NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 4/15/2016.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 16-1011
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Vigil, Arndt, Esgar, Fields, Kraft-Tharp, Lee,
      Leonard, Mitsch Bush, Navarro, Pabon, Pettersen, Rosenthal, Williams,
      Hullinghorst;
      also SENATOR(S) Garcia and Grantham, Baumgardner, Cooke, Heath,
      Hill, Hodge, Holbert, Jahn, Kefalas, Merrifield, Newell, Roberts, Scheffel,
      Sonnenberg, Todd.
      
      
      Concerning the removal of restrictions on the authority of a
           board of a metropolitan district to provide activities in
           support of business development within the district.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 32-1-1004, amend (9)
      as follows:
      
           32-1-1004.  Metropolitan districts - additional powers and
      duties. (9)  Except as limited by the service plan of the district, the board
      of a metropolitan district has the power to provide activities in support of
      business recruitment, management, and development within the district. if
      the valuation for assessment of the commercial property within the district
      is more than one and one quarter billion dollars. For purposes of this
      subsection (9), "commercial property" means any taxable real or personal
      property that is not classified for property tax purposes as either residential
      or agricultural. A metropolitan district meeting the qualifications of this
      subsection (9) shall neither have nor exercise the power of eminent domain
      or dominant eminent domain for the purposes set forth in this subsection
      (9).
      
           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