(1) The secretary of state is charged with the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this article relating to initiated or referred measures and state constitutional amendments. The secretary of state shall have the authority to promulgate rules as may be necessary to administer and enforce any provision of this article that relates to initiated or referred measures and state constitutional amendments. The secretary of state may conduct a hearing, upon a written complaint by a registered elector, on any alleged violation of the provisions relating to the circulation of a petition, which may include but shall not be limited to the preparation or signing of an affidavit by a circulator. If the secretary of state, after the hearing, has reasonable cause to believe that there has been a violation of the provisions of this article relating to initiated or referred measures and state constitutional amendments, he or she shall notify the attorney general, who may institute a criminal prosecution. If a circulator is found to have violated any provision of this article or is otherwise shown to have made false or misleading statements relating to his or her section of the petition, such section of the petition shall be deemed void.
(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 95, p. 439, § 22, effective May 8, 1995.)
Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 695, § 1, effective May 4. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 439, § 22, effective May 8.
Editor's note: Subsection (1) is similar to former § 1-40-119 as it existed prior to 1993.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1996–2012 · leading case:
Fabec v. Beck, 922 P.2d 330 (Colo. 1996).
Fabec v. Beck, 922 P.2d 330 (Colo. 1996).
· cites it 26× “The administrative hearing required by section 1-40-132 is inapplicable to general proceedings regarding a Secretary’s sufficiency determination.”
The Indep. Inst. v. Buescher, 718 F. Supp. 2d 1257 (D. Colo. 2010).
· cites it 2× “See Colo. Rev.Stat. § 1-40-132. As a result, Mike-worth testified that the State of Colorado relies on signature gatherers to collect genuine signatures.”
Indep. Inst. v. Gessler, 869 F. Supp. 2d 1289 (D. Colo. 2012).
· cites it 2× “If a complaint is filed with the secretary of state pursuant to section 1-40-132(1) alleging that a petition entity was not licensed when it compensated any circulator, the secretary may use information that the entity is required to produce pursuant to section 1-40-121 and any…”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-132(1) — 2 cases
Fabec v. Beck, 922 P.2d 330 (Colo. 1996).
“The administrative hearing required by section 1-40-132 is inapplicable to general proceedings regarding a Secretary’s sufficiency determination.”
Indep. Inst. v. Gessler, 869 F. Supp. 2d 1289 (D. Colo. 2012).
“If a complaint is filed with the secretary of state pursuant to section 1-40-132(1) alleging that a petition entity was not licensed when it compensated any circulator, the secretary may use information that the entity is required to produce pursuant to section 1-40-121 and any…”
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