Colorado Revised Statutes 2016

TITLE 2

LEGISLATIVE

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

ARTICLE 1

Congressional Districts

	2-1-100.5.  Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the state of Colorado shall be divided into districts pursuant to the official figures of the most recent decennial census of the United States.  The general assembly further finds and declares that such figures are the most reliable data that the state has available and that the use of any other data or of any data adjustments may create a serious risk of inaccuracy and injustice in establishing congressional districts to represent the citizens of Colorado.

	2-1-101.  Congressional districts. (1)  For the election of representatives to congress, the state of Colorado is divided into seven congressional districts as follows:
	(a)  The first congressional district shall consist of the city and county of Denver and the following portions of the following counties:
	(I)  Adams county: Blocks 1000 and 1001 of block group 1 of tract 83.09.
	(II)  Arapahoe county: Tracts 49.50 and 53.50; blocks 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, and 2043 of block group 2 of tract 55.51; tract 55.52; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1010, and 1998 of block group 1 and blocks 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3009, 3010, 3011, and 3012 of block group 3 of tract 55.53; blocks 2027, 2028, and 2029 of block group 2 of tract 57; blocks 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, and 1018 of block group 1 of tract 60; blocks 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4017, 4018, 4021, 4022, 4023, and 4037 of block group 4 of tract 62; block 2000 of block group 2 of tract 67.10; blocks 3024, 3025, and 3026 of block group 3 of tract 68.07; tracts 69.51, 69.52, 70.15, and 70.16; block group 1, blocks 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 of block group 2, and block groups 3, 4, and 5 of tract 70.54; blocks 1001, 1002, 1003, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1011, and 1012 of block group 1, blocks 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 of block group 2, and block group 3 of tract 70.60; tracts 72.01 and 72.02; block groups 3, 4, 5, and 6 of tract 73; block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009 of block group 2, and block groups 3 and 4 of tract 74; blocks 1014 and 1016 of block group 1 and block groups 2 and 3 of tract 77.03; and tract 77.04.

	(III)  Jefferson county: Blocks 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2024 of block group 2 of tract 119.04.
	(b)  The second congressional district shall consist of the counties of Clear Creek, Eagle, Gilpin, Park, Pitkin, and Summit and the following portions of the following counties:
	(I)  Adams county: Tracts 85.05, 85.06, 85.07, and 85.08; blocks 1005, 1006, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1041, 1046, 1047, 1049, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, and 1122 of block group 1 of tract 85.12; tracts 85.15, 85.16, 85.20, 85.21, and 85.22; blocks 1015, 1016, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1045, 1046, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1092, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1100, 1101, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, and 1997 of block group 1 and block groups 2 and 3 of tract 85.23; tracts 85.24, 85.25, 85.26, 85.27, 85.28, 85.29, and 85.30; block groups 1, 2, 3, and 4 and blocks 5000, 5001, 5002, 5003, 5004, 5005, 5006, 5007, 5008, 5009, 5010, 5011, 5012, 5013, 5014, 5015, 5016, 5017, 5018, 5019, 5020, 5021, 5022, 5023, 5024, 5025, 5026, 5027, 5029, 5030, 5031, 5032, 5033, 5034, 5035, 5036, 5037, 5038, 5039, 5040, 5041, 5042, 5043, 5044, 5045, 5046, 5047, 5048, 5049, 5050, 5051, 5052, 5053, 5054, 5055, 5056, 5057, 5058, 5059, 5060, 5061, 5062, 5063, 5064, 5065, 5066, 5067, and 5068 of block group 5 of tract 85.31; tracts 85.33, 85.34, 86.03, 86.04, 86.05, and 86.06; blocks 3027, 3028, 3030, 3050, 3051, 3057, 3081, 3089, 3090, 3091, and 3092 of block group 3 of tract 88.02; tracts 90.01, 90.02, 90.03, and 91.01; block group 1 and blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 of block group 2 of tract 91.03; tracts 91.04, 92.02, 92.03, 92.04, 92.05, 93.04, 93.06, 93.07, 93.08, 93.09, 93.10, 93.16, 93.18, 93.19, 93.20, 93.21, 93.22, 93.23, 93.24, 93.25, 94.01, 94.06, 94.07, 94.08, 94.09, 94.10, 94.11, and 95.01; block groups 1 and 2 and blocks 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, and 3999 of block group 3 of tract 95.02; block group 1 and blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 of block group 2 of tract 95.53; tracts 96.03 and 96.04; block group 1 and blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 of block group 2 of tract 96.06; tract 96.07; and blocks 1000, 1002, 1003, and 1020 of block group 1 of tract 96.08.
	(II)  Boulder county: Tracts 121.01, 121.02, 121.04, 121.05, 121.06, 122.02, 122.03, 122.05, 122.06, 123, 124.01, 125.01, 125.05, 125.07, 125.08, 125.09, 125.10, 125.11, 126.03, 126.05, 126.06, 127.01, 127.05, 127.07, 127.08, 127.09, 127.10, 128, 129.03, 129.04, 129.05, 129.06, 129.07, 129.08, 130.03, 130.04, 130.05, 130.06, 130.07, 131.04, 131.06, 131.07, 131.08, 131.09, 131.10, and 131.11; blocks 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1070, 1081, 1082, and 1997 of block group 1 of tract 132.01; tract 132.02; block group 1, blocks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, and 2051 of block group 2, and block group 3 of tract 132.05; blocks 3077, 3078, 3081, 3082, 3083, 3084, 3085, and 3086 of block group 3 of tract 132.09; blocks 2040, 2041, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, and 2999 of block group 2 of tract 132.11; and tracts 136.01, 136.02, 137.01, and 137.02.
	(III)  Grand county: Blocks 1594, 1595, 1600, 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, 1605, 1606, 1607, 1608, 1609, 1612, 1613, 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617, 1618, 1619, 1620, 1621, 1622, 1623, 1624, 1625, 1626, 1627, 1628, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1632, 1633, 1634, 1635, 1636, 1637, 1638, and 1639 of block group 1 of tract 1; and blocks 2413, 2415, 2416, 2417, 2429, 2430, 2433, 2434, 2435, 2436, 2437, 2438, 2439, 2440, 2441, 2442, 2443, 2444, 2445, 2446, 2447, 2448, 2449, 2450, 2451, 2452, 2453, 2472, 2473, 2474, 2475, 2476, 2477, 2478, and 2495 of block group 2 and block group 4 of tract 2.
	(IV)  Jefferson county: Blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2021 of block group 2 of tract 120.30; blocks 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2036, 2037, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2101, 2104, 2105, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2996, and 2997 of block group 2, block group 3, and blocks 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, and 4014 of block group 4 of tract 98.08; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1014, 1016, and 1017 of block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2092, 2093, 2108, 2110, 2114, and 2999 of block group 2 of tract 98.22; and block group 1 of tract 98.25; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, and 1026 of block group 1 and blocks 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 of block group 2 of tract 98.26; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1048, 1049, 1050, and 1051 of block group 1 of tract 98.44; block 1018 of block group 1 of tract 98.46; and block groups 1 and 2 of tract 98.48.
	(V)  Weld county: Blocks 4072, 4073, 4077, 4078, 4079, 4080, 4081, 4107, 4108, 4109, 4111, 4112, 4113, 4114, 4117, 4118, 4119, 4122, 4123, 4124, and 4126 of block group 4 of tract 20.02; and blocks 1108, 1113, 1114, 1116, 1149, 1150, 1155, 1156, and 1157 of block group 1 of tract 20.03.
	(c)  The third congressional district shall consist of the counties of Alamosa, Archuleta, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Jackson, La Plata, Lake, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, and San Miguel and the following portions of the following counties:
	(I)  Fremont county: Blocks 1009 and 1010 of block group 1 of tract 9781; blocks 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, and 1997 of block group 1 and block groups 2 and 3 of tract 9782; tracts 9783, 9784, 9785, 9786, 9787, 9788, 9790, 9791, and tract 9792; blocks 1010 and 1011 of block group 1 and block group 2 of tract 9793; and tract 9794.
	(II)  Grand county: Blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1230, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1257, 1258, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1265, 1266, 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1328, 1329, 1330, 1331, 1332, 1333, 1334, 1335, 1336, 1337, 1338, 1339, 1340, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1344, 1345, 1346, 1347, 1348, 1349, 1350, 1351, 1352, 1353, 1354, 1355, 1356, 1357, 1358, 1359, 1360, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1364, 1365, 1366, 1367, 1368, 1369, 1370, 1371, 1372, 1373, 1374, 1375, 1376, 1377, 1378, 1379, 1380, 1381, 1382, 1383, 1384, 1385, 1386, 1387, 1388, 1389, 1390, 1391, 1392, 1393, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1397, 1398, 1399, 1400, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1407, 1408, 1409, 1410, 1411, 1412, 1413, 1414, 1415, 1416, 1417, 1418, 1419, 1420, 1421, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1427, 1428, 1429, 1430, 1431, 1432, 1433, 1434, 1435, 1436, 1437, 1438, 1439, 1440, 1441, 1442, 1443, 1444, 1445, 1446, 1447, 1448, 1449, 1450, 1451, 1452, 1453, 1454, 1455, 1456, 1457, 1458, 1459, 1460, 1461, 1462, 1463, 1464, 1465, 1466, 1467, 1468, 1469, 1470, 1471, 1472, 1473, 1474, 1475, 1476, 1477, 1478, 1479, 1480, 1481, 1482, 1483, 1484, 1485, 1486, 1487, 1488, 1489, 1490, 1491, 1492, 1493, 1494, 1495, 1496, 1497, 1498, 1499, 1500, 1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1505, 1506, 1507, 1508, 1509, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1517, 1518, 1519, 1520, 1521, 1522, 1523, 1524, 1525, 1526, 1527, 1528, 1529, 1530, 1531, 1532, 1533, 1534, 1535, 1536, 1537, 1538, 1539, 1540, 1541, 1542, 1543, 1544, 1545, 1546, 1547, 1548, 1549, 1550, 1551, 1552, 1553, 1554, 1555, 1556, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1560, 1561, 1562, 1563, 1564, 1565, 1566, 1567, 1568, 1569, 1570, 1571, 1572, 1573, 1574, 1575, 1576, 1577, 1578, 1579, 1580, 1581, 1582, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1586, 1587, 1588, 1589, 1590, 1591, 1592, 1593, 1596, 1597, 1598, 1599, 1610, 1611, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1643, 1644, 1645, 1646, 1647, 1648, 1649, 1650, 1651, 1652, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 of block group 1 and block group 2 of tract 1; and block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2153, 2154, 2155, 2156, 2157, 2158, 2159, 2160, 2161, 2162, 2163, 2164, 2165, 2166, 2167, 2168, 2169, 2170, 2171, 2172, 2173, 2174, 2175, 2176, 2177, 2178, 2179, 2180, 2181, 2182, 2183, 2184, 2185, 2186, 2187, 2188, 2189, 2190, 2191, 2192, 2193, 2194, 2195, 2196, 2197, 2198, 2199, 2200, 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208, 2209, 2210, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215, 2216, 2217, 2218, 2219, 2220, 2221, 2222, 2223, 2224, 2225, 2226, 2227, 2228, 2229, 2230, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2234, 2235, 2236, 2237, 2238, 2239, 2240, 2241, 2242, 2243, 2244, 2245, 2246, 2247, 2248, 2249, 2250, 2251, 2252, 2253, 2254, 2255, 2256, 2257, 2258, 2259, 2260, 2261, 2262, 2263, 2264, 2265, 2266, 2267, 2268, 2269, 2270, 2271, 2272, 2273, 2274, 2275, 2276, 2277, 2278, 2279, 2280, 2281, 2282, 2283, 2284, 2285, 2286, 2287, 2288, 2289, 2290, 2291, 2292, 2293, 2294, 2295, 2296, 2297, 2298, 2299, 2300, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306, 2307, 2308, 2309, 2310, 2311, 2312, 2313, 2314, 2315, 2316, 2317, 2318, 2319, 2320, 2321, 2322, 2323, 2324, 2325, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2329, 2330, 2331, 2332, 2333, 2334, 2335, 2336, 2337, 2338, 2339, 2340, 2341, 2342, 2343, 2344, 2345, 2346, 2347, 2348, 2349, 2350, 2351, 2352, 2353, 2354, 2355, 2356, 2357, 2358, 2359, 2360, 2361, 2362, 2363, 2364, 2365, 2366, 2367, 2368, 2369, 2370, 2371, 2372, 2373, 2374, 2375, 2376, 2377, 2378, 2379, 2380, 2381, 2382, 2383, 2384, 2385, 2386, 2387, 2388, 2389, 2390, 2391, 2392, 2393, 2394, 2395, 2396, 2397, 2398, 2399, 2400, 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404, 2405, 2406, 2407, 2408, 2409, 2410, 2411, 2412, 2414, 2418, 2419, 2420, 2421, 2422, 2423, 2424, 2425, 2426, 2427, 2428, 2431, 2432, 2454, 2455, 2456, 2457, 2458, 2459, 2460, 2461, 2462, 2463, 2464, 2465, 2466, 2467, 2468, 2469, 2470, 2471, 2479, 2480, 2481, 2482, 2483, 2484, 2485, 2486, 2487, 2488, 2489, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2496, 2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2990, 2991, 2992, 2993, 2994, 2995, 2996, 2997, 2998, and 2999 of block group 2, and block group 3 of tract 2.
	(III)  Pueblo county: Tracts 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.01, 28.02, 28.04, 28.06, 28.07, 28.08, and 29.01; block group 1 and blocks 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, and 2047 of block group 2 of tract 29.03; blocks 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, and 1069 of block group 1, blocks 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2021, and 2023 of block group 2, blocks 3000, 3001, 3002, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3041, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, and 3048 of block group 3, block group 4, and blocks 5038, 5039, 5040, 5041, 5042, 5043, 5044, 5045, 5046, 5047, 5048, 5049, 5056, 5057, 5058, 5059, 5060, 5061, 5062, 5063, 5064, 5065, 5066, 5067, 5068, 5069, 5070, 5071, 5072, 5073, 5074, 5075, 5076, 5077, 5078, 5079, 5080, 5081, 5082, 5083, 5084, 5085, 5086, 5087, 5088, 5089, 5090, 5091, 5092, and 5093 of block group 5 of tract 29.05; tracts 29.06, 29.07, 29.08, 29.09, and 3; blocks 1000, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, and 1036 of block group 1 and blocks 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, and 2028 of block group 2 of tract 30.01; blocks 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1126, and 1127 of block group 1 of tract 30.03; tract 30.04; blocks 1006, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1025, 1026, and 1027 of block group 1 and blocks 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 of block group 2 of tract 31.03; block 2233 of block group 2 of tract 32; and tracts 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.02, 9.03, 9.04, and 9.05.
	(d)  The fourth congressional district shall consist of the counties of Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Larimer, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Prowers, Sedgwick, Washington, and Yuma and the following portions of the following counties:
	(I)  Boulder county: Blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1998, and 1999 of block group 1 of tract 132.01; blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 of block group 2 of tract 132.05; tracts 132.07 and 132.08; block groups 1 and 2 and blocks 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3041, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3048, 3049, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3053, 3054, 3055, 3056, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3063, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3067, 3068, 3069, 3070, 3071, 3072, 3073, 3074, 3075, 3076, 3079, 3080, 3087, 3088, 3089, 3090, 3091, 3092, 3093, 3094, and 3095 of block group 3 of tract 132.09; tract 132.10; block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2042, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, and 2067 of block group 2, and block group 3 of tract 132.11; and tracts 133.02, 133.05, 133.06, 133.07, 133.08, 134.01, 134.02, 135.01, 135.03, and 135.04.
	(II)  Weld county: Tracts 1, 10.01, 10.02, 11, 12.01, 12.02, 13, 14.01, 14.02, 14.03, 14.04, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.02, 19.03, 19.04, 2, and 20.01; block groups 1, 2, and 3 and blocks 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017, 4018, 4019, 4020, 4021, 4022, 4023, 4024, 4025, 4026, 4027, 4028, 4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4033, 4034, 4035, 4036, 4037, 4038, 4039, 4040, 4041, 4042, 4043, 4044, 4045, 4046, 4047, 4048, 4049, 4050, 4051, 4052, 4053, 4054, 4055, 4056, 4057, 4058, 4059, 4060, 4061, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4065, 4066, 4067, 4068, 4069, 4070, 4071, 4074, 4075, 4076, 4082, 4083, 4084, 4085, 4086, 4087, 4088, 4089, 4090, 4091, 4092, 4093, 4094, 4095, 4096, 4097, 4098, 4099, 4100, 4101, 4102, 4103, 4104, 4105, 4106, 4110, 4115, 4116, 4120, 4121, 4125, 4127, 4128, and 4129 of block group 4 of tract 20.02; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1115, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1998, and 1999 of block group 1 and block group 2 of tract 20.03; and tracts 21, 22.01, 22.02, 23, 25.01, 25.02, 3, 4.01, 4.02, 5, 6, 7.01, 7.02, 8, and 9.
	(e)  The fifth congressional district shall consist of the counties of Baca, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, and Teller and the following portions of the following counties:
	(I)  Fremont county: Blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, and 1999 of block group 1 and block groups 2 and 3 of tract 9781; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1059, 1998, and 1999 of block group 1 of tract 9782; and blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1998, and 1999 of block group 1 of tract 9793.
	(II)  Pueblo county: Blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, and 2014 of block group 2 of tract 29.03; blocks 1000, 1005, and 1006 of block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022 of block group 2, blocks 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, and 3049 of block group 3, blocks 5000, 5001, 5002, 5003, 5004, 5005, 5006, 5007, 5008, 5009, 5010, 5011, 5012, 5013, 5014, 5015, 5016, 5017, 5018, 5019, 5020, 5021, 5022, 5023, 5024, 5025, 5026, 5027, 5028, 5029, 5030, 5031, 5032, 5033, 5034, 5035, 5036, 5037, 5050, 5051, 5052, 5053, 5054, 5055, 5094, 5095, and 5096 of block group 5, and block group 9 of tract 29.05; blocks 1001, 1002, 1003, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, and 1023 of block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2998, and 2999 of block group 2 of tract 30.01; and blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, and 1125 of block group 1 of tract 30.03; tract 31.02; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, and 1028 of block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2999 of block group 2, and block groups 3 and 4 of tract 31.03; tract 31.04; block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2153, 2154, 2155, 2156, 2157, 2158, 2159, 2160, 2161, 2162, 2163, 2164, 2165, 2166, 2167, 2168, 2169, 2170, 2171, 2172, 2173, 2174, 2175, 2176, 2177, 2178, 2179, 2180, 2181, 2182, 2183, 2184, 2185, 2186, 2187, 2188, 2189, 2190, 2191, 2192, 2193, 2194, 2195, 2196, 2197, 2198, 2199, 2200, 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208, 2209, 2210, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215, 2216, 2217, 2218, 2219, 2220, 2221, 2222, 2223, 2224, 2225, 2226, 2227, 2228, 2229, 2230, 2231, 2232, 2234, 2235, 2236, 2237, 2238, 2239, 2240, 2241, 2242, 2243, 2244, 2245, 2246, 2247, 2248, 2249, 2250, 2251, 2252, 2253, 2254, 2255, 2256, 2257, 2258, 2259, 2260, 2261, 2262, 2263, 2264, 2265, 2266, 2267, 2268, 2269, 2270, 2271, 2272, 2273, 2274, 2275, 2276, 2277, 2278, 2279, 2280, 2281, 2282, 2283, 2284, 2285, 2286, 2287, 2288, 2289, 2290, 2291, 2292, 2293, 2294, 2295, 2296, 2297, 2298, 2299, 2300, 2301, 2302, 2986, 2987, 2988, 2989, 2990, 2991, 2992, 2993, 2994, 2995, 2996, 2997, 2998, and 2999 of block group 2, and block group 3 of tract 32; and tract 34.
	(f)  The sixth congressional district shall consist of the county of Douglas and the following portions of the following counties:
	(I)  Arapahoe county: Block group 1 and blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 of block group 2 of tract 55.51; blocks 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, and 1999 of block group 1, block group 2, and blocks 3007, 3008, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, and 3019 of block group 3 of tract 55.53; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1007, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, and 1015 of block group 1, blocks 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 of block group 2, blocks 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, and 3021 of block group 3, and block group 4 of tract 56.11; tract 56.12; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, and 1999 of block group 1 and block group 2 of tract 56.13; block 3005 of block group 3 of tract 56.14; tracts 56.19, 56.20, 56.21, 56.22, 56.23, and 56.24; blocks 1009 and 1015 of block group 1 and block 2030 of block group 2 of tract 56.25; block group 1 and blocks 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027 of block group 2 of tract 56.32; tracts 56.33 and 56.34; block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, and 2044 of block group 2, and block group 3 of tract 57; tracts 58, 59.51, and 59.52; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, and 1047 of block group 1 and block groups 2 and 3 of tract 60; tract 61; block groups 1, 2, and 3, blocks 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4019, 4020, 4024, 4025, 4026, 4027, 4028, 4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4033, 4034, 4035, and 4036 of block group 4 of tract 62; tracts 63, 64, 65.01, 65.02, 66.01, 66.03, 66.04, 67.04, and 67.05; block groups 2 and 3, and blocks 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, and 4017 of block group 4 of tract 67.07; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, and 1025 of block group 1, blocks 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 of block group 2, and block group 3 of tract 67.10; block 2005 of block group 2 of tract 67.11; block groups 1 and 2 and blocks 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, and 3023 of block group 3 of tract 68.07; tract 68.08; block 1000 of block group 1 and blocks 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, and 3017 of block group 3 of tract 68.15; blocks 1000 and 1025 of block group 1 and block 2029 of block group 2 of tract 68.16; and blocks 1001, 1002, 1003, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, and 1039 of block group 1 of tract 68.54.
	(II)  Jefferson county: Tracts 100 and 101; blocks 1019 and 1021 of block group 1 of tract 105.03; blocks 1003 and 1004 of block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 of block group 2, block group 3, and blocks 4000, 4001, 4009, 4018, 4019, 4020, 4021, 4022, 4023, 4024, 4027, 4028, 4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4033, 4034, 4035, 4036, 4037, 4038, and 4039 of block group 4 of tract 105.04; blocks 3008, 3009, 3010, 3012, 3015, 3021, 3024, and 3025 of block group 3 of tract 107.02; tracts 108.01, 108.03, 108.04, 109.01, 109.02, 110, 111, 112.01, 112.02, 113, 114, 115.50, 116.01, 116.02, 117.01, 117.02, 117.08, 117.09, 117.10, 117.11, 117.12, 117.20, 117.21, 117.22, 117.23, 117.24, 117.25, 117.26, 117.27, 117.28, 117.29, 117.30, 117.31, 118.01, 118.03, and 118.04; block group 1 and blocks 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 of block group 2 of tract 119.04; tracts 119.51, 120.03, 120.22, 120.23, 120.24, 120.26, and 120.27; block group 1, block 2019 of block group 2, and block groups 3 and 4 of tract 120.30; tracts 120.31, 120.32, 120.33, 120.34, 120.35, 120.36, 120.37, 120.38, 120.39, 120.40, 120.41, 120.42, 120.43, 120.44, 120.45, 120.46, 120.47, 120.48, 120.49, 120.50, 120.51, 120.52, 120.53, 120.54, 120.55, 120.56, 120.57, and 120.58; blocks 2011, 2012, 2014, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, and 2037 of block group 2, blocks 3034, 3035, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3041, 3042, 3043, 3044, and 3045 of block group 3, and blocks 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017, 4018, 4019, 4020, 4021, 4022, 4023, 4024, 4025, 4026, 4027, 4028, 4034, 4035, 4036, 4037, 4038, 4039, 4040, 4041, 4042, 4043, 4044, 4045, 4046, 4047, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4065, and 4066 of block group 4 of tract 98.05; block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025, 2028, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, and 2115 of block group 2 of tract 98.06; tract 98.07; block group 1, blocks 2098, 2099, and 2100 of block group 2, and blocks 4015, 4016, 4017, 4018, 4019, 4020, 4021, and 4022 of block group 4 of tract 98.08; block group 1 and block 2038 of block group 2 of tract 98.42; block groups 1 and 2, blocks 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3041, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3048, 3049, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3053, 3054, 3055, 3056, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3063, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3067, 3068, 3069, 3070, and 3071 of block group 3, and blocks 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017, 4018, 4019, 4020, 4021, 4022, 4023, 4024, 4025, 4026, 4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4033, 4034, 4035, 4037, 4038, and 4039 of block group 4 of tract 98.43; blocks 1046 and 1047 of block group 1 and block groups 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of tract 98.44; tract 98.45; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, and 1028 of block group 1 and block groups 2, 3, and 4 of tract 98.46; tract 98.47; block group 3 of tract 98.48; and tract 99.
	(g)  The seventh congressional district shall consist of the county of Elbert and the following portions of the following counties:
	(I)  Adams county: Tracts 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, and 83.08; blocks 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, and 1066 of block group 1 and block groups 2 and 3 of tract 83.09; tracts 83.53, 83.85, 84.01, and 84.02; and blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1008, 1023, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1039, 1040, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1048, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1230, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1257, 1258, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, and 1999 of block group 1 of tract 85.12; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1044, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1093, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1102, 1103, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1996, 1998, and 1999 of block group 1 of tract 85.23; block 5028 of block group 5 of tract 85.31; tracts 87.01, 87.03, 87.05, 87.06, and 88.01; block groups 1 and 2, blocks 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3029, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3041, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3048, 3049, 3052, 3053, 3054, 3055, 3056, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3063, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3067, 3068, 3069, 3070, 3071, 3072, 3073, 3074, 3075, 3076, 3077, 3078, 3079, 3080, 3082, 3083, 3084, 3085, 3086, 3087, 3088, 3093, and 3094 of block group 3, and block group 4 of tract 88.02; tracts 89.01 and 89.52; block 2006 of block group 2 of tract 91.03; blocks 3011, 3012, 3013, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, and 3037 of block group 3 of tract 95.02; blocks 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, and 2078 of block group 2 of tract 95.53; blocks 2011 and 2012 of block group 2 of tract 96.06; blocks 1001, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, and 1019 of block group 1 and block group 2 of tract 96.08; and tract 97.50.
	(II)  Arapahoe county: Blocks 1004, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009, and 1016 of block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 of block group 2, and blocks 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, and 3027 of block group 3 of tract 56.11; blocks 1020, 1021, 1022, and 1023 of block group 1 and block groups 3, 4, and 5 of tract 56.13; block groups 1 and 2 and blocks 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, and 3018 of block group 3 of tract 56.14; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, and 1014 of block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029 of block group 2 of tract 56.25; tracts 56.26, 56.27, 56.28, 56.29, 56.30, and 56.31; and blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, and 2032 of block group 2 of tract 56.32; tract 67.06; block group 1, blocks 4007, 4008, 4009, 4014, 4015, and 4016 of block group 4, and block group 5 of tract 67.07; tracts 67.08 and 67.09; blocks 1012, 1013, 1014, and 1015 of block group 1 of tract 67.10; block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 of block group 2, and block groups 3 and 4 of tract 67.11; blocks 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, and 1011 of block group 1, block group 2, and blocks 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, and 3023 of block group 3 of tract 68.15; blocks 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1998, and 1999 of block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, and 2059 of block group 2, and block group 3 of tract 68.16; blocks 1000, 1004, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, and 1999 of block group 1 of tract 68.54; tracts 70.03, 70.07, 70.08, 70.17, 70.18, 70.19, 70.20, 70.21, 70.22, 70.27, 70.28, 70.33, 70.35, 70.38, 70.39, 70.40, 70.41, 70.43, 70.45, 70.46, 70.47, 70.48, 70.52, and 70.53; blocks 2000 and 2001 of block group 2 of tract 70.54; tract 70.58; blocks 1000, 1004, 1005, 1009, and 1010 of block group 1 and blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 of block group 2 of tract 70.60; tracts 70.61, 70.62, 70.63, 70.64, 70.65, 70.66, 70.67, 70.68, 70.69, 70.70, 70.71, 70.72, 70.73, 70.74, 70.75, 70.76, 70.77, 70.78, 70.79, 70.80, 70.81, 70.82, 70.83, 70.84, 70.85, 70.86, 70.87, 71.01, and 71.02; block groups 1 and 2 of tract 73; block 2006 of block group 2 of tract 74; tracts 75, 76, and 77.02; and blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, and 1015 of block group 1 of tract 77.03.
	(III)  Jefferson county: Tracts 102.05, 102.06, 102.08, 102.09, 102.10, 102.11, 102.12, 102.13, 103.03, 103.04, 103.05, 103.06, 103.07, 103.08, 104.02, 104.03, 104.05, 104.06, and 105.02; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, and 1020 of block group 1 and block groups 2 and 3 of tract 105.03; blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, and 1022 of block group 1, blocks 2011 and 2012 of block group 2, and blocks 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017, 4025, and 4026 of block group 4 of tract 105.04; tracts 106.03, 106.04, and 107.01; block groups 1 and 2 and blocks 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3011, 3013, 3014, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3022, and 3023 of block group 3 of tract 107.02; block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 of block group 2, blocks 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3036, 3046, 3996, 3997, 3998, and 3999 of block group 3, and blocks 4000, 4001, 4002, 4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4033, 4048, 4049, 4050, 4051, 4052, 4053, 4054, 4055, 4056, 4057, 4058, 4059, 4060, 4061, 4067, and 4068 of block group 4 of tract 98.05; blocks 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2026, 2027, and 2029 of block group 2 of tract 98.06; blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2102, 2103, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2998, and 2999 of block group 2 of tract 98.08; tract 98.15; blocks 1011, 1012, 1013, 1015, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1998, and 1999 of block group 1, blocks 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2109, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2115, 2116, and 2117 of block group 2, and block group 3 of tract 98.22; tracts 98.23 and 98.24; block groups 2 and 3 of tract 98.25; blocks 1006 and 1014 of block group 1, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 of block group 2, and block groups 3 and 4 of tract 98.26; tracts 98.27, 98.28, 98.29, 98.30, 98.31, 98.32, 98.33, 98.34, 98.35, 98.36, 98.37, 98.38, 98.39, 98.40, and 98.41; blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, and 2037 of block group 2 of tract 98.42; and blocks 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, and 3004 of block group 3, and blocks 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4027, 4028, 4036, 4040, 4041, 4042, 4043, and 4999 of block group 4 of tract 98.43.
	(2)  The general assembly recognizes that the city and county of Broomfield was created after the most recent federal census was conducted; consequently, for the purposes of this section, the definition of areas to be included in each congressional district is by reference to counties and to official census tracts, census block groups, and census blocks created by the United States bureau of the census to which fixed population counts have been assigned as of the year 2000.
	(3)  If any area of this state is omitted from the provisions of this section, inadvertently or by virtue of the complexities of the information supplied to the general assembly, the secretary of state, upon discovery of such omission, shall attach such area to the appropriate congressional district as follows:
	(a)  If the area is surrounded by a congressional district, the area shall be attached to such district.
	(b)  If the area is contiguous to two or more congressional districts, the area shall be attached to the district that has the least population according to the last preceding national census of the United States bureau of the census.
	(4)  If any area of this state is included in two or more congressional districts established by this section, inadvertently or by virtue of the complexities of the information supplied to the general assembly, the secretary of state, upon discovery of such inclusion, shall detach such area from the congressional district or districts having the largest population and shall designate such area as being included in the congressional district having the least population; except that, if such area is wholly surrounded by a district and by inadvertence is also included in another congressional district, the secretary of state shall designate such area as included in the district wholly surrounding such area, regardless of population.
	(5) (a)  (Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 603, § 3, effective March 24, 1992.)
	(b)  If any annexation occurring on or after May 9, 2003, changes a county boundary that constitutes any portion of the boundary of a congressional district defined by this article, no adjustment in the boundaries of congressional districts shall be made, but the area annexed shall constitute a separate general election precinct.
	(6)  Any attachment or detachment made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (3) or (4) of this section shall be certified in writing by and kept on file with the secretary of state. No change may be made in any such attachment or detachment until the congressional districts are again reapportioned.
	(7)  The legislative council shall prepare and file with the secretary of state copies of maps showing thereon each congressional district and the population of each district according to the official census lines, maps, and statistics as described in this section.  In the event that there is a conflict between the descriptions contained in subsection (1) of this section and the boundaries shown on the maps filed with the secretary of state, the descriptions contained in subsection (1) of this section shall prevail.  The legislative council shall retain on file in its office copies of official census maps and population statistics.
	(8)  The provisions of this section shall apply to the general election in 2004 and subsequent years until the congressional districts are again reapportioned.

	2-1-102.  Neutral criteria for judicial determinations of congressional districts. (1)  In determining whether one or more of the congressional districts established in section 2-1-101 are lawful and in adopting or enforcing any change to any such district, courts:
	(a)  Shall utilize the following factors:
	(I)  A good faith effort to achieve precise mathematical population equality between districts, justifying each variance, no matter how small, as required by the constitution of the United States. Each district shall consist of contiguous whole general election precincts. Districts shall not overlap.
	(II)  Compliance with the federal "Voting Rights Act of 1965", in particular 42 U.S.C. sec. 1973; and
	(b)  May, without weight to any factor, utilize factors including but not limited to:

	(I)  The preservation of political subdivisions such as counties, cities, and towns.  When county, city, or town boundaries are changed, adjustments, if any, in districts shall be as prescribed by law.
	(II)  The preservation of communities of interest, including ethnic, cultural, economic, trade area, geographic, and demographic factors; 
	(III)  The compactness of each congressional district; and
	(IV)  The minimization of disruption of prior district lines.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

ARTICLE 2

General Assembly

PART 1

SENATORIAL DISTRICTS - APPORTIONMENT

	2-2-101.  Number of members of general assembly - election from districts. (1)  The senate of the general assembly shall consist of thirty-five members and the house of representatives thereof shall consist of sixty-five members, with one member of the senate to be elected from each senatorial district and one member of the house of representatives to be elected from each representative district, as established in this part 1.
	(2)  The definition of areas to be included in each senatorial and representative district is by reference to counties and to official census tracts, census divisions, census block groups, census blocks, and enumeration districts created by the United States bureau of the census to which fixed population counts have been assigned as of the year 1970.

	2-2-102.  Senatorial districts - number - composition. The senatorial districts are defined as follows:
	(1)  District 1: Census tracts numbered 1.01, 1.02, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 5.00, 6.00, 7.01, 7.02, 97.00, 104.01, 106.01, and 115.00 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 2.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 2; census block groups numbered 4 and 5 in census tract number 2.02 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 3 and 4 and census blocks numbered 105, 106, 115, 201, 214, and 215 in census tract number 4.01 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 5, 6, and 7 and census blocks numbered 104, 105, 106, 107, 114, 115, 201, 202, 209, 210, 211, and 212 in census tract number 4.02 in the city and county of Denver; those parts of census tracts numbered 8 and 9.01 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 4; that part of census tract number 97.50 which is in the city and county of Denver, being a part of census block number 210; and census block group number 3 and census blocks numbered 901, 908, and 909 in census tract number 97.50, which block group and blocks are in Adams county.
	(2)  District 2: Census tracts numbered 11.01, 11.02, 15.00, 16.00, 17.01, 17.02, 24.01, 24.02, 25.00, 26.01, 26.02, 89.02, and 95.03 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1, 2, and 3 and census blocks numbered 402, 414, 501, and 514 in census tract number 2.01 in the city and county of Denver; those parts of census tracts numbered 2.02, 4.01, and 4.02 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 1; that part of census tract number 15.50 which is in the city and county of Denver, being a part of census block number 901; census block group number 1 in census tract number 18.00 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 in census tract number 19.00 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 and census blocks numbered 301, 302, 303, 304, and 305 in census tract number 20 in the city and county of Denver; those parts of census tracts numbered 23, 31.01, 31.02, 35.00, and 36.01 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 3; that part of census tract number 27.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 5; and that part of census tract number 89.52 which is in the city and county of Denver, being a part of census block number 101.
	(3)  District 3: Census tracts numbered 36.02, 36.03, 37.01, 41.01, 41.02, 41.03, 41.04, 42.01, and 42.02 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1, 2, and 3 and census blocks numbered 401, 402, 403, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 509, 510, 511, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, and 606 in census tract number 23 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 in census tract number 31.01 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 and census blocks numbered 301, 302, 406, and 407 in census tract number 31.02 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 and census blocks numbered 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 732, 733, and 734 in census tract number 35.00 in the city and county of Denver; and census block groups numbered 2 and 3 in census tract number 36.01 in the city and county of Denver.
	(4)  District 4: Census tracts numbered 9.02, 9.03, 10.00, 13.01, 13.02, 21.00, 45.01, and 45.02 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 401, 402, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, and 413 in census tract number 8.00 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 2, 3, 4, and 6 and census blocks numbered 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, and 508 in census tract number 9.01 in the city and county of Denver; those parts of census tracts numbered 18.00, 19.00, and 20.00 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 2; census block group number 4 and census blocks numbered 303, 304, and 309 in census tract number 27.02 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 305, 307, 309, 314, 315, 316, and 318 in census tract number 28.01 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 101, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, and 114 in census tract number 28.02 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, and 206 in census tract number 29.01 in the city and county of Denver; and census block groups numbered 6 and 7 and census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, and 209 in census tract number 46.01 in the city and county of Denver.
	(5)  District 5: Census tracts numbered 27.03, 32.01, 32.02, 33.00, 37.02, 37.03, 43.01, 43.02, and 43.04 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 201, 202, 205, 206, 301, and 302 in census tract number 27.01 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 27.02 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 4; census block group number 1 and census blocks numbered 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 303, 304, 310, 311, 312, and 313 in census tract number 28.01 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, and 716 in census tract number 44.01 in the city and county of Denver; and those parts of census tracts numbered 32.03, 38.00, 43.03, and 43.05 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 6.
	(6)  District 6: Census tracts numbered 28.03, 29.02, 34.00, 39.01, 39.02, 49.00, 50.00, and 70.01 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 28.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in districts 4 and 5; those parts of census tracts numbered 28.02 and 29.01 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 4; census block groups numbered 1 and 3 and census blocks numbered 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 401, 402, 403, 407, 408, 409, and 410 in census tract number 30.01 in the city and county of Denver; census block group number 2 and census blocks numbered 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, and 119 in census tract number 32.03 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 2 and 3 and census blocks numbered 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, and 526 in census tract number 38.00 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 3 and 4 and census blocks numbered 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, and 508 in census tract number 43.03 in the city and county of Denver; census block group number 3 and census blocks numbered 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, and 212 in census tract number 43.05 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 in census tract number 51.01 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 in census tract number 51.02 in the city and county of Denver; census block group number 1 in census tract number 52.00 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 70.51 which is in the city and county of Denver, being a part of census block number 114; census tract number 49.50 which includes area in Arapahoe county and the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 51.51 which is in Arapahoe county and is not contained in district 7; and census blocks numbered 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, and 110 in census tract number 30.03 in the city and county of Denver.
	(7)  District 7: Census tracts numbered 30.04, 30.05, 40.01, 40.02, 40.03, 40.04, 53.00, 67.01, 68.01, 68.02, 68.03, 68.04, 69.01, 69.02, 70.02, and 70.06 in the city and county of Denver; census block group number 8 and census blocks numbered 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 710, 711, and 712 in census tract number 30.01 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, and 206 in census tract number 30.02 in the city and county of Denver; those parts of census tracts numbered 30.03, 51.01, 51.02, and 52.00 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 6; that part of census tract number 68.52 which is in the city and county of Denver, being a part of census block number 901; that part of census tract number 68.53 which is in the city and county of Denver, being census block number 902; that part of census tract number 70.52 which is in the city and county of Denver, being a part of census block number 115; that part of census tract number 70.56 which is in the city and county of Denver, being parts of census blocks numbered 903 and 905; census tracts numbered 53.50  and 69.51 which include area in Arapahoe county and the city and county of Denver; that part of census block number 301 in census tract number 67.51 which includes area in Arapahoe county and the city and county of Denver and is bounded on the west by Quebec street, on the south by Belleview avenue, and on the northeast by the right-of-way of Interstate highway 25; census block number 903 in census tract number 68.54, which block is in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 906 and 907 in census tract number 68.54, which blocks include area in Arapahoe county and the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 51.51 which is in the city and county of Denver; and census tract number 69.52 in Arapahoe county.
	(8)  District 8: Census tracts numbered 14.01, 14.02, 14.03, 46.02, 46.03, 47.00, 48.01, 48.02, 54.01, 54.02, 55.01, 55.02, 55.03, 56.01, 119.01, 119.02, 119.03, and 120.01 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 30.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in districts 6 and 7; that part of census tract number 30.02 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 7; that part of census tract number 46.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 4; that part of census tract number 55.51 which is in the city and county of Denver, being census block number 216; that part of census tract number 119.53 which is in the city and county of Denver, being census block number 101 and a part of census block number 105; that part of census tract number 120.02 which is in the city and county of Denver and is within five hundred feet of the southern boundary of the right-of-way of west Quincy avenue; that part of census tract number 120.51 which is in the city and county of Denver, being census block number 901 and a part of census block number 902; census block number 103 in census tract number 119.52 in Jefferson county; census tract number 54.03 in Arapahoe county; and census block number 101 in census tract number 48.52 in Arapahoe county.
	(9)  District 9: Census tracts numbered 10, 11.02, 12, 13.01, 13.02, 14, 16, 17, 24, 34, 35, 36, 37.01, 37.02, 38, 39.01, and 39.02 in El Paso county; those parts of census tracts numbered 15, 22, and 23 in El Paso county which are not contained in district 12; census blocks numbered 304, 306, 307, 308, 309, 311, and 312 in census tract number 11.01 in El Paso county; and that part of census tract number 9 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 11.
	(10)  District 10: Census tracts numbered 21.02, 40.01, 40.02, 40.03, 40.04, 41, 42, 43, 45.01, 45.02, 45.03, and 46 in El Paso county; census block group number 1 except census blocks numbered 101, 102, and 104 in census tract number 1 in El Paso county; that part of census tract number 20 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 11; and that part of census tract number 21.01 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 11.
	(11)  District 11: Census tracts numbered 2, 3.01, 3.02, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18, 19, 27, and 28 in El Paso county; that part of census tract number 1 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 10; census block group number 1 and census blocks numbered 204, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, and 317 in census tract number 9 in El Paso county; that part of census tract number 11.01 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 9; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 and census blocks numbered 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, and 325 in census tract number 21.01 in El Paso county; census block groups numbered 2 and 3 and census blocks numbered 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, and 132 in census tract number 20 in El Paso county; and census blocks numbered 101, 201, 608, and 710 in census tract number 29 in El Paso county.
	(12)  District 12: Census tracts numbered 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33.01, 33.02, and 44 in El Paso county; census blocks numbered 211 and 212 in census tract number 15 in El Paso county; census block group number 3 and census blocks numbered 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 401, 402, and 403 in census tract number 22 in El Paso county; enumeration districts numbered 189 and 190 and census block number 413 in census tract number 23 in El Paso county; that part of census tract number 29 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 11; that part of Fremont county which is not contained in district 33; enumeration district number 16 in census tract number 29.02 in Pueblo county; and enumeration districts 6, 7, 8, and 9 in Teller county.
	(13)  District 13: Census tracts numbered 112, 116, 117.01, 117.02, 117.03, 117.04, 117.06, 117.07, 118.01, 118.02, 119.51, 120.03, 120.04, and 120.05 in Jefferson county;  that part of census tract number 119.53 which is in Jefferson county and is not contained in district 8; that part of census tract number 120.02 in Jefferson county and the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 8; enumeration district number 29 in census tract number 120.09 in Jefferson county; that part of census tract number 119.52 in Jefferson county which is not contained in district 8; and that part of census tract number 120.51 which is in Jefferson county and is not contained in district 8.
	(14)  District 14: Census tracts numbered 105.02, 106.02, 106.51, 107, 110, 111, 113, 114, and 115.50 in Jefferson county; census block group number 2 and census blocks numbered 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 316, 317, 318, 319, and 326 in census tract number 104.02 in Jefferson county; census block group number 1 and census blocks numbered 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, and 210 in census tract number 104.03 in Jefferson county; census block groups numbered 2 and 3 in census tract number 105.01 in Jefferson county; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 in census tract number 108 in Jefferson county; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 and census blocks numbered 301, 303, and 304 in census tract number 109 in Jefferson county; census blocks numbered 205, 206, 207, 208, and 209 in census tract number 104.51 in Jefferson county.
	(15)  District 15: The counties of Clear Creek and Park; that part of Teller county which is not contained in district 12; enumeration districts numbered 8 and 9 in Douglas county; census tracts numbered 98.06, 98.07, 98.09, 98.10, 99, 100, 101, 117.05, 120.06, 120.07, and 120.08 in Jefferson county; census block group number 1 in census tract number 98.08 in Jefferson county; census blocks numbered 908, 909, 910, and 911 in census tract number 103.02 in Jefferson county; that part of census tract number 120.09 in Jefferson county which is not contained in district 13; those parts of census tracts numbered 98.04 and 98.05 in Jefferson county which are not contained in district 16; those parts of census tracts numbered 104.03, 105.01, 108, and 109 in Jefferson county which are not contained in district 14; and that part of census tract number 104.02 in Jefferson county which is not contained in districts 14 and 16.
	(16)  District 16: The county of Gilpin; census tracts numbered 127.04 and 131.02 in Boulder county; that part of census tract number 125.05 in Boulder county which is not contained in district 23; enumeration district number 304, census block group number 4, and census blocks numbered 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, and 322 in census tract number 125.04 in Boulder county; enumeration district number 311 and census blocks numbered 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, and 116 in census tract number 125.06 in Boulder county; that part of census tract number 137 in Boulder county which is not contained in district 24; census tracts numbered 98.01, 98.02, 98.03, 102.01, 102.02, and 103.01 in Jefferson county; census blocks numbered 908, 909, and 910 in census tract number 98.04 in Jefferson county; census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 905, 906, and 907 in census tract number 98.05 in Jefferson county; those parts of census tracts numbered 98.08 and 103.02 in Jefferson county which are not contained in district 15; census block group number 1 and census blocks numbered 315, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, and 325 in census tract number 104.02 in Jefferson county; and that part of census tract number 104.51 in Jefferson county which  is not contained in district 14.
	(17)  District 17: Census tracts numbered 78, 79, 80, 81, 83.02, 83.03, 84, 85.03, 85.04, 86.01, 86.02, 93.05, 94.01, and 94.02 in Adams county; enumeration district number 129 in census tract number 91 in Adams county; census block group number 7 in census tract number 96.01 in Adams county; that part of census tract number 85.02 in Adams county which is not contained in district 18; enumeration districts numbered 122 and 125 in census tract number 85.01 in Adams county; that part of census tract number 83.51 in Adams county which is not contained in district 19; census block group number 1 and census blocks numbered 201, 202, and 203 in census tract number 82 in Adams county; that part of census tract number 87.01 which is in Adams county and is not contained in district 19; that part of census block number 904 in census tract number 93.03 in Adams county which is north of 96th avenue; census block groups numbered 2 and 3 and census blocks numbered 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, and 116 in census tract number 93.04 in Adams county; and that part of census block number 101 in census tract number 93.04 in Adams county which is north of Fred drive and a line extending easterly from the eastern terminus of Fred drive to 96th avenue.
	(18)  District 18: Census tracts numbered 90, 92, 93.01, 93.02, and 95.01 in Adams county; those parts of census tracts numbered 85.01 and 91 in Adams county which are not contained in district 17; those parts of census tracts numbered 93.03 and 93.04 in Adams county which are not contained in district 17; and census block groups numbered 1, 2, 3, and 5 and census blocks numbered 402, 404, 405, 406, and 407 in census tract number 85.02 in Adams county.
	(19)  District 19: Census tracts numbered 87.02, 87.03, 88.01, 88.02, 89.01, 95.02, 95.53, and 96.02 in Adams county; census tract number 41.55 which includes area in Adams county and the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 87.01 which includes area in Adams county and the city and county of Denver and which is west of D street; those parts of census tracts numbered 15.50 and 89.52 which are in Adams county and are not contained in district 2; census tracts numbered 41.05 and 83.01 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 97.50 which is in Adams county and is not contained in district 1; those parts of census tracts numbered 82 and 96.01 in Adams county which are not contained in district 17; and census block number 901 in census tract number 83.51 in Adams county.
	(20)  District 20: Census tracts numbered 40.52, 55.52, 56.04, 56.05, 57.00, 58.00, 59.00, 60.00, 61.00, 62.00, 63.00, and 64.00 in Arapahoe county; that part of census tract number 48.52 in Arapahoe county which is not contained in district 8; those parts of census tracts numbered 55.53, 66.01, and 67.02 in Arapahoe county which are not contained in district 22; that part of census tract number 55.51 which is in Arapahoe county and is not contained in district 8; and that part of census tract number 67.51 which is in Arapahoe county and is not contained in district 7.
	(21)  District 21: Census tracts numbered 44.52, 52.50, 68.51, 68.52, 70.03, 70.04, 70.05, 70.10, 70.51, 72.00, 74.00, 75.00, 76.00, 77.01, 77.02, and 73.00 in Arapahoe county; census block group number 1 and census blocks numbered 905, 906, 907, and 908 in census tract number 70.11 in Arapahoe county; census tract number 44.02 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 44.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 5; that part of census tract number 70.07 in Arapahoe county which is not contained in district 22; and those parts of census tracts numbered 70.52 and 70.56 which are in Arapahoe county and are not contained in district 7.
	(22)  District 22: The counties of Crowley, Elbert, and Lincoln; that part of Douglas county not contained in district 15; census tracts numbered 56.02, 56.03, 56.06, 56.51, 65.00, 66.02, 67.03, 68.05, 68.06, 68.53, 70.08, 70.09, and 71.00 in Arapahoe county; census blocks numbered 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, and 216 in census tract number 55.53 in Arapahoe county; census block group number 2 in census tract number 66.01 in Arapahoe county; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 and census blocks numbered 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, and 315 in census tract number 67.02 in Arapahoe county; that part of census tract number 68.54 which is in Arapahoe county and is not contained in district 7; census blocks numbered 109, 115, and 116 in census tract number 70.07 in Arapahoe county; and that part of census tract number 70.11 in Arapahoe county which is not contained in district 21.
	(23)  District 23: Census tracts numbered 121.02, 121.03, 122.03, 125.01, 125.02, 125.03, 126.02, 127.01, 127.02 127.03, 128.00, 129.00, 130.00, and 131.01 in Boulder county; census blocks numbered 101, 104, 105, 110, 111, 114, 115, 116, 117, and 118 in census tract number 122.01 in Boulder county; census block groups numbered 1, 2, and 3 in census tract number 125.05 in Boulder county; that part of census tract number 126.01 in Boulder county which is not contained in  district 24; those parts of census tracts numbered 125.04 and 125.06 in Boulder county which are not contained in district 16; and census blocks numbered 110 and 111 in census tract number 122.02 in Boulder county.
	(24)  District 24: Census tracts numbered 121.01, 121.04, 123.00, 124.01, 124.02, 132.01, 132.02, 132.03, 132.04, 132.05, 133.01, 133.02, 134.00, 135.00, 136.01, and 136.02 in Boulder county; those parts of census tracts numbered 122.01 and 122.02 in Boulder county which are not contained in district 23; census blocks numbered 206, 207, 208, 212, and 223 in census tract number 126.01 in Boulder county; and enumeration districts numbered 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 312 in census tract number 137.00 in Boulder county.
	(25)  District 25: Census tracts numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28.01, 28.02, and 29.01 in Pueblo county; census block group number 1 and census blocks numbered 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, and 214 in census tract number 25 in Pueblo county; that part of census tract number 28.03 which is not contained in district 26; and census block groups numbered 1, 2, and 9 and census enumeration district number 17 in census tract number 29.02 in Pueblo county.
	(26)  District 26: The counties of Costilla and Huerfano; census tracts numbered 8, 9.01, 9.02, 9.03, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28.04, 30.01, 30.02, 31.01, 31.02, 32, 33, and 34 in Pueblo county; that part of census tract number 25 in Pueblo county which is not contained in district 25; and enumeration districts numbered 31 and 112 in census tract number 28.03 in Pueblo county.
	(27)  District 27: Census tracts numbered 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 in Larimer county; those parts of census tracts numbered 2 and 15 in Larimer county which are not contained in district 29; and enumeration district number 91 and census blocks numbered 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, and 935 in census tract number 13 in Larimer county.
	(28)  District 28: Census tracts numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 20, and 21 in Weld county; enumeration district number 37 and census blocks numbered 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, and 126 in census tract number 6 in Weld county; and those parts of census tracts numbered 7, 14, and 19 in Weld county which are not contained in district 29.
	(29)  District 29: Census tracts numbered 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 16 in Larimer county; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 in census tract number 2 in Larimer county; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 and census blocks numbered 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 912, 913, 914, 915, and 916 in census tract number 13 in Larimer county; enumeration districts numbered 105, 106, and 107 in census tract number 15 in Larimer county; census tracts numbered 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, and 25 in Weld county; census blocks numbered 101, 102, and 104 in census tract number 7 in Weld county; enumeration district number 46A in census tract number 14 in Weld county; enumeration districts numbered 112, 113, 114, 114B, and 115 in census tract number 19 in Weld county; that part of census tract number 6 in Weld county which is not contained in district 28; and enumeration districts numbered 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 25, 26, and 27 in Morgan county.
	(30)  District 30: The county of Mesa; and enumeration districts numbered 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 in Delta county.
	(31)  District 31: The counties of Eagle, Garfield, Grand, Jackson, Lake, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, and Summit.
	(32)  District 32: The counties of Dolores, La Plata, Ouray, Montrose, Montezuma, San Juan, and San Miguel; and that part of Delta county not contained in district 30.
	(33)  District 33: The counties of Archuleta, Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Custer, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, and Saguache; and enumeration districts numbered 2, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, and 30 in Fremont county.
	(34)  District 34: The counties of Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero, and Prowers. 
	(35)  District 35: The counties of Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, and Yuma;  and that part of Morgan county which is not contained in district 29.

	2-2-103.  Election of senators. (1)  Senators from the following senatorial districts shall be elected at the general election held in November, 1972, and every four years thereafter: 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, and 31.
	(2)  Senators from the following senatorial districts shall be elected at the general election held in November, 1974, and every four years thereafter: 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 18, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, and 35.

	2-2-104.  Holdover senators keep office - vacancies. Nothing in this part 1 shall be construed to cause the removal of any senator from his office for the term for which he was elected, but each such senator shall serve the term for which he was elected. In the event of a vacancy in the senate, such vacancy shall be filled as provided by law.

	2-2-105.  Legislative declaration - findings of legislative fact. (1)  The general assembly declares it to be necessary to meet the equal population requirements of section 46 of article V of the state constitution, and it has therefore been necessary, in some instances, to add part of one county to all or part of another county in forming senatorial districts under this part 1.
	(2)  The general assembly further declares that some senatorial districts are not comprised of areas whose boundaries are equidistant from the geographic center of the respective areas, but that variations therefrom were necessitated by population density and distribution, boundaries of enumeration districts and other identifiable census units of area, natural boundaries, and county lines in order to define senatorial districts having population as nearly equal as may be.
	(3)  Pursuant to the requirements of section 47 of article V of the state constitution, the senatorial districts established by this part 1 are based upon the following factors: (1) Equal population; (2) a minimum split of counties; and (3) compactness based upon geographic areas whose boundaries are as nearly equidistant from a center as possible, limited by variances caused by the shape of county boundary lines, census enumeration lines, natural boundaries, population density, and the need to retain compactness of adjacent districts.
	Colorado's population as established by the 1970 federal census is 2,209,528. An average senatorial district is 63,129. The maximum deviation in excess of this average for a senatorial district as provided by this part 1 is 0.83 percent, while the smallest district is only 0.66 percent below average.
	Of those fifty-four counties with populations smaller than that of the average senatorial district, only seven counties were split or thirteen percent of the total of such counties. For the nine densely populated counties, it is not possible to create a senatorial district which includes all the territory in any one of these counties and meet the constitutional requirements for equality of population; accordingly, more than one senatorial district is found within the confines of each of these counties.
	Moreover, the compactness of each individual district not only depends upon natural boundaries, the irregular size and shape of census districts, and county lines, but must be related to the overall approach used in developing districts of approximately equal population. (The term "census districts" is used in this subsection (3) to include official census tracts, enumeration districts, block groups, or blocks, as applicable.)

METROPOLITAN DENVER AREA DISTRICTS

	Denver has a surplus of population of over 9,700 after computing eight senatorial districts. Since Adams county is in need of 3,600 population to achieve three senate seats, an exchange of areas was made between these two counties, as explained in districts 1, 2, and 3. When the population of enclaves of Arapahoe county within the city and county of Denver (4,404) is added to the population of Denver, it is obvious that some areas of Denver must be added to predominantly Arapahoe county districts to maintain equal population.
	District 19. District 19 begins with the census districts in northeast Denver which were excluded from district 3. Working northward and westward into Adams county from these areas, extremely large and sparsely populated census districts are encountered. In order to achieve equal population, contiguous areas in Commerce City and southern Westminster were chosen to comprise the bulk of the population in district 19.
	Districts 17 and 18. District 18 is composed of those parts of the remaining population centers in Adams county - the communities of Northglenn, Thornton, Sherrelwood, Welby, and Federal Heights - which are necessary to achieve sufficient population for the district. District 18's irregular southeastern boundary, which is also a portion of the northern boundary of district 19, is formed by the South Platte river. District 17 consists of the remainder of Adams county. The wide variations in the distribution of population in this remaining area and the limitations placed upon its shape by district boundaries already drawn determine the shape of district 17.
	Districts 1, 2, and 3. Three giant blocks are formed for districts across north Denver. Only 5,563 persons, located in an area northeast of Stapleton Field which cannot be split and which is surrounded on three sides by Adams county, are excluded from the districts in north Denver and included in a predominantly Adams county district. To achieve equal population for district 1, a small portion of Adams county has been added. The dividing line between districts 1 and 2 is the South Platte river in the southern portion and Zuni street in the northern portion. Between districts 2 and 3, the dividing line is Franklin street in the southern portion and York street in the northern portion. The location and size of census block number 501 in census tract number 23 causes some irregularity in the Franklin street line.
	District 4. District 4 forms nearly a perfect square. Some irregularity is required by equal population requirements.
	Districts 5 and 6. These two districts in Denver form a giant square between districts 3 and 7. The dense population in the western end of district 5 (Capitol Hill) results in this district containing the smallest geographical area in the Denver area. Lowry Field (census tract number 44.02), to the east of district 5, was added to Arapahoe county for three reasons: The tract cannot be split because interior population counts are not available; the addition is essential for purposes of equal population; and, moreover, the addition improves the compactness of districts 5 and 6. Districts 5 and 6 are divided by 1st and 4th avenues. The only significant variation from perfect compactness in district 6 is census tract number 70.01, whose population of 2,640 is needed to meet the requirements of equal population.
	Districts 7 and 8. The balance of Denver divides into two districts - districts 7 and 8 - with the addition of census tract number 54.03 from Arapahoe county, which juts northward into district 8 and has been added to this district for purposes of equal population and compactness. The shape of the county will affect the compactness of the district formed in this area with respect to the south, east, and most of the west borders. The Valley highway was utilized as a natural boundary in the northwest portion of the district, with the northern boundary working eastward along block boundaries and the western boundary southward along Clarkson street. Variations from perfectly straight boundaries occur because of equal population requirements and the Children's Home area (which cannot be split). The Arapahoe enclave of Holly Hills is included in district 7.

	District 20. On the southern border of Denver, district 20 is formed, incorporating the communities of Englewood, Cherry Hills, and Greenwood Village. In spite of large vacant areas in census tract number 56.05 and sparsely populated areas in the eastern portion of the district generally, its eastern and southern boundaries are relatively straight, and the western boundary (following the county line) is also relatively straight.
	District 21. District 21 is formed by the inclusion of Lowry Field in an Arapahoe district extending southward from the Arapahoe county portion of Aurora. The eastern boundary is a line following census district boundaries as directly south as possible. The remaining boundaries of the district are determined either by Denver districts or by census district boundaries.

DISTRICTS IN REMAINDER OF STATE

	District 31. The other starting point in developing the plan under this part 1 and in developing virtually every other proposed plan for the senate was district 31. District 31 is located in northwestern Colorado and is composed of ten undivided counties. The population of this district is 63,328, only 0.32 percent over the ideal senate district, and it is nearly square in shape. This was chosen as a starting point, since its boundaries are identical to the current senate district 35.
	The three additional senate seats to which western Colorado is entitled were developed by working southward from this district.
	District 30. Mesa county has a population of 54,374. Since district 30's northern boundary is fixed by district 31, the additional 8,700 persons needed for population equality must be found in counties adjacent to the southeastern boundary of Mesa county. The selection of a portion of Delta county provides the most compact district arrangement. The shape of the census districts in Delta county will create a jagged line along the eastern portion of district 30, regardless of which districts are selected. Examination of the map reveals that those enumeration districts selected yield the most compact senatorial district.
	District 32. District 32 lies directly south of district 30. District 32's eastern boundary is a nearly direct north-south line formed by an extension of the Delta county line directly south. No additional counties are split in the formation of this district. If district 32 had been formed by proceeding in an easterly or southeasterly direction, the district would have become elongated and substantially less compact, or would have had to be expanded to the Front Range area to achieve equal population.
	District 33. District 33 is formed by proceeding directly east of district 32. Again, whole counties are utilized, with the exception of Fremont county, as the basis for the establishment of the district. Approximately 6,900 additional persons were needed from adjacent areas to the east or northeast of the whole counties included in district 33. The choice made - to include a part of Fremont county in this district - had the advantages of crossing only one county line and of leaving the remainder of Fremont county in a position to be easily combined with an area in El Paso county which required additional persons to achieve equal population in a district there.
	Because of the peculiar shapes of census districts and their widely varying populations, and due to the presence of one enumeration district composed of noncontiguous areas, no other reasonable division of Canon City could be made. Block statistics are not available for Canon City, and, accordingly, enumeration districts cannot be split since definite populations cannot be certified for portions of an enumeration district.
	District 12. The remainder of Fremont county, four enumeration districts in the southern portion of Teller county, one enumeration district in Pueblo county containing the remaining portion of Fort Carson, and an area in southwest El Paso county following census district lines into Colorado Springs comprise this district. Again, irregularities in the shape of the district are caused by the shapes of the census districts which had to be combined to achieve equality of population. The district forms a nearly square configuration within these census areas.
	The splitting of Teller county was required to equalize population for both this district and district 15, and the inclusion of this portion of Teller county makes district 12's boundaries as equidistant as possible from a geographic center.
	District 15. District 15 is at the heart of the rapidly growing mountain subdivisions of the central Front Range. By extending the eastern Teller county line northward to include two census enumeration districts in Douglas county, the population of the district is equalized. The western and southern boundaries are formed by districts 12, 31, and 33. The district includes the whole counties of Park and Clear Creek and approximately 52,000 people from the southern and central portions of Jefferson county. The shape of the northeast tip of district 15 is determined by boundaries of the three remaining densely populated districts in Jefferson county which follow census district lines as required to achieve equal population.
	District 14. District 14 is the most densely populated area of Jefferson county. The district approaches a square shape, except for the exclusion of census block number 101 in census tract number 105.01, which extends from Kipling avenue on the east to Youngfield avenue on the west. Since this block cannot be split, the district cannot be made a perfect square.
	District 13. The Jefferson county line on the east and a long portion of 6th avenue on the north establish two of the boundaries for this district. Proceeding southwesterly to accumulate population for the district, large census districts with minimum populations are encountered. There are very few options available with regard to the census districts. For example, enumeration district number 422A in census tract number 117.06 covers a massive area and necessitates that the westerly portion of district 13 jut into district 15. If this westerly jutting were minimized by expanding district 13 into the southern portions of Jefferson county, a vertically elongated shape for district 13 would result.
	District 16. District 16 is bounded on the west by district 31, on the south by the Gilpin county line, and on the east by the Jefferson county line. The irregular shape of the northern boundary is due to following those census district lines in Boulder county which were necessary to equalize population. Boulder county is one of the nine densely populated counties and has population in excess of that necessary for two ideal senate districts. For purposes of equal population, this surplus has been added to district 16. The addition also makes a more compact district within the limitations imposed by census district lines. The southern border of district 16 is almost a straight line along west 52nd avenue from the eastern Jefferson county boundary to McIntyre avenue. From McIntyre to the western Jefferson county line, the census district boundaries determine the shape of the district.
	Districts 23 and 24. In general, district 23 includes the densely populated territory in the east of Boulder county just north of district 16. The area included would extend in a broad belt from the city of Boulder east to the county line. Due to equal population requirements, it was necessary to include census districts in the southern and southeastern parts of the city of Boulder in district 23. District 24 includes all of the remainder of Boulder county extending northwest out of the city of Boulder. Both districts 23 and 24 are wholly within the confines of Boulder county.
	District 27. Working northward, the western boundary of district 27 in Larimer county is fixed by district 31. All of Larimer county is included within the district with the exception of an eastern portion containing 26,843 people, located in an area extending eastward from Fort Collins to the Weld county line. The choice of this portion of Larimer county for combination with area in another county was made because the other census districts in the area were so sparsely populated, and the inclusion of them would make district 29 less compact.
	Districts 28 and 29. Together with the balance of Larimer county, district 29 encompasses all of Weld county, with the exception of those parts of the city of Greeley and the heavily populated portions of southwest Weld county which compose district 28. A perfectly compact district 28 was not possible because of equal population requirements. For example, district 28 would have been a perfect square, if all of census tract number 19 could have been included in the district. Unfortunately, the inclusion of this additional area would have increased the population of the district over that of the ideal senate district by over 5,000 people. To straighten the line actually drawn would require a major split of the city of Greeley. Finally, in order to achieve equal population, an additional 10,358 people were included from Morgan county in district 29. The line dividing Morgan county north and south is dictated by the census district boundaries.
	District 35. All of the northeastern plains of Colorado are included in district 35. Bordered on the north and the east by Nebraska and Kansas, and on the west by district 29, the district must extend south for necessary population. To make the district more square could be accomplished only by a bulge westerly at a point south of the Weld county line. Since Adams county is 3,600 short of the population necessary for three senatorial districts, further depletion of that population was not desirable.
	District 34. The five counties of Otero, Bent, Prowers, Baca, and Las Animas form a logical block for a senatorial district, although the block has an excess population of approximately 1,500. Since district 35 was short of population, adjustment was made by detaching a part of Prowers county from district 34 and attaching it to district 35. Again, census district lines determine the shape of this adjustment, and populations of such districts determine where it can be made.
	District 22. The area of Arapahoe county which is not included in districts 20 and 21 is placed in district 22. District 22's boundaries follow county lines in all instances except where they conform to the other Arapahoe districts. In order to accumulate sufficient population, the district extends southward through Douglas county, picking up that portion not contained in district 15, and includes all of Elbert, Lincoln, and Crowley counties. An extension of the district into El Paso county rather than southeasterly would have necessitated the crossing of additional county lines, and would have reduced the population available in El Paso county below that needed for the three remaining senatorial seats (district 12 already includes the southwestern portion of El Paso county).
	Districts 9, 10, and 11. El Paso county presents a problem for districting, since the area of Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs is densely populated and the remainder of the county is predominantly rural. Accordingly, a portion of the population in Colorado Springs must be allocated to districts in the outlying portions of the county to meet compactness and equal population requirements. The main district dividing line is a natural boundary, Interstate 25, which runs directly north and south. In the north, Interstate 25 divides district 9 from the centrally located district 11. In the south, Interstate 25 again is a divider, but this time between districts 10 and 12. Academy boulevard, another four-lane highway, also divides district 11 from districts 9 and 10 in the northeast portions of Colorado Springs. For district 11 in the southeast, Circle drive is the major dividing line.
	Some variations in these major boundaries are due to requirements of equal population. Problems are also posed by the irregular shapes of census districts. For example, census block number 317 in census tract number 10 extends from west Van Buren to Uintah preventing an east-west crossing of the tract. Census block number 311 in census tract number 11.01 poses a similar problem. Numerous other examples exist, such as census tracts numbered 2, 24, and 28, which hamper the development of perfectly straight lines in the formation of districts.
	Districts 25 and 26. Two major barriers are utilized in splitting the city of Pueblo - the natural boundaries of Fountain creek and the Arkansas river in the northern portion of the city, and Interstate 25 in the south. A significant part of the city, west of Interstate 25, is added to district 26 for purposes of population equality. Pueblo county is approximately 8,000 people short of the population necessary for two senatorial districts, but, when it is combined with the other areas of the state not yet included in any district (the whole counties of Costilla and Huerfano), there is sufficient population for the two districts which close the plan for the entire state.

	2-2-106.  Attachments and detachments. (1)  If any area of this state is omitted from the provisions of this part 1, inadvertently or by virtue of the complexities of the information supplied to the general assembly, the secretary of state, upon discovery of such omission, shall attach such area to the appropriate senatorial or representative district as follows:
	(a)  If the area is surrounded by a senatorial or representative district, the area shall be attached to such district.
	(b)  If the area is contiguous to two or more senatorial or representative districts, the area shall be attached to the district that has the least population according to the last preceding national census of the United States bureau of the census.
	(2)  If any area of this state is included in two or more senatorial or representative districts established by this part 1, inadvertently or by virtue of the complexities of the information supplied to the general assembly, the secretary of state, upon discovery of such inclusion, shall detach such area from the senatorial or representative district or districts having the largest population and shall designate such area as being included in the senatorial or representative district having the least population; except that if such area is wholly surrounded by a senatorial or representative district and by inadvertence is also included in another senatorial or representative district, the secretary of state shall designate such area as included in the district wholly surrounding such area, regardless of population.
	(3)  If any annexation occurring on or after May 1, 1972, changes a county boundary which constitutes any portion of the boundary of a senatorial district defined by this part 1, and if the population of the area annexed is one hundred seventy persons or less according to the 1970 federal census, the secretary of state shall detach the area annexed from the senatorial district in which it is included pursuant to this part 1 and shall attach such area to the adjacent senatorial district in the county to which the area was annexed; except that if such attachment would result in any area in one senatorial district being wholly surrounded by area in another senatorial district, no adjustment in senatorial district boundaries shall be made. If the area annexed is adjacent to two or more senatorial districts in the county to which it is annexed, the area shall be attached to the senatorial district having the least population. The area so attached shall also be attached to any general election precinct adjacent to such area in the county to which the area was annexed.
	(4)  If any annexation occurring on or after May 1, 1972, changes a county boundary which constitutes any portion of the boundary of a senatorial district defined by this part 1, and if the population of the annexed area is more than one hundred seventy persons according to the 1970 federal census, no adjustment in the boundaries of senatorial districts shall be made, but the area annexed shall constitute a separate general election precinct.
	(5)  Any attachment or detachment made pursuant to the provisions of subsections (1) to (4) of this section shall be certified in writing by and kept on file with the secretary of state. No change may be made in any such attachment or detachment until the senatorial or representative districts are again reapportioned.

	2-2-107.  Maps of legislative districts. The legislative council shall prepare and file with the secretary of state copies of census maps showing thereon each senatorial and representative district and showing the population of each district according to the official census lines, maps, and statistics as described in this part 1. The legislative council shall retain on file in its office copies of official census maps and population statistics.

	2-2-108.  Applicability of part 1. This part 1 applies to the forty-ninth and subsequent general assemblies.

PART 2

REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS - APPORTIONMENT

	2-2-201.  Number of members of general assembly - election from districts. (1)  The house of representatives of the general assembly shall consist of sixty-five members, with one member of the house of representatives to be elected from each representative district, as established in this part 2.
	(2)  The definition of areas to be included in each representative district is by reference to counties and to official census tracts, census divisions, census block groups, census blocks, and enumeration districts created by the United States bureau of the census to which fixed population counts have been assigned as of the year 1970.

	2-2-202.  Representative districts - number - composition. The representative districts are defined as follows:
	(1)  District 1: Census tracts numbered 47.00, 48.01, 55.02, 55.03, 56.01, 119.02, and 120.01 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 120.51 which is in the city and county of Denver, being census block number 901 and a part of census block number 902; those parts of census tracts numbered 46.03 and 48.02 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 2; that part of census tract number 46.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 3; that part of census tract number 46.02 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 3; that part of census tract number 119.03 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 28; census block number 101 in census tract number 119.53 which block is in the city and county of Denver; census block number 103 in census tract number 119.52 in Jefferson county; and that part of census tract number 120.02 which is in the city and county of Denver and is within five hundred feet of the southern boundary of the right-of-way of west Quincy avenue.
	(2)  District 2: Census tracts numbered 13.02, 14.01, 14.02, 14.03, 54.01, and 55.01 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1, 2, and 3 and census blocks numbered 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, and 416 in census tract number 13.01 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, and 411 in census tract number 21.00 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census block number 412 in census tract number 21.00 in the city and county of Denver which is south of Alameda avenue; census blocks numbered 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 403, 408, 409, and 410 in census tract number 29.01  in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 5 and 6 and census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 404, 405, 406, 411, 412, 701, 708, and  709 in census tract number 30.01 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 3 and 4 and census block number 108 in census tract number 30.02 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 201, 202, 203, 204, and 205 in census tract number 46.03 in the city and county of Denver; census block group number 1 in census tract number 48.02 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1, 2, and 3 and census blocks numbered 401, 402, 403, 405, 406, 407, 408, and 412 in census tract number 54.02 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 55.51 which is in the city and county of Denver, being census block number 216; and census block number 101 in census tract number 48.52 in Arapahoe county.
	(3)  District 3: Census tracts numbered 9.02, 9.03, 45.01, and 45.02 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1, 6, and 7 and census blocks numbered 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, and 516 in census tract number 46.01 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 13.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 2; that part of census tract number 10.00 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 6; and census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 506, 507, 508, 509, and 510 in census tract number 46.02 in the city and county of Denver.
	(4)  District 4: Census tracts numbered 1.01, 1.02, 3.01, 3.02, 7.01, 104.01, 106.01, and 115.00 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 3.03 in the city and county  of Denver which is not contained in district 9; census block groups numbered 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in census tract number 5 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 407, 506, and 507 in census tract number 7.02 in the city and county of Denver; and census blocks numbered 509, 510, 511, and 512 in census tract number 9.01 in the city and county of Denver.

	(5)  District 5: Census tracts numbered 6 and 8 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 4.02 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 9; those parts of census tracts numbered 5, 7.02, and 9.01 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 4; census block groups numbered 1, 2, and 3 and census blocks numbered 401, 402, 409, 410, 411, and 412 in census tract number 11.02 in the city and county of Denver; census block group number 9 in census tract number 17.01 in the city and county of Denver; and census block groups numbered 1, 2, 3, and 7 in census tract number 19 in the city and county of Denver.
	(6)  District 6: Census tracts numbered 17.02, 18, 20, and 26.01 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 21.00 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 2; those parts of census tracts numbered 17.01 and 19 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 5; census block group number 1 in census tract number 10 in the city and county of Denver; census block group number 6 and census blocks numbered 504, 505, and 506 in census tract number 24.01 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 303, 304, 305, and 306 in census tract number 24.02 in the city and county of Denver; census block group number 2 and census block number 110 in census tract number 25 in the city and county of Denver; census block group number 3 and census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 203, 204, and 209 in census tract number 26.02 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 27.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 11; and census block group number 5 and census blocks numbered 404, 405, and 406 in census tract number 27.03 in the city and county of Denver.
	(7)  District 7: Census tracts numbered 41.01, 41.02, 41.03, and 41.04 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1 and 6 in census tract number 42.02 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1, 4, 5, and 6 and census blocks numbered 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, and 318 in census tract number 42.01 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 and census blocks numbered 301, 302, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, and 310 in census tract number 36.03 in the city and county of Denver; and census block group number 2 and census blocks numbered 101, 103, 104, and 121 in census tract number 36.02 in the city and county of Denver.
	(8)  District 8: Census tracts numbered 23, 31.01, 31.02, and 36.01 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 101, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, and 314 in census tract number 37.01 in the city and county of Denver; those parts of census tracts numbered 36.02 and 36.03 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 7; those parts of census tracts numbered 24.02 and 26.02 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 6; census block groups numbered 1, 2, and 3 in census tract number 24.01 in the city and county of Denver; census block group number 1 and census blocks numbered 201, 202, and 203 in census tract number 27.03 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, and 104 in census tract number 32.01 in the city and county of Denver; and census blocks numbered 103 and 104 in census tract number 32.02 in the city and county of Denver.
	(9)  District 9: Census tracts numbered 2.01, 2.02, 4.01, 11.01, 15.00, 16.00, 89.02, 95.03, and 97.00 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 101, 104, 105, and 108 in census tract number 3.03 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 1 and 7 in census tract number 4.02 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 11.02 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 5; that part of census tract number 15.50 which is in the city and county of Denver, being a part of census block number 901; that part of census tract number 24.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in districts 6 and 8; that part of census tract number 25 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 6; census block groups numbered 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 and census blocks numbered 803, 808, 809, 810, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, and 829 in census tract number 35 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 89.52 which is in the city and county of Denver, being a part of census block number 101; and that part of census tract number 97.50 which is in the city and county of Denver, being a part of census block number 210.
	(10)  District 10: Census tracts numbered 29.02, 39.02, and 51.01 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 206, 207, 208, and 301 in census tract number 28.03 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 29.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 2; census block group number 3 and census blocks numbered 114, 115, 116, 117, 201, 202, 203, 204, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 401, 402, 403, 407, 408, 409, and 410 in census tract number 30.01 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, and 110 in census tract number 30.03 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 34 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 11; that part of census tract number 39.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 12; census block number 127 in census tract number 49.00 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 51.02 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 14; and that part  of census tract number 51.51 which is in the city and county of Denver.
	(11)  District 11: Census tracts numbered 27.02, 28.01, 28.02, and 32.03 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, and 306 in census tract number 27.01 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 27.03 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in districts 6 and 8; that part of census tract number 28.03 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 10; that part of census tract number 32.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 8; census block group number 3 and census blocks numbered 105, 106, 107, 202, 203, 204, and 205 in census tract number 32.02 in the city and county of Denver; and census block group number 1 in census tract number 34 in the city and county of Denver.
	(12)  District 12: Census tracts numbered 33, 37.02, 37.03, 38, and 43.01 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 32.02 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in districts 8 and 11; that part of census tract number 37.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 8; census blocks numbered 106, 107, 108, 109, 206, 207, 208, 209, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, and 411 in census tract number 43.02 in the city and county of Denver; census block groups numbered 4, 5, and 6 and census blocks numbered 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 216, 217, 218, 301, 302, 303, 304, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, and 321 in census tract number 43.03 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, and 118 in census tract number 39.01 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 108, 109, 110, 111, 124, 125, and 126 in census tract number 49 in the city and county of Denver; census tract number 49.50 which includes area in the city and county of Denver and in Arapahoe county; and that part of census tract number 51.51 which is in Arapahoe county and is not contained in district 10.
	(13)  District 13: Census tracts numbered 43.04, 43.05, 44.01, and 44.02 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 70.51 which is in the city and county of Denver, being a part of census block number 114; that part of census tract number 70.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 14; those parts of census tracts numbered 43.02 and 43.03 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 12; and those parts of census tracts numbered 42.01 and 42.02 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 7.
	(14)  District 14: Census tracts numbered 50.00, 52.00, 68.01, 68.02, 68.03, 68.04, 69.01, 69.02, 70.02, and 70.06 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census block number 301 in census tract number 67.51 which includes area in Arapahoe county and the city and county of Denver and is bounded on the west by Quebec street, on the south by Belleview avenue, and on the northeast by the right-of-way of Interstate 25; that part of census tract number 68.53 which is in the city and county of Denver, being census block number 902; census block number 903 in census tract number 68.54 which block is in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 906 and 907 in census tract number 68.54 which blocks include area in Arapahoe county and the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 68.52 which is in the city and county of Denver, being a part of census block number 901; that part of census tract number 70.52 which is in the city and county of Denver, being a part of census block number 115; that part of census tract number 70.56 which is in the city and county of Denver, being parts of census blocks numbered 903 and 905; census blocks numbered 314, 315, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, and 406 in census tract number 51.02 in the city and county of Denver; census block number 115 in census tract number 70.01 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 49 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in districts 10 and 12; census blocks numbered 101, 204, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, and 306 in census tract number 40.03 in the city and county of Denver; census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, and 207 in census tract number 40.04 in the city and county of Denver; census block group number 3 in census tract number 67.01 in the city and county of Denver; census tract number 69.52 in Arapahoe county; that part of census tract number 53.50 which is in Arapahoe county and is not contained in district 15; and census tract number 69.51 which includes area in Arapahoe county and the city and county of Denver.
	(15)  District 15: Census tracts numbered 30.04, 30.05, 40.01, 40.02, and 53 in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 53.50 which is in the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 30.01 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in districts 2 and 10; that part of census tract number 30.02 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 2; those parts of census tracts numbered 40.03, 40.04, and 67.01 in the city and county of Denver which are not contained in district 14; and that part of census tract number 30.03 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 10.
	(16)  District 16: Census tracts numbered 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, and 20 in El Paso county; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 and census blocks numbered 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, and 312 in census tract number 1 in El Paso county; that part of census tract number 4 in El Paso county which is not contained in districts 18 and 20; census block group number 1 in census tract number 5 in El Paso county; that part of census tract number 6 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 18; that part of census tract number 9 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 20; and census blocks numbered 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, and 121 in census tract number 21.01 in El Paso county.
	(17)  District 17: Census tracts numbered 21.02, 22, 27, and 28 in El Paso county; that part of census tract number 21.01 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 16; census block group number 1 and census blocks numbered 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 401, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 701, 702, 705, and 710 in census tract number 29 in El Paso county; and census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 301, 302, 303, 304, and 305 in census tract number 40.04 in El Paso county.
	(18)  District 18: Census tracts numbered 2, 39.01, 39.02, 40.01, and 40.02 in El Paso county; that part of census tract number 1.00 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 16; census block group number 1 and census blocks numbered 402, 403, 404, and 408 in census tract number 3.01 in El Paso county; census block group number 1 in census tract number 4.00 in El Paso county; and census blocks numbered 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, and 316 in census tract number 6.00 in El Paso county.
	(19)  District 19: Census tracts numbered 40.03, 41, 42, 43, 45.01, 45.02, 45.03, and 46 in El Paso county; and that part of census tract number 40.04 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 17.
	(20)  District 20: Census tracts numbered 3.02, 10.00, 11.01, 11.02, 13.02, 37.01, 37.02, and 38.00 in El Paso county; that part of census tract number 3.01 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 18; census block group number 3 in census tract number 4 in El Paso county; that part of census tract number 5 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 16; census blocks numbered 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 313, 314, 315, and 316 in census tract number 9 in El Paso county; and that part of census tract number 12 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 22.
	(21)  District 21: Census tracts numbered 31, 32, 33.01, 33.02, and 44 in El Paso county; enumeration district number 268 and census blocks numbered 303, 305, 306, 307, 308, 313, 314, 401, 402, 403, 404, and 405 in census tract number 25 in El Paso county; that part of census tract number 29 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 17; that part of census tract number 30 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 22; and enumeration districts numbered 6, 7, 8, and 9 in Teller county.
	(22)  District 22: Enumeration districts numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Teller county; census tracts numbered 13.01, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24, 26, 34, 35, and 36 in El Paso county; census blocks numbered 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 301, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, and 324 in census tract number 12 in El Paso county; that part of census tract number 25 in El Paso county which is not contained in district 21; and census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 415, 416, 417, 418, 901, 902, and 903 in census tract number 30 in El Paso county.
	(23)  District 23: Census tracts numbered 108.00, 111.00, and 115.50 in Jefferson county; those parts of census tracts numbered 105.01, 110.00, and 114.00 in Jefferson county which are not contained in district 24; that part of census tract number 109.00 in Jefferson county which is not contained in district 25; and census block group number 1 in census tract number 116.00 in Jefferson county.
	(24)  District 24: Census tracts numbered 105.02, 106.02, 106.51, 107.00, and 113.00 in Jefferson county; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 in census tract number 105.01 in Jefferson county; census block groups numbered 1 and 4 and census blocks numbered 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, and 507 in census tract number 110.00 in Jefferson county; and census block group number 4 in census tract number 114.00 in Jefferson county.
	(25)  District 25: Census tracts numbered 98.06, 98.07, 98.10, 99.00, 100.00, 101.00, 120.06, and 120.08 in Jefferson county; those parts of census tracts numbered 98.04 and 98.09 in Jefferson county which are not contained in district 27; census block group number 1 in census tract number 98.08 in Jefferson county; census block group number 4 and census blocks numbered 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, and 509 in census tract number 109.00 in Jefferson county; that part of census tract number 117.05 in Jefferson county which is not contained in district 26; and enumeration districts numbered 31 and 32 in census tract number 120.09 in Jefferson county.
	(26)  District 26: Census tracts numbered 112.00, 117.01, 117.04, and 118.01 in Jefferson county; that part of census tract number 117.03 in Jefferson county which is not contained in district 28; that part of census tract number 116.00 in Jefferson county which is not contained in district 23; census block group number 2 and census blocks numbered 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 907, and 908 in census tract number 117.05 in Jefferson county; that part of enumeration district number 422B in census tract number 117.06 in Jefferson county which is west of Union boulevard; and all that part of census tract number 117.06 in Jefferson county which is north of Jewell avenue.
	(27)  District 27: Census tracts numbered 98.02, 98.03, and 98.05 in Jefferson county; enumeration districts numbered 1B and 9 in census tract number 98.08 in Jefferson county; enumeration district number 15 in census tract number 98.09 in Jefferson county; those parts of census tracts numbered 98.01, 102.02, 103.01, 103.02, 104.02, and 104.03 in Jefferson county which are not contained in district 29; and enumeration district number 411 and census blocks numbered 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 203, 204, 205, 206, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, and 910 in census tract number 98.04 in Jefferson county.
	(28)  District 28: Census tracts numbered 117.02, 117.07, 118.02, 119.51, 120.03, 120.04, 120.05, and 120.07 in Jefferson county; that part of census tract number 120.02 which includes area in Jefferson county and the city and county of Denver and is not contained in district 1; that part of census tract number 119.53 which is not contained in district 1 and which includes area in Jefferson county and the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 119.52 in Jefferson county which is not contained in district 1; census blocks numbered 121, 122, 123, 124, and 125 in census tract number 117.03 in Jefferson county; that part of census tract number 120.09 in Jefferson county which is not contained in district 25; that part of census tract number 117.06 in Jefferson county which is not contained in district 26; that part of census tract number 120.51 which is in Jefferson county and is not contained in district 1; census tract number 119.01 in the city and county of Denver; and census blocks numbered 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, and 117 in census tract number 119.03 in the city and county of Denver.
	(29)  District 29: Census tracts numbered 102.01 and 104.51 in Jefferson county; census block group number 1 and census block number 901 in census tract number 98.01 in Jefferson county; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 and census blocks numbered 303, 311, 312, 313, 314, and 315 in census tract number 103.02 in Jefferson county; census block group number 1 and census blocks numbered 201, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, and 225 in census tract number 103.01 in Jefferson county; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 in census tract number 104.02 in Jefferson county; census block group number 1 in census tract number 104.03 in Jefferson county; census block groups numbered 2, 3, and 4 and census block number 904 in census tract number 102.02 in Jefferson county; and census blocks numbered 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, and 313 in census tract number 96.02 in Adams county.

	(30)  District 30: Census tracts numbered 81, 83.03, and 84 in Adams county; that part of census tract number 78 in Adams county which is not contained in district 36; census block groups numbered 2, 3, 4, and 5 in census tract number 79 in Adams county; that part of census tract number 83.02 in Adams county which is not contained in district 32; census block groups numbered 2, 3, and 6 and census blocks numbered 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 513, 514, 515, 516, and 517 in census tract number 80 in Adams county; enumeration districts numbered 108, 109, and 111 in census tract number 25 in Weld county; that part of Morgan county which is not contained in district 64; and that part of census tract number 87.01 which is in Adams county and is not contained in district 32.
	(31)  District 31: Census tracts numbered 85.03, 85.04, 86.01, 86.02, 88.02, and 91 in Adams county; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 and census blocks numbered 301, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 318, and 319 in census tract number 88.01 in Adams county; that part of census tract number 92 in Adams county which is not contained in district 33; enumeration districts numbered 122 and 125 in census tract number 85.01 in Adams county; and enumeration district number 121 in census tract number 85.02 in Adams county.
	(32)  District 32: Census tracts numbered 82, 83.51, 87.02, and 87.03 in Adams county; census tract number 41.55 which includes area in Adams county and the city and county of Denver; that part of census tract number 87.01 which includes area in Adams county and the city and county of Denver and is west of D street; census block number 906 in census tract number 83.02 in Adams county; those parts of census tracts numbered 79 and 80 in Adams county which are not contained in district 30; that part of census tract number 88.01 in Adams county which is not contained in district 31; that part of census tract number 89.01 in Adams county which is not contained in district 34; and census tracts numbered 41.05 and 83.01 in the city and county of Denver.
	(33)  District 33: Census tracts numbered 93.04 and 93.05 in Adams county; census blocks numbered 904 and 905 in census tract number 93.03 in Adams county; that part of census tract number 94.02 in Adams county which is not contained in district 35; those parts of census tracts numbered 85.01 and 85.02 in Adams county which are not contained in district 31; and census blocks numbered 304, 307, 308, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 901, 902, 903, and 904 in census tract number 92 in Adams county.
	(34)  District 34: Census tracts numbered 90, 93.01, and 95.53 in Adams county; those parts of census tracts numbered 15.50 and 89.52 which are in Adams county and are not contained in district 9; that part of census tract number 93.03 in Adams county which is not contained in district 33; that part of census tract number 93.02 in Adams county which is not contained in district 35; census block group number 9 in census tract number 89.01 in Adams county; and that part of census tract number 35 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 9.
	(35)  District 35: Census tracts numbered 94.01, 95.01, 95.02, and 96.01 in Adams county; that part of census tract number 97.50 which is in Adams county and is not contained in district 9; that part of census tract number 96.02 in Adams county which is not contained in district 29; census block group number 2 and census blocks numbered 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, and 311 in census tract number 94.02 in Adams county; and census blocks numbered 313, 314, 315, and 316 in census tract number 93.02 in Adams county.

	(36)  District 36: Census tracts numbered 72, 73, 74, 75, and 76 in Arapahoe county; census block group number 1 in census tract number 44.52 in Arapahoe county; census block group number 1 except census blocks numbered 109, 115, and 116 in census tract number 70.07 in Arapahoe county; census block group number 2 in census tract number 70.07 in Arapahoe county; that part of census tract number 77.01 in Arapahoe county which is not contained in district 40; census block group number 1 in census tract number 77.02 in Arapahoe county; and census blocks numbered 108, 109, 112, 201, 204, 205, 208, 209, 302, 303, 306, 307, 308, 313, 314, 315, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, and 407 in census tract number 78 in Adams county.
	(37)  District 37: Census tracts numbered 40.52, 54.03, 55.52, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, and 63 in Arapahoe county; that part of census tract number 55.51 which is in Arapahoe county and is not contained in district 2; that part of census tract number 67.51 which is in Arapahoe county and is not contained in district 14; that part of census tract number 48.52 in Arapahoe county which is not contained in district 2; census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, 104, 112, 113, 114, 115, 201, 202, 203, 204, 213, 214, 215, and 216 in census tract number 62 in Arapahoe county; and that part of census tract number 54.02 in the city and county of Denver which is not contained in district 2.
	(38)  District 38: Census tracts numbered 55.53, 56.02, 56.51, 64, and 65 in Arapahoe county; that part of census tract number 62 in Arapahoe county which is not contained in district 37; census block group number 2  in census tract number 66.01 in Arapahoe county; census block group number 3 except census blocks numbered 301, 302, 303, 304, and 305 in census tract number 66.01 in Arapahoe county; census block number 109 in census tract number 66.01 in Arapahoe county; census block groups numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 and census blocks numbered 106, 107, and 108 in census tract number 66.02 in Arapahoe county; and census block group number 7 except census blocks numbered 705, 710, 711, 712, 713, and 714 in census tract number 66.02 in Arapahoe county.
	(39)  District 39: Census tracts numbered 56.03, 56.04, 56.05, 56.06, 67.02, and 67.03 in Arapahoe county; those parts of census tracts numbered 66.01 and 66.02 in Arapahoe county which are not contained in district 38; census blocks numbered 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, and 917 in census tract number 68.05 in Arapahoe county; and enumeration district number 517 in census tract number 68.06 in Arapahoe county.
	(40)  District 40: The county of Douglas; census tracts numbered 52.50, 68.51, 70.03, 70.04, 70.05, 70.08, 70.09, 70.10, 70.11, and 71 in Arapahoe county; census block number 109 in census tract number 77.01 in Arapahoe county; those parts of census tracts numbered 44.52, 70.07, and 77.02 in Arapahoe county which are not contained in district 36; those parts of census tracts numbered 68.05 and 68.06 in Arapahoe county which are not contained in district 39; those parts of census tracts numbered 68.52, 68.53, 68.54, 70.52, and 70.56 which are in Arapahoe county and are not contained in district 14; that part of census tract number 70.51 which is in Arapahoe county and is not contained in district 13; and that part of Elbert county which is not contained in district 64.
	(41)  District 41: The county of Custer; that part of Fremont county which is not contained in district 61; census tracts numbered 17, 26, 27, 28.01, and 28.03 in Pueblo county; census block number 204 in census tract number 15 in Pueblo county; those parts of census tracts numbered 18, 28.02, and 29.02 in Pueblo county which are not contained in district 44; and census blocks numbered 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, and 114 in census tract number 19 in Pueblo county.
	(42)  District 42: Census tracts numbered 8, 12, 13, 20, 21, and 25 in Pueblo county; those parts of census tracts numbered 24 and 31.01 in Pueblo county which are not contained in district 62; those parts of census tracts numbered 7 and 14 in Pueblo county which are not contained in district 44; that part of census tract number 19 in Pueblo county which is not contained in district 41; that part of census tract number 15 in Pueblo county which is not contained in districts 41 and 44; that part of census tract number 11 in Pueblo county which is not contained in district 43; and census block group number 9 in census tract number 30.01 in Pueblo county.

	(43)  District 43: The county of Crowley; that part of Otero county which is not contained in district 63; census tracts numbered 10, 33, and 34 in Pueblo county; enumeration district number 8 in census tract number 9.02 in Pueblo county; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 and census blocks numbered 301, 306, 307, 312, and 313 in census tract number 11 in Pueblo county; that part of census tract number 30.01 in Pueblo county which is not contained in district 42; that part of census tract number 30.02 in Pueblo county which is not contained in district 44; and those parts of census tracts numbered 31.02 and 32 in Pueblo county which are not contained in district 62.
	(44)  District 44: Census tracts numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9.01, 9.03, 16, and 29.01 in Pueblo county; census blocks numbered 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, and 522 in census tract number 7 in Pueblo county; that part of census tract number 9.02 in Pueblo county which is not contained in district 43; census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, and 104 in census tract number 14 in Pueblo county; census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, and 228 in census tract number 15 in Pueblo county; census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, and 112 in census tract number 18 in Pueblo county; census block group number 1 and census block number 201 in census tract number 28.02 in Pueblo county; census block groups numbered 1, 2, and 9 in census tract number 29.02 in Pueblo county; and census block group number 9 in census tract number 30.02 in Pueblo county.
	(45)  District 45: Census tracts numbered 5, 6, 11, 12, and 22 in Larimer county; census blocks numbered 102, 103, 106, 107, 108, 109, and 110 in census tract number 3 in Larimer county; census block number 317 in census tract number 4 in Larimer county; enumeration district number 8 in census tract number 14 in Larimer county; census block group number 1, census blocks numbered 212 and 215, and enumeration district number 38 in census tract number 18 in Larimer county; enumeration district number 42 in census tract number 20 in Larimer county; enumeration district number 110 in census tract number 21 in Larimer county; and that part of census tract number 19 in Larimer county which is not contained in district 48.
	(46)  District 46: Census tracts numbered 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 16 in Larimer county; census blocks numbered 101, 104, 105, 111, 112, 113, 114, and 115 in census tract number 3 in Larimer county; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 and census blocks numbered 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, and 316 in census tract number 4 in Larimer county; census block groups numbered 1 and 2 and census blocks numbered 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 912, 913, 914, 915, and 916 in census tract number 13 in Larimer county; and enumeration districts numbered 105, 106, and 107 in census tract number 15 in Larimer county.
	(47)  District 47: Census tracts numbered 121.01, 121.03, 121.04, 124.02, 125.05, 127.01, 127.02, 132.02, 136.01, 136.02, and 137 in Boulder county; enumeration district number 298 and census blocks numbered 102, 103, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 206, 207, 208, 209, 224, 225, 226, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, and 329 in census tract number 122.01 in Boulder county; that part of census tract number 125.06 in Boulder county which is not contained in district 52; and census blocks numbered 103, 104, 113, 114, 115, 116, 127, 128, 201, 202, 230, and 231 in census tract number 124.01 in Boulder county.
	(48)  District 48: Census tracts numbered 13 and 14 in Weld county; census blocks numbered 424, 425, 426, 427, and 428 in census tract number 4 in Weld county; census blocks numbered 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 115, 211, 212, and 213 in census tract number 5 in Weld county; enumeration district number 37 in census tract number 6 in Weld county; that part of census tract number 11 in Weld county which is not contained in district 50;  that part of census tract number 12 in Weld county which is not contained in district 50; that part of census tract number 21 in Weld county which is not contained in district 49; that part of census tract number 22 in Weld county which is not contained in district 51; census tract number 17 in Larimer county; those parts of census tracts numbered 18, 20, and 21 in Larimer county which are not contained in district 45; and census blocks numbered 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, and 132 in census tract number 19 in Larimer county.
	(49)  District 49: Census tracts numbered 128, 132.01, 132.03, 132.04, 132.05, 133.01, 133.02, 134, and 135 in Boulder county; enumeration districts numbered 122 and 123 in census tract number 20 in Weld county; and enumeration districts numbered 100 and 103 in census tract number 21 in Weld county.
	(50)  District 50: Census tracts numbered 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, and 10 in Weld county; those parts of census tracts numbered 4 and 5 in Weld county which are not contained in district 48; census block groups numbered 2 and 3 and census blocks numbered 127, 128, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, and 147 in census tract number 7 in Weld county; census blocks numbered 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, and 117 in census tract number 11 in Weld county; and census blocks numbered 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, and 156 in census tract number 12 in Weld county.
	(51)  District 51: Census tracts numbered 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, and 24 in Weld county; that part of census tract number 6 in Weld county which is not contained in district 48; that part of census tract number 7 in Weld county which is not contained in district 50; that part of census tract number 20 in Weld county which is not contained in district 49; enumeration districts numbered 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 in census tract number 22 in Weld county; and that part of census tract number 25 in Weld county which is not contained in district 30.
	(52)  District 52: Census tracts numbered 125.01, 125.02, 125.04, 127.03, 127.04, 129.00, 130.00, 131.01, and 131.02 in Boulder county; enumeration district number 290 and census block number 101 in census tract number 126.01 in Boulder county; enumeration district number 311 and census blocks numbered 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, and 132 in census tract number 125.06 in Boulder county; and that part of census tract number 98.08 in Jefferson county which is not contained in districts 25 and 27.
	(53)  District 53: Census tracts numbered 121.02, 122.02, 122.03, 123, 125.03, and 126.02 in Boulder county; those parts of census tracts numbered 122.01 and 124.01 in Boulder county which are not contained in district 47; and that part of census tract number 126.01 in Boulder county which is not contained in district 52.
	(54)  District 54: Census tracts numbered 12, 13, 14, and 19 in Mesa county; enumeration district number 39 in census tract number 3 in Mesa county; enumeration districts numbered 35, 36, and 60 in census tract number 9 in Mesa county; enumeration districts numbered 6, 7, 10, and 10B in census tract number 15 in Mesa county; that part of census tract number 8 in Mesa county which is not contained in district 55; and that part of Delta county which is not contained in district 58.
	(55)  District 55: Census tracts numbered 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, and 18 in Mesa county; enumeration districts numbered 49 and 50 in census tract number 8 in Mesa county; and those parts of census tracts numbered 3, 9, and 15 in Mesa county which are not contained in district 54.
	(56)  District 56: The counties of Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Moffat, Routt, and Summit; enumeration districts numbered 2, 3, and 4 in Eagle county; enumeration districts numbered 1, 2, 2B, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 91 in Larimer county; and census blocks numbered 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, and 935 in census tract number 13 in Larimer county.
	(57)  District 57: The counties of Garfield, Pitkin, and Rio Blanco; enumeration districts numbered 3 and 9 in Lake county; and that part of Eagle county which is not contained in district 56.
	(58)  District 58: The counties of Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San Juan, and San Miguel; enumeration districts numbered 21 and 23 in Delta county; and enumeration districts numbered 2 and 4 in Montezuma county.
	(59)  District 59: The counties of Archuleta and La Plata; and that part of Montezuma county which is not contained in district 58.
	(60)  District 60: The counties of Alamosa, Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, and Saguache.
	(61)  District 61: The counties of Chaffee and Park; all of the Canon City division and enumeration districts numbered 4, 5, 6, 25, 27, 29, and 30 in Fremont county; that part of Teller county which is not contained in districts 21 and 22; and that part of Lake county which is not contained in district 57.
	(62)  District 62: The counties of Costilla, Huerfano, and Las Animas; census tracts numbered 22, 23, and 28.04 in Pueblo county; enumeration districts numbered 127 and 183 in census tract number 31.01 in Pueblo county; enumeration district number 189 in census tract number 32 in Pueblo county; enumeration districts numbered 181 and 182 and census blocks numbered 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, and 215 in census tract number 31.02 in Pueblo county; and census blocks numbered 118, 119, 120, and 121 in census tract number 24 in Pueblo county.
	(63)  District 63: The counties of Baca, Bent, and Prowers; and enumeration districts numbered 1, 3, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 in Otero county.
	(64)  District 64: The counties of Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, and Lincoln; enumeration districts numbered 1, 7, 8, and 9 in Elbert county; enumeration districts numbered 12 and 13 in Yuma county; enumeration districts numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 22, 24, and 25 in Morgan county; and that part of Washington county which is not contained in district 65.
	(65)  District 65: The counties of Logan, Phillips, and Sedgwick; enumeration district number 2 in Washington county; and that part of Yuma county which is not contained in district 64.

	2-2-203.  Legislative declaration - findings of legislative fact. (1)  The general assembly declares it to be necessary to meet the equal population requirements of section 46 of article V of the state constitution in some instances to add part of one county to all or part of another county in forming representative districts under this part 2.
	(2)  The general assembly further declares that some representative districts are not comprised of areas whose boundaries are equidistant from the geographic center of the respective areas, but that variations therefrom were necessitated by population density and distribution, boundaries of enumeration districts and other identifiable census units of area, natural boundaries, and county lines in order to define representative districts having population as nearly equal as may be.
	(3)  Pursuant to the requirements of section 47 of article V of the state constitution, the representative districts established by this part 2 are based upon the following factors: (1) Equal population; (2) a minimum split of counties; and (3) compactness based upon geographic areas whose boundaries are as nearly equidistant from a center as possible, limited by variances caused by the shape of county boundary lines, census enumeration lines, natural boundaries, population density, and the need to retain compactness of adjacent districts.
	Colorado's population as established by the 1970 federal census is 2,209,528. An average representative district is 33,993. The maximum deviation in excess of this average for a representative district as provided by this part 2 is 0.81 percent, while the smallest district is 1.02 percent below average.
	The compactness of each individual district not only depends upon natural boundaries, the irregular size and shape of census districts, and county lines, but must be related to the overall approach used in developing districts of approximately equal population. (The term "census districts" is used in this subsection (3) to include official census tracts, enumeration districts, block groups, or blocks, as applicable.)
	The Front Range area which stretches from the Wyoming state line on the north to the southern border of Pueblo county embodies thirteen counties (i.e., Larimer, Weld, Morgan, Boulder, Jefferson, Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Teller, and Pueblo) which contain a total of 1,798,936 people.
	The house reapportionment plan as embodied in this part 2 allocates fifty-three house districts to this Front Range area. Fifty-three seats times the ideal 33,993 people for each district equals 1,801,609 people. The fifty-three districts as contained in this part 2 have 1,800,425 people in them.
	This approach leaves twelve house districts to be devised from the remaining fifty counties -- since section 47 of article V of the state constitution provides that counties may be split for purposes of equal population only, the compactness of these twelve districts is dependent for the most part on the shape of county boundaries.
	In order to achieve equal population in these remaining twelve districts, and still retain the integrity of county boundaries wherever feasible, and to strive for as compact districts as possible, parts of four counties contained in the Front Range group were added to the outlying twelve districts. (A part of Larimer county was added to district 56; a part of Teller county was added to district 61; a part of Elbert county was added to district 64; and a part of Morgan county was added to district 64.)
	Aside from cutting across the said four county lines, only nine county boundaries were crossed in devising the twelve outlying districts out of the remaining fifty counties, and these were made for purposes of population equality.
	In order to pick up the extra population necessary for the Front Range group of districts after deducting the parts allocated to the outlying twelve districts, population from the whole counties of Huerfano, Crowley, and Custer, and a part of Fremont county were added to Pueblo county in order to create four legislative districts.
	Within the Front Range group of legislative districts there are densely populated areas interspersed within very sparsely populated areas, and this contributes to the difficulties of drawing districts in a compact manner.
	Wherever feasible in the plan contained in this part 2, districts within densely populated areas have been drawn as compact as possible. However, drawing five compact districts in Adams county, for example, necessitates a sixth district which gives an appearance of noncompactness.

	2-2-204.  Attachments and detachments. (1)  If any area of this state is omitted from the provisions of this part 2, inadvertently or by virtue of the complexities of the information supplied to the general assembly, the secretary of state, upon discovery of such omission, shall attach such area to the appropriate representative district as follows:
	(a)  If the area is surrounded by a representative district, the area shall be attached to such district.
	(b)  If the area is contiguous to two or more representative districts, the area shall be attached to the district that has the least population according to the last preceding national census of the United States bureau of the census.
	(2)  If any area of this state is included in two or more representative districts established by this part 2, inadvertently or by virtue of the complexities of the information supplied to the general assembly, the secretary of state, upon discovery of such inclusion, shall detach such area from the representative district or districts having the largest population and shall designate such area as being included in the representative district having the least population; except that, if such area is wholly surrounded by a representative district and by inadvertence is also included in another representative district, the secretary of state shall designate such area as included in the district wholly surrounding such area, regardless of population.
	(3)  If any annexation occurring on or after May 1, 1972, changes a county boundary which constitutes any portion of the boundary of a representative district defined by this part 2 and if the population of the area annexed is one hundred seventy persons or less according to the 1970 federal census, the secretary of state shall detach the area annexed from the representative district in which it is included pursuant to this part 2 and shall attach such area to the adjacent representative district in the county to which the area was annexed; except that if such attachment would result in any area in one representative district being wholly surrounded by area in another representative district, no adjustment in representative district boundaries shall be made. If the area annexed is adjacent to two or more representative districts in the county to which it is annexed, the area shall be attached to the representative district having the least population. The area so attached shall also be attached to any general election precinct adjacent to such area in the county to which the area was annexed.
	(4)  If any annexation occurring on or after May 1, 1972, changes a county boundary which constitutes any portion of the boundary of a representative district defined by this part 2 and if the population of the annexed area is more than one hundred seventy persons according to the 1970 federal census, no adjustment in the boundaries of representative districts shall be made, but the area annexed shall constitute a separate general election precinct.
	(5)  Any attachment or detachment made pursuant to the provisions of subsections (1) to (4) of this section shall be certified in writing by and kept on file with the secretary of state. No change may be made in any such attachment or detachment until the representative districts are again reapportioned.

	2-2-205.  Maps of legislative districts. The legislative council shall prepare and file with the secretary of state copies of census maps showing thereon each representative district and showing the population of each district according to the official census lines, maps, and statistics as described in this part 2. The legislative council shall retain on file in its office copies of official census maps and population statistics.

	2-2-206.  Severability. If one or more of the representative districts defined by this part 2 are found to violate any provision of the state or federal constitution, the remaining districts defined by this part 2 which do not violate any such provision may stand as defined, and the general assembly shall redefine the boundaries of those districts held invalid in such a manner that said districts will comply with constitutional requirements.

	2-2-207.  Applicability of part 2. This part 2 applies to the forty-ninth and subsequent general assemblies.

	2-2-208.  Redistricting. (1)  The general assembly hereby finds:
	(a)  House of representatives district 60 currently includes the six counties that compose the San Luis valley, as well as Huerfano county and a portion of Las Animas county.
	(b)  Certain residents of the San Luis Valley filed a lawsuit against the state under section 2 of the federal "Voting Rights Act", 42 U.S.C. sec. 1973, alleging that the current boundaries of representative district 60 deny Hispanics the right to elect representatives of their choice.
	(c)  After the United States district court for the district of Colorado ruled in favor of the state, Sanchez v. State of Colorado, 861 F.Supp. 1516 (D.Colo. 1994), the United States tenth circuit court of appeals reversed the district court decision and ordered the state to redraw the boundaries of representative district 60 consistent with section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Sanchez v. State of Colorado, 97 F.3d 1303 (10th Cir. 1996).
	(d)  House joint resolution 97-1045 established an interim committee to redraw the boundaries of representative districts 44, 45, 46, 47, 60, and 61 consistent with the opinion of the tenth circuit court of appeals.
	(e)  In September of 1997, the interim committee conducted public hearings in the affected areas. The committee heard testimony from residents of the San Luis valley and other parts of southern Colorado about regions that have common interests and regions where interests may conflict.
	(f)  Following the public hearings, the committee considered nine proposed plans of redistricting and voted to adopt five preliminary plans. Copies of the preliminary plans were distributed to interested parties and made available on the internet through the general assembly's home page.
	(g)  In October of 1997, the interim committee again conducted public hearings in the affected areas for comments on the five preliminary plans. The committee heard testimony that residents of Center in Saguache county should be included in the new representative district 60 and that representative district 46 in Pueblo should be drawn to keep communities with common interests together.
	(h)  The interim committee considered the testimony and discussed seven amendments to the preliminary plans before adopting its final recommendation to the second regular session of the sixty-first general assembly.
	(2)  The definition of areas to be included in each representative district is by reference to counties and to official census tracts, census divisions, census block groups, and census blocks, created by the United States bureau of the census to which fixed population counts have been assigned as of the year 1990.
	(3)  The representative districts 44, 45, 46, 47, 60, and 61 are defined as follows:
	(a)  District 44: The counties of Custer, Fremont, and Teller and the following portions of Pueblo county: Block groups 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and blocks 642, 643A, 644, 645, 646, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, and 679 in tract 28.04; block group 2 and blocks 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 140, 141, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 195, 196, 197, and 199 in tract 28.06 ; and blocks 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 315, 316A, 316B, 317, 318A, 318B, 318C, 318D, and 319 in tract 28.07.
	(b)  District 45: The following portions of Pueblo county: Tracts 9.03, 9.04, 9.05, 16, 17, 28.02, 29.03, 29.05, 33, and 34; block group 1 and blocks 201, 202, 203, 204, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, and 309 in tract 1; block groups 1 and 2 and blocks 301, 302, 303, and 304 in tract 4; blocks 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 116, 121, 122, 123, 140, 141, 213, 220, 221, 224, 301, 304, 305, 308, 309, 312, 313, 314, 318, 319, 322, 323, 324, 401, 402, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 418, and 421 in tract 5; blocks 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, and 328 in tract 6; block groups 2, 3, and 4 and blocks 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, and 129 in tract 9.02; block 101B in tract 13; blocks 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 204, 212, 213, 220, 224, 225, 226, 227, and 228 in tract 15; block groups 1 and 2 and blocks 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 310, 311, 312, 313, and 316 in tract 18; blocks 106, 107, 108, and 114 in tract 19; blocks 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, and 194 in tract 28.06; that part of tract 28.07 that is not in district 44; block groups 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 and blocks 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 399B, 699A, and 799 in tract 29.04; block group 2 and blocks 101A, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 299A, 299B, and 299C in tract 30.01; blocks 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111A, 111B, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161A, 161B, 162, 163, 166, 167, 199A, and 199B in tract 30.03; blocks 102A, 102B, 102C, 103A, 103B, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, and 110 in tract 30.04; block groups 1 and 3 and blocks 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 212, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 401, 402, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 415, 416, 699, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 920, 922, 923, 925, 999A, 999B, and 999C in tract 31.01; block groups 1, 3, and 7 and blocks 201, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 220, 222, 224, and 225 in tract 31.02; and blocks 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 155, 156, 157, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 199A, 199B, 199C, and 199D in tract 32.
	(c)  District 46: The following portions of Pueblo county: Tracts 2, 3, 7, 14, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.01, 28.08, and 29.01; those parts of tracts 1, 4, 5, 6, 15, 18, 19, and 29.04 that are not in district 45; block group 1 and blocks 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 216, 217, 219, 401, 402, 407, 412, 413, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, and 422 in tract 8; block groups 2 and 3 in tract 13; block groups 3, 4, and 5 and blocks 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, and 215 in tract 20; block groups 2 and 3 and blocks 102, 103, 104, 105, 106A, 106B, 110, and 113 in tract 21; and that part of tract 28.06 that is not in district 44 or 45.
	(d)  District 47: The counties of Baca, Bent, Crowley, Las Animas, and Otero and the following portion of Huerfano county: Block groups 6 and 7 and blocks 123A, 167A, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 199B, 199C, 309A, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324A, 325A, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338A, 339A, 340, 341, 342A, 343A, 344A, 345A, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350A, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367A, 368A, 369A, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420A, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 503A, 503B, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549A, and 549B in tract 98.06; and blocks 119, 154, 155, 156, 157, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 199A, 199B, 199C, 199D, 201, 202, 203A, 209A, 211A, 212A, 213A, 214A, 214B, 214C, 215, 216A, 216B, 217, 218A, 218B, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248A, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256A, 256B, 257A, 257B, 257C, 258A, 258B, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266A, 266B, 267, 268A, 268B, 269, 270, 271, 272, 299A, 299B, 299C, 299D, 299E, 299F, 299G, 299H, 299J, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 324, 326, 328, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 399A, 399B, 399C, and 399D in tract 98.07.
	(e)  District 60: The counties of Alamosa, Conejos, and Costilla and the following portions of Huerfano, Pueblo, Rio Grande, and Saguache Counties:
	(I)  Huerfano: Tract 98.08; and those parts of tracts 98.06 and 98.07 that are not in district 47.
	(II)  Pueblo: Those parts of tracts 9.02, 30.01, 30.03, 30.04, 31.01, 31.02, and 32 that are not in district 45; those parts of tracts 8, 20, and 21 that are not in district 46; that part of tract 28.04 that is not in district 44; and that part of tract 13 that is not in district 45 or 46.
	(III)  Rio Grande: Block group 1 and blocks 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 236, 237, 238, 239A, 239B, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 299 in tract 97.66; and block group 3 and blocks 101A, 101B, 101C, 101D, 102, 103A, 103B, 103C, 104A, 104B, 104C, 104D, 104E, 104F, 104G, 105, 106, 107A, 107B, 108A, 108B, 109, 110A, 110B, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139A, 139B, 139C, 140, 141, 142, 145, 146, 147, 148, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 199A, 199B, 199C, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215A, 215B, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 231, 232, 235A, 235B, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416A, 416B, 416C, 417A, 417B, 418A, 418B, 418C, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423A, 423B, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457A, 457B, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472A, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 487, and 490 in tract 97.67.
	(IV)  Saguache: Block 366, 569, 571, 572, 573, 574, 578, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 596, 597, and 599C in tract 97.76; and block groups 2 and 3 and blocks 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 199, 481, 484, 485, 486, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, and 495 in tract 97.77.
	(f)  District 61: The counties of Chaffee, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Mineral, Lake, and Park and the following portions of Pitkin, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties:
	(I)  That part of Pitkin county that is not in district 57.
	(II)  That part of Rio Grande county that is not in district 60.
	(III)  That part of Saguache county that is not in district 60.
	(4)  The county clerk and recorder of each county affected by the redistricting plan specified in this section shall establish precinct boundaries in accordance with section 1-5-101, C.R.S., so that no precinct includes territory in more than one representative, senatorial, or congressional district.
	(5)  The representative districts specified in this section shall be in effect for the 1998 general election and subsequent elections until a new redistricting plan is approved pursuant to article V, section 48, of the state constitution.

PART 3

ORGANIZATION - OPERATION

	2-2-301.  Call of houses to order. At the time established as provided in section 2-2-303.5 for the meeting of the first regular session of the general assembly next after the general election, the holdover senators and senators-elect shall meet in the hall of the senate, and the members-elect of the house of representatives shall meet in the hall of the house of representatives. The president of the next preceding session of the senate, or in case of the president's absence the holdover senator or one of them having served the longest continuous time in the senate, shall call the senate to order. The speaker of the next preceding session of the house of representatives, or in the speaker's absence the person holding a certificate issued by the secretary of state as a member and having served the longest continuous time in the house of representatives, shall call the house of representatives to order.

	2-2-302.  Clerks to file certificates - roll -  officers. The clerk of each house shall file the certificates presented by the members, each for his own house, and make a roll of the members who thus appear to be elected, and the persons thus appearing to be elected members shall proceed to elect such other officers as may be required for the time being.

	2-2-303.  Committee on credentials - permanent organization. (1)  When the houses are temporarily organized, the presiding officer in each house, with the consent of said house, shall appoint a committee of three members thereof to report upon the credentials of those claiming to be elected members of their respective houses.  When the report is made, those reported as elected shall proceed to the permanent organization of their respective houses; except that a committee on credentials may recommend that a person be seated as a member of the general assembly pursuant to subsection (2) of this section pending the outcome of an election contest or special legislative election called pursuant to section 1-11-303, C.R.S. Each house will be the sole judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members.
	(2) (a)  In the event that the election of any person as a member of the state senate or the state house of representatives at any general election held in November, 2000, or thereafter is contested pursuant to section 1-11-208, C.R.S., a committee on credentials may recommend to the state senate or the state house of representatives that the person who is certified by the secretary of state as the member elected in such state senate or state house of representatives district be seated or may recommend to the state senate or the state house of representatives that a contestor or contestee in such contest who was a candidate in such election and who is not certified by the secretary of state be seated pending the outcome of the election contest or a special legislative election called pursuant to section 1-11-303, C.R.S., if:
	(I)  An accurate and verifiable vote count showing the person having the highest number of votes cast in the district for the contested state senate or the state house of representatives seat cannot be obtained from the election returns; and
	(II)  The inability to obtain an accurate and verifiable vote count may have directly affected the outcome of the election.
	(b)  Any person that a credentials committee recommends be seated pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) shall have all the rights, powers, and duties of a duly elected member of the general assembly pending the outcome of an election contest or a special legislative election called pursuant to section 1-11-303, C.R.S.
	(3)  A committee on credentials that makes a recommendation pursuant to subsection (2) of this section may, in such committee's report under subsection (1) of this section, make recommendations to the house in which the contest was initiated on matters arising from such contest, including, but not limited to:
	(a)  That the election contest be resolved by the committee on credentials of such house;
	(b)  That such house call a special legislative election pursuant to section 1-11-303, C.R.S.;
	(c)  That the election contest be referred to a committee of reference in such house to make recommendations on the resolution of the contest or for the purpose of determining whether a special legislative election should be called pursuant to section 1-11-303, C.R.S.

	2-2-303.5.  Time for convening regular sessions - procedure for convening earlier. (1)  The provisions of this section are enacted in furtherance of section 7 of article V of the state constitution, which provides that the general assembly shall meet in regular session at 10 a.m. no later than the second Wednesday of January of each year.
	(2)  Unless a different date is established in accordance with subsection (3) or (4) of this section, the general assembly shall meet in regular session at 10 a.m. on the second Wednesday of January of each year.
	(3)  The general assembly, acting by joint resolution, may designate the date of convening the next regular session of the general assembly. Any date designated pursuant to this subsection (3) shall be a date on or after January 1 but prior to the date specified in subsection (2) of this section.
	(4)  In the event the general assembly does not act during the regular session pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the executive committee of the legislative council, after the regular session but no later than November 1, may designate the date of convening the next regular session of the general assembly. Any date designated pursuant to this subsection (4) shall be a date on or after January 1 but prior to the date specified in subsection (2) of this section.

	2-2-304.  Members not to be questioned. No members of the general assembly will be questioned in any other place for any speech or word spoken in debate in either house or for conducting or performing any other legislative activity that relates to the drafting of bills and other legislative measures, including amendments to such bills or measures, and to the rendering of assistance or information to constituents on their personal and private matters that are not publicly known. In addition, no staff members of the general assembly will be questioned in any other place for conducting or performing any duties or functions directly related to such legislative activity when it is conducted or performed at the direction of members of the general assembly.

	2-2-305.  Legislative employees - compensation. The officers and employees of each house of the general assembly of the state of Colorado and their compensation shall be determined by joint resolution of both houses, and such officers and employees shall be appointed without regard to the state personnel system.

	2-2-306.  Appointment - qualifications - duties. All such officers and employees, except as otherwise provided in this part 3, shall be selected by the house employing them, and they shall perform the duties usually performed by like officers and employees, and all other duties as may be required of them by the house employing them. All clerks provided for in this part 3 shall be assignable and all printing clerks shall be skilled and competent proofreaders.

	2-2-307.  Compensation of members - reimbursement of expenses - repeal. (1) (a) (I)  Commencing on the first day of the legislative session beginning in January of 1999, all members of the general assembly elected at the 1998 general election and thereafter through the 2016 general election, and members appointed to fill vacancies for unexpired terms of those members, shall receive as base compensation for their services the sum of thirty thousand dollars per annum, payable at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per month.
	(II)  This paragraph (a) is repealed, effective January 8, 2022.
	(b)  Commencing on the first day of the legislative session beginning in January of 2019, and the first day of each legislative session beginning in January each two years thereafter, all members of the general assembly whose terms commence on such day and members appointed to fill vacancies for unexpired terms of those members shall receive as an annual base compensation for their services an amount equal to twenty-five percent of the total annual salary paid as of such day to the judges of the county court in Class B counties, as defined in section 13-6-201, C.R.S. The base compensation shall be payable in twelve equal monthly amounts. The director of research of the legislative council appointed pursuant to section 2-3-304 (1), C.R.S., shall post the amount of the current annual base compensation payable to a member of the general assembly pursuant to this paragraph (b) on the website of the general assembly.
	(1.5)  Repealed.
	(2)  The compensation for the services of the members of the general assembly shall be adjusted as follows:
	(a)  If any member of the general assembly is absent for any purpose other than long-term illness approved by the president of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives from two-thirds or more of the sessions of his or her respective house, two-thirds of the compensation allowed under this section shall be forfeited.
	(b)  If any member of the general assembly is absent for any purpose other than long-term illness approved by the president of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives, from one-third or more, but less than two-thirds, of the sessions of his or her respective house, one-third of the compensation allowed under this section shall be forfeited.
	(c)  The presiding officer of each house shall certify the number of days for which each member of each respective house shall be compensated and the amount due each member or owing from each member within ten days after adjournment sine die. Such certification shall be submitted to the state controller.
	(d)  For purposes of this subsection (2), "session" means any regular meeting of either house of the general assembly in its respective chamber to consider the passage of legislation and any meeting of all committees of either house. No other meetings shall be considered sessions.
	(3) (a)  When the general assembly is in recess for more than three days or is not in session, in addition to the base compensation specified in subsection (1) of this section, the following members of the general assembly shall be entitled to the further sum of ninety-nine dollars per day for necessary attendance at meetings or functions or to legislative matters as follows:
	(I)  Any member who attends a meeting of the legislative council, committees established by the legislative council, interim committees authorized by law or by joint resolution of the two houses, or the committee on legal services;
	(I.5)  The chair of an interim committee authorized by law or by joint resolution, or the chair's designee, who attends a meeting of the legislative council, or the executive committee of the legislative council, at the request of the legislative council or the executive committee;
	(II)  Any member of the joint budget committee or the legislative audit committee who attends a meeting of the joint budget committee or legislative audit committee, or, with the approval of the chairperson, who attends a state function or a function at a state institution or state agency at which matters concerning the joint budget committee or the legislative audit committee are considered;
	(III)  The president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate and house majority and minority leaders for attendance to matters pertaining to the general assembly, whether such matters are at the capitol or elsewhere. In addition, the persons who have been chosen after a general election to serve as president, speaker, and majority and minority leaders for the next legislative biennium shall be entitled to the same compensation as is provided for current leaders under this subparagraph (III), so long as such new leaders are members of the current general assembly.
	(IV) (A)  Except as provided in sub-subparagraph (B) of this subparagraph (IV), any member of a committee of reference designated pursuant to section 2-3-1201 who attends a meeting of the committee of reference or who attends a meeting of the joint budget committee when it is considering matters for which the member's committee of reference has oversight responsibility, or, with the approval of the chairperson, who attends a state function or a function at a state institution or state agency at which matters concerning the committee are considered. The executive committee of the legislative council may establish guidelines for the payment of per diem to members of a committee of reference who attend meetings of the joint budget committee as allowed by this subparagraph (IV).
	(B)  If a member of the current general assembly is appointed when the general assembly is in recess for more than three days or is not in session to serve on a committee of reference for the next regular session of the general assembly, such member shall thereafter only be entitled to compensation pursuant to this subparagraph (IV) as a member of a committee of reference upon which the member has been appointed to serve during the next regular session of the general assembly and shall not be entitled to compensation pursuant to this subparagraph (IV) as a member of a committee of reference upon which the member served during the most recently completed regular session of the general assembly but upon which the member is not appointed to serve during the next regular session of the general assembly.
	(C)  For purposes of this subparagraph (IV), "member" includes an appointee to a committee of reference designated by the appointing authority as provided by the applicable rules of the house of representatives and senate respectively prior to the convening of the general assembly at which such member is to serve, whether such appointee is a member of the then current general assembly or member-elect of the next general assembly, or both.
	(V)  With the prior approval of the executive committee of the legislative council, any member of a committee of reference who attends a meeting of the committee of reference when it is considering matters for which the committee of reference has oversight responsibility.
	(b)  Any member of the general assembly who is entitled to compensation pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) shall also be entitled to reimbursement for all actual and necessary travel and subsistence expenses to be paid after such expenses are incurred. Mileage rates shall not exceed those authorized for the executive department.
	(c)  The requirements of subsections (2) and (4) of this section are applicable to all claims for compensation and reimbursement under this section.
	(4) (a)  Prior to incurring any expenses for which reimbursement may be claimed, other than those incurred under subsection (3) of this section, a member of the house of representatives shall obtain the approval of the speaker of the house of representatives and a senator shall obtain the approval of the majority leader of the senate. Vouchers for the payment of such expenses of members of the house of representatives shall be approved by the speaker of the house of representatives, and vouchers for the payment of such expenses of senators shall be approved by the majority leader of the senate.
	(b)  The director of research of the legislative council shall approve payroll vouchers and vouchers for per diem payments incurred in connection with attendance by members of both houses at meetings of the statutory committees listed under article 3 of this title, a committee of any such agency, any interim committee authorized by law, by joint resolution, or by resolution of either house, or any committee of reference described in subparagraph (V) of paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section.
	(c)  Prior approval of expenses incurred by members of any legislative committee created by law in connection with the activities of any national or regional organization in which Colorado officially participates shall be obtained from the chairperson of the appropriate committee.
	(5) (a)  Members of the general assembly shall be entitled to reimbursement for all actual and necessary travel expenses incurred for vehicle travel while attending to legislative business, which expenses are not otherwise paid or reimbursed under any other provision of this part 3. Mileage rates shall not exceed those authorized for the executive department.
	(b)  With the approval of the executive committee of the legislative council, members of the general assembly shall be entitled to reimbursement for all actual and necessary expenses incurred due to extraordinary or unforeseen circumstances related to the legislative business of the member.
	(c)  The executive committee of the legislative council may establish guidelines regarding reimbursements and substantiation requirements for actual and necessary travel expenses incurred by members of the general assembly.

	2-2-308.  Officers and employees - cessation of pay - when - exceptions. (1)  The compensation of officers and employees of each house of the general assembly shall cease upon final adjournment of each session, but prior to final adjournment of a session, each house may designate by resolution such officers and employees as are necessary to complete the clerical work and records of the proceedings of such session and fix their terms of service. Also, prior to adjournment of a session to a day certain, the general assembly may terminate by joint resolution the compensation of its officers and employees during such period of adjournment, but each house may designate by resolution such officers and employees as are necessary to complete, to the extent possible during such period of adjournment, the clerical work and records of the proceedings of such session and fix their terms of service.
	(2)  The presiding officer of either house is hereby authorized to recall such officers or employees of his house as may be required to render clerical or other services to committees of his house or joint committees of both houses meeting between sessions of the general assembly.

	2-2-309.  Method of payment. (1)  The presiding officer of each house shall certify at such times as may be necessary during each session and thereafter the number of days of service rendered by each officer and employee of his respective house and the amount payable for such service, and the state controller, upon receipt of such certification, shall issue vouchers and draw warrants for the compensation due each officer and employee, without certification from the state personnel director, and the state treasurer shall pay the same out of the moneys appropriated for the purpose.
	(2)  Upon receipt of the certification required by section 2-2-307 (2) (c), the controller shall issue vouchers and draw warrants for the compensation due each member. Such compensation shall be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of section 2-2-307 (2) and (4). In the event such certification evidences an overpayment to a member for compensation during the session, the controller shall cause a statement of deficiency to be issued for the recovery of such funds previously disbursed to the member.  Any such statement of deficiency shall be enforceable as a debt to the state of Colorado and may be enforced in the appropriate court by the attorney general.
	(3)  The controller, upon taking official notice of the existing membership of the general assembly, shall issue vouchers and draw warrants for the monthly and semimonthly per diem compensation and for the reimbursement of expenses and travel authorized by section 2-2-307.

	2-2-310.  Senate and house journals published. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall have copies of each of the journals of their respective houses published as soon as practicable after the adjournment of each session of the general assembly. The journals covering regular sessions and special sessions may be combined in a single volume for this purpose. The chief clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate shall, as soon as possible after adjournment of any session of the general assembly, deliver to the state archives the original journals of their respective houses. They shall also deliver to the printer a complete and accurate copy of the same, indexed and ready for printing, and also a brief index of all bills, resolutions, and memorials introduced in each of their respective houses during the session. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall certify the correctness of the published copies of said journals, which certificates shall be included in and made a part of such publications. Said journals, when printed and certified, together with all former printed volumes of house and senate journals of preceding sessions of general assemblies of the state of Colorado, published by authority of the state of Colorado, shall be taken and held as prima facie evidence of the originals thereof.

	2-2-311.  Disposition of journals. (1)  The secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall deliver one copy of each of the published journals to the supreme court library and twenty-two copies to the Colorado state library for delivery to twenty designated Colorado state documents depositories; except that, if the state library supplies microfiche copies of the published journals to the state documents depositories, only four copies of the published journals shall be delivered.
	(2)  The secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall send a joint written notice to each county clerk and recorder in the state that the published journals are available. If the county clerk and recorder of any county wishes to receive one copy of each of the published journals, he shall so notify the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives, and a copy of each shall be delivered to him. If any county law library in the state requests a copy of each of the published journals from the secretary of the senate and chief clerk of the house of representatives, said copies shall be delivered to such library.
	(3)  The secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall retain sufficient copies of the published journals for other official uses and for those legislators who request them.
	(4)  The notification and response required in subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall be in a timely manner such that compliance with the legislative printing contract for senate and house journals can be met.

	2-2-312.  Cost of publication. The cost of the publication of said journals shall be paid out of any moneys available and appropriated for the payment of the incidental and contingent expenses of the general assembly.

	2-2-313.  Witnesses - attendance before assembly. The general assembly, or either house thereof, by resolution or otherwise, as it deems best, may prescribe the conditions under which and the manner in which a witness may be summoned to attend, with or without documents in his possession or under his control, before any committee of said general assembly or of either house thereof.

	2-2-314.  Violation - penalty. Any person who fails or refuses to obey any such summons so issued is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

	2-2-315.  Member may administer oath. The chairman of any committee appointed by either house of the general assembly of this state or any chairman of any joint committee appointed by the two houses of the general assembly is authorized to administer oaths and affirmations to witnesses, touching any matter or thing which may be under the consideration or investigation of the committee.

	2-2-316.  Legislative declaration - travel by members - during adjournment. Considering the greatly improved highways and airways of this state which permit greater mobility with less cost in money and time, considering the increasing length of legislative sessions, the increasing complexity and importance of the problems presented, and the benefits to be derived from frequent contact between legislator and constituents, and considering the desirability of preserving the concept of part-time citizen-legislators and, therefore, the need to allow them a reasonable opportunity to attend to their own personal, family, and business affairs even during sessions of the general assembly, it is hereby declared to be necessary, within the meaning of the state constitution and in the best interests of the general assembly and the state of Colorado, that members of the senate and house of representatives travel to their homes or other locations within their districts and back to the capitol during sessions of the general assembly when the house to which they belong is in adjournment for periods not exceeding seventy-two hours.

	2-2-317.  Expense, subsistence, and travel allowance - definition. (1) (a)  Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), each member of the general assembly shall be entitled to receive up to forty-five dollars per legislative day for expenses incurred during the sessions of the general assembly. Such allowance shall be considered as salary pursuant to section 24-51-101 (42), C.R.S. Each member of the general assembly who is serving on July 1, 1997, and who is entitled to such allowance may elect to have all of such allowance that was paid to the member during the period from January 1, 1992, through May 31, 1994, be considered salary pursuant to section 24-51-101 (42), C.R.S., subject to the following conditions:
	(I)  Payment shall be received by the public employees' retirement association of the amount of member contributions from the member and employer contributions from the employer on the allowance that was paid during the period, with appropriate interest calculated by the association;
	(II)  The election shall be made no later than December 31, 1997; and
	(III)  Payment of the total amount required, through a lump sum or through installments, shall be received by the public employees' retirement association on or before December 31, 1998.
	(b) (I)  Repealed.
	(II)  In lieu of the expenses allowed in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), if a member does not reside in the Denver metropolitan area, which area shall be designated in guidelines established by the executive committee of legislative council, the member shall be entitled to receive per legislative day for expenses incurred during the sessions of the general assembly up to an amount equal to eighty-five percent of the federal per diem rate for the city and county of Denver, rounded up to the nearest whole dollar, as determined by the United States general services administration, or such succeeding entity, as of October 1 of the calendar year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the per diem rate is to be used.
	(c) (I)  Repealed.
	(II)  The per diem lodging and expense allowances of the general assembly as fixed by subparagraph (II) of paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) shall apply to regular or special sessions of the general assembly subsequent to July 1, 2012.
	(d)  The general assembly may provide by joint resolution for the suspension on a temporary basis of the normal per diem lodging and expense allowance, or any portion thereof, during that period when the general assembly is in recess for more than three days.
	(e)  Nothing in this section shall preclude a member of the general assembly from declining to accept all or part of the per diem lodging and expense allowance authorized by this subsection (1).
	(2) (a)  Each member of the general assembly who is entitled to claim a per diem lodging and expense allowance pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section shall also be entitled to receive travel expenses to such member's home and back to the capitol for each legislative day of actual attendance.
	(b)  Each member of the general assembly who is entitled to claim an expense per diem pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section shall also be entitled to receive travel expenses to any location within such member's district and back to Denver once each week, pursuant to section 2-2-316.
	(c)  The executive committee of the legislative council may establish guidelines regarding reimbursements and substantiation requirements for actual and necessary travel expenses incurred by members of the general assembly.
	(3)  For purposes of this section, "legislative day" means any day during the legislative session, including legal holidays, primary election days, and Saturdays and Sundays.

	2-2-318.  Members to be reimbursed for expenses. Each member of the general assembly shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred pursuant to sections 2-2-316 and 2-2-317. In auditing any mileage claim of members of the general assembly, the controller is authorized to accept without further substantiating evidence the expense voucher duly signed by the member if the mileage in such claim does not exceed the authorized rate at which employees of the executive branch are reimbursed. In addition, he may accept without such further evidence the member's certification as to the number of days of actual attendance under section 2-2-317 (1) or, in lieu thereof, the member's certification as to the number of days of actual occupancy under section 2-2-317 (2).

	2-2-319.  Sections 2-2-316 to 2-2-319 provide no increase in compensation or mileage. The general assembly declares that the provisions of sections 2-2-316 to 2-2-319 relate not to compensation but to the necessity of certain traveling expenses and that the purpose is neither to increase compensation nor mileage.

	2-2-320.  Legislative department contracts - approval. (1)  Any contract to which the house of representatives or the senate is a party shall be approved by the speaker of the house of representatives or the president of the senate, as the case may be. Whenever the house of representatives and the senate are parties to the same contract, both the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall approve the contract. Any contract to which the legislative council, the office of legislative legal services, the joint budget committee, the office of the state auditor, or the commission on uniform state laws is a party shall be approved by the chair or vice-chair of the governing committee of such agency, as the case may be.
	(2) (a)  For legislative department contracts subject to section 29 of article V of the state constitution, the attorney general shall approve all such legislative department contracts as to form, and the controller shall approve such contracts in accordance with section 24-30-202, C.R.S.
	(b)  The director of the office of legislative legal services or the director's designee shall approve all legislative department contracts not subject to section 29 of article V of the state constitution. No approval by the controller or any assistant designated by the controller shall be required for the validity of any contract entered into and approved under this paragraph (b). The controller shall issue payment for expenditures for legislative department contracts approved in accordance with this paragraph (b) as set forth in section 24-30-202, C.R.S. Notwithstanding the legislative department's exemption from the fiscal rules pursuant to section 24-2-101, C.R.S., the office of legislative legal services shall consider the fiscal rules as guidelines for legislative department contracts approved under this paragraph (b) and may consult with the controller or attorney general, or both, when drafting legislative department contracts.

	2-2-321.  Designation and assignment of space in capitol buildings group and on the grounds thereof. (1) (a)  The general assembly, by joint resolution, shall designate and assign such space in the capitol building (except for space on the first floor, which shall be designated and assigned by the executive department for the use of elected officials) and on the grounds surrounding the capitol which is necessary for the use of the legislative department, including, but not limited to, parking space on the grounds and streets surrounding the capitol building, all areas of the subbasement of the capitol building, and access to all tunnels providing access to the subbasements of the capitol building, the legislative services building, and the state office building at 1525 Sherman street.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any law, rule, or provision of any tenant handbook for the capitol complex facilities to the contrary, the executive committee of the legislative council created in section 2-3-301 (1) may grant any member or employee of the general assembly access to any or all of the tunnels providing access to the subbasements of the capitol building, the legislative services building, and the state office building at 1525 Sherman street unless, after consultation with the department of personnel and the Colorado state patrol, the executive committee determines that denial of access is necessary to address immediate concerns about building security and occupant protection.
	(c)  Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, after the attorney general and the staff of the attorney general vacate the state office building at 1525 Sherman street, the department of personnel shall designate parking space in the state parking lot at Lincoln street and east Colfax avenue to the general assembly based upon approximately the same proportion as the proportion of space in the state office building at 1525 Sherman street designated and assigned by the general assembly to the total amount of space in that state office building. The general assembly, by joint resolution, shall assign parking space allocated to the general assembly pursuant to this paragraph (c).
	(2) (a)  In addition, the general assembly shall designate and assign such space in the legislative services building at Fourteenth avenue and Sherman street, including, but not limited to, all areas of the subbasement of the legislative services building, and on no more than two floors of the state office building at 1525 Sherman street after the attorney general and the staff of the attorney general vacate said state office building and may provide for the furnishing and equipping thereof as may be necessary for the use of the legislative department.
	(b) (I)  If any of the space referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) is assigned to the senate or house of representatives, the executive committee of the legislative council created in section 2-3-301 (1) shall determine the allocation of the space between the two houses.
	(II)  Any space allocated to the senate shall be assigned by the president of the senate and the majority and minority leaders of the senate in an equitable manner among the major political parties with which members of the senate are affiliated.
	(III)  Any space allocated to the house of representatives shall be assigned by the speaker of the house of representatives and the majority and minority leaders of the house of representatives in an equitable manner among the major political parties with which members of the house of representatives are affiliated.

	2-2-322.  Fiscal notes. (1)  The general assembly shall provide by rule for legislative service agency review of the fiscal impact of legislative measures.
	(2)  The general assembly shall provide by rule, as recommended by the executive committee of legislative council, for legislative service agency review of the fiscal impact of legislative measures which include the creation or increase of any fee collected by a state agency. The fiscal information on such measures shall include the average amount of such fee collected annually by such agency from each individual, family, or business, whichever is applicable, paying such fee and a projection of the average amount of such fee that will be collected from each individual, family, or business subsequent to the creation of or increase in such fee.
	(2.5)  If a legislative measure creates a new criminal offense, increases or decreases the crime classification of an existing criminal offense, or changes an element of an existing offense that creates a new factual basis for the offense, the fiscal note shall include the following:
	(a)  A description of the elements of the proposed new crime or a description of the new, amended, or additional elements of an existing crime;
	(b)  An analysis of whether the new crime, or changes to an existing crime, may be charged under current Colorado law;
	(c)  A comparison of the proposed crime classification to similar types of offenses;

	(d)  An analysis of the current and anticipated future prevalence of the behavior that the proposed new crime, or changes to an existing crime, intends to address; and
	(e)  A description of gender and minority data as it relates to the general Colorado population and available data on gender and minority offender and crime victims populations potentially affected by the proposed measure.
	(3) (a)  Each state department, agency, or institution shall cooperate with and provide information on the fiscal impact of a legislative measure in the manner requested by the staff of the legislative council for consideration by the staff in connection with the preparation of a fiscal note for the measure.
	(b)  The state department, agency, or institution shall substantiate the calculation of the fiscal impact of the legislative measure in its response to a request for information made pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) by providing any documentation that clearly identifies any assumptions supporting that calculation and a narrative discussion of the justification for any increase or decrease in workload.
	(c)  The state department, agency, or institution shall meet the deadlines established by the staff of the legislative council for providing a response to a request for information made pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) or shall specify the need for additional time to provide the response. If additional time is required to respond to the request for information, the staff of the legislative council shall set a reasonable time for providing the information.
	(d) (I)  The state department, agency, or institution shall not modify the amount of the fiscal impact that was originally calculated for a legislative measure after the staff of the legislative council has released and made public the fiscal note for such measure unless:
	(A)  The measure has been amended;
	(B)  There is newly discovered information that was previously unavailable that warrants modification of the original calculation and narrative submitted by the state department, agency, or institution; or
	(C)  Technical errors are discovered that warrant modification of the original calculation and narrative submitted by the state department, agency, or institution.
	(II)  Information supporting a modification to the fiscal impact shall be submitted in the manner requested by the staff of the legislative council by the head of the state department, agency, or institution.
	(4)  In addition to any other requirement under this section or in the legislative rules for legislative service agency review of the fiscal impact of legislative measures, the general assembly shall also provide for legislative service agency review of the fiscal impact of legislative measures considered by committees of the general assembly meeting during the legislative interim. For each interim, the deadlines and guidelines adopted prior to each interim by the executive committee of the legislative council for requesting and finalizing interim committee bills must allow for sufficient time between the public release of the fiscal note for a particular measure by the staff of the legislative council and the final vote by the applicable legislative interim committee so that members of the committee are able to consider the fiscal note in voting on the measure. For each interim, the specific dates by which these requirements will be satisfied must be specified in the applicable set of deadlines and guidelines for that interim. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (4), all other requirements governing legislative service agency review of the fiscal impact of legislative measures considered during regular legislative sessions that are specified in this section or in the legislative rules also govern the requirements of this subsection (4).

	2-2-323.  Service of process on the general assembly - legislative declaration. (1)  The general assembly hereby declares that the provisions of the Colorado rules of civil procedure which govern the service of process on the state, on officers, agents, or employees of the state, and on departments and agencies of the state do not expressly address service on the general assembly; that such rules require delivery of a copy of any process to the attorney general, even though by statute the attorney general does not represent the general assembly; that confusion has existed about how the general assembly should be served; and that clarification of the procedure for serving the general assembly would be beneficial for all parties who may become involved in future litigation.
	(2)  Service of process on the general assembly as an entity shall be upon the chief clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate. The provisions of the Colorado rules of civil procedure concerning service of process, including the contents of the summons, by whom process may be served, and the manner of proof of service, shall continue to apply to service of process on the general assembly.
	(3)  As quickly as possible after service of process on the general assembly, the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall notify the speaker of the house and the minority leader of the house, and the secretary of the senate shall notify the president of the senate and the minority leader of the senate, concerning such service.

	2-2-324.  Committees of reference - program review. (Repealed) 

	2-2-325.  Legislative appointees - boards and commissions - other governmental bodies. Unless otherwise provided by law, appointments or reappointments of persons to a board, commission, committee, council, panel, or authority by the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the majority leader of the house of representatives, the majority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the house of representatives, or the minority leader of the senate shall expire on the convening date of the first regular session of each general assembly, and all subsequent appointments or reappointments shall be made as soon as practicable after such convening date. The person making the original appointment or reappointment shall fill any vacancy by appointment for the remainder of an unexpired term. Members appointed or reappointed by the speaker, the president, the majority leader of the house of representatives, the majority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the house of representatives, or the minority leader of the senate shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and shall continue in office until the member's successor is appointed.

	2-2-326.  Compensation and expenses for members appointed to and serving on state entities - definition. (1)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary:
	(a)  While appointed to any state entity and serving on any state entity during regular and special sessions of the general assembly, in addition to the base compensation specified in section 2-2-307 (1), current members of the general assembly are entitled to receive only the per diem lodging and expense allowances and the travel expenses authorized by section 2-2-317; and
	(b)  While appointed to and serving on any state entity when the general assembly is in recess for more than three days or is not in session, in addition to the base compensation specified in section 2-2-307 (1), current members of the general assembly are entitled to receive the amount specified in section 2-2-307 (3) (a) for necessary attendance at meetings of the state entity and reimbursement for all actual and necessary travel and subsistence expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of the state entity. Mileage rates shall not exceed those authorized for the executive department. All compensation paid and reimbursements made pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall be paid from appropriations made to the legislative department.
	(2)  For purposes of this section, "state entity" means any board, commission, committee, task force, authority, enterprise, council, working group, review team, or other entity created or authorized by statute on which current members of the general assembly are statutorily required to be appointed to serve; except that "state entity" does not include the Colorado commission on uniform state laws created in section 2-3-601 (1) or the education commission of the states created pursuant to section 24-60-1201, C.R.S.

PART 4

INTERFERENCE WITH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

	2-2-401.  Legislative declaration. The general assembly finds and declares that in addition to the protections against interference with the legislative process afforded by the provisions of sections 18-4-401, 18-4-501, 18-8-102, 18-8-306, and 18-9-110, C.R.S., there is a need for legislation under which appropriate action may be taken to prevent the commission of acts prohibited under said sections.

	2-2-402.  Chief security officers. (1)  Each house of the general assembly may appoint a chief security officer to ensure the orderly operation of each house and committees thereof. Such chief security officers shall perform the duties of the house employing them and shall be under the direction of one or more members or officers of such house as may be designated in the rules of each house.
	(2)  Such chief security officers are hereby designated to be peace officers and shall have jurisdiction to act as such in the performance of their duties anywhere within the state.
	(3)  Each house may adopt rules regarding the organization, supervision, and operations of its security staff, prescribing the qualifications, training, and duties of its security officers and all other matters relating to the performance of their responsibilities.

	2-2-403.  Indemnification of members, officers, and employees of the general assembly. (1)  The state shall save harmless and indemnify all members, officers, and employees of the general assembly, either house thereof, or committees of the general assembly or either house thereof from financial loss arising out of any claim, demand, suit, or judgment by reason of alleged negligence or other act by such member, officer, or employee, as long as such member, officer, or employee at the time damages were sustained was performing duties relating to the maintenance of order in connection with the operation of the general assembly, either house thereof, or any committee of the general assembly or either house thereof, or involving the security, health, or safety of any member, officer, or employee of the general assembly, either house or a committee thereof, or the general public, and as long as such  damage did not result from the willful and wrongful act or gross negligence of such member, officer, or employee; except that such member, officer, or employee shall, within five days after the time he is served with any summons, complaint, process, notice, demand, or pleading, deliver the original or a copy thereof to the attorney general.
	(2)  Upon such delivery the attorney general may assume control of the representation of such member, officer, or employee. Such member, officer, or employee shall cooperate fully with the attorney general's defense.
	(3)  This section shall not in any way impair, limit, or modify the rights or obligations of any insurer under any policy of insurance.
	(4)  The benefits of this section shall inure only to such members, officers, and employees and shall not enlarge or diminish the rights of any other party.

	2-2-404.  Legislative rules. (1)  The senate and the house of representatives shall each have the power to adopt rules or joint rules, or both, for the orderly conduct of their affairs and to preserve and protect the health, safety, and welfare of their members, officers, and employees in the performance of their official duties, as well as that of the general public in connection therewith, and to preserve and protect property and records under the jurisdiction of the general assembly or either house thereof, consistent with public convenience, the public's rights of freedom of expression and to peaceably assemble and petition government, and the established democratic concepts of the openness of the legislative process.
	(1.5)  Repealed.
	(2)  In lieu of or in addition to the adoption of such rules, the senate and the house of representatives may each, by rule, authorize its presiding officer to promulgate regulations for any or all such purposes.
	(3)  Rules or regulations may be adopted with respect to the following matters, among others, without limitation by reason of such specification:
	(a)  Regulating admission to the legislative chambers, galleries, lobbies, offices, and other areas of the buildings wherein they are located which provide access thereto;
	(b)  Limiting the size of groups of persons permitted within such areas, for reasons of health and safety and in case of fire or other emergency;
	(c)  Prohibiting or restricting the bringing of signs, banners, placards, or other display materials into any such areas, or possessing them therein, without proper authorization;
	(d)  Prohibiting or restricting the bringing of radio or television equipment, recording equipment, sound-making or amplifying equipment, and photographic equipment into any such areas, or possessing them therein, without proper authorization;
	(e)  Prohibiting or restricting the bringing of packages, bags, baggage, or briefcases into any such areas, or possessing them therein, without proper authorization;
	(f)  Establishing rules of conduct for visitors to the galleries;
	(g)  Authorizing the clearing of the public from the chambers, lobbies, and galleries or from any room in which a public legislative hearing or meeting is being conducted in the event of any disturbance therein which disrupts legislative proceedings or endangers any member, officer, or employee of the general assembly or the general public, or where reasonable grounds exist for believing that such a disturbance or danger may occur; except that duly accredited representatives of the news media not participating in any such disturbance shall be permitted to remain therein. The closing of such areas to the public shall continue only so long as necessary to avoid disruption of the legislative proceedings or to preserve and protect the safety of the members, officers, or employees of the general assembly or the general public.
	(h)  Authorizing the construction of safety barriers and other protective measures for the galleries and other areas under the jurisdiction of the general assembly and the acquisition of security equipment, all within the funds made available therefor;
	(i)  Protecting the records and property of the general assembly from unlawful damage or destruction;
	(j)  Any and all other matters which may be necessary or appropriate to the orderly conduct of the affairs of the general assembly and the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the members, officers, and employees of the general assembly and the general public in connection therewith.
	(4)  In lieu of or in addition to the adoption of separate rules, the senate and the house of representatives may adopt joint rules applicable to both houses.
	(5)  In lieu of or in addition to the promulgation of separate regulations, the senate and the house of representatives may promulgate joint regulations applicable to both houses.
	(6)  All such rules of the senate and the house of representatives or either house and regulations of the senate and the house of representatives shall be filed in the offices of the clerks thereof, and a copy of such rules and regulations shall be made available to any person upon request, without charge.
	(7)  Such rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law. Any person who willfully violates any such rule or regulation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

	2-2-405.  Injunctions. If the presiding officer of either the senate or the house of representatives has reasonable grounds for believing that any person is then committing an unlawful act, or is about to do so, which is interfering with or will interfere with any proceedings or other business of the general assembly, either house thereof, or any committee of the general assembly or either house thereof, he may seek injunctive relief in accordance with the Colorado rules of civil procedure.

	2-2-406.  Contempt of either house. (1)  The senate and the house of representatives may each punish by imprisonment not extending beyond the same session of the general assembly, as and for a contempt, disorderly conduct of its members, officers, employees, or others committed in the immediate view of the senate or the house of representatives and tending to interrupt its proceedings. Imprisonment for contempt shall be effected by a warrant in the name of the people of the state, signed by the presiding officer of the house in which the contempt occurred, directed to the chief security officer of such house or the state police and ordering the apprehension of the contemnor and the delivery of him to the sheriff of the county in which the alleged contempt occurred for detention by said sheriff in accordance with such warrant, subject to such bail as may be set by the district court of the county in which the alleged contempt occurred. A finding of contempt and imprisonment therefor shall not constitute a bar to any other proceeding, civil or criminal, for the same act.
	(2)  Notice of the proposed contempt citation shall be published in a resolution of the house in which the contempt occurred approved first by a majority of a committee and then of the house itself. If the contempt is committed before the house itself rather than a committee thereof, a resolution of the house itself shall be sufficient. Persons actually named in the resolution shall be either personally served or otherwise be given notice in the same manner as is provided by law and the Colorado rules of civil procedure for acquisition of jurisdiction over the person in civil actions. The notice shall include:
	(a)  A statement of the terms or substance of the offense which caused the citation to be issued;
	(b)  A statement of the time and place of the hearing before the committee which first passed the contempt resolution or before the house in which the contempt occurred, as the case may be. The person to be cited shall be required to show cause why he should not be found in contempt. The time and place for hearing shall allow reasonable time to give the person to be cited notice of the charges against him and to prepare an appropriate defense concerning them.
	(3)  The contempt hearing shall give the person to be cited an opportunity for an oral presentation before the committee or before the house in which the contempt occurred, whichever is holding the hearing, for submission of written arguments, and for the right to counsel at the hearing.
	(4)  A person to be cited shall be found in contempt and shall be punished therefor only after a majority of the committee which initiated the contempt proceeding finds, after notice and a hearing which satisfies the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section, that the person cited has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt to have committed a contempt as defined in this section. The committee shall state in a report to the full house the reasons for its finding. If the full house affirms by a majority vote the finding of the committee, the cited person shall be held in contempt.
	(5)  If the contempt citation is initiated by the house itself because of a contempt committed before the house, the person to be cited shall be punished for contempt if the house itself finds, by a majority vote, after notice and a hearing which satisfies the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section, that the person cited has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt to have committed a contempt as defined in this section.

PART 5

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS - IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMISSION PLAN

	2-2-501.  Number of members of general assembly - election from districts. The senate of the general assembly shall consist of thirty-five members and the house of representatives thereof shall consist of sixty-five members, with one member of the senate to be elected from each senatorial district and one member of the house of representatives to be elected from each representative district, as established in this part 5.

	2-2-502.  Definitions. As used in this part 5:
	(1)  "Commission" means the Colorado reapportionment commission, created pursuant to section 48 of article V of the state constitution and appointed in 2011.
	(2)  "Major political party" means one of the two political parties whose candidate for governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election received the first and second greatest number of votes.

	2-2-503.  Designation of senatorial districts to elect in 2012 and 2014. As a part of its preliminary and final reapportionment plans for state senatorial districts, the commission shall designate those senatorial districts in which state senators shall be elected at the general election to be held in November 2012, and every four years thereafter, and those senatorial districts in which state senators shall be elected at the general election to be held in November 2014, and every four years thereafter. Such designation of senatorial districts shall be filed with the secretary of state as a part of the approved reapportionment plan required to be filed by section 48 (1) (e) of article V of the state constitution.

	2-2-504.  Holdover senators keep office - vacancies. (1)  Nothing in this part 5 or in any reapportionment plan shall be construed to cause the removal of any senator from his or her office for the term for which the senator was elected, and each such senator shall serve the term for which he or she was elected.

	(2)  If any senator elected at the 2010 general election vacates his or her seat prior to the convening of the regular legislative session in 2013, such vacancy shall be filled from the district from which the senator was elected in accordance with section 1-12-203, C.R.S. If such vacancy occurs more than fifty-five days before the general election in 2012, there shall be an election at the general election in 2012 for the remainder of such senator's term from the senatorial district created by the commission. Nomination of candidates at such election shall be in accordance with article 4 of title 1, C.R.S.
	(3)  If any senator elected at the 2010 general election vacates his or her seat on or after the convening of the regular legislative session in 2013, such vacancy shall be filled from the senatorial district created by the commission in accordance with section 1-12-203, C.R.S.

	2-2-505.  Maps of legislative districts. (1)  Following the development of a preliminary plan, as required by section 48 (1) (e) of article V of the state constitution, and prior to the holding of public hearings on any preliminary plan, the commission may file with each county clerk and recorder and each county chairman of the two major political parties a copy of the preliminary reapportionment plan showing the proposed state senatorial and representative districts in which such county is located, together with a state outline map of legislative districts. A complete state plan may be provided to the state chairmen of the two major political parties.
	(2)  At the time of submission of a final reapportionment plan to the Colorado supreme court for its review and determination in accordance with section 48 (1) (e) of article V of the state constitution, the commission shall provide the supreme court with a copy of all maps showing the division of the state into legislative districts and necessary supportive evidence, pursuant to the supreme court rules adopted for such proceedings.
	(3)  As soon as possible after approval of a final plan by the Colorado supreme court, the commission shall prepare and file with the secretary of state copies of census maps showing thereon each legislative district and a description of each district in terms of official census units. The commission shall also file with the county clerk and recorder in each county the necessary maps and descriptions of each legislative district which is located within the boundaries of such county.

	2-2-505.5.  Presidential election years. Pursuant to section 1-3-102, C.R.S., in any year in which a presidential election will be held, a political party may decide to hold its precinct caucuses on the first Tuesday in February. Because 2012 is a presidential election year, political parties may hold precinct caucuses on February 7, 2012. To allow county clerks sufficient time to redraw precinct boundaries, pursuant to section 48 (1) (e) of article V of the state constitution, the Colorado supreme court is required to approve the commission's plan no later than fifty-five days before the precinct caucuses or by December 14, 2011.  While this date shortens the timeline for the commission to complete its final plan, the general assembly urges the commission to complete its final plan and the supreme court to approve a final plan by this date.

	2-2-506.  Precinct boundaries. (1) (a)  Pursuant to the provisions of sections 1-5-101 and 1-5-102, C.R.S., the board of county commissioners of each county shall redraw the general election precincts in such county to ensure that no general election precinct is contained within more than one state representative, state senatorial, or congressional district. 
	(b) and (c)  (Deleted by amendment, L. 94, p. 1623, § 9, effective May 31, 1994.)
	(d)  Not more than one week after such approval of precinct boundaries and in accordance with sections 1-5-101 and 1-5-102, C.R.S., the board of county commissioners shall file with the secretary of state a copy of the county precinct boundary map showing thereon the revised and reestablished general election precinct boundaries and the boundaries of any legislative or congressional district, if said county is divided into two or more state representative, state senatorial, or congressional districts.
	(2)  The board of county commissioners shall notify the county chairman of each of the two major political parties of any general election precinct boundaries revised and reestablished in accordance with the provisions of this section within five days after the establishment of precinct boundaries in accordance with the provisions of this section.

	2-2-507.  Attachments and detachments. (1)  If any area of the state is omitted from the reapportionment plan approved by the Colorado supreme court, inadvertently or by virtue of the complexities of the census materials used in the development of the plan, the secretary of state, upon discovery of such omission, shall determine to which senatorial or representative district the area should be assigned as follows:
	(a)  If the area is surrounded by a representative or senatorial district, the area shall be assigned to said district; and
	(b)  If the area is contiguous to two or more representative or senatorial districts, the area shall be assigned to the district that has the least population according to the latest national census.
	(2)  If any area of the state is included in two or more senatorial or representative districts in the reapportionment plan approved by the Colorado supreme court, inadvertently or by virtue of the complexities of the census materials used in the development of the plan, the secretary of state, upon discovery of such inclusion, shall detach said area from the senatorial or representative district or districts having the largest population and shall designate such area as being assigned to the district having the least population; except that, if such area is wholly surrounded by a senatorial or representative district and by inadvertence is also included in another district, the secretary of state shall assign such area to the district wholly surrounding such area, regardless of population.
	(2.5) (a)  If a county clerk and recorder discovers that a border between two senatorial or representative districts divides a residential parcel between the two districts and the clerk and recorder wishes to have the border moved, the clerk and recorder shall submit to the secretary of state documentation, satisfactory to the secretary of state, evidencing such division. If the secretary of state believes that the border should be moved, the secretary of state shall propose moving the border between the two districts to a visible feature normally relied upon by the United States census bureau such that the border:
	(I)  Does not split a residential parcel;
	(II)  Moves the remaining portion of the residential parcel into the least populated of the two districts; except that, if the border is a border between both senatorial and representative districts, the remaining portion of the residential parcel shall be moved into the least populated of the two representative districts;
	(III)  Would not result in a violation of section 46 or 47 of article V of the state constitution based upon the latest national census;
	(IV)  Minimizes the impact on the affected community for purposes of establishing polling locations; and
	(V)  Minimizes changes in distances from the reapportionment plan approved by the Colorado supreme court.
	(b)  If the secretary of state proposes moving any border pursuant to this subsection (2.5), the secretary of state shall describe any potential changes in populations of affected senatorial or representative districts, based on the latest national census, to the Colorado supreme court. If the supreme court determines that the assignments made by the secretary of state satisfy the criteria established in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2.5), the supreme court may approve said assignments. If the supreme court determines that the assignment does not satisfy the criteria established in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2.5), the supreme court shall deny the proposed assignment.
	(3)  Following the assignment of any area pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) of this section, the secretary of state shall certify the population of such assigned area and any changes in populations of affected senatorial or representative districts, based on the latest national census, to the Colorado supreme court. If the supreme court determines that the assignments made by the secretary of state would not result in a violation of the population requirements of section 46 of article V of the state constitution, the supreme court shall approve said assignments. If the supreme court determines that the assignments would result in a violation of the population requirements of section 46 of article V of the state constitution, the supreme court shall certify a revised reapportionment plan to the secretary of state.

	2-2-508.  Changes in county and municipal boundaries. Whenever the boundaries of a senatorial or representative district coincide with the boundaries of a county or municipality, and said county or municipal boundaries are changed by annexation or detachment, the boundaries of the senatorial or representative district shall remain the same until such time as a new reapportionment is made following a national census as provided in section 48 of article V of the state constitution.

	2-2-509.  Published plan and records. (1)  Upon submission of the reapportionment plan approved by the Colorado supreme court to the secretary of state, the commission shall provide all copies of the published plan and all commission records to the secretary of state.
	(2)  The secretary of state shall provide any candidate for legislative office or any Colorado citizen with a copy of a map showing the boundaries for any legislative district upon request. Individual district maps shall be provided to any resident of a legislative district without charge. A nominal charge may be determined and collected pursuant to section 24-21-104 (3), C.R.S., for copies of district maps for which an individual is not a resident.

	2-2-510.  Commission meetings - open to public. Meetings of the commission shall be open to the public and shall be subject to the provisions of part 4 of article 6 of title 24, C.R.S.

	2-2-511.  Applicability. This part 5 shall apply to the Colorado reapportionment commission appointed in 2011 and to state senatorial and state representative districts created by said commission.

PART 6

LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION

	2-2-601 and 2-2-602.  (Repealed) 

PART 7

ENACTMENT OF LAWS REGARDING
SENTENCING OF CRIMINAL OFFENDERS

	2-2-701.  General assembly - bills regarding the sentencing of criminal offenders - legislative intent - definition. 
	(1) and (2)  Repealed.
	(3)  On and after July 1, 1994, any bill which is introduced at any session of the general assembly which affects criminal sentencing and which may result in a net increase or a net decrease in periods of imprisonment in state correctional facilities shall be reviewed by the director of research of the legislative council for the purpose of providing information to the general assembly on the long-term fiscal impact which may result from the passage of the bill, including the increased capital construction costs, increased operating costs, and increased parole costs for the department of corrections for the first five fiscal years following the effective date of the bill. The division of criminal justice in the department of public safety in cooperation with the department of corrections shall annually provide incarceration and parole length of stay estimates to the director of research of the legislative council.
	(4)  For purposes of this part 7, "state correctional facilities" means any facility under the supervision of the department of corrections in which persons are or may be lawfully held in custody as a result of conviction of a crime and any prison facility operated by a county, city and county, or private corporation located in this state or another state; except that it does not include any local jail, multijurisdictional jail, or community corrections center.

	2-2-702.  General assembly - bills regarding the sentencing of criminal offenders - required to be assigned to the appropriations committee of the house of introduction. On and after July 1, 1991, any bill which is introduced into either house of the general assembly which affects the sentencing of criminal offenders and which would result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment in state correctional facilities shall, as soon as such net increase is determined, in addition to the assignment or referral of such bill to any other legislative committee or committees, be assigned or referred to the appropriations committees of the house into which such bill is introduced.

	2-2-703.  General assembly - bills which result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment in state correctional facilities - funding must be provided in the bill. On and after July 1, 1991, a bill may not be passed by the general assembly which would result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment in state correctional facilities unless, in such bill, there is an appropriation of money which is sufficient to cover any increased capital construction costs, any increased operating costs, and increased parole costs which are the result of such bill for the department of corrections in each of the first five years following the effective date of the bill. Money sufficient to cover such increased capital construction costs and increased operating costs for the first five fiscal years following the effective date of the bill must be estimated by the appropriations committee, and after consideration of such estimate the general assembly shall make a determination as to the amount of money sufficient to cover the costs, and such money must be appropriated in the bill in the form of a statutory appropriation from the general fund in the years affected. Any such bill which is passed on or after July 1, 1991, which is silent as to whether it is intended to be an exception to this section, shall not be deemed to be such an exception. Any bill which is enacted which is intended to be an exception to this section must expressly state such exception in such bill.

PART 8

PLAIN LANGUAGE IN STATE LAWS

	2-2-801.  Plain language requirement in state laws. Any person, including members of the general assembly and employees of each house of the general assembly, the office of legislative legal services, the legislative council staff, and the staff of the joint budget committee, shall ensure that, to the extent possible, all bills and amendments to bills prepared or proposed by such person are written in plain, nontechnical language and in a clear and coherent manner using words with common and everyday meaning which are understandable to the average reader. Enactment of a bill by the general assembly shall create a presumption that such bill conforms to this section.

	2-2-802.  People first language in state laws. (1)  On or after August 11, 2010, all new or amended statutes that refer to persons with disabilities shall:
	(a)  Avoid language that:
	(I)  Implies that a person as a whole is disabled, such as the "mentally ill" or the "learning disabled"; or
	(II)  Equates persons with their condition, such as "epileptics", "autistics", or "quadriplegics";
	(b)  Replace disrespectful language by referring to persons with disabilities as persons first. Examples of people first language include, but are not limited to, the following: Persons with disabilities, persons with developmental disabilities, persons with mental illness, and persons with autism.
	(c)  Replace disrespectful, insensitive, or outdated terms such as "mental retardation" with people first language such as "people with intellectual disabilities".
	(2)  Violation of this section shall not be grounds to invalidate any new or amended statute; however, such statutes shall be amended to reflect the provisions of this section in any subsequent revision.
	(3)  Nothing in this section shall constitute a requirement to change the name of any department, agency, or program of the state or any political subdivision of the state.
	(4)  The revisor of statutes is authorized to change any disrespectful, insensitive, or outdated terms that appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes and to replace such terms with people first language in accordance with this section.

PART 9

CENSUS DATA FOR REDISTRICTING

	2-2-901.  Population data for redistricting - legislative declaration. (1)  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
	(a)  Section 44 of article V of the state constitution requires the general assembly to divide the state into congressional districts after each new apportionment of seats in the United States house of representatives, and a new apportionment occurs after each federal decennial census;
	(b)  Section 48 of article V of the state constitution requires that a reapportionment commission be appointed after each federal census to establish, revise, and alter the state senatorial and representative districts;
	(c)  These sections imply that the general assembly and the reapportionment commission must perform their constitutional duty to redraw the boundaries of congressional and state legislative districts using population data derived from the latest federal census, so that the equal population requirements of the federal and state constitutions can be satisfied;
	(d)  Federal officials have proposed using statistical sampling techniques to modify the traditional headcount of the population;
	(e)  The United States supreme court has held that the federal census act prohibits the use of statistically adjusted population data to apportion seats in the United States house of representatives among the states;
	(f)  Many have argued that statistically adjusted population data does not satisfy the requirement of the federal constitution for an "actual enumeration" of the population;
	(g)  There is no reason for congress to use one set of population data for apportionment of seats in congress and for state redistricting authorities to use a different set of data to redraw congressional and state legislative district boundaries, and the federal government would incur additional costs by furnishing two sets of data to the states;
	(h)  Using different population data for redistricting would subject the state of Colorado to the risk of litigation over the appropriate population figures, which form the very foundation of any congressional or state legislative redistricting plan;
	(i)  It is therefore necessary to establish the intent of the general assembly that the same population data be used in the congressional and state legislative redistricting processes as is used for purposes of apportioning seats in the United States house of representatives among the states.

	(2)  For purposes of redrawing the boundaries of congressional, state senatorial, and state representative districts after the federal census in the year 2010, the general assembly and the Colorado reapportionment commission shall use population data supplied by the United States bureau of the census that has been used to apportion the seats in the United States house of representatives among the states.

PART 10

LEGISLATIVE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

	2-2-1001.  (Repealed) 

PART 11

LEGISLATIVE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON STIMULATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS AND OTHER METHODS

	2-2-1101.  (Repealed) 

PART 12

POST-ENACTMENT REVIEW
OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BILLS

	2-2-1201.  Accountability clauses - post-enactment review of implementation of bills by legislative service agencies - definitions - repeal. (1)  In accordance with the provisions of this section, legislative service agencies shall conduct a post-enactment review of the implementation of any bill enacted during any legislative session, regular or special, commencing on and after January 1, 2006, that becomes law and that contains an accountability clause and a legislative declaration setting forth the desired results or benefits to be achieved by the bill, as intended by the general assembly, that shall be used by legislative services agencies in conducting a post-enactment review in accordance with this section and such other information that is necessary for the legislative service agencies to conduct such a post-enactment review.
	(2) (a)  In conducting a post-enactment review as required by subsection (1) of this section, legislative service agencies shall determine to the greatest extent possible:
	(I)  Whether the bill has been implemented, in whole or in part;
	(II)  If the bill has been implemented in whole or in part, how the bill has been implemented, including whether the bill has been implemented in the most efficient and cost-effective manner;
	(III)  If the bill has been implemented in part, the reasons why the bill has not been implemented in whole;
	(IV)  The extent to which the desired results or benefits of the bill, as specified in the legislative declaration of the bill, are being achieved;
	(V)  Whether there have been any unintended consequences or problems caused by the implementation of the bill;
	(VI)  Whether the implementation of the bill has been impeded by any existing state or federal statutes, rules, procedures, or practices;
	(VII)  Whether any administrative or statutory changes are necessary to improve the implementation of the bill;
	(VIII)  Whether the actual costs of implementing the bill have been within the estimated costs, if any, set forth in the fiscal note for the bill;
	(IX)  Whether any increase in state funding is necessary to improve the implementation of the bill; and
	(X)  Any other pertinent observation made by the legislative service agencies that relate to the implementation of the bill.
	(b)  If the legislative service agencies cannot determine any of the items specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), in whole or in part, due to a lack of sufficient information set forth in the legislative declaration of the bill for which a post-enactment review is being conducted or due to any other ambiguity arising from the language of the bill, the legislative service agencies shall include a statement to that effect in their written findings reported in accordance with subsection (3) of this section.
	(3)  The legislative service agencies shall complete any post-enactment review of the implementation of a bill required pursuant to this section no later than one hundred eighty days after the two-year or five-year anniversary, as applicable, of the enactment of the bill. The legislative service agencies shall report their written findings resulting from any post-enactment review of the implementation of a bill to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the minority leaders of the house of representatives and senate, and the prime sponsors of the bill if they are still serving in the general assembly at the time the report is filed. The report shall be filed no later than sixty days after a post-enactment review is completed by the legislative service agencies and shall be a public record for purposes of article 72 of title 24, C.R.S.
	(4) (a)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the inclusion of an accountability clause and a legislative declaration in any bill.
	(b)  For purposes of this section, an accountability clause and a legislative declaration may be:
	(I)  Included in any bill introduced in the house of representatives or the senate at the request of the prime sponsor of the bill; or
	(II)  Added to any bill by amendment offered by any member of the general assembly and adopted during the legislative process in accordance with law and legislative procedures.
	(5)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all officers, departments, agencies, and offices of the state, or of any political subdivision of the state, that is responsible for or involved in the implementation of any bill that is subject to a post-enactment review pursuant to the provisions of this section shall cooperate with and provide all information that may be requested by legislative service agencies for purposes of conducting a post-enactment review pursuant to this section.
	(6)  The general assembly may adopt rules to implement accountability clauses and the post-enactment review of bills containing an accountability clause and a legislative declaration by legislative service agencies in accordance with the provisions of this section.
	(7)  For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
	(a)  "Accountability clause" means a noncodified provision of a bill that directs legislative staff agencies to conduct a review of the implementation of the bill either two or five years, as specified in the provision, after the enactment of the bill.
	(b)  "Legislative service agencies" means the office of legislative legal services, legislative council staff, and staff of the joint budget committee. 
	(8)  Repealed.

PART 13

YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL

	2-2-1301.  Short title. This part 13 shall be known and may be cited as the "Youth Advisory Council Act".

	2-2-1301.5.  Definitions. As used in this part 13, unless the context otherwise requires:

	(1)  "Council" means the Colorado youth advisory council created in section 2-2-1302.
	(2)  "Designated organization" means the nonprofit or private organization designated by the legislative members of the council pursuant to section 2-2-1304 as the custodian of moneys donated to the council through the designated organization.
	(3)  "Fund" means the youth advisory council cash fund created pursuant to section 2-2-1306.

	2-2-1302.  Colorado youth advisory council - creation - purpose.  (1)  There is hereby created in the legislative branch the Colorado youth advisory council to examine, evaluate, and discuss the issues, interests, and needs affecting Colorado youth now and in the future and to formally advise and make recommendations to elected officials regarding those issues. The issues may include, but need not be limited to: 
	(a)  Education and skill development;
	(b)  Employment and economic opportunities and educational opportunities, including increased accessibility to opportunities for youth in rural communities;
	(c)  Access to state and local government services;
	(d)  The environment;
	(e)  Behavioral and physical health, including suicide prevention;
	(f)  Safe environments for youth, including preventing bullying;
	(g)  Substance abuse;
	(h)  Poverty; and
	(i)  Increased youth participation in state and local government. 

	2-2-1303.  Membership - selection - terms. (1)  The council consists of forty-four members as follows:
	(a)  Four nonvoting legislative members, two of whom shall be members of the house of representatives and two of whom shall be members of the senate; and
	(b)  Thirty-five voting members representing each senate district in the state and five at-large members. The five at-large members must be selected to help ensure diversity on the council, with an express concern for adequate rural representation. Members described in this paragraph (b) must meet the following qualifications at the time of appointment:
	(I)  Be at least fourteen years of age but not older than nineteen years of age; and
	(II)  Be enrolled in and attending a Colorado junior high, middle, or high school, including an online or charter school or approved facility school as defined in section 22-2-402, C.R.S.; be participating in a nonpublic, home-based educational program; be participating in a high school equivalency examination program; or have obtained a high school diploma through successful completion of a high school equivalency examination, as defined in section 22-33-102 (8.5), C.R.S.
	(2) (a)  Nonlegislative council members shall be appointed as follows:
	(I) and (II)  (Deleted by amendment, L. 2013.)
	(III) (A)  On or before May 31, 2014, and on or before May 31 each year thereafter, the council members shall approve subsequent appointments to the council by a majority vote. A youth who meets the criteria set forth in subsection (1) of this section may apply to the council to be considered for participation in the council.
	(B)  The council shall utilize an application process to facilitate council appointments, including the content and availability of the application form, additional selection criteria, and an application review process.
	(IV)  Every effort shall be made to create a council that represents the diversity of the youth of the state.
	(b)  Legislative members of the council shall be appointed as follows:
	(I)  On or before December 15, 2014, and on or before December 15 every two years thereafter, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives shall each appoint one member from the house of representatives; and
	(II)  On or before December 15, 2014, and on or before December 15 every two years thereafter, the president and minority leader of the senate shall each appoint one member from the senate.
	(3)  Council members shall serve two-year terms and, if eligible, may be selected for a subsequent two-year term. In all cases, every effort shall be made to maintain or expand the diversity of the council.
	(4)  The council shall elect two co-chairs and two vice-chairs at its first meeting and annually thereafter. One of the co-chairs and one of the vice-chairs shall be legislative members, to be elected at the first council meeting after December 15. The other co-chair and the other vice-chair shall be nonlegislative members, to be elected at the first meeting following the annual May 31 appointment of new nonlegislative members. The co-chairs and vice-chairs shall serve for terms of one year. A vacancy on the council shall be filled through a vote of the members for the remainder of the unexpired term. Vacancies of nonlegislative members on the council shall be filled pursuant to the application process described in subparagraph (III) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section for biennial appointments. Vacancies of legislative members shall be filled by the appointing authority. Vacancies of nonlegislative members on the council who are not designated as at-large members shall be filled by a youth coming from the same senate district as the departing nonlegislative member.
	(5)  Subject to available appropriations, legislative members of the council shall be compensated for attendance at meetings of the council in the same manner as is provided in section 2-2-307 for legislative members attending meetings during the legislative interim. All expenditures incurred by the council shall be approved by the chair of the legislative council and paid for by vouchers and warrants drawn as provided by law from moneys allocated to the legislative council for legislative committees from appropriations made by the general assembly or from the youth advisory council cash fund created in section 2-2-1306.

	2-2-1304.  Duties - meetings - community outreach - designation of organization to accept donations - authority to contract. (1)  The council shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
	(a)  To work with any existing and appropriate local and state youth groups to identify the concerns and needs of youth in Colorado and to advise and make oral and written recommendations to members of the general assembly on proposed or pending legislation;
	(b)  To work with any existing and appropriate local and state youth groups to collect, analyze, and provide information on issues related to youth to the legislative committees, commissions, task forces, and state agencies and departments as appropriate;
	(c)  To consult with any existing local-level youth advisory councils for input and potential solutions on issues related to youth; and
	(d)  To set priorities and establish any committees that may be necessary to achieve the goals of the council.
	(2) (a)  Repealed.
	(b)  The council shall meet at least four times each year, with two meetings occurring during the regular legislative session and two meetings occurring after the regular legislative session has concluded. Additional meetings may be held at the discretion of the co-chairs of the council, subject to available moneys.
	(c)  All meetings of the council shall be open to the public.
	(d)  The council shall have the authority to develop rules, procedures, and a leadership structure for the council.
	(3)  The council shall utilize news outlets and publications, public awareness campaigns, and a website to develop and maintain regular communication concerning its activities with the youth of Colorado, the state of Colorado, and interested parties.
	(4) (a)  On or before September 1, 2013, and every third September 1 thereafter, the council shall, in conjunction with the director of the legislative council, use a request for proposal process to contract with and designate one or more nonprofit organizations to provide staffing and operational assistance and to serve as the custodian of moneys donated to the council through the designated organization. The designated organization shall not be the custodian of any moneys appropriated by the state and credited to the fund created in section 2-2-1306. The designated organization is authorized to expend any moneys it receives as is necessary for the operation of the council and may solicit and accept monetary and in-kind gifts, grants, and donations used to further the council's duties and responsibilities. Any such moneys donated or awarded to the designated organization for the benefit of the council are not subject to appropriation by the general assembly. Any such moneys obtained by the council or the designated organization and not in the fund that are unexpended and unencumbered at the time the council is dissolved shall be distributed according to appropriate federal and state laws governing nonprofit organizations. If a different nonprofit or private organization is subsequently designated as the custodian of donated moneys in accordance with this paragraph (a), any moneys that are unexpended and unencumbered at the time of the change in designation shall be promptly transferred by the previously designated organization to the newly designated organization.
	(b)  The designated organization, on behalf of the council, may provide or accept in-kind staff support from nonprofit agencies or private organizations, including itself, or may contract with outside entities for the purpose of providing staff support to assist the council in conducting its duties and responsibilities. Any staff support personnel provided by the designated organization or a nonprofit agency or private organization, either donated or engaged through a contract, shall not be considered employees of the council or the state.
	(5)  The council is authorized to contract with the designated organization or other nonprofit or private entities for the implementation of this part 13. Any contract entered into by the council shall be signed by the legislative co-chair of the council.

	2-2-1305.  Reporting requirements.   On or before April 30, 2014, and on or before April 30 each year thereafter, the council shall make joint reports to legislative committees of the senate and the house of representatives as appropriate. The reports shall include, at a minimum, a summary of the council's recommendations concerning key issues for youth for the current legislative session and a summary of the council's work during the previous legislative session and interim.

	2-2-1306.  Youth advisory council cash fund - created - gifts, grants, and donations. There is hereby created in the state treasury the youth advisory council cash fund to provide for the direct and indirect costs associated with the implementation of this part 13, including but not limited to lodging, meeting fees, mileage and transportation costs, meals, meeting supplies, copy costs, computer-related costs, and any services for which the council contracts. The fund shall consist of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the fund and may also include gifts, grants, and donations obtained directly by the council pursuant to this section. The council is authorized to seek and accept gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this part 13. All private and public moneys received by the council through gifts, grants, or donations shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the fund. The moneys in the fund shall be continuously appropriated for the direct and indirect costs associated with the implementation of this part 13. Any moneys in the fund not expended for the purposes of this part 13 may be invested by the state treasurer as provided by law. All interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or another fund.

	2-2-1307.  Repeal of part. This part 13 is repealed, effective July 1, 2018. Prior to the repeal of this part 13, the council shall be reviewed as provided for in section 2-3-1203.

PART 14

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY POVERTY
REDUCTION TASK FORCE ACT

	2-2-1401 to 2-2-1406. (Repealed) 

PART 15

LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE ON THE BUSINESS
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX

	2-2-1501.  Legislative task force on the business personal property tax - creation - duties - repeal.  (Repealed) 

PART 16

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT CASH FUND

	2-2-1601.  Legislative department cash fund - redistricting account - creation - definition. (1) (a)  There is hereby created in the state treasury the legislative department cash fund. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), the fund shall be comprised of such moneys that the general assembly, the house of representatives, the senate, or any legislative service agency accepts as gifts, grants, or donations, collects or otherwise receives from private and public sources, and any other moneys appropriated or transferred to the fund.
	(b)  Moneys collected or received from the following sources shall not be credited to the fund:
	(I)  Any moneys generated from the sale of bill boxes, legislative directories, and publications and other services provided by the print shop;
	(II)  Any moneys received from various departments for audits and studies;
	(III)  Any moneys received as payment of costs and fees pursuant to section 2-5-118 (2) or (2.5); and
	(IV)  Any moneys generated from the sale of publications and memorabilia relating to the state capitol building pursuant to section 24-82-108 (3) (f) (I), C.R.S.
	(c)  All interest earned on the investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Any moneys credited to the fund and unexpended at the end of any given fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the general fund.
	(2)  Except for moneys in the redistricting account created pursuant to subsection (2.5) of this section, moneys in the legislative department cash fund are continuously appropriated to the executive committee of the legislative council to pay for expenses of the legislative department of the state of Colorado. Moneys in the fund shall be expended consistent with any terms and conditions imposed as a condition of receiving such moneys as gifts, grants, or donations.
	(2.5)  There is hereby created in the legislative department cash fund the redistricting account, referred to in this subsection (2.5) as the "account". The account shall be comprised of any moneys appropriated or transferred to the account and any moneys received by the Colorado reapportionment commission, created pursuant to section 48 of article V of the state constitution, or the legislative council related to redistricting. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the reapportionment commission and to the legislative council staff to pay for the expense of redistricting the congressional and state legislative districts in the state and to the general assembly to pay the expenses related to a special session for congressional redistricting.  All interest earned on the investment of moneys in the account shall be credited to the account. Any moneys credited to the account and unexpended at the end of any given fiscal year shall remain in the account and shall not revert or be transferred to the general fund or any other fund; except that any unexpended moneys remaining in the account as of June 30, 2012, shall be transferred to the legislative department cash fund.
	(2.6)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any moneys appropriated from the general fund to the legislative department of the state government for any fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 2011, that are unexpended or not encumbered as of the close of that fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund and shall be transferred by the state treasurer and the controller to the legislative department cash fund.
	(3)  For purposes of this section, "legislative service agency" means the office of legislative legal services, legislative council staff, office of the state auditor, or staff of the joint budget committee.

PART 17

LOWER NORTH FORK WILDFIRE COMMISSION

	2-2-1701 to 2-2-1704. (Repealed) 

PART 18

STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENTS TASK FORCE

	2-2-1801 to 2-2-1805. (Repealed) 

LEGISLATIVE SERVICES

ARTICLE 3

Legislative Services

PART 1

LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE - STATE AUDITOR

	2-3-101.  Legislative audit committee - membership - meetings - powers and duties. (1)  There is hereby created a legislative audit committee, referred to in this part 1 as the "committee". The committee consists of four senators, two from each major political party, to be appointed by the president and the minority leader of the senate, respectively, with the approval of a majority of the members elected to the senate and four representatives, two from each major political party, to be appointed by the speaker and the minority leader of the house of representatives, respectively, with the approval of a majority of the members elected to the house of representatives. Appointments to the committee shall be made no later than sixty days after the convening of the first regular session of the general assembly held in each odd-numbered year. An appointing authority may make an appointment to temporarily replace a current member of the committee appointed by that appointing authority; except that, a temporary appointment does not require approval of a majority of the members elected to the applicable body. Membership on the committee terminates with the appointment of a member's successor or upon the termination of a member's term of office in the general assembly, whichever occurs first, and any member may be appointed to succeed himself or herself on the committee. Vacancies in the committee's membership shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments; except that the approval of the members elected to the general assembly is not necessary if any such appointment is made when the general assembly is not in session.
	(2)  The committee shall select its chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership, and it shall prescribe its own rules of procedure. The committee may appoint subcommittees from the membership of the general assembly and other persons to assist the committee in carrying out its functions. The committee may meet as often as may be necessary to perform its functions, but it shall meet at least once in each quarter of the calendar year.
	(3)  It is the function of the committee:
	(a)  To examine persons applying for the position of state auditor as to qualifications and ability but without regard to political affiliation and, after consultation with the executive committee, to place the names of the most qualified candidates in nomination before the general assembly for the position of state auditor;
	(b)  To review the activities and reports of the state auditor relating to postaudits of the financial transactions and accounts of all departments, institutions, and agencies of the state government and of other public agencies and to submit its recommendations thereon to the general assembly, the governor, and other interested officials at such times as the committee considers necessary;
	(c)  To keep minutes of its meetings which shall be available to all members of the general assembly upon request and to allow any member of the general assembly to attend any of the meetings of the committee and to present his views on any subject which the committee may be considering;
	(d)  To conduct such other activities as may be required by law or by joint resolution of the general assembly;
	(e)  Upon receipt of the investigation report as provided in section 24-50.5-106, C.R.S., to direct the state auditor to conduct a preliminary investigation to determine the need for a fiscal audit, performance audit, or management study of the matter set forth in such report. Upon receipt of the preliminary report from the state auditor, the committee may direct an immediate special audit or management study of the matter or may provide that such study shall be done in accordance with the scheduled audit of the agency cited in such report. Upon completion of any special audit or management study pursuant to this paragraph (e), the committee shall submit its findings to the governor and the members of the general assembly.
	(f)  To review enterprise designations of auxiliary facilities or groups of auxiliary facilities which are submitted to the office of the state auditor pursuant to the provisions of section 23-5-101.5, C.R.S., to ensure that such designations conform to the requirements of section 23-5-101.5, C.R.S., and to the provisions of section 20 of article X of the state constitution, to determine which, if any designations, shall be allowed to expire pursuant to section 23-5-101.5, C.R.S., and to recommend to the general assembly such legislation regarding such designations as may be necessary;
	(g)  To review any enterprise designation of the student loan division that is submitted to the office of the state auditor pursuant to the provisions of section 23-3.1-103.5, C.R.S., to ensure that the designation conforms to the requirements of section 23-3.1-103.5, C.R.S., and to the provisions of section 20 of article X of the state constitution, to determine whether the designation shall be allowed to expire pursuant to section 23-3.1-103.5, C.R.S., and to recommend to the general assembly such legislation regarding the designation as may be necessary; and
	(h)  To review the activities and reports of the state auditor related to performance audits he or she is required to conduct or cause to be conducted pursuant to section 2-3-103 (9).

	(4)  Members of the committee shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses in connection with the performance of their duties and shall be paid the same per diem as other members of interim committees in attendance at meetings.

	2-3-102.  State auditor - qualifications and appointment - term of office. The state auditor shall be a certified public accountant licensed to practice in this state. He shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation by a majority vote of the members elected to and serving in each house of the general assembly to serve for a term of five years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, with the first such term beginning on July 1, 1966. If a vacancy occurs in the position of state auditor, the committee may designate a temporary state auditor  who shall exercise and perform all of the powers and duties that are by law  to be exercised and performed by the state auditor until a replacement is appointed by the general assembly.

	2-3-103.  Duties of state auditor - definition. (1) (a)  It is the duty of the state auditor to conduct or cause to be conducted postaudits of all financial transactions and accounts kept by or for all departments, institutions, and agencies of the state government, including educational institutions, and the judicial and legislative branches, to conduct performance postaudits thereof, and to perform similar or related duties with respect to such political subdivisions of the state as may be required by law. Postaudits of all financial transactions and accounts may be conducted on a biennial basis.
	(b)  The state auditor shall have the authority to conduct or cause to be conducted postaudits of all financial transactions and accounts kept by or for any special purpose authority as defined in section 24-77-102 (15), C.R.S., or any state entity designated as an enterprise as defined in section 20 (2) (d) of article X of the state constitution, including performance postaudits thereof, except for:
	(I)  Any special purpose authority or state entity whose governing body includes the state auditor as an ex officio member;
	(II)  Any hospital that is subject to audit under the "Colorado Medical Assistance Act", articles 4 to 6 of title 25.5, C.R.S., or medicare, Title XVIII of the federal "Social Security Act", as amended; or
	(III)  Any special purpose authority or state entity where the authority's or entity's actions are subject to a performance audit, or such similar audit, by the federal government. Upon completion of such a federal performance audit, a copy of the audit shall be shared with the state auditor.
	(1.5) (a)  In addition to any other duties granted by law, the state auditor may assess, confirm, and report on the security practices of all of the information technology systems maintained or administered by all departments, institutions, and agencies of state government, including educational institutions and the judicial and legislative branches.  The auditor may perform similar or related duties with respect to political subdivisions of the state where the auditor has been granted authority to perform financial or performance audits with respect to such political subdivisions. In order to perform such duties, the state auditor may conduct penetration or similar testing of computer networks or information systems of the state or a political subdivision, as applicable, assess network or information system vulnerability, or conduct similar or related procedures to promote best practices with respect to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems technology as the auditor deems necessary in his or her discretion. In conducting such testing, the state auditor may contract with auditors or information technology security specialists, or both, that possess the necessary specialized knowledge and experience to perform the required work. The authority of the state auditor pursuant to the requirements of this subsection (1.5) shall be coextensive with the auditor's authority under this part 1.
	(b)  Any testing or assessment of security practices and procedures concerning information technology in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subsection (1.5) shall be conducted or caused to be conducted by the state auditor:
	(I)  After consultation and in coordination with, but not requiring the approval of, the chief information officer appointed pursuant to section 24-37.5-103, C.R.S., or any person performing comparable duties for either a state agency that is not under the jurisdiction of the office of information technology created in section 24-37.5-103, C.R.S., or a political subdivision of the state;
	(II)  In accordance with industry standards prescribed by the national institute of standards and technology or any successor agency; and
	(III)  After the state auditor and any other person with whom the state auditor is required to consult in accordance with the requirements of subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b) have agreed in writing to rules governing the manner in which the testing or assessment is to be conducted, including a mitigation plan for handling significant system outages or disruptions in the event they occur.
	(2)  The state auditor shall prepare for the committee reports and recommendations on the postaudits conducted, and, under the direction of the committee, he shall prepare an annual report to contain, among other things, copies of or the substance of audit reports on the various departments, institutions, and agencies as well as a summary of recommendations made in regard thereto. All reports shall be open to public inspection except for that portion of any report containing recommendations, comments, and any narrative statements which is released only upon the approval of a majority vote of the committee.
	(3)  The state auditor shall keep a complete and accurate set of records on the fiscal transactions of the state auditor's office, and shall also keep a complete file of copies of all audit reports, including work papers, and copies of examinations, investigations, and any other reports or materials issued by the state auditor, the state auditor's staff, or by the committee. The work papers of the office of the state auditor shall be open to public inspection only upon approval of a majority of the members of the committee. Only the specific work papers that the committee votes to approve for disclosure shall be open to public inspection.  Work papers that have not been specifically approved for disclosure by a majority vote of the committee shall remain confidential. Under no circumstances shall the work papers be open to public inspection prior to the completed report being filed with the committee.
	(4)  All expenses incurred by the office of the state auditor, including salaries and expenses of employees, shall be paid upon vouchers signed by the chairman of the committee and drawn on funds appropriated for legislative expenses and allocated to the office of the state auditor; except that any payroll voucher or any other voucher which does not exceed one thousand dollars may be signed by the state auditor or by his authorized designee.
	(5)  It is the duty of the state auditor to annually evaluate the investments of the public school fund and report to the committee any loss of principal of such fund which, in his judgment, exists.
	(6)  Repealed.
	(7)  Upon a determination by the state auditor that the provisions of section 20-1-112, C.R.S., have not been met, the state auditor shall cause to be conducted a postaudit of any noncomplying office of district attorney. The expenses of such a postaudit shall be borne by the office of district attorney.
	(8)  The state auditor shall review or cause to be reviewed all enterprise designations submitted to the office of the state auditor pursuant to the provisions of sections 23-3.1-103.5 and 23-5-101.5, C.R.S., to ensure that such designations conform to the requirements of section 23-3.1-103.5 or 23-5-101.5, C.R.S., whichever is applicable, and to the provisions of section 20 of article X of the state constitution. In addition, the state auditor shall recommend to the legislative audit committee those designations, if any, which, in the opinion of the state auditor, should be allowed to expire and shall otherwise assist the legislative audit committee in reviewing the enterprise designations submitted to the office of the state auditor.
	(9)  It is the duty of the state auditor to conduct or cause to be conducted performance audits as specified in section 2-7-204 (5).
	(9.5)  It is the duty of the state auditor to notify the appropriate joint committee of reference as determined pursuant to section 2-7-203 when a department has not completed recommendations made by the state auditor within the time provided.
	(10)  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
	(a)  "Information technology" shall have the same meaning as specified in section 24-37.5-102 (2), C.R.S.

	2-3-103.5.  Deputies. The state auditor, with the approval of the committee, may appoint one or more deputy state auditors, not to exceed three in number, pursuant to section 2-3-104. In the case of the temporary absence or incapacity of the state auditor, the committee may designate a deputy to exercise and perform all or any portion of the powers and duties of the state auditor which are by law exercised and performed by the state auditor, and, unless and until such designation is made by the committee, the state auditor may so designate such deputy.

	2-3-103.7.  Disclosure of reports before filing. (1)  Any state employee or other individual acting in an oversight role as a member of a committee, board, or commission who willfully and knowingly discloses the contents of any report prepared by or at the direction of the state auditor's office prior to the release of such report by a majority vote of the committee as provided in section 2-3-103 (2) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
	(2)  This section shall not apply to necessary communication of employees of the state auditor's office or employees of any person contracting to provide services for the state auditor's office with those persons necessary to complete the audit report or with other state agencies involved with comparable reports.

	2-3-104.  Salary and staff of state auditor. The state auditor shall be paid a salary to be determined by the executive committee, as provided in section 2-3-303 (3). The state auditor, with the approval of the committee, may appoint such additional professional, technical, clerical, or other employees or contract for such services necessary to perform the functions assigned to the state auditor. No more than three members of the staff of the state auditor shall be exempt from the state personnel system.

	2-3-105.  Transfer of employees. (Repealed) 

	2-3-106.  Bond. (Repealed) 

	2-3-107.  Authority to subpoena witnesses - access to records. (1)  For the purposes of this part 1 the committee has the power to subpoena witnesses, take testimony under oath, and to assemble records and documents, by subpoena duces tecum or otherwise, with the same power and authority as courts of record and may apply to courts of record for the enforcement of these powers. The sheriff of any county shall serve any subpoena on written order of the committee in the same manner as process is served in civil actions. Witnesses subpoenaed to appear before the committee shall receive the same fees and expenses as witnesses in civil cases.
	(2) (a)  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the state auditor or his or her designated representative shall have access at all times, except as provided by sections 39-1-116, 39-4-103, and 39-5-120, C.R.S., to all of the books, accounts, reports, vouchers, or other records or information in any department, institution, or agency, including but not limited to records or information required to be kept confidential or exempt from public disclosure upon subpoena, search warrant, discovery proceedings, or otherwise.  When accessing confidential health records, the state auditor shall determine the necessity of accessing personal identifying health information for the purpose of achieving the audit objectives.
	(b)  Nothing in this subsection (2) shall be construed as authorizing or permitting the publication of information prohibited by law. Notwithstanding the approval of the committee to release work papers of the office of the state auditor pursuant to section 2-3-103 (3), no information required to be kept confidential pursuant to any other law shall be released in connection with an audit. The results of any audit or evaluation of information technology systems undertaken pursuant to section 2-3-103 (1.5) that are precluded from disclosure under section 24-6-402 (3) (a) (IV), C.R.S., shall not be released in connection with any such audit or evaluation. In addition to the penalty established in section 2-3-103.7, any person who unlawfully releases confidential information shall be subject to any criminal or civil penalty under any applicable law for the unlawful release of the information.
	(c)  Any officer or employee who fails or refuses to permit such access or examination for audit or who interferes in any way with such examination is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than one month nor more than twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
	(3)  In verifying any of the audits made, the state auditor shall have the right to ascertain the amounts on deposit in any bank or other depository belonging to any department, institution, or agency required to be audited, and he shall have the right to audit said account on the books of any such bank or depository. No bank or other depository shall be liable for making available to the state auditor any of the information required under the provisions of this subsection (3).

	2-3-108.  Special audits. Any member of the general assembly or the governor may request the committee to direct a special audit of any department, institution, or agency, and, upon the vote of the majority of the committee approving such request, the state auditor shall make or cause to be made such audit.

	2-3-109.  Emergency reports. (1)  If the state auditor finds in the course of an audit evidence of improper practices of financial administration or inadequacy of fiscal records, he shall report the same immediately to the committee. With the approval of the committee, the state auditor shall also report the same to the governor and the head of any department, institution, or agency affected thereby.

	(2)  If the state auditor in the course of an audit finds evidence of apparently illegal transactions or misuse or embezzlement of public funds or property, he shall immediately report such transactions to the committee; moreover, with the approval of the committee, he may file a written copy of such report with the governor but shall give notice thereof to the district attorney of the district wherein such transactions are reported to have taken place.

	2-3-110.  Reimbursement of state auditor for certain audits - disclosure. (1)  When the state auditor is required by law or the state constitution to audit or cause to be audited a state department, institution, or agency or other governmental or organizational entity for self-supporting or nonappropriated activities, including but not limited to enterprises as defined in section 20 (2) (d) of article X of the state constitution, associated students' accounts, auxiliary enterprise funds, nonprofit corporations, trust funds, contracts with the federal government, federal grants-in-aid, or federal assistance programs, moneys from the state general fund shall not be used to pay for the cost of the audit, and the state auditor shall be reimbursed for the audit services by the entity for which the audit is in whole or in part performed.
	(2)  The reimbursement amount from such entity shall be a pro rata share of the total state auditor's cost, based upon a time-spent factor, if the total audit of the entity includes the audit of  state-appropriated funds. If state-appropriated funds are not involved in such audits, the reimbursement shall be not less than the average hourly cost of the operations of the state auditor's office nor more than the average rate attainable from certified public accounting firms performing similar services for this state. Reimbursement charges may be negotiated with the state auditor's office within the above limitations.
	(3)  The state auditor shall disclose the amount of fully reimbursed audit services in the annual financial statements of the legislative department.

	2-3-111.  Office of state auditor - conduct audit of juvenile justice system - repeal. (Repealed) 

	2-3-112.  Prevention programs - programmatic review. (Repealed) 

	2-3-113.  Programs that receive tobacco settlement moneys - program review - definitions. (1)  As used in this section:
	(a)  "Health sciences facility" has the meaning set forth in section 26-6.4-103 (2), C.R.S. For purposes of this section, "health sciences facility" includes any contractor or subcontractor engaged by the health sciences facility to assist in the implementation and monitoring of the nurse home visitor program established under article 6.4 of title 26, C.R.S.
	(b)  "Master settlement agreement" means the master settlement agreement, the smokeless tobacco master settlement agreement, and the consent decree approved and entered by the court in the case denominated State of Colorado, ex rel. Gale A. Norton, Attorney General v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; American Tobacco Co., Inc.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.; Liggett & Myers, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc.; Philip Morris, Inc.; United States Tobacco Co.; B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C.; The Council For Tobacco Research--U.S.A., Inc.; and Tobacco Institute, Inc., Case No. 97 CV 3432, in the district court for the city and county of Denver.
	(c)  "Tobacco settlement program" means any program that receives appropriations from moneys received by the state pursuant to the master settlement agreement.
	(2)  Beginning January 1, 2002, it is the duty of the state auditor to conduct or cause to be conducted program reviews and evaluations of the performance of each tobacco settlement program to determine whether the program is effectively and efficiently meeting its stated goals. The program reviews and evaluations shall subject all tobacco settlement programs to audit, whether operated directly by a state agency or by a private entity or by a local government agency.
	(3)  The state auditor may contract with one or more public or private entities to conduct the program reviews and evaluations and prepare the annual executive summary reports required in subsection (5) of this section.
	(4)  The joint budget committee staff, the legislative council staff, the office of legislative legal services, the department of public health and environment, and the health sciences facility shall work with the state auditor's office in conducting the program reviews and evaluations of tobacco settlement programs.
	(5)  Beginning December 15, 2002, the state auditor's office shall first submit to the legislative audit committee and then to the governor, the attorney general, the department of public health and environment, the joint budget committee, and the health and human services committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or any successor committees, reports on the program reviews and evaluations of tobacco settlement programs performed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. In addition, the state auditor's office shall submit to the health and human services committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or any successor committees, and to the department of public health and environment an annual executive summary of the program reviews and evaluations.
	(6)  The legislative audit committee shall design a schedule for reviewing tobacco settlement programs to ensure that each program is reviewed and evaluated as deemed necessary by the committee after consultation with the state auditor.
	(7)  Repealed.

	2-3-114.  State records management - duties of state auditor - definitions. (1)  For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
	(a)  "Agency" means every department, institution, and agency of state government, including educational institutions and the judicial and legislative branches.
	(b)  "Records" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 24-80-101 (1), C.R.S., and shall include a "record" as defined in section 24-71.3-102 (13), C.R.S.
	(2)  The state auditor shall conduct records management audits of every agency on a periodic basis as determined by the state auditor. Such records management audits shall be conducted separately or in connection with an agency audit conducted pursuant to section 2-3-103.
	(3)  The executive director of the department of personnel or the director's designee shall, in consultation with the state archivist, provide the state auditor with guidelines by September 1, 2001, for determining whether an agency is:
	(a)  Managing its records in compliance with the administrative and technical procedures for records maintenance and management established pursuant to section 24-80-102 (3), C.R.S.; and
	(b)  Improving the general accessibility of the records in the agency's custody.

	2-3-115.  Use of state education fund moneys for school capital construction - audits - reports. (1)  For the 2001-02 school district budget year and each school district budget year thereafter, for the purpose of determining the amount of state education fund moneys expended by each school district in the state for capital construction and identifying the schools and projects on which school districts expended such moneys, the state auditor shall annually examine the records of each school district in the state that received state education fund moneys for the budget year:
	(a)  Directly from the department of education for capital construction aid to qualified charter schools, as defined in section 22-54-124 (1) (f.6), C.R.S., in accordance with section 22-54-124 (4), C.R.S.; or
	(b)  For budget years 2000-01 through 2006-07, indirectly from the school capital construction expenditures reserve created in section 22-54-117 (1.5) (a) (I), C.R.S., as said reserve existed prior to July 1, 2008, and for the budget year 2007-08, indirectly from the school capital construction expenditures reserve fund, as said fund existed prior to July 1, 2008.
	(2)  No later than February 1 of each school district budget year commencing on or after July 1, 2002, the state auditor shall report to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, the legislative audit committee, and the joint budget committee of the general assembly:
	(a)  The total amount of state education fund moneys that districts throughout the state expended for capital construction and the amount of state education fund moneys that each district expended for capital construction during the prior budget year;
	(b)   The total amount of state education fund moneys that qualified charter schools throughout the state expended for capital construction and the amount of state education fund moneys that each qualified charter school throughout the state expended for capital construction during the prior budget year;
	(c)  For budget years 2000-01 through 2006-07, the total amount of state education fund moneys received indirectly from the school capital construction expenditures reserve, as said reserve existed prior to July 1, 2008, and for the budget year 2007-08, the total amount of state education fund moneys received indirectly from the school capital construction expenditures reserve fund, as said fund existed prior to July 1, 2008, by districts throughout the state and by each district that were expended for capital construction during the prior budget year;
	(d)  The schools and projects on which state education fund moneys were expended;
	(e)  For budget years 2000-01 through 2006-07, the balances of all moneys and all state education fund moneys in the school capital construction expenditures reserve, as said reserve existed prior to July 1, 2008, as of the immediately preceding January 1, and for the budget year 2007-08, the balances of all moneys and all state education fund moneys in the school capital construction expenditures reserve fund, as said fund existed prior to July 1, 2008, as of the immediately preceding January 1; and
	(f)  The total pupil enrollment of all school districts in the state in which state education fund moneys were expended for capital construction during the prior budget year, the pupil enrollment of each school district in which state education fund moneys were expended for capital construction during the prior budget year, and the pupil enrollment of each school in the state on which state education fund moneys were expended for capital construction during the prior budget year.

	2-3-116.  Performance audit of foster care program - repeal. (Repealed) 

	2-3-117.  Pilot efficiency reviews - school districts - report - repeal. (Repealed) 

	2-3-118.  Performance audit of statewide database of permittees - repeal.  (Repealed) 

	2-3-119.  Audit of hospital provider fee - cost shift. Starting with the second full state fiscal year following the receipt of the notice from the executive director of the department of health care policy and financing pursuant to section 25.5-4-402.3 (7), C.R.S., and thereafter at the discretion of the legislative audit committee, the state auditor shall conduct or cause to be conducted a performance and fiscal audit of the hospital provider fee established pursuant to section 25.5-4-402.3, C.R.S.

	2-3-120.  Periodic performance audits of Colorado new energy improvement district and new energy improvement program - reports. No later than June 30, 2014, and no later than June 30 of every fifth year thereafter, the state auditor shall conduct or cause to be conducted a performance audit of the Colorado new energy improvement district created in section 32-20-104 (1), C.R.S., and the new energy improvement program established by the district pursuant to section 32-20-105 (3), C.R.S. The state auditor shall prepare a report and recommendations on each audit conducted and shall present the report and recommendations to the committee.

	2-3-121.  Performance audits of public highway authorities. At the discretion of the legislative audit committee, the state auditor shall conduct or cause to be conducted a performance audit of any public highway authority created and operating pursuant to part 5 of article 4 of title 43, C.R.S.; except that the legislative audit committee may not require the state auditor to conduct such a performance audit during any year in which the transportation legislation review committee created in section 43-2-145 (1), C.R.S., is required or authorized to meet. The state auditor shall prepare a report and recommendations on each audit conducted and shall present the report and recommendations to the committee. The state auditor shall pay the costs of any audit conducted pursuant to this section.

	2-3-122.  Risk-based performance audit of department of transportation - repeal. (1)  No later than June 30, 2018, the state auditor shall conduct or cause to be conducted a risk-based performance audit of the department of transportation.
	(2)  This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2018.

	2-3-123.  Audits of the distribution of money in the state historical fund used for the preservation and restoration of the cities of Central, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek. (1)  Subject to the requirements of section 2-3-103 (2), no later than September 1, 2017, September 1, 2022, and September 1, 2027, the state auditor shall conduct or cause to be conducted postaudits and performance audits of the twenty percent of the twenty-eight percent of the limited gaming fund that is transferred to the state historical fund for the preservation and restoration of the city of Central, the city of Black Hawk, and the city of Cripple Creek as specified in subsection (5) (b) (III) of section 9 of article XVIII of the state constitution in order to ascertain:
	(a)  How the city of Central, the city of Black Hawk, and the city of Cripple Creek are spending their distributions and whether such expenditures are being used for the preservation and restoration of each city; and
	(b)  Whether the city of Central, the city of Black Hawk, and the city of Cripple Creek have adopted and are following the standards described in section 12-47.1-1202 (3), C.R.S., for distribution of grants from each city's share.
	(2)  This duty is in addition to the state auditor's duty to examine the reports submitted by the city of Central, the city of Black Hawk, and the city of Cripple Creek pursuant to the requirements of sections 29-1-606 and 29-1-607, C.R.S.

PART 2

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

	2-3-201.  Joint budget committee established. (1)  There is hereby established a joint committee of the senate and house of representatives officially known as the joint budget committee, and to consist of the chairman of the house appropriations committee plus one majority party member and one minority party member thereof, and the chairman of the senate appropriations committee plus one majority party member and one minority party member thereof. Members of the committee shall be chosen in each house in the same manner as members of other standing committees are chosen. The committee shall function during the legislative sessions and during the interim between sessions.

	(2)  In order to expedite the work of the committee, appointees may be designated by the respective majority and minority parties prior to the convening of the general assembly at which such committee is to serve, whether such appointees are members of the then current general assembly or members-elect of the next general assembly, or both; and such appointees have all the powers and duties and are entitled to the same compensation and expense allowance as members duly appointed under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.
	(3)  The committee shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman, one from the senate membership of the committee and one from the house membership of the committee. The chairman so elected shall serve as chairman for the first regular session of the general assembly at which the committee is to serve, and as vice-chairman for the second regular session; the vice-chairman so elected shall serve as chairman for the second regular session of said general assembly.

	2-3-202.  Organization and meetings. The committee may prescribe its own rules of procedure and may appoint subcommittees from the membership of the general assembly, and shall meet as often as is necessary to perform its functions.

	2-3-203.  Powers and duties of the joint budget committee - repeal. (1)  The committee has the following power and duties:
	(a)  To study the management, operations, programs, and fiscal needs of the agencies and institutions of Colorado state government;
	(b)  Repealed.
	(b.1) (I) (A)  Effective July 1, 2004, to hold hearings as required and to review the executive budget and the budget requests of each state agency and institution, including capital construction, capital renewal, or controlled maintenance budget requests as prioritized, pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and house of representatives, by the capital development committee, and information technology budget requests as prioritized, pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives, by the joint technology committee, and to make appropriation recommendations to the appropriations committees, or any successor committees, of each house.
	(B)  If the joint budget committee's recommendations to the appropriations committees in the general appropriations bill alter the determinations of priority established by the capital development committee, prior to making the recommendations, the joint budget committee shall notify the capital development committee and allow for a joint meeting of the two committees.
	(C)  If the joint budget committee's recommendations to the appropriations committees of the senate and house of representatives in the annual general appropriation bill alter the determinations of priority established by the joint technology committee, prior to making the recommendations, the joint budget committee shall notify the joint technology committee and allow for a joint meeting of the two committees. If part 17 of this article is repealed, this sub-subparagraph (C) is repealed, effective July 1, 2018.
	(II)  Repealed.
	(b.2)  Effective July 1, 2013, to hold hearings as required to review the performance plans and performance evaluations of departments as specified in section 2-7-204 (6). Based on its review of these performance plans and performance evaluations and its consideration of each department's legal responsibilities and strategic goals and objectives, the joint budget committee may prioritize departments' requests for new funding that are expressly intended to enhance productivity, improve efficiency, reduce costs, and eliminate waste in the processes and operations that deliver goods and services to taxpayers and customers of state government.
	(c)  To make estimates of revenue from existing and proposed taxes and to make its staff facilities available, upon request, to the finance committee of either house for the development and analysis of proposed revenue measures;
	(d)  To study and from time to time review the state's fund structure, financial condition, fiscal organization, and its budgeting, accounting, reporting, personnel, and purchasing procedures;
	(e) and (f)  Repealed.
	(g)  Prior to January 1 of the year prior to the last year in which a transfer may be made under section 24-75-219, C.R.S., to develop and make recommendations in consultation with the capital development committee established in section 2-3-1302 concerning new methods of financing the state's ongoing capital construction, capital renewal, and controlled maintenance needs. No later than the following February 1, the committee shall recommend legislation to implement the recommendations.
	(2)  If a principal department of the executive branch of state government as specified in section 24-1-110, C.R.S., submits a plan approved by the office of state planning and budgeting to improve budgetary efficiency or administrative flexibility by recommending line item consolidation in the annual general appropriation act, the committee shall consider such plan for recommendation to the general assembly.
	(3)  After passage of the annual general appropriation act, in preparing any letter to the governor with requests for information, the committee shall prioritize such requests in the letter.

	2-3-204.  Staff director, assistants, and consultants. (1)  The committee shall interview persons applying for the position of staff director as to qualifications and ability and shall make recommendations thereon to the executive committee, which shall appoint the staff director as provided in section 2-3-303 (3). The staff director shall be responsible to the committee for the collection and assembling of all data and the preparation of reports and recommendations. The staff director shall also be responsible for preparing for consideration by the committee analyses of all requests for funds. With the approval of the committee, the staff director may appoint such additional professional, technical, clerical, or other employees necessary to perform the functions assigned to the committee. The staff director and such additional personnel shall be appointed without reference to affiliation and solely on the basis of ability to perform the duties of the position. They shall be employees of the general assembly and shall not be subject to the state personnel system laws. The committee shall establish appropriate qualifications and compensation for all positions. With the consent of the committee, the chairperson may contract for professional services by private consultants as needed.
	(2)  Repealed.

	2-3-205.  Expenses - vouchers. All expenses incurred by the committee, including salaries and expenses of employees, shall be paid upon vouchers signed by the chairman, or, in his absence or unavailability, the vice-chairman,  or by the staff director upon instruction by the chairman in each instance, and drawn on funds appropriated generally for legislative expenses and allocated to the committee.

	2-3-206.  Recommendations and findings. The committee may issue a written report setting forth its recommendations, findings, and comments as to each appropriation recommendation which it submits to the house and senate appropriations committees. Other reports may be issued from time to time by the committee as it deems appropriate or as requested by the general assembly.

	2-3-207.  Implementation of a zero-base budgeting program. (Repealed) 

	2-3-208.  Budget requests - amendments - supplemental appropriation requests - deadlines - definitions. (1)  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
	(a)  "Budget request amendment" means any change to a budget request for the upcoming state fiscal year that a state agency submits to the joint budget committee.
	(b)  "State agency" means any department, commission, council, board, bureau, committee, institution of higher education, agency, or other governmental unit of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government that receives an appropriation or is otherwise included in the annual general appropriation act.
	(2) (a)  A state agency shall submit its budget request for the upcoming state fiscal year to the joint budget committee by November 1. Except as set forth in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), the state agency shall submit any budget request amendments to the joint budget committee by January 15.
	(b) (I)  A state agency shall submit a budget request amendment that is related to a request for a supplemental appropriation to the joint budget committee by January 2; except that the January 2 deadline does not apply to a budget request amendment that is related to a request for a supplemental appropriation identified in subparagraph (I) of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of this section.
	(II)  A state agency may submit a budget request amendment to the joint budget committee after its applicable deadline if the budget request amendment is based upon circumstances unknown to, and not reasonably foreseeable by, the state agency prior to the deadline.
	(c)  Any deadline in this subsection (2) is the date immediately preceding the state fiscal year that is the subject of the budget request or budget request amendment.
	(3) (a)  Except as set forth in paragraph (b) of this subsection (3), a state agency shall submit a request for a supplemental appropriation for the current state fiscal year to the joint budget committee by January 2.
	(b) (I)  The department of education shall submit a request for a supplemental appropriation pursuant to section 22-54-106 (4) (b), C.R.S., to the joint budget committee by January 15. The department of corrections and the division of youth corrections in the department of human services shall each submit a request for a supplemental appropriation related to changes in caseload to the joint budget committee by January 15.
	(II)  A state agency may submit a request for a supplemental appropriation to the joint budget committee after its applicable deadline if the supplemental appropriation is based upon circumstances unknown to, and not reasonably foreseeable by, the state agency prior to the deadline.
	(c)  Any deadline in this subsection (3) is the date during the state fiscal year that the request for a supplemental appropriation is made.
	(4)  The office of state planning and budgeting may submit a request identified in this section to the joint budget committee on behalf of a state agency, and in such case, the corresponding deadline for the request applies to the office.

PART 3

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

	2-3-301.  Legislative council created - executive committee created. (1)  There is hereby created a legislative council, referred to in this part 3 as the "council", which consists of an executive committee, six senators with majority party members appointed by the president of the senate and minority party members appointed by the minority leader of the senate, with the approval of a majority vote of the members elected to the senate, and six representatives with majority party members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and minority party members appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives, with the approval of a majority vote of the members elected to the house of representatives. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1.5) of this section, the executive committee consists of the president of the senate, the majority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the majority leader of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the house of representatives, all of whom are ex officio members of the council. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall alternately serve as the chair and vice-chair of the executive committee and serve for one-year terms. All ex officio members of the council have and may exercise all the powers, privileges, and duties of other members.
	(1.5) (a)  In order to expedite the work of the executive committee, for each period commencing after a general election and ending following the convening of the next general assembly when a new executive committee is formed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, a temporary executive committee comprised of the legislators selected by their respective party caucuses as the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the majority and minority leaders of the senate and the house of representatives for the next general assembly shall be formed.
	(b)  Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection (1.5), the temporary executive committee shall assume all of the duties and powers of the executive committee previously formed in accordance with subsection (1) of this section.
	(c)  The executive committee previously formed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall retain all powers and duties related to any special session of the general assembly called prior to the convening of the next general assembly and all legislative management functions pertaining to matters arising prior to the convening of the next general assembly.
	(d)  Each member of the temporary executive committee shall have the same powers and duties with respect to the business of the temporary executive committee as all other members of the temporary executive committee, whether the member is a member of the then current general assembly, a member-elect of the next general assembly, or both.
	(2)  Appointments or reappointments of all members of the council shall be made no later than ten days after the convening of the first regular session of each general assembly. An appointing authority may make an appointment to temporarily replace a current member of the committee appointed by that appointing authority; except that a temporary appointment does not require approval of a majority of the members elected to the applicable  body. Membership on the council terminates with the appointment of a member's successor or upon the termination of a member's term of office in the general assembly, whichever first occurs. A member may be appointed to succeed himself or herself.
	(3)  The party representation on the council shall be in proportion generally to the relative number of members of the two major political parties in each house of the general assembly, but in no event shall a minority party be represented by less than one council member from the senate and two council members from the house of representatives.
	(4)  Vacancies in the membership of the council shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments are made.
	(5)  The legislative council may be a committee of reference for bills and joint resolutions that allocate any additional legislative staff resources.

	2-3-302.  Organization - meetings. (1)  The chair and vice-chair of the executive committee shall serve as the chair and vice-chair of the council; and the council shall prescribe its own rules of procedure, and may appoint subcommittees from the membership of the general assembly and other persons to assist in carrying out its functions.
	(2)  The council shall meet as often as may be necessary to perform its functions, but it shall not meet less frequently than once in each quarter of the calendar year.
	(3)  Nine members shall constitute a quorum, and a majority thereof, or of the number of members present if more than a quorum, shall have authority to act on any matter within the jurisdiction of the council.

	2-3-303.  Functions - report - definitions. (1)  In addition to any other powers and duties set forth in law, the council shall have the following powers and duties:
	(a)  To collect information concerning the government and general welfare of the state;
	(b)  To examine the effects of constitutional provisions and statutes and recommend desirable alterations;
	(c)  To consider important issues of public policy and questions of statewide interest;
	(d)  To prepare for presentation to the members and various sessions of the general assembly such reports, bills, or otherwise, as the welfare of the state may require;
	(e)  To expend moneys or authorize the expenditure of moneys to accomplish the functions contained in this section out of moneys appropriated to the council by the general assembly;
	(f)  To approve bills recommended by interim legislative council committees or other committees created by statute or resolution which operate during the interim;
	(g)  To review the ballot information booklet prepared by the director of research at a public hearing in accordance with section 1-40-124.5, C.R.S.
	(2)  In addition to any other powers and duties set forth in law, the executive committee of the legislative council has the following powers and duties:
	(a)  To consider, recommend, and establish policies relating to legislative management and legislative procedures, including but not limited to deadlines for the legislative session, guidelines on the format of bills, allocation of space in the capitol for legislative purposes, and lobbying practices;
	(b)  To consider and approve the budget requests from the legislative service agency directors for the legislative service agencies;
	(c)  To prepare and introduce the legislative appropriation bill each year;
	(d)  To establish policies about the retention of records by the legislative service agencies of the general assembly, including the retention of records relating to legislative review of rules and regulations promulgated by executive branch agencies pursuant to section 24-4-103, C.R.S.;
	(e)  Repealed.
	(f)  To coordinate the televising via cable television and webcast of proceedings of the house of representatives and the senate with the Colorado channel authority created in article 49.9 of title 24, C.R.S.;
	(g) (I) (A)  To consider, recommend, and establish policies allowing legislative committees to take remote testimony from one or more centralized remote sites located around the state.
	(B)  If remote testimony is approved, at least one remote site established pursuant to sub-subparagraph (A) of this subparagraph (I) must be located in the western slope area of the state.
	(C)  The video teleconferencing technology need not televise, nor otherwise allow testifying members of the public to see, the committee of reference proceedings, so long as the members of the public are able to hear such proceedings and communicate with the committee.
	(II)  In implementing this paragraph (g), the executive committee may enter into agreements with state institutions of higher education to use those institutions as the centralized remote sites and to use the resources, including facilities, equipment, and staff, of those institutions.
	(III)  The executive committee may, in its discretion, implement the use of video teleconferencing in phases.
	(IV)  Nothing in this paragraph (g) supersedes the power of the house of representatives or the senate to adopt rules or joint rules, or both, for the orderly conduct of their affairs.
	(V)  After the adjournment of the second regular session of the seventieth general assembly, but prior to August 1, 2016, the director of research of the legislative council shall submit to the members of the general assembly a report containing the following information pertaining to remote testimony taken pursuant to this paragraph (g):
	(A)  The total number of persons who testified remotely;
	(B)  The locations of the sites from which such persons testified;
	(C)  The average length of hearings at which remote testimony was accepted;
	(D)  The estimated calculation of travel miles saved by allowing persons to testify remotely;
	(E)  The cost to implement the remote testimony process;
	(F)  The technological or other issues, if any, that arose;
	(G)  Identification of other suitable sites from which remote testimony can be taken, in a manner that ensures that adequate geographic distribution of sites is achieved;
	(H)  Any recommendations that the director believes would improve the taking of remote testimony; and
	(I)  Any other information that the director believes relevant or useful.
	(3) (a)  In addition to the powers and duties specified in subsection (2) of this section, the executive committee of the legislative council shall annually approve a salary pay range to be used in setting the salaries of the legislative service agency directors.
	(b)  The legislative audit committee, the joint budget committee, the legislative council, and the committee on legal services shall each submit an annual report to the executive committee evaluating the performance of the legislative service agency director under such committee's supervision.
	(c)  Upon review of the reports received pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (3), the executive committee shall evaluate the performance of legislative service agency directors and determine the salaries to be paid thereto.
	(d)  The executive committee shall appoint legislative service agency directors, other than the state auditor, after receiving recommendations thereon from the respective committees.

	(e)  The executive committee shall consult with the legislative audit committee concerning the appointment of a state auditor before the legislative audit committee places the names of candidates before the general assembly in accordance with section 2-3-101 (3) (a).
	(f)  The executive committee shall annually approve salary pay ranges to be used in determining the salaries of the staffs of legislative service agencies. Legislative service agency directors shall determine the salaries to be paid to their respective staffs in accordance with such pay ranges; except that employees of the office of the state auditor who are within the state personnel system shall be paid in accordance with article 50 of title 24, C.R.S. Each legislative service agency director shall file a report annually with the executive committee setting forth the salaries paid to their respective staffs.
	(g)  Any senator or representative or any legislative committee may provide the executive committee or any legislative service agency director with information or recommendations concerning pay ranges or performance evaluations for legislative service agency directors or the staffs of legislative service agencies.
	(h)  As used in this subsection (3), unless the context otherwise requires:
	(I)  "Legislative service agencies" means the office of the state auditor, the joint budget committee staff, the legislative council staff, and the office of legislative legal services.
	(II)  "Legislative service agency director" means the state auditor, the staff director of the joint budget committee, the director of research of the legislative council, and the director of the office of legislative legal services.
	(4)  The executive committee has the power and responsibility to:
	(a)  Perform legislative management functions when the general assembly is not in session; and
	(b)  Set the date for convening the next regular session of the general assembly as provided in section 2-2-303.5 (4).

	2-3-303.3.  Interim committees. (1)  Commencing on and after June 5, 2013, interim committees may not be requested by a legislative member by bill or resolution. No later than a day certain of a regular legislative session as established in the joint rules of the senate and house of representatives, a legislative member may submit a request in writing to the legislative council created in section 2-3-301 (1) regarding an issue that he or she wishes to study during the next interim between sessions. At minimum, the request must specify:
	(a)  The scope of the policy issues to be studied; 
	(b)  The number of meetings that would be necessary to study the issues;
	(c)  The suggested number and composition of legislative members on the interim committee;
	(d)  Whether other nonlegislative members should have a role in the interim committee;
	(e)  Whether a task force would be necessary to assist the interim committee in studying the scope of issues and, if so, the members and composition of such a task force; and
	(f) (I)  An estimate of the maximum number of bills the interim committee will need in order to address the issues studied by the interim committee.
	(II)  Any interim committee bills are exempt from the five-bill limitation specified in rule 24 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives.
	(2)  No later than a day certain of a regular legislative session as established in the joint rules of the senate and house of representatives, the director of research of the legislative council shall determine the number of interim committee meetings that may be held within the legislative budget and shall provide that information to the executive committee of the legislative council.
	(3) (a)  No later than a day certain of a regular legislative session as established in the joint rules of the senate and house of representatives, the legislative council shall meet to review and prioritize requests made by legislative members pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. Such review and prioritization must take into account the information provided by the director of research of the legislative council as specified in subsection (2) of this section. The legislative council shall also determine if any of the prioritized interim committees may create a task force. If a task force is approved, such task force shall include no more than two legislative members, one from the majority party and one from the minority party of the interim committee. Legislative members on a task force are only entitled to receive necessary travel costs and are not entitled to per diem pursuant to section 2-2-307. For purposes of carrying out the task force's duties, the legislative council may accept and expend money, gifts, grants, donations, services, and in-kind donations from any public or private entity for any direct or indirect costs associated with the duties of the task force; except that the legislative council may not accept money, gifts, grants, donations, services, or in-kind donations if acceptance is subject to conditions that are inconsistent with state law or requires a predetermined conclusion or result from the task force. The legislative council shall request that the entity offering the money, gift, grant, donation, services, or in-kind donation submit a letter prior to the offer specifying the amount of money, gift, grant, or donation offered, or the estimated value of the services or in-kind donation offered, the period for which the money, gift, grant, donation, services, or in-kind donation is available, and the specific purposes for which the money, gift, grant, donation, services, or in-kind donation is to be used.
	(b)  The president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the minority and majority leaders of both houses shall appoint the legislative members to any prioritized interim committees or approved task forces.
	(c)  After the general assembly has adjourned, if an issue is brought to the attention of the executive committee of the legislative council and the executive committee determines that the issue is the result of changed circumstances or new circumstances and is appropriate material for an interim committee that is meeting during that interim between legislative sessions, the executive committee of the legislative council may add the interim committee by adopting a resolution. The resolution must include the items specified in the legislative member's written request for an interim study.

	2-3-304.  Director of research - assistants. (1)  The council shall interview persons applying for the position of director of research as to qualifications and ability and shall make recommendations thereon to the executive committee, which shall appoint the director of research as provided in section 2-3-303 (3) (d). The director of research shall be responsible to the council for the collection and assembling of all data and for the preparation of reports, recommendations, and bills. Documents prepared or assembled by the director or employees of the director shall be considered work product, as defined in section 24-72-202 (6.5), C.R.S. The director shall, subject to the general policies of the council, have administrative direction over the activities of the council. The director shall be paid a salary determined by the executive committee in accordance with section 2-3-303 (3) (a). The director shall be an employee of the general assembly and shall not be subject to the state personnel system laws. The director shall be appointed without reference to affiliation and solely on the basis of such director's ability to perform the duties of the position.
	(2)  The director of research, with approval of the council, may appoint such additional professional, technical, clerical, or other employees necessary to perform the functions assigned to the director of research by the council. 
	(3)  Effective January 1, 1983, the director of research shall contract, pursuant to section 39-1-104 (16), C.R.S., for the property tax study to be conducted as required in said subsection (16).
	(4)  Effective July 1, 1994, the director of research shall be responsible for the forecasting of adult and juvenile offender populations within the criminal justice system for the general assembly. The division of criminal justice of the department of public safety shall provide information to the director concerning population projections, research data, modeling information, and any other related data requested by the director. The executive directors of the departments of corrections and human services and the state court administrator shall provide information to the director concerning population projections, research data, and the projected long-range needs of the institutions under the control of the executive directors and any other related data requested by the director.
	(5)  Effective July 1, 1994, the director of research shall be responsible for reviewing any bill which is introduced by the general assembly which affects criminal sentencing and which may result in a net increase or a net decrease in periods of imprisonment in state correctional facilities for the purpose of providing information to the general assembly on the long-term fiscal impact which may result from the passage of the bill, including the increased capital construction costs and increased operating costs for the first five fiscal years following passage.
	(6)  Repealed.
	(7)  Pursuant to the process set forth in part 2 of article 70 of title 24, C.R.S., and notwithstanding the provisions of section 24-70-217, C.R.S., if authorized by the executive committee of the legislative council, the director of research, in conjunction with the legislative council print shop, may submit proposals for printing of the first class, as described in section 24-70-203 (1) (a), C.R.S.

	2-3-304.5.  Tax policy changes - dynamic model - pilot program - advisory committee. (1)  The director of research shall establish a pilot program for the purpose of developing or procuring a dynamic model to analyze the economic impact of bills introduced by the general assembly that can be used as soon as possible.
	(2)  The director of research shall investigate all opportunities for developing or procuring a dynamic model, including private, nonprofit, and academic alternatives. Any dynamic model selected by the director shall consider the direct and indirect or secondary economic effects related to the bill, including an estimate of the probable behavioral responses of taxpayers, businesses, and other persons to the proposed tax policy change.  It is not necessary that the model be kept at the director's office.
	(3)  Repealed.
	(4) (a)  Prior to the first regular session that the dynamic model can be used, the director of research shall notify the executive committee of the legislative council that the dynamic model is ready to be used to analyze bills during the upcoming regular session. If the model is ready, the executive committee shall select no more than ten bills to be analyzed using the dynamic model. Only bills that make a tax policy change are eligible to be analyzed. The analysis of the economic impact using a dynamic model shall be in addition to any fiscal note that is prepared pursuant to the rules of the general assembly.
	(b)  After the first regular session in which the dynamic model is used, the director of research shall prepare a report evaluating how the dynamic model worked during the session and making recommendations for the use of the dynamic model in future sessions of the general assembly, including the feasibility of expanding the scope of the type of bills for which the dynamic model may be used. The report shall be prepared no later than January 1 of the year following the session in which the dynamic model was used.
	(5) (a)  It is the intent of the general assembly that for the fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2006, no general fund moneys be appropriated for the purpose of implementing this section. 
	(b)  The director of research is authorized to accept gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this section. All private and public funds received through gifts, grants, or donations shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the dynamic modeling cash fund, which fund is hereby created and referred to in this subsection (5) as the "fund". The moneys in the fund shall be subject to appropriation by the general assembly for the direct and indirect costs associated with the implementation of this section. Any moneys in the fund not expended for the purpose of this section may be invested by the state treasurer as provided by law. All interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or another fund.
	(c)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, the director of research shall not undertake the pilot program unless the balance in the fund is one hundred twenty thousand dollars. If the balance of the fund is at least one hundred twenty thousand dollars, then the director of research shall contract with an independent contractor to help implement the provisions of this section. 

	2-3-305.  Requests of the governor. The governor may present, at any meeting of the council, in person or in writing, requests, recommendations, reports, and explanations of the policies of the administration, or any other matters pertaining to the government of the state or its policies.

	2-3-306.  Authority to subpoena witnesses. The council has the power to subpoena witnesses, to take testimony under oath, and to assemble records and documents, by subpoena duces tecum or otherwise, with the same power and authority as courts of record, and may apply to courts of record for the enforcement of these powers. The sheriff of any county shall serve any subpoena on written order of the council in the same manner as process is served in civil actions. Witnesses subpoenaed to appear before the council shall receive the same fees and expenses as witnesses in civil cases.

	2-3-307.  Minutes of council. The council shall keep minutes of its meetings which shall be available to all members of the general assembly upon request. Any member of the general assembly has the right to attend any of the meetings of the council and may present his views on any subject which the council may be considering.

	2-3-308.  Recommendations and findings. The recommendations and findings of the council shall be made available in electronic or hard copy format to each member of the general assembly, to the governor, and to the state library, prior to the next regular session of the general assembly, or at such other times as the council deems necessary, or as requested by the general assembly.

	2-3-309.  Reimbursement of members for expenses. Members of the council shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses in connection with the performance of their duties.

	2-3-310.  Centralized legislative accounting service. (1)  The legislative council shall establish and maintain a centralized legislative accounting service under the supervision of the director of research of the council, which service shall maintain all accounting records, process all vouchers, and prepare all related documents for the legislative department of state government, including all offices and agencies thereof. The council may authorize any and all of such offices and agencies to maintain subsidiary accounting records and to prepare vouchers, but such records and vouchers shall conform to the system of accounting established by said accounting service, and each such office and agency shall make such reports to said service as may be necessary for it to maintain current and complete records for the legislative department.
	(2)  The provisions of this section shall not apply to the procurement and budgetary functions of offices and agencies in the legislative department.

	2-3-311.  Interstate cooperation. (1)  The legislative council shall:
	(a)  Carry forward the participation of this state as a member of the council of state governments;
	(b)  Encourage and assist state officials and employees to cooperate with officials and employees of other states, the federal government, and local governments.
	(2) (a)  The council of state governments and the national conference of state legislatures are declared to be joint governmental agencies of this state and of other states which cooperate through them. The general assembly is authorized to subscribe to membership in such organizations and to pay membership fees therein from appropriations made to the legislative department of state government.
	(b)  The energy council is declared to be a joint governmental agency of this state and other states which cooperate through it. The general assembly is authorized to pay membership fees therein from appropriations made to the legislative department of state government.
	(c)  The American legislative exchange council is declared to be a joint governmental agency of this state and of other states which cooperate through it. Members of the general assembly are authorized to subscribe to membership in such organization. Membership fees shall be paid by the individual members; except that when members of the general assembly are selected by the president of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives to represent the interests of Colorado at American legislative exchange council functions, the delegation selected shall reflect equally the percentage of members from each party of the general assembly, and the actual and necessary expenses of such members for travel, board, and lodging related to such attendance may be paid from appropriations made to the legislative department of state government.
	(d)  Members of the general assembly are authorized to accept the payment of or reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses for travel, board, and lodging from any organization declared to be a joint governmental agency of this state under this subsection (2) if:

	(I) (A)  The expenses are related to the member's attendance at a convention or meeting of the joint governmental agency at which the member is scheduled to deliver a speech, make a presentation, participate on a panel, or represent the state of Colorado or for some other legitimate state purpose;
	(B)  The travel, board, and lodging arrangements are appropriate for purposes of the member's attendance at the convention or meeting;
	(C)  The duration of the member's stay is no longer than is reasonably necessary for the member to accomplish the purpose of his or her attendance at the convention or meeting; except that nothing in this sub-subparagraph (C) shall prohibit a member from extending the duration of his or her stay longer than is reasonably necessary at the member's own expense;
	(D)  The member is not currently and will not subsequent to the convention or meeting be in a position to take any official action that will benefit the joint governmental agency; and
	(E)  The attendance at conventions or meetings of the joint governmental agency has been approved by the executive committee of the legislative council or by the leadership of the house of the general assembly to which the member belongs; or
	(II)  The general assembly pays regular monthly, annual, or other periodic dues to the joint governmental agency that are invoiced expressly to cover travel, board, and lodging expenses for the attendance of members at conventions or meetings of the joint governmental agency.
	(3)  The Colorado commission on interstate cooperation is abolished on July 1, 1977. All of the books, records, reports, equipment, property, accounts, liabilities, and funds of the Colorado commission on interstate cooperation are transferred to the legislative council on July 1, 1977.
	(4) (a)  Any organization declared to be a joint governmental agency of this state under subsection (2) of this section that maintains its headquarters in the state of Colorado may, from time to time, issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, and equipping buildings and facilities owned or to be owned by such organization. Such bonds shall be issued pursuant to resolution of the executive committee or governing board of the organization and shall be payable solely out of all or a specified portion of the revenues as designated by the executive committee or governing board. Such bonds may be further secured by a pledge of the buildings and facilities financed with the proceeds of the bonds.
	(b)  Bonds may be executed and delivered by the organization at such times, may be in such form and denominations and include such terms and maturities, may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption prior to maturity with or without a premium, may be in fully registered form registrable as to principal or interest or both, may bear such conversion privileges, may be payable in such installments and at such times not exceeding forty years from the date thereof, may be payable at such place or places whether within or outside the state, may bear interest at such rate or rates per annum, which may be fixed or variable according to index, procedure, or formula or as determined by the organization or its agents, without regard to any interest rate limitation appearing in any other law of this state, may be subject to purchase at the option of the holder or the organization, may be evidenced in such manner, may be executed by such officers of the organization, including the use of one or more facsimile signatures so long as at least one manual signature appears on the bonds, which may be either of an officer of the organization or of an agent authenticating the same, may be in the form of coupon bonds that have attached interest coupons bearing a manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the organization, and may contain such provisions not inconsistent with the foregoing, all as provided in the resolution of the organization under which the bonds are authorized to be issued or as provided in a trust indenture between the organization and any commercial bank or trust company having full trust powers.
	(c)  The bonds may be sold at public or private sale at such price or prices, in such manner, and at such times as determined by the executive committee or governing board of the organization, and such executive committee or governing board may pay all fees, expenses, and commissions that it deems necessary or advantageous in connection with the sale of the bonds. The power to fix the date of the sale of the bonds, to receive bids or proposals, to award and sell bonds to fix interest rates, and to take all other action necessary to sell and deliver the bonds may be delegated to an officer or agent of the organization.  Any outstanding bonds may be refunded by the organization pursuant to resolution of the executive committee or governing board of the organization. All bonds and any interest coupons applicable thereto are declared to be negotiable instruments.
	(d)  The resolution or trust indenture authorizing the issuance of bonds may pledge all or a portion of the revenues of the organization, may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of holders of any of the bonds as the organization deems appropriate, may set forth the rights and remedies of the holders of any of the bonds, and may contain provisions that the organization deems appropriate for the security of the holders of the bonds, including, but not limited to, provisions for letters of credit, insurance, standby credit agreements, or other forms of credit insuring timely payment of the bonds, including the redemption price or the purchase price.
	(e)  Any pledge of revenues or property made by the organization or by any person or governmental unit with which the organization contracts shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The revenues or property so pledged shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery or further act and the lien of such pledge shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the pledging party, irrespective of whether such claiming party has notice of such lien. The instrument by which the pledge is created need not be recorded or filed.
	(f)  Neither the members of the executive committee or governing board of the organization, employees of the organization, nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds or subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.
	(g)  The organization may purchase its bonds out of any available funds and may hold, pledge, cancel, or resell such bonds subject to and in accordance with agreements with the holders thereof.
	(h)  Any bonds issued by the organization and the transfer of and income from any bonds issued by the organization shall be exempt from all taxation and assessments in the state.

	(i)  Bonds issued under this article shall be deemed issued on behalf of the organization but shall not be deemed to constitute a multiple-fiscal year direct or indirect district debt or other financial obligation whatsoever of the state for purposes of section 20 of article X of the state constitution or a debt, liability, obligation, or pledge of the full faith and credit of the state or any political subdivision thereof other than the organization, but shall be payable solely from the revenue or property of the organization pledged for such payment. Each bond issued on behalf of the organization under this subsection (4) shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that neither the state nor any political subdivision thereof other than the organization shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon and that neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of this state nor any political subdivision thereof other than the organization is pledged to the payment of the principal or interest on such bond.
	(j)  Nothing in this subsection (4) shall be construed to obligate the general assembly to subscribe to membership or pay membership fees to any organization declared to be a joint governmental agency of the state pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

PART 4

COMMISSION ON INTERSTATE COOPERATION

	2-3-401 to 2-3-406.  (Repealed) 

PART 5

COMMITTEE ON LEGAL SERVICES -
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE LEGAL SERVICES

	2-3-501.  Legal services in legislative department. In order to better provide for the legal services for the general assembly, including the drafting of legislation and the revision and publication of the laws of this state, and to provide for the best technical advice and information to be available to the general assembly, agencies of state government, and the people of this state, and to provide for the professional preparation, drafting, revision, and publication of laws, there is hereby created in the legislative department a committee on legal services and an office of legislative legal services, referred to, respectively, in parts 5 and 7 of this article, as the "committee" and the "office".

	2-3-502.  Committee on legal services - membership - duties. (1)  Except as provided in part 3 of this article, the committee shall supervise and direct the operations of the office of legislative legal services.
	(2)  The committee may designate one or more subcommittees from among its membership to perform any duties of the committee with respect to the supervision and direction of the office of legislative legal services.
	(3)  The membership of the committee consists of ten members of the general assembly. The ten legislative members of the committee are as follows: The respective chairs of the house and senate committees on judiciary or their respective designees; four members from the house of representatives, two from each major political party, one of whom shall be an attorney-at-law, if there is an attorney-at-law in each party, appointed by the speaker and the minority leader of the house of representatives, respectively, with the approval of a majority of the members elected to the house of representatives; and four members from the senate, two from each major political party, one of whom shall be an attorney-at-law, if there is an attorney-at-law in each party, appointed by the president and the minority leader of the senate, respectively, with the approval of a majority of the members elected to the senate.
	(4)  The eight appointive members of the committee shall be appointed no later than ten days after the convening of the first regular session of each general assembly. An appointing authority may make an appointment to temporarily replace a current member of the committee appointed by that appointing authority. In addition, the president of the senate may make an appointment to temporarily replace the chair of the senate committee on judiciary or the chair's respective designee currently serving on the committee and the speaker of the house of the representatives may make an appointment to temporarily replace the chair of the house committee on judiciary or the chair's designee currently serving on the committee; except that a temporary appointment made pursuant to this subsection (4) does not require approval of a majority of the members elected to the applicable  body. Membership on the committee of each such appointive member terminates upon the appointment of his or her successor or upon termination of a member's term of office in the general assembly, whichever first occurs. The membership of a judiciary committee chair terminates upon the termination of his or her term of office in the designated position. Any member may be appointed to succeed himself or herself on the committee. Vacancies in the committee's membership shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments; except that the approval of the members elected to the general assembly is not necessary if any such appointment is made when the general assembly is not in session.
	(5)  The committee shall select from among its members a chairman and a vice-chairman. The committee may meet as often as necessary, but it shall meet at least twice in each calendar year.
	(6)  Members of the committee shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and shall be paid the same per diem compensation as provided by law for members of interim legislative committees for each day of attendance.
	(7)  If any law or other document of this state refers to the legislative drafting committee or to the committee on statute revision, said law or other document shall be deemed to refer to the committee on legal services.

	2-3-503.  Director - staff - revisor. (1)  The committee shall interview persons applying for the position of staff director as to qualifications and ability and shall make recommendations thereon to the executive committee, which shall appoint the director as provided in section 2-3-303 (3). The director of the office of legislative legal services shall be an attorney-at-law. The director shall be responsible to the committee for the provision of staff assistance in the performance of the committee's duties and functions. The director, with the approval of the committee, may appoint such attorneys-at-law and technical and clerical personnel as may be necessary for the efficient operation of the office. The director and all employees of the office shall be appointed without regard to affiliation and solely on the basis of their ability to perform their duties. They shall be employees of the general assembly and shall not be subject to the state personnel system laws. The director shall be paid a salary determined by the executive committee in accordance with section 2-3-303 (3).

	(2)  The director shall be, ex officio, the revisor of statutes; except that the director, in his discretion, may appoint an employee of the office to be the revisor of statutes and to exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions assigned to the revisor by part 7 of this article or by any other law.

	2-3-504.  Duties of office. (1)  The office shall:
	(a)  Upon the request of any member of the general assembly or the governor, draft or aid in drafting legislative bills, resolutions, memorials, amendments thereto, conference reports, and such other legislative documents and papers as may be required in the legislative process;
	(b)  Prepare a digest of laws enacted by the general assembly, approved or vetoed by the governor, immediately upon the adjournment of any regular or special session;
	(c)  In the interim between sessions of the general assembly, prepare drafts of proposed legislation for legislative interim committees appointed by the legislative council or otherwise;
	(d)  Prepare, at the request of any legislative committee, summaries of existing laws affected by proposed legislation, compilations of laws in other states relating to the subject matter of such legislation, and statements on the operation and effect of such laws;
	(e)  Keep on file records concerning legislative bills and the proceedings of the general assembly with respect to such bills; subject indexes of bills introduced at each session of the general assembly; files on each bill prepared for members of the general assembly and the governor; and such documents, pamphlets, or other literature relating to proposed or pending legislation, without undue duplication of material contained in the office of the legislative council or in the supreme court library. All such records and documents shall be made available in the office at reasonable times to the public for reference purposes, unless said records are classed as confidential under this part 5.
	(f)  Cooperate with legislative drafting offices or corresponding services of other states, and with other legislative drafting service agencies, either public or private;
	(g)  Aid and assist in the enrolling and engrossing of bills and such other services as the general assembly may require.

	2-3-505.  Requests for drafting bills and amendments - confidential nature thereof - lobbying for bills. (1)  All requests made to the office for the drafting of bills or amendments thereto shall be submitted, either in writing or orally, by the legislator or by the governor or the governor's representative making the request, with a general statement respecting the policies and purposes which the person making the request desires the bill or amendment to accomplish. The office shall draft each bill or amendment to conform to the purposes so stated or to supplementary instructions of the person making the original request.
	(2) (a)  Prior to the introduction of a bill or amendment in the general assembly, no employee of the office shall reveal to any person outside the office the contents or nature of such bill or amendment, except with the consent of the person making the request. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the disclosure to the staff of any legislative service agency of such information concerning bills or amendments prior to introduction as is necessary to expedite the preparation of fiscal notes, as provided by the rules of the general assembly, but such staff shall not reveal the contents or nature of such bills or amendments to any other person without the consent of the person making the request.
	(b)  All documents prepared or assembled in response to a request for a bill or amendment, other than the introduced version of a bill or amendment that was in fact introduced, shall be considered work product, as defined in section 24-72-202 (6.5), C.R.S.
	(c) (I)  The final version of all documents prepared or assembled by the office for a member of the general assembly but not in response to a request for a bill or amendment and not containing legal analysis or expressing a legal opinion or conclusion shall not be considered work product as defined in section 24-72-202 (6.5), C.R.S. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (e) of this subsection (2), the final version of such documents shall be a public record. These documents include, but are not limited to:
	(A)  Comparisons of existing law with the provisions of any bill or amendment, comparisons of any bills or amendments with other bills or amendments, comparisons of different versions of bills or amendments, and comparisons of the laws of this state with laws of other jurisdictions;
	(B)  Compilations of existing public information, statistics, or data;
	(C)  Compilations or explanations of general areas or bodies of law, legislative history, or legislative policy.
	(II)  Prior to delivery of the final version of such a document to the member who requested it, no employee of the office shall reveal to any person outside the office the contents or nature of the document, except with the consent of the member making the request.
	(d)  If a member of the general assembly requests a legal opinion or document from the office that is the same as or substantially similar to a legal opinion or document previously requested by another member, the office may produce an identical or substantially similar legal opinion or document for the second member. The office shall not disclose the identity of any member who made a previous request.
	(e)  A member may request that the final version of a document that would otherwise become a public record in accordance with paragraph (c) of this subsection (2) remain work product.
	(3)  No employee of the office shall lobby, personally or in any other manner, directly or indirectly, for or against any pending legislation before the general assembly.

	2-3-506.  Use of supreme court library. The librarian of the supreme court library shall facilitate the work of the office by permitting the liberal withdrawal of materials and data therefrom, subject to such reasonable rules as may be necessary for the proper operation of the library.

	2-3-507.  Office space in capitol - office hours - appropriations. (1)  The office shall be provided with suitable office space in the state capitol, so situated as to be convenient for the members of the general assembly. Throughout the year, the office shall be kept open during the hours prevailing in other offices in the state capitol, and at such other times in order to efficiently serve the general assembly.
	(2)  Adequate appropriations shall be made to carry out the purposes of this part 5, to be included in the appropriation to the legislative department. The controller is authorized and directed to draw warrants monthly in payment of the salaries of personnel, and in payment of expenditures of the office, on vouchers signed by the chair of the committee or, in the absence of the chair, by the vice-chair; except that any payroll voucher or any other voucher that does not exceed five thousand dollars may be signed by the staff director or, with prior written approval of the chair of the committee, by the staff director's authorized designee.

	2-3-508.  Terminology - references. The office of legislative legal services shall be the successor in every way of the legislative drafting office and the office of revisor of statutes, and every contract, agreement, or other document entered into by the legislative drafting office or the office of revisor of statutes prior to May 23, 1988, is deemed to have been entered into by the office of legislative legal services. The director and the employees of the legislative drafting office and the office of revisor of statutes shall become employees of the office of legislative legal services on May 23, 1988. The director and such employees shall retain all accrued rights to retirement and other benefits under the laws of the state, and their service shall be deemed to have been continuous. If any law of this state refers to the legislative drafting office or the office of revisor of statutes, said law shall be construed as referring to the office of legislative legal services.

	2-3-509.  Transfer of employees. (Repealed) 

	2-3-510.  Study regarding an organizational recodification of title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes - legislative declaration - repeal. (1)  The general assembly hereby:
	(a)  Finds that title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, entitled "Professions and Occupations":
	(I)  Lacks a coherent structure among its articles, including two groupings of articles entitled "general" that are separated by a grouping of "health care" articles, and a large percentage of articles that have either been repealed or been codified with a decimal number;
	(II)  Lacks a true "common provisions" article resulting in the recurrence of identical or nearly identical provisions throughout the title; and
	(III)  Includes numerous articles that do not strictly relate to the regulation of a profession or occupation and that could be more appropriately codified elsewhere in the Colorado Revised Statutes;
	(b)  Determines that these shortcomings make the title unnecessarily voluminous, repetitive, and difficult to amend, understand, and administer; and
	(c)  Declares that it is in the public interest to study an organizational recodification of title 12.
	(2) (a)  Beginning in the 2016 interim, the office, overseen by the committee, shall study an organizational recodification of title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes. In conducting the study, the office shall solicit input, including input regarding unofficial estimates of the fiscal impact that an organizational recodification of title 12 might entail, from:
	(I)  The judicial branch and the following state agencies that have regulatory authority established in title 12: agriculture, higher education, law, public health and environment, regulatory agencies, revenue, state, and any other interested state agency or office;
	(II)  Local governments and any other entity that has regulatory authority established in title 12;
	(III)  Representatives from the professions and occupations regulated by title 12; and
	(IV)  The public.
	(b)  The office shall provide periodic updates to the committee regarding the study and, no later than December 31, 2017, the committee shall determine whether to direct the office to provide to the committee proposed legislation for an organizational recodification of title 12.
	(3)  The study is subject to the following guidelines:
	(a)  Fundamentally, the recodification should be organizational and nonsubstantive, and any substantive provisions that may be included in the proposed legislation should be strictly limited to those that are necessary to promote the public purposes of an organizational recodification as specified in this section, such as:
	(I)  Conforming similar provisions to achieve uniformity, eliminate redundancy, and allow for the consolidation of common provisions; and
	(II)  Eliminating provisions that are archaic or obsolete;
	(b)  The office should endeavor to use active voice, authority verbs, gender-neutral language, and people-first language; and
	(c)  The executive and judicial branches of Colorado state government and the local governments and other entities with regulatory authority established in title 12 are encouraged to participate in the study and cooperate with the office.
	(4)  This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2018.

PART 6

COLORADO COMMISSION ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS

	2-3-601.  Commission on uniform state laws - creation. (1)  There is hereby created the Colorado commission on uniform state laws, referred to in this part 6 as the "commission", which shall consist of six members appointed for terms of two years each and until their successors are appointed and, in addition thereto, any citizen of this state who is elected a life member of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws.
	(2)  The six members shall be appointed or reappointed by joint resolution of the general assembly no later than ten days after the convening of the first regular session of the general assembly held in each odd-numbered year. At least two commissioners shall be appointed from the general assembly and at least two commissioners from the public at large. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made by the committee on legal services for the unexpired term of the vacant office.
	(3)  The six members of the commission shall be attorneys admitted to practice law in the state of Colorado.
	(4)  The terms of the two members of the commission appointed after July 18, 1975, shall be effective August 11, 1975; thereafter, the appointment of members to succeeding terms shall be in conformance with subsection (2) of this section.

	2-3-602.  Compensation - expenses. The members of the commission shall receive a per diem of twenty dollars for each day actually spent in the transaction of official business of the commission in the state of Colorado. In addition thereto, each member shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.

	2-3-603.  Meetings - organization. The commissioners shall meet at least once a year and shall organize by the election of a chairman who shall hold office for a term of one year and until his successor is elected. The director of the office of legislative legal services shall be ex officio the secretary of the commission, or the director may designate an employee of the office to act as secretary of the commission. The office shall provide assistance to the commissioners who are members of the general assembly in their efforts to enact legislation concerning subjects upon which uniformity may be deemed desirable.

	2-3-603.5.  Status of commissioners. (1)  Any citizen elected a life member of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws pursuant to section 2-3-601 (1) and the person serving as ex officio secretary of the commission in accordance with section 2-3-603 shall have the same status as members of the commission appointed pursuant to section 2-3-601 (1) for purposes of participating in the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, including, but not limited to:
	(a)  Having the same voting rights at meetings of said national conference; and
	(b)  Having the same eligibility to be elected to any office of said national conference.

	2-3-604.  Duties of commissioners. Each commissioner shall attend the meeting of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws and, both in and out of such national conference, shall do all in his power to promote uniformity in state laws where uniformity may be deemed desirable and practicable. The commission shall prepare and transmit a report and its recommendations to the general assembly on or before January 1 of each year concerning subjects of legislation upon which uniformity among the states may be deemed desirable and concerning the proceedings and recommendations of the most recent meeting of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws.

PART 7

COMMITTEE ON LEGAL SERVICES - REVISOR OF STATUTES

	2-3-701.  Function of committee - statute revision. (1)  With respect to statute revision, it is the function of the committee on legal services:
	(a)  Repealed.
	(b)  To supervise and direct the activities of the revisor; and to exercise the powers and to perform the duties and functions prescribed in articles 4 and 5 of this title, concerning the preparation and publication of the statutes of this state and other materials, and as prescribed in part 2 of article 70 of title 24, C.R.S., concerning the preparation and publication of the session laws of this state.

	2-3-702.  Revisor of statutes - duties. The revisor shall compile, edit, arrange, and prepare for publication the declaration of independence, the constitutions of the United States and the state of Colorado, the act admitting Colorado into the union, and all laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, together with a complete index thereto and comparative tables of such statutes with prior compilations. The statutory laws shall be arranged into appropriate and convenient volumes, titles, chapters, articles, and sections, so collated and in such form as the committee directs. At the end of each section, reference shall be made to the statutory history of such section. Annotations of decisions of the supreme court of the United States, the supreme court of the state of Colorado, and such other state and federal courts as are appropriate, construing, applying, or interpreting each section, or relating to the subject matter thereof, and such other matter as the committee deems advisable or advantageous shall also be prepared for publication with such statutory laws.

	2-3-702.5.  Directive to the revisor of statutes - changes in arrangement - repeal. (1)  To correspond with the repeal and reenactment of sections 2-3-1203 and 24-34-104, C.R.S., in House Bill 16-1192, enacted in 2016, the general assembly directs the revisor of statutes to harmonize, renumber, and relocate the statutory provisions of sections 2-3-1203 and 24-34-104, C.R.S., as they are amended during the second regular session of the seventieth general assembly. The revisor of statutes shall report all organizational changes made under the authority of this section in the annual publication commonly known as the "Grey Book", which publication the revisor of statutes prepares to report corrective actions authorized by section 2-5-103.
	(2)  This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2018.

	2-3-703.  Revision - editorial work. In the course of collating, compiling, editing, arranging, and preparing such statutes, the revisor, with the approval of the committee, shall adopt a uniform system of punctuation, capitalization, numbering, and wording; eliminate all obsolete and redundant words; correct obvious errors and inconsistencies; eliminate duplications and laws repealed directly or by implication; correct defective section structure in arrangement of the subject matter of existing statutes; and clarify existing laws and such other similar matter as the committee directs. The foregoing duties shall be performed in such form and manner as to preserve the intent, effect, and meaning of any and every such statute revised.

	2-3-704.  Revisor to aid in bill drafting. (Repealed) 

	2-3-705.  Distribution of statutes. The distribution of the statutes of this state shall be in such numbers and to such offices and persons as the general assembly directs at the time of approval for publication of such statutes; but the committee shall be able to distribute such additional statutes of this state to such offices and persons as it may from time to time deem necessary.

	2-3-706.  Successor to committee on statute revision. (Repealed) 

PART 8

COLORADO STATE OFFICIALS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION

	2-3-801 to 2-3-807. (Repealed) 

PART 9

STATUTORY REVISION COMMITTEE

	2-3-901.  Statutory revision committee - creation - repeal. (1)  There is hereby created in the legislative department the statutory revision committee, referred to in this part 9 as the "committee". The committee consists of ten members, appointed as follows:
	(a)  The speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives shall each appoint two members from the house of representatives;
	(b)  The president and minority leader of the senate shall each appoint two members from the senate; and
	(c)  Two nonvoting nonlegislative members, appointed by the committee on legal services, who are attorneys-at-law admitted to practice in Colorado. The members appointed under this paragraph (c) shall not be affiliated with the same political party.
	(2)  Except as provided in subsection (9) of this section, the legislative members of the committee must be appointed no later than ten days after the convening of the first regular session of each general assembly and the nonlegislative members appointed under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section must be appointed at the first meeting of the committee on legal services following the organization of that committee pursuant to section 2-3-502 (4) in the first regular session of each general assembly. Membership on the committee of each such appointive member terminates upon the appointment of his or her successor or upon termination of his or her office in the general assembly, whichever occurs first. In the case of the members appointed under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section, appointments are for two-year terms, which terms commence the date on which the committee on legal services makes the appointments.
	(3)  A vacancy in the office of a member must be immediately filled by the original appointing authority.
	(4)  Any member of the committee may serve for succeeding terms on the committee.
	(5)  The committee shall select from among its members a chairperson and a vice-chairperson. The chairperson and vice-chairperson shall not be affiliated with the same political party. Except as provided in subsection (9) of this section, the chair serves as chair for the first regular session of the general assembly through the legislative interim immediately following, and as vice-chair when the second regular session commences; the vice-chair serves as chair from the commencement of the second regular session through the legislative interim immediately following.
	(6)  The committee may meet as often as necessary, but it shall meet at least twice in each calendar year. The committee may meet during the legislative sessions and during the interim between sessions.
	(7)  Legislative members of the committee shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and paid the same per diem compensation as provided by law for members of interim legislative committees for each day of attendance.
	(8)  The office of legislative legal services shall provide staff assistance to the committee.
	(9) (a)  In order for the committee to begin its work during the 2016 legislative interim, initial appointments to the committee must be made as expeditiously as possible following June 10, 2016. For the purposes of working with staff to organize the committee and arrange for its first meeting, the first member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives temporarily serves as chair of the committee. A chair and vice-chair must be selected at the first committee meeting during that interim. The chair and vice-chair hold those positions through the commencement of the first regular session of the seventy-first general assembly.
	(b)  The committee on legal services shall make its initial appointments to the committee pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section as soon as practicable at one of its regularly scheduled meetings during the 2016 legislative interim. The later appointment of such members shall not prevent the committee from organizing and commencing its work.
	(c)  This subsection (9) is repealed, effective January 1, 2018.

	2-3-902.  Duties of committee. (1)  The committee shall:
	(a)  Make an ongoing examination of the statutes of the state and current judicial decisions for the purpose of discovering defects and anachronisms in the law and recommending needed reforms; except that the committee shall not consider any matter that is currently pending or appealable before any court;
	(b)  Receive, solicit, and consider proposed changes in the law recommended by the American law institute, any bar association, or other learned bodies;
	(c)  Receive, solicit, and consider suggestions from justices, judges, legislators, and other public officials, lawyers, and the public generally as to defects and anachronisms in the law;
	(d)  Recommend, upon an affirmative vote by at least five legislative members of the committee, and in accordance with subsection (3) of this section, legislation annually to effect such changes in the law as it deems necessary in order to modify or eliminate antiquated, redundant, or contradictory rules of law and to bring the law of this state into harmony with modern conditions; and
	(e)  Report its findings and recommendations on or before November 15 of each year to the legislature and, if it deems advisable, attach to its report copies of any proposed bills intended to carry out any of its recommendations.
	(2)  Any legislation proposed by the committee and sponsored by a committee member under paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of this section is exempt from the five-bill limitation specified in rule 24 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives.
	(3)  The committee shall propose legislation only to streamline, reduce, or repeal provisions of the Colorado Revised Statutes. The committee shall endeavor to recommend legislation that cumulatively has, in each legislative session, no net increase in the number of laws or pages of laws in the Colorado Revised Statutes.

PART 10

COMMITTEE ON LEGAL SERVICES -
LEGAL COUNSEL FOR LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

	2-3-1001.  Legal counsel retained. The committee on legal services may retain legal counsel to represent or otherwise render legal services for the general assembly, or either house thereof or any committee thereof, or any member or agency of the legislative branch of government, in all actions and proceedings in connection with the performance of the powers, duties, and functions thereof, and shall pay the compensation and expenses of such legal counsel and any necessary expense of such actions and proceedings from appropriations made by law to the committee.

	2-3-1002.  Legislative expenses cash fund - creation. (1) (a)  There is hereby created in the state treasury the legislative expenses cash fund. The fund shall be comprised of such moneys transferred to the fund in accordance with subsection (2) of this section and any other moneys appropriated to the fund. All interest earned on the investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
	(b)  Moneys in the legislative expenses cash fund are continuously appropriated to:

	(I)  The committee on legal services to pay the compensation and expenses of any legal counsel retained by the committee pursuant to section 2-3-1001 and to pay any necessary expense of such actions and proceedings for which such legal counsel is retained; and
	(II)  The executive committee of the legislative council to pay for qualified expenses of the legislative department of the state of Colorado if, after consulting with the chair of the committee on legal services, the executive committee determines that the amount of moneys to be so expended is not needed in the foreseeable future for any expenses of the committee on legal services specified in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b). For purposes of this subparagraph (II), "qualified expenses" means:
	(A)  Expenses relating to legislative aides;
	(B)  Expenses relating to the necessary upkeep and furnishing of the chambers, antechambers, and committee rooms of the senate and the house of representatives, and of the office space assigned to and occupied by legislators, staff of the senate and the house of representatives, and staff of the legislative service agencies; and
	(C)  Expenses relating to electronic voting equipment in the chambers of the senate and the house of representatives, such as expenses for all equipment, software, and personal services for the development, installation, and maintenance of such electronic voting equipment.
	(c)  Any moneys credited to the legislative expenses cash fund and unexpended at the end of any given fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the general fund.
	(2)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any moneys appropriated from the general fund to the legislative department of the state government for the fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2006, that are unexpended or not encumbered as of the close of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund and shall be transferred by the state treasurer and the controller to the legislative expenses cash fund created in subsection (1) of this section; except that the amount so transferred shall not exceed six hundred thousand dollars.

PART 11

COLORADO ENERGY COORDINATING COUNCIL

	2-3-1101 to 2-3-1108.  (Repealed) 

PART 12

SUNRISE AND SUNSET REVIEW COMMITTEE

	2-3-1201.  Sunrise and sunset review - designation of committees of reference to conduct review. (1)  At the convening of the first regular session of each general assembly, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall each designate one or more house committees of reference for even-numbered years and one or more senate committees of reference for odd-numbered years to perform the duties and functions assigned to it relating to the termination of each division, board, or agency pursuant to the provisions of section 24-34-104, C.R.S., and the duties and functions assigned to it by this part 12 relating to the sunset review of advisory committees. The committees of reference designated by the speaker of the house of representatives to conduct reviews under this section in even-numbered years and the committees of reference designated by the president of the senate to conduct such reviews in odd-numbered years shall be the committees of reference for any bills introduced under sections 2-3-1203 and 24-34-104, C.R.S., during any regular or extraordinary session of the general assembly. The speaker of the house of representatives may authorize one or more house committees of reference and the president of the senate may authorize one or more senate committees of reference to conduct hearings prior to the convening of any regular session of the general assembly.
	(2)  Repealed.

	2-3-1202.  Staff assistance. In carrying out duties under section 24-34-104, C.R.S., and this part 12, any committee designated pursuant to section 2-3-1201 may request staff assistance from the legislative council, created by part 3 of this article.

	2-3-1203.  Sunset review of advisory committees - legislative declaration - definition - repeal. (1) (a)  The general assembly finds and declares that advisory committees are beneficial to government since they help involve private citizens in the daily operations of government and provide the government with a system for using the expertise of its citizens. However, historically there was no legislative supervision that would allow for the systematic review of these committees to identify those committees that may have outlived their usefulness yet remained in the statutes and those committees that may have failed to perform the functions for which they were created. To assure that newly created advisory committees are supervised and subjected to review, the life of a newly created advisory committee may not exceed ten years, and the statutory authorization for the committee must include a corresponding repeal provision. The general assembly, acting by bill, may reschedule the review date for an advisory committee to a later date if the rescheduled date does not violate the ten-year maximum life provision. Newly created advisory committees are subject to the review provisions of this section.
	(b)  As used in this section, "advisory committee" means an advisory body, including but not limited to a commission, council, or board.
	(2) (a)  A legislative committee of reference designated pursuant to section 2-3-1201 shall consider whether to continue or to continue with modification an advisory committee whose statutory authority is scheduled to repeal and may recommend the consideration of a bill as it deems necessary to continue the advisory committee.
	(b) (I)  Each advisory committee shall submit the following information to the department of regulatory agencies:
	(A)  The names of the current members of the advisory committee;
	(B)  All revenues and all expenditures, including advisory committee expenses per diem paid to members and any travel expenses;
	(C)  The dates the advisory committee met and the number of members who attended each meeting;
	(D)  A list of the advisory proposals the advisory committee made and an indication as to whether each proposal was acted on, implemented, or enacted into statute; and
	(E)  The reasons why the advisory committee should continue.
	(II)  The information required by subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b) must be for the fiscal year in which the advisory committee makes the submission as well as the prior fiscal year. The advisory committee must submit the information before July 1 of the year preceding the year in which the statutory authorization for the advisory committee repeals.
	(III)  The department of regulatory agencies shall analyze and evaluate the performance of each advisory committee scheduled for repeal under this section. The department of regulatory agencies shall submit a report setting forth the analysis and evaluation to the office of legislative legal services by October 15 of the year preceding the date established for repeal.
	(c)  A legislative committee of reference designated in section 2-3-1201 shall conduct hearings for each advisory committee that submits the information required by paragraph (b) of this subsection (2).
	(d)  A bill recommended for consideration under this subsection (2) must be introduced in the house of representatives in even-numbered years and in the senate in odd-numbered years.

	(e)  A bill recommended for consideration under this subsection (2) does not count against the number of bills to which the sponsor is limited by a law or joint rule of the senate and house of representatives.
	(3) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on July 1, 2016:
	(I) to (IV)  Repealed.
	(b)  This subsection (3) is repealed, effective July 1, 2018.
	(4) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on July 1, 2017:
	(I)  The Colorado board of veterans affairs created pursuant to section 28-5-702, C.R.S.;
	(II)  The restorative justice coordinating council created in section 19-2-213, C.R.S.;
	(III)  Each of the local advisory boards for veterans community living centers created pursuant to section 26-12-121, C.R.S.;
	(IV)  The board of commissioners of veterans community living centers created in section 26-12-402, C.R.S.;
	(V)  The court security cash fund commission created in part 2 of article 1 of title 13, C.R.S.;
	(VI)  The Colorado health service corps advisory council created in section 25-1.5-504, C.R.S.;
	(VII)  The education data advisory committee created pursuant to section 22-2-304, C.R.S.;
	(VIII)  The school safety resource center advisory board created in section 24-33.5-1804, C.R.S.
	(b)  This subsection (4) is repealed, effective July 1, 2019.
	(5) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on September 1, 2017:
	(I)  The technical advisory panel convened in section 23-31-310, C.R.S.
	(b)  This subsection (5) is repealed, effective September 1, 2019.
	(6) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on July 1, 2018:
	(I)  The consumer insurance council created in section 10-1-133, C.R.S.;
	(II)  The wildland-urban interface training advisory board created in section 24-33.5-1212 (3), C.R.S.;
	(III)  The Colorado advisory council for persons with disabilities created in section 24-45.5-103, C.R.S.;
	(IV)  The early childhood leadership commission created in section 26-6.2-103, C.R.S.;
	(V)  The Colorado youth advisory council created in section 2-2-1302.
	(b)  This subsection (6) is repealed, effective July 1, 2020.
	(7) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on September 1, 2018:
	(I)  The Colorado food systems advisory council created in section 24-37.3-102, C.R.S.;
	(II)  The stroke advisory board created in section 25-3-115, C.R.S.
	(b)  This subsection (7) is repealed, effective September 1, 2020.
	(8) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on July 1, 2019:
	(I)  The government data advisory board created in section 24-37.5-703, C.R.S.;
	(II)  The education data subcommittee created in section 24-37.5-703.5, C.R.S.;
	(III)  The concurrent enrollment advisory board created in section 22-35-107, C.R.S.;
	(IV)  The Colorado state advisory council for parent involvement in education created in section 22-7-303, C.R.S.;
	(V)  The hospital provider fee oversight and advisory board created in section 25.5-4-402.3, C.R.S.;
	(VI)  The standing efficiency and accountability committee created in section 43-1-106, C.R.S.
	(b)  This subsection (8) is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
	(9) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on September 1, 2019:
	(I)  The seed potato advisory committee created in section 35-27.3-107, C.R.S.;
	(II)  The river outfitter advisory committee created in section 33-32-110, C.R.S.;
	(III)  The public safety communications subcommittee to the homeland security and all-hazards senior advisory committee created in section 24-33.5-1614 (3.3), C.R.S.;
	(IV)  The emergency planning subcommittee to the homeland security and all-hazards senior advisory committee created in section 24-33.5-1614 (3.5), C.R.S.;
	(V)  The Colorado human trafficking council created in section 18-3-505, C.R.S.
	(b)  This subsection (9) is repealed, effective September 1, 2021.
	(10) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on July 1, 2020:
	(I)  The Colorado kids outdoors advisory council created in section 24-33-109.5, C.R.S.;
	(II)  The behavioral health transformation council created pursuant to section 27-61-102, C.R.S.
	(b)  This subsection (10) is repealed, effective July 1, 2022.
	(11) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on September 1, 2020:
	(I)  The nurse-physician advisory task force for Colorado health care created in section 24-34-109, C.R.S.
	(b)  This subsection (11) is repealed, effective September 1, 2022.
	(12) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on September 1, 2021:
	(I)  The homeland security and all-hazards senior advisory committee created in section 24-33.5-1614, C.R.S.;
	(II)  The advisory committee appointed by the executive director of the department of public health and environment pursuant to section 25-3-602 (4), C.R.S., and the advisory committee's functions, as specified in section 25-3-602 (5) and (6), C.R.S.;
	(III)  The forest health advisory council created in section 23-31-316, C.R.S.;
	(IV)  The Colorado special education fiscal advisory committee created in section 22-20-114.5 (2), C.R.S.;
	(V)  The council of higher education representatives convened pursuant to section 23-1-108.5 (3), C.R.S.;
	(VI)  The employment first advisory partnership in the department of labor and employment described in section 8-84-303, C.R.S.
	(b)  This subsection (12) is repealed, effective September 1, 2023.
	(13) (a)  The following dates are the dates on which the statutory authorization for the designated advisory committees is scheduled for repeal September 1, 2022:
	(I)  The advisory group appointed by the director of the primary care office pursuant to section 24-34-110.5 (3), C.R.S.;
	(II)  The strategic action planning group on aging created in section 24-32-3404, C.R.S.;
	(III)  The electronic recording technology board created in part 4 of article 21 of title 24, C.R.S.
	(b)  This subsection (13) is repealed, effective September 1, 2024.
	(14) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on September 1, 2023:
	(I)  The health equity commission created in section 25-4-2206, C.R.S.;
	(II)  The EPIC advisory board created in section 24-33.5-514 (2), C.R.S.;
	(III)  The state noxious weed advisory committee created in section 35-5.5-108.7, C.R.S.;
	(IV)  [Editor's note: Subparagraph (IV) is effective upon proclamation by the governor. See (2) of the editor's note following this section.] The education innovation board created in section 22-54.5-311 (7), C.R.S.
	(b)  This subsection (14) is repealed, effective September 1, 2025.
	(15) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on September 1, 2024:
	(I)  The towing task force created in section 40-10.1-403, C.R.S.;
	(II)  The Colorado natural areas council, an advisory council to the parks and wildlife commission, created in section 33-33-106, C.R.S.;
	(III)  The suicide prevention commission created in section 25-1.5-111, C.R.S.;
	(IV)  The senior dental advisory committee created in section 25.5-3-406, C.R.S.;

	(V)  The youth seclusion working group in the division of youth corrections created in section 26-20-110, C.R.S.
	(b)  This subsection (15) is repealed, effective September 1, 2026.
	(16) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on September 1, 2025:
	(I)  The medicaid provider rate review advisory committee created in section 25.5-4-401.5, C.R.S.;
	(II)  The title insurance commission created in part 2 of article 11 of title 10, C.R.S.;
	(III)  The commodity metals theft task force created in section 18-13-111, C.R.S.
	(b)  This subsection (16) is repealed, effective September 1, 2027.
	(17) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on September 1, 2026:
	(I)  The compliance advisory panel to the air pollution control division created in section 25-7-109.2, C.R.S.;
	(II)  The business intelligence center advisory panel created in section 24-21-116 (4) (a), C.R.S.;
	(III)  The veterinary pharmaceutical advisory committee, created in section 12-42.5-104.5, C.R.S.
	(b)  This subsection (17) is repealed, effective September 1, 2028.
	(18) (a)  The following statutory authorizations for the designated advisory committees will repeal on July 1, 2027:
	(I)  The Colorado wildlife habitat stamp committee created in section 33-4-102.7, C.R.S.
	(b)  This subsection (18) is repealed, effective July 1, 2029.

	2-3-1204.  Departments having authority to create advisory committees - duties - repeal. (Repealed) 

PART 13

CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT

	2-3-1301.  Definitions. As used in this part 13, unless the context otherwise requires:
	(1)  "Capital asset" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (1), C.R.S.
	(2)  "Capital construction" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (2), C.R.S.
	(3)  "Capital renewal" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (3), C.R.S.
	(4)  "Controlled maintenance" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (4), C.R.S., including the limitations specified in section 24-30-1303.9, C.R.S.
	(5)  "Real property" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (15), C.R.S.
	(6)  "State" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (16), C.R.S.
	(7)  "State agency" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (17), C.R.S.
	(8)  "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (18), C.R.S.

	2-3-1302.  Capital development committee established. (1)  There is hereby established a joint committee of the senate and house of representatives officially known as the capital development committee, which shall consist of two majority party members and one minority party member of the house of representatives and two majority party members and one minority party member of the senate. Members of the committee shall be chosen in each house according to the method prescribed by the rules of that house. The committee shall function during the legislative sessions and during the interim between sessions.
	(1.5)  In order to expedite the work of the capital development committee, appointees may be designated after the general election prior to the convening of the general assembly at which such committee is to serve, whether such appointees are members of the current general assembly or members-elect of the next general assembly, or both. Such appointees have all the powers and duties and are entitled to the same compensation and expense allowance as members duly appointed under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.
	(2)  The capital development committee shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman at the first meeting held on or after October 15 in each odd-numbered year and at the first meeting held after the general election in each even-numbered year. The chairmanship and vice-chairmanship shall alternate between a member from the house of representatives and a member from the senate with the first chairman being from the senate and the first vice-chairman being from the house of representatives. The person serving as chairman, or a member of the same house if such person is no longer a member thereof, shall serve as vice-chairman during the next legislative session, and the person serving as vice-chairman, or a member of the same house if such person is no longer a member thereof, shall serve as chairman during the next legislative session.

	2-3-1303.  Rules of procedure. (1)  The capital development committee may prescribe its own rules of procedure and may appoint an advisory committee from among professionals in the private sector to include but not be limited by the following areas of expertise: Real estate, architecture, finance, and engineering.
	(2)  Repealed.

	2-3-1304.  Powers and duties of capital development committee. (1)  The capital development committee has the following powers and duties:
	(a)  To study capital construction, controlled maintenance, and capital renewal requests and proposals, pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives, of each state agency and state institution of higher education;
	(a.3)  To review and make required recommendations on reports from state agencies and state institutions of higher education, including reports from:
	(I)  The office of the state architect on the approved and unapproved facility management plans and facility management plan updates pursuant to section 24-30-1303.5 (3.5), C.R.S., and acquisitions and dispositions pursuant to sections 24-30-1303.5 (6) and 24-82-102, C.R.S.;
	(II)  The adjutant general in the department of military and veterans affairs on the acquisition or disposition of property pursuant to section 28-3-106 (1) (s) (I), C.R.S.;
	(III)  The parks and wildlife commission in the department of natural resources on the acquisition or disposition of certain real property interests under section 33-1-105 (1) (i) or (3), C.R.S., and the acquisition of certain interest in real property or water pursuant to section 33-1-105.5 (9), C.R.S.; and
	(IV)  The parks and wildlife commission in the department of natural resources on the acquisition or disposition of certain interests in real property pursuant to section 33-10-107 (2), C.R.S.;
	(a.5)  To study the request from the transportation commission for state highway reconstruction, repair, and maintenance projects to be funded from money transferred to the capital construction fund pursuant to section 24-75-302 (2), C.R.S., specifically for such purpose. On or before October 1 of each year, the transportation commission shall submit its request, based on the statewide transportation improvement programs, with a prioritized list of recommended state highway reconstruction, repair, and maintenance projects with the priority of projects on the list determined on the basis of greatest need without regard to location in the state. The capital development committee shall determine the number of projects on the list that may be funded from money available in the capital construction fund for state highway reconstruction, repair, or maintenance projects. Only projects on the list may be funded from money available in the capital construction fund for state highway reconstruction, repair, or maintenance projects, and the projects must be funded in the priority determined by the transportation commission; except that, if a project on the list cannot be funded because an alternative source of funding for the project has become available, a court order has enjoined the project, or an act of God has made the project construction unfeasible, the transportation commission shall submit the next phase of that project or the next project on that regional priority list to the capital development committee for approval as an addition to the list in lieu of the project that cannot be funded. No substitute project submitted by the transportation commission from the regional priority list shall be approved by the capital development committee if funding said project would result in the delay of any other project on the list. Upon approval of an amended list, the department of transportation shall provide a copy of the amended list to the members of the joint budget committee, the transportation and energy committee in the house of representatives, and the transportation committee in the senate. Projects on the list submitted by the transportation commission by October 1 or on an amended list submitted as provided in this paragraph (a.5) may be funded from money transferred to the capital construction fund and available in the current fiscal year or money to be transferred to the capital construction fund for the fiscal year beginning the following July 1.
	(a.6)  (Deleted by amendment, L. 2008, p. 1064,  8, effective July 1, 2008.)
	(b)  To hold such hearings as may be necessary to consider reports from each state agency or state institution of higher education with respect to capital construction, controlled maintenance, or capital renewal;
	(c)  To make determinations, pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives, of the priority to be accorded to the proposals made by the various state agencies and state institutions of higher education with respect to capital construction, controlled maintenance, and capital renewal proposals, based upon information made available to the capital development committee from any sources with respect to estimates of revenues available for such purposes;
	(d)  To forecast the state's requirements for capital construction, controlled maintenance, and capital renewal as may be necessary or desirable for adequate presentation of the planning and implementation or construction of such projects and to forecast the projected available revenue to meet the state's requirements for capital construction, controlled maintenance, and capital renewal. Such revenue forecast must conform with the economic forecast period used in the quarterly revenue estimates prepared by the staff of the legislative council.
	(e)  Repealed.
	(f)  To review the annual capital construction and maintenance requests from the chief information officer of the office of information technology regarding the public safety communications trust fund created pursuant to section 24-37.5-506, C.R.S.;
	(g)  (Deleted by amendment, L. 2014.) / Repealed.
	(h)  To review all acquisitions of real property by a state agency or state institution of higher education; except that, for any state agency or state institution of higher education that has statutory authority as of June 6, 2014, to acquire real property and such statutory authority specifies a process whereby the capital development committee either reviews, reviews and approves, or approves such an acquisition, then such statutory authority controls. If a state agency or state institution of higher education has statutory authority as of June 6, 2014, to acquire real property and such statutory authority does not include a process whereby the capital development committee either reviews, reviews and approves, or approves such acquisition, then this paragraph (h) controls. Section 23-1-106, C.R.S., and any budget instructions of the office of state planning and budgeting that specify thresholds regarding the submission of acquisitions of real property as capital budget requests operate to limit the review specified in this paragraph (h).
	(2)  Nothing in this section shall in any way limit or reduce the powers of the governor, through the office of state planning and budgeting and the office of the state architect, to establish executive branch priorities and procedures.

	2-3-1304.3.  Additional powers and duties of capital development committee - approval and oversight of fund-raising for restoration of the capitol dome - legislative declaration - capitol dome restoration trust fund - repeal.  (Repealed) 

	2-3-1304.5.  Reports from departments, institutions, and agencies in connection with capital construction requests - repeal.  (Repealed) 

	2-3-1304.6.  Capital construction and long-range planning by state agencies and state institutions of higher education - policy. It is declared to be the policy of the general assembly not to acquire a capital asset or authorize or initiate any program or activity requiring capital construction, except programs or activities for controlled maintenance or capital renewal, for any state agency or state institution of higher education unless the program or activity is an element of the facilities program plan for the agency or institution and such facilities program plan has been approved by the state architect as set forth in section 24-30-1311, C.R.S., or by the Colorado commission on higher education as set forth in section 23-1-106, C.R.S.

	2-3-1305.  Recommendations and findings. The capital development committee shall make written reports setting forth its recommendations, prioritization, findings, and comments as to each recommendation concerning capital assets that it submits to the joint budget committee. The capital development committee shall submit its prioritization for supplemental capital construction, capital renewal, or controlled maintenance budget requests pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives to the joint budget committee no later than January 15 of each year, and shall submit its prioritization for new or amended capital construction, capital renewal, or controlled maintenance budget requests pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives for the upcoming fiscal year to the joint budget committee no later than February 15 of each year. Other reports may be issued from time to time by the committee whenever it deems such action to be appropriate or whenever requested by the general assembly.

	2-3-1305.5.  Continuation projects - future appropriations.  (Repealed) 

	2-3-1306.  Staff assistance. In carrying out its duties under this part 13, the capital development committee may request staff assistance from the offices providing other legislative services or from the department of personnel and the office of state planning and budgeting in the governor's office. The legislative council shall provide any necessary assistance.

	2-3-1307.  Highway and bridge projects - exempt. This part 13 shall not apply to projects or properties which are funded or disposed of pursuant to the provisions of sections 43-1-106, 43-1-219, or 43-1-220, C.R.S., but shall apply to projects funded from the capital construction fund in accordance with section 2-3-1304 (1) (a.5).

	2-3-1308.  Repeal of part.  (Repealed) 

PART 14

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVERSIGHT

	2-3-1401.  Oversight of economic development activities of state - business affairs and labor committee and business, labor, and technology committee - reports from governor to joint budget committee on economic development programs. (1)  The business affairs and labor committee of the house of representatives and the business, labor, and technology committee of the senate, or any successor committees, shall have jurisdiction to conduct general oversight of the economic development activities of state government. Each year such committees shall, jointly or separately in the discretion of the chairmen of such committees, review the activities of any agencies of state government engaged in economic development matters and may require the appropriate officials of any such agencies to make reports to such committees to facilitate the oversight function under this subsection (1).
	(2)  The governor's office shall submit an annual report to the joint budget committee detailing the expenditures by appropriated line item and funding source in the general appropriation bill of the state for all economic development programs in all departments.  The governor's office shall also make such annual report available to the full general assembly. The report shall identify which activities are funded and where such activities fall within priorities of the strategic plan and identify any anticipated and actual results of such funded activities; specify dollars spent on each activity; and show a balance of funds remaining for additional economic development activities.

	(3)  Repealed.
	(4)  The Colorado first program shall submit to the joint budget committee an annual report on the number of workers trained, for whom they were trained, why they were trained, who trained the workers, and the cost per worker trained. Such report shall also be available to the full general assembly.
	(5)  The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the governor's office and the department of local affairs should comply with the state budgetary process, fiscal procedures, and generally accepted accounting principles when expending moneys to implement the state's economic development efforts. The governor's office and the department of local affairs shall record economic development program expenses in the state agency that benefits from the expenditure.

PART 15

LEGISLATIVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE,
AND RECOVERY COMMITTEE

	2-3-1501.  Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby finds and determines that in the event of an emergency epidemic or disaster in the state, the general assembly must be prepared to respond to the emergency epidemic or disaster and have a plan for ensuring the continuation of its operations in order to assist in the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the public.

	2-3-1502.  Definitions. As used in this part 15, unless the context otherwise requires:
	(1)  "Bioterrorism" means the intentional use of microorganisms or toxins of biological origin to cause death or disease among humans or animals.
	(2)  Repealed.
	(3)  "Department" means the department of public health and environment created in section 25-1-102, C.R.S.
	(3.5)  "Disaster" means the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, illness, or loss of life or property resulting from an epidemic or a natural, man-made, or technological cause.
	(4)  "Division" means the division of homeland security and emergency management in the department of public safety created in section 24-33.5-1603, C.R.S.
	(5)  "Emergency epidemic" means cases of an illness or condition, communicable or noncommunicable, caused by bioterrorism, pandemic influenza, or novel and highly fatal infectious agents or biological toxins.
	(6)  "GEEERC" means the governor's expert emergency epidemic response committee created in section 24-33.5-704 (8), C.R.S.
	(7)  "Legislative committee" means the legislative emergency preparedness, response, and recovery committee created in this part 15.
	(8)  "Legislative service agencies" means the legislative council staff, the office of legislative legal services, the joint budget committee staff, the office of the state auditor, the legislative information services, the senate services staff, and the staff of the house of representatives.
	(9)  "Pandemic influenza" means a widespread epidemic of influenza caused by a highly virulent strain of the influenza virus.

	2-3-1503.  Legislative emergency preparedness, response, and recovery committee - creation - membership - duties. (1) (a)  There is hereby created a legislative emergency preparedness, response, and recovery committee. The legislative committee shall develop a plan for the response by, and continuation of operations of, the general assembly and the legislative service agencies in the event of an emergency epidemic or disaster. The legislative committee shall cooperate and coordinate with the division, the department, and the GEEERC in developing the plan. The legislative committee shall develop and submit the plan to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the governor, the executive director of the department, the director of the division, and the GEEERC no later than July 1, 2011. The legislative committee shall meet at least annually to review and amend the plan as necessary and shall provide any updated plan to the persons or entities specified in this paragraph (a). The legislative committee may recommend legislation pertaining to the preparedness, response, and recovery by, and continuation of operations of, the general assembly and the legislative service agencies in the event of an emergency epidemic or disaster. The legislative committee shall provide information to and fully cooperate with the division, the department, and the GEEERC in fulfilling its duties under this section.
	(b)  The legislative committee shall consist of eleven members as follows:
	(I)  Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate, with no more than one such member from the same political party;
	(II)  Two members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, with no more than one such member from the same political party;
	(III)  The secretary of the senate;
	(IV)  The chief clerk of the house of representatives;
	(V)  The staff director of the joint budget committee or the staff director's designee;
	(VI)  The director of research of the legislative council or the director's designee;
	(VII)  The director of the office of legislative legal services or the director's designee;
	(VIII)  The state auditor or the state auditor's designee; and
	(IX)  The director of legislative information services or the director's designee.
	(2)  In the event of an emergency epidemic or disaster that the governor declares to be a disaster emergency pursuant to section 24-33.5-704, C.R.S., the legislative committee shall convene as rapidly and as often as necessary to advise the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the legislative service agencies regarding reasonable and appropriate measures to be taken by the general assembly and the legislative service agencies to respond to the emergency epidemic or disaster and protect the public health, safety, and welfare. The legislative committee shall communicate, cooperate, and seek advice and assistance from the division, the department, and the GEEERC in responding to the emergency epidemic or disaster.
	(3)  Except as otherwise provided in section 2-2-326, the members of the legislative committee shall serve without compensation.

PART 16

WILDFIRE MATTERS REVIEW COMMITTEE

	2-3-1601.  Legislative declaration. (1)  The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that:
	(a)  Wildfires are a part of the natural cycle of Colorado's forests, yet increasingly pose a severe threat to human life and property;
	(b)  People are attracted to the forest and mountain areas of the state and increasingly choose to make their homes in what is known as the "wildland-urban interface", where wildland areas meet residential development;
	(c)  For many years now, residential areas in numerous parts of the state are regularly threatened by a close proximity to wildfires and, tragically, during the spring and summer of 2012, Colorado wildfires resulted in the loss of life and extensive property damage, including the destruction of homes affecting thousands of people;
	(d)  Since wildfires cause annual harm to many areas of the state and those residing in such areas, wildfire prevention and mitigation is a matter of extreme importance throughout the state and an issue demanding critical attention from the general assembly on a regular basis.
	(2)  The purpose of this part 16 is to provide a permanent interim committee as a forum through which the general assembly reviews state policies and resources addressing wildfire prevention and mitigation and the successful implementation and execution of such policies. In creating a permanent interim committee to address matters relating to wildfires, the general assembly intends that issues relating to wildfire prevention and mitigation receive sufficient legislative scrutiny and public participation.

	2-3-1602.  Wildfire matters review committee - creation - repeal of part. (1)  To address wildfire prevention and mitigation and to review and propose legislation relating to such matters, the wildfire matters review committee is hereby created, and is referred to in this part 16 as the "committee". The committee shall meet at the call of the chair at least once during the interim of each year to review and to propose legislation or other policy changes relating to wildfire prevention and mitigation and all related matters, including, without limitation, public safety, forest health, and cooperation with appropriate federal agencies and local governments. The committee may take up to two field trips during the interim and consult with experts in all fields relating to wildfire prevention and mitigation as may be necessary to achieve the objectives of this part 16. All personnel of any state agency or political subdivision of Colorado involved in wildfire prevention and mitigation, including the Colorado department of public safety and the Colorado state forest service, shall cooperate with the committee and with any persons assisting the committee in carrying out its duties pursuant to this section.
	(1.5) (a)  In 2014, in addition to any other matters it considers, the committee shall consider the creation of a Colorado wildland and prescribed fire advisory commission under the division of fire prevention and control in the department of public safety, also referred to in this subsection (1.5) as the "advisory commission". The purpose of the advisory commission will be to assist the director of the division of fire prevention and control in performing his or her duties. The committee shall make specific findings and recommendations regarding the appropriate composition of the advisory commission, length of terms, and the types of expertise and interests that should be represented.
	(b)  On or before December 1, 2014, the committee shall submit its specific recommendations pertaining to the advisory commission to the agriculture, livestock, and natural resources committee of the house of representatives and the agriculture, natural resources, and energy committee of the senate, or any successor committees. Nothing in this paragraph (b) prevents the committee from proposing legislation regarding the creation of the advisory commission.
	(c) (I)  In 2016, in addition to any other matters it considers, the committee shall consider potential marketable uses for hazardous fuels in forests, including biochar, energy, liquid fuel, heat, wood waste products, and combined uses, for the purpose of maintaining and improving watershed health, forest health, job creation, impacts on carbon emissions, and innovation and determining the most economically viable, value-added means of removing woody materials, including those that are used in traditional wood products, from the forests, including a consideration of federal, state, and local governmental efforts in using woody materials; an examination of costs, including technology and transportation,  markets, and the amount of woody material used for each potential use; consideration of the effects of structures and a warmer climate on forests and firefighter safety; and an updated report prepared by the Colorado state forest service concerning the issues specified by section 23-31-314, C.R.S., prior to its repeal on July 1, 2012.
	(II)  This paragraph (c) is repealed, effective September 1, 2017.
	(2)  The committee consists of ten members of the general assembly selected as follows:
	(a)  Five members from the senate, three appointed by the president of the senate and two appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
	(b)  Five members from the house of representatives, three appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and two appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives.
	(3)  Appointing authorities shall make their original appointments to the committee not later than July 1, 2013. Terms of service on the committee are for two years. The terms of original appointees to the committee terminate on the convening date of the first regular session of the seventieth general assembly. Thereafter, the terms of members of the committee terminate on the convening date of the first regular session of the general assembly next following their appointment or reappointment, and all subsequent appointments or reappointments are made as soon as practicable after such convening date. Incumbent members may be reappointed to the committee. The person making the original appointment or reappointment shall fill any vacancy by appointment for the remainder of an unexpired term. Members serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and continue in office until a successor is appointed, as applicable.
	(4) (a)  The president of the senate shall appoint the chair of the committee in even-numbered years and the vice-chair in odd-numbered years. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint the chair of the committee in odd-numbered years and the vice-chair in even-numbered years.
	(b)  The committee shall prescribe its own rules of procedure.
	(5)  Members of the committee serve without compensation; except that each member is entitled to be reimbursed for necessary expenses in connection with the performance of his or her duties and receives the same per diem as other members of interim committees in attendance at meetings.
	(6)  Existing employees of the legislative service agencies shall provide any staff assistance required by the committee within existing appropriations.
	(7)  This part 16 is repealed, effective July 1, 2018.

PART 17

JOINT TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

	2-3-1701.  Definitions. As used in this part 17:
	(1)  "Committee" means the joint technology committee created in section 2-3-1702.
	(2) (a)  "Information technology" means information technology and computer-based equipment and related services designed for the storage, manipulation, and retrieval of data by electronic or mechanical means, or both. The term includes but is not limited to:
	(I)  Central processing units, servers for all functions, and equipment and systems supporting communications networks;
	(II)  All related services, including feasibility studies, systems design, software development, system testing, external off-site storage, and network services, whether provided by state employees or by others;
	(III)  The systems, programs, routines, and processes used to employ and control the capabilities of data processing hardware, including operating systems, compilers, assemblers, utilities, library routines, maintenance routines, applications, application testing capabilities, storage system software, hand-held device operating systems, and computer networking programs;
	(IV)  The application of electronic information processing hardware, software, or telecommunications to support state government business processes.
	(b)  "Information technology" does not mean post-implementation support, hardware life-cycle replacement, or routine maintenance.
	(2.5) (a)  "Information technology budget request" means a budget request from a state agency or state institution of higher education for the installation, development, or upgrade of information technology, including the purchase of services from the office of information technology on the condition that the use of such services is the most cost beneficial option or falls within the duties and responsibilities of the office of information technology or the office's chief information officer as described in sections 24-37.5-105 and 24-37.5-106, C.R.S. "Information technology budget request" does not include budget requests that are primarily operational in nature or a budget request where the majority of funding will be used to support or modify state staffing levels.
	(b)  For purposes of this subsection (2.5), "information technology" means information technology as defined in section 24-37.5-102 (2), C.R.S., the majority of the components of which have a useful life of at least five years; except that "information technology" does not include personal computer replacement or maintenance, unless such personal computer replacement or maintenance is a component of a larger computer system upgrade.
	(3)  "Office of information technology" means the office of information technology created in section 24-37.5-103, C.R.S.
	(4)  "Oversee" means reviews of significant information technology projects, reviews of the office's budget requests for information technology projects, and ensuring that information technology projects follow best practice standards as established by the office of information technology. "Oversee" does not include interference with the office's general responsibilities set forth in this article.
	(5)  "State agency" means all of the departments, divisions, commissions, boards, bureaus, and institutions in the executive branch of the state government. "State agency" does not include the legislative or judicial department, the department of law, the department of state, the department of the treasury, or state-supported institutions of higher education, including the Auraria higher education center established in article 70 of title 23, C.R.S.

	2-3-1702.  Joint technology committee established. (1)  There is hereby established a joint committee of the senate and house of representatives known as the joint technology committee, consisting of three members of the house of representatives, two of whom are appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and one of whom is appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives, and three members of the senate, two of whom are appointed by the president of the senate and one of whom is appointed by the minority leader of the senate. The members of the committee should have experience in information technology, business analysis, or business process. The committee functions during the legislative sessions and during the interim between sessions.
	(2)  To expedite the work of the committee, appointees may be designated after the general election and prior to the convening of the general assembly at which such committee is to serve, whether such appointees are members of the then-current general assembly or members-elect of the next general assembly, or both; and such appointees have all the powers and duties and are entitled to the same compensation and expense allowance as members duly appointed under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.
	(3)  The committee shall elect a chair and a vice-chair, one from the senate membership of the committee and one from the house membership of the committee. The chair so elected shall serve as chair for the first regular session of the general assembly at which the committee is to serve, and as vice-chair for the second regular session; the vice-chair so elected shall serve as chair for the second regular session of said general assembly.

	2-3-1703.  Organization, procedures, and meetings. The committee may prescribe its own rules of procedure and shall meet at least once each year in order to review the governor's budget submissions for information technology, and shall meet as often as necessary to perform its functions.

	2-3-1704.  Powers and duties of the joint technology committee. (1)  The committee oversees the office of information technology, including but not limited to:
	(a)  A review of the state of information technology;
	(b)  Any general information technology needs;
	(c)  Any anticipated short-term or long-term changes for information technology;
	(d)  The office of information technology's responsibilities related to the statewide communications and information infrastructure as set forth in section 24-37.5-108, C.R.S.; and
	(e)  The office of information technology's responsibilities related to the geographic information system as set forth in section 24-37.5-111, C.R.S.
	(2)  The committee oversees the chief information security officer and his or her duties as established in part 4 of article 37.5 of title 24, C.R.S.
	(3)  The committee oversees any telecommunications coordination within state government that the chief information officer performs pursuant to part 5 of article 37.5 of title 24, C.R.S.
	(4)  The committee oversees the general government computer center established in part 6 of article 37.5 of title 24, C.R.S.
	(5)  The committee may review the actions of the statewide internet portal authority created in section 24-37.7-102, C.R.S.
	(6) (a)  The committee oversees a state agency regarding:
	(I)  Any information technology purchased or implemented that is not managed or approved through the office of information technology;
	(II)  Any information technology that a state agency purchased or implemented that does not follow the standards set by the office of information technology; and
	(III)  Any information technology that a state agency purchased or implemented that has the same function as information technology that the office of information technology has already created, purchased, or implemented.
	(b)  On or before November 1, 2013, and on November 1 of each year thereafter, all state agencies are encouraged to submit a written report to the committee regarding any of the instances described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (6).
	(7)  On or before November 1, 2013, and on November 1 of each year thereafter, the judicial department, the department of law, the department of state, and the department of the treasury are encouraged to submit a written report to the committee that details all information technology that such department purchased or implemented.
	(8)  A copy of any legislative measure introduced during any legislative session, regular or special, commencing on or after January 1, 2014, and determined by the speaker of the house of representatives or by the president of the senate to be dealing with information technology shall be reviewed by the committee. The committee may make advisory recommendations about such legislative measures to the house of representatives, the senate, the joint budget committee, the capital development committee, or to any committee of reference, as appropriate, considering any such legislative measure.
	(9)  On or before the first day of the regular legislative session commencing on or after January 1, 2014, and on the first day of each regular legislative session thereafter, the joint technology committee shall submit a written report on the committee's findings and recommendations based on the committee's oversight pursuant to subsections (1) to (8) of this section to the joint budget committee. Such report may include:
	(a)  Legislation recommended by the committee that addresses any of the committee's findings and recommendations based on the committee's oversight pursuant to subsections (1) to (8) of this section. Any such legislation is exempt from the five-bill limitation specified in rule 24 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives; and
	(b)  A report on the status of any information technology budget request that was previously approved for phasing in or for incremental implementation over a period exceeding one year.
	(10)  Upon request, a state agency and the judicial department, the department of law, the department of state, and the department of the treasury shall make available to the committee such data, reports, or information as are necessary for the performance of the committee's duties. If the committee requests such data, reports, or information, the state agency or judicial department, the department of law, the department of state, or the department of the treasury shall provide the requested information no later than November 1 of the calendar year in which the request is made.
	(11) (a)  The committee shall study all information technology budget requests pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives, made by all state agencies and state institutions of higher education. For purposes of institutions of higher education, the committee shall only review state-funded information technology budget requests. The committee shall make determinations of the priority to be accorded to such information technology budget requests based upon information made available to the committee from any sources with respect to estimates of revenues available in a fiscal year for information technology budget requests. The committee shall make written reports setting forth its recommendations, prioritization, findings, and comments as to each information technology budget request reviewed pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives, including recommendations regarding the appropriate amount of an information technology budget request, and shall submit such written reports to the joint budget committee for supplemental information technology budget requests no later than January 15 of each year, and for new or amended information technology budget requests for the upcoming fiscal year no later than February 15 of each year.
	(b)  The joint budget committee may seek the committee's review of any operating budget request for information technology.
	(c)  The committee shall hold such hearings as may be necessary to study all information technology budget requests pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives made by all state agencies and state institutions of higher education.
	(d)  The legislative council staff shall assist and advise the committee by reviewing and summarizing the information technology budget requests made by all state agencies and state institutions of higher education.
	(e)  The committee has the duty to forecast the state's requirements for future information technology budget requests as may be necessary or desirable for adequate presentation of the planning and implementation of such projects.

	2-3-1705.  Staff assistance. The legislative council staff and the office of legislative legal services shall assist the joint technology committee in carrying out its duties.

	2-3-1706.  Repeal of part. This part 17 is repealed, effective July 1, 2018.

STATUTES - CONSTRUCTION AND REVISION

ARTICLE 4

Construction of Statutes

PART 1

CONSTRUCTION OF WORDS AND PHRASES

	2-4-101.  Common and technical usage. Words and phrases shall be read in context and construed according to the rules of grammar and common usage. Words and phrases that have acquired a technical or particular meaning, whether by legislative definition or otherwise, shall be construed accordingly.

	2-4-102.  Singular and plural. The singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular.

	2-4-103.  Gender. Every word importing the masculine gender only may extend to and be applied to females and things as well as males; every word importing the feminine gender only may extend to and be applied to males and things as well as females; and every word importing the neuter gender only may extend to and be applied to natural persons as well as things.

	2-4-104.  Tense. Words in the present tense include the future tense.

	2-4-105.  Week. The word "week" means any seven consecutive days.

	2-4-106.  Month. The word "month" means a calendar month.

	2-4-107.  Year. The word "year" means a calendar year.

	2-4-108.  Computation of time. (1)  In computing a period of days, the first day is excluded and the last day is included.
	(2)  If the last day of any period is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the period is extended to include the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
	(3)  If a number of months is to be computed by counting the months from a particular day, the period ends on the same numerical day in the concluding month as the day of the month from which the computation is begun, unless there are not that many days in the concluding month, in which case the period ends on the last day of that month.

	2-4-109.  Standard time - daylight saving time. (1)  The standard time within the state, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, is that which is now known and designated by act of congress as "United States Mountain Standard Time".
	(2)  From two o'clock antemeridian on the second Sunday of March, until two o'clock antemeridian on the first Sunday of November, or such other times and days as may, from time to time, be designated by act of congress, the standard time in this state so established shall be one hour in advance of the standard time now known as "United States Mountain Standard Time".
	(3)  In all laws, statutes, orders, decrees, rules, and regulations relating to the time of performance of any act by any officer or department of this state, or of any county, city and county, city, town, district, or other political subdivision thereof, or relating to the time in which any rights shall accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall not be performed by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the state, and in all the public schools and in all other institutions of this state, or of any county, city and county, city, town, or district thereof, and in all contracts or choses in action made or to be performed in this state, the time shall be as set forth in this section and it shall be so understood and intended.

	2-4-110.  Joint authority. A grant of authority to three or more persons as a public body confers the authority upon a majority of the number of members fixed by statute.

	2-4-111.  Quorum. A quorum of a public body is a majority of the number of members fixed by statute.

	2-4-112.  Conflict in the expression of numbers. If there is a conflict between figures and words in expressing a number, the words govern.

	2-4-113.  Use of "to" in reference to several sections. Wherever in the statutes of this state a reference is made to several sections and the section numbers given in the reference are connected by the word "to", the reference includes both sections whose numbers are given and all intervening sections.

	2-4-114.  Introductory portion. The portion of any section, subsection, paragraph, or subparagraph which precedes a list of examples, requirements, conditions, or other items may be referred to and cited as the "introductory portion" to the section, subsection, paragraph, or subparagraph.

PART 2

CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES

	2-4-201.  Intentions in the enactment of statutes. (1)  In enacting a statute, it is presumed that:
	(a)  Compliance with the constitutions of the state of Colorado and the United States is intended;
	(b)  The entire statute is intended to be effective;
	(c)  A just and reasonable result is intended;
	(d)  A result feasible of execution is intended;
	(e)  Public interest is favored over any private interest.

	2-4-202.  Statutes presumed prospective. A statute is presumed to be prospective in its operation.

	2-4-203.  Ambiguous statutes - aids in construction. (1)  If a statute is ambiguous, the court, in determining the intention of the general assembly, may consider among other matters:
	(a)  The object sought to be attained;
	(b)  The circumstances under which the statute was enacted;
	(c)  The legislative history, if any;
	(d)  The common law or former statutory provisions, including laws upon the same or similar subjects;
	(e)  The consequences of a particular construction;
	(f)  The administrative construction of the statute;
	(g)  The legislative declaration or purpose.

	2-4-204.  Severability of statutory provisions. If any provision of a statute is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, the remaining provisions of the statute are valid, unless it appears to the court that the valid provisions of the statute are so essentially and inseparably connected with, and so dependent upon, the void provision that it cannot be presumed the legislature would have enacted the valid provisions without the void one; or unless the court determines that the valid provisions, standing alone, are incomplete and are incapable of being executed in accordance with the legislative intent.

	2-4-205.  Special or local provision prevails over general. If a general provision conflicts with a special or local provision, it shall be construed, if possible, so that effect is given to both. If the conflict between the provisions is irreconcilable, the special or local provision prevails as an exception to the general provision, unless the general provision is the later adoption and the manifest intent is that the general provision prevail.

	2-4-206.  Irreconcilable statutes passed at the same or different sessions. If statutes enacted at the same or different sessions of the general assembly are irreconcilable, the statute prevails which is latest in its effective date. If the irreconcilable statutes have the same effective date, the statute prevails which is latest in its date of passage.

	2-4-207.  Original controls over subsequent printing. If the language of the official copy of a statute conflicts with the language of any subsequent printing or reprinting of the statute, the language of the official copy prevails.

	2-4-208.  Continuation of prior law. A statute which is reenacted, revised, or amended is intended to be a continuation of the prior statute and not a new enactment, insofar as it is the same as the prior statute.

	2-4-209.  Statutory references. A reference to any portion of a statute applies to all reenactments, revisions, or amendments thereof.

	2-4-210.  References in a series. (Repealed) 

	2-4-211.  Common law of England. The common law of England so far as the same is applicable and of a general nature, and all acts and statutes of the British parliament, made in aid of or to supply the defects of the common law prior to the fourth year of James the First, excepting the second section of the sixth chapter of forty-third Elizabeth, the eighth chapter of thirteenth Elizabeth, and the ninth chapter of thirty-seventh Henry the Eighth, and which are of a general nature, and not local to that kingdom, shall be the rule of decision, and shall be considered as of full force until repealed by legislative authority.

	2-4-212.  Liberal construction. All general provisions, terms, phrases, and expressions, used in any statute, shall be liberally construed, in order that the true intent and meaning of the general assembly may be fully carried out.

	2-4-213.  Form of enacting clause. All acts of the general assembly of the state of Colorado shall be designated, known, and acknowledged in each such act of said state as follows: "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado".

	2-4-214.  Use of relative and qualifying words and phrases. The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the rule of statutory construction expressed in the Colorado supreme court decision entitled People v. McPherson, 200 Colo. 429, 619 P.2d 38 (1980), which holds that ". . . relative and qualifying words and phrases, where no contrary intention appears, are construed to refer solely to the last antecedent with which they are closely connected . . ." has not been adopted by the general assembly and does not create any presumption of statutory intent.

	2-4-215.  Each general assembly a separate entity - future general assemblies not bound by acts of previous general assemblies. (1)  The general assembly finds and declares, pursuant to the constitution of the state of Colorado, that each general assembly is a separate entity, and the acts of one general assembly are not binding on future general assemblies. Accordingly, no legislation passed by one general assembly requiring an appropriation shall bind future general assemblies.
	(2)  Furthermore, the general assembly finds and declares that when a statute provides for the proration of amounts in the event appropriations are insufficient, the general assembly has not committed itself to any particular level of funding, does not create any rights in the ultimate recipients of such funding or in any political subdivision or agency which administers such funds, and clearly intends that the level of funding under such a statute is in the full and complete discretion of the general assembly.

	2-4-216.  Limitations on statutory programs. (1)  When the general assembly creates statutory programs which are not required by federal law and which offer and provide services or assistance or both to persons in this state, the general assembly gives rise to a reasonable expectation that such services or assistance or both will be provided by the state in a manner consistent with the statutes which created the programs. However, the general assembly does not commit itself or the taxpayers of the state to the provision of a particular level of funding for such programs and does not create rights in the ultimate recipient to a particular level of service or assistance or both. The general assembly intends that the level of funding, and thus the level of service or assistance or both, shall be in the full and complete discretion of the general assembly, consistent with the statute which created the program.
	(2)  In the statutes creating some of these programs, the general assembly expressly conditions any rights arising under such programs by the use of the words "within available appropriations" or "subject to available appropriations" or similar words of limitation. The purpose of the use of these words of limitation is to reaffirm the principles set forth in subsection (1) of this section.
	(3)  At the time such a program is created, the general assembly appropriates funds for its implementation, taking into account many factors, including but not limited to the availability of revenues, the importance of the program, and needs of recipients when balanced with the needs of recipients under other state programs. The amount of the initial appropriation indicates a program's priority in relation to other state programs. The general assembly reasonably expects that the priority of the program will be subject to annual changes which will be reflected in the modification of the annual appropriation for the program. If the general assembly desires a substantive change in the program, or to eliminate the program, that can be accomplished by amendment of the statutory law which created the program.
	(4)  It is the purpose of the general assembly, through the enactment of this section, to clarify that the rights, if any, created through the enactment of statutory programs are subject to substantial modification through the annual appropriation process, so long as the modification is consistent with the statute which created the program.

PART 3

AMENDATORY STATUTES

	2-4-301.  Multiple amendments to the same provision - one without reference to the other. If amendments to the same statute are enacted at the same or different sessions of the general assembly and one amendment is without reference to another, the amendments are to be harmonized, if possible, so that effect may be given to each. If the amendments are irreconcilable, the amendment prevails which is latest in its effective date. If the irreconcilable statutes have the same effective date, the statute prevails which is latest in its date of passage.

	2-4-302.  Repeal of a repealing statute. The repeal of a repealing statute does not revive the statute originally repealed.

	2-4-303.  Penalties and liabilities not released by repeal. The repeal, revision, amendment, or consolidation of any statute or part of a statute or section or part of a section of any statute shall not have the effect to release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under such statute, unless the repealing, revising, amending, or consolidating act so expressly provides, and such statute or part of a statute or section or part of a section of a statute so repealed, amended, or revised shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions, criminal as well as civil, for the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture, or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or order which can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such actions, suits, proceedings, or prosecutions imposing, inflicting, or declaring such penalty, forfeiture, or liability.

PART 4

DEFINITIONS

	2-4-401.  Definitions. The following definitions apply to every statute, unless the context otherwise requires:
	(1)  "Child" includes child by adoption.
	(1.3)  "Civil union" means a relationship established by two eligible persons pursuant to the requirements of article 15 of title 14, C.R.S., that entitles them to receive the benefits and protections and be subject to the responsibilities of spouses.
	(1.4)  "Civil union certificate" means a document that certifies that the persons named in the certificate have established a civil union in this state in compliance with the provisions of article 15 of title 14, C.R.S.
	(1.5)  "Contraceptive" or "contraception" means a medically acceptable drug, device, or procedure used to prevent pregnancy.
	(2)  "Court" means a court of record.
	(2.5)  Repealed.
	(3)  "Executor" includes administrator and "administrator" includes executor.
	(3.5)  "Felony" includes a drug felony described in article 18 of title 18, C.R.S.
	(3.7)  "Immediate family member" means a person who is related by blood, marriage, civil union, or adoption.
	(4)  "Issue", as applied to the descent of estate, includes all the lawful, lineal descendants of the ancestor.
	(5)  "Land", "lands", or "real estate" includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and all interests therein.
	(6)  "Minor" means any person who has not attained the age of twenty-one years. No construction of this subsection (6) shall supersede the express language of any statute.
	(6.5) (a)  "Must" means that a person or thing is required to meet a condition for a consequence to apply. "Must" does not mean that a person has a duty.
	(b)  This subsection (6.5):
	(I)  Is not intended to alter the interpretation of a statute enacted before August 7, 2013; and
	(II)  Applies to statutes enacted on or after August 7, 2013, but only with regard to language that appears in small capital font in the session laws published pursuant to section 24-70-223, C.R.S.
	(6.7)  "Misdemeanor" includes a drug misdemeanor described in article 18 of title 18, C.R.S.
	(7)  "Oath" includes affirmation, and "swear" includes affirm.
	(7.5)  "Partner in a civil union" or "party to a civil union" means a person who has entered into a civil union in accordance with the requirements of article 15 of title 14, C.R.S.
	(8)  "Person" means any individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other legal entity.
	(8.5)  Repealed.
	(9)  "Personal representative" includes executor, administrator, conservator, or guardian.
	(9.5)  "Petty offense" includes a drug petty offense described in article 18 of title 18, C.R.S.
	(10)  "Population" means that shown by the most recent regular or special federal census.
	(11)  "Property" means both real and personal property.
	(12)  "Registered mail" includes certified mail.
	(13)  "Rule" includes regulation.
	(13.5)  "Sexual orientation" means a person's orientation toward heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, or transgender status or another person's perception thereof.
	(13.7) (a)  "Shall" means that a person has a duty.
	(b)  This subsection (13.7):
	(I)  Is not intended to alter the interpretation of a statute enacted before August 7, 2013; and
	(II)  Applies to statutes enacted on or after August 7, 2013, but only with regard to language that appears in small capital font in the session laws published pursuant to section 24-70-223, C.R.S.
	(14)  "State", when applied to a part of the United States, includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, and any area subject to the legislative authority of the United States of America.
	(15)  "United States" includes all states, the District of Columbia, and the territories, commonwealths, and possessions of the United States.
	(16)  "Will" includes a codicil.
	(17)  "Written" or "in writing" includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; but this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures.

	2-4-402.  Colorado Revised Statutes. Colorado Revised Statutes may be abbreviated and cited as "C.R.S.".

ARTICLE 5

Colorado Revised Statutes

	2-5-101.  Compilation of Colorado Revised Statutes. (1)  The revisor of statutes, referred to in this article as the "revisor", under the supervision and direction of the committee on legal services, referred to in this article as the "committee", shall compile, edit, arrange, and prepare for publication all laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature.
	(2)  The statutes shall be arranged and collated into such code titles, articles, and sections, and under such a numbering system as the committee approves and directs. The committee shall designate the number of volumes to comprise a set of the statutes for purposes of this arrangement and collating.
	(3)  The compilation of statutory laws and nonstatutory material provided for in this article, originally entitled "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973" and cited as "C.R.S. 1973", shall, on and after July 1, 1983, be entitled "Colorado Revised Statutes" and may be cited as "C.R.S.". Reference to individual sections of the statutes shall be cited substantially in the following manner: "Section 1-1-101, C.R.S.". Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 or to C.R.S. 1973 shall be deemed to refer to Colorado Revised Statutes or to C.R.S.

	2-5-102.  Inclusions - nonstatutory. (1)  At the end of each section of the statutes, the revisor shall include:
	(a)  Reference to the statutory history of the section;
	(b)  Annotations of state and federal court decisions construing, applying, or relating to the subject matter of the section; and
	(c)  Such editorial notes, cross references, and other matter as the committee considers desirable or advantageous.
	(2)  The revisor shall prepare for publication with Colorado Revised Statutes:
	(a)  The declaration of independence;
	(b)  The constitutions of the United States and state of Colorado;
	(c)  The enabling act admitting Colorado into the union; and
	(d)  The rules of civil and criminal procedure and such other rules as the supreme court of Colorado may adopt.
	(3)  The revisor shall also prepare for publication with Colorado Revised Statutes a complete subject index and comparative disposition tables or cross reference indices relating sections of the original 1973 compilation to prior compilations and session laws.
	(4)  The revisor of statutes shall include in the publication of the "Uniform Commercial Code", as nonstatutory matter, a complete index to the code and, following each section of the code, the session law source of that section and a specific designation of differences in text, if any, between that section and the version of that section in the official text of the "Uniform Commercial Code" issued by the American law institute and the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws upon which that article of the "Uniform Commercial Code" as enacted in Colorado was based. In addition, the revisor of statutes shall include after each section the full text of the official comment to that section in that version of the article in the official text in effect at the time of the enactment of that version of that article in Colorado, and by the Colorado comments of the revisor of statutes. The inclusion of said nonstatutory matter is only for the purpose of information, and no inference or presumption of legislative intent shall be drawn therefrom.
	(5)  In order that said "Uniform Commercial Code" shall be, at all times and in all respects, as uniform as possible with the "Uniform Commercial Code" of other states, the order and arrangement of articles, sections, and subsections of said code, the numbering and lettering system of said articles, sections, and subsections, the titles or headings of said articles, sections, or subsections, and the wording, punctuation, capitalization, and sentence and paragraph structure of said code and any amendments thereto, as enacted by the general assembly, shall be preserved and maintained as far as possible without change; except that the revisor of statutes and the committee on legal services shall review said code and revise the same for the correction of errors needed and present said code, with the correction of such errors, to the general assembly for reenactment with other statutes of a general and permanent nature.
	(6)  There shall be included in the publication of the "Colorado Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 1981", as nonstatutory matter, following each section of the article, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the official volume containing the 1976 official text of the "Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments or Colorado comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the uniform act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.
	(7)  There shall be included in the publication of the "Colorado Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act", as nonstatutory matter, following each section of the article, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the official volume containing the 1984 official text of the "Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments or Colorado comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the uniform act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.
	(8)  There may be included in the publication of the amendments to article 10 of title 15, Colorado Revised Statutes, and to the revised parts 1 through 9 of article 11 of title 15, Colorado Revised Statutes, as nonstatutory matter, following each section of articles 10 and 11 of title 15, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the official volume containing the official text of the "Uniform Probate Code - Article II" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments or Colorado comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the uniform act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.
	(9)  There shall be included in the publication of the "Colorado Water for the 21st Century Act", as nonstatutory matter, following section 37-75-105, C.R.S., the full text of the interbasin compact charter as submitted to the general assembly on April 6, 2006, by the interbasin compact committee.
	(10)  There shall be included in the publication of the "Uniform Power of Attorney Act", as nonstatutory matter, following each section of the act, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the official volume containing the 2006 official text of the "Uniform Power of Attorney Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments or Colorado comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the uniform act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.
	(11)  There shall be included in the publication of the "Colorado Probate Code" as nonstatutory matter, following each amended or added section, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the 2008 official text of "Amendments to Uniform Probate Code" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the "Uniform Probate Code". The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.
	(12)  There shall be included in the publication of the "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act" as nonstatutory matter, following each amended or added section, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the 2011 official text of the "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act". The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.
	(13)  The revisor of statutes shall include in the publication of the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act" as nonstatutory matter, following each amended or added section, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the 2008 official text of the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act". The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.

	2-5-103.  Preparation of Colorado Revised Statutes. (1)  In compiling, editing, arranging, and preparing the statutes, the revisor, under the supervision and direction of the committee, shall:
	(a)  Adopt a uniform system of punctuation, capitalization, and wording;
	(b)  Eliminate all obsolete and redundant wording of laws;
	(c)  Correct obvious errors and inconsistencies;
	(d)  Correct inaccurate references to the titles of officers, departments, or other agencies of the state and to other statutes, and make such other name changes as are necessary to be consistent with the law currently in effect;
	(e)  Eliminate any duplications in law and any laws repealed directly or by implication; and
	(f)  Clarify existing laws, modernize terminology, and make such other nonsubstantive changes as the committee considers proper.
	(2)  The revisor shall make no change in the substance of any statute but may make such changes in arrangement and terminology as will, in the judgment of the committee, improve the style and clarity of the laws, yet preserve the intent, effect, and meaning of each statutory provision.
	(3)  The revisor, with the approval of the committee, may employ such additional professional and clerical staff, within limits of appropriations, as may be necessary for the preparation and publication of the statutes under this article. In addition, the committee may obtain, by contract, such technical and professional assistance as it deems advisable for the efficient and accurate preparation and publication of such statutes, including but not limited to preparation of annotations and indices.

	2-5-104.  Revisor's bill. The revisor, under the supervision and direction of the committee, shall prepare and submit annually one or more bills containing such amendments or repeals of obsolete, inoperative, imperfect, obscure, or doubtful laws as he considers necessary to improve the clarity and certainty of the statutes as provided in section 2-5-103.

	2-5-105.  Publication contract - legislative declaration. (1) (a)  Consistent with the requirement of section 8 of article XVIII of the state constitution that the general assembly provide for the publication of the laws passed at each session, the state acknowledges its obligation to provide official sets of statutes that are reasonably priced, accurate, and easy to use. In fulfillment of this obligation, the general assembly provides for distribution of statutes to state and local government agencies and the courts, without charge, in accordance with section 2-5-116 and provides for sale of statutes to the public in accordance with sections 2-5-111 and 2-5-118.
	(b)  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
	(I)  This section is enacted to assure that the obligation set forth in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) is met consistent with the requirements of section 29 of article V of the state constitution governing the printing, binding, and distribution of the laws;
	(II)  An official, softbound, fully annotated set of statutes that is republished in its entirety annually and that is prepared under the supervision and direction of the committee on legal services of the general assembly meets that obligation; and
	(III)  On and after January 1, 1997, annual, softbound, official statutes shall be printed as a continuation of the original enactment of the Colorado Revised Statutes printed in accordance with the provisions of this article.
	(2)  On and after January 1, 1997, the work of the printing, binding, and packaging of softbound volumes and publications ancillary to Colorado Revised Statutes, originally entitled Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and other similar operations precedent to the distribution thereof when published shall be performed pursuant to a contract or contracts bid and entered into in the manner directed by the committee on legal services in accordance with this section. Such contract or contracts shall be bid by employing standard bidding practices including, but not limited to, the use of requests for information, requests for proposals, or any other standard vendor selection practices determined by the committee to be best suited to selecting an appropriate printing contractor. The executive director of the department of personnel shall provide such technical advice and assistance regarding bidding procedures as deemed necessary by the committee.
	(3) (a)  It is the intent of the general assembly that the work of printing, binding, and packaging of softbound volumes and publications ancillary to Colorado Revised Statutes be submitted to bid and any contract or contracts be awarded by the committee on legal services at least one year prior to the expiration of the current printing contract on December 31, 1997. However, if the committee determines that a further extension of the current contract would facilitate preparation of Colorado Revised Statutes in a new format and that such an extension would be in the public interest, the committee may extend such contract for an additional period not to exceed five years. The committee shall determine whether such an extension should be granted and, subject to the five-year limitation, the duration of any extension. Subsequent contracts for the work of printing, binding, packaging, and distribution shall be rebid at the direction of the committee on legal services prior to the expiration of a contract or, if an extension is granted, prior to the expiration of the extension period. Subsequent contracts shall be awarded at least six months prior to the expiration of a prior contract or extension period.  The committee shall assure that the work is rebid at least every ten years. Such contract or contracts shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders and the determination thereof by the committee shall be final.
	(b)  The terms and conditions of any contract shall be determined by the committee on legal services, subject to the following:
	(I)  The term of any contract shall not exceed five years; however, the committee on legal services may extend the term of any such contract for one additional period of not more than five years if it finds that such an extension would be in the public interest; and
	(II)  Any contract shall contain adequate procedures to allow for verification of actual costs of printing.
	(c)  The methods and terms of sale of Colorado Revised Statutes to the public shall be included in the contract as an alternative provision as provided for in section 2-5-111.
	(d)  The committee on legal services may authorize such enhancements to or improvements in Colorado Revised Statutes as the committee deems appropriate.
	(e)  In the award of said contract or contracts, the committee on legal services shall take into consideration the policies set forth in the "Unfair Practices Act", article 2 of title 6, C.R.S.
	(f)  In determining the lowest responsible bidder in the award of said contract or contracts or in determining whether to extend any such contract as provided for in paragraph (b) of this subsection (3), the committee on legal services shall take into consideration the economic, fiscal, and tax impacts of the award or extension on the state of Colorado, its citizens, and its businesses. The information must be provided in writing and shall be verifiable by legal services staff.
	(4)  (Deleted by amendment, L. 93, p. 548, § 1, effective April 29, 1993.)

	2-5-105.5.  Publication - paper specification. (1)  In any contract entered into after July 1, 1991, to publish or print the Colorado Revised Statutes pursuant to section 2-5-105, the contract shall specify that any paper used shall be acid-free, alkaline-based, or permanent type paper that conforms to the American national standards for permanent paper for printed library materials (ANSI Z 3948).
	(2)  This provision shall not affect any contract that is in effect on July 1, 1991.

	2-5-106.  Bid and contract forms, guarantee, bonds. (Repealed) 

	2-5-107.  Notification of bidders. (Repealed) 

	2-5-108.  Contents of forms. (Repealed) 

	2-5-109.  Contract approval and execution. Any publication contract entered into pursuant to section 2-5-105 and all proceedings included therein shall be approved by the attorney general as to legality and by the controller, acting as the designee of the governor, and executed by the chairman of the committee for and in behalf of the state.

	2-5-110.  Cost, alternative specifications. (Repealed) 

	2-5-111.  Sale price to public. The methods and terms of sale of Colorado Revised Statutes, and ancillary publications thereto, to the public shall be included by the committee as an alternative specification and bid, and as a part of a contract let by bids authorized by this article. 

	2-5-112.  Report to the 1974 session of the general assembly. (Repealed) 

	2-5-113.  Effect of enactment of Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 - legislative construction not based on editorial matters. (1)  Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 was enacted as a repeal and reenactment of Colorado Revised Statutes 1963 and the supplements thereto, as provided for in section 2-5-122, as said section existed upon its repeal.
	(2)  The effect of the enactment of the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, as of its effective and operative date, shall be:
	(a)  To repeal all statutes and parts of statutes of a general and permanent nature not contained in the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973;
	(b)  To revive no law repealed or superseded before the effective and operative date of the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973;
	(c)  To affect no act done, right accrued, or obligation incurred or imposed by law prior to that effective and operative date;
	(d)  Neither to abate nor otherwise affect any action, suit, or proceeding pending on such effective and operative date;
	(e)  To affect no penalty or forfeiture incurred before such effective and operative date, except that where a punishment, penalty, or forfeiture is mitigated by any provision of the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, that mitigating provision shall apply to any judgment pronounced after that effective and operative date; and
	(f)  To have no effect on the running or ending of a limitation or period of time prescribed for acquiring a right, barring a remedy, or for any other purpose, where the time limitation began to run before that effective and operative date and the same or a similar limitation is prescribed in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.
	(3)  The provisions of Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, insofar as they are the same in substantial intent, effect, and meaning as those of prior laws, shall be given effect as though a continuation of those laws and not as new enactments. If, however, any act set out in the prior laws and reenacted by Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 or any supplement thereto is alleged to have had a defective title when originally enacted, that defect is cured by enactment of the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 or any supplement thereto.
	(4)  The classification and arrangement by title, article, and numbering system of sections of Colorado Revised Statutes, as well as the section headings, source notes, annotations, revisor's notes, and other editorial material, shall be construed to form no part of the legislative text but to be only for the purpose of convenience, orderly arrangement, and information; therefore, no implication or presumption of a legislative construction is to be drawn therefrom.

	2-5-114.  Deposit with secretary of state. (Repealed) 

	2-5-115.  Copyright by state. Colorado Revised Statutes and ancillary publications thereto, as published, shall be the sole property of the state of Colorado as owner and publisher thereof. The committee, or its designee, may register a copyright for and in behalf of the state of Colorado in any and all original publications and editorial work ancillary to the Colorado Revised Statutes that are prepared by the general assembly or its staff. The committee shall use its best efforts to ensure that any federal copyright registered pursuant to this section is appropriately maintained. Any prior actions of the committee and the revisor in securing such federal copyright are hereby validated.

	2-5-116.  Official list - designation and disposition of statutes. (1)  The revisor shall prepare for approval by the committee an official list of the state, district, county, and municipal officials and state boards, commissions, divisions, and agencies who shall receive for official use sets of Colorado Revised Statutes, including a sufficient number of volumes for exchange with other states and territories on a reciprocal basis.
	(2)  The office of legislative legal services shall distribute such sets to the officials and agencies so listed, taking a receipt for each set so delivered.
	(3)  All sets of volumes provided for official use shall remain the property of the state of Colorado for the use of the named officials and their successors, and shall bear such designation.

	2-5-117.  Softbound volumes - ancillary publications. (1)  Following the regular legislative session convening after January 1, 1997, the revisor, under the supervision and direction of the committee, shall annotate, arrange, and prepare for publication all laws of a general and permanent nature enacted at that session and at any special session intervening since the last preceding regular legislative session. Such laws shall be combined with the laws previously contained in the original hardbound volumes or replacement volumes and with the laws contained in the 1996 cumulative supplements for those volumes. Such combined laws shall be republished in accordance with this article in a fully annotated, softbound set of statutes.
	(2)  After each regular legislative session convening after January 1, 1998, the preparation for publication shall be as a republication of the entire set of statutes in softbound format that combines newly enacted laws with those published in the preceding year.
	(3)  Such softbound volumes, when, in like manner as is provided for enactment of Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, certified and reported to the general assembly by the committee, approved and enacted by the general assembly, published, and deposited with the secretary of state, shall be received, recognized, and referred to in like manner as Colorado Revised Statutes. Each year's set of softbound volumes shall become effective on the date specified in section 2-5-126 (2).
	(4)  The committee may issue such ancillary publications as it considers necessary or desirable in aid of the general use and purposes of Colorado Revised Statutes.

	2-5-118.  Official statutes - publications by other persons or agencies. (1) (a)  The statutes prepared in accordance with sections 2-5-102 and 2-5-103 and printed and enacted as the law of the state in accordance with sections 2-5-105, 2-5-113, 2-5-117, and 2-5-126 shall be considered to be the official statutes of the state of Colorado. Such official statutes shall be the only publication of the statutes entitled to be considered as evidence in Colorado courts in accordance with section 13-25-101, C.R.S., and with applicable Colorado court rules. The courts of this state shall take judicial notice of such official statutes.
	(b)  To ensure public access to the statutes, the committee:
	(I)  Shall authorize the printing of the official statutes in softbound sets in accordance with section 2-5-105;
	(II)  May authorize and work cooperatively with the person printing the official statutes in accordance with section 2-5-105 to reprint and distribute the statutes in alternative printed and electronic formats, including, but not limited to the following:
	(A)  Compact discs;
	(B)  Online public access through the world wide web;
	(C)  Electronic applications for handheld electronic devices;
	(D)  Electronic books or digital versions of books readable on personal computers, mobile handheld electronic devices, or special e-reader or tablet-style devices; and
	(E)  Other electronic products or formats;
	(III)  May, pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, provide the statutory database containing the official text of the statutes, with or without original ancillary publications prepared by the general assembly or its staff, for the additional publication, reprinting, and distribution of the statutes in print, electronic, or other digital format by another person, agency, or political subdivision, in accordance with subsections (2) to (5) of this section; and
	(IV)  Recognizes that other persons, agencies, or political subdivisions may, from time to time, also publish, reprint, or otherwise distribute the statutes in print, electronic, or other digital format without the use of the statutory database containing the official text of the statutes as prepared by the general assembly or its staff.
	(c)  Publication, reprinting, or distribution of any of the publications ancillary to the statutes of the state of Colorado, as prepared by the general assembly or its staff, other than pursuant to sections 2-5-101 to 2-5-116, may be made only as provided for in this section.
	(2) (a)  Any person, agency, or political subdivision desiring to publish, reprint, or distribute, whether by use of printed matter or by use of computer or other electronic means, the statutes of the state of Colorado using the statutory database prepared by the general assembly or its staff containing the official text of the statutes, shall submit to the committee or the committee's designee:
	(I)  A statement specifying those portions of the statutes the person, agency, or political subdivision seeks to publish;
	(II)  A statement specifying whether the person, agency, or political subdivision is seeking to publish, reprint, or distribute any of the publications ancillary to the statutes as prepared by the general assembly or its staff pursuant to subsection (2.5) of this section;
	(III)  The costs and fees required by the committee as specified in paragraph (c) of this subsection (2); and
	(IV)  Such other information as the committee reasonably requires.
	(b)  Any person, agency, or political subdivision who wishes to publish, reprint, or distribute an officially sanctioned version of the statutes pursuant to this subsection (2) shall reproduce the statutes and ancillary publications, if any, accurately.
	(c) (I)  In addition to any other requirement, the committee may require that any person, agency, or political subdivision seeking to publish, reprint, or distribute the statutes using the statutory database prepared by the general assembly or its staff containing the official text of the statutes pay a fee to the state and any direct costs of preparation of any material provided by the state. Such fee and costs shall be determined by the committee, and any fee shall be in an amount that the committee determines is necessary to pay for state property interests in the statutes, to pay for the use of any material copyrighted by the state, and to pay for expenses incurred by the committee to ensure the accuracy of the statutes.
	(II)  (Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 959, § 1, effective April 29, 1992.)
	(2.5) (a)  Any person, agency, or political subdivision desiring to publish, reprint, or distribute, whether by use of printed matter or by use of computer or other electronic means, any of the publications ancillary to the statutes of the state of Colorado shall make prior written application to the committee, in which the applicant:
	(I)  Specifies what ancillary publications it seeks to publish;
	(II)  States generally the purpose for the publication, reprinting, or distribution and the persons or classes of persons to receive copies thereof;
	(III)  Demonstrates to the satisfaction of the committee that such ancillary publications will be accurately reproduced; and
	(IV)  Agrees to pay the costs and fees required by the committee.
	(b)  If the committee finds from the application that such distribution meets the requirements of this subsection (2.5) and that it will not be detrimental to the interests of the citizens of the state, it may authorize distribution of such ancillary publications specified in the application. Upon satisfactory arrangements for the payment by such person, agency, or political subdivision of any costs and fees, the committee may provide copies of such ancillary publications in printed or electronic format.
	(3) (a)  (Deleted by amendment, L. 2011, (SB 11-261), ch. 205, p. 875, § 3, effective May 23, 2011.)
	(b)  The committee may enter into such contracts as it deems necessary to implement the provisions of this section. Any contracts entered into prior to May 23, 2011, are hereby validated.
	(4)  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that this section and the other provisions of this article are enacted in furtherance of the general assembly's legislative duty to provide for the publication of the laws as required by section 8 of article XVIII of the state constitution and that any acts of the committee or its staff in implementing these provisions are legislative in character. The purpose of this section is to ensure that the official statutes are made available to the courts, state and local government agencies, and other users; that copies of the Colorado Revised Statutes, when published, reprinted, or distributed to interested citizens, accurately state the law in effect when those copies are prepared; and that unofficial publications, reprintings, or distributions of the statutes are not mistaken for the official statutes produced and enacted in accordance with this article. Any person, agency, or political subdivision that publishes, reprints, or otherwise distributes the statutes of the state of Colorado, with or without any ancillary publications to the statutes, shall reproduce them accurately.
	(5) (a)  Any publication, reprinting, or distribution that is published in accordance with paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section using the statutory database containing the official text of the statutes may contain a notice, approved by the committee, that indicates that it is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes. Except for the official statutes provided for in subsection (1) of this section, publications of the statutes shall not contain any notice or other indication that they are official statutes of this state.
	(b) to (d)  (Deleted by amendment, L. 2011, (SB 11-261), ch. 205, p. 875, § 3, effective May 23, 2011.)
	(6)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, a person, agency, or political subdivision may publish, reprint, or distribute two hundred or fewer sections of the Colorado Revised Statutes, with or without the ancillary publications thereto, for educational purposes.

	2-5-119.  Tax levy on civil actions. A tax of one dollar is imposed upon each action filed in the office of each clerk of a court of record of the state of Colorado, except criminal actions, cases filed for reviews of findings and orders of the industrial claim appeals office, petitions relating to the distribution of estates under sections 15-12-1203 and 15-12-1204, C.R.S., petitions relating to a person with a mental illness filed under articles 10.5, 65, and 92 of title 27, C.R.S., cases filed by the state of Colorado, cases filed by the United States of America or any of its agencies in any matter under articles 10 to 20 of title 15, C.R.S., and cases where a party is allowed to sue as a poor person. The tax shall be paid to the clerk by the party filing the action at the time of such filing. Each clerk shall keep the taxes so received in a separate fund and remit them to the state treasurer on the first day of each month for the purpose of reimbursing the general fund for appropriations made for the use of the committee on legal services for statutory revision purposes.

	2-5-120.  Editorial matters not construed. (Repealed) 

	2-5-121.  Report deposited - 1973 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes 1963. (Repealed) 

	2-5-122.  Enactment. (Repealed) 

	2-5-123.  Publishing - publication - effective date. (Repealed) 

	2-5-124.  Validation of Colorado Revised Statutes and replacement volumes and supplements thereto - effective date - proceedings of the committee on legal services. (1)  The printing, publication, and certification of Colorado Revised Statutes, originally entitled Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and replacement volumes and certain supplements thereto, the deposit with the secretary of state by the committee on legal services of a copy thereof, and the publication of notice thereof with the effective date of Colorado Revised Statutes, originally entitled Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and replacement volumes and supplements thereto, containing all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the regular and extraordinary sessions held subsequent to the 1973 session, as set forth with particularity in section 2-5-125, have been completed and are accepted, approved, ratified, confirmed, and validated as a full compliance with this article for the following publications:
	(a)  Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 and the 1973 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes 1963. The effective and operative date of Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, including the 1973 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes 1963, which contains all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted through the 1973 session of the Colorado general assembly, is fixed as December 31, 1974.
	(b)  1975 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes 1973. The effective and operative date is fixed as March 1, 1976, for the 1975 supplement.
	(c)  1976 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes 1973. The effective and operative date is fixed as July 1, 1977, for the 1976 supplement.
	(d)  1978 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 and replacement volumes 5, 8, and 12. The effective and operative date is fixed as February 1, 1978, for volume 12, 1977 replacement volume, and is fixed as May 1, 1979, for the 1978 supplement and volumes 5 and 8, 1978 replacement volumes.
	(e)  1979 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes 1973. The effective and operative date is fixed as April 7, 1980, for the 1979 supplement.
	(f)  1980 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 and replacement volume 1B. The effective and operative date is fixed as May 1, 1981, for the 1980 supplement and for volume 1B, 1980 replacement volume.
	(g)  1981 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes 1973. The effective and operative date is fixed as February 19, 1982, for the 1981 supplement.
	(h)  1982 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 and replacement volumes 10, 11, 16A, and 16B. The effective and operative date is fixed as February 15, 1983, for the 1982 supplement and for volumes 10, 11, 16A, and 16B, 1982 replacement volumes.
	(i)  1983 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes. The effective and operative date is fixed as March 27, 1984, for the 1983 supplement.
	(j)  1984 supplement and special supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes and replacement volumes 14 and 17.
	(I)  The effective and operative date is fixed as May 23, 1985, for the 1984 supplement and for volumes 14 and 17, 1984 replacement volumes.
	(II)  The effective and operative date is fixed as May 23, 1985, for that portion of the publication entitled "Special Supplement 1984 Voter-approved Changes and Court Rules Update", which contains the law amending title 1, C.R.S., in volume 1B, as enacted by the people at the general election on November 6, 1984.
	(k)  1985 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes and replacement volume 5. The effective and operative date is fixed as February 28, 1986, for the 1985 supplement and for volume 5, 1985 replacement volume.
	(l)  1986 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes and replacement volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B. The effective and operative date is fixed as April 17, 1987, for the 1986 supplement and for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B, 1986 replacement volumes.
	(m)  1987 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes and replacement volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B. The effective and operative date is fixed as April 5, 1988, for the 1987 supplement and for volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B, 1987 replacement volumes.
	(n)  1988 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes and replacement volumes 9, 10A, and 10B. The effective and operative date is fixed as February 21, 1989, for the 1988 supplement and for volumes 9, 10A, and 10B, 1988 replacement volumes.
	(o)  1989 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes and replacement volumes 11A and 11B. The effective and operative date is fixed as February 16, 1990, for the 1989 supplement and for volumes 11A and 11B, 1989 replacement volumes.
	(p)  1990 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes and replacement volume 15. The effective and operative date is fixed as April 2 for the 1990 supplement and for volume 15, 1990 replacement volume.
	(q)  1991 supplement and 1991 special supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes and replacement volumes 5A and 5B. The effective and operative date is fixed as May 21, 1992, for the 1991 supplement, the 1991 special supplement, and volumes 5A and 5B, 1991 replacement volumes.
	(r)  1992 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes and replacement volume 2. The effective and operative date is fixed as March 26, 1993, for the 1992  supplement and volume 2, 1992 replacement volume.
	(s)  1993 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes and replacement volume 17. The effective and operative date is fixed as February 7, 1994, for the 1993 supplement and volume 17, 1993 replacement volume.
	(t)  1994 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes and replacement volumes 4A and 16B. The effective and operative date is fixed as February 23, 1995, for the 1994 supplement and volumes 4A and 16B, 1994 replacement volumes.
	(u)  1995 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes and replacement volumes 9 and 14. The effective and operative date is fixed as February 13, 1996, for the 1995 supplement and volumes 9 and 14, 1995 replacement volumes.
	(v)  1996 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes. The effective and operative date is fixed as February 21, 1997, for the 1996 supplement.
	(2)  All proceedings of the committee on legal services, including the contract for publication, the provisions for distribution thereof between state and public subscribers, and the corresponding price costs thereof, are accepted, approved, ratified, confirmed, and validated.

	2-5-125.  Supplements and replacement volumes to Colorado Revised Statutes - report - enactment - publication - effective date. (1)  The following supplements and replacement volumes to Colorado Revised Statutes, originally entitled Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, as corrected, collated, edited, revised, and compiled by the revisor and as certified by the committee on legal services, are prepared and published pursuant to and in conformity with section 2-5-117:
	(a)  1975 supplement. The 1975 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the forty-ninth general assembly at its second regular session (1974) and by the fiftieth general assembly at its first regular session (1975), a copy of which, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted. The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.
	(b)  1976 supplement. The 1976 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the forty-ninth general assembly at its second regular session (1974), by the fiftieth general assembly at its first regular session (1975), and by the fiftieth general assembly at its second regular session and its first extraordinary session (1976), a copy of which, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted. The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.
	(c) (I)  1977 supplement. The 1977 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services" (consisting of a computer printout), contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the forty-ninth general assembly at its second regular session (1974), by the fiftieth general assembly at its first regular session (1975), by the fiftieth general assembly at its second regular session and its first extraordinary session (1976), and by the fifty-first general assembly at its first regular session (1977), a computer printout of which, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly, and is approved and adopted. The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.
	(II)  The 1977 supplement shall not be published separately in pocket parts or in a single bound volume but shall be compiled and published with the 1978 supplement.
	(d) (I)  1978 supplement. The 1978 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the forty-ninth general assembly at its second regular session in 1974, by the fiftieth general assembly at its first regular session in 1975, by the fiftieth general assembly at its second regular session and its first extraordinary session in 1976, by the fifty-first general assembly at its first regular session in 1977, and by the fifty-first general assembly at its second regular session, its first extraordinary session, and its second extraordinary session in 1978 (with the exception of Volume 12, 1978 supplement, which contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-first general assembly at its first regular session in 1977 and by the fifty-first general assembly at its second regular session, its first extraordinary session, and its second extraordinary session in 1978). A copy of said supplement, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(II)  Volumes 5 and 8, 1978 replacement volumes. Volumes 5 and 8, 1978 replacement volumes, including the 1978 supplement to each volume, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado as title 12 and titles 16 to 21 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, together with the 1975 and 1976 supplements thereto, the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services" enacting the 1977 supplement thereto (which was not published), and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-first general assembly at its second regular session, its first extraordinary session, and its second extraordinary session in 1978. A copy of said volumes and supplements, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(III)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.
	(e) (I)  1979 supplement. The 1979 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the replacement volumes for volumes 5, 8, and 12) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979 sessions of the Colorado general assembly.
	(II)  A copy of said supplement, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(III)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.
	(f) (I)  1980 supplement. The 1980 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the replacement volumes for volumes 1B, 5, 8, and 12) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980 sessions of the Colorado general assembly.
	(II)  Volume 1B, 1980 replacement volume. Volume 1B, 1980 replacement volume, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 1 to 3 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, together with the 1979 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-second general assembly at its second regular session in 1980.
	(III)  A copy of said supplement and replacement volume, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(IV)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.
	(g) (I)  1981 supplement. The 1981 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the replacement volumes for volumes 1B, 5, 8, and 12) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, and 1981 sessions of the Colorado general assembly.
	(II)  A copy of said supplement, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(III)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.
	(h) (I)  1982 supplement. The 1982 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the replacement volumes for volumes 1B, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16A, and 16B) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982 sessions of the Colorado general assembly.
	(II)  Volumes 10, 11, 16A, and 16B, 1982 replacement volumes. Volumes 10, 11, 16A, and 16B, 1982 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 24 to 28, 38, and 39 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, together with the 1981 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-third general assembly at its second regular session in 1982.
	(III)  A copy of said supplement and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(IV)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.
	(i) (I)  1983 supplement. The 1983 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the replacement volumes for volumes 1B, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16A, and 16B) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983 sessions of the Colorado general assembly.
	(II)  A copy of said supplement, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(III)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.
	(j) (I) (A)  1984 supplement. The 1984 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the replacement volumes for volumes 1B, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16A, 16B, and 17) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984 sessions of the Colorado general assembly.
	(B)  Special supplement. That portion of the publication entitled "Special Supplement 1984 Voter-approved Changes and Court Rules Update", hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains the law amending title 1, C.R.S., in volume 1B, as enacted by the people at the general election on November 6, 1984.
	(II)  Volumes 14 and 17, 1984 replacement volumes. Volumes 14 and 17, 1984 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 33 to 35 and 40 to 43 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, together with the 1983 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-fourth general assembly at its second regular session in 1984.
	(III)  A copy of said 1984 supplement and portion of the special supplement and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(IV)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.
	(k) (I)  1985 supplement. The 1985 supplement, including the addendum to the 1985 supplement for volume 10, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the replacement volumes for volumes 1B, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16A, 16B, and 17) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1985 regular sessions of the Colorado general assembly and during the extraordinary sessions in 1976, 1978, and 1985.
	(II)  Volume 5, 1985 replacement volume. Volume 5, 1985 replacement volume, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for title 12 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 and in volume 5, 1978 replacement volume, together with the 1984 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-fifth general assembly at its first regular session in 1985 pertaining thereto.
	(III)  A copy of said supplement and replacement volume, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(IV)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.
	(l) (I)  1986 supplement. The 1986 supplement, including the 1986 special supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the bound replacement volumes for volumes 1B, 3A, 3B, 5, 8A, 8B, 10, 11, 12A, 12B, 14, 16A, 16B, and 17) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986 regular sessions of the Colorado general assembly and during the extraordinary sessions in 1976, 1978, 1985, and 1986.
	(II)  Volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B, 1986 replacement volumes. Volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B, 1986 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 7 to 9, 16 to 21, and 29 to 31 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 and in volume 8, 1978 replacement volume, and volume 12, 1977 replacement volume, together with the 1985 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-fifth general assembly at its second regular session in 1986 pertaining thereto. Additionally, volume 8B, 1986 replacement volume, specifically includes the errata sheet for page 223 which correctly reflects the amendments made to section 18-4-401, C.R.S.
	(III)  A copy of said supplement and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(IV)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.
	(m) (I)  1987 supplement. The 1987 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:
	(A)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 2, 9, 13, and 15;
	(B)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;
	(C)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 10, 11, 16A, and 16B;
	(D)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 14 and 17;
	(E)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1985 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 5;
	(F)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B.
	(II)  Volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B, 1987 replacement volumes. Volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B, 1987 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 10, 11, and 13 to 15 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, together with the 1986 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-sixth general assembly at its first regular session in 1987 pertaining thereto.
	(III)  A copy of said supplement and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(IV)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.
	(n) (I)  1988 supplement. The 1988 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:
	(A)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 2, 13, and 15;
	(B)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;
	(C)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11, 16A, and 16B;
	(D)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 14 and 17;
	(E)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1985 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 5;
	(F)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;
	(G)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B.
	(II)  Volumes 9, 10A, and 10B, 1988 replacement volumes. Volumes 9, 10A, and 10B, 1988 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 22 and 23 and title 24 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and in volume 10, 1982 replacement volume, together with the 1987 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-sixth general assembly at its second regular session and its first extraordinary session in 1988 pertaining thereto.
	(III)  A copy of said supplement and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(IV)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.
	(o) (I)  1989 supplement. The 1989 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:
	(A)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 2, 13, and 15;
	(B)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;
	(C)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 16A and 16B;
	(D)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 14 and 17;
	(E)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1985 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 5;
	(F)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;
	(G)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B;
	(H)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988  extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes  9, 10A, and 10B.
	(II)  Volumes 11A and 11B, 1989 replacement volumes. Volumes 11A and 11B, 1989 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for title 25 and titles 26 to 28 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and in volume 11, 1982 replacement volume, together with the 1988 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-seventh general assembly at its first regular session and its first extraordinary session in 1989 pertaining thereto.
	(III)  A copy of said supplement and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(IV)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.
	(p) (I)  1990 supplement. The 1990 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:
	(A)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 2 and 13;
	(B)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;
	(C)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 16A and 16B;
	(D)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 14 and 17;
	(E)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1985 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 5;
	(F)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;
	(G)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B;
	(H)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes  9, 10A, and 10B;
	(I)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1989 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11A and 11B.
	(II)  Volume 15, 1990 replacement volume. Volume 15, 1990 replacement volume, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 36 and 37 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, together with the 1989 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-seventh general assembly at its second regular session in 1990 pertaining thereto.
	(III)  A copy of said supplement and replacement volume, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(IV)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.
	(q) (I)  1991 supplement and 1991 special supplement. The 1991 supplement and the 1991 special supplement (resulting from the second extraordinary session), hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain:
	(A)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 2 and 13;
	(B)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;
	(C)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 16A and 16B;
	(D)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 14 and 17;
	(E)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;
	(F)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B;
	(G)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes  9, 10A, and 10B;
	(H)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1989 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11A and 11B;
	(I)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1990 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 15;
	(J)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1991 first extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 5A and 5B.
	(II)  Volumes 5A and 5B, 1991 replacement volumes. Volumes 5A and 5B, 1991 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for title 12 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, in volume 5, 1978 replacement volume, and in volume 5, 1985 replacement volume, together with the 1990 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-eighth general assembly at its first regular session and its first extraordinary session in 1991 pertaining thereto.
	(III)  A copy of said supplements and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(IV)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.
	(r) (I)  1992 supplement. The 1992 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:
	(A)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 13;
	(B)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;
	(C)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 16A and 16B;
	(D)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 14 and 17;
	(E)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;
	(F)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B;
	(G)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 9, 10A, and 10B;
	(H)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1989 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11A and 11B;
	(I)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1990 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 15;
	(J)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1991 first extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 5A and 5B.
	(II)  Volume 2, 1992 replacement volume. Volume 2, 1992 replacement volume, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 4 to 6 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 together with the 1991 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-eighth general assembly at its second regular session in 1992 pertaining thereto.
	(III)  A copy of said supplements and replacement volume, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(IV)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.
	(s) (I)  1993 supplement. The 1993 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:
	(A)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 13;
	(B)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;
	(C)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 16A and 16B;
	(D)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 14;
	(E)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;
	(F)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B;
	(G)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 9, 10A, and 10B;
	(H)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1989 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11A and 11B;
	(I)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1990 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 15;
	(J)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1991 first extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 5A and 5B;
	(K)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1992 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 2.
	(II)  Volume 17, 1993 replacement volume. Volume 17, 1993 replacement volume, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 40 to 43 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 together with the 1992 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-ninth general assembly at its first regular session in 1993 pertaining thereto.
	(III)  A copy of said supplements and replacement volume, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(IV)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.
	(t) (I)  1994 supplement. The 1994 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:
	(A)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 13;
	(B)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;
	(C)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 16A;
	(D)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 14;
	(E)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;
	(F)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4B, 6A, and 6B;
	(G)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 9, 10A, and 10B;
	(H)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1989 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11A and 11B;
	(I)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1990 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 15;
	(J)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1991 first extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 5A and 5B;
	(K)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1992 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 2;
	(L)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1993 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 17.
	(II)  Volumes 4A and 16B, 1994 replacement volumes. Volumes 4A and 16B, 1994 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for title 10 which was revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and in volume 4A, 1987 replacement volume, and for title 39 which was revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and in volume 16B, 1982 replacement volume, together with the 1993 supplements thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-ninth general assembly at its second regular session in 1994 pertaining thereto.
	(III)  A copy of said supplements and replacement volumes together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(IV)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes. 
	(u) (I)  1995 supplement. The 1995 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:
	(A)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 13;
	(B)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;
	(C)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 16A;
	(D)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;
	(E)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4B, 6A, and 6B;
	(F)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 10A and 10B;
	(G)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1989 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11A and 11B;
	(H)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1990 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 15;
	(I)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1991 first extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 5A and 5B;
	(J)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1992 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 2;
	(K)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1993 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 17;
	(L)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1994 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A and 16B.
	(II)  Volumes 9 and 14, 1995 replacement volumes. Volumes 9 and 14, 1995 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 22 and 23 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and in volume 9, 1988 replacement volume, and for titles 33 to 35 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and in volume 14, 1984 replacement volume, together with the 1994 supplements thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the sixtieth general assembly at its first regular session in 1995 pertaining thereto.
	(III)  A copy of said supplements and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(IV)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.
	(v) (I)  1996 supplement. The 1996 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:
	(A)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 13;
	(B)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;
	(C)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 16A;
	(D)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;
	(E)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4B, 6A, and 6B;
	(F)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 10A and 10B;
	(G)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1989 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11A and 11B;
	(H)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1990 regular session of the Colorado General Assembly for volume 15;
	(I)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1991 first extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 5A and 5B;
	(J)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1992 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 2;
	(K)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1993 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 17;
	(L)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1994 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A and 16B;
	(M)  All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1995 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 9 and 14.
	(II)  A copy of said supplement, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.
	(III)  The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.
	(2)  Each supplement is printed and bound in the manner prescribed by the committee on legal services. A copy thereof shall be filed with the secretary of state as part of the records of his office. The date of such filing with the secretary of state shall be the effective date of such reenactments in each supplement as revised statutes.

	2-5-126.  Annual enactment of Colorado Revised Statutes - validation - effective date. (1)  The annual version of Colorado Revised Statutes, authorized by section 2-5-117, as corrected, collated, edited, revised, and compiled by the revisor, as printed, published, and certified by the committee on legal services and filed with the secretary of state, and as set forth with particularity in subsection (2) of this section, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado and is accepted, approved, ratified, confirmed, and validated in compliance with this article.
	(2)  The annual statutes, copies of which shall be delivered to each member of the general assembly, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, constitute the official report of the committee on legal services and are hereby enacted in accordance with this section as follows:
	(a)  Colorado Revised Statutes 1997. Colorado Revised Statutes 1997, including the 1997 special supplement, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the first regular session and the first extraordinary session of the sixty-first general assembly.  The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 1997 is fixed as March 24, 1998.
	(b)  Colorado Revised Statutes 1998. Colorado Revised Statutes 1998, including the 1998 special supplements, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the second regular session and the second extraordinary session of the sixty-first general assembly and at the general election on November 3, 1998. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 1998 is fixed as February 22, 1999.
	(c)  Colorado Revised Statutes 1999. Colorado Revised Statutes 1999, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the first regular session of the sixty-second general assembly. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 1999 is fixed as February 11, 2000.
	(d)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2000. Colorado Revised Statutes 2000, including the 2000 special supplement, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the second regular session of the sixty-second general assembly and at the general election on November 7, 2000. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2000 is fixed as March 21, 2001.
	(e)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2001. Colorado Revised Statutes 2001, including the 2001 special supplement, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the first regular session and the second extraordinary session of the sixty-third general assembly. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2001 is fixed as March 6, 2002.
	(f)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2002. Colorado Revised Statutes 2002, including the 2002 special supplements, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the second regular session and the third extraordinary session of the sixty-third general assembly and at the general election on November 5, 2002. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2002 is fixed as February 14, 2003.
	(g)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2003. Colorado Revised Statutes 2003, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the first regular session of the sixty-fourth general assembly. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2003 is fixed as March 5, 2004.
	(h)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2004. Colorado Revised Statutes 2004, including the 2004 special supplement, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the second regular session of the sixty-fourth general assembly and at the general election on November 2, 2004. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2004 is fixed as February 24, 2005.
	(i)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2005. Colorado Revised Statutes 2005, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the first regular session of the sixty-fifth general assembly and at the odd-numbered year election on November 1, 2005. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2005 is fixed as March 7, 2006.
	(j)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2006. Colorado Revised Statutes 2006, including the 2006 special supplement, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the second regular session and the first extraordinary session of the sixty-fifth general assembly and at the general election on November 7, 2006. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2006 is fixed as February 21, 2007.
	(k)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2007. Colorado Revised Statutes 2007, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the first regular session of the sixty-sixth general assembly. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2007 is fixed as March 18, 2008.
	(l)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2008. Colorado Revised Statutes 2008, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the second regular session of the sixty-sixth general assembly. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2008 is fixed as April 21, 2009.
	(m)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2009. Colorado Revised Statutes 2009, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the first regular session of the sixty-seventh general assembly. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2009 is fixed as February 25, 2010.
	(n)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2010. Colorado Revised Statutes 2010, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the second regular session of the sixty-seventh general assembly. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2010 is fixed as March 2, 2011.
	(o)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2011. Colorado Revised Statutes 2011, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the first regular session of the sixty-eighth general assembly. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2011 is fixed as March 20, 2012.
	(p)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2012. Colorado Revised Statutes 2012, including the 2012 special supplement, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the second regular session and the first extraordinary session of the sixty-eighth general assembly and at the general election on November 6, 2012. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2012 is fixed as February 20, 2013.
	(q)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2013.  Colorado Revised Statutes 2013, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the first regular session of the sixty-ninth general assembly and at the odd-numbered year election on November 5, 2013. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2013 is fixed as February 12, 2014.
	(r)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2014. Colorado Revised Statutes 2014, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the second regular session of the sixty-ninth general assembly and at the general election on November 4, 2014. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2014 is fixed as the first day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday following February 25, 2015.
	(s)  Colorado Revised Statutes 2015. Colorado Revised Statutes 2015, which consists of all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature originally enacted in "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973", including subsequent enactments made pursuant to section 2-5-125, and all of the laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature enacted at the first regular session of the seventieth general assembly and at the odd-numbered year statewide election on November 3, 2015. The effective date for Colorado Revised Statutes 2015 is fixed as the first day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday following March 9, 2016.

MISCELLANEOUS

ARTICLE 6

Economic Impact Statements

	2-6-101 to 2-6-104.  (Repealed) 

ARTICLE 7

Legislative Oversight of Principal Departments

PART 1

JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES

	2-7-101.  Legislative declaration. (1)  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
	(a)  A multiplicity of powers, duties, and functions have been assigned to the executive branch of state government in accordance with law and have been undertaken by the executive branch on its own initiative or at the behest of the federal government;
	(b)  Considerations such as avoidance of duplication, cost-effective service delivery, and efficient management of state government may have been overlooked in the assignment and undertaking of said powers, duties, and functions;
	(c)  While the initial assignment or undertaking of powers, duties, and functions may be reasonable, the assignment or undertaking may become obsolete because of changes in the nature of the problem sought to be solved or because of the passage of time;
	(d)  The interests of cost-effective and expedited delivery of services, avoidance of excessive tax burdens, and better government would be served by regular analytical review of the powers, duties, and functions of executive agencies by the general assembly for the purpose of determining whether there is a public need for continued existence of such powers, duties, and functions and whether the public need would be better served by the elimination, reassignment, or expansion of said powers, duties, and functions.

	2-7-102.  Assignment of departments for review - all principal departments subject to legislative oversight - composition of joint legislative oversight committees. (1)  Beginning in 1980, a general assembly during its second regular session shall designate at least three principal departments for study by joint legislative oversight committees during the interim following the first regular session of the next general assembly. Each of the twenty principal departments shall be studied in this manner at least once before January 1, 1994. A joint legislative oversight committee may be assigned more than one principal department during each interim period.
	(2)  The legislative audit committee shall cause to be conducted a performance audit of each principal department designated by a general assembly during its second regular session for legislative oversight which audit shall be completed on or before the adjournment of the first regular session of the next general assembly. In conducting the audit, the legislative audit committee shall take into consideration, but not be limited to considering, the factors listed in section 2-7-103 (1). An audit of a principal department shall be forwarded to the joint legislative oversight committee which is to study said principal department.
	(3)  During the first regular session of the next general assembly, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall designate the appropriate joint committee of reference as the joint legislative oversight committee for a particular principal department and shall appoint the members of the joint legislative committee from among the members of the committee of reference in each house.

	2-7-103.  Review of principal department - subject matter to be studied. (1) (a)  A joint legislative oversight committee shall study a principal department's powers, duties, and functions in order to evaluate the public need for continuance of said powers, duties, and functions and whether the public need would be better served by the elimination, reassignment, or expansion of said powers, duties, and functions.
	(b)  Said study may include, but not be limited to:
	(I)  Identification of unnecessary duplication of functions, situations in which similar functions should be consolidated in one division or in which divisions should be consolidated, and situations in which efficient administration would be served by transferring existing powers, duties, and functions among principal departments or elimination of said powers, duties, and functions;

	(II)  Examination of the extent to which the proper exercise of powers and performance of duties and functions has been impeded or enhanced by existing statutes and procedures and practices of the principal department, and any other circumstances, including budgeting, resources, and personnel matters;
	(III)  Study of the efficiency and cooperation exhibited by the principal department in processing inquiries and complaints from the public;
	(IV)  The extent to which changes are necessary in the enabling laws of the principal department.
	(c)  Beginning in 1981, said study shall include a review of all fees and fines charged by the principal department. Pursuant to such review, the principal department shall be required to tabulate all fees and fines and the amounts thereof, state the purpose of each, and state the rationale for each where appropriate.
	(2)  A joint legislative oversight committee may require a principal department to make budget presentations which clearly illustrate the source, amount, and expenditure of funds in relation to each of the principal department's powers, duties, and functions.

	2-7-104.  Staff - report - recommendations. (1)  In addition to the audit reports provided for in section 2-7-102 (2), a joint legislative oversight committee shall receive staff services and information from the legislative council staff and the joint budget committee staff and may request assistance from the office of state planning and budgeting. Drafting services and legal research shall be provided by the office of legislative legal services.
	(2)  A joint legislative oversight committee shall report on its study of a principal department to the general assembly following completion of the study. Said report shall contain the committee's findings and recommendations.
	(3)  Legislative oversight pursuant to this article shall be in addition to any other periodic review for the purpose of determining whether an agency should be terminated or renewed.

PART 2

STATE MEASUREMENT FOR ACCOUNTABLE, RESPONSIVE, AND 
TRANSPARENT (SMART) GOVERNMENT ACT

	2-7-200.1.  Short title. This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act".

	2-7-201.  Legislative declaration. (1)  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
	(a)  It is important that state government be accountable and transparent in such a way that the general public can understand the value received for the tax dollars spent by the state;
	(b)  State government agencies should operate under a performance management philosophy in which employees focus on taxpayer and customer service, underpinned by the constant goal of achieving operational excellence;
	(c)  The ability of the general public, the general assembly, the governor, and state departments to assess departments' progress in achieving performance goals will lead to improvements in services rendered and increased efficiency in program administration, as well as transparency;
	(d)  The annual budget process should serve as part of a performance management system to incentivize continuous process improvement in the services delivered to customers and taxpayers;
	(e)  A system of continuous process improvement is a critical and necessary component of a performance management philosophy;
	(f)  Measures for evaluating the performance of state departments should be integrated into a formal state planning process;
	(g)  A performance management system will be more useful and reliable for the general assembly and the public if performance audits of the departments are completed; and
	(h)  Departments need statutory authority and flexibility to use their resources in the best possible way to better serve the people of Colorado through the effective administration and delivery of governmental programs and services.

	2-7-202.  Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:
	(1)  "Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice" means the Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice created in section 16-11.3-102, C.R.S.
	(2)  "Colorado commission on higher education" means the Colorado commission on higher education created in section 23-1-102, C.R.S.
	(3)  "Colorado energy office" means the Colorado energy office created in section 24-38.5-101, C.R.S.
	(4)  "Continuous process improvement system" means a system based on lean government principles or another widely accepted business process improvement system by which a department engages in specific activities that have the purpose of increasing efficiency and eliminating waste in the processes used to deliver goods and services to taxpayers and customers of state government. A "continuous process improvement system" includes measuring the outcomes of such improvements and may involve some or all of the following strategies:
	(a)  The development of a process map that describes the procedures by which a department produces goods or serves its customers;
	(b)  Specific activities to rapidly improve a department's processes that will increase value or decrease staff time, inventory, defects, overproduction, complexity, delays, or excessive movement;
	(c)  The involvement of department employees at all levels in mapping a department's processes and in making recommendations for improvements, with specific importance placed on the involvement of department employees closest to the customer or end user of the state government product or service;
	(d)  Providing the means to measure each process in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of each process or process improvement; and
	(e)  The training of department employees for purposes of mentoring and training other department employees in continuous process improvement methodologies.
	(5) (a)  "Department" means the judicial department, the office of state public defender, the office of alternate defense counsel, the office of the child's representative, the office of the child protection ombudsman, the public employees' retirement association, the Colorado energy office, the office of economic development, and the principal departments of the executive branch of state government as specified in section 24-1-110, C.R.S., including any division, office, agency, or other unit created within a principal department.
	(b)  For purposes of the requirements of section 2-7-203 (4), "department" means the principal departments of the executive branch of state government as specified in section 24-1-110, C.R.S., including any division, office, agency, or other unit created within a principal department.
	(6)  "Departmental regulatory agenda" means a document prepared by each principal department of the executive branch of state government and submitted to the general assembly and made available to the public as described in section 2-7-203 (4). The "departmental regulatory agenda" contains the following information:
	(a)  A list of new rules or revisions to existing rules that the department expects to propose in the next calendar year;
	(b)  The statutory or other basis for adoption of the proposed rules;
	(c)  The purpose of the proposed rules;
	(d)  The contemplated schedule for adoption of the rules;
	(e)  An identification and listing of persons or parties that may be affected positively or negatively by the rules; and
	(f)  Commencing with departmental regulatory agendas submitted on and after November 1, 2013, a list and brief summary of all permanent and temporary rules actually adopted since the previous departmental regulatory agenda was filed.
	(7)  "Joint budget committee" means the joint budget committee established in section 2-3-201.
	(8)  "Legislative audit committee" means the legislative audit committee created in section 2-3-101 (1).
	(9)  "Legislative council" or "executive committee of the legislative council" means the legislative council or executive committee of the legislative council created in section 2-3-301.
	(10)  "Office of alternate defense counsel" means the office of alternate defense counsel created in section 21-2-101, C.R.S.
	(11)  "Office of economic development" means the Colorado office of economic development created in section 24-48.5-101, C.R.S.
	(12)  "Office of state planning and budgeting" means the office of state planning and budgeting created in section 24-37-102, C.R.S.
	(13)  "Office of state public defender" means the office of state public defender created in section 21-1-101, C.R.S.
	(13.5)  "Office of the child protection ombudsman" means the office of the child protection ombudsman created in section 19-3.3-102, C.R.S.
	(14)  "Office of the child's representative" means the office of the child's representative created in section 13-91-104, C.R.S.
	(15)  "Performance evaluation" means a regular review of a department's outcomes as compared to its published performance goals. The performance evaluation shall be based on actual historical information.
	(16)  "Performance goal" means a specific, quantifiable goal related to a performance measure adopted by a department. 
	(17)  "Performance management system" means a formal system of managing the processes and operations of departments.
	(18)  "Performance measure" means a quantitative indicator used to assess the operational performance of a department pursuant to a published performance plan. A performance measure should apply to activities directly under the influence of a department and should demonstrate the department's efficiency and effectiveness in delivering goods or services to customers and taxpayers. Performance measures should be reasonably understandable to the public.
	(19)  "Performance plan" means a document prepared by a department as part of a performance management system. A performance plan must incorporate the impact of management strategies and continuous process improvement activities on the costs and efficiency of delivering goods and services to taxpayers and customers of state government.
	(20)  "Process map" means a written or visual presentation that describes the steps involved in producing a product or service from beginning to end.
	(21)  "Public employees' retirement association" means the public employees' retirement association created in article 51 of title 24, C.R.S.
	(22)  "State auditor" means the state auditor described in section 2-3-102.

	2-7-203.  Departmental presentations to legislative committees of reference - departmental regulatory agendas. (1)  The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall assign each department to a house and senate committee of reference for their respective houses. In making the assignments, the speaker and the president shall ensure that the primary functions and responsibilities of the department are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the committees of reference to which it is assigned.
	(2) (a)  Each joint committee of reference shall conduct at least one but not more than three hearings during the interim between legislative sessions between November 1 and the commencement of the following regular legislative session, during which hearings the joint committee shall hear a presentation from each department that is assigned to such committee pursuant to subsection (1) of this section regarding:
	(I)  The department's performance plan developed pursuant to section 2-7-204 (3);

	(II)  The department's regulatory agenda required pursuant to subsection (4) of this section; and
	(III)  The department's budget request and associated legislative agenda for the upcoming regular legislative session.
	(a.5) (I)  For purposes of the hearings required in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), appointees to committees of reference shall be designated no later than the December 1 prior to the convening of the general assembly at which such member is to serve, whether such appointee is a member of the then current general assembly or a member-elect of the next general assembly. If, as of December 1 an election determination for a particular race has not been made, all appointees must be designated as soon as practicable after the results of the race have been determined. Such designations shall be made in accordance with the applicable rules of the house of representatives or the senate. Any member or member-elect appointed to a committee of reference for the current general assembly or the next general assembly may attend said hearings. The chairs of the committees of reference appointed for the current general assembly shall serve as chair until the convening of the next general assembly.
	(II)  Members and members-elect are entitled to the payment of per diem and reimbursement of expenses as specified in section 2-2-307 for attending the hearings required in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2).
	(b)  Repealed.
	(c)  Each joint committee of reference shall allow time for public testimony regarding each such department presentation.
	(d)  The Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice shall present a progress report on any recommendations the commission anticipates will be made for the upcoming legislative session and any finalized recommendations for the upcoming legislative session to the joint judiciary committee of reference during the hearings specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2).
	(3) (a)  (Deleted by amendment, L. 2015.)
	(b)  The chair of the joint budget committee shall assign one member of the joint budget committee to serve as a liaison for each department. The joint budget committee liaison shall inform the joint committee of reference regarding the department's performance management system and performance plan.
	(c)  The executive director of each department, or the executive director's designee, and any appropriate staff of the department shall work with the joint budget committee liaisons as necessary.
	(4)  On November 1, 2013, and each November 1 thereafter, each department shall file a departmental regulatory agenda with the staff of the legislative council, who shall distribute the departmental regulatory agenda to the applicable committee of reference prior to the departmental presentations to the committee of reference. On November 1, 2013, and each November 1 thereafter, each department shall also post its departmental regulatory agenda on the department's website and shall submit its departmental regulatory agenda to the secretary of state for publication in the Colorado register.
	(5)  All local government entities are encouraged to attend the hearings described in subsection (2) of this section to provide testimony or to submit an official position letter to the joint committees of reference regarding any local impact of a department's performance management system and performance plan.

	2-7-204.  Performance management systems. (1) (a)  No later than August 1, 2013, and no later than August 1 of each year thereafter, the governor shall publish the components of the performance management system for managing the principal departments of the executive branch of state government, except the department of state, the department of the treasury, and the department of law. The performance management system must be published in instructions issued by the office of state planning and budgeting. The instructions must be posted on the official website administered by the office of state planning and budgeting.
	(b)  No later than August 1, 2013, and no later than August 1 of each year thereafter, the judicial department shall publish the components of the performance management system for managing the judicial branch through instructions issued by the office of the state court administrator. These instructions must be posted on the official website administered by the judicial branch.
	(c)  No later than August 1, 2013, and no later than August 1 of each year thereafter, the department of state, the department of the treasury, the department of law, the office of state public defender, the office of alternate defense counsel, the Colorado energy office, the office of economic development, the office of the child's representative, and the office of the child protection ombudsman shall each publish their components of the performance management systems for their respective department, office, or commission. These instructions must be posted on the official websites administered by the respective departments, offices, and commissions.
	(2) (a)  Any performance management system published pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must address, among other strategic goals and priorities that are consistent with the charge of each department, strategies for enhancing productivity, improving efficiency, reducing costs, and eliminating waste in the processes and operations that deliver goods and services to taxpayers and customers of state government. At a minimum, the performance management system must establish parameters for the development of performance plans for each department. A performance management system should incorporate a continuous process improvement system based on lean government principles or another widely accepted business process improvement system.
	(b)  A performance management system should include elements to ensure that a department's employees are appropriately trained to implement its various components.
	(3) (a) (I)  Except as provided in subparagraphs (II) and (III) of this paragraph (a), no later than July 1, 2014, and no later than July 1 of each year thereafter, each department shall develop a performance plan in accordance with the performance management system and submit that plan to the joint budget committee and the appropriate joint committee of reference as determined pursuant to section 2-7-203. The performance plan serves as a guide to a department's major functions and as a tool to evaluate performance goals over time.
	(II) (A)  The department of higher education will satisfy the requirements in this subsection (3) through the master plan for postsecondary education that the Colorado commission on higher education maintains as described in section 23-1-108 (1.5), C.R.S., and any performance contracts that the Colorado commission on higher education negotiates and enters into with the governing boards of the state institutions of higher education as specified in section 23-5-129, C.R.S. The department of higher education shall ensure that copies of the master plan and performance contracts be submitted to the joint budget committee and the appropriate joint committee of reference as determined pursuant to section 2-7-203, and shall post the master plan and performance contracts to its official website and the official website of the office of state planning and budgeting.
	(B)  The state auditor, in conducting a performance audit of the department of higher education as specified in subsection (5) of this section, shall consider the extent to which the goals of the master plan and the associated performance contracts have been achieved.
	(III)  The public employees' retirement association will satisfy the requirements of this subsection (3) through its annual actuarial valuation report described in section 24-51-204 (7), C.R.S., and its report to the governor described in section 24-51-204 (8), C.R.S., regarding the policies, financial condition, and administration of the association. The public employees' retirement association shall ensure that copies of the reports described in this subparagraph (III) be submitted to the joint budget committee and the appropriate joint committee of reference as determined pursuant to section 2-7-203, and shall post such reports to its official website and the official website of the office of state planning and budgeting.
	(b)  Each department's performance plan shall be posted on the official websites of the department and the office of state planning and budgeting. The state treasurer, the attorney general, the secretary of state, the state court administrator for the judicial department, the office of state public defender, the office of alternate defense counsel, the public employees' retirement association, the Colorado energy office, the office of economic development, the office of the child's representative, and the office of the child protection ombudsman shall ensure the office of state planning and budgeting receives the information required to be posted on the office of state planning and budgeting's website pursuant to this paragraph (b). The office of state planning and budgeting shall not have access to edit any information provided by the state treasurer, the attorney general, the secretary of state, the state court administrator for the judicial department, the office of state public defender, the office of alternate defense counsel, the public employees' retirement association, the Colorado energy office, the office of economic development, the office of the child's representative, or the office of the child protection ombudsman.
	(c)  At a minimum, a performance plan must include the following components, which may be further refined in the performance management system published pursuant to subsection (1) of this section:
	(I)  A statement of the department's mission or vision;
	(II)  A description of the major functions of the department;
	(III)  Performance measures for the major functions of the department;
	(IV)  Performance goals that correspond to the department's performance measures and that extend to at least three years into the future;
	(V)  A narrative description of the strategies necessary to meet the performance goals; and
	(VI)  A summary of the department's most recent performance evaluation.
	(d)  If reasonable and appropriate, performance measures should be developed with the input of department employees and certified employee organizations.
	(4)  Departments shall conduct performance evaluations and distribute them to the joint budget committee and the general assembly at least twice each calendar year as defined in the published performance management system.
	(5) (a)  Prior to the first regular session of the seventieth general assembly, the state auditor shall, within existing resources, conduct or cause to be conducted performance audits of one or more specific programs or services in at least two departments, and shall continue to conduct or cause to be conducted performance audits of one or more specific programs or services in at least two departments annually thereafter.
	(b)  In selecting both departments and specific programs or services within those departments for performance audits, the state auditor shall consider risk, audit coverage, resources required to conduct the performance audits, and the impact of the audited programs or services on a department's performance-based goals. The legislative audit committee shall approve the programs or services selected by the auditor for performance audits.
	(c)  Performance audits of the programs or services selected for audit may include, but shall not be limited to, the review of the following:
	(I)  The integrity of the performance measures audited;
	(II)  The accuracy and validity of reported results; and
	(III)  The overall cost and effectiveness of the audited programs or services in achieving legislative intent and the departments' performance goals.
	(d)  The state auditor shall present the performance audit report to the legislative audit committee.
	(e)  After the performance audit report is released by the legislative audit committee, the state auditor shall present the performance audit report of those departments with services or programs audited in the previous year to the appropriate joint committee of reference as determined pursuant to section 2-7-203. The state auditor shall also present any other audit reports that he or she deems relevant for the joint committee of reference's review.
	(6)  As part of its regular deliberations, the joint budget committee shall consider the performance plans submitted pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section and the performance evaluations submitted pursuant to subsection (4) of this section. Based on its review of these performance plans and performance evaluations and its consideration of each department's legal responsibilities and strategic goals and objectives, the joint budget committee may prioritize departments' requests for new funding that are expressly intended to enhance productivity, improve efficiency, reduce costs, and eliminate waste in the processes and operations that deliver goods and services to taxpayers and customers of state government.

	2-7-205.  Annual performance report. (1) (a) (I)  Except as provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (a), no later than November 1, 2014, and no later than November 1 of each year thereafter, the office of state planning and budgeting shall publish an annual performance report for each department except the department of state, the department of the treasury, the department of law, the judicial department, the office of state public defender, the office of alternate defense counsel, the Colorado energy office, the office of economic development, the office of the child's representative, and the office of the child protection ombudsman. The annual performance report must include a summary of each department's performance plan and most recent performance evaluation. The annual performance report must be clearly written and easily understood and must be limited to a maximum of four pages per department.
	(II)  The office of state planning and budgeting shall prepare the section of the annual performance report for the department of higher education by reviewing the institutions of higher education's progress towards the goals set forth in the institution of higher education's performance contract described in section 23-5-129, C.R.S., and the outcomes of the recommended performance funding plan required in section 23-1-108 (1.9) (b), C.R.S.
	(b)  No later than November 1, 2014, and no later than November 1 of each year thereafter, the department of state, the department of the treasury, the department of law, the judicial department, the office of state public defender, the office of alternate defense counsel, the Colorado energy office, the office of economic development, the office of the child's representative, and the office of the child protection ombudsman shall each publish an annual performance report including a summary of its performance plan and most recent performance evaluation. The annual performance reports must be clearly written and easily understood and must each be limited to a maximum of four pages.
	(2) (a)  The annual performance reports shall be posted on the official websites of the state of Colorado and the office of the governor. The annual performance reports shall include a hyperlink to each department's performance plan posted on the official website of each department pursuant to section 2-7-204 (3) (b).
	(b)  The annual performance reports shall be distributed to all members of the general assembly pursuant to section 24-1-136 (9), C.R.S.