Gov. Hickenlooper signs several bills

DENVER — Friday, April 6, 2012 — Gov. John Hickenlooper signed several bills into law today.

Number	Title	Sponsors	Summary
HB12-1026	Municipal Prosecuting Attorney Peace Officers	Coram /Roberts	Concerning peace officer status for certain municipality prosecuting attorneys
HB12-1094	Parking In Front Of Fire Hydrant Penalty	Kerr A./ King S.	Concerning increasing the fine for parking in front of a fire hydrant in an unincorporated area of a county
HB12-1097	Food Protection Act Civil Penalties	Summers / Jahn	Concerning civil penalties for retail food establishments
HB12-1178	Notice For Tax Refund Of Lost Gas Or Special Fuel	Vigil / Schwartz	Concerning the deadline for filing notice for reimbursement of tax payments for lost gasoline or special fuel
HB12-1181	Supplemental Appropriations Department of Corrections	JBC	Concerning a supplemental appropriation to the department of corrections
HB12-1216	Drivers Licensing Services Fund	JBC	Concerning the financing of the division of motor vehicles in the department of revenue, and, in the connection therewith, making and reducing appropriations
HB12-1222	Recreate CDOT Renovation Fund	JBC	Concerning the recreation of the department of transportation renovation fund to be used for transportation-related purposes
HB12-1229	Publication Requirements Legal Notice In Newspaper	Murray / Scheffel	Concerning publication requirements for a newspaper in which a legal notice or advertisement is printed
HB12-1269	FCPA Disclosure Candidate Committee Special District Election	Kerr J. / Roberts	Concerning the threshold amount of campaign activities by a candidate committee in connection with a special district election that triggers disclosure requirements under the “fair campaign practices act”
HB12-1285	Intergovernmental Coop Wildland Fire Mitigation	Gerou / Jahn	Concerning modification to statutory provisions governing intergovernmental cooperation to address wildland fire mitigation where a municipality owns land inside a county for utility purposes
SB12-007	Group Special License Plate Procedure	Hudak / Hamner	Concerning the standardization of the procedural requirements for the issuance of the special license plates
SB12-031	Federal Mineral Lease Districts	White / Bradford	Concerning federal mineral lease districts
SB12-066	Guardianship Program Eligibility	Nicholson / Gardner B.	Concerning expanding those persons eligible as guardians in the guardianship assistance program to include persons ascribed by the family as having a family-like relationship with the child
SB12-077	Repeal Regulation Of Yellow Grease By CDPHE	Jahn / Sonnenberg	Concerning the repeal of laws under which the Colorado department of public health and environment regulated certain activities associated with yellow grease

For a complete list of Gov. Hickenlooper’s 2012 legislation decisions, click here.

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