Article III, Colorado Constitution

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Article III of the Colorado Constitution is entitled Distribution of Powers. It establishes the three distinct branches of government. It has only one section.

Article III text

Distribution of Powers The powers of the government of this state are divided into three distinct departments,­­the legislative, executive and judicial; and no person or collection of persons charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except as in this constitution expressly directed or permitted.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Lexis Nexis, "Colorado Constitution"
• Constitution of the State of Colorado, as currently amended
• Colorado Experience: Colorado Constitution on Youtube
• List of constitutional amendments since 1912
• Huffington Post, "Colorado Constitution"

Additional reading

• Oesterle, Dale A., and Richard B. Collins (2002). The Colorado State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing.