First Regular Session
Sixty-second General Assembly
LLS NO. 99-0184.01 Julie Pelegrin HOUSE BILL 99-1169
STATE OF COLORADO
BY REPRESENTATIVE Decker;
also SENATOR Epps.
STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS
A BILL FOR AN ACT
101 CONCERNING AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO LIMIT CARRYING OF
102 CONCEALED WEAPONS BY ANY PERSON WHO HOLDS A CONCEALED
103 WEAPONS PERMIT.
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently
adopted.)
Specifies that permits to carry concealed weapons are valid in
home rule counties, home rule cities and counties, and home rule
municipalities. Allows a county, city and county, or municipality to
adopt a resolution or ordinance to prohibit any person, regardless of
whether he or she holds a permit to carry concealed weapons, from
carrying concealed weapons within any public building owned or leased
by the county, city and county, or municipality or within any county park,
city and county park, or municipal park.
1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
2 SECTION 1. 18-12-105.1 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
3 amended to read:
4 18-12-105.1. Permits for concealed weapons - liability.
5 (1) (a) Pursuant to the grant of authority in sections 30-10-523 and
6 31-4-112.1, C.R.S., the chief of police of a city or of a city and county or
7 the sheriff of a county may issue written permits to carry concealed
[ ] denotes HOUSE amendment. { } denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate material to be deleted from existing statute.
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1 weapons. A chief of police or sheriff who receives an application for a
2 permit for a concealed weapon from a person who does not reside within
3 the confines of his or her jurisdiction shall consult the chief of police or
4 sheriff of the jurisdiction in which the applicant resides prior to issuing
5 said permit. The chief of police or sheriff of the jurisdiction in which the
6 application for a permit for a concealed weapon is made shall notify the
7 chief of police or sheriff of the jurisdiction in which the applicant resides
8 of the disposition of said application.
9 (b) Any such permit TO CARRY CONCEALED WEAPONS ISSUED
10 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION shall be effective in all areas of the state,
11 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL HOME RULE COUNTIES, HOME RULE
12 CITIES AND COUNTIES, AND HOME RULE MUNICIPALITIES; EXCEPT THAT ANY
13 COUNTY, CITY AND COUNTY, OR MUNICIPALITY, BY ORDINANCE OR
14 RESOLUTION, MAY PROHIBIT THE CARRYING OF CONCEALED WEAPONS BY
15 ANY PERSON, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH PERSON HAS A PERMIT TO
16 CARRY CONCEALED WEAPONS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, WITHIN
17 ANY PUBLIC BUILDING OWNED OR LEASED BY THE COUNTY, CITY AND
18 COUNTY, OR MUNICIPALITY OR WITHIN ANY COUNTY PARK, CITY AND
19 COUNTY PARK, OR MUNICIPAL PARK.
20 SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
21 determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
22 preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.