Colorado Statutes
§ 2-2-801 — Plain language requirement in state laws
Any person, including
members of the general assembly and employees of each house of the general
assembly, the office of legislative legal services, the legislative council staff, and
the staff of the joint budget committee, shall ensure that, to the extent possible, all
bills and amendments to bills prepared or proposed by such person are written in
plain, nontechnical language and in a clear and coherent manner using words with
common and everyday meaning which are understandable to the average reader.
Enactment of a bill by the general assembly shall create a presumption that such
bill conforms to this section.
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Legislative History
Source: L. 93: Entire part added, p. 995, � 2, effective June 2.
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