Most important bill so far

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1. For those interested, the bills signed so far are:

   HB07-1005 – Alert Program For Missing Persons with Disabilities
   HB07-1010 – Electronic Transfers In Warrant Process
   HB07-1034 – Allowing A Law Student To Represent Clients
   HB07-1045 – Max Number of Persons On County Planning Committee
   HB07-1046 – Elimination of Outdated Laws Related to Dept. Of Revenue
   HB07-1048 – Concerning Longitudinal Analysis Of Student Assessments.
   HB07-1051 – Concerning The Notice Sent By A County Treasurer To A Taxpayer For Unpaid Property Taxes.
   HB07-1053 – Enactment of CO Revised Statutes
   HB07-1147 – Concerning The Confidentiality Of Witness Protection Materials
   HB07-1314 – Extend Rules For Public Benefits
   HJR07-1005 – Approval of Water Project Act
   SB07-001 – Concerning Generic Prescription Drugs
   SB07-026 – Authorization Of School Dist. Revenues to Fund Kindergarten Programs

   My vote would go to SB 001. There will be better ones coming though.

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   1. I’ll go along with your choice Car 31 and will be interested to see if it has the desired effect. 

      Do you know what the Water Project Act is and why do we want law students representing clients?

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      1. Each and every one of ’em…

         Water Project Act = a joint resolutoin adding a bunch of water managment projects to the Drinking Water Project Eligibility List as defined in sections 37-95-103(4.8) and 31-37-95-107.8(4)(c). This is a historical piece of legislation that Ritter signed gleefully.

         Law students can only represent clients if they are associated with a law school with a legal aid dispensary.  The students give legal advice and can represent clients whom otherwise could not afford representation.  They can only represent the clients in front of an arbitration panel, not a criminal case. So if a landlord was unjustly kicking a family out, they could get help.  Truly, this landmark legislation will allow underserved people throughout Colorado better access to legal resources so they too can sue people!

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         1. Pushed through by trial lawyers? Don’t mind the freebie advice for low income people but my fear would be getting weak advice from inexperienced newbies, but I guess it is better than no advice.  (maybe)

            I’ve been wondering when more water projects would begin.  It seems to be taking forever.  We need to catch and keep more of it!

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            1. But my guess is that 3Ls are the ones who would be doling out the advice. And I would also guess that they would be supervised by profs.

               This is actually pretty common at law schools to give students practical experience.

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2. “PUEBLO – Gov. Bill Ritter signed a landmark bill in Pueblo this morning to protect Colorado water quality. House Bill 1132 will, for the first time, allow water court judges to consider environmental impacts and water quality along with water quantity as part of the determination on large permanent transfers.”

   Evan Dreyer needs to come up with some new adjectives.

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   1. there’s never been water quality bills ever passed before. 

      Who tests the water, who decides if the water quality is acceptable, what happens when water is needed but some controlling entity won’t allow the transfer due to environmental concerns, and who pays for all this testing and evaluation?  Just wondering out loud…..

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