(1) At the end of each section of the
statutes, the revisor shall include:
(a) Reference to the statutory history of the section;
(b) Annotations of state and federal court decisions construing, applying, or
relating to the subject matter of the section; and
(c) Such editorial notes, cross references, and other matter as the committee
considers desirable or advantageous.
(2) The revisor shall prepare for publication with Colorado Revised Statutes:
(a) The declaration of independence;
(b) The constitutions of the United States and state of Colorado;
(c) The enabling act admitting Colorado into the union; and
(d) The rules of civil and criminal procedure and such other rules as the
supreme court of Colorado may adopt.
(3) The revisor shall also prepare for publication with Colorado Revised
Statutes a complete subject index and comparative disposition tables or cross
reference indices relating sections of the original 1973 compilation to prior
compilations and session laws.
(4) The revisor of statutes shall include in the publication of the Uniform
Commercial Code, as nonstatutory matter, a complete index to the code and,
following each section of the code, the session law source of that section and a
specific designation of differences in text, if any, between that section and the
version of that section in the official text of the Uniform Commercial Code issued
by the American law institute and the national conference of commissioners on
uniform state laws upon which that article of the Uniform Commercial Code as
enacted in Colorado was based. In addition, the revisor of statutes shall include
after each section the full text of the official comment to that section in that
version of the article in the official text in effect at the time of the enactment of
that version of that article in Colorado, and by the Colorado comments of the
revisor of statutes. The inclusion of said nonstatutory matter is only for the purpose
of information, and no inference or presumption of legislative intent shall be drawn
therefrom.
(5) In order that said Uniform Commercial Code shall be, at all times and in
all respects, as uniform as possible with the Uniform Commercial Code of other
states, the order and arrangement of articles, sections, and subsections of said
code, the numbering and lettering system of said articles, sections, and
subsections, the titles or headings of said articles, sections, or subsections, and the
wording, punctuation, capitalization, and sentence and paragraph structure of said
code and any amendments thereto, as enacted by the general assembly, shall be
preserved and maintained as far as possible without change; except that the revisor
of statutes and the committee on legal services shall review said code and revise
the same for the correction of errors needed and present said code, with the
correction of such errors, to the general assembly for reenactment with other
statutes of a general and permanent nature.
(6) There shall be included in the publication of the Colorado Uniform
Limited Partnership Act of 1981, as nonstatutory matter, following each section of
the article, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the
official volume containing the 1976 official text of the Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform
state laws, with any changes in the official comments or Colorado comments to
correspond to Colorado changes in the uniform act. The comments shall be
prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee
on legal services.
(7) There shall be included in the publication of the Colorado Voidable
Transactions Act, as nonstatutory matter, guidance on how to access the official
comments of the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act. The guidance on how to
access the official comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and
approved for publication by the committee on legal services.
(8) There may be included in the publication of the amendments to article 10
of title 15, Colorado Revised Statutes, and to the revised parts 1 through 9 of article
11 of title 15, Colorado Revised Statutes, as nonstatutory matter, following each
section of articles 10 and 11 of title 15, the full text of the official comments to that
section contained in the official volume containing the official text of the Uniform
Probate Code - Article II issued by the national conference of commissioners on
uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments or Colorado
comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the uniform act. The comments
shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the
committee on legal services.
(9) There shall be included in the publication of the Colorado Water for the
21st Century Act, as nonstatutory matter, following section 37-75-105, C.R.S., the
full text of the interbasin compact charter as submitted to the general assembly on
April 6, 2006, by the interbasin compact committee.
(10) There shall be included in the publication of the Uniform Power of
Attorney Act, as nonstatutory matter, following each section of the act, the full
text of the official comments to that section contained in the official volume
containing the 2006 official text of the Uniform Power of Attorney Act issued by
the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes
in the official comments or Colorado comments to correspond to Colorado changes
in the uniform act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and
approved for publication by the committee on legal services.
(11) There shall be included in the publication of the Colorado Probate Code
as nonstatutory matter, following each amended or added section, the full text of
the official comments to that section contained in the 2008 official text of
Amendments to Uniform Probate Code issued by the national conference of
commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments to
correspond to Colorado changes in the Uniform Probate Code. The comments
shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the
committee on legal services.
(12) There shall be included in the publication of the Uniform Electronic
Legal Material Act as nonstatutory matter, following each amended or added
section, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the 2011
official text of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act issued by the national
conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official
comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the Uniform Electronic Legal
Material Act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and
approved for publication by the committee on legal services.
(13) The revisor of statutes shall include in the publication of the Uniform
Interstate Family Support Act as nonstatutory matter, following each amended or
added section, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the
2008 official text of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act issued by the
national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in
the official comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the Uniform Interstate
Family Support Act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes
and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.