Colorado § 16-8.5-116.5 - Restoration - time limits - dismissal of charges - exceptions - rules. (Deleted by amendment, L. 2026.)
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§ 16-8.5-116.5. Restoration - time limits - dismissal of charges - exceptions - rules. (Deleted by amendment, L. 2026.)
Source: L. 2026: Entire article amended with relocations, (SB 26-149), ch. 142, § 1, effective May 21; (1), (7), (8), (9), (10), and (12) repealed, (SB 26-149), ch. 142, p. 803, § 65, effective May 21.
Editor's note: (1) Prior to their deletion by amendment in 2026, the provisions of this section were similar to several former provisions of § 16-8.5-116 as they existed prior to 2024. For a detailed comparison of this section, see HB 24-1034, L. 2024, p. 2516.
(2) Subsections (1), (7), (8), (9), (10), and (12) were repealed by section 65 of SB 26-149, effective May 21, 2026. However, those repeals were superseded by the amendment of this entire article 8.5 by section 1 of SB 26-149, effective May 21, 2026.
(3) Subsections (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (13), (14), (15), and (16) were relocated to § 16-8.5-116 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (7), (8), (9), and (10), respectively, in 2026.
(4) Subsection (11) was relocated to § 16-8.5-125 in 2026.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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