NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 6/10/2016.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 16-111
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Lambert, Baumgardner, Grantham, Cooke, Newell,
      Garcia, Neville T., Scheffel, Carroll, Crowder, Holbert, Kefalas, Martinez
      Humenik, Merrifield, Tate, Todd;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Lundeen, Fields, Klingenschmitt, Saine,
      Joshi, Carver, Landgraf.
      
      
      Concerning authorizing the Colorado mounted rangers as
           certified reserve peace officers.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 24-33.5-116 as
      follows:
      
           24-33.5-116.  Peace officer authority Colorado mounted rangers
      study task force - repeal. (1)  There is created a peace officer
      authority Colorado mounted rangers study task force, referred
      to in this section as the "task force", convened to study and make
      recommendations regarding peace officer certification and
      authority for the Colorado mounted rangers. The task force
      consists of:
      
           (a)  The executive director of the department of public
      safety or his or her designee, who shall serve as the chair of the
      task force;
      
           (b)  The attorney general or his or her designee;
      
           (c)  A representative of the chiefs of police appointed by the
      executive director of the department of public safety;
      
           (d)  A county sheriff appointed by the executive director of
      the department of public safety;
      
           (e)  The chief of the Colorado state patrol or his or her
      designee;
      
           (f)  The director of the Colorado bureau of investigation or
      his or her designee;
      
           (g)  The director of the division of homeland security and
      emergency management or his or her designee; and
      
           (h)  The colonel of the Colorado mounted rangers.
      
           (2)  The chair of the task force shall convene the first
      meeting of the task force by June 1, 2016. The task force shall
      schedule a sufficient number of meetings in order to complete and
      submit its recommendations pursuant to subsection (4) of this
      section prior to July 1, 2017.
      
           (3)  The task force shall study and make recommendations
      regarding whether it is appropriate for the Colorado mounted
      rangers to receive P.O.S.T. peace officer certification, and if so:
      
           (a)  The appropriate level of peace officer certification for
      the Colorado mounted rangers, including the appropriate amount
      of training and supervision;
      
           (b)  The appropriate agency to house the Colorado mounted
      rangers;
      
           (c)  The appropriate level of peace officer authority of the
      Colorado mounted rangers;
      
           (d)  The status of a Colorado mounted ranger when the
      ranger is not on duty; and
      
           (e)  Any other relevant matters.
      
           (4)  The task force shall provide recommendations to the
      judiciary committees of the house of representatives and senate,
      or any successor committees, regarding application for peace
      officer status pursuant to section 16-2.5-201, C.R.S.
      
           (5)  This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2017.
      
           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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      Bill L. Cadman                Dickey Lee Hullinghorst
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      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