2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 2 - Legislative
Article 5. Colorado Revised Statutes
Section 2-5-102. Inclusions - nonstatutory.

(1) At the end of each section of the statutes, the revisor shall include:

1. Reference to the statutory history of the section;

2. Annotations of state and federal court decisions construing, applying, or relating tothe subject matter of the section; and

3. Such editorial notes, cross references, and other matter as the committee considersdesirable or advantageous.

(2) The revisor shall prepare for publication with Colorado Revised Statutes:

1. The declaration of independence;

2. The constitutions of the United States and state of Colorado;

3. The enabling act admitting Colorado into the union; and

4. The rules of civil and criminal procedure and such other rules as the supreme court ofColorado may adopt.

3. The revisor shall also prepare for publication with Colorado Revised Statutes a complete subject index and comparative disposition tables or cross reference indices relating sections of the original 1973 compilation to prior compilations and session laws.

4. The revisor of statutes shall include in the publication of the "Uniform CommercialCode", as nonstatutory matter, a complete index to the code and, following each section of the code, the session law source of that section and a specific designation of differences in text, if any, between that section and the version of that section in the official text of the "Uniform Commercial Code" issued by the American law institute and the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws upon which that article of the "Uniform Commercial Code" as enacted in Colorado was based. In addition, the revisor of statutes shall include after each section the full text of the official comment to that section in that version of the article in the official text in effect at the time of the enactment of that version of that article in Colorado, and by the Colorado comments of the revisor of statutes. The inclusion of said nonstatutory matter is only for the purpose of information, and no inference or presumption of legislative intent shall be drawn therefrom.

5. In order that said "Uniform Commercial Code" shall be, at all times and in all respects, as uniform as possible with the "Uniform Commercial Code" of other states, the order and arrangement of articles, sections, and subsections of said code, the numbering and lettering system of said articles, sections, and subsections, the titles or headings of said articles, sections, or subsections, and the wording, punctuation, capitalization, and sentence and paragraph structure of said code and any amendments thereto, as enacted by the general assembly, shall be preserved and maintained as far as possible without change; except that the revisor of statutes and the committee on legal services shall review said code and revise the same for the correction of errors needed and present said code, with the correction of such errors, to the general assembly for reenactment with other statutes of a general and permanent nature.

6. There shall be included in the publication of the "Colorado Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 1981", as nonstatutory matter, following each section of the article, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the official volume containing the 1976 official text of the "Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments or Colorado comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the uniform act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.

7. There shall be included in the publication of the "Colorado Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act", as nonstatutory matter, following each section of the article, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the official volume containing the 1984 official text of the "Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments or Colorado comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the uniform act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.

8. There may be included in the publication of the amendments to article 10 of title 15,Colorado Revised Statutes, and to the revised parts 1 through 9 of article 11 of title 15, Colorado Revised Statutes, as nonstatutory matter, following each section of articles 10 and 11 of title 15, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the official volume containing the official text of the "Uniform Probate Code - Article II" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments or Colorado comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the uniform act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.

9. There shall be included in the publication of the "Colorado Water for the 21st Century Act", as nonstatutory matter, following section 37-75-105, C.R.S., the full text of the interbasin compact charter as submitted to the general assembly on April 6, 2006, by the interbasin compact committee.

10. There shall be included in the publication of the "Uniform Power of Attorney Act",as nonstatutory matter, following each section of the act, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the official volume containing the 2006 official text of the "Uniform Power of Attorney Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments or Colorado comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the uniform act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.

11. There shall be included in the publication of the "Colorado Probate Code" as nonstatutory matter, following each amended or added section, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the 2008 official text of "Amendments to Uniform Probate Code" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the "Uniform Probate Code". The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.

12. There shall be included in the publication of the "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act" as nonstatutory matter, following each amended or added section, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the 2011 official text of the "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act". The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.

13. The revisor of statutes shall include in the publication of the "Uniform InterstateFamily Support Act" as nonstatutory matter, following each amended or added section, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the 2008 official text of the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act". The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.

Source: L. 70: p. 364, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 135-6-2. L. 74: (4) and (5) added, p. 420, § 71, effective April 11. L. 77: (4) amended, p. 311, § 1, effective January 1. L. 81: (6) added, p. 453, § 4, effective November 1. L. 83: IP(2) and (3) amended, p. 378, § 3, effective July 1. L. 91: (7) added, p. 1690, § 4, effective July 1. L. 94: (8) added, p. 1039, § 15, effective July 1, 1995. L. 2006: (9) added, p. 1282, § 2, effective May 26. L. 2009: (10) added, (HB 09-1198), ch. 106, p. 424, § 12, effective January 1, 2010. L. 2010: (11) added, (SB 10-199), ch. 374, p. 1747, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2012: (12) added, (HB 12-1209), ch. 138, p. 504, § 2, effective August 8; (4) amended, (HB 12-1262), ch. 170, p. 609, § 17, effective July 1, 2013. L. 2015: (13) added, (HB 15-1198), ch. 173, p. 568, § 34, effective July 1.

Cross references: For the "Uniform Commercial Code", see title 4; for the "Colorado Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 1981", see article 62 of title 7; for the "Colorado Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act", see article 8 of title 38; for the "Uniform Power of Attorney Act", see part 7 of article 14 of title 15; for the "Colorado Probate Code", see articles 10 to 17 of title 15; for the "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act", see article 71.5 of title 24; for the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act", see article 5 of title 14.