Colorado's child welfare system provides a range of services to protect children from abuse and neglect and to assist families in caring for their children.
Gambling is defined in Colorado law as "risking any money, credit, deposit, or other thing of value for gain contingent in whole or in part upon lot, chance, the operation of a gambling device, or the happening outcome of an event, including a sporting event, over which the person taking a risk has no control." In practical terms this is defined more succinctly as: payment, luck, and the receipt of prizes. If one of these criteria is not present, an activity does not meet the definition of gambling.
Automated vehicle identification systems (AVIS), automatically detect a violation of a traffic regulation and simultaneously record a photograph of the vehicle, its operator, and the license plate.
The Colorado Constitution allows voters to decide whether justices and judges stay on the bench after they have been appointed and have had time to establish a judicial record by serving an initial term.
