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SB17-066

Municipal Authority To Employ Police

Concerning clarifying retroactively the authority of a municipality to employ a police force without going through sunrise review.
Session:
2017 Regular Session
Subject:
Local Government
Bill Summary

There is a sunrise review process for groups seeking peace officer status. The bill clarifies that municipalities do not need to go through that process to employ a police force.


(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Status

Introduced
Passed
Became Law

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Bill Text

  • All Versions (7 )
    Date Bill Type Documents
    04/04/2017 Signed Act PDF
    03/29/2017 Final Act PDF
    03/07/2017 Rerevised PDF
    03/06/2017 Revised PDF
    02/10/2017 Reengrossed PDF
    02/09/2017 Engrossed PDF
    01/13/2017 Introduced PDF

Sponsors

Sponsor Type Legislators
Prime Sponsor

Sen. J. Cooke, Sen. R. Fields
Rep. S. Lebsock, Rep. L. Saine

Sponsor

Co-sponsor

Sen. L. Crowder, Sen. B. Gardner, Sen. K. Grantham, Sen. K. Lambert, Sen. K. Lundberg, Sen. B. Martinez Humenik, Sen. N. Todd
Rep. K. Becker, Rep. M. Gray, Rep. C. Hansen, Rep. J. Salazar

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