V) (A)  Category V-A counties consist of the counties of Baca,
      Bent, Cheyenne, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Dolores, Hinsdale, Lincoln,
      Mineral, Phillips, Saguache, and San Juan; and
      
           (B)  Category V-B counties consist of the counties of
      Crowley and Hinsdale;
      
           (C)  Category V-C counties consist of the counties of Bent
      and Dolores;
      
           (D)  Category V-D counties consist of the counties of
      Cheyenne and Saguache.
      
           (VI) (A)  Category VI-A Category VI-B counties consist of the
      counties county of Jackson, Kiowa and Sedgwick;
      
           (B)  Category VI-D counties consist of the counties of
      Jackson and Kiowa.
      
           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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      Dickey Lee Hullinghorst                Bill L. Cadman
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Marilyn Eddins                            Effie Ameen
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO