Section 18-23-102 - Recruitment of juveniles for a criminal street gang(1) A person commits recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang if he or she is eighteen years of age or older and:(a) Knowingly solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, coerces, or otherwise causes a person younger than eighteen years of age to actively participate in or become a member of a criminal street gang; or(b) By use of force, threat, or intimidation directed at any person, or by the infliction of bodily injury upon any person, knowingly prevents a person younger than eighteen years of age from leaving a criminal street gang.(2) Recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang in violation of subsection (1)(b) of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor, and recruitment of a juvenile for a criminal street gang in violation of subsection (1)(a) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor.(3) Nothing in this section shall affect the ability to charge criminal offenses under article 17 of this title.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 385, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 2001: Entire article added, p. 987, § 1, effective 3/1/2002. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3219, p. 3219, § 385, 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).