§ 2-5-125. Supplements and Replacement Volumes to Colorado Revised Statutes – Report – Enactment – Publication – Effective Date
The following supplements and replacement volumes to Colorado Revised Statutes, originally entitled Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, as corrected, collated, edited, revised, and compiled by the revisor and as certified by the committee on legal services, are prepared and published pursuant to and in conformity with section 2-5-117: 1975 supplement. The 1975 supplement, hereby designated and […]
§ 2-5-126. Annual Enactment of Colorado Revised Statutes – Validation – Effective Date
The annual version of Colorado Revised Statutes, authorized by section 2-5-117, as corrected, collated, edited, revised, and compiled by the revisor, as printed, published, and certified by the committee on legal services and filed with the secretary of state, and as set forth with particularity in subsection (2) of this section, is enacted as the […]
§ 2-7-101. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: A multiplicity of powers, duties, and functions have been assigned to the executive branch of state government in accordance with law and have been undertaken by the executive branch on its own initiative or at the behest of the federal government; Considerations such as avoidance of duplication, […]
§ 2-7-102. Assignment of Departments for Review – All Principal Departments Subject to Legislative Oversight – Composition of Joint Legislative Oversight Committees
Beginning in 1980, a general assembly during its second regular session shall designate at least three principal departments for study by joint legislative oversight committees during the interim following the first regular session of the next general assembly. Each of the twenty principal departments shall be studied in this manner at least once before January […]
§ 2-7-103. Review of Principal Department – Subject Matter to Be Studied
A joint legislative oversight committee shall study a principal department’s powers, duties, and functions in order to evaluate the public need for continuance of said powers, duties, and functions and whether the public need would be better served by the elimination, reassignment, or expansion of said powers, duties, and functions. Said study may include, but […]
§ 2-5-105. Publication Contract – Legislative Declaration
Consistent with the requirement of section 8 of article XVIII of the state constitution that the general assembly provide for the publication of the laws passed at each session, the state acknowledges its obligation to provide official sets of statutes that are reasonably priced, accurate, and easy to use. In fulfillment of this obligation, the […]
§ 2-5-105.5. Publication – Paper Specification
A contract or extension of contract entered into after May 25, 2017, to publish or print the Colorado Revised Statutes pursuant to section 2-5-105 must specify that the paper used must meet the alkaline reserve minimum requirements and acidity levels for uncoated paper established by the American national standards institute and the national information standards […]
§ 2-5-109. Contract Approval and Execution
Any publication contract entered into pursuant to section 2-5-105 and all proceedings included therein shall be approved by the attorney general as to legality and by the controller, acting as the designee of the governor, and executed by the chairman of the committee for and in behalf of the state. Source: L. 70: p. 367, […]
§ 2-5-111. Sale Price to Public
The methods and terms of sale of Colorado Revised Statutes, and ancillary publications thereto, to the public shall be included by the committee as an alternative specification and bid, and as a part of a contract let by bids authorized by this article. Source: L. 70: p. 367, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 135-6-11. L. […]
§ 2-4-214. Use of Relative and Qualifying Words and Phrases
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the rule of statutory construction expressed in the Colorado supreme court decision entitled People v. McPherson , 200 Colo. 429 , 619 P.2d 38 (1980), which holds that “. . . relative and qualifying words and phrases, where no contrary intention appears, are construed to refer solely […]