Colorado § 18-1.3-103.4 - Senate Bill 13-250 - legislative intent - clarification of internal reference to level 4 drug felonies.

§ 18-1.3-103.4. Senate Bill 13-250 - legislative intent - clarification of internal reference to level 4 drug felonies.

The intent of the general assembly in enacting Senate Bill 13-250 was to allow courts, for offenses committed on and after October 1, 2013, to vacate certain level 4 drug felony convictions and enter misdemeanor convictions if the offender completes community-based sentencing. While the term "level 4 drug felony" to which section 18-1.3-103.5 (3)(b) refers was described in section 18-18-405 (2)(c)(II) of the introduced version of Senate Bill 13-250, an amendment to the bill during the legislative process moved the level 4 drug felony description to section 18-18-405 (2)(d). The conforming change was not made to the internal reference in section 18-1.3-103.5 (3)(b), resulting in an incorrect internal reference being published in the 2013 version of the Colorado Revised Statutes. When enacting Senate Bill 13-250, it was the intent of the general assembly that the level 4 drug felonies to which section 18-1.3-103.5 (3)(b) refers be those described in section 18-18-405 (2)(d). Accordingly, by the passage of Senate Bill 14-163, enacted in 2014, the general assembly corrects the internal reference found in section 18-1.3-103.5 (3)(b). The correction to the internal reference is effective as of the effective date of Senate Bill 13-250, October 1, 2013, and applies to offenses committed on or after October 1, 2013.

Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (SB 14-163), ch. 391, p. 1970, § 7, effective June 6. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1375), ch. 274, p. 1701, § 22, effective May 29.