Article XXVI, Colorado Constitution

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Article XXVI of the Colorado Constitution is entitled Nuclear Detonations. Colorado Issue 10 (1974), which was approved on November 5, 1974.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: Nuclear Detonations Prohibited ­Exceptions No nuclear explosive device may be detonated or placed in the ground for the purpose of detonation in this state except in accordance with this article.

Amendments

• Colorado Issue 10 (1974), which was approved on November 5, 1974.

Section 2

Text of Section 2: Election Required Before the emplacement of any nuclear explosive device in the ground in this state, the detonation of that device shall first have been approved by the voters through enactment of an initiated or referred measure authorizing that detonation, such measure having been ordered, proposed, submitted to the voters, and approved as provided in section 1 of article V of this constitution.

Amendments

• Colorado Issue 10 (1974), which was approved on November 5, 1974.

Section 3

Text of Section 3: Certification of Indemnification Required Before the detonation or emplacement for the purpose of detonation of any nuclear explosive device, a competent state official or agency designated by the governor shall first have certified that sufficient and secure financial resources exist in the form of applicable insurance, self­insurance, indemnity bonds, indemnification agreements, or otherwise, without utilizing state funds, to compensate in full all parties that might foreseeably suffer damage to person or property from ground motion, ionizing radiation, other pollution, or other hazard attributable to such detonation. Damage is attributable to such detonation without regard to negligence and without regard to any concurrent or intervening cause.

Amendments

• Colorado Issue 10 (1974), which was approved on November 5, 1974.

Section 4

	Text of Section 4: Article Self­-executing This article shall be in all respects self­ executing; but, the general assembly may by law provide for its more effective enforcement and may by law also impose additional restrictions or conditions upon the emplacement or detonation of any nuclear explosive device.

Amendments

• Colorado Issue 10 (1974), which was approved on November 5, 1974.

Section 5

	Text of Section 5: Severability If any provision of this article, or its application in any particular case, is held invalid, the remainder of the article and its application in all other cases shall remain unimpaired.

Amendments

• Colorado Issue 10 (1974), which was approved on November 5, 1974.

See also

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• 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 (timed out)
• 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.