§ 32-15-128 — Football stadium site selection commission - creation - membership

Colorado § 32-15-128

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 32: Special
• Art.: Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act

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(1) There is hereby created the football stadium site selection commission which
shall consist of eighteen commissioners. The commission shall be a body corporate
and a political subdivision of the state, shall not be an agency of state government,
and shall not be subject to administrative direction by any department, commission,
board, bureau, or agency of the state or by the district or the board. Initial
appointments to the commission shall be made within forty-five days after August
6, 1996.

(2) (a) Three commissioners shall be appointed by the governor.

(b) One commissioner shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives.

(c) One commissioner shall be appointed by the president of the senate.

(d) Eleven commissioners shall be appointed as follows:

(I) Two commissioners shall be appointed by the boards of county commissioners of
the five counties in the district; and

(II) One commissioner shall be appointed by the mayor and the city council of the
city and county of Denver.

(e) One commissioner from state representative district 4 shall be appointed by the
mayor of the city and county of Denver after consultation with the members of the
general assembly representing state senatorial district 34 and state representative
district 4.

(f) One commissioner from state representative district 5 shall be appointed by the
mayor of the city and county of Denver after consultation with the members of the
general assembly representing state senatorial district 34 and state representative
district 5.

(3) No more than three commissioners shall reside in any one county within the
district and no more than three commissioners shall reside in the city and county of
Denver.

(4) No commissioner shall also serve as a director of the board of the district.

(5) All commissioners appointed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (2) of this
section shall reside within the geographical boundaries of the district.

(6) Any appointed commissioner may be removed at any time at the pleasure of the
person or governing body who appointed such commissioner. If any appointed
commissioner vacates the office, a vacancy on the commission shall exist, and the
person or governing body who appointed such commissioner vacating the office
shall fill such vacancy by appointment.

(7) The appointed commissioners shall elect such officers as deemed necessary
and appropriate from among the appointed membership of the commission.

(8) Commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services but may be
reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses while serving as
commissioners.

Legislative History

Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1075, � 1, effective May 23.