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NO, because a legislator's compensation is prescribed by law in accordance with article V, section 6 of the Colorado constitution and such compensation does not include bribes, taking a bribe as compensation for what is normally a legislative action of sponsoring legislation makes the sponsorship of the legislation violate a constitutional rule of procedure that governs the legislative process and therefore places the sponsorship outside of the protected "sphere of legitimate legislative activity" is INCORRECT.

Legislative immunity does not protect a legislator who violates a constitutional rule of procedure when taking an action that would otherwise be considered to be within the "sphere of legitimate legislative activity." However, a constitutional provision that merely specifies the manner in which a legislator's compensation is to be set is not a rule of procedure that governs the legislative process.

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