Article IV. Executive Department
Article IV, Section 5. Governor commander-in-chief of militia
Constitution of the State of Colorado
Official text
The governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military forces of the state, except when they shall be called into actual service of the United States. He shall have power to call out the militia to execute the laws, suppress insurrection or repel invasion.
Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 34.
Source: Colorado Revised Statutes 2024, Constitution (Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services)
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