Colo. Rev. Stat. § 5-9-102
Notwithstanding the repeal and reenactment of articles 2 and 3 of chapter 73, C.R.S. 1963, by this code, all persons licensed or otherwise authorized under the provisions of articles 2 or 3 of chapter 73, C.R.S. 1963, immediately prior to October 1, 1971, are licensed to make supervised loans under this code as it existed prior to the enactment of House Bill 00-1185, as enacted at the second regular session of the sixty-second general assembly, pursuant to the provisions on supervised loans of the article on loans (part 5 of article 3 of this title) in effect on and after October 1, 1971, but before July 1, 2000, and all provisions of said sections apply to the persons so previously licensed or authorized. The administrator may, but is not required to, deliver evidence of licensing to the persons so previously licensed or authorized.
C.R.S. § 5-9-102
OFFICIAL COMMENT
This section provides automatic licensing under Article 3, Part 5 [Section 5-3-501 et seq.] for all lenders previously licensed under the State's licensed lender statutes prior to the effective date. No application or administrative action is required and the formal license under the prior statute, which will be repealed, will be a license under Part 5 of Article 3. The Administrator, at such time as his new duties under the Code permit him an opportunity, may substitute new licenses for those in the lenders' possession, but this is entirely a ministerial act.