Section 18-5-104.5 - Use of forged academic record(1) A person commits use of a forged academic record if, with intent to seek employment or with intent to seek admission to a public or private institution of higher education in this state or for the purpose of securing a scholarship or other form of financial assistance from the institution itself or from other public or private sources of financial assistance, such person falsely makes, completes, alters, or utters a written instrument which is or purports to be, or is calculated to become or to represent if completed, a bona fide academic record of an institution of secondary or higher education.(2) For purposes of this section: (a) "Academic record" means a transcript, diploma, grade report, or similar document of an institution of secondary or higher education.(b) "Financial assistance" means financial assistance for educational purposes, including, but not limited to, loans, scholarships, grants, fellowships, assistantships, work-study programs, or other forms of financial aid.(3) Use of a forged academic record is a class 2 misdemeanor.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§228, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 96: Entire section added, p. 840, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3181, § 228, effective March 1, 2022.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.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).