Colorado Code
Part 5 - Trespass, Tampering, and Criminal Mischief
§ 18-4-509. Defacing a Cave - Definitions - Repeal

(B.5) "Juvenile" has the same meaning as set forth in section 19-2.5-102.

(A) A second or subsequent conviction for the offense of defacing property is a class 1 misdemeanor and the court shall impose a mandatory minimum fine of seven hundred fifty dollars upon conviction; and
(B) If a person violates paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section twice or more within a period of six months, the damages caused by two or more of the violations may be aggregated and charged in a single count, in which event the violations so aggregated and charged shall constitute a single offense, and, if the aggregate damages are five hundred dollars or more, it is a class 1 misdemeanor and the court shall impose a mandatory minimum fine of seven hundred fifty dollars upon conviction.
(2) (a) (I) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (2)(a)(I) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Defacing a cave is a class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 431, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-4-509. L. 89: (2) R&RE, p. 875, § 10, effective June 5. L. 93: (2) amended, p. 1732, § 20, effective July 1. L. 94: (2) amended, p. 1463, § 2, effective July 1. L. 97: (2) amended, p. 1536, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1903, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1)(c) added and (2) amended, pp. 69, 70, §§ 1, 2, effective August 4. L. 2005: (2)(a) amended, p. 140, § 3, effective April 5. L. 2009: (2)(c) repealed, (HB 09-1266), ch. 347, p. 1814, § 2, effective August 5. L. 2011: (1)(c)(II)(B.5) added and (2)(a) amended, (SB 11-256), ch. 254, pp. 1101, 1099, §§ 3, 1, effective August 10. L. 2021: (1)(c)(II)(B.5), (2)(a)(II), and (2)(a)(IV) amended, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 721, § 48, effective October 1; (2)(a)(I) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3179, § 216, effective March 1, 2022; (1)(a)(II), (1)(b)(II), and (2)(a)(III)(B) added by revision, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, pp. 3179, 3331, §§ 216, 803.
Editor's note: Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.