Amendments for HB24-1305
House Journal, March 8
1 HB24-1305 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to
2 the Committee of the Whole with favorable
3 recommendation:
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5 Amend printed bill, page 3, line 4, strike "industry" and substitute
6 "industry, INCLUDING THE MAJOR INDUSTRY CATEGORIES IDENTIFIED IN
7 THE COLORADO TALENT REPORT PRODUCED PURSUANT TO SECTION
8 24-46.3-103 (3), WHICH INCLUDES LIFE, PHYSICAL, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES;
9 ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING; COMPUTERS AND MATHEMATICS;
10 INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR; BUSINESS AND FINANCE;
11 CONSTRUCTION AND EXTRACTION; COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES;
12 AND TRANSPORTATION AND MATERIAL MOVING OCCUPATIONS,".
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14 Page 3, line 17, before "as" insert "and (5)(f)".
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16 Page 4, strike lines 4 through 8 and substitute:
17 "(f) Notwithstanding the lifetime-credit-hour limitation
18 established pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subsection (5) SUBSECTION
19 (5)(c) OF THIS SECTION and in addition to the provisions of paragraph (e)
20 of this subsection (5) SUBSECTION (5)(e) OF THIS SECTION, a state
21 institution of higher education may annually grant a one-year waiver of
22 the lifetime-credit-hour limitation for up to five percent of the eligible
23 undergraduate students enrolled in the state institution of higher
24 education. In granting the waivers under this paragraph (f), the state
25 institution of higher education shall, upon request, grant a waiver to an
26 eligible undergraduate student for courses taken pursuant to the
27 "Concurrent Enrollment Programs Act", article 35 of title 22, C.R.S., or
28 for courses taken while enrolled in a pathways in technology early college
29 high school pursuant to article 35.3 of title 22. C.R.S. For any remaining
30 portion of the institution's five percent of eligible undergraduate students
31 who may receive waivers, the institution shall give priority to students
32 who are seeking job retraining.
33 SECTION 4. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
34 takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
35 ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except
36 that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V
37 of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this
38 act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take
39 effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
40 November 2024 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the
41 official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.".
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