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Summary Of Colo. Laws Going Into Effect July 1

POSTED: 12:43 pm MDT June 29, 2008
UPDATED: 12:50 pm MDT June 29, 2008

A number of new laws go into effect in Colorado on July 1 including allowing Sunday liquor sales and making it a misdemeanor to trick online ticket sales into allowing more than the maximum number of tickets available. Here is a summary of the new laws:

  • Allowing liquor stores to stay open on Sundays (Senate Bill 82). July 6 will be the first Sunday stores can stay open.

  • Raising fines for traffic violations to bring in an estimated $12 million for the Highway Users Trust Fund (House Bill 1010).

  • Agents planning to represent a college athlete looking to turn professional will have to register with the state (House Bill 1058).

  • Art galleries can keep serving alcohol to the public (House Bill 1105).

  • Adding $3 million to the Older Colorado Cash Fund (House Bill 1108).

  • Setting up a dispute resolution process for Home Owner Associations (House Bill 1135).

  • Setting a higher standard for the state's adverse possession laws that allows someone to claim another person's property if they have had access to that property for at least 18 years (House Bill 1148).

  • Increasing state protection for the bald eagle, which the federal government has removed it from a list of threatened species (House Bill 1304).

  • Requiring prior approval for insurance rate hikes (House Bill 1389).

  • Making it a misdemeanor to trick online ticket sites into selling more than the maximum number of tickets available (Senate Bill 77).

  • Making it a crime and requiring police to confiscate any cigarettes or tobacco products possessed by a minor (Senate Bill 88).

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