Colorado § 35-65-109 - Authorization of peace officers to preserve order and protect exhibits.
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§ 35-65-109. Authorization of peace officers to preserve order and protect exhibits.
The board of directors or executive committee of any agricultural, horticultural, or stock society of this state is authorized to contract with a city, town, county, or city and county in whose jurisdiction the grounds of said society are located to provide peace officers, as provided in section 16-2.5-101, whose duty it is to preserve order within and around the grounds of said society, to protect the property within said grounds, and to eject all persons who are improperly within the grounds of said society who are guilty of disorderly conduct or who neglect or refuse to pay the fee or observe the rules prescribed by the society. Said peace officers have the same power, during the time said exhibition continues, that a sheriff has by law to keep the peace.
Source: L. 1887: p. 23, § 1. R.S. 08: § 2517. C.L. § 480. CSA: C. 65, § 15. CRS 53: § 54-1-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 54-1-9. L. 64: p. 267, § 160. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 947, § 1, effective April 28. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1621, § 33, effective August 6. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3288, § 666, effective March 1, 2022.
Cross references: For management and control of the state fair and industrial exposition, see § 35-65-105; for enforcement of laws by the Colorado state patrol during or in connection with the state fair and industrial exposition, see § 24-33.5-224.
ANNOTATION
Resolution restricting fairground solicitation to single booth deemed unconstitutional. A state fair and industrial exposition commission's resolution which regulated solicitation on the fairgrounds to a single rented booth constituted an unconstitutional restriction on a religious organization's freedom of religion by prohibiting the right to distribute literature, to solicit donations, and to discuss their religious beliefs with patrons attending the state fair. Int'l Soc'y for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Colo. State Fair & Indus. Exposition Comm'n, 199 Colo. 265, 610 P.2d 486 (1980).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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