Section 25-14-208 - Unlawful acts - penalty - disposition of fines and surcharges(1) It is unlawful for a person who owns, manages, operates, or otherwise controls the use of a premises subject to this part 2 to violate any provision of this part 2.(2) It is unlawful for a person to smoke in an area where smoking is prohibited pursuant to this part 2.(3) Except as otherwise provided in section 25-14-208.5, a person who violates this part 2 is guilty of a petty offense. Each day of a continuing violation shall be deemed a separate violation.(4) All judges, clerks of a court of record, or other officers imposing or receiving fines collected pursuant to or as a result of a conviction of any persons for a violation of any provision of this part 2 shall transmit all such moneys so collected in the following manner: (a) Seventy-five percent of any such fine for a violation occurring within the corporate limits of a city, town, or city and county shall be transmitted to the treasurer or chief financial officer of said city, town, or city and county, and the remaining twenty-five percent shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the general fund.(b) Seventy-five percent of any fine for a violation occurring outside the corporate limits of a city or town shall be transmitted to the treasurer of the county in which the city or town is located, and the remaining twenty-five percent shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the general fund.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§473, eff. 3/1/2022.Amended by 2019 Ch. 337,§7, eff. 7/1/2019.L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 59, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2019: (3) amended, (HB 19-1076), ch. 337, p. 3097, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3239, p. 3239, § 473, 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).