Colorado Code
Part 2 - County and Other Public Highways
§ 43-2-201.1. Closure of Public Highways Extending to Public Lands - Penalty

(1) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Any person, other than a governing body of a municipality or county acting pursuant to part 3 of this article 2, who intentionally blocks, obstructs, or closes any public highway, as described in section 43-2-201, that extends to any public land, including public land belonging to the federal government, thereby closing public access to public lands, without good cause therefor, commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.






Source: L. 76: Entire section added, p. 821, § 1, effective July 1. L. 98: (1) amended, p. 1444, § 35, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1565, § 386, effective October 1. L. 2003: (3) amended, p. 1617, § 22, effective August 6. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3325, § 776, effective March 1, 2022.
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.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsection (1), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.

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