SB209

                              First Regular Session
       
                           Sixty-second General Assembly

LLS NO. 99-0809.02 Jason Gelender SENATE BILL 99-209

                                    STATE OF COLORADO

       BY SENATOR Lamborn;
       also REPRESENTATIVE Webster.

       LOCAL GOVERNMENT


                                                            A BILL FOR AN ACT

101  CONCERNING  THE  EXPANSION OF THE AUTHORITY OF A BOARD OF COUNTY

102  COMMISSIONERS     TO     REFER     MEASURES    TO    THE    ELECTORS    OF    A

103  COUNTY.

                                                                   Bill Summary

                   (Note:    This    summary    applies    to    this    bill    as    introduced    and    does
       not       necessarily       reflect      any      amendments      that      may      be      subsequently
       adopted.)

                   Expands    the    authority    of    a    board    of    county    commissioners    to   refer
       measures     to     the     electors     of     a     county     by    allowing    a    board    of    county
       commissioners      to     refer     any     legislative     issue     or     question     of     countywide
       concern to a vote of the electors of the county.



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

    2              SECTION        1.        30-11-103.5,        Colorado        Revised        Statutes,       is

    3  amended to read:

    4              30-11-103.5.       County       petitions       and      referred      measures.      THE

    5  BOARD   OF   COUNTY   COMMISSIONERS   OF   A   COUNTY  MAY  REFER  ANY

    6  LEGISLATIVE ISSUE OR QUESTION OF COUNTYWIDE CONCERN TO A VOTE OF

    7  THE   ELECTORS   OF   SUCH   COUNTY.   The   procedures   for   placing   an   issue  or

    8  question    on    the    ballot    by    a    petition    of    the    electors    of    a    county    that   is

    9  pursuant     to     statute     or     the     state    constitution    or    that    a    board    of    county



       [ ] 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  commissioners    may    refer    to    a    vote    of    the    electors    pursuant    to   statute   or

    2  the      state      constitution      shall,      to      the      extent     no     such     procedures     are

    3  prescribed     by     statute,     charter,     or     the     state    constitution,    follow    as    nearly

    4  as       practicable       the      procedures      for      municipal      initiatives      and      referred

    5  measures    under    part    1    of    article    11    of    title    31,    C.R.S.   The   county   clerk

    6  and     recorder     shall     resolve     any     questions     about     the     applicability    of    the

    7  procedures in part 1 of article 11 of title 31, C.R.S.

    8              SECTION     2.     Safety     clause.     The     general     assembly    hereby    finds,

    9  determines,     and     declares     that     this     act     is     necessary     for     the     immediate

10  preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.