SENATE BILL 97009
BY SENATORS Tanner, Congrove, Hernandez, Johnson, Perlmutter, Rupert, Thiebaut, and Wham;
also REPRESENTATIVE Kaufman.
CONCERNING AN INCREASE IN TRAVEL BENEFITS FOR SERVICE
IN COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Colorado:
SECTION 1. Article
71 of title 13, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1987 Repl. Vol., as
amended, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read:
1371129.5. Public transportation
for jurors. IN ALL JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
WITH ONE OR MORE PUBLICLY OWNED OR OPERATED SYSTEMS OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE COURT ADMINISTRATOR SHALL
WORK WITH OFFICIALS OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OR SYSTEMS
TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN WHEREBY EACH JUROR MAY OBTAIN TRANSPORTATION
AT NO COST TO THE JUROR TO THE VICINITY OF THE COURTHOUSE OR OTHER
PLACE OF JUROR SERVICE, AND RETURN, USING THE REGULAR ROUTES AND
SCHEDULES OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
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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Tom Norton Charles E. Berry
PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Joan M. Albi Judith M. Rodrigue
SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED________________________________________
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Roy Romer
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO