Colorado § 11-51-701 - Division of securities - creation - powers and duties.
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§ 11-51-701. Division of securities - creation - powers and duties.
The division of securities is created in the department of regulatory agencies. The head of the division is the securities commissioner, who shall be appointed by the executive director of the department of regulatory agencies, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, in consultation with the securities board. The division of securities and the office of the securities commissioner are type 1 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105. The division of securities is responsible for the administration of articles 51, 53, and 59 of this title 11 and part 7 of article 75 of title 24 and shall perform such other duties as are imposed upon it by law.
Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 734, § 1, effective July 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 2425, § 3, effective June 8. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 327, § 3, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1845, § 9, effective July 1. L. 2022: Entire section amended, (SB 22-162), ch. 469, p. 3391, § 106, effective August 10. L. 2026: Entire section amended, (HB 26-1188), ch. 229, p. 1333, § 10, effective August 12.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 11-51-103 as it existed prior to 1990.
(2) Section 14(2) of chapter 229 (HB 26-1188), Session Laws of Colorado 2026, provides that the act changing this section applies to cease-and-desist orders and summary suspension orders issued on or after August 12, 2026.
Cross references: For the short title (the "Debbie Haskins 'Administrative Organization Act of 1968' Modernization Act") in SB 22-162, see section 1 of chapter 469, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Recent Developments Affecting Securities Litigation in Colorado", see 13 Colo. Law. 1161 (1984).
Applied in Barreras v. People, 636 P.2d 686 (Colo. 1981) (decided under § 11-51-103 as it existed prior to the 1990 repeal and reenactment of this article).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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