HB 17-1025

House Bill 17-1025 is a law that removes old rules about how Colorado’s state senate and house districts were drawn by the legislature. These laws are no longer needed because in 1974, voters created a new commission to handle redistricting instead of the general assembly. The bill also gets rid of specific changes made to certain districts in 1998 to comply with voting rights laws. By removing these outdated rules, the law helps clean up Colorado’s legal code by eliminating over 20,000 words. Since it has been signed into law, these old district-drawing rules are no longer part of Colorado's statutes and have been officially removed.

Official Summary

Statutory Revision Committee. The general assembly formerly drew the boundaries of state senate and house of representative districts but was divested of this power upon the creation, via a ballot initiative in the 1974 general election, of the Colorado reapportionment commission. The bill repeals obsolete laws pertaining to: Districts drawn by the general assembly following the 1970 federal census; and The 6 house of representatives districts that were redrawn by the general assembly in 1998 to achieve compliance with the 'Voting Rights Act of 1965' following Sanchez v. State of Colorado, 97 F.3d 1303 (10th Cir. 1996) (cert. denied May 19, 1997). The repeal effected by the bill results in the removal of over 20,000 words from the Colorado Revised Statutes. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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