§ 1-40-113 — Form - representatives of signers

Colorado § 1-40-113

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 01: Elections
• Art.: Initiative and Referendum

Text

(1) (a) Each section of a petition
shall be printed on a form as prescribed by the secretary of state. No petition shall
be printed, published, or otherwise circulated unless the form and the first printer's
proof of the petition have been approved by the secretary of state. The designated
representatives of the proponent are responsible for filing the printer's proof with
the secretary of state, and the secretary of state shall notify the designated
representatives whether the printer's proof is approved. Each petition section shall
designate by name and mailing address two persons who shall represent the
signers thereof in all matters affecting the same. The secretary of state shall
assure that the petition contains only the matters required by this article and
contains no extraneous material. All sections of any petition shall be prenumbered
serially, and the circulation of any petition section described by this article other
than personally by a circulator is prohibited. Any petition section circulated in
whole or in part by anyone other than the person who signs the affidavit attached to
the petition section shall be invalid. Any petition section that fails to conform to the
requirements of this article or is circulated in a manner other than that permitted in
this article shall be invalid.

(b) The secretary of state shall notify the proponents at the time a petition is
approved pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) that the proponents must
register an issue committee pursuant to section 1-45-108 (3.3) if two hundred or
more petition sections are printed or accepted in connection with circulation of the
petition.

(c) The secretary of state shall notify the proponents at the time a petition
format for an initiated amendment to the state constitution is approved pursuant to
subsection (1)(a) of this section of the number and boundaries of the state senate
districts in existence and the number of registered electors in each state senate
district at the time of approval.

(d) The secretary of state shall notify the director of research of the
legislative council at the time a petition is approved pursuant to (1)(a) of this
section.

(2) Any disassembly of a section of the petition which has the effect of
separating the affidavits from the signatures shall render that section of the
petition invalid and of no force and effect.

(3) Each section of the petition must include the affidavits required by
section 1-40-111 (2), together with the sheets containing the signatures
accompanying the same.

Legislative History

Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 684, � 1, effective May 4. L. 95: (1) and (3) amended, p. 434, � 10, effective May 8. L. 2009: (1) amended, (HB 09-1326), ch. 258, p. 1175, � 11, effective May 15. L. 2010: (1) amended, (HB 10-1370), ch. 270, p. 1240, � 2, effective January 1, 2011. L. 2011: (1)(a) and (3) amended, (HB 11-1072), ch. 255, p. 1104, � 4, effective August 10. L. 2017: (1)(c) added, (SB 17-152), ch. 169, p. 618, � 4, effective August 9. L. 2020: (1)(d) added, (HB 20-1416), ch. 232, p. 1126, � 5, effective November 1. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1669, � 72, effective June 21.