(1) Whoever as owner, lessee, agent, employee, operator, or occupant knowingly maintains, aids, or permits the maintaining of gambling premises commits maintaining gambling premises.(2) All gambling premises are common nuisances which shall be subject to abatement as provided by law.(3) Maintaining gambling premises is a class 2 misdemeanor. If the offender is a repeating gambling offender, it is a class 6 felony.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 340, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 71: R&RE, p. 479, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-10-107. L. 89: (3) amended, p. 842, § 96, effective July 1. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3208, p. 3208, § 340, 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).
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