2-5-101. Compilation of Colorado Revised Statutes.

Statute text

(1) The revisor of statutes, referred to in this article as the "revisor", under the supervision and direction of the committee on legal services, referred to in this article as the "committee", shall compile, edit, arrange, and prepare for publication all laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature.

(2) The statutes shall be arranged and collated into such code titles, articles, and sections, and under such a numbering system as the committee approves and directs. The committee shall designate the number of volumes to comprise a set of the statutes for purposes of this arrangement and collating.

(3) The compilation of statutory laws and nonstatutory material provided for in this article, originally entitled "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973" and cited as "C.R.S. 1973", shall, on and after July 1, 1983, be entitled "Colorado Revised Statutes" and may be cited as "C.R.S.". Reference to individual sections of the statutes shall be cited substantially in the following manner: "Section 1-1-101, C.R.S.". Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 or to C.R.S. 1973 shall be deemed to refer to Colorado Revised Statutes or to C.R.S.

History

Source: L. 70: p. 364, 1. C.R.S. 1963: 135-6-1. L. 83: (1) and (3) amended, p. 377, 2, effective July 1.

Annotations

 

ANNOTATION

Annotations

There is no substantive significance to the revisor's bifurcation of a section into two separate subsections. People v. North Ave. Furn. & Appliance, Inc., 645 P.2d 1291 (Colo. 1982).