Colorado Code
Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum
§ 1-40-103. Applicability of Article

(1) This article shall apply to all state ballot issues that are authorized by the state constitution unless otherwise provided by statute, charter, or ordinance.
(2) The laws pertaining to municipal initiatives, referenda, and referred measures are governed by the provisions of article 11 of title 31, C.R.S.
(3) The laws pertaining to county petitions and referred measures are governed by the provisions of section 30-11-103.5, C.R.S.
(4) The laws pertaining to school district petitions and referred measures are governed by the provisions of section 22-30-104 (4), C.R.S.
Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 677, § 1, effective May 4. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 431, § 3, effective May 8. L. 96: (3) and (4) added, p. 1765, § 53, effective July 1.
Editor's note: Provisions of the former § 1-40-103 were relocated in 1993. For a detailed comparison, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.

Structure Colorado Code

Colorado Code

Title 1 - Elections

Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum

§ 1-40-101. Legislative Declaration

§ 1-40-102. Definitions

§ 1-40-103. Applicability of Article

§ 1-40-104. Designated Representatives

§ 1-40-105. Filing Procedure - Review and Comment Meeting - Amendments - Filing With Secretary of State

§ 1-40-105.5. Initial Fiscal Impact Statement - Definition

§ 1-40-106. Title Board - Meetings - Ballot Title - Initiative and Referendum - Definitions

§ 1-40-106.5. Single-Subject Requirements for Initiated Measures and Referred Constitutional Amendments - Legislative Declaration

§ 1-40-107. Rehearing - Appeal - Fees - Signing

§ 1-40-108. Petition - Time of Filing

§ 1-40-109. Signatures Required - Withdrawal

§ 1-40-110. Warning - Ballot Title

§ 1-40-111. Signatures - Affidavits - Notarization - List of Circulators and Notaries

§ 1-40-112. Circulators - Requirements - Training

§ 1-40-113. Form - Representatives of Signers

§ 1-40-114. Petitions - Not Election Materials - No Bilingual Language Requirement

§ 1-40-115. Ballot - Voting - Publication

§ 1-40-116. Validation - Ballot Issues - Random Sampling - Rules

§ 1-40-117. Statement of Sufficiency - Cure

§ 1-40-118. Protest

§ 1-40-119. Procedure for Hearings

§ 1-40-120. Filing in Federal Court

§ 1-40-121. Designated Representatives - Expenditures Related to Petition Circulation - Report - Penalty - Definitions

§ 1-40-122. Certification of Ballot Titles

§ 1-40-123. Counting of Votes - Effective Date - Conflicting Provisions

§ 1-40-124. Publication

§ 1-40-124.5. Ballot Information Booklet

§ 1-40-125. Mailing to Electors

§ 1-40-126. Explanation of Effect of "Yes/for" or "No/against" Vote Included in Notices Provided by Mailing or Publication

§ 1-40-126.5. Explanation of Ballot Titles and Actual Text of Measures in Notices Provided by Mailing or Publication

§ 1-40-130. Unlawful Acts - Penalty

§ 1-40-131. Tampering With Initiative or Referendum Petition

§ 1-40-132. Enforcement

§ 1-40-133. Retention of Petitions

§ 1-40-134. Withdrawal of Initiative Petition

§ 1-40-135. Petition Entities - Requirements - Definition

§ 1-40-136. Bills Enacted in the Second Regular Session of the Seventy-Second General Assembly That Include an Act Subject to Petition Clause - Legislative Declaration