General Assembly - Digest of Bills

Digest of Bills - 1999

GENERAL ASSEMBLY
S.B. 99-206 Redistricting - use of census data. Requires that the general assembly and the Colorado reapportionment commission use the same population data as is used to apportion seats in the United States house of representatives when they redraw the boundaries of congressional and state legislative districts after the federal census in the year 2000.

APPROVED by Governor May 7, 1999
EFFECTIVE May 7, 1999

H.B. 99-1314 Legislative council terms - compensation of leadership. Authorizes payment of salary and expenses for incoming legislative leaders after the general election and prior to the convening of the regular legislative session. Provides that the terms of office of the chair and vice-chair of the legislative council and the chair and vice-chair of the executive committee of the legislative council are one year.

APPROVED by Governor April 22, 1999
EFFECTIVE August 4, 1999
NOTE: This act shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly that is allowed for submitting a referendum petition pursuant to article V, section 1 (3) of the state constitution; except that, if a referendum petition is filed against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part, if approved by the people, shall take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by proclamation of the governor.