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1997

HOUSE BILL 97­1005

BY REPRESENTATIVES Kaufman, Adkins, Kreutz, Snyder, Grossman, Smith, and Tate;

also SENATORS Matsunaka, Perlmutter, Wattenberg, Wells, and Wham.

CONCERNING SUPPLEMENTAL PUBLICATIONS TO COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, ENACTING THE 1996 SUPPLEMENT AS THE POSITIVE STATUTORY LAW OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, WITH THE SAME FORCE AND EFFECT AS, AND AS A PART OF, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1. 2­5­124 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, 1980 Repl. Vol., as amended, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read:

2­5­124.  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 2­5­125, have been completed and are accepted, approved, ratified, confirmed, and validated as a full compliance with this article for the following publications:

(w)  1996 supplement to Colorado Revised Statutes. THE EFFECTIVE AND OPERATIVE DATE IS FIXED AS THE FIRST DAY THAT IS NOT A SATURDAY, SUNDAY, OR LEGAL HOLIDAY FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH (w) FOR THE 1996 SUPPLEMENT.

SECTION 2.  2­5­125 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, 1980 Repl. Vol., as amended, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read:

2­5­125.  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 2­5­117:

(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.

SECTION 3. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.



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Charles E. Berry Tom Norton

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF

OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE





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Judith M. Rodrigue Joan M. Albi

CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF

OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE



APPROVED________________________________________




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Roy Romer

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO