NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 3/23/2016.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 16-091
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Lambert, Grantham, Steadman;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Hamner, Young, Rankin, Fields, Lontine,
      Pabon.
      
      
      Concerning timing of the statewide discovery sharing system.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 16-9-701, amend (4)
      (b); and repeal (2) and (3) as follows:
      
           16-9-701.  Discovery project steering committee. (2)  The chair of
      the discovery project steering committee shall convene the first meeting of
      the steering committee by June 30, 2014.
      
           (3)  The discovery project steering committee shall develop a request
      for proposal application and recommend a selection process to choose a
      vendor to develop a statewide discovery sharing system. The application
      process must be developed in a timely manner so the selection can be made
      by November 1, 2014, at the latest. The steering committee shall make a
      vendor recommendation to the Colorado district attorneys' council after the
      application process is completed. The Colorado district attorneys' council
      shall select a vendor after the application and selection process is complete
      and after considering the recommendation of the steering committee.
      
           (4) (b)  The Colorado district attorneys' council shall enter into a
      contract with the selected vendor to complete the system by October 31,
      2016 June 30, 2017. The contract must include the benchmarks and
      requirements developed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (4).
      The executive director of the Colorado district attorneys' council shall
      provide periodic reports to the steering committee and the joint budget
      committee regarding benchmarks and requirements and the progress of the
      development of the system. It is not necessary for the steering committee
      to meet to receive the periodic reports.
      
           SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 16-9-702, amend (1)
      as follows:
      
           16-9-702.  Statewide discovery sharing system. (1)  The Colorado
      district attorneys' council shall develop and maintain a statewide discovery
      sharing system integrated with its ACTION system. The statewide
      discovery sharing system must be operational by November 1, 2016 July
      1, 2017. The Colorado district attorneys' council shall maintain and operate
      the system with the assistance of the discovery project steering committee
      created in section 16-9-701.
      
           SECTION 3.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-26-101, repeal (4)
      as follows:
      
           18-26-101.  Statewide discovery sharing system surcharge.
      (4)  By January 15, 2016, the judicial department shall report to the
      judiciary committees of the house of representatives and senate, or any
      successor committees, and the joint budget committee regarding the
      collections made under this article.
      
           SECTION 4.  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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      Bill L. Cadman                Dickey Lee Hullinghorst
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Effie Ameen                            Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO