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TODAY: Sen. Whitehead's bills to be signed in Cortez and Durango

Thursday, June 3 2010

Gov. Ritter will be visiting several communities around Colorado next week to sign bills from the 2010 legislative session into law. June 11 is the final deadline for Gov. Ritter to take action on legislation.

Gov. Ritter will be in Cortez and Durango with Sen. Bruce Whitehead (D-Hesperus) on Monday.  Here are details for the Monday signing ceremonies:

Monday, June 7, 2010

1:30 p.m.        Gov. Ritter will be joined by Sen. Whitehead in Cortez to sign into law measures that reduce vehicle registration fees and help ensure our drinking water is protected from pesticide pollution. The bills are:

• Senate Bill 34, Pesticide Act Refillers Requirements (Whitehead/Looper)
• Senate Bill 198, Reduce Late Vehicle Registration Fees (Whitehead & Cadman/McKinley)

Location: Cortez Chamber of Commerce Welcome Center, 928 Main St., Cortez.

4 p.m.              Gov. Ritter will be joined by Sen. Whitehead near Durango to sign several significant water and wildlife bills:

• Senate Bill 25, Extend Funding Water Efficiency Grants (Whitehead/Baumgardner)
• House Bill 1051, Water Efficiency Plans Annual Reports (Pommer/Whitehead)
• House Bill 1250, Water Conservation Bd Construction Fund (Fischer/Hodge)
• House Bill 1398, Species Conservation Trust Fund (Fischer/Whitehead)

Location: Animas La Plata Water Project Reservoir Dam. Media and other attendees should meet in Fitness Solutions parking lot, 381 S. Camino Del Rio, Durango, at 3:30 p.m. for an escort to the top of the dam.

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