A New Look for the Colorado Revised Statutes On-Line

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by Jennifer Gilroy

Have you ever experienced frustration trying to locate a particular law in the Colorado Revised Statutes or a certain provision of the state’s constitution because you can’t quite seem to navigate these on-line resources as easily as you would like? By the time you read this, the on-line version of the Colorado Revised Statutes and related Colorado legal resources, accessible through the Colorado General Assembly’s home page and hosted by LexisNexis, will be vastly different and greatly improved in intuitive navigability, functionality, and content. Continue reading →

What’s so Special about a Special Session?

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by Julie Pelegrin

Although the 2012 regular legislative session has ended, it appears the work of the Sixty-eighth General Assembly may not be quite done. With the recent announcement of the Governor’s intention to call the General Assembly into a special session, many legislators and other people may be wondering what, exactly, is a special session and how does it work? Continue reading →

Suspensions of House and Senate Rules During the Last Days of Session

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by Patti Dahlberg, Matt Dawkins, and Julie Pelegrin

We’re in the last few days of the 2012 regular legislative session and things seem to be moving faster. Actually, that’s not just your imagination. Due to some automatic suspensions in the legislative rules, things can and do move faster toward the end of session so that the General Assembly can get the work done before the clock strikes midnight on the one-hundred-twentieth legislative day –  May 9. Continue reading →

Conference Committees: Navigating the Final Step to Passage of Your Bill

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by Julie Pelegrin

The second house has amended your bill and returned it to the first house. Now, you have a decision to make. Do you concur with the second house amendments and readopt the bill? Do you reject the second house amendments and request formation of a conference committee? Or, do you reject the second house amendments and adhere to the version you passed in the first house? The fate of your bill may hang on your decision. Continue reading →

Powers, Duties, and Functions of Executive Branch Agencies (Type 1, type 2, and type 3 transfers)

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by Rebecca Hausmann

If you’re anything like me, you might find type 1, type 2, and type 3 transfers a little confusing. First of all, what are they for? What’s the difference between the three types of transfers? And just why, exactly, are they called “transfers”, even when a new agency is created? Continue reading →