Colorado § 1-45-112 Duties of municipal clerk

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-45-112 — Duties of municipal clerk

Colorado § 1-45-112

Title 01Elections

Art.Fair Campaign Practices Act

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-45-112 (2026).

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(1)The municipal clerk shall:

(a)Develop a filing and indexing system for their offices consistent with the purposes of this article;

(b)Keep a copy of any report or statement required to be filed by this article for a period of ten years from the date of filing. In the case of candidates who were elected, those candidate's reports and filings shall be kept for six years after the candidate leaves office.

(c)Make reports and statements filed under this article available to the public for inspection and copying no later than the end of the next business day after the date of filing. No information copied from such reports and statements shall be sold or used by any person for the purpose of soliciting contributions or for any commercial purpose. (c.5) Make publicly available

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(1) The municipal clerk shall:

(a) Develop a filing and indexing system for their offices consistent with the
purposes of this article;

(b) Keep a copy of any report or statement required to be filed by this article
for a period of ten years from the date of filing. In the case of candidates who were
elected, those candidate's reports and filings shall be kept for six years after the
candidate leaves office.

(c) Make reports and statements filed under this article available to the
public for inspection and copying no later than the end of the next business day
after the date of filing. No information copied from such reports and statements
shall be sold or used by any person for the purpose of soliciting contributions or for
any commercial purpose.

(c.5) Make publicly available without charge on a website, or for in-person
inspection, any reports, disclosures, or statements that are filed pursuant to this
article 45 and are subject to the retention requirements set forth in subsection
(1)(b) of this section. For an individual who submits an open records request
involving such reports, disclosures, or statements, if printouts or photographs
relating to such an open records request are requested, the municipal clerk may
charge appropriate fees.

(d) Upon request by the secretary of state, transmit records and statements
filed under this article to the secretary of state;

(e) Notify any person under their jurisdiction who has failed to fully comply
with the provisions of this article and notify any person if a complaint has been filed
with the secretary of state alleging a violation of this article.

(f) Repealed.

(2) The secretary of state shall reimburse the municipal clerk of each
municipality at the rate of two dollars per candidate per election to help defray the
cost of implementing this article.

Legislative History

Source: Initiated 96: Entire article R&RE, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, January 15, 1997. L. 2008: (1)(f) repealed, p. 350, � 2, effective April 10. L. 2009: IP(1) and (2) amended, (HB 09-1357), ch. 361, p. 1874, � 3, effective July 1. L. 2023: (1)(b) amended and (1)(c.5) added, (HB 23-1245), ch. 417, p. 2467, � 4, effective January 1, 2024.