Colorado § 2-4-215 - Each general assembly a separate entity - future general assemblies not bound by acts of previous general assemblies.
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§ 2-4-215. Each general assembly a separate entity - future general assemblies not bound by acts of previous general assemblies.
(1) The general assembly finds and declares, pursuant to the constitution of the state of Colorado, that each general assembly is a separate entity, and the acts of one general assembly are not binding on future general assemblies. Accordingly, no legislation passed by one general assembly requiring an appropriation shall bind future general assemblies.
(2) Furthermore, the general assembly finds and declares that when a statute provides for the proration of amounts in the event appropriations are insufficient, the general assembly has not committed itself to any particular level of funding, does not create any rights in the ultimate recipients of such funding or in any political subdivision or agency which administers such funds, and clearly intends that the level of funding under such a statute is in the full and complete discretion of the general assembly.
Source: L. 85: Entire section added, p. 289, § 1, effective June 11.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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