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GOVERNMENT - STATE

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SENATE BILL 03-242 [Digest]

BY SENATOR(S) Dyer, Arnold, Entz, Evans, Keller, Kester, Tapia, Taylor, and Windels;

also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Larson, Berry, Carroll, Cloer, Coleman, Frangas, Fritz, Hall, Hodge, McFadyen, Merrifield, Plant, Ragsdale, Spence, Stengel, Tochtrop, and Williams S.

AN ACT

Concerning membership of the peace officers standards and training board.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

  SECTION 1.  24-31-302 (3), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

  24-31-302.  Creation of board. (3)  The P.O.S.T. board shall consist of seventeen twenty members. The chairperson of the P.O.S.T. board shall be the attorney general, and the board shall annually elect from its members a vice-chairperson. The other members shall be the special agent in charge of the Denver division of the federal bureau of investigation, the executive director of the department of public safety, one local government representative, six active chiefs of police from municipalities of this state, six active sheriffs from counties of this state, three active peace officers with a rank of sergeant or below, and one lay member. The governor shall appoint the chiefs of police, sheriffs, peace officers, the lay member, and the local government representative as members of the board for terms of three years per appointment. The governor shall make appointments of chiefs of police, and sheriffs, in such a manner so that there is equal representation between departments which have their own or which use another training academy. If any chief of police, sheriff, peace officer, lay member, or local government representative vacates such office during the term for which appointed to the P.O.S.T. board, a vacancy on the board shall exist. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired term.

  SECTION 2.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.

Approved: May 14, 2003

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