Article XV. Corporations
Article XV, Section 12. Retrospective laws not to be passed
Constitution of the State of Colorado
Official text
The general assembly shall pass no law for the benefit of a railroad or other corporation, or any individual or association of individuals, retrospective in its operation, or which imposes on the people of any county or municipal subdivision of the state, a new liability in respect to transactions or considerations already past.
Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 70.
Source: Colorado Revised Statutes 2024, Constitution (Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services)
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