Editor's note: (1) This article was numbered as article 1 of chapter 71, C.R.S. 1963. This article was repealed on revision as obsolete, effective July 1, 1975. For pertinent information concerning this article, see (2) of this note.
(2) The article was repealed and reenacted in 1973 with an effective date of July 1, 1974. (See L. 73, p. 819.) Section 3 of chapter 67, Session Laws of Colorado 1974, changed the effective date of the repeal and reenactment from July 1, 1974, to July 1, 1975. (See L. 74, p. 287.) In compiling C.R.S. 1973, which was not available until 1974, two versions were printed. Article 1 of chapter 71, C.R.S. 1963, was reorganized and renumbered as article 9 of title 27 in the compilation of C.R.S. 1973 and contained the original version of article 1 of chapter 71 found in C.R.S. 1963 in effect until July 1, 1975. The repealed and reenacted version of article 1 of chapter 71, C.R.S. 1963, effective July 1, 1975, was renumbered as article 10 in the compilation of C.R.S. 1973 and replaced article 9. (For the version of article 1 of chapter 71 in effect until July 1, 1975, see article 9 of title 27 in the original volume of C.R.S. 1973, pages 381 through 398.) For a detailed comparison of the former article 9 prior to its repeal by revision in 1975, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.
Cross references: For current provisions concerning care and treatment of persons with mental illness, see article 65 of this title.