Section 44-33-102 - Legislative declaration(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:(a) Parents should provide financial support to their minor children who cannot care for themselves;(b) The state should intervene when parents fail to meet their support obligations;(c) Children are adversely affected when parents divert their financial support to limited gaming, sports betting, and pari-mutuel wagering;(d) A parent's winnings from money diverted from a child's support should be applied to the parent's outstanding support obligations;(e) Section 44-30-102 (1)(c) of the "Limited Gaming Act of 1991" recognizes that the limited gaming industry must be assisted in protecting the general welfare of the people of the state;(f) Victims of crime and all the people of the state are adversely affected when criminal offenders divert restitution to limited gaming, sports betting, and pari-mutuel wagering;(g) A criminal offender's winnings from money diverted from restitution should be applied to the offender's outstanding criminal court obligations;(h) An uncollected debt to the state should be deducted from a person's winnings.Amended by 2022 Ch. 405, § 12, eff. 7/1/2023.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 24-35-602 and amended by 2018 Ch. 15, § 2, eff. 10/1/2018.L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18-035), ch. 15, p. 252, § 2, effective October 1.This section is similar to former § 24-35-602 as it existed prior to 2018.
2022 Ch. 405, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).