Article XV — Corporations
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Colo. Const. art. XV, § 1 Unused Charters or Grants of Privilege.
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[Repealed.]
Colo. Const. art. XV, § 2 Corporate Charters Created by General Law.
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No charter of incorporation shall be granted, extended, changed or amended by special law, except for such municipal, charitable, educational, penal or reformatory corporations as are or may be under the control of the state; but the general assembly shall provide by general laws…
Colo. Const. art. XV, § 3 Power to Revoke, Alter or Annul Charter.
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The general assembly shall have the power to alter, revoke or annul any charter of incorporation now existing and revocable at the adoption of this constitution, or any that may hereafter be created, whenever in their opinion it may be injurious to the citizens of the state, in s…
Colo. Const. art. XV, § 4 Railroads Common Carriers Construction Intersection.
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All railroads shall be public highways, and all railroad companies shall be common carriers. Any association or corporation organized for the purpose, shall have the right to construct and operate a railroad between any designated points within this state, and to connect at the s…
Colo. Const. art. XV, § 5 Consolidation of Parallel Lines Forbidden.
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No railroad corporation, or the lessees or managers thereof, shall consolidate its stock, property or franchises with any other railroad corporation owning or having under its control a parallel or competing line.
Colo. Const. art. XV, § 6 Equal Rights of Public to Transportation.
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All individuals, associations and corporations shall have equal rights to have persons and property transported over any railroad in this state, and no undue or unreasonable discrimination shall be made in charges or in facilities for transportation of freight or passengers withi…
Colo. Const. art. XV, § 7 Existing Railroads to File Acceptance of Continuation.
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[Repealed.]
Colo. Const. art. XV, § 8 Eminent Domain Police Power Not to Be Abridged.
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The right of eminent domain shall never be abridged nor so construed as to prevent the general assembly from taking the property and franchises of incorporated companies, and subjecting them to public use, the same as the property of individuals; and the police power of the state…
Colo. Const. art. XV, § 9 Fictitious Stock, Bonds Increase of Stock.
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No corporation shall issue stocks or bonds, except for labor done, service performed, or money or property actually received, and all fictitious increase of stock or indebtedness shall be void. The stock of corporations shall not be increased except in pursuance of general law, n…
Colo. Const. art. XV, § 10 Foreign Corporations Place Agent.
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No foreign corporation shall do any business in this state without having one or more known places of business, and an authorized agent or agents in the same, upon whom process may be served.
Colo. Const. art. XV, § 11 Street Railroads Consent of Municipality.
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No street railroad shall be constructed within any city, town, or incorporated village, without the consent of the local authorities having the control of the street or highway proposed to be occupied by such street railroad.
Colo. Const. art. XV, § 12 Retrospective Laws Not to Be Passed.
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The general assembly shall pass no law for the benefit of a railroad or other corporation, or any individual or association of individuals, retrospective in its operation, or which imposes on the people of any county or municipal subdivision of the state, a new liability in respe…
Colo. Const. art. XV, § 13 Telegraph Lines Consolidation.
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Any association or corporation, or the lessees or managers thereof, organized for the purpose, or any individual, shall have the right to construct and maintain lines of telegraph within this state, and to connect the same with other lines, and the general assembly shall, by gene…
Colo. Const. art. XV, § 14 Railroad or Telegraph Companies Consolidating with Foreign Companies.
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If any railroad, telegraph, express or other corporation organized under any of the laws of this state, shall consolidate, by sale or otherwise, with any railroad, telegraph, express or other corporation organized under any laws of any other state or territory or of the United St…
Colo. Const. art. XV, § 15 Contracts with Employees Releasing from Liability Void.
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It shall be unlawful for any person, company or corporation to require of its servants or employees, as a condition of their employment or otherwise, any contract or agreement, whereby such person, company or corporation shall be released or discharged from liability or responsib…