2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 6 - Consumer And Commercial Affairs
Article 2. Unfair Practices Act

Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Unfair Practices Act".

Source: L. 37: p. 1287, § 14. CSA: C. 48, § 302(13). L. 41: p. 824, § 13. L. 49: p. 349, § 17. CRS 53: § 55-2-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 55-2-17.

102. Legislative declaration. The general assembly declares that the purpose of this article is to safeguard the public against the creation or perpetuation of monopolies and to foster and encourage competition by prohibiting unfair and discriminatory practices by which fair and honest competition is destroyed or prevented. This article shall be liberally construed so that its beneficial purposes may be subserved.

Source: L. 41: p. 824, § 12. CSA: C. 48, § 302(12). L. 49: p. 349, § 16. CRS 53: § 552-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 55-2-16.

103. Discriminatory sales - exceptions. (1) It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation doing business in the state of Colorado and engaged in the production, manufacture, distribution, or sale of any commodity, product, or service of general use or consumption, or the sale of any merchandise or product by any public utility, with the intent to destroy the competition of any regular established dealer in such commodity, product, or service, or to prevent the competition of any person, firm, private corporation, or municipal or other public corporation that in good faith intends and attempts to become a dealer, to discriminate between different sections, communities, or cities, or portions thereof, or between different locations in such sections, communities, cities, or portions thereof in this state by selling or furnishing a commodity, product, or service at a lower rate in one section, community, or city, or any portion thereof, or in one location in such section, community, or city, or any portion thereof than in another after making allowance for the difference, if any, in the grade or quality, quantity, and actual cost of transportation from the point of production, if a raw product or commodity, or from the point of manufacture, if a manufactured product or commodity. Motion picture films when delivered under a lease to motion picture houses shall not be deemed to be a commodity or product of general use or consumption.

2. Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect or apply to any service or productsold, rendered, or furnished by any public utility, the sale, rendition, or furnishing of which is subject to regulation by the Colorado public utilities commission or by any municipal regulatory body. This article shall not be construed to prohibit the meeting in good faith of a competitive rate.

3. The inhibition in this section against locality discrimination shall embrace any scheme of special rebates, collateral contracts, or any device of any nature whereby such discrimination is, in substance or fact, effected in violation of the spirit and intent of this article.

4. It is an unfair trade practice for any person, firm, or corporation doing business inthis state and engaged in the production, manufacture, or distribution of either written or printed material or motion pictures to require a buyer or lessee, as a condition of the purchase or lease of such material or motion pictures, to accept other material or motion pictures which the buyer or lessee deems objectionable and written objection is made thereto by such buyer or lessee to the seller or lessor of said material or motion pictures within thirty days after delivery to said buyer or lessee. If such written objection is made within the time provided in this subsection (4), and the seller or lessor does not, within ten days of the receipt of said objection, repurchase or recall such objectionable material or motion pictures from the buyer or lessee, all the remedies provided in this article shall be applicable against said seller or lessor. The provisions of this subsection (4) shall apply whether the material or motion pictures are acquired by the buyer or lessee for resale, sublease, or for any other purpose.

Source: L. 37: p. 1280, § 1. CSA: C. 48, § 302(1). L. 41: p. 820, § 1. L. 49: p. 342, § 1. CRS 53: § 55-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 55-2-1. L. 69: p. 368, § 1. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 513, § 1, effective April 16.