Colorado 2025 Regular Session

Colorado Senate Bill SB204 Compare Versions

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Old	New		Differences
1	1		First Regular Session
2	2		Seventy-fifth General Assembly
3	3		STATE OF COLORADO
4		-	~~REENGROSSED~~
5		-	This Version Includes All Amendments
6		-	~~Adopted~~ in the House of Introduction
	4	+	ENGROSSED
	5	+	This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
	6	+	on Second Reading in the House of Introduction
7	7		LLS NO. 25-0043.01 Rebecca Bayetti x4348
8	8		SENATE BILL 25-204
9	9		Senate Committees House Committees
10	10		Transportation & Energy
11	11		A BILL FOR AN ACT
12	12		C
13	13		ONCERNING THE RELOCATION OF A DEFINITION IN HOUSE BILL101
14	14		24-1266
15	15		RELATED TO UTILITY COMPANY BETTERMENT DURING102
16	16		LOCAL GOVERNMENT UTILITY RELOCATION .103
17	17		Bill Summary
18	18		(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
19	19		not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
20	20		passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
21	21		applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
22	22		http://leg.colorado.gov/
23	23		.)
24	24		Statutory Revision Committee. The bill modifies the placement
25	25		of the definition of "utility company betterment" from House Bill 24-1266
26	26		concerning local government utility relocation arrangements to clarify its
27	27		applicability to the entire statutory section.
28		-	SENATE
29		-	3rd Reading Unamended
30		-	April 4, 2025
31	28		SENATE
32	29		2nd Reading Unamended
33	30		April 3, 2025
34	31		SENATE SPONSORSHIP
35	32		Catlin and Ball,
36	33		HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
37	34		Carter and Luck,
38	35		Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
39	36		Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
40	37		Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
41	38		SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 38-5-109, amend2
42	39		(3)(c); and add (1)(j.5) as follows:3
43	40		38-5-109. Utility relocation clearance letter - definitions.4
44	41		(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:5
45	42		(j.5) "U
46	43		TILITY COMPANY BETTERMENT " MEANS ANY UPGRADE OF6
47	44		THE UTILITY FACILITIES BEING RELOCATED THAT IS NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO7
48	45		THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND THAT IS MADE SOLELY FOR THE8
49	46		BENEFIT AND AT THE ELECTION OF THE AFFECTED UTILITY COMPANY .9
50	47		(3) (c) (I)
51	48		The clearance letter may allow for utility company10
52	49		betterment at the expense of the utility company; except that any utility11
53	50		company betterment must not materially delay the utility relocation. 12
54	51		(II) As used in this subsection (3)(c), "utility company betterment"13
55	52		means any upgrade of the utility facilities being relocated that is not14
56	53		attributable to the road improvement project and that is made solely for15
57	54		the benefit and at the election of the affected utility company.16
58	55		SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act17
59	56		takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the18
60	57		ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except19
61	58		that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V20
62	59		of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this21
63	60		act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take22
64	61		effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in23
65	62		November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the24
66	63		official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.25
67	64		204-2-