HB 15-1310 Summary

• Authorizes the Division of Parks and Wildlife to purchase 3.792 acres of real property in Garfield County near Interstate 70 Exit 109 for use as an administrative office and public service center.

• Establishes a purchase price of $552,500 for the property currently owned by the Colorado Wildlife Heritage Foundation, which the state has been leasing under a ten-year lease expiring in 2020.

• Allows the acquisition to proceed without a competitive bid process, as permitted by existing statute when approved by the general assembly.

• Appropriates $552,500 from the Wildlife Cash Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for the 2015-16 fiscal year to fund the property acquisition.

• Requires the property to be free of restrictive covenants or zoning requirements that would limit public access or restrict alternative state uses, and mandates state controller approval of all purchase agreements prior to closing.