CO Code § 11-51-302 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 11 - Financial Institutions|Article 51 - Securities|Part 3 - Registration of Securities and Exemptions|§ 11-51-302. General Registration Provisions

  A registration statement may be filed by the issuer, any other person on whose behalf the offering is to be made, or a broker-dealer licensed or exempt under this article.    Every registration statement filed under section 11-51-303 or 11-51-304 shall be accompanied by a registration fee, which shall be determined and collected pursuant to section 11-51-707.    Any document or portion thereof filed with the securities commissioner under this article or a predecessor law within five years preceding the filing of a registration statement may be incorporated by reference in a registration statement to the extent that such document or portion thereof is accurate at the time of such incorporation by reference.    The securities commissioner may, by rule or order, permit the omission of any item of information or document from any registration statement.    The securities commissioner may, by rule or order, require as a condition of registration under section 11-51-304 that the proceeds from the sale of the registered security be held in escrow until the issuer receives a specified amount. The securities commissioner may, by rule or order, determine the conditions of any escrow required under this subsection (5), but the securities commissioner may not reject a depository solely because of its location in another state. Improper release by a depository of such escrow in violation of this subsection (5) is punishable pursuant to section 11-51-603 (2).      In the case of any offering registered under section 11-51-303 or 11-51-304 where less than seventy-five percent of the net proceeds from the sale of the registered securities are committed for use in one or more specific lines of business, eighty percent of the net proceeds received by the issuer shall be placed into escrow until:   The completion of a transaction or series of transactions whereby at least fifty percent of the gross proceeds received from the sale of registered securities (including any amounts actually received by the issuer upon exercise of registered warrants or rights to purchase or subscribe to another security) are committed for use in one or more specific lines of business; and    The lapse of no more than ten days after receipt by the securities commissioner of notice of the proposed release of funds from such escrow.       Such notice must contain the information and be in the form the securities commissioner by rule requires. If an escrow is released and warrants or rights which were once registered remain outstanding, then this subsection (6) shall apply separately to the proceeds from any subsequent exercise of such warrants or rights. Proceeds received from the exercise of such warrants or rights shall then be subject to release upon the conditions stated in this subsection (6), and this subsection (6) shall then each time apply separately with respect to proceeds from the exercise of warrants or rights which were once registered and still remain outstanding. The securities commissioner may, by rule or order, determine the conditions of any escrow required under this subsection (6), but the securities commissioner may not reject a depository solely because of its location in another state. Improper release by a depository of such escrow in violation of this subsection (6) is punishable pursuant to section 11-51-603 (2). The securities commissioner may, by rule or order, waive the requirements of this subsection (6), in whole or in part, with respect to any class of registrations or any specific registration if the securities commissioner finds that such waiver is in the public interest and that compliance with the requirements of this subsection (6) is not necessary for the protection of investors.         .    Repealed.    A registration statement filed and effective under section 11-51-304 is effective for one year after its effective date unless the securities commissioner by rule or order extends the period of effectiveness.    A registration statement effective under section 11-51-303 or 11-51-304 may be terminated or withdrawn upon the request of the issuer or the person who filed the registration statement and with the consent of the securities commissioner.    All outstanding securities of the same class as a registered security are considered to be registered for the purpose of a nonissuer transaction or series of transactions while the registration statement is effective.       So long as a registration statement under section 11-51-304 is effective, the securities commissioner may, by rule or order, require the person who filed the registration statement to file reports, not more often than quarterly, to keep reasonably current the information contained in the registration statement and to disclose the progress of the offering.    A registration statement under section 11-51-303 or 11-51-304 may be amended after its effective date so as to increase the quantity of securities specified as being offered. Every person filing such an amendment shall pay a registration fee, which shall be determined and collected pursuant to section 11-51-707, with respect to the additional securities being registered. Such an amendment becomes effective when the securities commissioner so orders. If the additional securities being registered have been sold before such amendment is filed and the person filing the amendment provides such information as the securities commissioner may request to show that the failure to register the additional securities prior to their sale was in good faith and not for the purpose of avoiding compliance with this article, the securities commissioner may by order provide that the effectiveness of the amendment shall relate back to the first date of sale of the additional securities.     History. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 707, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (7) amended, p. 1838, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2018: (7)(a) amended and (7)(b) repealed,(HB 18-1388), ch. 280, p. 1755, § 2, effective August 8.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 11-51-108 as it existed prior to 1990.   Cross references:   For the “Securities Act of 1933”, see Pub.L. 73-22, codified at 15 U.S.C. § 77a et seq.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Misstatements of the Rule Against Perpetuities by Experts”, see 15 Colo. Law. 210 (1986). For article, “The Distinction Between a Financial Planner, Investment Advisor and Broker/Dealer”, see 15 Colo. Law. 211 (1986).   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.   For registration requirement of persons conducting transactions even if the security or underlying transaction is exempt, see People v. Milne, 690 P.2d 829 (Colo. 1984), overruled on other grounds in Thompson v. People, 2020 CO 72, 471 P.3d 1045.   15 U.S.C. § 780 is roughly analogous to this section. People v. Terranova, 38 Colo. App. 476, 563 P.2d 363 (1976).   Scienter is not an element of the charge of sale of securities without a license. People v. Terranova, 38 Colo. App. 476, 563 P.2d 363 (1976).