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Old	New		Differences
	1	+	First Regular Session
	2	+	Seventy-fifth General Assembly
	3	+	STATE OF COLORADO
	4	+	REREVISED
	5	+	This Version Includes All Amendments
	6	+	Adopted in the Second House
	7	+	LLS NO. 25-0106.01 Jason Gelender x4330
1	8		HOUSE BILL 25-1029
2		-	~~BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Boesenecker,~~ ~~Zokaie, Lindsay, Phillips,~~
3		-	~~Woodrow~~, ~~Froelich;~~
4		-	~~also SENATOR(S) Kipp and Liston, Winter F.~~
	9	+	House Committees Senate Committees
	10	+	Transportation, Housing & Local Government Local Government & Housing
	11	+	A BILL FOR AN ACT
5	12		C
6		-	ONCERNING THE SCOPE OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OVER LAND THAT A
7		-	MUNICIPALITY ACQUIRES THAT IS OUTSIDE ITS MUNICIPAL LIMITS
8		-	.
9		-
10		-	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
11		-	SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 31-25-216, amend (1)
12		-	as follows:
13		-	31-25-216. Cities control park grounds outside limits. (1) In all
14		-	cases where
15		-	IN WHICH any city, or INCLUDING any city or city and county
16		-	organized under a special charter or created under the state constitution, has
17		-	acquired lands outside its municipal limits for parks,
18		-	OPEN SPACE AND
19		-	NATURAL AREAS
20		-	, parkways, boulevards, or roads, said
21		-	UNLESS SUCH
22		-	ACQUIRED LAND IS WITHIN THE EXTERIOR BOUNDARIES OF AN
23		-	INDIAN
24		-	RESERVATION
25		-	, THE city or city and county has full police power and
26		-	jurisdiction and full municipal control and full power and authority in the
27		-	management, control, improvement, and maintenance of and over any such
28		-	lands so acquired It
29		-	WHETHER OR NOT THE LANDS ARE OPEN OR CLOSED TO
30		-	NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
31		-	officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
32		-	or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
33		-	history, or the Session Laws.
34		-	________
35		-	Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
36		-	through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
37		-	the act. THE PUBLIC. SUCH A CITY OR CITY AND COUNTY has power and authority to
38		-	provide by ordinance for the regulation and control of its lands so acquired,
39		-	to prevent the commission of any acts which are or may be declared
40		-	unlawful pursuant to the provisions of this part 2, and to prosecute and
41		-	punish the violation of any ordinances in its municipal courts. Such city or
42		-	city and county also has like power and jurisdiction to prevent pollution of
43		-	the water in all reservoirs, streams, and pipes which may be included within
44		-	any such parks, parkways, boulevards, or roads and over the stream or
45		-	source from which such water is taken as far as ten miles above the point
46		-	from which it is diverted. Such
47		-	A city or city and county has like power and
48		-	jurisdiction to regulate and prevent the erection, construction, and
49		-	maintenance, within three hundred feet of any such park,
50		-	OPEN SPACE OR
51		-	NATURAL AREA
52		-	, parkway, boulevard, or road outside its municipal limits,
53		-	of any advertisement or of any billboard or other structure for
54		-	advertisements. Such
55		-	A city or city and county also has like power and
56		-	jurisdiction over the use of any public roads, boulevards, or parkways
57		-	within such parks
58		-	OR OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL AREAS and running over or
59		-	through or between such lands and any public roads, boulevards, or
60		-	parkways between any such park,
61		-	OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL AREAS , or
62		-	pleasure ground and its municipal boundaries and not included within the
63		-	municipal limits of any incorporated city or town.
64		-	SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,
65		-	determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
66		-	preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for
67		-	PAGE 2-HOUSE BILL 25-1029 the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state
68		-	institutions.
69		-	____________________________ ____________________________
70		-	Julie McCluskie James Rashad Coleman, Sr.
71		-	SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF
72		-	OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
73		-	____________________________ ____________________________
74		-	Vanessa Reilly Esther van Mourik
75		-	CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF
76		-	OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
77		-	APPROVED________________________________________
78		-	(Date and Time)
79		-	_________________________________________
80		-	Jared S. Polis
81		-	GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
82		-	PAGE 3-HOUSE BILL 25-1029
	13	+	ONCERNING THE SCOPE OF MUNI CIPAL AUTHORITY OVER LAND THAT101
	14	+	A MUNICIPALITY ACQUIRES THAT IS OUTSIDE ITS MUNICIPAL102
	15	+	LIMITS.103
	16	+	Bill Summary
	17	+	(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
	18	+	not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
	19	+	passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
	20	+	applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
	21	+	http://leg.colorado.gov
	22	+	.)
	23	+	Current law grants a municipality full police power and control
	24	+	(authority) over land that it acquires outside its municipal limits for use
	25	+	as parks, parkways, boulevards, or roads. The bill extends this authority
	26	+	to land that a municipality acquires for open space and natural areas and
	27	+	clarifies that it extends to all such acquired land whether or not it is open
	28	+	SENATE
	29	+	3rd Reading Unamended
	30	+	March 7, 2025
	31	+	SENATE
	32	+	Amended 2nd Reading
	33	+	March 6, 2025
	34	+	HOUSE
	35	+	3rd Reading Unamended
	36	+	January 27, 2025
	37	+	HOUSE
	38	+	Amended 2nd Reading
	39	+	January 24, 2025
	40	+	HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
	41	+	Boesenecker, Zokaie, Lindsay, Phillips, Woodrow
	42	+	SENATE SPONSORSHIP
	43	+	Kipp and Liston, Winter F.
	44	+	Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
	45	+	Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
	46	+	Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. or closed to the public.
	47	+	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
	48	+	2
	49	+	SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 31-25-216 as3
	50	+	follows:4
	51	+	31-25-216. Cities control park grounds outside limits. (1) In5
	52	+	all cases where IN WHICH any city, or INCLUDING any city or city and6
	53	+	county organized under a special charter or created under the state7
	54	+	constitution, has acquired lands outside its municipal limits for parks,8
	55	+	OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL AREAS , parkways, boulevards, or roads, said
	56	+	9
	57	+	UNLESS SUCH ACQUIRED LAND IS WITHIN THE EXTERIOR BOUNDARIES OF10
	58	+	AN INDIAN RESERVATION, THE city or city and county has full police11
	59	+	power and jurisdiction and full municipal control and full power and12
	60	+	authority in the management, control, improvement, and maintenance of13
	61	+	and over any such lands so acquired It WHETHER OR NOT THE LANDS ARE14
	62	+	OPEN OR CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. SUCH A CITY OR CITY AND COUNTY has15
	63	+	power and authority to provide by ordinance for the regulation and16
	64	+	control of its lands so acquired, to prevent the commission of any acts17
	65	+	which are or may be declared unlawful pursuant to the provisions of this18
	66	+	part 2, and to prosecute and punish the violation of any ordinances in its19
	67	+	municipal courts. Such city or city and county also has like power and20
	68	+	jurisdiction to prevent pollution of the water in all reservoirs, streams, and21
	69	+	pipes which may be included within any such parks, parkways,22
	70	+	boulevards, or roads and over the stream or source from which such water23
	71	+	is taken as far as ten miles above the point from which it is diverted. Such24
	72	+	A city or city and county has like power and jurisdiction to regulate and25
	73	+	1029-2- prevent the erection, construction, and maintenance, within three hundred1
	74	+	feet of any such park,
	75	+	OPEN SPACE OR NATURAL AREA , parkway,2
	76	+	boulevard, or road outside its municipal limits, of any advertisement or3
	77	+	of any billboard or other structure for advertisements. Such
	78	+	A city or city4
	79	+	and county also has like power and jurisdiction over the use of any public5
	80	+	roads, boulevards, or parkways within such parks
	81	+	OR OPEN SPACE AND6
	82	+	NATURAL AREAS and running over or through or between such lands and7
	83	+	any public roads, boulevards, or parkways between any such park,
	84	+	OPEN8
	85	+	SPACE AND NATURAL AREAS , or pleasure ground and its municipal9
	86	+	boundaries and not included within the municipal limits of any10
	87	+	incorporated city or town.11
	88	+	12
	89	+	SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,13
	90	+	determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate14
	91	+	preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for15
	92	+	the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state16
	93	+	institutions.17
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