Second Regular Session
Seventy-third General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 22-0523.01 Jerry Barry x4341
HOUSE BILL 22-1237
House Committees Senate Committees
Judiciary
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING COUNTY COURT JUDGES IN WESTERN COLORADO. 101
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
For county court organizational and administrative purposes, the
bill changes the classifications of Garfield and Montezuma counties from
Class C to Class B.
For Garfield county, the bill amends the requirement that the
associate county court judge in Rifle must maintain an official residence
in Rifle and instead requires an official residence anywhere in Garfield
county.
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
March 4, 2022
HOUSE
2nd Reading Unamended
March 3, 2022
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Roberts and Will, Amabile, Bacon, Daugherty, Gray, Lynch, McLachlan, Ricks, Soper
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Rankin and Donovan,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. For Rio Blanco county, the bill amends the requirement that the
associate county court judge in Rangley must maintain an official
residence in Rangley and instead requires an official residence anywhere
in Rio Blanco county.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 13-6-201, amend2
(2)(b) and (2)(c) as follows:3
13-6-201. Classification of counties. (2) Classes of counties for4
this part 2 are:5
(b) Class B. Class B shall consist
CONSISTS of the counties of6
Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, Eagle, El Paso, Fremont,7
G
ARFIELD, Jefferson, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, MONTEZUMA, Montrose,8
Pueblo, Summit, Weld, and the city and county of Broomfield.9
(c) Class C. Class C shall consist
CONSISTS of the counties of10
Alamosa, Delta, Garfield, Las Animas, Logan, Montezuma, Morgan,11
Otero, Prowers, and Rio Grande.12
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 13-6-209, amend (2)13
and (3) as follows:14
13-6-209. Special associate and associate county judges -15
designated counties. (2) In the county of Garfield there shall be a16
special associate county judge who shall maintain his AN official17
residence
IN GARFIELD COUNTY and court chambers in the city of Rifle.18
(3) In the county of Rio Blanco there shall
MUST be an associate19
county judge who shall maintain his AN official residence IN RIO BLANCO20
C
OUNTY and court chambers in the city of Rangely.21
SECTION 3. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,22
1237-2- determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate1
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.2
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