by Jennifer G. Gilroy, Revisor of Statutes

Colorado’s laws will continue to be published in the familiar red books, but soon you will also be able to download the Colorado Revised Statutes in a digital format compatible with your electronic reader, tablet, or other handheld electronic device. This past September, the General Assembly’s ten-member Committee on Legal Services carefully considered each aspect of the four bids it received as a result of a request for proposals to publish Colorado’s law issued earlier in the summer. The competitive bid process, required by state law and the Colorado constitution, must occur at least once every ten years, and the last time the publications contract was put to bid was in 2001. Consider how significantly the world of publishing has changed in the last decade. (more…)