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HOUSE BILL 97­1204

BY REPRESENTATIVES Adkins, Schauer, Allen, C. Berry, Dean, Epps, Hagedorn, Kreutz, Lamborn, May, McElhany, McPherson, Morrison, Sinclair, and S. Williams;

also SENATORS Tebedo, Blickensderfer, and Powers.


CONCERNING THE ADDITION OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGES IN TWO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, ADDING A JUDGE TO THE FOURTH AND EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1.  13­5­105 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, 1987 Repl. Vol., as amended, is amended to read:

13­5­105.  Fourth district. (2)  The number of judges for the fourth judicial district shall be twelve THIRTEEN.

SECTION 2.  13­5­119 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, 1987 Repl. Vol., as amended, is amended to read:

13­5­119.  Eighteenth district. (2)  The number of judges for the eighteenth judicial district shall be eleven TWELVE. The district judges regularly assigned to Arapahoe county shall maintain their offices in one location within Arapahoe county.

SECTION 3.  Effective date. This act shall take effect July 1, 1998; except that this act shall not take effect unless moneys are appropriated for a thirteenth district court judge in the fourth judicial district and a twelfth district court judge in the eighteenth judicial district, as specified in the annual general appropriations act or in any other act making an appropriation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998.

SECTION 4.  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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Charles E. Berry Tom Norton

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF

OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE

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Judith M. Rodrigue Joan M. Albi

CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF

OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE

APPROVED________________________________________




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Roy Romer

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO