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CO HB1061
Bill
Status
1/19/2011
Primary Sponsor
Mark Ferrandino
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AI Summary
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Allows prosecutors to aggregate damages from multiple graffiti violations committed within 18 months or 3 years and charge them as a single offense based on total damage amount.
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Graffiti violations with aggregate damages of $500-$999 within 18 months constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Graffiti violations with aggregate damages of $1,000-$19,999 within 3 years constitute a Class 4 felony; damages exceeding $20,000 within 3 years constitute a Class 3 felony.
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Authorizes the Department of Transportation to enter into memorandums of understanding with municipalities to allow them to remove graffiti from departmental facilities at the municipality's own expense.
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Directs 50% of collected fines to the highway users tax fund and 50% to the juvenile diversion cash fund, with an exception for certain violations directing fines to the Colorado travel and tourism promotion fund.
Legislative Description
Graffiti Removal Defacing Property
Last Action
House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
2/1/2011