Colorado § 2-2-503 - Designation of senatorial districts to elect in years ending in 2 and 4.
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§ 2-2-503. Designation of senatorial districts to elect in years ending in 2 and 4.
As a part of its preliminary and final redistricting plans for state senatorial districts, the legislative commission shall designate those senatorial districts in which state senators are elected at the general election to be held in November of the next year ending in 2, and every four years thereafter, and those senatorial districts in which state senators are elected at the general election to be held in November of the next year ending in 4, and every four years thereafter. Such designation of senatorial districts must be filed with the secretary of state as a part of the approved redistricting plan required to be filed by section 48.3 (5) of article V of the state constitution.
Source: L. 81: Entire part added, p. 332, § 1, effective June 19. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 323, § 1, effective June 9. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1385, § 2, effective May 30. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1210), ch. 352, p. 1634, § 2, effective August 11. L. 2020: Entire section amended, (SB 20-186), ch. 272, p. 1325, § 3, effective July 11.
ANNOTATION
Reapportionment leaving district without resident senator until 1985 unconstitutional. Drawing boundaries of two senatorial districts so that one district encompasses the residences of two incumbent state senators while no state senator resides in the other, and setting the senatorial election for the first district for 1982 and for the other district for 1984, with the result that no senator will reside in the latter district until 1985, is a violation of constitutional guarantees of legislative representation. In re Reapportionment of Colo. Gen. Ass'y, 647 P.2d 191 (Colo. 1982).
Applied in Kallenberger v. Buchanan, 649 P.2d 314 (Colo. 1982).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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