Senate Bill 25-019

BY SENATOR(S) Rich and Snyder, Kipp, Simpson, Coleman;

also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Marshall and Soper, Camacho, Joseph, Keltie, Lindstedt, Titone, Valdez.

Concerning the modernization of the state plane coordinate system.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 38-52-106.5 as follows:

38-52-106.5.  State plane coordinate system updates. (1)  Notwithstanding any provision in this article 52 to the contrary, except as set forth in section 38-52-104, a person may use the most recent or a prior version of the state plane coordinate system established by the national geodetic survey or its successor organization to state the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state.

(2)  Nothing in this section prohibits a person from using the Colorado coordinate system of 1927 or the Colorado coordinate system of 1983, as those terms are defined in section 38-52-101 (1), to state the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state.

SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.