NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 4/1/2016.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 16-1083
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Brown and Hamner, Arndt, Garnett, Lontine,
      Mitsch Bush, Priola, Rosenthal, Salazar, Vigil, Wilson;
      also SENATOR(S) Donovan and Grantham, Baumgardner, Crowder,
      Heath, Jahn, Johnston, Kerr, Lambert, Lundberg, Marble,
      Martinez Humenik, Merrifield, Neville T., Scheffel, Scott, Todd, Woods,
      Cadman.
      
      
      Concerning the role and mission of Western state Colorado
           university.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 23-56-101 as
      follows:
      
           23-56-101.  University established - role and mission. There is
      hereby established a university at Gunnison, which shall be known as
      Western state Colorado university. Western state Colorado university shall
      be a general baccalaureate institution with moderately selective admission
      standards. Western state Colorado university shall offer undergraduate
      liberal arts and sciences teacher preparation, and business and
      professional degree programs, basic skills courses receiving resident
      credit pursuant to section 23-1-113.3, and a limited number of graduate
      programs. Western state Colorado university shall also serve as a regional
      education provider.
      
           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
      10, 2016, if adjournment sine die is on May 11, 2016); 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                            Effie Ameen
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
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                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO