NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 4/21/2016.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 16-1060
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Tyler, Garnett, Kraft-Tharp, Lawrence, Priola,
      Wilson, Danielson, Esgar, Fields, Foote, Ginal, Hamner, Lebsock, Lee,
      Lontine, McCann, Melton, Mitsch Bush, Moreno, Pabon, Primavera,
      Ryden, Saine, Salazar, Singer, Vigil, Williams, Winter, Young,
      Hullinghorst;
      also SENATOR(S) Baumgardner, Cooke, Crowder, Garcia, Grantham,
      Heath, Kefalas, Kerr, Lambert, Lundberg, Marble, Martinez Humenik,
      Merrifield, Neville T., Roberts, Scheffel, Scott, Sonnenberg, Tate, Todd,
      Woods, Cadman.
      
      
      Concerning roadside memorials for fallen state patrol officers.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 43-2-149, add (2.5) as
      follows:
      
           43-2-149.  Roadside memorials authorized - specifications -
      permit. (2.5) (a) (I)  The department shall erect and maintain a
      permanent state memorial for each Colorado state trooper who
      has died on a highway while in the line of duty.
      
           (II)  The state memorial erected pursuant to subparagraph
      (I) of this paragraph (a) must:
      
           (A)  Be placed in the location where the trooper's death
      occurred, located within the highway easement as far from the
      roadway as is practicable or reasonably necessary to preserve
      public safety and facilitate highway maintenance, given the
      proposed location; and
      
           (B)  Measure four feet in height by three feet in width.
      
           (b)  The department shall use gifts, grants, and donations
      to fund the state memorials placed pursuant to this subsection
      (2.5).
      
           (c)  Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the
      contrary, if the application of any provision of this subsection
      (2.5) in a specific location conflicts with federal law, the
      department shall neither erect nor maintain a state memorial at
      that location.
      
           SECTION 2.  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.
      
      
      
      
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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