FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Co. Const. art. VII, § 3 — Article VII / Section 3
CO Const., Article VII, Section 3
Status: in_force

Educational qualifications of elector. (Deleted by amendment.) Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 52. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1861, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 91, p. 2033, January 3, 1991.
Co. Const. art. IV, § 11 — Article IV / Section 11
CO Const., Article IV, Section 11
Status: in_force

Bills presented to governor - veto - return. Every bill passed by the general assembly shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the governor. If he approve, he shall sign it, and thereupon it shall become a law; but if he do not approve, he shall return it, with his objections, to the house in which it originated, which house shall enter the objections at large upon its journal, and proceed to reconsider the bill. If then two-thirds of the members elected agree to pass the same, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of the members elected to that house, it shall become a law, notwithstanding the objections of the governor. In all such cases the vote of each house shall be determined by ayes and noes, to be entered upon the journal. If any bill shall not be returned by the governor within ten days after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the general assembly shall by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall be filed with his objections in the office of the secretary of state, within thirty days after such adjournment, or else become a law. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 35.
Co. Const. art. XVII, § 0 — Article XVII / Section 0
CO Const., Article XVII
Status: in_force

Article XVIII: Miscellaneous
Co. Const. art. II, § 2 — Article II / Section 2
CO Const., Article II, Section 2
Status: in_force

People may alter or abolish form of government - proviso. The people of this state have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign and independent state; and to alter and abolish their constitution and form of government whenever they may deem it necessary to their safety and happiness, provided, such change be not repugnant to the constitution of the United States. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 29.
Co. Const. art. V, § 33 — Article V / Section 33
CO Const., Article V, Section 33
Status: in_force

Disbursement of public money. No moneys in the state treasury shall be disbursed therefrom by the treasurer except upon appropriations made by law, or otherwise authorized by law, and any amount disbursed shall be substantiated by vouchers signed and approved in the manner prescribed by law. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 42. L. 74: Entire section R&RE, p. 450, effective January 1, 1975. Editor's note: The Governor's proclamation date in 1974 was December 20, 1974.
Co. Const. art. XV, § 6 — Article XV / Section 6
CO Const., Article XV, Section 6
Status: in_force

Equal rights of public to transportation. 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 within the state, and no railroad company, nor any lessee, manager or employee thereof, shall give any preference to individuals, associations or corporations in furnishing cars or motive power. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 69. Cross references: For prohibition against discrimination by public utilities, see §§ 40-3-105 to 40-3-111.
Co. Const. art. IV, § 18 — Article IV / Section 18
CO Const., Article IV, Section 18
Status: in_force

State seal. There shall be a seal of the state, which shall be kept by the secretary of state, shall be called the "Great Seal of the State of Colorado", and shall be in the form prescribed by the general assembly. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 37. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1861, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 91, p. 2033, January 3, 1991. Cross references: For the state seal, see § 24-80-901.
Co. Const. art. V, § 3 — Article V / Section 3
CO Const., Article V, Section 3
Status: in_force

Terms of senators and representatives. (1) Senators shall be elected for the term of four years and representatives for the term of two years. (2) In order to broaden the opportunities for public service and to assure that the general assembly is representative of Colorado citizens, no senator shall serve more than two consecutive terms in the senate, and no representative shall serve more than four consecutive terms in the house of representatives. This limitation on the number of terms shall apply to terms of office beginning on or after January 1, 1991. Any person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in the general assembly and who serves at least one-half of a term of office shall be considered to have served a term in that office for purposes of this subsection (2). Terms are considered consecutive unless they are at least four years apart. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 38. L. 74: Entire section amended, p. 448, effective January 1, 1975. Initiated 90: Entire section amended, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 91, p. 2035, January 3, 1991. Editor's note: The Governor's proclamation date in 1974 was December 20, 1974.
Co. Const. art. XXIX, § 3 — Article XXIX / Section 3
CO Const., Article XXIX, Section 3
Status: in_force

Territorial property vests in state. That all property, real and personal, and all moneys, credits, claims and choses in action, belonging to the territory of Colorado at the adoption of this constitution, shall be vested in and become the property of the state of Colorado.
Co. Const. art. XV, § 3 — Article XV / Section 3
CO Const., Article XV, Section 3
Status: in_force

Power to revoke, alter or annul charter. 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 such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporators. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 69.
Co. Const. art. XVI, § 2 — Article XVI / Section 2
CO Const., Article XVI, Section 2
Status: in_force

Ventilation - employment of children. The general assembly shall provide by law for the proper ventilation of mines, the construction of escapement shafts, and such other appliances as may be necessary to protect the health and secure the safety of the workmen therein; and shall prohibit the employment in the mines of children under twelve years of age. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 71. Cross references: For provisions regulating mines, see articles 20 to 25 of title 34; for wages generally, see article 4 of title 8; for wage equality regardless of sex, see § 8-5-102; for minimum wages of workers, see article 6 of title 8; for the state youth employment opportunity act, see article 12 of title 8; for eight-hour maximum work day, see article 13 of title 8.
Co. Const. art. II, § 7 — Article II / Section 7
CO Const., Article II, Section 7
Status: in_force

Security of person and property - searches - seizures - warrants. The people shall be secure in their persons, papers, homes and effects, from unreasonable searches and seizures; and no warrant to search any place or seize any person or things shall issue without describing the place to be searched, or the person or thing to be seized, as near as may be, nor without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation reduced to writing. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 29. Cross references: For a warrant or summons upon a felony complaint, see Crim. P. 4; for a warrant or summons upon a misdemeanor or petty offense complaint, see Crim. P. 4.1; for issuance of arrest warrant without information or complaint, see § 16-3-108; for search warrants and seizures, see part 3 of article 3 of title 16; for arrest warrant issued upon an indictment, information, or complaint, see § 16-5-205 (2) and (3); for suppression of evidence unlawfully seized, see Crim. P. 41(e).
Co. Const. art. IV, § 1 — Article IV / Section 1
CO Const., Article IV, Section 1
Status: in_force

Officers - terms of office. (1) The executive department shall include the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, and attorney general, each of whom shall hold his office for the term of four years, commencing on the second Tuesday of January in the year 1967, and each fourth year thereafter. They shall perform such duties as are prescribed by this constitution or by law. (2) In order to broaden the opportunities for public service and to guard against excessive concentrations of power, no governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, or attorney general shall serve more than two consecutive terms in such office. This limitation on the number of terms shall apply to terms of office beginning on or after January 1, 1991. Any person who succeeds to the office of governor or is appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in one of the other offices named in this section, and who serves at least one-half of a term of office, shall be considered to have served a term in that office for purposes of this subsection (2). Terms are considered consecutive unless they are at least four years apart. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 33. L. 56: Entire section amended, see L. 57, p. 792. L. 64: Entire section amended, p. 837. Initiated 90: Entire section amended, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 91, p. 2035, January 3, 1991. Cross references: For provisions concerning the office of the governor, see part 1 of article 20 of title 24; for provisions concerning the office of the secretary of state, see article 21 of title 24; for provisions concerning the office of the state treasurer, see article 22 of title 24; for the powers and duties of the attorney general, see § 24-31-101.
Co. Const. art. IV, § 8 — Article IV / Section 8
CO Const., Article IV, Section 8
Status: in_force

Governor may require information from officers - message. The governor may require information in writing from the officers of the executive department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, which information shall be given upon oath whenever so required; he may also require information in writing at any time, under oath, from all officers and managers of state institutions, upon any subject relating to the condition, management and expenses of their respective offices and institutions. The governor shall, at the commencement of each session, and from time to time, by message, give to the general assembly information of the condition of the state, and shall recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient. He shall also send to the general assembly a statement, with vouchers, of the ​ expenditures of all moneys belonging to the state and paid out by him. He shall, also, at the commencement of each session, present estimates of the amount of money required to be raised by taxation for all purposes of the state. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 34.
Co. Const. art. V, § 2 — Article V / Section 2
CO Const., Article V, Section 2
Status: in_force

Election of members - oath - vacancies. (1) A general election for members of the general assembly shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year, at such places in each county as now are or hereafter may be provided by law. (2) Each member of the general assembly, before he enters upon his official duties, shall take an oath or affirmation to support the constitution of the United States and of the state of Colorado and to faithfully perform the duties of his office according to the best of his ability. This oath or affirmation shall be administered in the chamber of the house to which the member has been elected. (3) Any vacancy occurring in either house by death, resignation, or otherwise shall be filled in the manner prescribed by law. The person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a member of the same political party, if any, as the person whose termination of membership in the general assembly created the vacancy. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 37. L. 50: Entire section amended, see L. 51, p. 553. L. 74: Entire section amended, p. 447, effective January 1, 1975. Editor's note: The Governor's proclamation date in 1974 was December 20, 1974.
Co. Const. art. V, § 34 — Article V / Section 34
CO Const., Article V, Section 34
Status: in_force

Appropriations to private institutions forbidden. No appropriation shall be made for charitable, industrial, educational or benevolent purposes to any person, corporation or community not under the absolute control of the state, nor to any denominational or sectarian institution or association. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 42.
Co. Const. art. X, § 1 — Article X / Section 1
CO Const., Article X, Section 1
Status: in_force

Fiscal year. The fiscal year shall commence on the first day of October in each year, unless otherwise provided by law. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 57. Editor's note: The fiscal period begins on July 1 in each year, pursuant to § 24-30-204. Cross references: For taxation generally, see title 39.
Co. Const. art. XIX, § 2 — Article XIX / Section 2
CO Const., Article XIX, Section 2
Status: in_force

Amendments to constitution - how adopted. (1) (a) Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in either house of the general assembly, and, if the same shall be voted for by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, such proposed amendment or amendments, together with the ayes and noes of each house thereon, shall be entered in full on their respective journals. The proposed amendment or amendments shall be published with the laws of that session of the general assembly. At the next general election for members of the general assembly, the said amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the registered electors of the state for their approval or rejection, and such as are approved by a majority of those voting thereon or, if applicable the number of votes required pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), shall become part of this constitution. (b) In order to make it more difficult to amend this constitution, a constitutional amendment shall not become part of this constitution unless the amendment is approved by at least fifty-five percent of the votes cast thereon; except that this paragraph (b) shall not apply to a constitutional amendment that is limited to repealing, in whole or in part, any provision of this constitution. (2) If more than one amendment be submitted at any general election, each of said amendments shall be voted upon separately and votes thereon cast shall be separately counted the same as though but one amendment was submitted; but each general assembly shall have no power to propose amendments to more than six articles of this constitution. (3) No measure proposing an amendment or amendments to this constitution shall be submitted by the general assembly to the registered electors of the state containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title; but if any subject shall be embraced in any measure which shall not be expressed in the title, such measure shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be so expressed. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 75. L. 1899: Entire section amended, p. 155. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1674, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 81, p. 2051, December 19, 1980. L. 93: (3) added, p. 2153, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 95, p. 1428, January 19, 1995. Initiated 2016: (1) amended, Amendment 71, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 2017, p. 2801, December 28, 2016.
Co. Const. art. IX, § 7 — Article IX / Section 7
CO Const., Article IX, Section 7
Status: in_force

Aid to private schools, churches, sectarian purpose, forbidden. Neither the general assembly, nor any county, city, town, township, school district or other public corporation, shall ever make any appropriation, or pay from any public fund or moneys whatever, anything in aid of any church or sectarian society, or for any sectarian purpose, or to help support or sustain any school, academy, seminary, college, university or other literary or scientific institution, controlled by any church or sectarian denomination whatsoever; nor shall any grant or donation of land, money or other personal property, ever be made by the state, or any such public corporation to any church, or for any sectarian purpose. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 55. Cross references: For religious freedom, see § 4 of article II of this constitution; for prohibition against appropriations to private institutions, see § 34 of article V of this constitution.
Co. Const. art. II, § 5 — Article II / Section 5
CO Const., Article II, Section 5
Status: in_force

Freedom of elections. All elections shall be free and open; and no power, civil or military, shall at any time interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 29. Cross references: For suffrage and elections, see article VII of this constitution.
Co. Const. art. XXVIII, § 15 — Article XXVIII / Section 15
CO Const., Article XXVIII, Section 15
Status: in_force

Because of a presumption of impropriety between contributions to any campaign and sole source government contracts, contract holders shall contractually agree, for the duration of the contract and for two years thereafter, to cease making, causing to be made, or inducing by any means, a contribution, directly or indirectly, on behalf of the contract holder or on behalf of his or her immediate family member and for the benefit of any political party or for the benefit of any candidate for any elected office of the state or any of its political subdivisions. Editor's note: This section was declared unconstitutional (see the editor's note following this section). Source: Initiated 2008: Entire section added, effective December 31, 2008, see L. 2009, p. 3380. Editor's note: (1) In 2008, Amendment 54 amended § 13 of this article creating an exception to the effective date stating that the provisions of this article amended or added by Amendment 54 concerning sole source government contracts are effective December 31, 2008; however the Governor's proclamation date on Amendment 54 was January 8, 2009. ​ (2) In the case of Dallman v. Ritter, the Denver District Court declared the provisions of this section unconstitutional and issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of Amendment 54 (see Dallman v. Ritter, 225 P.3d 610 (Colo. 2010)). The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the district court's ruling (see Dallman v. Ritter, 225 P.3d 610 (Colo. 2010)). (3) This section did not contain a headnote as it appeared on the ballot.
Co. Const. art. XII, § 8 — Article XII / Section 8
CO Const., Article XII, Section 8
Status: in_force

Oath of civil officers. Every civil officer, except members of the general assembly and such inferior officers as may be by law exempted, shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation to support the constitution of the United States and of the state of Colorado, and to faithfully perform the duties of the office upon which he shall be about to enter. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 65.
Co. Const. art. XII, § 10 — Article XII / Section 10
CO Const., Article XII, Section 10
Status: in_force

Refusal to qualify - vacancy. If any person elected or appointed to any office shall refuse or neglect to qualify therein within the time prescribed by law, such office ​ shall be deemed vacant. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 65. Cross references: For how vacancies in county offices are filled, see § 9 of article XIV of this constitution.
Co. Const. art. VI, § 9 — Article VI / Section 9
CO Const., Article VI, Section 9
Status: in_force

District courts - jurisdiction. (1) The district courts shall be trial courts of record with general jurisdiction, and shall have original jurisdiction in all civil, probate, and criminal cases, except as otherwise provided herein, and shall have such appellate jurisdiction as may be prescribed by law. (2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2002, p. 3094, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 2003, p. 3611, December 20, 2002.) (3) In the city and county of Denver, exclusive original jurisdiction in all matters of probate, settlements of estates of deceased persons, appointment of guardians, conservators and administrators, and settlement of their accounts, the adjudication of the mentally ill, and such other jurisdiction as may be provided by law shall be vested in a probate court, created by section 1 of this article. ​ Source: L. 61: Entire article R&RE, effective January 12, 1965, see L. 63, p. 1050. L. 2002: (2) and (3) amended, p. 3094, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 2003, p. 3611, December 20, 2002. Editor's note: This section is similar to § 11 as it existed prior to 1961.
Co. Const. art. XVII, § 5 — Article XVII / Section 5
CO Const., Article XVII, Section 5
Status: in_force

Exemption in time of peace. No person having conscientious scruples against bearing arms shall be compelled to do militia duty in time of peace. ​ Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 73. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 2955, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 2007, p. 2964, December 31, 2006.
Co. Const. art. X, § 13 — Article X / Section 13
CO Const., Article X, Section 13
Status: in_force

Making profit on public money - felony. The making of profit, directly or indirectly, out of state, county, city, town or school district money, or using the same for any purpose not authorized by law, by any public officer, shall be deemed a felony, and shall be punished as provided by law. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 59.