Proposed Statutory Amendment
Note: Amended language is in ALL CAPS below.
C.R.S. 18-12-214 - TITLE 18. CRIMINAL CODE
ARTICLE 12. OFFENSES RELATING TO FIREARMS AND WEAPONS
PART 2. PERMITS TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS
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Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-12-214, amend (3) as follows:
18-12-214. Authority granted by permit - carrying restrictions. (3) A permit issued pursuant to this part 2 does not authorize a person to carry a concealed handgun onto the real property, or into any improvements erected thereon, of a public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school OR A PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY; except that:
(a) A permittee may have a handgun on the real property of the public school OR PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY so long as the handgun remains in his or her vehicle and, if the permittee is not in the vehicle, the handgun is in a compartment within the vehicle and the vehicle is locked;
(b) A permittee who is employed or retained by contract by a school district OR BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF A PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY as a school security officer may carry a concealed handgun onto the real property, or into any improvement erected thereon, of a public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school OR A PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY while the permittee is on duty;
(c) A permittee may carry a concealed handgun on undeveloped real property owned by a school district OR OWNED BY A PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IF THE PROPERTY is used for hunting or other shooting sports.
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Note: Amended language is in ALL CAPS below.
C.R.S. 18-12-214 - TITLE 18. CRIMINAL CODE
ARTICLE 12. OFFENSES RELATING TO FIREARMS AND WEAPONS
PART 2. PERMITS TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS
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Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-12-214, amend (3) as follows:
18-12-214. Authority granted by permit - carrying restrictions. (3) A permit issued pursuant to this part 2 does not authorize a person to carry a concealed handgun onto the real property, or into any improvements erected thereon, of a public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school OR A PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY; except that:
(a) A permittee may have a handgun on the real property of the public school OR PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY so long as the handgun remains in his or her vehicle and, if the permittee is not in the vehicle, the handgun is in a compartment within the vehicle and the vehicle is locked;
(b) A permittee who is employed or retained by contract by a school district OR BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF A PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY as a school security officer may carry a concealed handgun onto the real property, or into any improvement erected thereon, of a public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school OR A PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY while the permittee is on duty;
(c) A permittee may carry a concealed handgun on undeveloped real property owned by a school district OR OWNED BY A PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IF THE PROPERTY is used for hunting or other shooting sports.
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Colorado citizens will put a Statutory Initiative on the 2014 Colorado ballot and bring campus public safety to a vote of the people.