§ 13-1-133 — Use of recycled paper

Colorado § 13-1-133

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 13: Courts
• Art.: General Provisions

Text

(1) The general assembly finds and
declares that there is a need to expand upon existing laws which foster the
effective and efficient management of solid waste by requiring that certain
documents submitted by attorneys-at-law to state courts of record be submitted on
recycled paper. The general assembly further finds that such expansion will protect
and enhance the environment and the health and safety of the citizens of Colorado.

(2) (a) (I) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), no
document shall be submitted by an attorney to a court of record after January 1,
1994, unless such document is submitted on recycled paper. The provisions of this
section shall apply to all papers appended to each such document.

(II) (A) Procedures adopted to implement the provisions of this section shall
not impede the conduct of court business nor create grounds for an additional
cause of action or sanction.

(B) No document shall be refused by a court of record solely because it was
not submitted on recycled paper.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to:

(I) Photographs;

(II) An original document that was prepared or printed prior to January 1,
1994;

(III) A document that was not created at the direction or under the control of
the submitting attorney;

(IV) Facsimile copies otherwise permitted to be filed with a court of record in
lieu of the original document; however, if the original is also required to be filed,
such original shall be submitted in compliance with this section;

(V) Existing stocks of nonrecycled paper and preprinted forms acquired or
printed prior to January 1, 1994.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not be applicable if recycled paper is
not readily available.

(4) For purposes of this section, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) Attorney means an attorney-at-law admitted to practice law before any
court of record in this state.

(b) Courts of record shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 13-1-111.

(c) Document means any pleading or any other paper submitted as an
appendix to such pleading by an attorney, which document is required or permitted
to be filed with a clerk of court concerning any action to be commenced or which is
pending before a court of record.

(d) Recycled paper means paper with not less than fifty percent of its total
weight consisting of secondary and postconsumer waste and with not less than ten
percent of such total weight consisting of postconsumer waste.

Legislative History

Source: L. 93: Entire section added, p. 622, � 2, effective July 1.