Colorado § 5-16-117 - Powers and duties of the administrator.
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§ 5-16-117. Powers and duties of the administrator.
(1) Repealed.
(2) The administrator is authorized to approve or deny any application submitted pursuant to this article 16 and to issue any license authorized by this article 16.
(3) Any complaint received by the administrator regarding violations of this article 16 by an attorney shall be forwarded to the supreme court's attorney regulation counsel.
(4) The administrator shall enforce the provisions of article 17 of this title 5 pursuant to section 5-17-111.
(5) to (8) Repealed.
Source: L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 17-1238), ch. 260, p. 1093, § 1, effective August 9; (1) repealed and (5), (6), (7), and (8) added, (SB 17-216), ch. 285, p. 1579, § 7, effective January 1, 2018.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 12-14-117 as it existed prior to 2017.
(2) Subsections (1), (5), (6), (7), and (8) were numbered as § 12-14-117 (1), (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively, in SB 17-216 (see L. 2017, p. 1579). Those provisions were harmonized with this section as it appears in HB 17-1238, effective January 1, 2018.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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