HOUSE BILL 23-1217
BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Froelich, Amabile, Bacon, Bird, Brown,
Dickson, English, Hamrick, Herod, Jodeh, Lieder, Lindsay, Mabrey,
Marshall, Michaelson Jenet, Ricks, Snyder;
also SENATOR(S) Fields, Buckner, Cutter, Danielson, Exum, Gonzales,
Hansen, Hinrichsen, Priola, Rodriguez, Sullivan, Zenzinger.
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ONCERNING RELIEF FOR CRIME VICTIMS WHOSE MOTOR VEHICLES HAVE
BEEN TOWED BECAUSE OF THE CRIME
, AND, IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH
, REQUIRING THE TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION REVIEW
COMMITTEE STUDY THE ISSUE AND MAKE LEGISLATIVE
RECOMMENDATIONS
.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 43-2-145, add (1.4) as
follows:
43-2-145. Transportation legislation review - committee -
definition - repeal. (1.4) (a) (I) D
URING THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE INTERIM,
THE COMMITTEE SHALL ANALYZE THE ISSUE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HAD
THEIR MOTOR VEHICLE NONCONSENSUALLY TOWED
, EITHER BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY
, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS
NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
history, or the Session Laws.
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Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
the act. STOLEN OR BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL WAS THE VICTIM OF A SERIOUS CRIME
THAT MADE THE VICTIM INCAPABLE OF ATTENDING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE
.
(II) T
HE COMMITTEE MAY TAKE TESTIMONY FROM INTERESTED OR
KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE ABOUT THE ISSUE DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION
(1.4)(a)(I) OF THIS SECTION AND MAY OTHERWISE RESEARCH THE ISSUE .
(III) T
HE COMMITTEE SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING
THE ISSUE DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION
(1.4)(a)(I) OF THIS SECTION TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
, AND, IF THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS LEGISLATION ,
THE LEGISLATION IS TREATED AS LEGISLATION RECOMMENDED BY AN
INTERIM LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR PURPOSES OF ANY INTRODUCTION
DEADLINES OR BILL LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE JOINT RULES OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (1.4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024.
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act
within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect
unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
PAGE 2-HOUSE BILL 23-1217 November 2024 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official
declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
____________________________ ____________________________
Julie McCluskie Steve Fenberg
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
____________________________ ____________________________
Robin Jones Cindi L. Markwell
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
APPROVED________________________________________
(Date and Time)
_________________________________________
Jared S. Polis
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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