We have consistently recognized that “whenever possible a statute should be construed as to obviate or reduce any constitutional infirmities.” People v. Washburn, 197 Colo. 419, 423, 593 P.2d 962, 964 (1979) If possible, we must give effect to every word of an enactment. See Zamarripa v. Q & T Food Stores, Inc., 929 P.2d [...]

Several well established principles of statutory construction guide our interpretation of section 6 1 113. We initially rely on the language of the statute, giving words and phrases their plain and ordinary meaning. See Moody v. Corsentino, 843 P.2d 1355, 1370 (Colo. 1993); People v. Guenther, 740 P.2d 971, 975 (Colo. 1987). We must give [...]