Title 31, Government - Municipal
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-101 Legislative declaration
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It is the intention of the general assembly to set forth in this article the procedures for exercising the initiative and referendum powers reserved to the municipal electors in subsection (9) of section 1 of article V of the state constitution. It is not the intention of the gen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-102 Applicability of article
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This article shall apply to municipal initiatives, referenda, and referred measures unless alternative procedures are provided by charter, ordinance, or resolution. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 422, � 1, effective May 8.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-103 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Ballot title means the language that is printed on the ballot that is comprised of the submission clause and the title. (2) Final determination of petition sufficiency means the date following passage of the peri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-103.5 Computation of time
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, calendar days shall be used in all computations of time made under the provisions of this article. In computing time for any act to be done before any municipal election, the first day shall be included, and the last or election day s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-104 Ordinances - initiative - conflicting measures
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(1) Any proposed ordinance may be submitted to the legislative body of any municipality by filing written notice of the proposed ordinance with the clerk and, within one hundred eighty days after approval of the petition pursuant to section 31-11-106 (1), by filing a petition sig…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-105 Ordinances - when effective - referendum
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(1) No ordinance passed by the legislative body of any municipality shall take effect before thirty days after its final passage and publication, except an ordinance calling for a special election or necessary to the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-106 Form of petition sections
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(1) Each petition section shall be printed in a form consistent with the requirements of this article. No petition section shall be printed or circulated unless the form and the first printer's proof of the petition section have first been approved by the clerk. The clerk shall a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-107 Circulators - requirements
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The circulation of any petition section other than personally by a circulator is prohibited. No section of a petition for any initiative or referendum measure shall be circulated by any person who is not at least eighteen years of age at the time the section is circulated. Source…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-108 Signatures
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Any initiative or referendum petition shall be signed only by registered electors who are eligible to vote on the measure. Each registered elector shall sign his or her own signature and shall print his or her name, the address at which he or she resides, including the street num…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-109 Signature verification - statement of sufficiency
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(1) The clerk shall inspect timely filed initiative or referendum petitions and the attached affidavits, and may do so by examining the information on signature lines for patent defects, by comparing the information on signature lines against a list of registered electors provide…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-110 Protest
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(1) Within forty days after an initiative or referendum petition is filed, a protest in writing under oath may be filed in the office of the clerk by any registered elector who resides in the municipality, setting forth specifically the grounds for such protest. The grounds for p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-111 Initiatives, referenda, and referred measures - ballot titles
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(1) After an election has been ordered pursuant to section 31-11-104 or 31-11-105, the legislative body of the municipality or its designee shall promptly fix a ballot title for each initiative or referendum. (2) The legislative body of any municipality may, without receipt of an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-112 Petitions - not election materials - no bilingual requirement
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The general assembly hereby determines that initiative and referendum petitions are not election materials or information covered by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, and are therefore not required to be printed in any language other than English in order to be circulated in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-113 Receiving money to circulate petitions - filing
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The proponents of the petition shall file with the clerk a report disclosing the amount paid per signature and the total amount paid to each circulator. The filing shall be made at the same time the petition is filed with the clerk. Any payment made to circulators is an expenditu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-114 Unlawful acts - penalty
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(1) It is unlawful: (a) For any person willfully and knowingly to circulate or cause to be circulated or sign or procure to be signed any petition bearing the name, device, or motto of any person, organization, association, league, or political party, or purporting in any way to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-115 Tampering with initiative or referendum petition
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(1) Any person commits a class 2 misdemeanor who: (a) Willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, or suppresses any initiative or referendum petition; (b) Willfully neglects to file or delays the delivery of the initiative or referendum petition; (c) Conceals or removes any initiativ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-116 Enforcement
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(1) Any person may file with the district attorney an affidavit stating the name of any person who has violated any of the provisions of this article and stating the facts that constitute the alleged offense. Upon the filing of such affidavit, the district attorney shall forthwit…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-117 Retention of petitions
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After a period of three years from the time of submission of the petitions to the clerk, if it is determined that the retention of the petitions is no longer necessary, the clerk may destroy the petitions. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 430, � 1, effective May 8.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-118 Powers of clerk and deputy
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the clerk shall render all interpretations and shall make all initial decisions as to controversies or other matters arising in the operation of this article. (2) All powers and authority granted to the clerk by this article may b…