Colorado § 2-2-316 Legislative declaration - travel by members - during adjournment

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§ 2-2-316 — Legislative declaration - travel by members - during adjournment

Colorado § 2-2-316

Title 02Legislative

Art.General Assembly

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-2-316 (2026).

Text

Considering the greatly improved highways and airways of this state which permit
greater mobility with less cost in money and time, considering the increasing length
of legislative sessions, the increasing complexity and importance of the problems
presented, and the benefits to be derived from frequent contact between legislator
and constituents, and considering the desirability of preserving the concept of part-time citizen-legislators and, therefore, the need to allow them a reasonable
opportunity to attend to their own personal, family, and business affairs even during
sessions of the general assembly, it is hereby declared to be necessary, within the
meaning of the state constitution and in the best interests of the general assembly
and the state of Colorado, that members of th

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Considering the greatly improved highways and airways of this state which permit
greater mobility with less cost in money and time, considering the increasing length
of legislative sessions, the increasing complexity and importance of the problems
presented, and the benefits to be derived from frequent contact between legislator
and constituents, and considering the desirability of preserving the concept of part-time citizen-legislators and, therefore, the need to allow them a reasonable
opportunity to attend to their own personal, family, and business affairs even during
sessions of the general assembly, it is hereby declared to be necessary, within the
meaning of the state constitution and in the best interests of the general assembly
and the state of Colorado, that members of the senate and house of representatives
travel to their homes or other locations within their districts and back to the capitol
during sessions of the general assembly when the house to which they belong is in
adjournment for periods not exceeding seventy-two hours.

Legislative History

Source: L. 67: p. 955, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 63-2-28. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 198, � 1, effective February 28. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 2322, � 3, effective February 7.