{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-43-3-201","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 43-3-201","heading":"Legislative declaration.","body":"The development and improvement of the public highways and roads within the state of Colorado being essential to the well-being and prosperity of the state and the inhabitants thereof, it is declared to be the policy and purpose of the general assembly to provide for such development and improvement by conferring additional powers on the department of transportation as a body corporate under the laws of the state of Colorado.","path":["Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION","Article 3 - Special Highway Construction","Part 2 - TURNPIKES"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-43.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"a3bde9be3f53bb40b51a8cb0f58f3f73b26329f2039d26dba3083f96442000e8","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-43-3-107","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-43-3-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}