BY REPRESENTATIVES Sinclair, May, S. Johnson, Tool, Entz, Grossman, Hagedorn, Kaufman, Mace, Miller, and Takis;
also SENATORS Phillips, Bishop, Blickensderfer, Coffman,
Hernandez, Martinez, Norton, Pascoe, Powers, Tanner, and Weddig.
CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF THE WINGS OVER THE
ROCKIES AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM AS THE OFFICIAL STATE AIR AND SPACE
MUSEUM.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Colorado:
SECTION 1. Legislative declaration.
(1) The general assembly hereby
finds and declares that:
(a) Colorado has a rich aviation heritage
that should be preserved and promoted;
(b) The Wings Over the Rockies Air and
Space Museum is Denver's first and only museum dedicated solely
to aerospace history and technology;
(c) The Wings Over the Rockies Air and
Space Museum teaches younger generations about the science of
aviation and space travel;
(d) The Wings Over the Rockies Air and
Space Museum is operated by a nonprofit foundation whose mission
is to preserve Colorado's historical aviation and space heritage
and provide an educational facility for the dissemination of this
knowledge;
(e) The Wings Over the Rockies Air and
Space Museum will enhance, preserve, and exhibit the heritage
of military, civil, and commercial aviation and spaceage
involvement in the state of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region;
and
(f) The Wings Over the Rockies Air and
Space Museum currently stores property of the Colorado Aviation
Historical Society that includes Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame
display items with the intent to open a Colorado Aviation Hall
of Fame exhibit during the current calendar year.
(2) It is therefore the intent of the
general assembly that the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space
Museum be declared as the official air and space museum for the
state of Colorado.
SECTION 2. Part
9 of article 80 of title 24, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1988 Repl.
Vol., as amended, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION
to read:
2480915. State museum.
THE WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM IS HEREBY MADE
AND DECLARED TO BE THE OFFICIAL STATE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM OF
THE STATE OF COLORADO.
SECTION 3. Effective
date. This act shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day
following the expiration of the ninetyday 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; 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.
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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