Section 28-3.1-312 - Refusal to appear or testify(1) Any person not subject to this code who has been subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a military court or before a military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such a court and who willfully neglects or refuses to appear, refuses to qualify as a witness, refuses to testify, or refuses to produce any evidence commits a petty offense and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-503.(2) Upon the certification of the facts in subsection (1) of this section by the military court or tribunal to the district attorney of the county where the offense occurred, the district attorney shall prosecute the accused in any court of record, and jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon such courts for this purpose.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 493, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1177, § 1, effective June 10. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1541, § 283, effective October 1. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3245, p. 3245, § 493, effective 3/1/2022.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). For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsection (1), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.