Colorado § 1-4-1401 Legislative declaration

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-4-1401 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 1-4-1401

Title 01Elections

Art.Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates

This text of Colorado § 1-4-1401 (Legislative declaration) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Colorado primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1401 (2026).

Text

(1)The general assembly hereby finds, determines, affirms, and declares that:

(a)District attorneys are nonjudicial elected officials subject to the limitations on terms of office imposed by section 11 of article XVIII of the state constitution;

(b)Judicial districts are political subdivisions of the state with political control by a community other than the state as a whole, and district attorneys continue to exhibit a fundamental characteristic of representing the people of the judicial district in order to protect their health, safety, and welfare; and

(c)Judicial districts do not have a clearly identified governing body with the explicit authority to call and conduct elections.

(2)Therefore, it is the intent of the general assembly that this part 14 provide an explicit

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(1) The general assembly hereby finds,
determines, affirms, and declares that:

(a) District attorneys are nonjudicial elected officials subject to the
limitations on terms of office imposed by section 11 of article XVIII of the state
constitution;

(b) Judicial districts are political subdivisions of the state with political
control by a community other than the state as a whole, and district attorneys
continue to exhibit a fundamental characteristic of representing the people of the
judicial district in order to protect their health, safety, and welfare; and

(c) Judicial districts do not have a clearly identified governing body with the
explicit authority to call and conduct elections.

(2) Therefore, it is the intent of the general assembly that this part 14 provide
an explicit statutory mechanism for the referral of ballot questions that seek to
lengthen, shorten, or eliminate the limitations on terms of office for district
attorneys to the eligible electors of a judicial district pursuant to section 11 (2) of
article XVIII of the state constitution.