SENATE Amended 2nd Reading July 6, 2006First Extraordinary Session Sixty-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO ENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the House of Introduction LLS NO. 06B-2032.01 Richard Sweetman SENATE BILL 06S-004 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Shaffer, HOUSE SPONSORSHIP McFadyen, Senate Committees House Committees Judiciary Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT Concerning a prohibition against the extortion of immigrants. Bill Summary (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted.) Prohibits extortion based on threats relating to a person's status as an illegal immigrant. Makes a 5-year statutory appropriation. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. 18-3-207 (4), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended, and the said 18-3-207 is further amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION, to read: 18-3-207. Criminal extortion - aggravated extortion. (1.5) A person commits criminal extortion if the person, with the intent to induce another person against that other person's will to perform an act or refrain from performing a lawful act, threatens to report to law enforcement officials the immigration status of the threatened person or another person. (4) Criminal extortion, as described in subsection subsections (1) and (1.5) of this section, is a class 4 felony. Aggravated criminal extortion, as described in subsection (2) of this section, is a class 3 felony. SECTION 2. No appropriation. The general assembly has determined that this act can be implemented within existing appropriation, and therefore no separate appropriation of state moneys is necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. SECTION 3. Exception to the requirements of section 2-2-703, Colorado Revised Statutes. The general assembly hereby finds that the amendments to section 18-3-207, Colorado Revised Statutes, enacted in this act will result in the minor fiscal impact of three additional offender being convicted and sentenced to the department of corrections during the five years following passage of this act. Because of the relative insignificance of this degree of fiscal impact, these amendments are an exception to the five-year appropriation requirements specified in section 2-2-703, Colorado Revised Statutes. The general assembly makes this finding as an exception to section 2-2-703, Colorado Revised Statutes. SECTION 4. Effective date - applicability. This act shall take effect upon passage and shall apply to offenses committed on or after said date. SECTION 5. 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.