Second Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 16-0300.01 Jason Gelender x4330 HOUSE BILL 16-1010
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Priola,  Dore, Windholz
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Sonnenberg, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the authorization process for the release of
            destructive rodent pests into a county.
       
       
                           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 a person who plans to release destructive rodent
                 pests into a county to notify any conservation district that
                 includes a release location of the planned release; and
                 With respect to the existing requirement that the parks and
                 wildlife commission and the board of county
                 commissioners approve the release of destructive rodent
                 pests into a county, repeals the existing exception for a
                 release that occurs in the same county in which the pests
                 were originally captured.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 35-7-203, amend (1)
       introductory portion; and repeal (1) (d) as follows:
            35-7-203.  Release of destructive rodent pests - definitions.
       (1)  No person shall release destructive rodent pests into a county unless
       the person complies with all requirements for such the release imposed
       by the parks and wildlife commission, and obtains both the prior approval
       of the commission and the prior approval, by resolution duly adopted, of
       the board of county commissioners of such the county, and notifies
       any conservation district that includes a release location of
       the release before it occurs. A person need not obtain such prior
       approval before:
            (d)  Releasing destructive rodent pests into the county in which
       such destructive rodent pests were originally taken into captivity.
            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.