Colorado § 44-1-102 Legislative declaration

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§ 44-1-102 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 44-1-102

Title 44Revenue -

Art.Common Provisions

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 44-1-102 (2026).

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(1)The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

(a)Before the enactment of this title 44, laws administered by the department of revenue that regulate a variety of activities were codified in two titles of the Colorado Revised Statutes, most prominently in title 12, which governs professions and occupations;

(b)Most professions and occupations are regulated by the department of regulatory agencies pursuant to title 12, but prior to the 2017 legislative session, title 12 contained numerous laws that did not pertain to the regulation of professions and occupations and were not administered by the department of regulatory agencies;

(c)With the enactment of section 2-3-510 in 2016, the general assembly directed the office of legislative legal services to study an organi

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds
and declares that:

(a) Before the enactment of this title 44, laws administered by the
department of revenue that regulate a variety of activities were codified in two
titles of the Colorado Revised Statutes, most prominently in title 12, which governs
professions and occupations;

(b) Most professions and occupations are regulated by the department of
regulatory agencies pursuant to title 12, but prior to the 2017 legislative session,
title 12 contained numerous laws that did not pertain to the regulation of
professions and occupations and were not administered by the department of
regulatory agencies;

(c) With the enactment of section 2-3-510 in 2016, the general assembly
directed the office of legislative legal services to study an organizational
recodification of title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, including relocating laws
that do not pertain to professions and occupations and are not administered by the
department of regulatory agencies;

(d) Based on recommendations from the title 12 recodification study, the
general assembly enacted several bills in the 2017 legislative session to relocate
out of title 12 many laws that are administered by entities other than the
department of regulatory agencies;

(e) The study also recommended creating a new title 44 for purposes of
consolidating laws administered by the department of revenue that regulate
activities into a single title in order to facilitate both:

(I) The public's and regulated entities' understanding of the laws that apply
to them; and

(II) The department of revenue's administration of these laws; and

(f) Creating a new title 44 consisting of laws administered by the
department of revenue that regulate various activities is necessary to implement
the recommendations of the title 12 recodification study and facilitate the
reorganization of title 12 pertaining to the regulation of professions and
occupations.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2018: Entire title added, effective October 1. (For the 9 bills that added this title 44 and their locations in the 2018 Session Laws, see the editor's note following the title 44 heading.)