HB23-1301 Summary

• Performs nonsubstantive revisions to Colorado Revised Statutes to preserve legislative intent, effect, and meaning by correcting errors, updating obsolete cross-references, and removing inoperative provisions

• Repeals federal regulatory references that were themselves repealed (12 CFR 227.14 and 12 CFR 535.5), updates NAIC definitions from four to five U.S. territories, and corrects numerous cross-references to reflect prior legislative changes

• Removes obsolete provisions including repeal of cooperative health-care agreement text (part 5, article 1 of title 25.5), obsolete fund transfer requirements with expired dates, and repealed statutory provisions

• Corrects grammatical errors, clarifies ambiguous terminology (e.g., "they" to "NPATCH"), updates organizational terminology to conform with recent statutory reorganizations, and standardizes formatting to follow statutory conventions

• Updates federal regulatory citations to reflect replacements (49 CFR 659 replaced with 49 CFR 674 for rail safety oversight) and clarifies department references (e.g., "department of health" to "department of public health and environment")