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SecondHB1257_S_JUD.001 RegularNOT SessionAMENDED Seventy-firstSENATE GeneralCOMMITTEE Assembly STATE OF COLORADOREFERENCE REENGROSSEDREPORT This_______________________________ VersionApril Includes9, All2018 AmendmentsChairman Adoptedof inCommittee theDate HouseCommittee ofon IntroductionJudiciary. LLS NO.
18-0955.01After Jerryconsideration Barryon x4341the HOUSEmerits, BILLthe 18-1257Committee HOUSErecommends SPONSORSHIPthe Rosenthal,following: SENATE SPONSORSHIP Cooke, House Committees Senate Committees Public Health Care & Human Services A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNINGACORRECTIONTO H OUSE B ILL 16-1316 BYREINSERTING THE WORD " NOT ".
BillHB18-1257 Summarybe (Note:referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
This** summary*** applies** to*** this** bill*HB1257_S_JUD.001* as introduced and does notreflectanyamendmentsthatmaybesubsequentlyadopted.Ifthisbill e passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that n m 1 applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at S n 2 http://leg.colorado.gov.) U g 3 H d r e A House Bill 16-1316 amended the venue statute for transferring R child welfare proceedings between counties and inadvertentlystruck the word "not" in one sentence.
Due to this error, courts are not allowed to transfer child welfare proceedings between counties after adjudication even though the intent of House Bill 16-1316 was to allow d post-adjudicationtransfers.Thebillreinsertstheword"not"toallowsuch e m 1 S n 2 U g l Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.
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d transfers.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION1.
InColoradoRevisedStatutes,19-3-201,amend(2) introductory portion and (2)(b) as follows:
19-3-201.
Venue.
(2) When proceedings are commenced under PURSUANT TO this articARTICLE 3 in a county other than that of the child's residence, the court in which proceedings were initiated may, on its own motion or on the motion of anyinterested party, transfer the case to the court in the county where the child's legal parent or guardian resides or is located unless any of the following circumstances exist:
(b) Adjudication hasOT taken place and the case has not been continued pursuant to section 19-3-505 (5);
SECTION 2.
Act subject to petition - effective date - applicability.(1) Thisacttakeseffectat12:01a.m.onthedayfollowing the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August 8, 2018, if adjournment sine die is on May 9, 2018);
except that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3)ofarticleVofthestateconstitutionagainstthisactoranitem,section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approved bythe people at the general election to be held in November 2018 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
(2) This act applies to actions pending on or after the applicable effective date of this act.
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