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City staff flags state bills that would limit municipal court authority; Pueblo weighing response
Summary
City Chief of Staff Brian McCain briefed council on multiple state bills affecting municipal courts, including one that would bar criminal charges solely for failure to appear and another to align municipal sentencing with state rules. Council discussed potential impacts and next steps.
Brian McCain, chief of staff for Pueblo City, briefed the council on several Colorado bills under consideration that he said could restrict municipal court authority and change sentencing and procedural rules.
McCain summarized a bill he identified as “Senate Bill 20 five‑sixty 2,” which he said “prohibits municipal courts from criminally charging individuals solely for failure to appear” and would prevent municipal judges from imposing jail sentences for failure to appear alone. McCain said the bill was amended in committee and “it removed the prohibition of holding some contempt for failure to appear,” allowing judges to use contempt powers but not to impose a separate…
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