Colorado. Statutory Language

Colorado Statute 7-33

COLORADO STATUTE

COLORADO ANTITRUST ACT OF 1992

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§ 6-4-101. Short title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Colorado Antitrust Act of

1992.”

§ 6-4-102. Legislative declaration

The general assembly hereby finds and determines that competition is

fundamental to the free market system and that the unrestrained interaction of

competitive forces will yield the best allocation of our economic resources, the

lowest prices, the highest quality commodities and services, and the greatest material

progress, while at the same time providing an environment conducive to the

preservation of our democratic, political, and social institutions.

§ 6-4-103. Definitions

(1) “Commodity” includes, but is not limited to, any goods, merchandise,

wares, produce, chose in action, land, articles of commerce, or any other tangible or

intangible property, real, personal, or mixed, for use, consumption, production,

enjoyment, or resale.

(2) “Governmental or public entity” means the state and any of its

departments, boards, agencies, instrumentalities, authorities, and commissions and

any political subdivisions, including but not limited to counties, city and counties,

municipalities, school districts, local improvement districts, law enforcement

authorities, water, sanitation, fire protection, metropolitan, irrigation, drainage, or

other special districts, and any other municipal, quasi-municipal, or public

corporation organized pursuant to the constitution or other law, and any of the

political subdivision’s respective departments, boards, agencies, instrumentalities,

authorities, and commissions.

(3) “Person” includes any natural person, any firm, association, organization,

business or other trust, company, corporation, joint venture, partnership,

proprietorship, or other business entity, whether or not for profit, and any

governmental or public entity.

(4) “Service” includes, but is not limited to, any kind of activity performed in

whole or in part for economic or noneconomic benefit.