Colorado § 12-155-121 - Municipal and county regulations.
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§ 12-155-121. Municipal and county regulations.
(1) Any city, town, county, or city and county of this state may provide for the licensing of plumbing contractors or water conditioning contractors. Contractors who obtain local licensing must also register with the board in accordance with section 12-155-108.
(2) A local government agency shall not promulgate rules or regulations or provide for licenses that would preclude the holder of a valid license or registration issued under this article 155 from practicing the holder's trade.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1007, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-58-115 as it existed prior to 2019.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. The following annotations include a case decided under a former provision similar to this section.
In the prosecution of one for working as a plumber without a license, the contention that as the ordinance applied to helpers and apprentices as well as master plumbers, it was unconstitutional, is overruled, it appearing that it did not so apply. Evans v. City and County of Denver, 79 Colo. 533, 247 P. 173 (1926).
It is no defense that one charged with the violation of city ordinance concerning the licensing of plumbers was acting as the employee of another. Evans v. City and County of Denver, 79 Colo. 533, 247 P. 173 (1926).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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