NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 6/10/2016.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 16-1402
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Becker K. and Lawrence, Nordberg, Joshi,
      Klingenschmitt, Wilson, Dore, Lundeen, Van Winkle, Rankin, Melton,
      Arndt, Conti, Esgar, Roupe, Thurlow, Fields, Priola, Ryden, Tyler,
      Windholz;
      also SENATOR(S) Holbert and Garcia, Steadman, Scott, Tate, Grantham,
      Heath, Lambert, Neville T., Cadman.
      
      
      Concerning a prohibition on the use of a device to allow a person
           to place a wager on a previously run sporting event.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 12-60-605 as
      follows:
      
           12-60-605.  Wagering on historic races - definitions. (1)  The
      state, a municipality, city and county, county, or any state or
      local agency, board, commission, or official thereof, shall not
      approve or permit the use of a racing replay and wagering device.
      
           (2)  A licensee shall not operate, offer to operate, or use a
      racing replay and wagering device or allow any person to use a
      racing replay and wagering device to place a wager on any
      previously run sporting event.
      
           (3)  This section does not apply to a simulcast race.
      
           (4)  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
      requires:
      
           (a)  "Racing replay and wagering device" means a
      mechanical, electronic, or computerized piece of equipment that:
      
           (I)  Can display a previously run sporting event, regardless
      of how the sporting event is displayed, rebroadcast, or replayed;
      and
      
           (II)  Gives a player who places a wager on the outcome of
      the previously run sporting event an opportunity to win a thing
      of value, whether due to the skill of the player, chance, or both.
      
           (b)  "Sporting event" means a contest in which animals,
      people, or machines compete individually or as teams for the
      purpose of winning a race, game, contest, or other competition.
      
           (c)  "Wager" means to place at risk of loss any valuable
      consideration, including coin, currency, or the electronic
      equivalent of any coin or currency.
      
           SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date -
      applicability. (1)  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.
      
           (2)  This act applies to conduct occurring on or after the applicable
      effective date of this act.
      
      
      
      
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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