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Senate Journal-1St Day-January 12, 2011 Page 1 SENATE JOURNAL 1 Senate Journal-1st Day-January 12, 2011 Page 1 SENATE JOURNAL 1 Sixty-eighth General Assembly 2 STATE OF COLORADO 3 First Regular Session 4 5 6 1st Legislative Day Wednesday, January 12, 2011 7 8 9 10 Prayer By the chaplain, Rabbi Steven Foster, Congregation Temple Emmanuel, Denver. 11 12 Call to By the President at 10:00 a.m. 13 Order 14 15 Presentation By University of Colorado Navy ROTC Color Guard. 16 of Colors 17 & 18 Pledge 19 of Allegiance 20 21 Musical By Longmont High School Choir, director Jackie Laughlin. 22 Presentation 23 24 Recitation of David Mason, Poet Laureate of the State of Colorado. 25 Poetry 26 27 Call to Order The hour of 10:00 a.m. having arrived, the Senate of the 68th General Assembly of the 28 State of Colorado, pursuant to law, was called to order by Senator Brandon C. Shaffer, 29 President of the Senate of the 67th General Assembly, State of Colorado. 30 31 Roll Call The roll call of the holdover Senators was called with the following result: 32 Present -- Bacon, Boyd, Cadman, Carroll, Foster, Heath, Hodge, Hudak, King K. Mitchell, 33 Newell, Scheffel, Spence, Williams S., and President. 34 35 ____________ 36 37 38 LETTER OF RESIGNATION 39 40 41 May 5, 2010 42 43 President Brandon Shaffer 44 Colorado State Capitol 45 202 E. Colfax 46 Denver, CO 80203 47 48 Dear President Shaffer, 49 50 It has been an honor and a pleasure to serve the State of Colorado and its citizens for the 51 past eight years as the Senator from district. I hope I have made a difference in the lives of 52 Colorado's citizens. I will always treasure my time as a member of the Colorado State 53 Senate and General Assembly. I will greatly miss my colleagues and have made some 54 life-long friendships while in this Chamber. I am very exited about the challenges I will 55 face in my new position and the ability to continue serving the residents of Denver. 56 Regrettably, I must resign my seat before the end of my term to accept my new position 57 representing the citizens of Northwest Denver as their Councilmember. I am resigning my 58 position in the State Senate effective May 12th at midnight so that I may finish out the 59 session before being sworn in as the new Denver City Councilmember for district 1. Thank 60 you for the privilege of serving with you. 61 62 Sincerely, 63 (signed) 64 Senator Paula E. Sandoval 65 66 ____________ 67 Page 2 Senate Journal-1st Day-January 12, 2011 1 2 COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE 3 4 State of Colorado 5 Department of 6 State 7 8 United States of America, ss. Certificate 9 State of Colorado 10 11 12 I, Bernie Buescher, Secretary of State of the State of Colorado, do hereby certify that the 13 attached is a true and exact copy of the Designation of Nomination by Vacancy Committee 14 as filed in this office on the seventeenth day of May, 2010, by the Democratic 34th Senate 15 District Vacancy Committee, designating the appointment of Lucia Guzman to fill the 16 vacancy in the office of the Colorado State Senate, District 34, for the Sixty-seventh 17 General Assembly of the State of Colorado, caused by the resignation of the Honorable 18 Paula Sandoval. 19 20 In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State 21 of Colorado, at the City and County of Denver this twentieth day of May, 2010. 22 23 (signed) 24 Bernie Buescher 25 Secretary of State 26 27 28 State of Colorado 29 Department of 30 State 31 32 United States of America, ss. Certificate 33 State of Colorado 34 35 36 I, Bernie Buescher, Secretary of State of the State of Colorado, do hereby certify that the 37 attached is a true and exact copy of the Acceptance of Designation by Vacancy Committee 38 as filed in this office on the seventeenth day of May, 2010, by Lucia Guzman, accepting 39 the appointment of the Democratic 34th Senate District Vacancy Committee, to fill the 40 vacancy in the office of Colorado State Senate, District 34, for the Sixty-seventh General 41 Assembly of the State of Colorado, caused by the resignation of the Honorable Paula 42 Sandoval. 43 44 In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State 45 of Colorado, at the City and County of Denver this twentieth day of May, 2010. 46 47 (signed) 48 Bernie Buescher 49 Secretary of State 50 51 52 (NOTE: On May 21, at 11:00 a.m., Lucia Guzman of Denver was sworn in to the 53 Sixty-seventh General Assembly as Senator for Senate District 34 to fill the vacancy 54 created by the resignation of Senator Paula Sandoval. Justice Martinez administered the 55 oath of office in the Chamber of the Senate.) 56 57 ____________ 58 59 60 LETTER OF RESIGNATION 61 62 63 July 21, 2010 64 65 Karen Goldman 66 Secretary of the Senate 67 State Capitol Building 68 Room 250 69 Denver, CO 80204 70 71 Reference: Resignation from Senate District 3, Pueblo Colorado 72 Senate Journal-1st Day-January 12, 2011 Page 3 Dear Karen; 1 2 It is with a degree of sadness, relief and gratitude that I am resigning my elected position 3 that I presently hold, effective July 30, 2010 at 11:59 pm. 4 5 I have been offered and have accepted a position with the State of Colorado as the Director 6 of the Colorado Lottery, headquarter in Pueblo Colorado. This is a very exciting and 7 challenging position that I believe will utilize my years of experience in the business sector 8 as well as my legislative knowledge. This position will begin on August 1, 2010 and with 9 the offer, the condition was that I resign my position as a state Legislator as per state 10 policies. 11 12 I cannot express the degree of honor and privilege that I have been granted to server the 13 people of the State of Colorado, and to work with my colleges and staff which have been 14 the utmost joy to work alongside. That experience is one that I will cherish for the rest of 15 my life. 16 17 Sincerely yours, 18 (signed) 19 Abel J. Tapia 20 21 22 cc: Brandon C Shaffer, President of the Senate 23 Terry Hart, Chairman of the Pueblo Democratic Party 24 25 ____________ 26 27 28 COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE 29 30 State of Colorado 31 Department of 32 State 33 34 United States of America, ss. Certificate 35 State of Colorado 36 37 38 I, Bernie Buescher, Secretary of State of the State of Colorado, do hereby certify that the 39 attached is a true and exact copy of the Designation of Nomination by Vacancy Committee 40 as filed in this office on the sixth day of August, 2010, by the Democratic 3rd Senate 41 District Vacancy Committee, designating the appointment of Angela Giron to fill the 42 vacancy in the office of the Colorado State Senate, District 3, for the Sixty-seventh 43 General Assembly of the State of Colorado, caused by the resignation of the Honorable 44 Abel Tapia. 45 46 In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State 47 of Colorado, at the City and County of Denver this eleventh day of August, 2010. 48 49 (signed) 50 Bernie Buescher 51 Secretary of State 52 53 54 State of Colorado 55 Department of 56 State 57 58 United States of America, ss. Certificate 59 State of Colorado 60 61 I, Bernie Buescher, Secretary of State of the State of Colorado, do hereby certify that the 62 attached is a true and exact copy of the Acceptance of Designation by Vacancy Committee 63 as filed in this office on the eleventh day of August, 2010, by Angela Giron, accepting the 64 appointment of the Democratic 3rd Senate District Vacancy Committee, to fill the vacancy 65 in the office of Colorado State Senate, District 3, for the Sixty-seventh General Assembly 66 of the State of Colorado, caused by the resignation of the Honorable Abel Tapia. 67 68 In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State 69 of Colorado, at the City and County of Denver this eleventh day of August, 2010. 70 71 Page 4 Senate Journal-1st Day-January 12, 2011 (signed) 1 Bernie Buescher 2 Secretary of State 3 4 5 (NOTE: On August 12, 2010, at 11:00 a.m., Angela Giron of Pueblo was sworn in to the 6 Sixty-seventh General Assembly as Senator for Senate District 3 to fill the vacancy created 7 by the resignation of Senator Abel J. Tapia. Justice Mullarkey administered the oath of 8 office in the Chamber of the Senate.) 9 10 ____________ 11 12 13 LETTER OF RESIGNATION 14 15 Cindi Markwell 16 Secretary of the Senate 17 200 East Colfax 18 Denver, CO 80203 19 20 21 November 30, 2010 22 23 24 Mrs. Markwell: 25 26 I write to notify you of my intention to resign my seat in the Colorado Senate effective 27 December 31, 2010. I have been honored to represent the people of Senate District 32 for 28 the past four years at the Capitol and am proud of what we've been able to accomplish for 29 Colorado.
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