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Section 1-13-403 - Defacing of petitions other than nominating petitions

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-403

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Current through 11/5/2024 election
Section 1-13-403 - Defacing of petitions other than nominating petitions

Any person who willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, or suppresses a petition; who willfully neglects to file or delays delivery of a petition; who conceals or removes a petition from the possession of the person authorized by law to have custody of it; or who aids, counsels, procures, or assists any person in doing any of the above acts upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.

C.R.S. § 1-13-403

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§ 21, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 95: Entire section added, p. 852, § 84, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1764, § 49, effective July 1.

Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.

2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).