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Co. Const. art. V, § 20 — Article V / Section 20
CO Const., Article V, Section 20
Status: in_force

Bills referred to committee - printed. No bill shall be considered or become a law unless referred to a committee, returned therefrom, and printed for the use of the members. Every measure referred to a committee of reference of either house shall be considered by the committee upon its merits, and no rule of either house shall deny the opportunity for consideration and vote by a committee of reference upon such a measure within appropriate deadlines. A motion that the committee report the measure favorably to the committee of the whole, with or without amendments, shall always be in order within appropriate deadlines. Each measure reported to the committee of the whole shall appear on the appropriate house calendar in the order in which it was reported out of the committee of reference and within appropriate deadlines. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 40. Initiated 88: Entire section amended, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 89, p. 1664, January 3, 1989.
Co. Const. art. XV, § 15 — Article XV / Section 15
CO Const., Article XV, Section 15
Status: in_force

Contracts with employees releasing from liability - void. 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 responsibility on account of personal injuries received by such servants or employees while in the service of such person, company or corporation, by reason of the negligence of such person, company or corporation, or the agents or employees thereof, and such contracts shall be absolutely null and void. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 71. ​
Co. Const. art. IX, § 2 — Article IX / Section 2
CO Const., Article IX, Section 2
Status: in_force

Establishment and maintenance of public schools. The general assembly shall, as soon as practicable, provide for the establishment and maintenance of a thorough and uniform system of free public schools throughout the state, wherein all residents of the state, between the ages of six and twenty-one years, may be educated gratuitously. One or more public schools shall be maintained in each school district within the state, at least three months in each year; any school district failing to have such school shall not be entitled to receive any portion of the school fund for that year. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 55. ​ Cross references: For residence of child in school district, see § 22-1-102.
Co. Const. art. XX, § 7 — Article XX / Section 7
CO Const., Article XX, Section 7
Status: in_force

City and county of Denver single school district - consolidations. The city and county of Denver shall alone always constitute one school district, to be known as District No. 1, but its conduct, affairs and business shall be in the hands of a board of education ​ consisting of such numbers, elected in such manner as the general school laws of the state shall provide. The said board of education shall perform all the acts and duties required to be performed for said district by the general laws of the state. Except as inconsistent with this amendment, the general school laws of the state shall, unless the context evinces a contrary intent, be held to extend and apply to the said "District No. 1". Upon the annexation of any contiguous municipality which shall include a school district or districts or any part of a district, said school district or districts or part shall be merged in said "District No. 1", which shall then own all the property thereof, real and personal, located within the boundaries of such annexed municipality, and shall assume and pay all the bonds, obligations and indebtedness of each of the said included school districts, and a proper proportion of those of partially included districts. Provided, however, that the indebtedness, both principal and interest, which any school district may be under at the time when it becomes a part, by this amendment or by annexation, of said "District No. 1", shall be paid by said school district so owing the same by a special tax to be fixed and certified by the board of education to the council which shall levy the same upon the property within the boundaries of such district, respectively, as the same existed at the time such district becomes a part of said "District No. 1", and in case of partially included districts such tax shall be equitably apportioned upon the several parts thereof. Source: L. 01: Entire article added, p. 105. L. 12: Entire section was amended but does not appear in the session laws. L. 2006: Entire section was amended, p. 2955, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 2007, p. 2964, December 31, 2006.
Co. Const. art. X, § 10 — Article X / Section 10
CO Const., Article X, Section 10
Status: in_force

Corporations subject to tax. All corporations in this state, or doing business therein, shall be subject to taxation for state, county, school, municipal and other purposes, on the real and personal property owned or used by them within the territorial limits of the authority ​ levying the tax. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 58.
Co. Const. art. V, § 7 — Article V / Section 7
CO Const., Article V, Section 7
Status: in_force

General assembly - shall meet when - term of members - committees. The general assembly shall meet in regular session at 10 a.m. no later than the second Wednesday of January of each year. The general assembly shall meet at other times when convened in special session by the governor pursuant to section 9 of article IV of this constitution or by written request by two-thirds of the members of each house to the presiding officer of each house to consider only those subjects specified in such request. The term of service of the members of the general assembly shall begin on the convening of the first regular session of the general assembly next after their election. The committees of the general assembly, unless otherwise provided by the general assembly, shall expire on the convening of the first regular session after a general election. Regular sessions of the general assembly shall not exceed one hundred twenty calendar days. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 38. L. 50: Entire section amended, see L. 51, p. 554. L. 74: Entire section amended, p. 448, effective January 1, 1975. L. 82: Entire section amended, p. 683, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 83, p. 1669, December 30, 1982. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 1451, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 89, p. 1655, January 3, 1989. Editor's note: The Governor's proclamation date in 1974 was December 20, 1974.
Co. Const. art. X, § 9 — Article X / Section 9
CO Const., Article X, Section 9
Status: in_force

Relinquishment of power to tax corporations forbidden. The power to tax corporations and corporate property, real and personal, shall never be relinquished or suspended. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 58.
Co. Const. art. II, § 12 — Article II / Section 12
CO Const., Article II, Section 12
Status: in_force

No imprisonment for debt. No person shall be imprisoned for debt, unless upon refusal to deliver up his estate for the benefit of his creditors in such manner as shall be prescribed by law, or in cases of tort or where there is a strong presumption of fraud. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 30.
Co. Const. art. V, § 31 — Article V / Section 31
CO Const., Article V, Section 31
Status: in_force

Revenue bills. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives; but the senate may propose amendments, as in the case of other bills. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 42.
Co. Const. art. V, § 16 — Article V / Section 16
CO Const., Article V, Section 16
Status: in_force

Privileges of members. The members of the general assembly shall, in all cases except treason or felony, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the sessions of their respective houses, or any committees thereof, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either house, or any committees thereof, they shall not be questioned in any other place. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 39. L. 74: Entire section amended, p. 449, effective January 1, 1975. Editor's note: The Governor's proclamation date in 1974 was December 20, 1974.
Co. Const. art. XXIX, § 8 — Article XXIX / Section 8
CO Const., Article XXIX, Section 8
Status: in_force

Probate court - county court. Whenever this constitution shall go into effect, the books, records, papers and proceedings of the probate court in each county, and all causes and matters of administration pending therein, shall pass into the jurisdiction and possession of the county court of the same county, and the said county court shall proceed to final decree or judgment, order or other determination, in the said several matters and causes, as the said probate court might have done if this constitution had not been adopted. And until the election of the county judges provided for in this constitution, the probate judges shall act as judges of the county courts within their respective counties, and the seal of the probate court in each county shall be the seal of the county court therein until the said court shall have procured a proper seal.
Co. Const. art. V, § 13 — Article V / Section 13
CO Const., Article V, Section 13
Status: in_force

Journal - ayes and noes to be entered - when. Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings and publish the same, except such parts as require secrecy, and the ayes and noes on any question shall, at the desire of any two members, be entered on the journal. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 39. L. 74: Entire section amended, p. 449, effective January 1, 1975. Editor's note: The Governor's proclamation date in 1974 was December 20, 1974. Cross references: For the publication of senate and house journals, see § 2-2-310.
Co. Const. art. XXVI, § 1 — Article XXVI / Section 1
CO Const., Article XXVI, Section 1
Status: in_force

Nuclear detonations prohibited - exceptions. No nuclear explosive device may be detonated or placed in the ground for the purpose of detonation in this state except in accordance with this article. Source: L. 74: Entire article was added, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 20, 1974, but does not appear in the session laws.
Co. Const. art. XI, § 9 — Article XI / Section 9
CO Const., Article XI, Section 9
Status: in_force

This article not to affect prior obligations. (Repealed) Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 63. L. 69: Entire section repealed, p. 1251, effective January 1, 1972.
Co. Const. art. XIV, § 8.7 — Article XIV / Section 8.7
CO Const., Article XIV, Section 8.7
Status: in_force

Coroner - qualifications. The general assembly shall have the authority to establish by law qualifications for the office of county coroner, including but not limited to training and certification requirements. Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 3093, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 2003, p. 3610, December 20, 2002.
Co. Const. art. XVIII, § 12b — Article XVIII / Section 12b
CO Const., Article XVIII, Section 12b
Status: in_force

Prohibited methods of taking wildlife. (1) It shall be unlawful to take wildlife with any leghold trap, any instant kill body-gripping design trap, or by poison or snare in the state of Colorado. ​ (2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not prohibit: (a) The taking of wildlife by use of the devices or methods described in subsection (1) of this section by federal, state, county, or municipal departments of health for the purpose of protecting human health or safety; (b) The use of the devices or methods described in subsection (1) of this section for controlling: (I) wild or domestic rodents, except for beaver or muskrat, as otherwise authorized by law; or (II) wild or domestic birds as otherwise authorized by law; (c) The use of non-lethal snares, traps specifically designed not to kill, or nets to take wildlife for scientific research projects, for falconry, for relocation, or for medical treatment pursuant to regulations established by the Colorado wildlife commission; or (d) The use of traps, poisons or nets by the Colorado division of wildlife to take or manage fish or other non-mammalian aquatic wildlife. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section 12, the owner or lessee of private property primarily used for commercial livestock or crop production, or the employees of such owner or lessee, shall not be prohibited from using the devices or methods described in subsection (1) of this section on such private property so long as: (a) such use does not exceed one thirty day period per year; and (b) the owner or lessee can present on-site evidence to the division of wildlife that ongoing damage to livestock or crops has not been alleviated by the use of non-lethal or lethal control methods which are not prohibited. (4) The provisions of this section 12 shall not apply to the taking of wildlife with firearms, fishing equipment, archery equipment, or other implements in hand as authorized by law. (5) The general assembly shall enact, amend, or repeal such laws as are necessary to implement the provisions of this section 12, including penalty provisions, no later than May 1, 1997. (6) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) The term "taking" shall be defined as provided in section 33-1-102 (43), C.R.S., on the date this section is enacted. (b) The term "wildlife" shall be defined as provided in section 33-1-102 (51), C.R.S., on the date this section is enacted. Source: Initiated 96: Entire section added, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 97, p. 2397, January 15, 1997. Editor's note: Although this section was numbered as section 12 as it appeared on the ballot, for ease of location it has been numbered as section 12b.
Co. Const. art. XIV, § 10 — Article XIV / Section 10
CO Const., Article XIV, Section 10
Status: in_force

Elector only eligible to county office. No person shall be eligible to any county office unless he shall be a qualified elector; nor unless he shall have resided in the county one year preceding his election. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 68.
Co. Const. art. VII, § 4 — Article VII / Section 4
CO Const., Article VII, Section 4
Status: in_force

When residence does not change. For the purpose of voting and eligibility to office, no person shall be deemed to have gained a residence by reason of his or her presence, or lost it by reason of his or her absence, while in the civil or military service of the state, or of the United States, nor while a student at any institution of learning, nor while kept at public expense in any asylum, nor while confined in public prison. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 52. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 2746, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 2005, p. 2341, December 1, 2004. Cross references: For when residence does not change because of presence in the state as a student or confinement in a state institution or correctional facility or jail or while in the civil or military service, see § 1-2-103.
Co. Const. art. IV, § 9 — Article IV / Section 9
CO Const., Article IV, Section 9
Status: in_force

Governor may convene legislature or senate. The governor may, on extraordinary occasions convene the general assembly, by proclamation, stating therein the purpose for which it is to assemble; but at such special session no business shall be transacted other than that specially named in the proclamation. He may by proclamation, convene the senate in extraordinary session for the transaction of executive business. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 35.
Co. Const. art. V, § 0 — Article V / Section 0
CO Const., Article V
Status: in_force

Article VI: Judicial Department
Co. Const. art. IV, § 23 — Article IV / Section 23
CO Const., Article IV, Section 23
Status: in_force

Commissioner of insurance. The governor shall nominate and, by and with the consent of the senate, appoint the commissioner of insurance to serve at his pleasure, and the state personnel system shall not extend to the commissioner of insurance. Source: L. 84: Entire section added, p. 1153, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 85, p. 1783, January 14, 1985.
Co. Const. art. XXVII, § 5 — Article XXVII / Section 5
CO Const., Article XXVII, Section 5
Status: in_force

Trust Fund expenditures. (1) (a) Expenditures from the Trust Fund shall be made in furtherance of the Great Outdoors Colorado Program, and shall commence in State Fiscal Year 1993-94. The Board of the Trust Fund shall have the duty to assure that expenditures are made for the purposes set forth in this section and in section 6, and that the amounts expended for each of the following purposes over a period of years be substantially equal: (I) Investments in the wildlife resources of Colorado through the Colorado Division of Wildlife, including the protection and restoration of crucial wildlife habitats, appropriate programs for maintaining Colorado's diverse wildlife heritage, wildlife watching, and ​ educational programs about wildlife and wildlife environment, consistent with the purposes set forth in Section 1(1)(a) of this article; (II) Investments in the outdoor recreation resources of Colorado through the Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, including the State Parks System, trails, public information and environmental education resources, and water for recreational facilities, consistent with the purposes set forth in Section 1(1)(b) of this article; (III) Competitive grants to the Colorado Divisions of Parks and Outdoor Recreation and Wildlife, and to counties, municipalities or other political subdivisions of the state, or non-profit land conservation organizations, to identify, acquire and manage open space and natural areas of statewide significance, consistent with the purposes set forth in Section 1(1)(c) of this article; and (IV) Competitive matching grants to local governments or other entities which are eligible for distributions from the conservation trust fund, to acquire, develop or manage open lands and parks, consistent with the purposes set forth in Section 1(1)(d) of this article; (b) Provided, however, that the State Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund shall have the discretion (a) to direct that any portion of available revenues be reinvested in the Trust Fund and not expended in any particular year, (b) to make other expenditures which it considers necessary and proper to the accomplishment of the purposes of this amendment. (2) All funds provided to state agencies from the Trust Fund shall be deemed to be custodial in nature, and the expenditure of those funds shall not be subject to legislative appropriation or restriction. Source: Initiated 92: Entire article added, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 93, p. 2172, January 14, 1993.
Co. Const. art. VI, § 1 — Article VI / Section 1
CO Const., Article VI, Section 1
Status: in_force

Vestment of judicial power. The judicial power of the state shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, a probate court in the city and county of Denver, a juvenile court in the city and county of Denver, county courts, and such other courts or judicial officers with jurisdiction inferior to the supreme court, as the general assembly may, from time to time establish; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to restrict or diminish the powers of home rule cities and towns granted under article XX, section 6 of this constitution to create municipal and police courts. Source: L. 61: Entire article R&RE, effective January 12, 1965, see ' L. 63, p. 1048. Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to § 1 as it existed prior to 1961. (2) For amendments to that section prior to 1961, see L. 1885, p. 145, and L. 13, p. 678. Cross references: For the supreme court, see article 2 of title 13; for judicial departments, see article 3 of title 13; for the court of appeals, see article 4 of title 13; for district courts, see article 5 of title 13; for county courts, see article 6 of title 13; for the juvenile court of Denver, see article 8 of title 13; for the probate court of Denver, see article 9 of title 13; for municipal courts, see article 10 of title 13; for distribution of governmental powers, see article ​ III of this constitution. Supreme Court
Co. Const. art. XII, § 4 — Article XII / Section 4
CO Const., Article XII, Section 4
Status: in_force

Disqualifications from holding office of trust or profit. No person hereafter convicted of embezzlement of public moneys, bribery, perjury, solicitation of bribery, or subornation of perjury, shall be eligible to the general assembly, or capable of holding any office of trust or profit in this state. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 64.
Co. Const. art. II, § 4 — Article II / Section 4
CO Const., Article II, Section 4
Status: in_force

Religious freedom. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination, shall forever hereafter be guaranteed; and no person shall be denied any civil or political right, privilege or capacity, on account of his opinions concerning religion; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be construed to dispense with oaths or affirmations, excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the good order, peace or safety of the state. No person shall be required to attend or support any ministry or place of worship, religious sect or denomination against his consent. Nor shall any preference ​ be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of worship. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 29. Cross references: For separation of church and state in education, see §§ 7 and 8 of article IX of this constitution.
Co. Const. art. V, § 22 — Article V / Section 22
CO Const., Article V, Section 22
Status: in_force

Reading and passage of bills. Every bill shall be read by title when introduced, and at length on two different days in each house; provided, however, any reading at length may be dispensed with upon unanimous consent of the members present. All substantial amendments made thereto shall be printed for the use of the members before the final vote is taken on the bill, and no bill shall become a law except by a vote of the majority of all members elected to each house taken on two separate days in each house, nor unless upon its final passage the vote be taken by ayes and noes and the names of those voting be entered on the journal. Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 40. L. 1883: Entire section amended, p. 22. L. 50: Entire section amended, see L. 51, p. 554. Cross references: For publication of senate and house journals, see § 2-2-310. ​
Co. Const. art. XXVII, § 9 — Article XXVII / Section 9
CO Const., Article XXVII, Section 9
Status: in_force

Eminent domain. No moneys received by any state agency pursuant to this article shall be used to acquire real property by condemnation through the power of eminent domain. Source: Initiated 92: Entire article added, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 93, p. 2175, January 14, 1993.