C.R.S. Section 13-5-123.2
Twenty-third judicial district

  • elections in 2024
  • reports
  • repeal

(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), commencing with the presentation in 2021 and each presentation thereafter to and including the presentation in 2025, at the joint hearings conducted pursuant to the “State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act”, part 2 of article 7 of title 2, the judicial department shall report on its progress toward making the system changes and other steps necessary for the creation of the twenty-third judicial district. Prior to these presentations, the judicial department shall request input from each of the counties in the then-existing eighteenth judicial district and include their input in the presentation.

(b)

For state fiscal years 2020-21 to 2024-25, as part of its annual budget requests to the joint budget committee of the general assembly, the judicial department shall include details about any budget requests related to the preparation for and creation of the twenty-third judicial district.

(c)

At its presentation in 2026, at the joint hearings conducted pursuant to the “State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act”, part 2 of article 7 of title 2, the judicial department shall prepare a final report detailing the entire transition process from the enactment of House Bill 20-1026, enacted in 2020, to the effective date of the creation of the twenty-third judicial district, detailing what aspects went relatively smoothly, what aspects created issues, and any recommendations to the general assembly concerning how any future revision of judicial district lines might be made easier.

(2)

Due to the creation of the twenty-third judicial district in 2025, at the general election in November of 2024:

(a)

A question shall be presented to the electors of Arapahoe county concerning the election of the district attorney for the eighteenth judicial district who will take office in January of 2025;

(b)

A question shall be presented to the electors of the counties of Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln concerning the election of the district attorney for the twenty-third judicial district who will take office in January of 2025; and

(c)

Any district court judge of the eighteenth judicial district who is eligible for retention at the November 2024 election may stand for a retention election from the electors of the eighteenth judicial district.

(3)

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(a)

Effective January 7, 2025, any district court judge who on that date was serving as a district court judge in the eighteenth judicial district and who lives within the boundaries of the new twenty-third judicial district shall, pursuant to section 10 of article VI of the state constitution, complete the term for which the judge was last elected or appointed as a district court judge in the twenty-third judicial district. Such district court judges are eligible for a retention election in the twenty-third judicial district in the same year that they would have been eligible for a retention election in the eighteenth judicial district but for the creation of the twenty-third judicial district.

(b)

On and after January 7, 2025, assignment of judges shall be pursuant to sections 10 and 11 of article VI of the state constitution.

(4)

This section is repealed, effective July 7, 2027.

Source: Section 13-5-123.2 — Twenty-third judicial district - elections in 2024 - reports - repeal, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-13.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

13‑5‑101
Judicial districts and terms 13‑5‑102
First district 13‑5‑103
Second district 13‑5‑104
Third district 13‑5‑105
Fourth district 13‑5‑106
Fifth district 13‑5‑107
Sixth district 13‑5‑108
Seventh district 13‑5‑109
Eighth district 13‑5‑110
Ninth district 13‑5‑111
Tenth district 13‑5‑112
Eleventh district 13‑5‑113
Twelfth district 13‑5‑114
Thirteenth district 13‑5‑115
Fourteenth district 13‑5‑116
Fifteenth district 13‑5‑117
Sixteenth district 13‑5‑118
Seventeenth district 13‑5‑119
Eighteenth district 13‑5‑120
Nineteenth district 13‑5‑121
Twentieth district 13‑5‑122
Twenty-first district 13‑5‑123
Twenty-second district 13‑5‑123.1
Twenty-third district 13‑5‑123.2
Twenty-third judicial district - elections in 2024 - reports - repeal 13‑5‑124
Appointment of clerk and employees 13‑5‑125
Clerks to keep records 13‑5‑126
Duties of bailiff 13‑5‑127
Duties of reporters 13‑5‑128
Compensation of reporter 13‑5‑131
Multiple-judge districts 13‑5‑132
Powers of judges sitting separately 13‑5‑133
Judges may sit en banc - purpose - rules 13‑5‑134
Juries 13‑5‑135
Time limit on judgment 13‑5‑136
Forfeit of salary 13‑5‑138
Appeals to district court 13‑5‑139
Transfer of information from orders for child support and maintenance to child support enforcement agency - payment of support and maintenance 13‑5‑140
Transfer of certain registry functions - cooperation between departments 13‑5‑141
Compilation - sentences received upon conviction of felony 13‑5‑142
National instant criminal background check system - reporting 13‑5‑142.5
National instant criminal background check system - judicial process for awarding relief from federal prohibitions - legislative declaration 13‑5‑142.8
Notice by professional persons 13‑5‑143
Judge as party to a case - recusal of judge upon motion 13‑5‑144
Chief judge - veterans treatment court authority 13‑5‑145
Truancy detention reduction policy - legislative declaration 13‑5‑201
District court magistrates
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 13-5-123.2’s source at colorado​.gov