Page:Colorado State Constitution (2020).pdf/128

 (b) No person except a bona fide member of any organization may participate in the management or operation of any such game.

(c) No person may receive any remuneration or profit for participating in the management or operation of any such game.

(5) Subsections (2) to (4) of this section are self-enacting, but laws may be enacted supplementary to and in pursuance of, but not contrary to, the provisions thereof.

(6) The enforcement of this section shall be under such official or department of government of the state of Colorado as the general assembly shall provide.

(7) Any provision of this constitution to the contrary notwithstanding, the general assembly may establish a state-supervised lottery. Unless otherwise provided by statute, all proceeds from the lottery, after deduction of prizes and expenses, shall be allocated to the conservation trust fund of the state for distribution to municipalities and counties for park, recreation, and open space purposes.

Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p.73. Initiated 58: Entire section amended, see L. 59, p. 867. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1676, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 81, p. 2054, December 19, 1980.

Cross references: For statutory provisions implementing a state-supervised lottery, including lotto, see part 2 of article 35 of title 24; for allocation of proceeds from the state-supervised lottery, see article XXVII.

Section 3.Arbitration laws. It shall be the duty of the general assembly to pass such laws as may be necessary and proper to decide differences by arbitrators, to be appointed by mutual agreement of the parties to any controversy who may choose that mode of adjustment. The powers and duties of such arbitrators shall be as prescribed by law.

Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 73.

Section 4.Felony defined. The term felony, wherever it may occur in this constitution, or the laws of the state, shall be construed to mean any criminal offense punishable by death or imprisonment in the penitentiary, and none other.

Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 73.

Cross references: For classification of felonies, see § 18-1.3-401.

Source: L. 2008: Section 5.Spurious and drugged liquors - laws concerning, repealed in its entirety, p. 3112, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 2009, p. 3384, January 8, 2009.

Section 6.Preservation of forests. The general assembly shall enact laws in order to prevent the destruction of, and to keep in good preservation, the forests upon the lands of the state, or upon lands of the public domain, the control of which shall be conferred by congress upon the state. Colorado Revised Statutes 2020