SENATE 2nd Reading Unamended March 17, 2006 HOUSE 3rd Reading Unamended February 20, 2006 HOUSE 2nd Reading Unamended February 17, 2006Second Regular Session Sixty-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REVISED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the Second House LLS NO. 06-0251.01 Ed DeCecco HOUSE BILL 06-1010 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Weissmann, Penry, Benefield, Curry, Garcia, Hodge, Marshall, McFadyen, Merrifield, Plant, and Todd SENATE SPONSORSHIP Hanna, House Committees Senate Committees State, Veterans, & Military Affairs State, Veterans & Military Affairs A BILL FOR AN ACT Concerning state participation in government procurement rules of an international trade agreement. Bill Summary (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted.) Prohibits state officials from binding the state to the government procurement rules of an international trade agreement or giving consent to the federal government to bind the state to the government procurement rules of an international trade agreement, with one exception. Permits the governor to bind the state or give consent to the federal government to bind the state to the government procurement rules of an international trade agreement if the general assembly enacts legislation that explicitly authorizes the governor to do so. Declares that any prior consent that a state official has given for the state to be bound by the government procurement rules of any international trade agreement is invalid and nonbinding. Defines a term. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. Article 110 of title 24, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PART to read: PART 4 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS 24-110-401. Government procurement rules of an international trade agreement - definitions. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, state officials, including the governor, shall not bind the state to the government procurement rules of an international trade agreement or give consent to the federal government to bind the state to the government procurement rules of an international trade agreement. (2) The governor may bind the state or give consent to the federal government to bind the state to the government procurement rules of an international trade agreement only if the general assembly enacts legislation that explicitly authorizes the governor to bind the state or give consent to the federal government to bind the state to the government procurement rules of a specific international trade agreement. (3) Any consent that a state official, including the governor, has given for the state to be bound by the government procurement rules of any international trade agreement prior to the effective date of this part 4 is declared invalid and the state is not bound by such rules. (4) As used in this part 4, "international trade agreement" means a trade agreement between the federal government and a foreign country to which the state, at the request of the federal government, is an entity covered by the agreement. "International trade agreement" does not include a trade agreement between the state and a foreign country to which the federal government is not a party. SECTION 2. Effective date. This act shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly that is allowed for submitting a referendum petition pursuant to article V, section 1 (3) of the state constitution (August 9, 2006, if adjournment sine die is on May 10, 2006); except that, if a referendum petition is filed against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part, if approved by the people, shall take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by proclamation of the governor.