Colorado § 2-2-311 - Disposition of journals.
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§ 2-2-311. Disposition of journals.
(1) The secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall deliver one copy of each of the published journals to the supreme court library and twenty-two copies to the Colorado state library for delivery to twenty designated Colorado state documents depositories; except that, if the state library supplies microfiche copies of the published journals to the state documents depositories, only four copies of the published journals shall be delivered.
(2) The secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall send a joint written notice to each county clerk and recorder in the state that the published journals are available. If the county clerk and recorder of any county wishes to receive one copy of each of the published journals, he shall so notify the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives, and a copy of each shall be delivered to him. If any county law library in the state requests a copy of each of the published journals from the secretary of the senate and chief clerk of the house of representatives, said copies shall be delivered to such library.
(3) The secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall retain sufficient copies of the published journals for other official uses and for those legislators who request them.
(4) The notification and response required in subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall be in a timely manner such that compliance with the legislative printing contract for senate and house journals can be met.
Source: L. 1899: p. 242, § 2. R.S. 08: § 2908. C.L. § 15. CSA: C. 74, § 15. CRS 53: § 63-2-12. L. 63: p. 275, § 13. C.R.S. 1963: § 63-2-12. L. 71: p. 627, § 1. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 329, § 1, effective March 20.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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