Colorado § 1-5-505 - Election expenses to be paid by county - repeal. (Repealed)

§ 1-5-505. Election expenses to be paid by county - repeal. (Repealed)

Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 717, § 8, effective January 1, 1993. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 1389, § 9, effective June 4. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 655, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2023: (3) added by revision, (SB 23-276), ch. 399, pp. 2380, 2399 §§ 17, 57.

Editor's note: (1) Prior to its repeal, this section was similar to former § 1-6-505 as it existed prior to 1992.

(2) Subsection (3) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2024. (See L. 2023, pp. 2380, 2399.)

Cross references: For payment of county expenses, see part 1 of article 25 of title 30.

ANNOTATION

Counties are required under subsection (1) of this section to assume the cost of providing drop-off boxes for mail-in ballots at every polling place on election day in compliance with § 1-8-113 (1)(a), notwithstanding that this increase in service may create additional costs to the county. Subsection (1) and statute requiring state reimbursement to counties for costs associated with an increased level of service, § 29-1-304.5 (1), are in irreconcilable conflict. However, subsection (1), which pertains only to election funding, is more specific than the other statute, which broadly applies its reimbursement requirement to most existing state programs. Although § 29-1-304.5 (1) was adopted after subsection (1), there is no manifest intent that it should prevail in a conflict with the other statute. Rather, the intent of the legislature was to prioritize citizens' access to free and fair elections over convenience or cost savings to counties. Thus, subsection (1) should prevail over § 29-1-304.5 (1), rendering § 29-1-304.5 (1) inapplicable to the requirement that counties provide drop-off boxes for mail-in ballots at every polling place on election day under § 1-8-113 (1)(a). Gessler v. Doty, 2012 COA 4, 272 P.3d 1131.