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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 3 - COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES (§§ 24-80-301 — 24-80-307) › Section 24-80-304 - Title to property

While the collection and supervision of the county library, museum, and curio collection, here authorized, shall be entrusted to a patriotic society, united for the purpose, the title to all property thus accumulated shall be in the executive officers of the county where located and their successors in office.
L. 19: p. 660, § 5. C.L. § 8238. CSA: C. 154, § 23. CRS 53: § 131-2-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-2-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 3 - COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES (§§ 24-80-301 — 24-80-307) › Section 24-80-305 - Custodian - finance board - indebtedness

The secretary of the patriotic society in charge shall be the custodian of all property of the county unit or society. The secretary of the county unit and the chairman of the board of county commissioners shall be a board to control the finances and to make needed purchases. The patriotic society in charge shall incur no debt.
L. 19: p. 660, § 6. C.L. § 8239. CSA: C. 154, § 24. CRS 53: § 131-2-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-2-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 3 - COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES (§§ 24-80-301 — 24-80-307) › Section 24-80-306 - Collection of material - expense

To bind and preserve copies of newspapers published in the county where located; to preserve manuscripts and photographs of local interest; to procure copies of all books pertaining to the Rocky Mountain country; and especially to preserve to the fullest extent possible the history of our soldiers in the recent world war shall be prime objectives of each county society. Payment for the same shall be made by the board of county commissioners from the general fund of the county at its discretion.
L. 19: p. 660, § 7. C.L. § 8240. CSA: C. 154, § 25. CRS 53: § 131-2-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-2-6.
The reference in this section to "the recent world war" appears to be a reference to World War I.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 3 - COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES (§§ 24-80-301 — 24-80-307) › Section 24-80-307 - Duty of secretary-custodian - report

It is the duty of the secretary-custodian of every county unit taking advantage of this part 3 to report from time to time to the state historical society of Colorado on matters which relate to the historical development of that county or of the state and also to make annually a report to the state historical society containing such information and submitted at such a time as the state historical society shall require.
L. 19: p. 660, § 8. C.L. § 8241. CSA: C. 154, § 26. CRS 53: § 131-2-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-2-7. L. 64: p. 174, § 146.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 4 - HISTORICAL, PREHISTORICAL, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES (§§ 24-80-401 — 24-80-411) › Section 24-80-401 - Title to historical, prehistorical, and archaeological resources

(1)
The state of Colorado reserves to itself title to all historical, prehistorical, and archaeological resources in all lands, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and other areas owned by the state or any county, city and county, city, town, district, or other political subdivision of the state. Historical, prehistorical, and archaeological resources shall include all deposits, structures, or objects which provide information pertaining to the historical or prehistorical culture of people within the boundaries of the state of Colorado, as well as fossils and other remains of animals, plants, insects, and other objects of natural history within such boundaries.
(2)
As used in this part 4, "historical, prehistorical, and archaeological resources" includes, in addition to the specific site or deposit, rights-of-way access on state-owned land from a maintained public road for the exploration, protection, preservation, interpretation, and enhancement of the site or deposit proper.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1381, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-12-1. L. 90: (1) amended, p. 1278, § 1, effective May 9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 4 - HISTORICAL, PREHISTORICAL, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES (§§ 24-80-401 — 24-80-411) › Section 24-80-402 - Administration of part 4

In addition to any other powers and duties conferred by law, the state historical society of Colorado, referred to in this part 4 as the "society", shall administer the provisions of this part 4, and the duties and powers of the state archaeologist described in this part 4 shall be exercised under the direction of its board of directors.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1381, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-12-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 4 - HISTORICAL, PREHISTORICAL, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES (§§ 24-80-401 — 24-80-411) › Section 24-80-403 - Office of state archaeologist - purpose

The office of state archaeologist is established as a section within the society in the department of higher education. The office of state archaeologist is a
type 2
entity, as defined in section
24-1-105
. The purpose of the office of state archaeologist is to coordinate, encourage, and preserve by the use of appropriate means the full understanding of this state's archaeological resources as the same pertain to humankind's cultural heritage, the study and understanding of which within the state of Colorado will result in an ultimate benefit to the citizens of this state.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 469, § 17, eff. 8/10/2022.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1382, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-12-3.
2022 Ch. 469, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 4 - HISTORICAL, PREHISTORICAL, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES (§§ 24-80-401 — 24-80-411) › Section 24-80-404 - State archaeologist - appointment - qualifications

The board of directors of the society is hereby authorized to and shall appoint a state archaeologist pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution. The state archaeologist shall be the head of the office of state archaeologist. He shall be a graduate of a recognized college or university with a post-graduate degree in archaeology or anthropology and shall have had sufficient practical experience and knowledge in archaeology to qualify for the purposes of this part 4. The activities of the state archaeologist shall be closely coordinated with the other activities of the society.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1382, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-12-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 4 - HISTORICAL, PREHISTORICAL, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES (§§ 24-80-401 — 24-80-411) › Section 24-80-406 - Permits

(1)
(a)
The society shall issue or deny permits for the investigation, excavation, gathering, or removal from the natural state of any historical, prehistorical, and archaeological resources within the state and determine whether or not the applicants for such permits are duly qualified to conduct investigations in the field for which the permit is requested.
(b)
The issuance, denial, or revocation of permits shall be made in conformity with article
4
of this title.
(2)
Permits shall carry the following stipulations, in addition to such others as the society may require:
(a)
The investigations, excavations, gatherings, and removals shall be undertaken only for the benefit of reputable museums, universities, colleges, or other recognized scientific or educational institutions, with a view to increasing the knowledge of such resources; and such activities shall be conducted for permanent preservation, either on the site or in museums, open to the public and available to qualified students.
(b)
All permit holders shall provide the state archaeologist, within one year after the start of the investigation, excavation, gathering, or removal, with a preliminary report of progress. If such activity continues for more than one year, an annual progress report shall be made. The permit holder shall furnish a final report of the activity undertaken within three years after termination of the field work.
(c)
An inventory of all materials recovered during the course of the investigation, excavation, gathering, or removal shall be supplied to the state archaeologist.
(d)
Upon receipt of the final report of the activity undertaken by a permit holder, the state archaeologist may require that a representative collection of the materials recovered be delivered to the state of Colorado and shall determine a repository for the same.
(e)
Any permit issued by the society may be revoked by the society, pursuant to article
4
of this title, at any time if there is evidence that the activity authorized by the permit is being unlawfully or improperly conducted or if the permit holder does not honor the conditions of the permit. When a permit is revoked, all recovered materials, catalogues, maps, field notes, and other records necessary to identify the same shall be surrendered immediately to the society.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1383, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-12-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 4 - HISTORICAL, PREHISTORICAL, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES (§§ 24-80-401 — 24-80-411) › Section 24-80-407 - Agreements

The society may enter into agreements with the department of transportation, the federal bureau of public roads, or other agencies, private corporations, or individuals controlling highway and other construction activities which might, in any way, involve historical, prehistorical, and archaeological resources of the state of Colorado.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1384, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-12-7. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1067, § 35, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 4 - HISTORICAL, PREHISTORICAL, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES (§§ 24-80-401 — 24-80-411) › Section 24-80-408 - Properties not owned by the state

Upon the request of any municipality, county, or governmental agency, the society shall, and, upon the request of any corporation or private individual whose property is affected, the society may, undertake the powers provided for in sections
24-80-405
to
24-80-407
with respect to historical, prehistorical, or archaeological resources on private or public lands, owned by the entity so requesting, within the boundaries of Colorado. The state archaeologist may adopt rules and regulations governing the extent of responsibility he will assume and the conditions pertaining thereto.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1384, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-12-8. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1279, § 3, effective May 9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 4 - HISTORICAL, PREHISTORICAL, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES (§§ 24-80-401 — 24-80-411) › Section 24-80-409 - Penalty - injunction - temporary restraining order

(1)
Any person who knowingly appropriates, excavates, injures, or destroys any historical, prehistorical, or archaeological resource on land owned by the state or any county, city and county, city, town, district, or other political subdivision of the state without a valid permit commits a class 2 misdemeanor. All articles and materials illegally taken and all money and materials derived from the sale or trade of the same shall be forfeited to the society.
(2)
When the society has cause to believe that a person has engaged in or is engaging in any unlawful conduct as defined in subsection (1) of this section, it may apply for and obtain, in an action in any district court of this state, a temporary restraining order or injunction, or both, pursuant to the Colorado rules of civil procedure prohibiting such person from continuing such practices, or engaging therein, or doing any act in furtherance thereof.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 432, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1384, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-12-9. L. 90: (1) amended, p. 1279, § 4, effective May 9.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For injunctions, see C.R.C.P. 65.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 4 - HISTORICAL, PREHISTORICAL, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES (§§ 24-80-401 — 24-80-411) › Section 24-80-410 - State monuments

The governor of the state of Colorado is hereby authorized, upon recommendation of the society and approval of both the state agency having jurisdiction over the same and the county or municipality within which the same are located, to declare by public proclamation that any particular historic and prehistoric or archaeological structures, deposits, sites, and other objects of scientific or historic interest that are situated upon lands owned by the state of Colorado shall be state monuments, and he may designate as a part thereof such state-owned parcels of land as he may deem necessary for the proper access, care, and management of the objects so designated.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1384, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-12-10.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 4 - HISTORICAL, PREHISTORICAL, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES (§§ 24-80-401 — 24-80-411) › Section 24-80-411 - Applicability of this part 4 to human remains

The treatment of human remains is governed by both this part 4 and part 13 of this article. In case of any conflict between said parts, part 13 shall control.
L. 90: Entire section added, p. 1279, § 5, effective May 9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 5 - HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (§§ 24-80-501 — 24-80-502) › Section 24-80-501 - Monuments enumerated - control

Bent's Old Fort on the Arkansas River, Chief Ouray Memorial near Montrose, Pike's Stockade on the Conejos River, Fort Garland in the San Luis Valley, Healy House and Dexter Cabin in Leadville, and such other historical sites and structures as may from time to time be acquired by the state historical society on behalf of the state of Colorado are hereby declared state historical monuments. The state historical society shall have exclusive management and control over such historical monuments and shall reconstruct, restore, repair, construct, install, and furnish, in its discretion and to the extent of moneys available to it, such buildings, museums, or other structures and such exhibits, displays, and other items on or in such historical monuments as it deems advisable.
L. 53: p. 576, § 1. CRS 53: § 131-9-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-9-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 5 - HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (§§ 24-80-501 — 24-80-502) › Section 24-80-502 - Survey - report - acquisition

The state historical society is hereby authorized to survey and study all sites and structures in Colorado deemed by it of historical interest or importance or suitable for local historical museums and to draft for submission to the general assembly and the governor and to revise from time to time a list and description of such sites and structures, together with its recommendations for their preservation, restoration, and construction, and a long-range program for the development of historical monuments in Colorado. The state historical society is further authorized, in its discretion and from time to time, to acquire on behalf of the state of Colorado by gift or devise or by purchase, to the extent moneys are available to it, such sites and structures in Colorado as it deems advisable for historical monuments.
L. 53: p. 576, § 2. CRS 53: § 131-9-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-9-2.
For general information regarding appropriation of moneys to the state historical society, see 24-80-202.5 .
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 6 - COLORADO RIVER (§§ 24-80-601 — 24-80-602) › Section 24-80-601 - Name changed from Grand

The name of the Grand river in Colorado is hereby changed to the Colorado river, by which name said river, after March 24, 1921, shall be known from its source to where it crosses the western boundary of the state of Colorado.
L. 21: p. 162, § 1. C.L. § 8253. CSA: C. 154, § 38. CRS 53: § 131-6-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-6-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 6 - COLORADO RIVER (§§ 24-80-601 — 24-80-602) › Section 24-80-602 - Effect

The change of the name of said river shall in no way affect the rights of this state or of any county, municipality, corporation, association, or person; and all laws, records, surveys, maps, and other public or private documents of every kind and nature in which the said river is mentioned or referred to under or by the name of the Grand river, after March 24, 1921, shall refer to the same river and with the same purport and effect, under and by the name of the Colorado river.
L. 21: p. 162, § 2. C.L. § 8254. CSA: C. 154, § 39. CRS 53: § 131-6-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-6-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 7 - MOUNT MESTAS (§ 24-80-701) › Section 24-80-701 - Name changed from Veta peak

From and after March 23, 1949, Veta peak, situated in the Sangre de Cristo range in Huerfano county, now known as Baldy peak, shall be known as Mount Mestas.
L. 49: p. 687, § 1. CSA: C. 154, § 40. CRS 53: § 131-7-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-7-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 8 - HISTORIC TRAILS (§§ 24-80-801 — 24-80-803) › Section 24-80-801 - Penalty for damaging monuments

Any person who destroys, defaces, removes, or injures the monuments or marks erected to mark a historic trail under this part 8 in the state of Colorado commits a petty offense.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 433, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 316, § 3, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 07: p. 158, § 4. R.S. 08: § 5865. C.L. § 8252. CSA: C. 154, § 37. CRS 53: § 131-5-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-5-1. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1351), ch. 1906, p. 1906, § 3, effective August 8.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1351, see section 1 of chapter 316, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 8 - HISTORIC TRAILS (§§ 24-80-801 — 24-80-803) › Section 24-80-802 - Historic trail - marking

The general assembly hereby recognizes and commends the designation by the congress of the United States of the Santa Fe trail as a national historic trail and declares that portion of the Santa Fe trail occurring in the state of Colorado to be a valuable and noteworthy historic resource that should be identified for the traveling public where it travels on or crosses the highways of the state of Colorado. Therefore, the executive director of the department of transportation is directed to mark with suitable signs significant route segments and sites recognized as associated with the primary route of the historic Santa Fe trail in Colorado, as generally depicted on a map entitled "The Santa Fe Trail" contained in the final report of the secretary of the interior of the United States dated July 1976, where the trail travels on and crosses the highways of this state. The cost of implementing the purposes of this section shall be derived from any gifts, donations, or in-kind contributions to the department of transportation for this purpose.
L. 88: Entire section added, p. 983, § 1, effective March 18. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1067, § 36, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 8 - HISTORIC TRAILS (§§ 24-80-801 — 24-80-803) › Section 24-80-803 - Old Spanish trail - marking - legislative declaration

(1)
(a)
The United States congress added the old Spanish national historic trail to the national trails system on December 4, 2002, and authorized the secretary of the interior to administer the trail. The secretary of the interior designated the bureau of land management and the national parks service as coadministrators of the entire trail. The bureau of land management and the national parks service were charged with the development of a comprehensive administrative strategy and draft environmental impact statement, in compliance with the "National Trails System Act", as amended, and the "National Environmental Policy Act", as amended. The comprehensive administrative strategy was finalized in December 2017.
(b)
The general assembly hereby recognizes and commends the designation by the congress of the United States of the old Spanish trail as a national historic trail. The general assembly finds and declares that the portions of the old Spanish national historic trail occurring in the state of Colorado are a valuable and noteworthy historic resource that should be identified for the traveling public where they travel on or cross the highways of the state of Colorado.
(c)
In order to preserve the landscape, ecological, and ethnographic characteristics of the old Spanish national historic trail, the executive director of the department of transportation shall consult with culturally affiliated American Indian tribes before posting any signs under this section.
(2)
Subject to the availability of funding from gifts, grants, or donations, the executive director of the department of transportation shall mark with suitable signs, which may include the original indigenous name as a secondary interpretive theme in accordance with the consultations conducted under subsection (1)(c) of this section, significant route segments and sites recognized as associated with the old Spanish national historic trail in Colorado, as generally depicted on the maps contained in the United States department of the interior, national parks service report entitled "Old Spanish Trail National Historic Trail Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment", dated July 2001, and as further refined by the secretary of the interior of the United States, where those routes travel on and cross the highways of the state. The department of transportation may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this section.
Added by 2018 Ch. 316, § 2, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 2018: Entire section added, (HB 18-1351), ch. 316, p. 1905, § 2, effective August 8.
For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1351, see section 1 of chapter 316, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-901 - Size and description of seal

The seal of the state shall be such size as specified by the secretary of state by rule adopted in accordance with article
4
of this title, with the following device inscribed thereon: An heraldic shield bearing in chief, or upon the upper portion of the same, upon a red ground three snow-capped mountains; above surrounding clouds; upon the lower part thereof upon a golden ground a miner's badge, as prescribed by the rules of heraldry; as a crest above the shield, the eye of God, being golden rays proceeding from the lines of a triangle; below the crest and above the shield, as a scroll, the Roman fasces bearing upon a band of red, white, and blue the words, "Union and Constitution"; below the whole the motto, "Nil Sine Numine"; the whole to be surrounded by the words, "State of Colorado", and the figures "1876".
G.L. § 2422. G.S. § 3117. R.S. 08: § 6291. C.L. § 486. CSA: C. 152, § 1. CRS 53: § 131-8-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-8-1. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 77, § 1, effective August 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-902 - Punishment for illegal use

Any person who illegally uses or affixes the seal of this state to any written or printed document whatever, or fraudulently forges, defaces, corrupts, or counterfeits the same, or affixes said forged, defaced, corrupted, or counterfeited seal to any commission, deed, warrant, pardon, certificate, or other written or printed instrument, or has in his or her possession or custody any such seal, knowing it to be falsely made and counterfeited, and willfully conceals the same, commits a petty offense.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 434, eff. 3/1/2022.
G.L. § 2423. G.S. § 3118. R.S. 08: § 6292. C.L. § 487. CSA: C. 152, § 2. CRS 53: § 131-8-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-8-2. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 880, § 53, effective 7/1/1979. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 845, § 116, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1535, § 259, effective October 1. .
(1) The effective date for amendments made to this section by chapter 216, L. 77, was changed from July 1, 1978, to April 1, 1979, by chapter 1, First Extraordinary Session, L. 78, and was subsequently changed to July 1, 1979, by chapter 157, § 23, L. 79. See People v. McKenna, 199 Colo. 452 , 611 P.2d 574 (1980).
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-903 - Secretary of state alone can affix - custodian

The secretary of state is alone authorized to use or affix the seal of this state to any document whatever, and he only in pursuance of law. The secretary is made the custodian of the seal of the state and responsible for its safekeeping.
G.L. § 2424. G.S. § 3119. R.S. 08: § 6293. C.L. § 488. CSA: C. 152, § 3. CRS 53: § 131-8-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-8-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-904 - State flag

A state flag is hereby adopted to be used on all occasions when the state is officially and publicly represented, with the privilege of use by all citizens upon such occasions as they may deem fitting and appropriate. The flag shall consist of three alternate stripes to be of equal width and at right angles to the staff, the two outer stripes to be blue of the same color as in the blue field of the national flag and the middle stripe to be white, the proportion of the flag being a width of two-thirds of its length. At a distance from the staff end of the flag of one-fifth of the total length of the flag there shall be a circular red C, of the same color as the red in the national flag of the United States. The diameter of the letter shall be two-thirds of the width of the flag. The inner line of the opening of the letter C shall be three-fourths of the width of its body or bar, and the outer line of the opening shall be double the length of the inner line thereof. Completely filling the open space inside the letter C shall be a golden disk; attached to the flag shall be a cord of gold and silver intertwined, with tassels one of gold and one of silver. All penalties provided by the laws of this state for the misuse of the national flag shall be applicable to the said state flag.
L. 11: p. 611, § 1. C.L. § 489. L. 29: p. 621, § 1. CSA: C. 152, § 4. CRS 53: § 131-8-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-8-4. L. 64: p. 660, § 2.
For the penalty for mutilation of flag, see § 18-11-204 .
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-905 - Columbine

The white and lavender columbine is hereby made and declared to be the state flower of the state of Colorado.
L. 1899: p. 349, § 1. R.S. 08: § 6101. C.L. § 490. CSA: C. 152, § 5. CRS 53: § 131-8-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-8-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-906 - Duty to protect

It is hereby declared to be the duty of all citizens of this state to protect the white and lavender Columbine Aquilegia, Caerulea, the state flower, from needless destruction or waste.
L. 25: p. 221, § 1. CSA: C. 152, § 6. CRS 53: § 131-8-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-8-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-907 - Limitation on picking state flower

It is unlawful for any person to tear the state flower up by the roots when grown or growing upon any state, school, or other public lands or in any public highway or other public place or to pick or gather upon any such public lands or in any such public highway or place more than twenty-five stems, buds, or blossoms of such flower in any one day; and it is also unlawful for any person to pick or gather such flower upon private lands without the consent of the owner thereof first had or obtained.
L. 25: p. 221, § 2. CSA: C. 152, § 7. CRS 53: § 131-8-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-8-7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-908 - Violation a misdemeanor - penalty

Any person who violates any provision of section
24-80-907
commits a civil infraction.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 435, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 25: p. 222, § 3. CSA: C. 152, § 8. CRS 53: § 131-8-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-8-8.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-909 - State song

That certain song entitled "Where the Columbines Grow", the words of which were written by A. J. Fynn and the music of which was composed by A. J. Fynn, is hereby adopted as the official state song of Colorado to be used on all appropriate occasions.
L. 15: p. 446, § 1. C.L. § 491. CSA: C. 152, § 9. CRS 53: § 131-8-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-8-9.
For the joint resolution declaring "Rocky Mountain High" an official state song, see Senate Joint Resolution 07-023. ( L. 2007, p. 2976.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-909.5 - State folk dance

Square dancing, the American folk dance which traces its ancestry to the English country dance and the French ballroom dance, and which is called, cued, or prompted to the dancers and includes squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line, the Virginia reel, and heritage dances, is hereby made and declared to be the state folk dance of the state of Colorado.
L. 92: Entire section added, p. 1072, § 2, effective March 16.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1992 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 158, Session Laws of Colorado 1992.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-910 - Lark bunting

The lark bunting, scientifically known as calamospiza melancorys stejneger, is hereby made and declared to be the state bird of the state of Colorado.
L. 31: p. 735, § 1. CSA: C. 152, § 10. CRS 53: § 131-8-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-8-10.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-910.5 - State pets

Dogs (canis lupus familiaris) and cats (felis catus) that are adopted from Colorado animal shelters and rescues are hereby made and declared to be the state pets of the state of Colorado.
Added by 2013 Ch. 207, § 1, eff. 8/7/2013.
L. 2013: Entire section added, (SB 13-201), ch. 207, p. 855, § 1, effective August 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-911 - State animal

The rocky mountain bighorn sheep (ovis canadensis) is hereby made and declared to be the state animal of the state of Colorado, and no person may pursue, take, hunt, wound, or kill any rocky mountain bighorn sheep, except as provided in title 33, C.R.S.
L. 61: p. 783, § 1. CRS 53: § 131-8-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-8-11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-911.3 - State reptile

The western painted turtle (chrysemys picta bellii) is hereby made and declared to be the state reptile of the state of Colorado.
L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 65, § 1, effective August 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-911.4 - State amphibian

The western tiger salamander (ambystoma mavortium) is hereby made and declared to be the state amphibian of the state of Colorado.
L. 2012: Entire section added, (HB 12-1147), ch. 19, p. 53, § 2, effective August 8.
For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act adding this section, see section 1 of chapter 19, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-911.5 - State fish

The greenback cutthroat trout (oncorhynchus clarki stomias) is hereby made and declared to be the state fish of the state of Colorado.
L. 94: Entire section added, p. 50, § 1, effective March 15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-912 - State gemstone

The aquamarine is hereby made and declared to be the state gemstone of the state of Colorado.
L. 71: p. 1221, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-8-12.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-912.5 - State mineral

Rhodochrosite is hereby made and declared to be the state mineral of the state of Colorado.
L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 283, § 1, effective August 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-912.7 - State rock

Yule marble is hereby made and declared to be the state rock of the state of Colorado.
L. 2004: Entire section added, p. 76, § 1, effective August 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-913 - State insect

The Colorado hairstreak (hypaurotis crysalus), a butterfly, is hereby made and declared to be the state insect of the state of Colorado.
L. 96: Entire section added, p. 345, § 2, effective August 7 .
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1996 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 87, Session Laws of Colorado 1996.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-914 - State museum

The wings over the rockies air and space museum is hereby made and declared to be the official state air and space museum of the state of Colorado.
L. 97: Entire section added, p. 95, § 2, effective August 6.
This section was originally numbered as
24-80-915
but renumbered to follow standard C.R.S. numbering format.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 9 - STATE EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS (§§ 24-80-901 — 24-80-915) › Section 24-80-915 - State cactus

The claret cup cactus (echinocereus triglochidiatus) is hereby made and declared to be the state cactus of the state of Colorado.
Added by 2014 Ch. 19, § 2, eff. 8/6/2014.
L. 2014: Entire section added, (HB 14-1024), ch. 19, p. 150, § 2, effective August 6.
For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1024, see section 1 of chapter 19, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 10 - DR. FLORENCE RENA SABIN MEMORIAL COMMISSION (§ 24-80-1001) › Section 24-80-1001 - Legislative declaration

Dr. Florence Rena Sabin, deceased, is hereby declared to be the person designated by the state of Colorado as the citizen of the state of Colorado illustrious for her historic renown and for her distinguished civic services and deemed worthy of commemoration pursuant to Act of Congress of July, 1864 (U.S. Code, Title 40, Sec. 187), and Congressional House Concurrent Resolution No. 47 passed February 24, 1933 (47 Stat. 1784), and whose statue shall be placed in the national statuary hall in the capitol of the United States.
L. 57: p. 769, § 1. CRS 53: § 131-4-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-4-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 11 - [Repealed] (§ 24-80-1101) › Section 24-80-1101 - to 24-80-1110 - [Repealed]

L. 77: Entire part repealed, p. 284, § 45, effective July 1.
This part 11 was numbered as article 13 of chapter 131 in C.R.S. 1963.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 12 - GHOST TOWNS (§§ 24-80-1201 — 24-80-1202) › Section 24-80-1201 - Ghost towns - historical society may designate

(1)
To assist in preserving historical monuments of Colorado, the state historical society of Colorado may designate any appropriate area within the state as a ghost town, unless the private or public owner of such property objects.
(2)
Upon designation of an area as a ghost town, the state historical society shall erect the necessary number of signs, markers, or plaques at the site of such ghost town to apprise persons of the designation of such area as a ghost town, the name of the ghost town, the historical significance of the ghost town, other pertinent historical data, and the penalty for destruction or vandalism to the ghost town. Each such sign, marker, or plaque shall also bear the inscription: "The historical heritage of the state of Colorado can only be preserved by the citizens themselves."
L. 73: p. 1388, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-15-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80.1-109) › Article 80 - STATE HISTORY, ARCHIVES, AND EMBLEMS (§§ 24-80-101 — 24-80-1402) › Part 12 - GHOST TOWNS (§§ 24-80-1201 — 24-80-1202) › Section 24-80-1202 - Destruction of ghost town - penalty

No person shall destroy, damage, deface, or take anything from an area designated and marked as a ghost town by the state historical society, except by the owner or the designated agent of the owner of such property. Any person violating this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 436, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 73: p. 1388, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-15-2.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).