Current law specifies that a person who commits criminal pollution of state waters that is committed: With criminal negligence or recklessly is subject to a maximum daily fine of $12,500; and Knowingly or intentionally is subject to a maximum daily fine of $25,000. Section 1 of the bill makes a: Criminally negligent or reckless violation a misdemeanor and increases the penalty to $25,000, imprisonment of up to one year, or both; and Knowing or intentional violation a class 5 felony and increases the penalty to $50,000, imprisonment of up to 3 years, or both. Current law specifies that a person who knowingly makes any false representation in a required record or who knowingly renders inaccurate any required water quality monitoring device or method is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of not more than $10,000, imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or both. Section 2 makes these violations a class 5 felony and specifies that if 2 separate offenses occur in 2 separate occurrences during a period of 2 years, the maximum fine and imprisonment for the second offense are double the default amounts.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
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The bill permits adoptive parents who are parties to an adoption assistance agreement (agreement) to pay for services or items from a provider that is not enrolled in the medical assistance program. These services or items would otherwise be reimbursable under the medical assistance program pursuant to the terms of the agreement. The adoptive parents must determine that the special needs of the child or youth require items or services from the provider and must enter into a documented agreement with the provider in which the adoptive parents agree to bear the cost of the item or service.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill requires each district attorney to collect data regarding defendants related to demographics, charges filed, pretrial release results, and sentencing. The district attorney is required to create an annual report with the data collected and make the data collected available to the public upon request. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The act repeals a prohibition against the state attorney general challenging a business merger or acquisition when the merger or acquisition has been reviewed and not challenged by a federal department, agency, or commission. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates a new traffic offense for failing to yield to a bicyclist or other authorized user in a bicycle lane. The offense is a class A traffic offense unless it is the proximate cause of a crash or if it causes bodily injury, then it is careless driving and is punished under the careless driving offense. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act clarifies that any elector who has preregistered to vote, is 17 years of age on the date of a precinct caucus, and will be 18 years of age on the date of the next general election may either vote at any caucus, assembly, or convention or be elected as a delegate to any assembly or convention even though the elector has been affiliated with the political party for less than 22 days. Under current law, no later than 21 days prior to the date of the precinct caucus, the county clerk and recorder is required to furnish, without charge to each major political party in the county, a list of the registered electors in the county who are affiliated with that political party. The act changes this deadline to 18 days prior to the date of the precinct caucus in a year in which a political party's precinct caucus is held on the first Saturday following the presidential primary election. The act changes the period a candidate for precinct committeeperson must have been a resident of the precinct from 30 days to 22 days before the caucus. The act also changes the period during which such candidate must have been affiliated with the political party from 2 months to 22 days before the caucus. An exception to these requirements in current law specifies that any person who has attained the age of 18 years or who has become a naturalized citizen during the 2 months immediately preceding the precinct caucus may be a candidate for the office of precinct committeeperson even though the individual has been affiliated with the political party for less than 2 months. The act changes each of these 2-month deadlines to 22 days. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The bill requires a provider of commercial mobile radio service in Colorado to make network-level distraction control technology available to the provider's customers so that, at the customer's request, the provider can limit distracting content on an authorized user's mobile electronic device from the network level while the authorized user is driving. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill creates the "Humane Pet Act", which: Establishes standards for the care and treatment of dogs and cats by dog breeders and cat breeders; Prohibits the sale of a dog or cat in a public place by any person; and Prohibits the sale of dogs and cats by pet stores. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Anti Strategic lawsuit against public participation - motions to dismiss - appeal. The act establishes an expedited process for a court to follow in a civil action in which a defendant files a motion to dismiss based upon the fact that the defendant was exercising the defendant's constitutional right to petition the government or of free speech. The act also authorizes an interlocutory appeal of the granting or certain denials of the motion to dismiss.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Elimination of duplicate regulations commission - health and safety requirements. The act creates the elimination of duplicate regulations commission (commission) within the department of education and establishes membership criteria. The act requires the commission to analyze and identify duplicate regulations promulgated among the agencies relating to health and safety requirements for school-aged child care programs (programs); identify which regulations may be eliminated, revised, or delegated to the appropriate agency to eliminate duplicate regulations; and ensure the efficient regulation of health and safety requirements for programs. The agencies are required to commence respective rule-making consistent with the outcomes of the commission. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More