HOUSE 3rd Reading Unamended April 14, 2016 HOUSE Amended 2nd Reading April 12, 2016Second Regular Session Seventieth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the House of Introduction LLS NO. 16-0967.01 Jennifer Berman x3286HOUSE BILL 16-1340 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Tyler, SENATE SPONSORSHIP Scott, House Committees Senate Committees Local Government A BILL FOR AN ACT Concerning an exemption for certain proposed public projects from the requirement that the location of a public project be reviewed by a county planning commission if the proposed location of the public project is in the unincorporated territory of the 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.) Under current law, a county or regional planning commission that has adopted a master plan for a county or part of the county is required to review the proposed location of a public project if the location falls within the unincorporated territory of the county. The bill exempts from the review requirement a proposed public project that is permitted under existing zoning laws or contemplated by a plan, proposal, or application, that the planning commission has already approved. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 30-28-110, amend (1) (a) as follows: 30-28-110. Regional planning commission approval - required when - recording. (1) (a) (I) Whenever any a county planning commission or, if there is none, any a regional planning commission has adopted a master plan of the county or any part thereof no of the county, a road, park, or other public way, public ground, or public space, no public building or structure, or no public utility, whether publicly or privately owned, shall not be constructed or authorized in the unincorporated territory of the county until and unless the proposed location and extent thereof of the project has been submitted to and approved by such the county or regional planning commission. A county or regional planning commission need not review a proposed project pursuant to this paragraph (a) if the proposed project is permitted under existing zoning laws or is contemplated by one of the following that the planning commission has already approved: (A) A plan, including the county's master plan; (B) A proposal; or (C) An application. (II) On at least an annual basis, the staff of a county or regional planning commission shall prepare for the county or regional planning commission's review a report indicating the proposed projects that were not reviewed pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a). 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.