§ 24-60-401 — Authority to enter into compacts

(1) Pursuant to the consent of
the congress of the United States heretofore granted by Section 112, Title 4, United
States Code, being Section 129, Public Law 72, 81st Congress, First Session of
1949, entitled Compacts between States for Cooperation in Prevention of Crime,
and wherein the consent of congress is given to any two or more states to enter
into agreements or compacts for cooperative effort and mutual assistance in the
prevention of crime and in the enforcement of their respective criminal laws and
policies and to establish such agencies, joint or otherwise, as they may deem
desirable for making effective such agreements and compacts, the governor of the
state of Colorado is authorized to:

(a) Enter into an agreement with one or more other states for the
safekeeping, care, and subsistence of persons convicted of a felony in such other
compacting states, in a penal institution of the state of Colorado; and

(b) Enter into an agreement with one or more other states for the
safekeeping, care, and subsistence of persons convicted of a felony in the state of
Colorado, in a penal institution of such other compacting states.

Legislative History

Source: L. 51: p. 774, � 1. CSA: C. 153, � 44(27). CRS 53: � 74-6-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 74-6-1. L. 93: IP(1) amended, p. 1786, � 64, effective June 6.