NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 4/1/2016.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 16-1038
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Melton and Salazar, Lontine, Ginal, Court,
      Duran, Esgar, Fields, Kagan, Rosenthal, Roupe, Williams, Winter;
      also SENATOR(S) Jones, Aguilar, Baumgardner, Crowder, Donovan,
      Garcia, Guzman, Heath, Johnston, Kefalas, Kerr, Merrifield, Newell, Scott,
      Todd.
      
      
      Concerning optional affiliation with the fire and police pension
           association by a county sheriff department that does not
           participate in social security.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 31-31-708 as
      follows:
      
           31-31-708.  Optional affiliation by county sheriff. Any county
      that does not cover, under the federal "Social Security Act", as
      amended, salaried employees whose duties are directly involved
      with the provision of law enforcement or fire protection as
      certified by the county may elect coverage under the statewide
      defined benefit plan established in part 4 of this article and the
      statewide death and disability plan established in part 8 of this
      article by filing a resolution of affiliation with the board.
      Election of coverage under the plan is irrevocable.
      
           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________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO