Colorado § 2-2-504 - Holdover senators keep office - vacancies.
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§ 2-2-504. Holdover senators keep office - vacancies.
(1) Nothing in this part 5 or in any redistricting plan removes any senator from his or her office for the term for which the senator was elected, and each such senator shall serve the term for which he or she was elected.
(2) If any senator elected at a general election in a year ending in 0 vacates his or her seat prior to the convening of the regular legislative session in the next year ending in 3, such vacancy must be filled from the district from which the senator was elected in accordance with section 1-12-203. If such vacancy occurs more than fifty-five days before the general election in the next year ending in 2, there must be an election at the general election in that year ending in 2 for the remainder of such senator's term from the senatorial district created by the legislative commission. Nomination of candidates at such election must be in accordance with article 4 of title 1.
(3) If any senator elected at a general election in a year ending in 0 vacates his or her seat on or after the convening of the regular legislative session in the next year ending in 3, such vacancy must be filled from the senatorial district created by the legislative commission in accordance with section 1-12-203.
Source: L. 81: Entire part added, p. 333, § 1, effective June 19. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 323, § 2, effective June 9. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1385, § 3, effective May 30. L. 2010: (2) and (3) amended, (HB 10-1210), ch. 352, p. 1634, § 3, effective August 11. L. 2020: Entire section amended, (SB 20-186), ch. 272, p. 1325, § 3, effective July 11.
ANNOTATION
Constitutionality not affected by intervening vacancy election. The constitutionality of holdover representation is not altered in any significant way by the occurrence of an intervening vacancy election. Kallenberger v. Buchanan, 649 P.2d 314 (Colo. 1982).
Applied in In re Reapportionment of Colo. Gen. Ass'y, 647 P.2d 191 (Colo. 1982).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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