Title 2, Legislative
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-306 Authority to subpoena witnesses
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The council has the power to subpoena witnesses, to take testimony under oath, and to assemble records and documents, by subpoena duces tecum or otherwise, with the same power and authority as courts of record, and may apply to courts of record for the enforcement of these powers…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-307 Minutes of council
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The council shall keep minutes of its meetings which shall be available to all members of the general assembly upon request. Any member of the general assembly has the right to attend any of the meetings of the council and may present his views on any subject which the council ma…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-308 Recommendations and findings
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The recommendations and findings of the council shall be made available in electronic or hard copy format to each member of the general assembly, to the governor, and to the state library, prior to the next regular session of the general assembly, or at such other times as the co…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-309 Reimbursement of members for expenses
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Members of the council shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses in connection with the performance of their duties. Source: L. 53: p. 338, � 9. CRS 53: � 63-5-9. C.R.S. 1963: � 63-4-9. Cross references: For compensation and expenses for members on the council, see � 2-2-307.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-310 Centralized legislative accounting service
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(1) The legislative council shall establish and maintain a centralized legislative accounting service under the supervision of the director of research of the council, which service shall maintain all accounting records, process all vouchers, and prepare all related documents for…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-311 Interstate cooperation
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(1) The legislative council shall: (a) Carry forward the participation of this state as a member of the council of state governments; (b) Encourage and assist state officials and employees to cooperate with officials and employees of other states, the federal government, and loca…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-312 Opportunities to include tribal governments - reports - definition - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 2-3-312Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services l…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-313 Legislative council staff - study correctional release options for aging and seriously ill offenders
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(1) Legislative council staff shall conduct a study of options for releasing aging and seriously ill offenders from secure custody to appropriate care or placing offenders in alternative programs that can better provide the offender’s needed medical care. (2) The study must inclu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-500.3 Definitions
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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Committee means the committee on legal services created in section 2-3-501. (2) Office means the office of legislative legal services created in section 2-3-501. Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275),…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-501 Legal services in legislative department - committee on legal services - office of legislative legal services
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In order to better provide for the legal services for the general assembly, including the drafting of legislation and the revision and publication of the laws of this state, and to provide for the best technical advice and information to be available to the general assembly, agen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-502 Committee on legal services - membership - duties
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(1) Except as provided in part 3 of this article, the committee shall supervise and direct the operations of the office of legislative legal services. (2) The committee may designate one or more subcommittees from among its membership to perform any duties of the committee with r…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-503 Director - staff - revisor
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(1) The committee shall interview persons applying for the position of staff director as to qualifications and ability and shall make recommendations thereon to the executive committee, which shall appoint the director as provided in section 2-3-303 (3). The director of the offic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-504 Duties of office
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(1) The office shall: (a) Upon the request of any member of the general assembly or the governor, draft or aid in drafting legislative bills, resolutions, memorials, amendments thereto, conference reports, and such other legislative documents and papers as may be required in the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-505 Requests for drafting bills and amendments - confidential nature thereof - lobbying for bills
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(1) All requests made to the office for the drafting of bills or amendments thereto shall be submitted, either in writing or orally, by the legislator or by the governor or the governor’s representative making the request, with a general statement respecting the policies and purp…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-506 Use of supreme court library
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The librarian of the supreme court library shall facilitate the work of the office by permitting the liberal withdrawal of materials and data therefrom, subject to such reasonable rules as may be necessary for the proper operation of the library. Source: L. 68: R&RE, p. 141, � 17…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-507 Office space in or near capitol - office hours - appropriations
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(1) The office shall be provided with suitable office space in the state capitol complex that is within one-quarter mile of the capitol building, so situated as to be convenient for the members of the general assembly. Throughout the year, the office shall be kept open during the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-508 Terminology - references
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The office of legislative legal services shall be the successor in every way of the legislative drafting office and the office of revisor of statutes, and every contract, agreement, or other document entered into by the legislative drafting office or the office of revisor of stat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-509 Transfer of employees. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 68: p. 142, � 180. C.R.S. 1963: � 63-3-9. L. 88: Entire section repealed, p. 313, � 24, effective May 23. 2-3-510. Study regarding an organizational recodification of title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes - legislative declaration - repeal. (Repealed) Source: L. 20…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-510 Study regarding an organizational recodification of title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes - legislative declaration - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 2-3-510Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services l…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-511 Legislative human resources division - creation - duties - records - definitions
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(1) The legislative human resources division is created in the office of legislative legal services. The head of the division is the director of the legislative human resources division. The director of the office of legislative legal services shall appoint the director of the le…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-600.3 Definitions
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As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Commission means the Colorado commission on uniform state laws created in section 2-3-601 (1). Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2032, � 19, effective August 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-601 Commission on uniform state laws - creation
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(1) There is hereby created the Colorado commission on uniform state laws, which shall consist of six members appointed for terms of two years each and until their successors are appointed and, in addition thereto, any citizen of this state who is elected a life member of the Nat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-602 Compensation - expenses
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The members of the commission shall receive a per diem of twenty dollars for each day actually spent in the transaction of official business of the commission in the state of Colorado. In addition thereto, each member shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-603 Meetings - organization
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The commissioners shall meet at least once a year and shall organize by the election of a chairman who shall hold office for a term of one year and until his successor is elected. The director of the office of legislative legal services shall be ex officio the secretary of the co…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-603.5 Status of commissioners
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(1) Any citizen elected a life member of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws pursuant to section 2-3-601 (1) and the person serving as ex officio secretary of the commission in accordance with section 2-3-603 shall have the same status as members of the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-604 Duties of commissioners
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Each commissioner shall attend the meeting of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws and, both in and out of such national conference, shall do all in his power to promote uniformity in state laws where uniformity may be deemed desirable and practicable. T…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-700.3 Definitions
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As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Committee means the committee on legal services created in section 2-3-501. Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2032, � 18, effective August 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-701 Function of committee - statute revision
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(1) With respect to statute revision, it is the function of the committee on legal services: (a) Repealed. (b) To supervise and direct the activities of the revisor; and to exercise the powers and to perform the duties and functions prescribed in articles 4 and 5 of this title, c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-702 Revisor of statutes - duties
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The revisor shall compile, edit, arrange, and prepare for publication the declaration of independence, the constitutions of the United States and the state of Colorado, the act admitting Colorado into the union, and all laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-702.5 Directive to the revisor of statutes - changes in arrangement - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 2-3-702.5Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-703 Revision - editorial work
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In the course of collating, compiling, editing, arranging, and preparing such statutes, the revisor, with the approval of the committee, shall adopt a uniform system of punctuation, capitalization, numbering, and wording; eliminate all obsolete and redundant words; correct obviou…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-704 Revisor to aid in bill drafting. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 69: p. 466, � 2. C.R.S. 1963: � 63-3-14. L. 88: Entire section repealed, p. 313, � 24, effective May 23.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-705 Distribution of statutes
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The distribution of the statutes of this state shall be in such numbers and to such offices and persons as the general assembly directs at the time of approval for publication of such statutes; but the committee shall be able to distribute such additional statutes of this state t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-706 Successor to committee on statute revision. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 69: p. 466, � 2. C.R.S. 1963: � 63-3-16. L. 88: Entire section repealed, p. 313, � 24, effective May 23.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-900.3 Definitions
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As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Committee means the statutory revision committee created in section 2-3-901 (1). Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2032, � 21, effective August 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-901 Statutory revision committee - creation
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(1) There is hereby created in the legislative department the statutory revision committee. The committee consists of ten members, appointed as follows: (a) The speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives shall each appoint two members from the house of representa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-3-902 Duties of committee
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(1) The committee shall: (a) Make an ongoing examination of the statutes of the state and current judicial decisions for the purpose of discovering defects and anachronisms in the law and recommending needed reforms; except that the committee shall not consider any matter that is…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-4-101 Common and technical usage
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Words and phrases shall be read in context and construed according to the rules of grammar and common usage. Words and phrases that have acquired a technical or particular meaning, whether by legislative definition or otherwise, shall be construed accordingly. Source: L. 73: R&RE…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-4-102 Singular and plural
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The singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1422, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 135-1-102.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-4-103 Gender
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Every word importing the masculine gender only may extend to and be applied to females and things as well as males; every word importing the feminine gender only may extend to and be applied to males and things as well as females; and every word importing the neuter gender only m…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-4-104 Tense
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Words in the present tense include the future tense. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1422, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 135-1-104.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-4-105 Week
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The word week means any seven consecutive days. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1422, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 135-1-105.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-4-106 Month
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The word month means a calendar month. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1423, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 135-1-106.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-4-107 Year
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The word year means a calendar year. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1423, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 135-1-107.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-4-108 Computation of time
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(1) In computing a period of days, the first day is excluded and the last day is included. (2) If the last day of any period is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the period is extended to include the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. (3) If a number …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-4-109 Standard time - daylight saving time - definition - repeal
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(1) (a) The standard time within the state, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, is that which is now known and designated by act of congress as United States Mountain Standard Time. (b) This subsection (1) is repealed, effective on the date subsection (2.5) of t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-4-110 Joint authority
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A grant of authority to three or more persons as a public body confers the authority upon a majority of the number of members fixed by statute. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1423, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 135-1-110.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-4-111 Quorum
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A quorum of a public body is a majority of the number of members fixed by statute. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1423, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 135-1-111.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-4-112 Conflict in the expression of numbers
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If there is a conflict between figures and words in expressing a number, the words govern. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1423, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 135-1-112.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-4-113 Use of to in reference to several sections
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Wherever in the statutes of this state a reference is made to several sections and the section numbers given in the reference are connected by the word to, the reference includes both sections whose numbers are given and all intervening sections. Source: L. 75: Entire section add…