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§ 1
Preamble
Art.
Preamble
§ 1
Boundaries
Art.
I
§ 1
Vestment of political power
Art.
II
§ 2
People may alter or abolish form of government - proviso
Art.
II
§ 3
Inalienable rights
Art.
II
§ 4
Religious freedom
Art.
II
§ 5
Freedom of elections
Art.
II
§ 6
Equality of justice
Art.
II
§ 7
Security of person and property - searches - seizures - warrants
Art.
II
§ 8
Prosecutions - indictment or information
Art.
II
§ 9
Treason - estates of suicides
Art.
II
§ 10
Freedom of speech and press
Art.
II
§ 11
Ex post facto laws
Art.
II
§ 12
No imprisonment for debt
Art.
II
§ 13
Right to bear arms
Art.
II
§ 14
Taking private property for private use
Art.
II
§ 15
Taking property for public use - compensation, how ascertained
Art.
II
§ 16
Criminal prosecutions - rights of defendant
Art.
II
§ 16a
Rights of crime victims
Art.
II
§ 17
Imprisonment of witnesses - depositions - form
Art.
II
§ 18
Crimes - evidence against one's self - jeopardy
Art.
II
§ 19
Right to bail - exceptions
Art.
II
§ 20
Excessive bail, fines or punishment
Art.
II
§ 21
Suspension of habeas corpus
Art.
II
§ 22
Military subject to civil power - quartering of troops
Art.
II
§ 23
Trial by jury - grand jury
Art.
II
§ 24
Right to assemble and petition
Art.
II
§ 25
Due process of law
Art.
II
§ 26
Slavery prohibited
Art.
II
§ 27
Property rights of aliens
Art.
II
§ 28
Rights reserved not disparaged
Art.
II
§ 29
Equality of the sexes
Art.
II
§ 30
Right to vote or petition on annexation - enclaves
Art.
II
§ 30a
Official language
Art.
II
§ 30b
No Protected Status Based on Homosexual, Lesbian or Bisexual Orientation
Art.
II
§ 31
Marriages - valid or recognized
Art.
II
§ 32
Abortion
Art.
II
§ 1
Distribution of Powers
Art.
III
§ 1
Officers - terms of office
Art.
IV
§ 2
Governor supreme executive
Art.
IV
§ 3
State officers - election - returns
Art.
IV
§ 4
Qualifications of state officers
Art.
IV
§ 5
Governor commander-in-chief of militia
Art.
IV
§ 6
Appointment of officers - vacancy
Art.
IV
§ 7
Governor may grant reprieves and pardons
Art.
IV
§ 8
Governor may require information from officers - message
Art.
IV
§ 9
Governor may convene legislature or senate
Art.
IV
§ 10
Governor may adjourn legislature
Art.
IV
§ 11
Bills presented to governor - veto - return
Art.
IV
§ 12
Governor may veto items in appropriation bills - reconsideration
Art.
IV
§ 13
Succession to the office of governor and lieutenant governor
Art.
IV
§ 14
Lieutenant governor president of senate
Art.
IV
§ 15
No lieutenant governor - who to act as governor
Art.
IV
§ 16
Account and report of moneys
Art.
IV
§ 17
Executive officers to make report
Art.
IV
§ 18
State seal
Art.
IV
§ 19
Salaries of officers - fees paid into treasury
Art.
IV
§ 20
State librarian
Art.
IV
§ 21
Elected auditor of state - powers and duties
Art.
IV
§ 22
Principal departments
Art.
IV
§ 23
Commissioner of insurance
Art.
IV
§ 1
General assembly - initiative and referendum
Art.
V
§ 2
Election of members - oath - vacancies
Art.
V
§ 3
Terms of senators and representatives
Art.
V
§ 4
Qualifications of members
Art.
V
§ 5
Classification of senators
Art.
V
§ 6
Salary and expenses of members
Art.
V
§ 7
General assembly - shall meet when - term of members - committees
Art.
V
§ 8
Members precluded from holding office
Art.
V
§ 9
Increase of salary - when forbidden
Art.
V
§ 10
Each house to choose its officers
Art.
V
§ 11
Quorum
Art.
V
§ 12
Each house makes and enforces rules
Art.
V
§ 13
Journal - ayes and noes to be entered - when
Art.
V
§ 14
Open sessions
Art.
V
§ 15
Adjournment for more than three days
Art.
V
§ 16
Privileges of members
Art.
V
§ 17
No law passed but by bill - amendments
Art.
V
§ 18
Enacting clause
Art.
V
§ 19
When laws take effect - introduction of bills
Art.
V
§ 20
Bills referred to committee - printed
Art.
V
§ 21
Bill to contain but one subject - expressed in title
Art.
V
§ 22
Reading and passage of bills
Art.
V
§ 22a
Caucus positions prohibited - penalties
Art.
V
§ 22b
Effect of sections 20 and 22a
Art.
V
§ 23
Vote on amendments and report of committee
Art.
V
§ 24
Revival, amendment or extension of laws
Art.
V
§ 25
Special legislation prohibited
Art.
V
§ 25a
Eight-hour employment
Art.
V
§ 26
Signing of bills
Art.
V
§ 27
Officers and employees - compensation
Art.
V
§ 28
Extra compensation to officers, employees, or contractors forbidden
Art.
V
§ 29
Contracts for facilities and supplies
Art.
V
§ 30
Salary of governor and judges to be fixed by the legislature - term not to be extended or salaries increased or decreased
Art.
V
§ 31
Revenue bills
Art.
V
§ 32
Appropriation bills
Art.
V
§ 33
Disbursement of public money
Art.
V
§ 34
Appropriations to private institutions forbidden
Art.
V
§ 35
Delegation of power
Art.
V
§ 36
Laws on investment of trust funds
Art.
V
§ 37
Change of venue
Art.
V
§ 38
No liability exchanged or released
Art.
V
§ 39
Orders and resolutions presented to governor
Art.
V
§ 40
Bribery and influence in general assembly
Art.
V
§ 41
Offering, giving, promising money or other consideration
Art.
V
§ 42
Corrupt solicitation of members and officers
Art.
V
§ 43
Member interested shall not vote
Art.
V
§ 44
Representatives in congress - congressional districts - commission created
Art.
V
§ 45
General assembly
Art.
V
§ 46
Number of members of general assembly
Art.
V
§ 47
Senatorial and representative districts
Art.
V
§ 48
Commission organization - procedures - transparency - voting requirements
Art.
V
§ 49
Appointment of state auditor - term - qualifications - duties
Art.
V
§ 50
Public funding of abortion forbidden
Art.
V
§ 1
Vestment of judicial power
Art.
VI
§ 2
Appellate jurisdiction
Art.
VI
§ 3
Original jurisdiction - opinions
Art.
VI
§ 4
Terms
Art.
VI
§ 5
Personnel of court - departments - chief justice
Art.
VI
§ 6
Election of judges
Art.
VI
§ 7
Term of office
Art.
VI
§ 8
Qualifications of justices
Art.
VI
§ 9
District courts - jurisdiction
Art.
VI
§ 10
Judicial districts - district judges
Art.
VI
§ 11
Qualifications of district judges
Art.
VI
§ 12
Terms of court
Art.
VI
§ 13
District attorneys - election - term - salary - qualifications
Art.
VI
§ 14
Probate court - jurisdiction - judges - election - term - qualifications
Art.
VI
§ 15
Juvenile court - jurisdiction - judges - election - term - qualifications
Art.
VI
§ 16
County judges - terms - qualifications
Art.
VI
§ 17
County courts - jurisdiction - appeals
Art.
VI
§ 18
Compensation and services
Art.
VI
§ 19
Laws relating to courts - uniform
Art.
VI
§ 20
Vacancies
Art.
VI
§ 21
Rule-making power
Art.
VI
§ 22
Process - prosecution - in name of people
Art.
VI
§ 23
Retirement and removal of justices and judges
Art.
VI
§ 24
Judicial nominating commissions
Art.
VI
§ 25
Election of justices and judges
Art.
VI
§ 26
Denver county judges
Art.
VI
§ 1
Qualifications of elector
Art.
VII
§ 1a
Qualifications of elector - residence on federal land
Art.
VII
§ 2
Suffrage to women
Art.
VII
§ 3
Educational qualifications of elector
Art.
VII
§ 4
When residence does not change
Art.
VII
§ 5
Privilege of voters
Art.
VII
§ 6
Electors only eligible to office
Art.
VII
§ 7
General election
Art.
VII
§ 8
Elections by ballot or voting machine
Art.
VII
§ 9
No privilege to witness in election trial
Art.
VII
§ 10
Disfranchisement during imprisonment
Art.
VII
§ 11
Purity of elections
Art.
VII
§ 12
Election contests - by whom tried
Art.
VII
§ 1
Established and supported by state
Art.
VIII
§ 2
Seat of government - where located
Art.
VIII
§ 3
Seat of government - how changed - definitions
Art.
VIII
§ 4
Appropriation for capitol building
Art.
VIII
§ 5
Educational institutions
Art.
VIII
§ 1
Supervision of schools - board of education
Art.
IX
§ 2
Establishment and maintenance of public schools
Art.
IX
§ 3
School fund inviolate
Art.
IX
§ 4
County treasurer to collect and disburse
Art.
IX
§ 5
Of what school fund consists
Art.
IX
§ 6
County superintendent of schools
Art.
IX
§ 7
Aid to private schools, churches, sectarian purpose, forbidden
Art.
IX
§ 8
Religious test and race discrimination forbidden - sectarian tenets
Art.
IX
§ 9
State board of land commissioners
Art.
IX
§ 10
Selection and management of public trust lands
Art.
IX
§ 11
Compulsory education
Art.
IX
§ 12
Regents of university
Art.
IX
§ 13
President of university
Art.
IX
§ 14
Control of university
Art.
IX
§ 15
School districts - board of education
Art.
IX
§ 16
Textbooks in public schools
Art.
IX
§ 17
Education - Funding
Art.
IX
§ 1
Fiscal year
Art.
X
§ 2
Tax provided for state expenses
Art.
X
§ 3
Uniform taxation - exemptions
Art.
X
§ 4
Public property exempt
Art.
X
§ 5
Property used for religious worship, schools and charitable purposes exempt
Art.
X
§ 6
Self-propelled equipment, motor vehicles, and certain other movable equipment
Art.
X
§ 7
Municipal taxation by general assembly prohibited
Art.
X
§ 8
No county, city, town to be released
Art.
X
§ 9
Relinquishment of power to tax corporations forbidden
Art.
X
§ 10
Corporations subject to tax
Art.
X
§ 11
Maximum rate of taxation
Art.
X
§ 12
Public funds - report of state treasurer
Art.
X
§ 13
Making profit on public money - felony
Art.
X
§ 14
Private property not taken for public debt
Art.
X
§ 15
Boards of equalization - duties - property tax administrator
Art.
X
§ 16
Appropriations not to exceed tax - exceptions
Art.
X
§ 17
Income tax
Art.
X
§ 18
License fees and excise taxes - use of
Art.
X
§ 19
State income tax laws by reference to United States tax laws
Art.
X
§ 20
The Taxpayer's Bill of Rights
Art.
X
§ 21
Tobacco Taxes for Health Related Purposes
Art.
X
§ 1
Pledging credit of state, county, city, town or school district forbidden
Art.
XI
§ 2
No aid to corporations - no joint ownership by state, county, city, town, or school district
Art.
XI
§ 2a
Student loan program
Art.
XI
§ 3
Public debt of state - limitations
Art.
XI
§ 4
Law creating debt
Art.
XI
§ 5
Debt for public buildings - how created
Art.
XI
§ 6
Local government debt
Art.
XI
§ 7
State and political subdivisions may give assistance to any political subdivision
Art.
XI
§ 8
City indebtedness; ordinance, tax, water obligations excepted
Art.
XI
§ 9
This article not to affect prior obligations
Art.
XI
§ 10
1976 Winter Olympics
Art.
XI
§ 1
When office expires - suspension by law
Art.
XII
§ 2
Personal attention required
Art.
XII
§ 3
Defaulting collector disqualified from office
Art.
XII
§ 4
Disqualifications from holding office of trust or profit
Art.
XII
§ 5
Investigation of state and county treasurers
Art.
XII
§ 6
Bribery of officers defined
Art.
XII
§ 7
Bribery - corrupt solicitation
Art.
XII
§ 8
Oath of civil officers
Art.
XII
§ 9
Oaths - where filed
Art.
XII
§ 10
Refusal to qualify - vacancy
Art.
XII
§ 11
Elected public officers - term - salary - vacancy
Art.
XII
§ 12
Duel - disqualifies for office
Art.
XII
§ 13
State personnel system - merit system
Art.
XII
§ 14
State personnel board - state personnel director
Art.
XII
§ 15
Veterans' preference
Art.
XII
§ 1
House impeach - senate try - conviction - when chief justice presides
Art.
XIII
§ 2
Who liable to impeachment - judgment - no bar to prosecution
Art.
XIII
§ 3
Officers not subject to impeachment subject to removal
Art.
XIII
§ 1
Counties of state
Art.
XIV
§ 2
Removal of county seats
Art.
XIV
§ 3
Striking off territory - vote
Art.
XIV
§ 4
New county shall pay proportion of debt
Art.
XIV
§ 5
Part stricken off - pay proportion of debt
Art.
XIV
§ 6
County commissioners - election - term
Art.
XIV
§ 7
Officers compensation
Art.
XIV
§ 8
County officers - election - term - salary
Art.
XIV
§ 9
Vacancies - how filled
Art.
XIV
§ 10
Elector only eligible to county office
Art.
XIV
§ 11
Justices of the peace - constables
Art.
XIV
§ 12
Other officers
Art.
XIV
§ 13
Classification of cities and towns
Art.
XIV
§ 14
Existing cities and towns may come under general law
Art.
XIV
§ 15
Compensation and fees of county officers
Art.
XIV
§ 16
County home rule
Art.
XIV
§ 17
Service authorities
Art.
XIV
§ 18
Intergovernmental relationships
Art.
XIV
§ 1
Unused charters or grants of privilege
Art.
XV
§ 2
Corporate charters created by general law
Art.
XV
§ 3
Power to revoke, alter or annul charter
Art.
XV
§ 4
Railroads - common carriers - construction - intersection
Art.
XV
§ 5
Consolidation of parallel lines forbidden
Art.
XV
§ 6
Equal rights of public to transportation
Art.
XV
§ 7
Existing railroads to file acceptance of constitution
Art.
XV
§ 8
Eminent domain - police power - not to be abridged
Art.
XV
§ 9
Fictitious stock, bonds - increase of stock
Art.
XV
§ 10
Foreign corporations - place - agent
Art.
XV
§ 11
Street railroads - consent of municipality
Art.
XV
§ 12
Retrospective laws not to be passed
Art.
XV
§ 13
Telegraph lines - consolidation
Art.
XV
§ 14
Railroad or telegraph companies - consolidating with foreign companies
Art.
XV
§ 15
Contracts with employees releasing from liability - void
Art.
XV
§ 1
Commissioner of mines
Art.
XVI
§ 2
Ventilation - employment of children
Art.
XVI
§ 3
Drainage
Art.
XVI
§ 4
Mining, metallurgy, in public institutions
Art.
XVI
§ 5
Water of streams public property
Art.
XVI
§ 6
Diverting unappropriated water - priority preferred uses
Art.
XVI
§ 7
Right-of-way for ditches, flumes
Art.
XVI
§ 8
County commissioners to fix rates for water, when
Art.
XVI
§ 1
Persons subject to service
Art.
XVII
§ 2
Organization - equipment - discipline
Art.
XVII
§ 3
Officers - how chosen
Art.
XVII
§ 4
Armories
Art.
XVII
§ 5
Exemption in time of peace
Art.
XVII
§ 1
Homestead and exemption laws
Art.
XVIII
§ 2
Lotteries prohibited - exceptions
Art.
XVIII
§ 3
Arbitration laws
Art.
XVIII
§ 4
Felony defined
Art.
XVIII
§ 5
Spurious and drugged liquors - laws concerning
Art.
XVIII
§ 6
Preservation of forests
Art.
XVIII
§ 7
Land value increase - arboreal planting exempt
Art.
XVIII
§ 8
Publication of laws
Art.
XVIII
§ 9
Limited gaming permitted
Art.
XVIII
§ 9a
U
Art.
XVIII
§ 10
Severability of constitutional provisions
Art.
XVIII
§ 11
Elected government officials - limitation on terms
Art.
XVIII
§ 12
(Repealed) Source: Initiated 96: Entire section added, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L
Art.
XVIII
§ 12a
Congressional Term Limits Declaration
Art.
XVIII
§ 12b
Prohibited methods of taking wildlife
Art.
XVIII
§ 14
Medical use of marijuana for persons suffering from debilitating medical conditions
Art.
XVIII
§ 15
State minimum wage rate
Art.
XVIII
§ 16
Personal use and regulation of marijuana
Art.
XVIII
§ 1
Constitutional convention - how called
Art.
XIX
§ 2
Amendments to constitution - how adopted
Art.
XIX
§ 1
Incorporated
Art.
XX
§ 2
Officers
Art.
XX
§ 3
Establishment of government civil service regulations
Art.
XX
§ 4
First charter
Art.
XX
§ 5
New charters, amendments or measures
Art.
XX
§ 6
Home rule for cities and towns
Art.
XX
§ 7
City and county of Denver single school district - consolidations
Art.
XX
§ 8
Conflicting constitutional provisions declared inapplicable
Art.
XX
§ 9
Procedure and requirements for adoption
Art.
XX
§ 10
City and county of Broomfield - created
Art.
XX
§ 11
Officers - city and county of Broomfield
Art.
XX
§ 12
Transfer of government
Art.
XX
§ 13
Sections self-executing - appropriations
Art.
XX
§ 1
State officers may be recalled
Art.
XXI
§ 2
Form of recall petition
Art.
XXI
§ 3
Resignation - filling vacancy
Art.
XXI
§ 4
Limitation - municipal corporations may adopt, when
Art.
XXI
§ 1
Publication of proposed constitutional amendments and initiated and referred bills
Art.
XXIII
§ 1
Fund created
Art.
XXIV
§ 2
Moneys allocated to fund
Art.
XXIV
§ 3
Persons entitled to receive pensions
Art.
XXIV
§ 4
The state board of public welfare to administer fund
Art.
XXIV
§ 5
Revenues for old age pension fund continued
Art.
XXIV
§ 6
Basic minimum award
Art.
XXIV
§ 7
Stabilization fund and health and medical care fund
Art.
XXIV
§ 8
Fund to remain inviolate
Art.
XXIV
§ 9
Effective date
Art.
XXIV
§ 1
Public Utilities
Art.
XXV
§ 1
Nuclear detonations prohibited - exceptions
Art.
XXVI
§ 2
Election required
Art.
XXVI
§ 3
Certification of indemnification required
Art.
XXVI
§ 4
Article self-executing
Art.
XXVI
§ 5
Severability
Art.
XXVI
§ 1
Great Outdoors Colorado Program
Art.
XXVII
§ 2
Trust Fund created
Art.
XXVII
§ 3
Moneys allocated to Trust Fund
Art.
XXVII
§ 4
Fund to remain inviolate
Art.
XXVII
§ 5
Trust Fund expenditures
Art.
XXVII
§ 6
The State Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund
Art.
XXVII
§ 7
No effect on Colorado water law
Art.
XXVII
§ 8
No substitution allowed
Art.
XXVII
§ 9
Eminent domain
Art.
XXVII
§ 10
Payment in lieu of taxes
Art.
XXVII
§ 11
Effective date
Art.
XXVII
§ 1
Purposes and findings
Art.
XXVIII
§ 2
Definitions
Art.
XXVIII
§ 3
Contribution limits
Art.
XXVIII
§ 4
Voluntary campaign spending limits
Art.
XXVIII
§ 5
Independent expenditures
Art.
XXVIII
§ 6
Electioneering communications
Art.
XXVIII
§ 7
Disclosure
Art.
XXVIII
§ 8
Filing - where to file - timeliness
Art.
XXVIII
§ 9
Duties of the secretary of state - enforcement
Art.
XXVIII
§ 10
Sanctions
Art.
XXVIII
§ 11
Conflicting provisions declared inapplicable
Art.
XXVIII
§ 12
Repeal of conflicting statutory provisions
Art.
XXVIII
§ 13
APPLICABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE
Art.
XXVIII
§ 14
Severability
Art.
XXVIII
§ 15
Art.
XXVIII
§ 16
Art.
XXVIII
§ 17
Art.
XXVIII
§ 1
Purposes and findings
Art.
XXIX
§ 2
Definitions
Art.
XXIX
§ 3
Gift ban
Art.
XXIX
§ 4
Restrictions on representation after leaving office
Art.
XXIX
§ 5
Independent ethics commission
Art.
XXIX
§ 6
Penalty
Art.
XXIX
§ 7
Counties and municipalities
Art.
XXIX
§ 8
Conflicting provisions declared inapplicable
Art.
XXIX
§ 9
Legislation to facilitate article
Art.
XXIX
§ 10
County and precinct officers
Art.
XXIX
§ 11
Vacancies in county offices
Art.
XXIX
§ 12
Constitution takes effect on president's proclamation
Art.
XXIX
§ 13
First election, contest
Art.
XXIX
§ 14
First election - canvass
Art.
XXIX
§ 15
Senators - representatives - districts
Art.
XXIX
§ 16
Congressional election - canvass
Art.
XXIX
§ 17
General assembly, first session - restrictions removed
Art.
XXIX
§ 18
First general election - canvass
Art.
XXIX
§ 19
Presidential electors, 1876
Art.
XXIX
§ 20
Presidential electors after 1876
Art.
XXIX
§ 21
Expenses of convention
Art.
XXIX
§ 22
Recognizances, bonds, payable to people continue
Art.
XXIX