Colorado § 2-3-703 - Revision - editorial work.
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§ 2-3-703. Revision - editorial work.
In the course of collating, compiling, editing, arranging, and preparing such statutes, the revisor, with the approval of the committee, shall adopt a uniform system of punctuation, capitalization, numbering, and wording; eliminate all obsolete and redundant words; correct obvious errors and inconsistencies; eliminate duplications and laws repealed directly or by implication; correct defective section structure in arrangement of the subject matter of existing statutes; and clarify existing laws and such other similar matter as the committee directs. The foregoing duties shall be performed in such form and manner as to preserve the intent, effect, and meaning of any and every such statute revised.
Source: L. 69: p. 466, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 63-3-13.
Cross references: For preparation of Colorado Revised Statutes, see § 2-5-103; for legislative construction not based on editorial matters, see § 2-5-113 (4).
ANNOTATION
There is no substantive significance to the revisor's bifurcation of a section into two separate subsections. People v. North Ave. Furn. & Appliance, Inc., 645 P.2d 1291 (Colo. 1982).
Applied in People v. Owens, 670 P.2d 1233 (Colo. 1983).
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Section 2-3-703 ("Revision - editorial work.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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