Colorado § 2-4-301 - Multiple amendments to the same provision - one without reference to the other.
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§ 2-4-301. Multiple amendments to the same provision - one without reference to the other.
If amendments to the same statute are enacted at the same or different sessions of the general assembly and one amendment is without reference to another, the amendments are to be harmonized, if possible, so that effect may be given to each. If the amendments are irreconcilable, the amendment prevails which is latest in its effective date. If the irreconcilable statutes have the same effective date, the statute prevails which is latest in its date of passage.
Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1425, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 135-1-301.
ANNOTATION
Laws dealing with interrelated subjects to be harmonized. Laws enacted in the same session of the general assembly should be harmonized if possible, particularly where they deal with interrelated subjects. People v. Rafferty, 644 P.2d 102 (Colo. App. 1982).
Statutory section, as published in cumulative supplement, is the law of the state if statute was amended twice in the same session and such amendments were in conflict. People v. Littleton, 799 P.2d 426 (Colo. App. 1990).
Applied in People v. Owens, 670 P.2d 1233 (Colo. 1983); In re Pickering, 967 P.2d 164 (Colo. App. 1997).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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