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<br />Untitled <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEM 14C Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />Click here for Fiscal Note <br /> <br />. Second Regular Session <br />Sixty-first General Assembly <br />LLS NO. 98-0031.0 1 PLC SENATE BILL 98-006 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />BY SENATOR Ament; <br />also REPRESENTATIVE Johnson. <br /> <br />AGR., NATURAL RESOURCES & ENERGY <br /> <br />A BILL FOR AN ACT <br />CONCERNING STANDING OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO PROTECT <br />PROPERTY INTERESTS IN CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Bill Summary <br /> <br />(Note: This summQ/}I applies to this bill as introduced and does not necessarily <br />reflect any amendments which may be subsequently adopted.) <br /> <br />Land and Water Resource Issues Committee. Establishes that political <br />subdivisions of the state have standing to assert or defend property rights or contract <br />rights in proceedings concerning the enforcement or constitutionality of federal or <br />state laws or other government actions. <br /> <br />Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. Title 29, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION <br />OF A NEW ARTICLE to read: <br /> <br />ARTICLE 1.5 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Protection of Property Rights <br /> <br />29-1.5-101. Political subdivisions - standing to protect property rights. IN <br />ADDITION TO ANY OTHER RIGHTS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS <br />OTHERWISE HAVE UNDER LAW, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE <br />STATE SHALL HAVE A LEGALLY PROTECT ABLE INTEREST IN, AND <br />STANDING TO ASSERT OR DEFEND TO THE SAME EXTENT AS PRIVATE <br />CITIZENS, THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS OR CONTRACT RIGHTS IN <br />PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OR <br />CONSTITUTIONALITY OF FEDERAL OR STATE LAWS OR OTHER <br />GOVERNMENT ACTIONS. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE ABILITY <br />OF THE STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO EXERCISE THEIR LAWFUL <br /> <br />http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/sessI998/sbills98/sb006.htm <br /> <br />1/21/98 <br />