Second Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 16-0848.01 Esther van Mourik x4215SENATE BILL 16-109
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Garcia,  Cooke, Todd, Newell, Merrifield, Ulibarri
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Esgar,  Winter, Mitsch Bush, Melton, Vigil, Young
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Transportation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning a state patrol facility in Pueblo, Colorado.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The bill requires the state patrol, no later than July 1, 2016, to
       present a plan to the capital development committee indicating its
       progress on working with the office of the state architect, the office of
       state planning and budgeting, and the department of transportation to
       address the state patrol's capital construction needs in Pueblo, Colorado.
            The bill also requires the state patrol, no later than November 1,
       2017, to present a program plan that identifies the capital needs and
       projected costs for a state patrol facility in Pueblo, Colorado. The bill
       specifies that the program plan must be for either a new building or for
       a plan that establishes a cost share with the department of transportation
       for the department of transportation's region 2 headquarters relocation.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  Legislative declaration. (1)  The general assembly
       hereby finds and declares that:
            (a)  The state patrol's district two facility for southeast Colorado
       is currently located in Pueblo, Colorado, in a building that the state patrol
       leases from the department of transportation;
            (b)  The department of transportation owns land in Pueblo that
       includes three buildings, one of which the state patrol partially leases for
       its district two facility, the others of which house the department of
       transportation's region two headquarters;
            (c)  The department of transportation has identified that these three
       buildings have fire and life safety concerns, ventilation concerns, flood
       plain concerns, ADA deficiencies, and need costly capital improvement
       repairs including mechanical systems and replacement of windows that
       are past their useful life;
            (d)  The department of transportation is planning to relocate its
       region two headquarters from its current site and plans to sell the entire
       location;
            (e)  The building in which the state patrol is currently housed
       might be adequate in size to relocate the entirety of the state patrol into
       one building, but that would mean the state patrol would have to buy the
       building from the department of transportation;
            (f)  It would not make sense for the state patrol to buy a building
       that has documented deficiencies;
            (g)  There have been minimal communications between the
       department of transportation and the state patrol regarding the
       department's plan to relocate and no discussions about options the state
       patrol may have with respect to the location of its division; and
            (h) Complicating the issue is the fact that the state patrol relies on
       a communication tower that is also located on the property that the
       department of transportation is looking to sell.
            (2)  The general assembly further declares that:
            (a)  The presence of the state patrol in Pueblo is imperative to the
       community; and
            (b)  It is important that the general assembly be involved in the
       process to ensure that the state patrol is supported while the department
       of transportation moves forward with its region two headquarters
       relocation.
            SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 24-33.5-228 as
       follows:
            24-33.5-228.  State patrol - facility location in Pueblo. (1)  No
       later than July 1, 2016, the state patrol shall present a plan to
       the capital development committee indicating its progress on
       working with the office of the state architect, the office of
       state planning and budgeting, and the department of
       transportation to address the state patrol's capital
       construction needs in Pueblo, Colorado.
            (2)  No later than November 1, 2017, the state patrol shall
       present a program plan that identifies the capital needs and
       projected costs for a state patrol facility in Pueblo, Colorado.
       The program plan must be for either a new building or for a plan
       that establishes a cost share with the department of
       transportation for the department of transportation's region
       two headquarters relocation.
            SECTION 3.  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.