C.R.S. § 24-21-525 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 21 / Part 5 / Section 24-21-525
24-21-525. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

24-21-525. Prohibited acts. (1) A commission as a notary public does not authorize an individual to:

(a) Assist persons in drafting legal records, give legal advice, or otherwise practice law;

(b) Act as an immigration consultant or an expert on immigration matters;

(c) Represent a person in a judicial or administrative proceeding relating to immigration to the United States, United States citizenship, or related matters; or

(d) Receive compensation for performing any of the activities listed in this subsection (1).

(2) A notary public shall not engage in false or deceptive advertising.

(3) A notary public, other than an attorney licensed to practice law in this state, shall not use the term "notario" or "notario publico".

(4) A notary public, other than an attorney licensed to practice law in this state, shall not advertise or represent that the notary public may assist persons in drafting legal records, give legal advice, or otherwise practice law. If a notary public who is not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state in any manner advertises or represents that the notary public offers notarial services, whether orally or in a record, including broadcast media, print media, and the internet, the notary public shall include the following statement, or an alternate statement authorized or required by the secretary of state, in the advertisement or representation, prominently and in each language used in the advertisement or representation: "I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Colorado and I may not give legal advice or accept fees for legal advice. I am not an immigration consultant, nor am I an expert on immigration matters. If you suspect fraud, you may contact the Colorado attorney general's office or the Colorado supreme court." If the form of advertisement or representation is not broadcast media, print media, or the internet and does not permit inclusion of the statement required by this subsection (4) because of size, it must be displayed prominently or provided at the place of performance of the notarial act before the notarial act is performed.

(5) A notary public, other than an attorney licensed to practice law in this state, shall not engage in conduct that constitutes a deceptive trade practice pursuant to section 6-1-727.

(6) Except as otherwise allowed by law, a notary public shall not withhold access to or possession of an original record provided by a person that seeks performance of a notarial act by the notary public.

(7) A notary public shall not perform any notarial act with respect to a record that is blank or that contains unfilled blanks in its text.
C.R.S. § 24-72-108 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 72 / Part 1 / Section 24-72-108
24-72-108. Jurisdiction of courts to make inquiry
Status: in_force

24-72-108. Jurisdiction of courts to make inquiry. In case of such destruction of records as provided for in sections 24-72-101 to 24-72-107, the district court having jurisdiction has power to inquire into the condition of any title to or interest in any land in such county and to make all such orders, judgments, and decrees as are necessary to determine and establish said title or interest, legal or equitable, against all persons, known or unknown, and all liens existing on such lands, whether by statute, judgment, mortgage, deed of trust, or otherwise.
C.R.S. § 24-75-902 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 75 / Part 9 / Section 24-75-902
24-75-902. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

24-75-902. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, since the state currently experiences and may hereafter experience fluctuations in revenues and expenditures and temporary cash flow deficits resulting in the temporary inability to pay proper expenses from currently budgeted and appropriated revenues of its various funds and since the state must maintain its reputation for timely payment to its creditors and suppliers, this part 9 is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
C.R.S. § 24-75-215 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 75 / Part 2 / Section 24-75-215
24-75-215. Transfers to highway users tax fund
Status: repealed

24-75-215. Transfers to highway users tax fund. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-1207 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 12 / Section 24-33.5-1207
24-33.5-1207. Firefighter, hazardous materials responder, and prescribed fire training and cer
Status: in_force

24-33.5-1207. Firefighter, hazardous materials responder, and prescribed fire training and certification fund - created. (1) All moneys received by the director pursuant to the coordination and administration of the firefighter, hazardous materials responder, and prescribed fire training and certification programs and all interest earned on the moneys shall be deposited in the state treasury in the firefighter, hazardous materials responder, and prescribed fire training and certification fund, which fund is hereby created, and the moneys shall be used, subject to annual appropriations by the general assembly, for the purposes set forth in this part 12 and shall not be deposited in or transferred to the general fund of the state of Colorado or any other fund.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2011, (SB 11-251), ch. 240, p. 1050, § 13, effective June 30, 2011.)
C.R.S. § 24-104-206 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 104 / Part 2 / Section 24-104-206
24-104-206. Ownership considerations
Status: in_force

24-104-206. Ownership considerations. When feasible, specifications shall incorporate the concepts of energy efficiency, value analysis, and life-cycle cost.
C.R.S. § 24-32-3704 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 32 / Part 37 / Section 24-32-3704
24-32-3704. Regional housing needs assessments
Status: in_force

24-32-3704. Regional housing needs assessments. (1) A regional entity may conduct and publish a regional housing needs assessment that conforms to the methodology for conducting regional housing needs assessments developed by the director pursuant to section 24-32-3702 (1)(c) for the territory covered by the master plan of any local government in the region.

(2) Upon conducting a regional housing needs assessment pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, a regional entity shall provide the regional housing needs assessment to each local government included in the region. Within sixty days of receiving the regional housing needs assessment, a local government's governing body shall review the assessment at a public meeting and shall submit comments to the regional entity.

(3) Within sixty days of receiving the local governments' comments on the regional housing needs assessment pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, a regional entity shall submit the housing needs assessment along with the comments of each local government to the department. The department shall not accept a housing needs assessment from a regional entity that does not include the elements listed in section 24-32-3702 (1)(c)(I) through (VI) and demonstrate consideration of the baseline components listed in section 24-32-3702 (2). The department shall notify a regional entity if it does not accept an assessment. The department shall post the housing needs assessment on its website after accepting the assessment.
C.R.S. § 24-1-127 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-127
24-1-127. Department of military and veterans affairs - creation
Status: repealed

24-1-127. Department of military and veterans affairs - creation. (1) There is hereby created a department of military and veterans affairs, the head of which shall be the adjutant general who shall be appointed by the governor pursuant to law.

(2) The office of the adjutant general, created in part 1 of article 3 of title 28, is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of military and veterans affairs.

(3) The department of military and veterans affairs consists of the following divisions:

(a) The Colorado National Guard, created in part 2 of article 3 of title 28. The Colorado National Guard is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of military and veterans affairs.

(b) The Colorado division of civil air patrol, created in article 1 of title 28. The Colorado division of civil air patrol is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of military and veterans affairs.

(c) Repealed.

(d) The Colorado state defense force, when organized by the governor pursuant to article 4 of title 28. If organized, the Colorado state defense force is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of military and veterans affairs.

(e) Repealed.

(f) The division of veterans affairs, created in part 7 of article 5 of title 28. The division of veterans affairs is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of military and veterans affairs.

(g) The Colorado board of veterans affairs, created in section 28-5-702. The Colorado board of veterans affairs is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of military and veterans affairs.
C.R.S. § 24-105-101 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 105 / Part 1 / Section 24-105-101
24-105-101. Responsibility for selection of methods of construction contracting management
Status: in_force

24-105-101. Responsibility for selection of methods of construction contracting management. The executive director may promulgate rules providing for as many alternative methods of construction contracting management as he or she may determine to be feasible. These rules may set forth criteria to be used in determining which method of construction contracting management is to be used for a particular project, grant to the head of a division within the department or the procurement official who is responsible for carrying out the construction project the discretion to select the appropriate method of construction contracting management for a particular project, and require the procurement agent to execute and include in the contract file a written statement setting forth the facts which led to the selection of a particular method of construction contracting management for each project.
C.R.S. § 24-75-303 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 75 / Part 3 / Section 24-75-303
24-75-303. Appropriation for capital construction
Status: in_force

24-75-303. Appropriation for capital construction. (1) The general assembly shall make a capital construction appropriation in such form, in such amounts, and from such funds as it deems necessary and may appropriate either for construction or for planning of any project.

(2) No capital construction appropriation may be made to or expended by any state agency or state institution of higher education that has not complied with the requirements of section 24-30-1303.5, with respect to preparation and maintenance of a state inventory of real property.

(2.5) No capital construction appropriation may be made to or expended by any state agency or state institution of higher education that has not received approval of a facility management plan for a vacant facility controlled by the state agency or state institution of higher education pursuant to section 24-30-1303.5, unless the capital development committee exempts the state agency or state institution of higher education from the provisions of section 24-30-1303.5 (3.5)(f).

(3) A capital construction project for a state institution of higher education that is expected to be paid from cash funds or other nonstate moneys held by the institution must be commenced pursuant to section 23-1-106, C.R.S.

(3.5) If a capital construction project for a state institution of higher education is to be completed using a combination of capital construction appropriations pursuant to this section and cash funds or other nonstate moneys held by the institution, the institution may, at any time prior to or after receiving the cash funds or other nonstate moneys, earn the moneys appropriated from the state capital construction fund. For any project funded in part by capital construction appropriations pursuant to this section, if there are cash funds or other nonstate moneys remaining after the project is completed, the institution shall refund moneys to the state capital construction fund in proportion to the amount of state capital construction moneys appropriated for the project.

(4) All contracts required as the result of a capital construction appropriation shall be entered into in accordance with section 24-30-1404 (7).

(5) (a) Except for an appropriation for a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation payment, except as provided in subsection (5)(b) of this section, and unless otherwise noted in a footnote in an appropriation act, an appropriation for a capital construction budget item or an information technology capital project, including capital construction, controlled maintenance, or capital renewal projects, as such terms are defined in section 24-30-1301, included in:

(I) The annual general appropriation act is available for expenditure upon enactment of the act and remains available for expenditure or encumbrance for three full fiscal years commencing with the fiscal year for which the annual general appropriation act is enacted, or until the project is completed, whichever is first; and

(II) A supplemental appropriation act authorized or required by section 2-3-208, 24-37-304, 24-75-111 (5), or 24-75-111.5 (5) is available for expenditure upon enactment of the supplemental appropriation act and remains available for expenditure or encumbrance for three full fiscal years commencing with the fiscal year during which the supplemental appropriation act was enacted, or until the project is completed, whichever is first; except that expenditures and nonmonetary adjustments allowed under section 24-75-111 or 24-75-111.5 are available for expenditure as specified in such sections.

(b) If a portion of an appropriation for a capital construction budget item or an information technology capital project, including capital construction, controlled maintenance, or capital renewal projects, is not expended in the first fiscal year, then the appropriation does not remain available for expenditure or encumbrance as described in subsection (5)(a) of this section.

(c) Any unexpended and unencumbered money remaining after the periods set forth in subsection (5)(a) of this section reverts to the fund from which it was appropriated.
C.R.S. § 24-54.3-105 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 54.3 / Section 24-54.3-105
24-54.3-105. Reports to the governor and general assembly
Status: repealed

24-54.3-105. Reports to the governor and general assembly. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-51-315 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 51 / Part 3 / Section 24-51-315
24-51-315. Termination of affiliation - reserves requirement
Status: in_force

24-51-315. Termination of affiliation - reserves requirement. (1) The board has the authority to determine the amount of reserves required as of the effective date of termination of affiliation to:

(a) Maintain current benefits payable by the association to benefit recipients and to preserve the vested rights of inactive members; and

(b) Fully fund the liability for benefits payable by the association from the health care trust fund created by section 24-51-1201(1) to current and future benefit recipients pursuant to part 12 of this article 51.

(2) The amount of reserves required under subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b) of this section shall be determined by the board utilizing certified actuarial reports prepared by the actuary. The actuarial study shall be conducted using assumptions approved by the board. The actuarial report shall also certify that the termination of affiliation shall not have an adverse financial impact on the actuarial soundness of the local government division trust fund. If the actuary determines, in accordance with accepted actuarial principles, that the termination of affiliation shall have an adverse financial impact on the actuarial soundness of the local government division trust fund, the applicant shall not be permitted to terminate affiliation. On the effective date of termination of affiliation, the actuarial reports prepared pursuant to this subsection (2) shall be updated to finalize the amount of reserves required for the purposes specified in this subsection (2). The employer making the application and the employees of such employer who are members shall not be required to make any contributions to the association subsequent to the effective date of termination.

(3) The expenses incurred by the board for the actuarial reports prepared as a result of an application for termination of affiliation shall be paid by the employer making such application.

(4) The board shall provide any information contained in such actuarial reports upon request of the employer making the application for termination of affiliation.

(5) The discount rate used for determining the amount of reserves in subsection (1) of this section shall be the actuarial investment assumption rate as set by the board pursuant to sections 24-51-101 (2) and 24-51-204 (5) minus two hundred basis points.

(6) Determinations made by the board in this section and sections 24-51-313 and 24-51-316 shall be appealed through the administrative review procedures set forth in the board rules. Such final decision by the board shall be subject only to review by proper court action.
C.R.S. § 24-71.3-108 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 71.3 / Section 24-71.3-108
24-71.3-108. Provision of information in writing - presentation of records
Status: in_force

24-71.3-108. Provision of information in writing - presentation of records. (1) If parties have agreed to conduct a transaction by electronic means and a law requires a person to provide, send, or deliver information in writing to another person, the requirement is satisfied if the information is provided, sent, or delivered, as the case may be, in an electronic record capable of retention by the recipient at the time of receipt. An electronic record is not capable of retention by the recipient if the sender or its information processing system inhibits the ability of the recipient to print or store the electronic record.

(2) If a law other than this article requires a record to be posted or displayed in a certain manner, to be sent, communicated, or transmitted by a specified method, or to contain information that is formatted in a certain manner, the following rules apply:

(a) The record must be posted or displayed in the manner specified in the other law.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of this section, the record must be sent, communicated, or transmitted by the method specified in the other law.

(c) The record must contain the information formatted in the manner specified in the other law.

(3) If a sender inhibits the ability of a recipient to store or print an electronic record, the electronic record is not enforceable against the recipient.

(4) The requirements of this section may not be varied by agreement, but:

(a) To the extent a law other than this article requires information to be provided, sent, or delivered in writing but permits that requirement to be varied by agreement, the requirement under subsection (1) of this section that the information be in the form of an electronic record capable of retention may also be varied by agreement; and

(b) A requirement under a law other than this article to send, communicate, or transmit a record by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or regular United States mail may be varied by agreement to the extent permitted by the other law.
C.R.S. § 24-76.7-101 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 76.7 / Section 24-76.7-101
24-76.7-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

24-76.7-101. Definitions. As used in this article 76.7, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Governmental entity" means the state, any unit of local government, a county sheriff, or any agency, officer, employee, or agent thereof.

(2) "Immigration detention agreement" means any contract, including but not limited to an intergovernmental service agreement, or portion thereof for payment to a governmental entity to detain individuals for federal civil immigration purposes. For a contract or intergovernmental service agreement that is only in part for the detention of individuals for federal immigration officials, this term only applies to the civil immigration detention portion of the contract.

(3) "Immigration detention facility" means any building, facility, or structure used, in whole or in part, to house or detain individuals for federal immigration officials.
C.R.S. § 24-44-102 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 44 / Section 24-44-102
24-44-102. Establishment of commission
Status: in_force

24-44-102. Establishment of commission. There is hereby established in the office of the lieutenant governor the Colorado commission of Indian affairs, referred to in this article as the "commission".
C.R.S. § 24-19.5-103 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 19.5 / Section 24-19.5-103
24-19.5-103. Limitations on convenience fees for the use of alternative forms of payment
Status: in_force

24-19.5-103. Limitations on convenience fees for the use of alternative forms of payment.

(1) and (2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, p. 1441, § 1, effective April 29, 2003.)

(3) A state governmental entity may impose a convenience fee on persons who use alternative forms of payment, but the amount of any convenience fee imposed on or after April 29, 2003, shall not exceed the actual additional cost incurred by the state governmental agency to process the transaction by alternative form of payment. Any convenience fee on a transaction involving an alternative form of payment shall be imposed in accordance with the master agreement negotiated by the state treasurer and the rules of the alternative payment provider.
C.R.S. § 24-21-606 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 21 / Part 6 / Section 24-21-606
24-21-606. Fees - department of state cash fund
Status: in_force

24-21-606. Fees - department of state cash fund. (1) All fees collected by the licensing authority pursuant to this part 6 shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit them to the department of state cash fund created in section 24-21-104 (3)(b), also referred to in this section as the "fund". The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly for the purposes of financing the licensing and enforcement activities of the secretary of state as specified in this part 6.

(2) (a) Fees authorized by this part 6 shall be established by the licensing authority, in consultation with the board, in amounts sufficient to ensure that the total revenue generated by the collection of such fees approximates the direct and indirect costs incurred by the licensing authority in carrying out its duties under this part 6. The amounts of all fees shall be reviewed annually. The licensing authority shall furnish to the board both an annual and a quarterly accounting of all fee and fine revenues received and expenditures made pursuant to this part 6, together with a list of all fees in effect.

(b) The cost of implementing the electronic application and report filing system required by section 24-21-605 (1)(c), including the cost of promulgating any new or amended rules for use of the system, shall be recovered through a temporary fee increase or surcharge assessed on licensees during the first five years of operation of the system. The licensing authority shall establish the temporary fee or surcharge on a sliding or graduated scale, based on the quarterly gross receipts of each licensee that is required to file quarterly reports or pay fees under section 24-21-621 (4) or 24-21-622 (6)(b), and in an amount sufficient to recover all of such costs within the five-year period.

(3) All fines assessed pursuant to this part 6 shall be paid to the state treasurer who shall credit the same to the general fund of the state.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-404 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 4 / Section 24-33.5-404
24-33.5-404. Duties of the director
Status: in_force

24-33.5-404. Duties of the director. The director shall be the chief administrative officer of the bureau and shall also be an agent. He shall supervise and direct the administration and all other activities of the bureau. The director shall prescribe rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the operation of the bureau and the conduct of its personnel and the distribution and performance of their duties.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-405 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 4 / Section 24-33.5-405
24-33.5-405. Deputy director - appointment
Status: in_force

24-33.5-405. Deputy director - appointment. Subject to the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, the director may appoint a deputy director, whose qualifications shall be the same as those for an agent.
C.R.S. § 24-72-707 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 72 / Part 7 / Section 24-72-707
24-72-707. Sealing of criminal conviction records information for offenses committed by vic
Status: in_force

24-72-707. Sealing of criminal conviction records information for offenses committed by victims of human trafficking. (1) Sealing of conviction records. At any time after conviction, a defendant may file a motion in the case in which any conviction records exist pertaining to the defendant's conviction for any misdemeanor offense or municipal code or ordinance violation, excluding any offense of a crime as defined in section 24-4.1-302 (1).

(1.5) A person charged with or convicted of prostitution, as described in section 18-7-201, or any corresponding municipal code or ordinance, which offense was committed as a direct result of being a victim of human trafficking, as defined in section 18-7-201.3 (4) , may file a motion with the court for a sealing of the person's records.

(2) A defendant moving to have his or her criminal records sealed pursuant to this section is not required to pay a processing fee.

(3) The court shall order the records sealed after:

(a) The petition is filed; and

(b) The defendant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that, at the time the defendant committed the offense, the defendant had been trafficked by another person, as described in section 18-3-503 or 18-3-504, for the purpose of performing the offense. Official documentation from a federal, state, local, or tribal government agency indicating that the defendant was a victim of human trafficking at the time of the offense creates a presumption that the defendant's participation in the offense was the direct result of being a victim of human trafficking.
C.R.S. § 24-35-103 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 35 / Part 1 / Section 24-35-103
24-35-103. Powers of executive director - deputies
Status: repealed

24-35-103. Powers of executive director - deputies. (1) In addition to the divisions specified in section 24-1-117 (4), the executive director of the department of revenue, subject to the approval of the governor, may create such groups, divisions, or subordinate departments within the department of revenue as he or she deems necessary for the proper and efficient functioning of said department, and, when established, may appoint, subject to the approval of the governor, all heads of groups, divisions, and subordinate departments. All such appointments shall be from an eligible list prepared by the state personnel director. If there is no eligible list for the position to be filled, the state personnel director shall forthwith issue to the appointee named by the executive director a provisional appointment, which shall remain in effect until examination is had and such eligible list established, but in no event for a longer period than six months.

(2) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), the executive director of the department of revenue, with the written approval of the governor, may combine existing groups, divisions, or subordinate departments or reduce the personnel in any group, division, or subordinate department or combined groups, divisions, or subordinate departments or in the department of revenue as a whole, in which case all employees so losing their positions for such reason, in the order of their seniority, shall be placed at the head of the eligible list of like qualifications and duties by the state personnel director. If such employee is a provisional employee, the employee shall not be placed at the head of any such list unless the employee has passed the regular examination of the state personnel system for such position and then only if his or her grade in such examination entitles such person to such position on said eligible list.

(b) The executive director of the department of revenue shall not combine or eliminate the divisions specified in section 24-1-117 (4)(a) unless specifically authorized by law.

(3) Repealed.

(4) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, upon approval by the appropriate examination, registration, or licensing board or commission, the executive director of the department of revenue may change the annual renewal date of any license, registration, or certificate issued by such board or commission in order to ensure that approximately the same number of licenses, registrations, or certificates are scheduled for renewal each month of the year. When an annual renewal date is changed or established pursuant to this subsection (4), the fee for such renewal shall be prorated accordingly, and in no case shall fees for an annual license, registration, or certificate be charged for a period in excess of twenty-four months until July 1, 2005, or, after July 1, 2005, a period in excess of twelve months.

(b) This subsection (4) shall not be construed to prohibit the issuance of a license, registration, or certificate for more than twelve months if such authority is granted by statute.
C.R.S. § 24-51-801 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 51 / Part 8 / Section 24-51-801
24-51-801. Benefit options
Status: repealed

24-51-801. Benefit options. (1) Any member applying for service retirement or disability retirement may elect to receive a monthly retirement benefit paid in accordance with any one of the following options:

(a) Option 1. A single life benefit payable for the life of the retiree and, upon the death of the retiree, the benefit ends. If, upon the death of the retiree, the total amount of benefits that have been paid to the retiree does not exceed the amount of moneys credited to the member contribution account, an amount equal to twice the amount of any remaining moneys shall be paid to the named beneficiary of the retiree or, if no named beneficiary exists, to the estate of the retiree.

(b) Option 2. A joint life benefit payable for the life of the retiree and, upon the death of the retiree, one-half of the benefit becomes payable to the cobeneficiary of said retiree for life. Upon the death of the cobeneficiary prior to the death of the retiree, an option 1 benefit shall become payable to the retiree. If, upon the death of both the retiree and the cobeneficiary, the total amount of benefits that have been paid to them does not exceed the amount of moneys credited to the member contribution account, an amount equal to twice the amount of any remaining moneys shall be paid to the named beneficiary of the retiree or, if no named beneficiary exists, to the estate of the person who survived the death of the other.

(c) Option 3. A joint life benefit payable for the life of the retiree and, upon the death of the retiree, the same benefit becomes payable to the cobeneficiary of the retiree for life. Upon the death of the cobeneficiary prior to the death of the retiree, an option 1 benefit shall become payable to the retiree. If, upon the death of both the retiree and the cobeneficiary, the total amount of benefits that have been paid to them does not exceed the amount of moneys credited to the member contribution account, an amount equal to twice the amount of any remaining moneys shall be paid to the named beneficiary of the retiree or, if no named beneficiary exists, to the estate of the person who survived the death of the other.

(d) Repealed.

(2) Options 2 and 3 shall be the actuarial equivalent of option 1.

(3) If an option is not elected by a member prior to the effective date of retirement, the member shall be deemed to have elected option 1.

(4) Benefits calculated pursuant to part 17 of this article shall be subject to the benefit payment options provided in sections 24-51-1716 to 24-51-1725.

(5) (a) Upon the termination of a supplemental needs trust due to the death of the beneficiary of such trust prior to the death of the retiree, an option 1 benefit becomes payable to the retiree.

(b) If a supplemental needs trust is determined to be invalid or is terminated during the life of the retiree, the beneficiary that was named in the trust is the cobeneficiary.

(c) If a supplemental needs trust is not established before or within ninety days after the death of the retiree, is determined to be invalid, or is terminated on or after the death of the retiree, the beneficiary that was named in the trust is the cobeneficiary.
C.R.S. § 24-32-1605 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 32 / Part 16 / Section 24-32-1605
24-32-1605. Allocations to state issuing authorities
Status: repealed

24-32-1605. Allocations to state issuing authorities. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-75-211 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 75 / Part 2 / Section 24-75-211
24-75-211. Augmentation of the general fund through transfers of certain moneys to meet cas
Status: repealed

24-75-211. Augmentation of the general fund through transfers of certain moneys to meet cash flow needs and prevent a deficit - restoration of funds - suspension and resumption of transfers to the highway users tax fund - fiscal emergency fund. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-2-101 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 2 / Section 24-2-101
24-2-101. Application
Status: in_force

24-2-101. Application. The provisions of this article, parts 2 and 11 of article 30, and articles 31, 35, and 36 of this title shall not be construed to apply to the judiciary nor the legislature, except when expressly specified.
C.R.S. § 24-46-202 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 46 / Part 2 / Section 24-46-202
24-46-202. Venture capital authority - board - staffing fund - bonds - enterprise fund - di
Status: in_force

24-46-202. Venture capital authority - board - staffing fund - bonds - enterprise fund - distribution of proceeds. (1) (a) There is hereby created as a special purpose authority, as defined in section 24-77-102 (15), the venture capital authority. The authority shall be a body corporate, a political subdivision of the state, and a public instrumentality, and its exercise of the powers conferred by this part 2 shall be deemed and held to be the performance of an essential public function; except that the authority shall not be an agency of state government and shall not be subject to administrative direction by any department, commission, board, or agency of the state. The authority shall constitute an enterprise for the purposes of section 20 of article X of the state constitution so long as it retains the authority to issue revenue bonds and receives less than ten percent of its total annual revenues in grants, as defined in section 24-77-102 (7), from all Colorado state and local governments combined. The authority shall not be a district for purposes of section 20 of article X of the state constitution.

(b) (I) The governing body of the authority is a board of directors consisting of nine members, of whom five shall be appointed by the governor, two shall be appointed by the president of the senate, and two shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. Board members must be residents of this state. Board members must have experience in venture capital, investment banking, institutional investment, fund management, or banking. A board member shall not have a business relationship with a current or proposed fund manager in the previous three years or for at least three years after an allocation of certified capital. Each member shall serve until a successor has been appointed. Any member is eligible for reappointment. The person making the original appointment shall fill any vacancy by appointment for the remainder of an unexpired term.

(II) The members of the board shall serve four-year terms; except that the terms shall be staggered so that no more than four members' terms expire in the same year. The terms expire on May 5 of each year.

(c) Any member of the board may be removed by the governor for misfeasance, malfeasance, willful neglect of duty, or other cause, after notice and a public hearing, unless the notice and hearing have been expressly waived in writing.

(d) (I) The board of directors of the authority shall adopt its own rules of procedure, shall elect a chair and a vice-chair from its membership, and shall keep a record of its proceedings. The authority may hire staff as it deems necessary or convenient to administer this part 2. The Colorado office of economic development and the Colorado economic development commission shall cooperate with the authority in such administration. The authority shall pay the office in advance as agreed upon by the authority and the office for all costs incurred by the office in providing staffing for the authority, including but not limited to the costs of compensation for employees staffing the authority and administration related to such staffing. The office shall credit any payment received from the authority to the venture capital authority staffing fund, which fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund is continuously appropriated to the office to pay costs incurred by the office in providing staffing for the authority. Interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund shall remain in the fund and shall not be transferred to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year.

(II) The authority shall meet at least once each quarter. Members shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(2) (a) The authority may, by resolution that meets the requirements of subsection (3) of this section, authorize and issue revenue bonds in an amount not to exceed five million dollars in the aggregate for expenses of the authority. Bonds may be issued only after approval by both houses of the general assembly acting either by bill or joint resolution and after approval by the governor in accordance with section 39 of article V of the state constitution. Bonds shall be payable only from the enterprise fund.

(b) All bonds issued by the authority shall provide that:

(I) No holder of bonds may compel the state or any subdivision thereof to exercise its appropriation or taxing power; and

(II) The bonds do not constitute a debt or financial obligation of the state and are payable only from the net revenues allocated to the authority for expenses as designated in the bonds.

(3) (a) Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds under this section shall state:

(I) The date of issuance of the bonds;

(II) A maturity date or dates during a period not to exceed twenty years after the date of issuance of the bonds;

(III) The interest rate or rates on, and the denomination or denominations of, the bonds; and

(IV) The medium of payment of the bonds and the place where the bonds will be paid.

(b) Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds under this section may:

(I) State that the bonds are to be issued in one or more series;

(II) State a rank or priority of the bonds; and

(III) Provide for redemption of the bonds prior to maturity, with or without premium.

(4) Any bonds issued pursuant to the terms of this section may be sold at public or private sale. If bonds are to be sold at a public sale, the authority shall advertise the sale in any manner the authority deems appropriate. All bonds issued pursuant to the terms of this section shall be sold at a price not less than the par value thereof, together with all accrued interest up to the date of delivery.

(5) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all bonds issued pursuant to this section are negotiable.

(6) (a) A resolution pertaining to issuance of bonds under this section may contain covenants as to:

(I) The purpose to which the proceeds of sale of the bonds may be applied, and the permissible use and disposition thereof;

(II) Such matters as are customary in the issuance of revenue bonds, including, without limitation, the issuance and lien position of other or additional bonds; and

(III) Books of account and the inspection and audit thereof.

(b) Any resolution made pursuant to the terms of this section shall be deemed a contract with the holders of the bonds, and the duties of the authority under the resolution shall be enforceable by any appropriate action in a court having jurisdiction.

(7) Bonds issued under this section and bearing the signatures of the board members of the authority in office on the date of the signing shall be deemed valid and binding obligations regardless of whether, prior to delivery and payment, any or all of the persons whose signatures appear thereon have ceased to be members of the board.

(8) (a) Except as otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the bonds, all bonds of the same issue under this section shall have a prior and paramount lien on the net revenues pledged therefor. The authority may provide for preferential security for any bonds, both principal and interest, to be issued under this section to the extent deemed feasible and desirable by the authority over any bonds that may be issued thereafter.

(b) Bonds of the same issue or series issued under this section shall be equally and ratably secured, without priority by reason of number, date, sale, execution, or delivery, by a lien on the net revenue pledged in accordance with the terms of the resolution authorizing the bonds.

(9) The authority may accept grants from any source and shall deposit the grants in the enterprise fund, which fund is hereby created in the authority. The enterprise fund shall be a revolving fund administered by the authority as a government-owned business that provides oversight concerning the investment of revenues in the enterprise fund pursuant to this part 2. Revenues earned on the investment or deposit of moneys in the enterprise fund shall be credited to the enterprise fund.

(10) (a) The authority shall utilize the enterprise fund:

(I) As a revolving, evergreen fund to provide continued seed and early-stage investment capital to qualified businesses and qualified rural businesses, and for this purpose the authority shall transfer revenues in the fund to one or more venture capital funds for the purpose of enabling a fund manager to make qualified investments; and

(II) For its direct and indirect expenses in administering this part 2, including repayment of revenue bonds and payment for costs of staffing the authority paid to the Colorado office of economic development pursuant to subparagraph (I) of paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of this section.

(b) The authority shall deposit revenues from the following sources in the enterprise fund:

(I) Distributions of an amount equal to one hundred percent of certified capital prior to the distribution of any remaining proceeds;

(II) Distributions of all remaining proceeds according to the authority's contract with each fund manager;

(III) Fees; and

(IV) Assessed penalties.
C.R.S. § 24-110-208 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 110 / Part 2 / Section 24-110-208
24-110-208. Review of procurement requirements
Status: in_force

24-110-208. Review of procurement requirements. To the extent possible, the executive director may collect information concerning the type, cost, quality, and quantity of commonly used supplies, services, or construction being procured or used by state public procurement units. The executive director, through the division of local government within the department of local affairs, may also collect such information from local public procurement units. The executive director may make available all such information to any public procurement unit upon request.
C.R.S. § 24-82-705 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 82 / Part 7 / Section 24-82-705
24-82-705. Terms and conditions of financed purchase of an asset or certificate of particip
Status: in_force

24-82-705. Terms and conditions of financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements. Any additional financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement entered into by the director pursuant to this part 7 may contain such terms, provisions, and conditions as the director may deem appropriate. Such provisions may allow the state to receive fee title to the real and personal property which is the subject of such additional financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement on or prior to the expiration of the entire term of the agreement, including all optional renewal terms. Any additional financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement entered into pursuant to this part 7 may further provide for the issuance, distribution, and sale of instruments evidencing rights to receive rentals and other payments made and to be made under such additional financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement, but only if and after a court of competent jurisdiction renders a final decision as to the constitutionality of the issuance of certificates of participation or other instruments evidencing the commitment of a district to make payments in subsequent fiscal years of money due under an installment purchase agreement for the purchase of real or personal property which requires payments during more than one fiscal year, or any agreement for the lease or rental of real or personal property which requires payments during more than one fiscal year and under which such district is entitled to receive title to the property at the end of the term for nominal or no additional consideration. Such instruments shall not be notes, bonds, or any other evidence of indebtedness of the state of Colorado within the meaning of any provision of the Colorado constitution or the laws of the state of Colorado concerning or limiting the creation of indebtedness by the state of Colorado. Interest paid under any additional financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement entered into pursuant to this part 7, including interest represented by such instruments, shall be exempt from Colorado income tax. Any such additional financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements shall provide an option for the state to purchase the property that is the subject of the agreement prior to the termination of such additional financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement. In no event shall any individual representing a firm that was the successful bidder for a proposed financial services contract, which contract related to a master financing program, prior to June 20, 1987, be allowed to become the underwriter or financial advisor for any master financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement entered into by the director prior to June 30, 1988, pursuant to this part 7.
C.R.S. § 24-38.5-101 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 38.5 / Part 1 / Section 24-38.5-101
24-38.5-101. Colorado energy office - creation
Status: in_force

24-38.5-101. Colorado energy office - creation. (1) There is hereby created within the office of the governor the Colorado energy office, the head of which is the director of the Colorado energy office. The director of the office shall be assisted by a deputy director and a staff to fulfill the office's mission to:

(a) Support Colorado's transition to a more equitable, low-carbon, and clean energy economy and promote resources that reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, including pollution and emissions from electricity generation, buildings, industry, agriculture, and transportation;

(b) Promote economic development and high quality jobs in Colorado through advancing clean energy, transportation electrification, and other technologies that reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, including helping to finance those investments;

(c) Promote energy efficiency;

(d) Promote an equitable transition toward zero emission buildings;

(e) Promote an equitable transition to transportation electrification, zero emission vehicles, transportation systems, and land use patterns that reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions;

(f) Increase energy security;

(g) Support lower long-term consumer costs and support reduced energy cost burden for lower-income Coloradans; and

(h) Protect the environment and public health.
C.R.S. § 24-65.1-104 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 65.1 / Part 1 / Section 24-65.1-104
24-65.1-104. Definitions pertaining to other areas and activities of state interest
Status: in_force

24-65.1-104. Definitions pertaining to other areas and activities of state interest. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Airport" means any municipal or county airport or airport under the jurisdiction of an airport authority.

(2) "Area around a key facility" means an area immediately and directly affected by a key facility.

(3) "Arterial highway" means any limited-access highway which is part of the federal-aid interstate system or any limited-access highway constructed under the supervision of the department of transportation.

(4) "Collector highway" means a major thoroughfare serving as a corridor or link between municipalities, unincorporated population centers or recreation areas, or industrial centers and constructed under guidelines and standards established by, or under the supervision of, the department of transportation. "Collector highway" does not include a city street or local service road or a county road designed for local service and constructed under the supervision of local government.

(5) "Domestic water and sewage treatment system" means a wastewater treatment facility, water distribution system, or water treatment facility, as defined in section 25-9-102 (5), (6), and (7), C.R.S., and any system of pipes, structures, and facilities through which wastewater is collected for treatment.

(6) "Historical or archaeological resources of statewide importance" means resources which have been officially included in the national register of historic places, designated by statute, or included in an established list of places compiled by the state historical society.

(7) "Key facilities" means:

(a) Airports;

(b) Major facilities of a public utility;

(c) Interchanges involving arterial highways;

(d) Rapid or mass transit terminals, stations, and fixed guideways.

(8) "Major facilities of a public utility" means:

(a) Central office buildings of telephone utilities;

(b) Transmission lines, power plants, and substations of electrical utilities; and

(c) Pipelines and storage areas of utilities providing natural gas or other petroleum derivatives.

(9) "Mass transit" means a coordinated system of transit modes providing transportation for use by the general public.

(10) "Mineral" means an inanimate constituent of the earth, in solid, liquid, or gaseous state, which, when extracted from the earth, is usable in its natural form or is capable of conversion into usable form as a metal, a metallic compound, a chemical, an energy source, a raw material for manufacturing, or a construction material. "Mineral" does not include surface or groundwater subject to appropriation for domestic, agricultural, or industrial purposes, nor does it include geothermal resources.

(11) "Mineral resource area" means an area in which minerals are located in sufficient concentration in veins, deposits, bodies, beds, seams, fields, pools, or otherwise as to be capable of economic recovery. "Mineral resource area" includes but is not limited to any area in which there has been significant mining activity in the past, there is significant mining activity in the present, mining development is planned or in progress, or mineral rights are held by mineral patent or valid mining claim with the intention of mining.

(12) "Natural resources of statewide importance" is limited to shorelands of major, publicly owned reservoirs and significant wildlife habitats in which the wildlife species, as identified by the division of parks and wildlife of the department of natural resources, in a proposed area could be endangered.

(13) "New communities" means the major revitalization of existing municipalities or the establishment of urbanized growth centers in unincorporated areas.

(14) "Rapid transit" means the element of a mass transit system involving a mechanical conveyance on an exclusive lane or guideway constructed solely for that purpose.
C.R.S. § 24-75-602 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 75 / Part 6 / Section 24-75-602
24-75-602. Bonds of housing authority as legal investments
Status: in_force

24-75-602. Bonds of housing authority as legal investments. Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in any laws of this state, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business and all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority pursuant to the "Housing Authorities Law", part 2 of article 4 of title 29, C.R.S., or issued by any public housing authority or agency in the United States when such bonds or other obligations are secured by a pledge of annual contributions to be paid by the United States government or any agency thereof, and such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, firms, corporations, and associations, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including, but not limited to, sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension, and trust funds, and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations. Public entities, as defined in section 24-75-601 (1), may invest public funds in such bonds or other obligations only if said bonds or other obligations satisfy the investment requirements established in this part 6. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as relieving any person, firm, or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
C.R.S. § 24-60-3801 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 12 / Part 38 / Section 24-60-3801
24-60-3801. Short title
Status: in_force

24-60-3801. Short title. The short title of this part 38 is the "Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact".
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-1702 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 17 / Section 24-33.5-1702
24-33.5-1702. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

24-33.5-1702. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly recognizes the significant consequences of identity theft and financial fraud crimes on Colorado citizens and businesses. The consequences suffered by Colorado citizens and businesses include the trauma of recovering stolen identities and repairing related damage to personal finances; the direct and indirect financial costs to various victims, consumers, and businesses; the time dedicated to guarding against and resolving such crimes; and the overall economic impact of such crimes.

(2) The general assembly recognizes the limited resources of local law enforcement agencies, district attorneys, and the attorney general. It is the intent of the Colorado general assembly to protect Colorado citizens and businesses by enhancing the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and financial fraud crimes by establishing a statewide resource in the form of a unit comprised of attorneys, investigators, and support staff to assist the attorney general, sheriffs, police, and district attorneys in investigating and prosecuting criminals who commit identity theft and financial fraud crimes.

(3) It is the intent of the general assembly to supplement the existing law enforcement and prosecution system and provide greater flexibility to respond to the shifting aspects of identity theft and financial fraud crimes and priorities among such crimes. The unit will also provide to the public and relevant groups appropriate information about financial fraud and the unit's activities and results. It is further the intent of the general assembly that the unit will focus its attention on criminal activity involving financial transactions, including but not limited to the types of crime covered under article 5 of title 18, C.R.S.; modifications to these and other relevant crimes; new crimes as they evolve from time to time; and suspicious activity reports required by federal law to be filed by depository institutions.
C.R.S. § 24-6-302 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 6 / Part 3 / Section 24-6-302
24-6-302. Disclosure statements - required - definition
Status: in_force

24-6-302. Disclosure statements - required - definition.

(1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 96, p. 1081, § 2, effective August 7, 1996.)

(2) Any person who makes expenditures for gifts or entertainment purposes for the benefit of covered officials in the aggregate amount of two hundred dollars in a state fiscal year shall file disclosure statements with the secretary of state in accordance with this section. Such disclosure statements shall not include actual and reasonable expenses incurred for personal needs, such as meals, travel, lodging, and parking.

(2.5) (a) A professional lobbyist and any lobbying firm shall file a monthly disclosure statement with the secretary of state no later than the fifteenth day after the end of the first calendar month, and each subsequent month, in which the lobbyist received any income or made any expenditures for lobbying. In the case of a single-member lobbying firm, if a disclosure statement includes the name of the professional lobbyist and the name of a lobbying firm that solely employs the lobbyist, a single disclosure statement may be filed with the secretary of state on behalf of both the professional lobbyist and the lobbying firm.

(b) No disclosure statement shall be required of a person who is described in a disclosure statement of a professional lobbyist pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2.5).

(c) Nothing in this subsection (2.5) shall be construed to require a professional lobbyist or a firm organized for professional lobbying purposes that is engaged in lobbying for a trade association, public interest group, or governmental organization to include in the disclosure statement of such lobbyist or firm any dues, assessments, or fees collected by such association, group, or organization for lobbying purposes.

(3) (a) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2014.)

(b) In addition to the monthly disclosure statement, a professional lobbyist shall file with the secretary of state an annual disclosure statement for the entire fiscal year no later than July 15 that covers the immediately preceding fiscal year. The annual disclosure statement must contain the name of and total gross income for lobbying received from each client or other professional lobbyist for whom the lobbyist lobbied during the previous fiscal year. If a professional lobbyist receives business from another professional lobbyist on a subcontract basis, the lobbyist receiving such business shall describe in an annual disclosure statement the total gross income received from the professional lobbyist under the subcontract who is contemporaneously reporting the subcontracting business on his or her annual disclosure statement.

(4) If a professional lobbyist determines at any time during a fiscal year that he or she will not lobby or receive lobbying income for the remainder of the fiscal year, the lobbyist may file an annual disclosure statement at such time, and thereafter need not file subsequent monthly disclosure statements until he or she resumes lobbying.

(5) This section shall not apply to any political committee, volunteer lobbyist, citizen who lobbies on his or her own behalf, state official or employee acting in his or her official capacity, except as provided in section 24-6-303.5, or elected public official acting in his or her official capacity.

(6) (a) During the period that the general assembly is not in regular or special session, a professional lobbyist shall notify the secretary of state in writing within five business days after an oral or written agreement to engage in lobbying for any person or client not disclosed in the registration statement filed pursuant to section 24-6-303 (1). During the period that the general assembly is in regular or special session, a professional lobbyist shall notify the secretary of state after an agreement to engage in lobbying for any person or client not disclosed in the registration statement filed pursuant to section 24-6-303 (1), either by means of the electronic filing system created in section 24-6-303 (6.3) or by facsimile transmission in accordance with the following:

(I) In the case of a written agreement to engage the lobbyist, disclosure shall be made within twenty-four hours after the date of the agreement; and

(II) In the case of an oral agreement to engage the lobbyist, the disclosure shall be made within twenty-four hours after the date of a subsequent written agreement between the parties, the commencing of lobbying activities, or the date the lobbyist receives any payment on the agreement, whichever occurs first.

(b) A professional lobbyist who provides the notification under paragraph (a) of this subsection (6) shall file, concurrently with the next disclosure statement due after such notification, a signed written statement that contains:

(I) The name and address of the person described in such notification; and

(II) A summary of the terms related to lobbying under the agreement between such person and the professional lobbyist. A professional lobbyist shall also update his or her registration within twenty-four hours if he or she agrees to lobby for a client or other lobbyist on a subcontract basis who is not disclosed in the lobbyist's original registration statement.

(6.5) (a) In addition to any other disclosure required by this part 3, during the period that the general assembly is in regular or special session, a professional lobbyist shall notify the secretary of state by means of the electronic filing system created in section 24-6-303 (6.3) within seventy-two hours after:

(I) The lobbyist agrees to undertake lobbying in connection with new legislation, standards, rules, or rates for either a new or existing client of the lobbyist; or

(II) The lobbyist takes a new position on a new or existing bill for a new or existing client of the lobbyist.

(b) During the period that the general assembly is in regular or special session, where the lobbyist agrees to undertake lobbying in connection with new or existing legislation for either a new or existing client, the disclosure required by subsection (6.5)(a) of this section includes the bill number of the legislation at issue and whether the lobbyist's client is supporting, opposing, amending, or monitoring the legislation at the time the lobbyist agrees to undertake lobbying in connection with the legislation or takes a new position.

(7) In addition to the criminal penalty provided for in section 24-6-309 (1), the secretary of state, after proper notification by certified mail, shall impose an additional penalty of twenty dollars per day for each business day that a disclosure statement required to be filed by this section is not filed by the close of the business day on the day due up to and including the first ten business days on which the disclosure statement has not been filed after the day due. For failure to file a disclosure statement required to be filed by this section by the close of the eleventh business day on which the disclosure statement has not been filed after the day due, in addition to the criminal penalty provided for in section 24-6-309 (1), the secretary of state shall impose an additional penalty of fifty dollars for each day thereafter that a disclosure statement required to be filed by this section is not filed by the close of the business day. The secretary of state may excuse the payment of any penalty imposed by this subsection (7), or reduce the amount of any penalty imposed, for bona fide personal emergencies. Revenues collected from penalties assessed by the secretary of state shall be deposited in the department of state cash fund created in section 24-21-104 (3).

(8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part 3, an attorney who is registered as a professional lobbyist is required to disclose information about the clients for whom he or she lobbies in accordance with this part 3 to the same extent as a professional lobbyist who is not an attorney. An attorney who is registered as a professional lobbyist may not decline to disclose his or her lobbying as such lobbying is required to be disclosed in accordance with this part 3 on the grounds that the lobbying is protected against disclosure as confidential matters between an attorney and a client.

(9) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part 3, in connection with any requirement to disclose the identity of a client in this section or section 24-6-303, "client" means, in accordance with section 24-6-301 (1), the name of the person who employs or retains the professional services of a lobbyist, a lobbying firm, or any other person or entity to undertake lobbying on its behalf. In connection with any requirement in this section or section 24-6-303 to disclose the identity of a client, a professional lobbyist who is a natural person and who is employed or retained by a lobbying firm or any other firm or entity may disclose the name of the lobbying firm or other person or entity by means of which, or under the name of which, a professional lobbyist does business, but to satisfy such disclosure requirement the lobbyist shall also disclose the name of the client who employs or retains the professional services of the lobbyist, or a lobbying firm or any other person or entity that employs or retains the lobbyist, to undertake lobbying on its behalf.
C.R.S. § 24-82-1003 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 82 / Part 10 / Section 24-82-1003
24-82-1003. Leveraged leasing
Status: in_force

24-82-1003. Leveraged leasing. (1) On and after May 14, 2003, the executive director of the department of personnel, with the approval of the director of the office of state planning and budgeting, may enter into leveraged leasing agreements on behalf of the state.

(2) The executive director of the department of personnel may retain attorneys, consultants, or financial professionals to the extent necessary to protect the interests of the state and to ensure the proper execution of a leveraged leasing agreement. The executive director shall use a competitive selection process approved by the director of the office of state planning and budgeting to select any attorneys, consultants, or financial professionals to be retained, but execution of such retention agreements shall not be governed by the "Procurement Code", articles 101 to 112 of this title. Any fees charged by any persons retained shall be paid only from the lump sum paid to the state in connection with the leveraged leasing agreement and shall not be paid from any other source.

(3) The state treasurer shall credit all monetary consideration paid in a lump sum to the state under the terms of a leveraged leasing agreement when the agreement closes that is not required to be deposited into a specified account established pursuant to a sublease contract as adequate cash reserves pledged irrevocably for sublease payments in all future fiscal years to the controlled maintenance trust fund created in section 24-75-302.5.
C.R.S. § 24-80-901 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 80 / Part 9 / Section 24-80-901
24-80-901. Size and description of seal
Status: in_force

24-80-901. Size and description of seal. The seal of the state shall be such size as specified by the secretary of state by rule adopted in accordance with article 4 of this title, with the following device inscribed thereon: An heraldic shield bearing in chief, or upon the upper portion of the same, upon a red ground three snow-capped mountains; above surrounding clouds; upon the lower part thereof upon a golden ground a miner's badge, as prescribed by the rules of heraldry; as a crest above the shield, the eye of God, being golden rays proceeding from the lines of a triangle; below the crest and above the shield, as a scroll, the Roman fasces bearing upon a band of red, white, and blue the words, "Union and Constitution"; below the whole the motto, "Nil Sine Numine"; the whole to be surrounded by the words, "State of Colorado", and the figures "1876".
C.R.S. § 24-31-1206 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 31 / Part 12 / Section 24-31-1206
24-31-1206. Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

24-31-1206. Jurisdiction. An action described in this part 12 may be brought in any judicial district in which the defendant or, in the case of multiple defendants, any one defendant can be found, resides, or transacts business, or in which an act proscribed by section 24-31-1203 occurred. A person bringing an action pursuant to this part 12 shall file the complaint in a district court or a federal court with jurisdiction over the action and shall not file the complaint in any other court. The appropriate district court shall issue a summons as required by the Colorado rules of civil procedure and serve the summons at any place.
C.R.S. § 24-9-106 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 9 / Section 24-9-106
24-9-106. Independent state elected official pay commission - creation - report - definiti
Status: in_force

24-9-106. Independent state elected official pay commission - creation - report - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Commission" means the independent state elected official pay commission created in subsection (2) of this section.

(b) "State elected official" means a state officer or a member of the general assembly.

(c) "State officer" means the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, or the state treasurer.

(2) The independent state elected official pay commission is created. The commission shall set compensation for state elected officials. The commission shall meet beginning in 2025 and shall meet every four years thereafter.

(3) (a) The commission consists of nine appointed members. Subject to the provisions set forth in subsection (3)(b) of this section, the members are appointed as follows:

(I) The governor shall appoint three members as follows:

(A) One member with expertise in personnel management and human resources;

(B) One member with expertise in agricultural leadership; and

(C) One member with local government experience;

(II) The president of the senate shall appoint two members, one member with expertise in large business and one member with expertise in organized labor;

(III) The speaker of the house shall appoint two members, one member with expertise in small business and one member who is part of a minority chamber of commerce or business leadership organization;

(IV) The minority leader of the senate shall appoint a member who has expertise with salary surveys and total compensation analysis; and

(V) The minority leader of the house of representatives shall appoint a member who has large nonprofit leadership experience.

(b) The appointment of members must be in accordance with the following requirements:

(I) A member must be a registered elector;

(II) A member must not be a current or former state official, a current or former member of the general assembly, the spouse of a current state official or member of the general assembly, or a candidate to be a state elected official;

(III) A member must not be a registered lobbyist or a person who has lobbied as a registered lobbyist in the eight years immediately preceding the appointment date for the member; and

(IV) At any time, no more than four members may be from the same political party and no more than two members may be from the same congressional district of the state.

(c) The president of the senate shall designate one of the members that the president of the senate appoints to serve as the chairperson of the commission and the speaker of the house shall designate one of the members that the speaker of the house appoints to serve as the vice-chairperson of the commission.

(d) (I) The initial commission members shall be appointed on or before July 31, 2025, and shall serve until the submission of the report required by subsection (5)(a) of this section.

(II) Subsequent commission members shall be appointed on or before July 31 of each year in which the commission meets and shall serve until the submission of that commission's report.

(III) Each commission expires upon submission of the commission's report.

(4) (a) The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the initial commission shall convene the first meeting of the commission no later than September 1, 2025, and the commission shall meet as many times as necessary thereafter before submitting the report required by subsection (5)(a) of this section.

(b) After the initial commission expires, the chairperson and vice-chairperson of subsequent commissions shall convene the first meeting of a commission no later than September 1 of each year in which the commission meets and such commissions shall meet as many times as necessary thereafter before submitting the report required by subsection (5)(a) of this section.

(5) (a) On or before December 15, 2025, the initial commission, and on or before December 15 of each year thereafter in which the commission meets, subsequent commissions, shall submit a report to the office of state planning and budgeting created in section 24-37-102, to the joint budget committee of the general assembly, to the president of the senate, to the speaker of the house of representatives, and to the director of research of the legislative council appointed pursuant to section 2-3-304 (1) that sets forth the commission's recommendations for annual salaries and allowances for each state official and for members of the general assembly.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5)(c) of this section, the salaries and allowances recommended in the report due on or before December 15, 2025, take effect on January 1, 2027, and the salaries and allowances recommended in subsequent reports take effect on January 1 of the first year of each subsequent four-year gubernatorial term if the general assembly makes an appropriation to pay the recommended salaries and allowances during the legislative session immediately preceding such year.

(c) Before the effective date of the recommended salaries and allowances, the general assembly may modify or reject the recommendations.

(6) (a) Any report submitted by the commission, as required by subsection (5) of this section, must include recommendations regarding:

(I) The amount of the annual base compensation for members of the general assembly as allowed by section 2-2-307 (1)(b);

(II) The amount of additional compensation that members of the general assembly are allowed for necessary attendance at meetings or functions or to legislative matters pursuant to section 2-2-307 (3)(a);

(III) The amount of the annual salaries for state officials allowed pursuant to section 24-9-101; and

(IV) The sum per day allowed as expenses to the president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, minority leader of the senate, or minority leader of the house of representatives while for any reason acting as governor pursuant to section 24-9-101 (1)(c).

(b) In making the recommendations required by subsection (6)(a) of this section, the commission shall consider the amount of compensation paid in government service and in the private sector to persons with similar qualifications, the amount of compensation needed to attract and retain experienced and competent persons, and the ability of the state to pay the recommended compensation.

(7) On or after January 1, 2028, but before January 1, 2029, and before January 1 of each year thereafter, except for the year in which the recommendations of a commission take effect pursuant to this section, the director of research of the legislative council appointed pursuant to section 2-3-304 (1) shall adjust the amount of compensation set by the commission in accordance with the percentage change since the immediately preceding January 1, in the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood for all items and all urban consumers, or its applicable predecessor or successor index. The director of research shall post the adjusted annual salary amounts on the website of the general assembly.

(8) The annual salary of a state elected official whose term begins on or after the date the salaries go into effect pursuant to subsection (5)(b) of this section or adjusted pursuant to subsection (7) of this section must be as set by the commission, except if modified or rejected by the general assembly and then as set by the general assembly, or as adjusted by the director of research.

(9) (a) The department of personnel created in section 24-50-102 (1) shall provide staff services as necessary to implement this section.

(b) Members of the commission serve without compensation but receive reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses to attend meetings of the commission.
C.R.S. § 24-106-109 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 106 / Section 24-106-109
24-106-109. Terms and conditions in contracts
Status: in_force

24-106-109. Terms and conditions in contracts. Any term or condition in any contract entered into by the state that requires the state to indemnify or hold harmless another person, except as otherwise authorized by law, or by which the state agrees to binding arbitration or any other binding extra-judicial dispute resolution process in which the final resolution is not determined by the state, or by which the state agrees to limit liability of another person for bodily injury, death, or damage to tangible property of the state caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of such person or such person's employees or agents shall be void ab initio; except that the contract containing that term or condition shall otherwise be enforceable as if it did not contain such term or condition. All contracts entered into by the state, except for contracts with another government, shall be governed by Colorado law notwithstanding any term or condition to the contrary.
C.R.S. § 24-90-105.5 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 90 / Part 1 / Section 24-90-105.5
24-90-105.5. Literacy support services for persons who are blind or print-disabled - authorit
Status: in_force

24-90-105.5. Literacy support services for persons who are blind or print-disabled - authority of state librarian - fund. (1) The general assembly hereby declares that there is a growing need for reading services in Colorado to serve the citizens of the state. The general assembly recognizes that the state has numerous citizens who are blind or visually impaired or who have physical impairments which make the use of printed materials difficult or impossible and further recognizes that the aging of the population of Colorado is increasing the number of such citizens. Because of the need for reading assistance to inform and inspire individuals who cannot use printed materials and because of the unique ability of radio reading services to reach individuals in every corner of the state who require reading services, the general assembly finds that radio reading services should be encouraged and should be made available throughout the state.

(2) In addition to any other powers granted to the state librarian under this article, the state librarian shall have the power with respect to the state library to contract with entities for the furnishing of radio reading services to individuals who are blind or visually impaired or who have physical disabilities which impair their use of printed materials.

(3) The furnishing of radio reading services shall include, but shall not be limited to, the production of reading service radio programs, the broadcast of reading services over a subcarrier frequency, and the provision of radio receivers to listeners for use in receiving reading service broadcasts.

(4) The reading materials for radio reading services shall include, but shall not be limited to, newspapers, periodicals, local calendars of events, consumer information, best seller books, and information concerning pending legislative matters.

(5) The general assembly recognizes the importance of privately operated reading services to enable persons who are blind or print-disabled to gain access to otherwise inaccessible print materials. The state librarian has the authority to administer money in the reading services for the blind cash fund, which is created in the state treasury, for the support of privately operated reading services. The fund consists of any public or private money transferred, appropriated, or otherwise credited to the fund. All money credited to the fund and all interest earned on the investment of money in the fund is a part of the fund and must not be transferred or credited to the general fund or to any other fund except as directed by the general assembly acting by bill. The general assembly shall make annual appropriations from the reading services for the blind cash fund to the state librarian to carry out the purposes of this section.

(6) The services available through providers of on-demand news and information services to Coloradans who are blind or print-disabled must be expanded to enhance the ability of Coloradans who are blind or print-disabled to use the on-demand and information services, and to increase the number of Coloradans who are blind or print-disabled who are aware of such services. The on-demand news and information services must be expanded to include an enlarged array of information and literacy support services throughout the state, such as the provision of information about a variety of communication-related assistive technologies and blindness-related services, introductory training, and methods to find and use additional resources in or near communities where a person lives. The expanded services may include, but are not limited to:

(a) Information sharing, marketing of expanded services, and other methods for informing persons who are blind or print-disabled about the availability of these services;

(b) Support services for users to resolve technical questions about the services or the devices that might be used to access the information available through these services; and

(c) The provision of information about communication-related assistive technologies.
C.R.S. § 24-60-1902 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 60 / Part 19 / Section 24-60-1902
24-60-1902. Interstate agency created
Status: in_force

24-60-1902. Interstate agency created. It is hereby recognized, found, and determined that said compact creates an interstate agency known as the Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad commission, an independent entity whose members and employees are not officers and employees of either of the states signatory to the compact.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-219 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 2 / Section 24-33.5-219
24-33.5-219. Badges - uniforms - unauthorized use
Status: in_force

24-33.5-219. Badges - uniforms - unauthorized use. (1) The chief shall issue to each officer of the Colorado state patrol a badge of authority with the seal of the state in the center thereof and the words "Colorado State Patrol" encircling said seal and, below, the designation of the position held by the officer to whom issued. Such badge shall be serially numbered, or each member shall otherwise display a distinctive serial number.

(2) All officers of the Colorado state patrol, when on duty, shall be dressed in full distinctive uniform and display the official badge of their office except when they are authorized by the chief to work in plain clothes. Neither the chief nor any other person shall issue a badge or like uniform to any person who is not a duly authorized, classified, and regularly paid officer of the Colorado state patrol. Any person who, without authority, wears the badge of a member of the Colorado state patrol or in any manner attempts to duplicate the official uniform or equipment with the intent of representing himself or herself as a member of the Colorado state patrol commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.
C.R.S. § 24-36-104 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 36 / Part 1 / Section 24-36-104
24-36-104. Moneys to be deposited
Status: in_force

24-36-104. Moneys to be deposited. (1) All moneys received by the treasury department shall be promptly deposited in such national or state banks doing business in this state as the state treasurer shall select. Accounts in such depositories shall be carried in the name of "Treasurer, State of Colorado", and withdrawals therefrom shall be made and signed in such manner as the state treasurer shall direct. The state treasurer may make payments, without appropriation, of all actual and necessary charges made by such depositories for expenses related to the deposit and withdrawal of moneys received by the treasury department in accordance with the constitution or statutes of Colorado. Such payments shall be made from investment income or any other available revenues. The state treasurer shall contract for all such bank services in accordance with the provisions of the "Procurement Code", articles 101 to 112 of this title. The state treasurer shall make the criteria used in selecting a vendor for bank services available to the finance committees of both houses of the general assembly prior to the award of a contract and shall make all contracts submitted or entered into pursuant to this section available for public inspection in accordance with the provisions of part 2 of article 72 of this title.

(1.5) As used in this article:

(a) "Deposit" means the payment and reconciliation of moneys received by the treasury department or an authorized department, institution, or agency by means of cash, check, draft, or alternative forms of payment, as defined in section 24-19.5-101 (1).

(b) "Withdrawal" means the disbursement and reconciliation of moneys received by the treasury department or an authorized department, institution, or agency by means of cash, check, draft, or alternative forms of payment, as defined in section 24-19.5-101 (1).

(2) The state treasurer may authorize any department, institution, or agency collecting or otherwise receiving state moneys to deposit the same to his credit in any such depository in lieu of transmitting the same to the treasury department under procedures approved jointly by himself and the controller.

(2.5) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 11-10.5-111, C.R.S., and section 24-75-202, at the discretion of the state treasurer and the state controller, state moneys may be deposited in bank accounts in other states and in foreign countries to enable a state agency or institution, including institutions of higher education, to operate projects located in other states and foreign countries. Such state agencies and institutions, including institutions of higher education, shall exercise due regard and have full responsibility for the safety of deposits under this article, and the state shall not assume liability for any risk, casualty, or loss of such deposits.

(3) For the purpose of managing deposits of state moneys, the state treasurer may, on a daily basis only, borrow moneys from any such depository to cover advances made by any depository to the state on state warrants and state checks paid by the depository but not yet reimbursed by the state and on uncollected deposits. The state treasurer may negotiate a line of credit with any such depository sufficient to cover anticipated requirements for such advances in the current fiscal year. The state treasurer may pay interest on such moneys borrowed at a rate to be negotiated by the state treasurer and the lending depository and may take such measures as are necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection (3). All such moneys borrowed shall be repaid, together with any interest, before the end of the fiscal year in which the moneys are borrowed, and the state shall not be liable to repay such moneys borrowed from revenues of any later fiscal year. This subsection (3) shall not be construed to expressly or impliedly authorize the state treasurer to do any act or take any action with respect to deposits of state moneys, or with respect to the moneys of any department or agency of the state, other than the acts specifically authorized by this subsection (3).

(4) The state treasurer is authorized to receive and deposit moneys from the United States government. Such federal moneys shall be transmitted to the treasury department as required in section 24-36-103 (1) and deposited as provided in subsection (1) of this section. The state treasurer is authorized to make payments, without appropriation, of interest to the United States government on such federal moneys deposited with the state treasurer in accordance with the federal "Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990", as amended, 31 U.S.C. sec. 6501 et seq. Such payments shall be made from investment income or any other available revenues. The interest rate payable on such deposits shall be the federal discount rate or such other rate established by federal law.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-828 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 8 / Section 24-33.5-828
24-33.5-828. Interpretation
Status: in_force

24-33.5-828. Interpretation. (1) Nothing in this part 8 amends, suspends, supercedes, or otherwise modifies the protections provided to volunteer firefighters pursuant to section 31-30-1131, C.R.S.

(2) Nothing in this part 8 affects any preexisting intergovernmental agreement regarding emergency management or any other issue.
C.R.S. § 24-80-102 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 24-80-102
24-80-102. State archives and records - personnel - duties - cash fund - rules - definition
Status: repealed

24-80-102. State archives and records - personnel - duties - cash fund - rules - definition. (1) The department of personnel shall succeed to all records of governmental agencies, including any state agency and any office, department, division, board, bureau, commission, institution, or agency of any county, city, city and county, special district or other district in the state, or any legal subdivision thereof. Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, the department of personnel shall be the official custodian and trustee for the state of all records of whatever kind that are transferred to it under this part 1 from any governmental agency, including any state agency and any office, department, division, board, bureau, commission, institution, or agency of any county, city, city and county, special district or other district in the state, or any legal subdivision thereof.

(1.5) The state archives, created in the department of personnel, consists of a permanent records program and a records center as follows:

(a) The permanent records program consists of records that have been transferred to the department of personnel pursuant to this part 1 and that the department will permanently keep and maintain due to the legal, historical, or administrative value or significance of the record. Records that are in the permanent records program in the state archives shall be accessible to the public, subject to the requirements of this section, but shall not be removed from the archives. The department of personnel is the custodian of any records in the permanent records program.

(b) The records center consists of records that have been transferred, with the approval of the state archivist, to the department of personnel pursuant to this part 1 for storage until the final disposition of such records has been met. The state archivist may determine whether to accept any records from a governmental agency pursuant to this paragraph (b), and the state archivist's acceptance of any such records shall be pursuant to a written agreement between the state archivist and the governmental agency from which the records originated. The governmental agency from which the records originated shall remain the custodian of any records transferred to the records center pursuant to this paragraph (b). The state archivist may establish fees, to be paid by governmental agencies that transfer records to the records center, as necessary, to pay for the direct and indirect costs of storing such records. The state archivist shall transmit all fees collected to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the state archives and records cash fund, created in subsection (10) of this section.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2016.)

(3) The state archivist is responsible for the proper administration of records under this part 1. The state archivist shall determine and direct the administrative and technical procedures concerning state archives and records. The state archivist shall periodically study the problems of preservation and disposition of records, including digital records, and based on such study shall formulate and put into effect a program for records conservation by the state of Colorado or political subdivisions thereof.

(4) To effectuate the purposes of this part 1, the governor may direct any political subdivision of the state to designate a records administrator to cooperate with and assist and advise the state archivist in the performance of the duties and functions concerning state archives and records and to provide such other assistance and data as will enable the department of personnel to properly carry out its activities and effectuate the purposes of this part 1.

(5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2016.)

(6) The general public and governmental agencies shall have the right of reasonable access to all records in the custody of the state archivist for purposes of historical reference, research, and information. The state historical society shall have the privilege of museum display of original historical records or facsimiles thereof, subject to the provisions of section 24-80-106. Copies of records having historical, library, or museum interest or value shall be furnished to the state historical society by the state archivist upon request of the society in accordance with the provisions of sections 24-80-103 and 24-80-107.

(7) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2016.)

(8) Repealed.

(9) Publications of the department concerning state archives and records circulated in quantity outside the executive branch shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 24-1-136.

(10) (a) Except as set forth in paragraph (b) of this subsection (10), the state archivist shall establish any fees as are necessary to pay for the direct and indirect costs of responding to requests for information and research from governmental agencies and the general public. The state archivist shall transmit all fees collected to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the state archives and records cash fund, which fund is hereby created. The moneys in the fund are subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly for the direct and indirect costs of responding to requests for information and research from governmental agencies and the general public and for the direct and indirect costs of storing records in the records center. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund is credited to the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund.

(b) (I) The department of personnel shall not charge any fees for responding to a request for information or research from a member of the general assembly or his or her agent or anyone from a legislative service agency if the request:

(A) Relates to an audio recording of a legislative proceeding or any document provided to the department of personnel by the legislative branch of the state; and

(B) Is made in the performance of the requester's official duties.

(II) As used in this paragraph (b), "legislative service agency" means the office of legislative legal services, legislative council staff, office of the state auditor, or staff of the joint budget committee.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (10)(a) of this section, on July 1, 2020, the state treasurer shall transfer one hundred thirty thousand dollars from the state archives and records cash fund to the general fund.

(11) The state archivist is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises the archivist's powers and performs the archivist's duties and functions concerning state archives and records under the department of personnel.

(12) The state archivist may promulgate rules in accordance with the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of this title, as necessary to implement this part 1. Such rules may include, but need not be limited to:

(a) Criteria and guidelines for determining whether a record is subject to the requirements of this part 1;

(b) Administrative and technical procedures for records maintenance and management;

(c) Procedures for the preservation, protection, transfer, and disposal of records; and

(d) Procedures for the general public and governmental agencies to access records.
C.R.S. § 24-50-507 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 50 / Part 5 / Section 24-50-507
24-50-507. Conflict of interest
Status: in_force

24-50-507. Conflict of interest. (1) In addition to any other applicable laws, the provisions of this section shall apply to contracts entered into pursuant to this part 5.

(2) (a) The following individuals shall not solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any personal benefit or promise of a benefit from an entity or a person negotiating, doing business with, or planning, within the individual's knowledge, to negotiate or do business with the contracting agency:

(I) A member of, or any other person or entity under contract with, any governmental body that exercises any functions or responsibilities in the review or approval of the undertaking or carrying out of the project, including but not limited to any employee of the contracting agency or any person serving as the monitor of a personal services contract; or

(II) A member of the immediate family of any individual described in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a).

(b) No individual described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) shall use his or her position, influence, or information concerning such negotiations, business, or plans to benefit himself or herself or another.

(3) A contractor shall agree that, at the time of contracting, the contractor has no interest and shall not acquire any interest, direct or indirect, that would conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of the contractor's services. The contractor shall further covenant that, in the performance of the contract, the contractor shall not employ any person having any such known interests.
C.R.S. § 24-37.5-104 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 37.5 / Part 1 / Section 24-37.5-104
24-37.5-104. Transfer of functions - change of name - continuity of existence - legislative d
Status: repealed

24-37.5-104. Transfer of functions - change of name - continuity of existence - legislative declaration - rules. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-32-1704 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 32 / Part 17 / Section 24-32-1704
24-32-1704. Allocation of state ceiling
Status: in_force

24-32-1704. Allocation of state ceiling. The state ceiling shall be allocated among issuing authorities in accordance with the formulas and the procedures for assignment established in this part 17.
C.R.S. § 24-103-202.3 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 103 / Part 2 / Section 24-103-202.3
24-103-202.3. Invitation for best value bids
Status: in_force

24-103-202.3. Invitation for best value bids. (1) When, pursuant to rules, the chief procurement officer or a procurement official determines in writing that the use of an invitation for best value bids is advantageous to the state, a contract may be solicited by invitation for best value bids.

(2) An invitation for best value bids shall be made in the same manner as provided in section 24-103-202 (2), (3), and (4).

(3) (a) The chief procurement officer or procurement official may allow a bidder to submit prices for enhancements, options, or alternatives to the base bid for a commodity or service that will result in a product or service to the state having the best value at the lowest cost. The invitation for best value bids must clearly state the purchase description of the commodity or service being solicited and the types of enhancements, options, or alternatives that may be bid; except that the functional specifications integral to the commodity or service may not be reduced.

(b) Prices for enhancements, options, or alternatives to the bid may be evaluated by the chief procurement officer or procurement official to determine whether the total of the bid price and the prices for enhancements, options, or alternatives provide a contract with the best value at the lowest cost to the state. This evaluation shall be made utilizing the rules of the executive director of the department of personnel promulgated pursuant to subsection (3)(d) of this section.

(c) A contract may be awarded to a bidder where the total amount of a bid price and the prices for enhancements, options, or alternatives of the bidder exceed the total amount of the bid price and the prices for enhancements, options, or alternatives of another bidder if it is determined pursuant to subsection (3)(b) of this section that the higher total amount provides a contract with the best value at the lowest cost to the state.

(d) The executive director of the department of personnel shall promulgate rules to be utilized by the chief procurement officer or procurement official in making the evaluation pursuant to subsection (3)(b) of this section. The rules shall provide:

(I) Criteria for objectively measuring prices for enhancements, options, or alternatives to a bid, including relevant formulas or guidelines;

(II) Criteria for objectively determining whether the prices for enhancements, options, or alternatives provide the best value at the lowest cost to the state.

(4) The contract shall be awarded with reasonable promptness by written notice to the bidder whose bid provides for a contract with the best value at the lowest cost to the state.
C.R.S. § 24-34-804 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 34 / Part 8 / Section 24-34-804
24-34-804. Service animals - violations - penalties
Status: in_force

24-34-804. Service animals - violations - penalties. (1) It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or agent of any person, firm, or corporation to:

(a) Withhold, deny, deprive, or attempt to withhold, deny, or deprive a qualified individual with a disability who is accompanied by a service animal or a trainer of a service animal of any of the rights or privileges secured in section 24-34-803;

(b) Threaten to interfere with any of the rights of a qualified individual with a disability who is accompanied by a service animal or a trainer of a service animal secured in section 24-34-803;

(c) Punish or attempt to punish a qualified individual with a disability who is accompanied by a service animal or a trainer of a service animal for exercising or attempting to exercise any right or privilege secured by section 24-34-803; or

(d) Interfere with, injure, or harm, or cause another dog to interfere with, injure, or harm, a service animal.

(2) (a) Any person who violates subsection (1)(a), (1)(b), or (1)(c) of this section commits a petty offense and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-503.

(b) Any person who violates subsection (1)(d) of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor.

(3) (a) (I) Except as provided for in subparagraphs (II) and (III) of this paragraph (a), a person who violates any provision of subsection (1) of this section is liable to the qualified individual with a disability who is accompanied by a service animal or a trainer of a service animal whose rights were affected for the penalties provided in section 24-34-802.

(II) A person who willfully or wantonly causes harm to a service animal or a service animal in training is liable to the legal owner of the service animal or service animal in training for treble the amount of actual damages.

(III) The legal owner of an animal that is willfully or wantonly allowed to cause harm to a service animal or a service animal in training is liable to the legal owner of the service animal or service animal in training for treble the amount of actual damages.

(b) In any action commenced pursuant to this subsection (3), a court may award costs and reasonable attorney fees.

(c) An animal care or control agency is exempt from the provisions of this subsection (3) if, after a good-faith effort, the agency is unaware that the animal is a service animal.

(4) Nothing in this section is intended to interfere with remedies or relief that any person might be entitled to pursuant to parts 3 to 7 of this article.
C.R.S. § 24-8-105 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 8 / Section 24-8-105
24-8-105. General assembly to make appropriation
Status: in_force

24-8-105. General assembly to make appropriation. At the regular session in each year in which there is a general election to elect a new governor, the general assembly shall appropriate to the department of personnel a sum of not less than ten thousand dollars to pay the necessary expenses of the governor-elect incurred between the general election and the inauguration, including, but not limited to, office supplies, postage, actual and necessary travel expenses, and compensation of administrative, secretarial, and clerical personnel. Any unexpended balance of such appropriation remaining after the payment of such expenses shall revert to the general fund.
C.R.S. § 24-71.3-118 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 71.3 / Section 24-71.3-118
24-71.3-118. Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by governmental agencies
Status: repealed

24-71.3-118. Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by governmental agencies. (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 24-71.3-112 (6), each department, board, commission, authority, institution, or instrumentality of the state in consultation with the office of information technology, created in section 24-37.5-103, and the state archivist and in accordance with policies, standards, and guidelines set forth by the office may determine the extent to which such department, board, commission, authority, institution, or instrumentality shall send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and electronic signatures. A county, municipality, or other political subdivision, or any of their instrumentalities, shall have the general power, in relation to the administration of the affairs of a county, municipality, or of their political subdivision, or any of their instrumentalities, to determine the extent to which it will send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and electronic signatures.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2007, p. 916, § 14, effective May 17, 2007.)

(3) Except as otherwise provided in section 24-71.3-112 (6), this article does not require a governmental agency of this state to use or permit the use of electronic records or electronic signatures.

(4) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 24-51-408 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 51 / Part 4 / Section 24-51-408
24-51-408. Matching employer contributions
Status: in_force

24-51-408. Matching employer contributions. (1) For members who receive a benefit or who receive a refund payable after meeting the age and service requirements for a service or reduced service retirement benefit, or for payments made to survivors or beneficiaries of members who die before retirement, matching employer contributions shall be an amount equal to the member contribution account less:

(a) Any amounts paid for the purchase of service credit;

(b) Any payments in lieu of member contributions; and

(c) Any interest accrued on the amounts specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (1).

(2) For members who have five or more years of earned service credit and receive a refund prior to sixty-five years of age and prior to meeting the age and service requirements for a service or reduced service retirement benefit, the amount of matching employer contributions paid shall be one-half of an amount equal to the member contribution account less:

(a) Any amounts paid for the purchase of service credit;

(b) Any payments in lieu of member contributions; and

(c) Any interest accrued on the amounts specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (2).

(2.5) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, for a member who has less than five years of earned service credit as of the date of refund and who receives a refund prior to sixty-five years of age and prior to meeting the age and service requirements for a service or reduced service retirement benefit, the amount of matching employer contributions paid shall be one-half of an amount equal to the member contribution account accumulated prior to January 1, 2011, less:

(a) Any amounts paid for the purchase of service credit;

(b) Any payments in lieu of member contributions; and

(c) Any interest accrued on the amounts specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (2.5).

(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, for members of the local government division and for payments made to survivors or beneficiaries of such members who die before retirement, the amount of matching employer contributions shall be eighty percent of the amount that would be paid to members, survivors, or beneficiaries in divisions of the association other than the local government division if the local government division members had the same contribution history and age as the members of the other divisions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection (3) to the contrary, the amount of matching employer contributions for members of the local government division shall be as provided in subsections (1) and (2) of this section effective on July 1 of any year in which the most recent determination of the association's actuary specifies that such contributions for the local government division will not cause the amortization period in such division to exceed thirty years.

(4) The provisions of this section shall not apply to DPS member contribution accounts that exist on December 31, 2009, with regard to past contributions or future contributions. Member contribution accounts in the Denver public schools division created on or after January 1, 2010, shall be governed by this section.
C.R.S. § 24-72.1-102 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 72.1 / Section 24-72.1-102
24-72.1-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

24-72.1-102. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Children" means children as defined by 42 U.S.C. sec. 1786 (b).

(2) "Infants" means infants as defined by 42 U.S.C. sec. 1786 (b).

(3) "Public entity" means an agency, department, board, division, bureau, commission, council, or political subdivision of the state.

(4) "Public official" means an elected or appointed official, an employee, or an agent of a public entity.

(5) "Secure and verifiable document" means a document issued by a state or federal jurisdiction or recognized by the United States government and that is verifiable by federal or state law enforcement, intelligence, or homeland security agencies.
C.R.S. § 24-46-306 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 46 / Part 3 / Section 24-46-306
24-46-306. Regional tourism authority - board - creation - powers and duties
Status: in_force

24-46-306. Regional tourism authority - board - creation - powers and duties. (1) The commission shall not deny a request to authorize the creation of a regional tourism authority if the commission otherwise approves an application for a regional tourism project that includes a request for the formation of a regional tourism authority.

(2) A regional tourism authority, if authorized, shall be governed by a board consisting of the following members:

(a) If the applicant is a single local governmental entity, two members appointed by the commission who are owners of commercial property within the regional tourism zone and three members appointed by the local governmental entity. Of the members appointed by the local governmental entity, at least one member shall be a locally elected official and at least one member shall represent the community at large.

(b) If the applicant is two local governmental entities, three members appointed by the commission who are owners of commercial property within the regional tourism zone and two members appointed by each of the local governmental applicants. Of the members appointed by the local governmental applicants, at least one member shall be an elected official of the local government and at least one member shall represent the community at large.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of this subsection (2), if the applicant is more than two local governmental entities, a single member who is an elected official and a single member who represents the community at large appointed by each local governmental entity and one less than an equal number of commercial property owners within the tourism zone appointed by the commission.

(d) If the applicant is more than two local governmental entities that consist of more than two counties, a single member who is an elected official and a single member who represents the county at large appointed by each county governmental entity and one less than an equal number of commercial property owners within the regional tourism zone who are appointed by the commission.

(3) Unless limited by the commission's conditions of approval, each authority shall have all of the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effect the purposes and provisions of this part 3, including but not limited to the following powers:

(a) Perpetual existence and succession;

(b) To adopt, have, and use a corporate seal;

(c) To sue and be sued and to be a party to suits, actions, and proceedings;

(d) To undertake regional tourism projects;

(e) To enter into contracts and agreements affecting the affairs of the regional tourism authority as necessary to complete a regional tourism project;

(f) To receive, invest, pledge, spend, and otherwise utilize and expend state sales tax increment revenue in accordance with an approved regional tourism project;

(g) To assign and pledge to any county revitalization authority, metropolitan district, or urban renewal authority having all or any portion of the regional tourism zone within its boundaries or service area the authority's right to receive and utilize state sales tax increment revenue to support bonds or other financing instruments issued or entered into by the metropolitan district or urban renewal authority for eligible costs or to acquire eligible improvements, including but not limited to loans or funding and reimbursement agreements with developers involved in the regional tourism project or other third parties;

(h) To borrow money and incur indebtedness and evidence the same by certificates and note and debentures, to issue bonds, and to invest any moneys of the authority not required for immediate disbursement in property or in securities in which public bodies may legally invest funds subject to their control pursuant to part 6 of article 75 of this title;

(i) To deposit any moneys not required for immediate disbursement in any depository authorized in section 24-75-603 and, for the purpose of making such deposits, to appoint by written resolution one or more persons to act as custodians of the moneys of the authority, which person or persons shall give surety bonds in the amounts and form and for the purposes as the authority requires;

(j) To make such appropriations and expenditures of its funds and to set up, establish, and maintain such general, separate, or special funds and bank accounts or other accounts as it deems necessary or convenient to carry out and effect the purposes and provisions of this part 3;

(k) To accept on behalf of the regional tourism authority real or personal property for the use of the authority and to accept gifts and conveyances made to the authority upon such terms or conditions as the board of the authority may approve;

(l) To adopt, amend, and enforce bylaws and rules that are not in conflict with the constitution and laws of the state for carrying out the business, objects, and affairs of the authority;

(m) To have and exercise all rights and powers necessary or incidental to or implied from the specific powers granted to the regional tourism authority by this part 3. Such specific powers shall not be considered as a limitation upon any power necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this part 3; and

(n) To authorize the use of electronic records or signatures and to adopt rules, standards, policies, and procedures for use of electronic records or signatures pursuant to article 71.3 of this title.

(4) A regional tourism authority shall not have the power of eminent domain and shall not have the power to impose or levy any sales tax, use tax, property tax, or any other tax.

(5) The board of directors of a regional tourism authority shall be subject to the provisions of the "Colorado Open Records Act", article 72 of this title, and the "Colorado Sunshine Act of 1972", article 6 of this title.
C.R.S. § 24-75-1401 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 75 / Part 14 / Section 24-75-1401
24-75-1401. Indirect costs excess recovery fund - creation - departmental accounts - use of
Status: repealed

24-75-1401. Indirect costs excess recovery fund - creation - departmental accounts - use of fund - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Indirect costs" means the indirect cost assessment line items in the annual general appropriation act that represent expected collections of statewide and departmental indirect costs from cash-funded, reappropriated-funded, or federal-funded programs for the purpose of paying departmental or statewide overhead costs as allocated to those programs in the annual general appropriation act.

(b) "State agency" or "agency" means any board, bureau, commission, department, institution, division, section, or officer of the state except those within the department of higher education designation in the annual general appropriation act.

(2) The indirect costs excess recovery fund is created in the state treasury. A separate account for each principal department of state government other than the department of higher education is created within the fund. Before the close of the state's accounting system each fiscal year, the state treasurer shall credit all moneys collected by a state agency for indirect costs for the fiscal year in excess of the actual amount expended during the fiscal year to the account for the department that includes the agency. The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income earned on the deposit and investment of moneys in any account of the fund to the account.

(3) (a) Each account of the indirect costs excess recovery fund is subject to annual appropriation for indirect costs by its corresponding department for the sole purpose of paying any indirect costs incurred by agencies within the department during a fiscal year that exceed their actual indirect cost collections for the fiscal year.

(b) Repealed.

(3.5) On June 30, 2020, the state treasurer shall transfer eight million three hundred eighty-one thousand seven hundred fifty-three dollars from the indirect cost excess recovery fund to the general fund.

(4) No later than November 1, 2013, and no later than each November 1 thereafter, the state controller shall report to the joint budget committee of the general assembly regarding the revenues, expenditures, and balance of each account of the indirect costs excess recovery fund as of June 30 of the prior fiscal year.
C.R.S. § 24-70-213 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 70 / Part 2 / Section 24-70-213
24-70-213. State purchasing agent to measure printing and keep records
Status: repealed

24-70-213. State purchasing agent to measure printing and keep records. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-80-905 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 80 / Part 9 / Section 24-80-905
24-80-905. Columbine
Status: in_force

24-80-905. Columbine. The white and lavender columbine is hereby made and declared to be the state flower of the state of Colorado.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-2601 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 26 / Section 24-33.5-2601
24-33.5-2601. Definitions
Status: in_force

24-33.5-2601. Definitions. As used in this part 26, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Director" means the director of the office, appointed pursuant to section 24-33.5-2603 (2).

(2) "Indigenous" means having descended from people who were living in North America prior to the time people from Europe began settling in North America, being an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe, or being a lineal descendant of a tribally enrolled parent or guardian.

(3) "Indigenous-led organization" means an organization or entity whose board or decision-making body membership is entirely indigenous and whose staff is comprised of at least seventy percent indigenous persons.

(4) "Missing or murdered indigenous relative" means any missing or murdered indigenous person.

(5) "Office" means the office of liaison for missing and murdered indigenous relatives established in section 24-33.5-2603.

(6) "Office personnel" means the director of the office and any employee or agent of the office. "Office personnel" does not include a member of the community volunteer advisory board established in section 24-33.5-2603 (4).
C.R.S. § 24-75-232 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 75 / Part 2 / Section 24-75-232
24-75-232. "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" cash fund - creation - allowable uses -
Status: repealed

24-75-232. "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" cash fund - creation - allowable uses - report - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal. (1) The general assembly finds and declares that:

(a) The federal government enacted with bipartisan support the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act", which includes five hundred fifty billion dollars in federal funds for new infrastructure investments nationwide;

(b) Approximately two hundred programs identified in the federal act may be relevant to Colorado and initial estimates show the state could receive between approximately three billion four hundred million dollars and six billion eight hundred million dollars in new federal funding for infrastructure investments, with significant funding subject to nonfederal match requirements;

(c) With these available federal funds, Colorado has the opportunity to make significant progress on its infrastructure goals that can create positive impacts for Coloradans across the state;

(d) In order for the state to be competitive for the highest range of funding available to it under the federal act, it is necessary for departments to have funds available as a nonfederal match, although due to still-evolving federal guidance the amounts needed and specific types of projects may not be known in time for this money to be appropriated in the annual general appropriation act; and

(e) The general assembly desires the money in the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" cash fund to be allocated as follows; except that the anticipated percentages may change dependent on need and guidance developed by the federal government for implementation of the federal act:

(I) Thirty-five percent for transportation programs;

(II) Twenty-five percent for water, environmental, and resiliency programs;

(III) Twenty-five percent for power, grid, and broadband programs;

(IV) Ten percent for local match support; and

(V) Five percent for grant writing support, administrative support, and project planning.

(2) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Department" means a principal department of the state as identified in section 24-1-110 and the office of the governor, including any offices created therein.

(b) "Fund" means the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" cash fund created in subsection (3) of this section.

(b.5) "Inflation Reduction Act" means the federal "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022", Pub.L. 117-169, as the act may be subsequently amended.

(c) "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" or "federal act" means the federal "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act", Pub.L. 117-58, as the act may be subsequently amended.

(d) "Local government" means a county, a municipality, a city and county, or a special district.

(e) "Office" means the office of the governor.

(3) The "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" cash fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money credited or transferred to the fund pursuant to subsection (4) of this section and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund.

(4) (a) (I) No later than three days after June 7, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer eighty million two hundred fifty thousand dollars from the general fund to the fund.

(II) On July 1, 2023, the state treasurer shall transfer eighty-four million dollars from the general fund to the fund.

(b) The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund.

(c) On June 30, 2028, the state treasurer shall transfer all unexpended money in the fund to the general fund.

(5) (a) Subject to approval by the governor, a department may expend money in the fund as the matching nonfederal funds for infrastructure projects pursuant to requirements of the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" for the following categories:

(I) Transportation infrastructure projects as set forth in the federal act;

(II) Water, environmental, and resiliency projects as set forth in the federal act;

(III) Power, grid, and broadband projects as set forth in the federal act; and

(IV) Any other infrastructure project explicitly funded and set forth in the federal act.

(b) In addition to the uses set forth in subsection (5)(a) of this section:

(I) Subject to approval by the governor, a department may expend money in the fund to provide matching nonfederal funds to a local government or a federally recognized Indian tribe for match uses directed under the federal act; and

(II) The office may expend money from the fund to provide grant writing support, project planning support for federal funding opportunities in connection with the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" and related federal funding opportunities including funding opportunities from the "Inflation Reduction Act", and for administrative needs in processing applications for money from the fund and disbursing money awarded from the fund in accordance with this section.

(c) Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, a department and the office may expend money from the fund for the purposes set forth in this subsection (5).

(d) Before a departmental expenditure from the fund, the office shall develop a process for departments to apply to expend money from the fund for infrastructure projects that require nonfederal match funds in order to be eligible for federal approval to receive federal funding for the infrastructure project under the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" and a process for reviewing and approving applications.

(6) Any department expending money from the fund shall include information regarding amounts expended and anticipated to be expended and information on the specific infrastructure project or projects the money has been or is anticipated to be expended on in the department's annual presentation to joint committees of reference pursuant to section 2-7-203.

(7) (a) On or before October 1, 2022, and on a quarterly basis beginning on July 1, 2023, of every year thereafter, the office shall submit a report to the joint budget committee of the general assembly, the senate committee on transportation and energy or any successor committee, and the house of representatives committees on transportation and local government and energy and environment or any successor committees. The report must include:

(I) Information, organized by department and priority funding category, on awards that have been made pending federal approval including the amount of money awarded from the fund, the federal funds anticipated to be received upon federal approval, and any other funding sources anticipated;

(II) Information, organized by department and priority funding category, on awards that have been made and received federal approval including the amount of money awarded from the fund, the federal funds authorized, and any other funding sources authorized, received, or anticipated; and

(III) Actual expenditures by department for amounts awarded from the fund.

(b) In addition to the information required pursuant to subsection (7)(a) of this section, the office shall include in its first report due on or before October 1, 2022, information on the process that it has established for receiving and reviewing applications pursuant to subsection (5)(d) of this section and any recommendations for legislative changes for purposes of implementing the provisions of this section.

(c) Any department applying for an award of money from the fund must provide the office with the information necessary for the report required by this subsection (7) and comply with any request from the office for the information.

(8) This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2028.
C.R.S. § 24-51-1718 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 51 / Part 17 / Section 24-51-1718
24-51-1718. Option B
Status: in_force

24-51-1718. Option B. (1) Option B is an installment refund annuity, which is defined as a smaller sum of money than the amount that would be payable under option A but that is the actuarial equivalent thereof, as provided in this retirement plan, payable monthly to an annuitant from the time of retirement until death, with the additional provision that if said annuitant dies before receiving an amount equal to the total reserve credited to said annuitant, said payments shall be continued to beneficiaries designated by said annuitant until the total amount of the payments made to such annuitant and to beneficiaries of said annuitant is equal to the total amount of reserve allocated to the payment of said annuitant's retirement allowance.

(2) If a deceased member's estate is the beneficiary, payment in one sum of the commuted value of the retirement allowance shall be made to the member's estate. The rate of interest used in determining the commuted value shall be the actuarial investment assumption rate of the association on the date of death of the member.

(3) In the event of the death of a retired deceased member's beneficiary who is receiving monthly benefits under option B, a payment in one sum of the commuted value of the remaining monthly payments shall be made to the estate of the deceased beneficiary. The rate of interest used in determining the commuted value shall be the actuarial investment assumption rate of the association on the date of death of the beneficiary.
C.R.S. § 24-51-1302 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 51 / Part 13 / Section 24-51-1302
24-51-1302. Premiums for group life insurance
Status: in_force

24-51-1302. Premiums for group life insurance. (1) Premiums for life insurance must be received by the association in order for an individual to be covered.

(2) Continuation of life insurance coverage after retirement is available to any retiree from any division who, prior to retirement, authorizes life insurance premiums to be deducted from monthly benefit payments.

(2.5) Life insurance coverage after termination of membership may continue for any inactive member who continues to pay life insurance premiums and does not receive a refund pursuant to the provisions of section 24-51-405 or part 17 of this article.

(3) Life insurance provided pursuant to the provisions of this part 13 may be assigned by members, inactive members, or retirees, including those of the Denver public schools division.

(4) The association shall pay no premium subsidy for life insurance.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-2003 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 20 / Section 24-33.5-2003
24-33.5-2003. Permits - exceptions to permit requirements
Status: in_force

24-33.5-2003. Permits - exceptions to permit requirements. (1) Any governing body has the power to grant nontransferable and nonassignable permits within the area under its jurisdiction for the storage of fireworks or for the facilities used for the retail sales of fireworks, including permissible fireworks, by any person and to adopt reasonable rules for the granting of such permits. The fee for a permit issued pursuant to this subsection (1) shall be limited to what is reasonable and necessary to cover the direct and indirect costs associated with the granting and enforcement of such permits.

(2) Any governing body has the power to grant nontransferable and nonassignable permits within the area under its jurisdiction for displays of fireworks or pyrotechnic special effects performances by any person, fair association, amusement park, or other organizations or groups and to adopt reasonable rules for the granting of such permits.

(3) No permit shall be required for the display of fireworks at the state fair grounds by the board of commissioners of the Colorado state fair authority, at any duly authorized county or district fair, or at any display by any governing body or local authority.

(4) The discharge of fireworks pursuant to a permit provided for in subsection (2) of this section, or as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, shall be lawful in Colorado, if the display or pyrotechnic special effects performance is performed in accordance with the requirements of the national fire protection association as stated in NFPA-1123, code for the outdoor display of fireworks or NFPA-1126, standard for the use of pyrotechnics before a proximate audience.
C.R.S. § 24-51-302 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 51 / Part 3 / Section 24-51-302
24-51-302. Optional membership
Status: repealed

24-51-302. Optional membership. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-216.7 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 2 / Section 24-33.5-216.7
24-33.5-216.7. Patrol services furnished to statewide constitutional officers - definition
Status: in_force

24-33.5-216.7. Patrol services furnished to statewide constitutional officers - definition. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "statewide constitutional officer" means the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the state treasurer.

(2) The Colorado state patrol shall provide protection to each statewide constitutional officer if such protection is requested by the statewide constitutional officer.

(3) The Colorado state patrol shall designate state patrol officers to be available to provide protection services pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. The chief of the Colorado state patrol shall determine the priority in assigning state patrol officers among each statewide constitutional officer. Factors to be considered when determining the need and priority for providing protection services include, but are not limited to, the location of the function, the estimated level of threat or risk associated with the function, and staffing requirements. If each statewide constitutional officer requests protection services in excess of eighty personnel hours a week for each individual, priority will be given first to protect against credible threats, then at a function at which the statewide constitutional officer is in attendance in an official capacity, and finally against generalized threats.

(4) Nothing in this section is intended to provide around-the-clock protection for a statewide constitutional officer unless there is a credible threat as determined in the discretion of the chief of the Colorado state patrol.

(5) Nothing in this section prohibits a statewide constitutional officer from obtaining additional protection, which must be done in coordination with the Colorado state patrol.
C.R.S. § 24-51-1703 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 51 / Part 17 / Section 24-51-1703
24-51-1703. Denver public schools division - consolidation
Status: in_force

24-51-1703. Denver public schools division - consolidation. (1) The DPS plan shall continue to govern the benefits and programs specified in such plan through December 31, 2009. On January 1, 2010, the DPS plan shall be superseded by the provisions of this article except to the extent that it is necessary to refer to the DPS plan for the correction of errors and as it may be incorporated by reference in this article.

(2) On January 1, 2010, all the assets, liabilities, and obligations of the Denver public schools retirement system shall become the assets, liabilities, and obligations of the Denver public schools division of the association without any further act or document of transfer.

(3) On January 1, 2010, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the Denver public schools retirement system or the association, or both, may take such actions and execute such certifications or other instruments as may be convenient to evidence the consummation of the merger of the two systems, its effective date, and the assets or any particular asset transferred. Any such certification or other instrument purportedly executed by an authorized officer of either system and bearing the seal of such system shall be prima facie evidence of all matters stated in the certification or instrument and may be relied upon by any third party, without further inquiry, including, without limitation, any public trustee or other public official of this or any other state or local government. If any certification or other instrument is recorded in the appropriate real estate records in this or any other state or local government, a copy of the certification or instrument, when duly certified by the custodian of the real estate records to be a true copy of the recorded original, shall have the same effect as the original.

(4) The value of assets transferred as of January 1, 2010, as reflected in the audited financial report effective December 31, 2009, shall determine the initial asset value in the Denver public schools division trust fund for purposes of the initial and future valuations and the proportionate share of the total assets of the association attributable to the Denver public schools division. In the event that the audited value is adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be in error such that the true value on the date of transfer was different than reflected in the audited financials, an adjustment shall be made to the initial asset value of the Denver public schools division and appropriate adjustments made to the proportionate share of investment returns and expenses of the association attributed to the Denver public schools division. No adjustment to the starting asset value of the Denver public schools division shall result from a change in value after January 1, 2010, of the assets transferred. For purposes of this subsection (4), the Denver public schools retirement system real estate and private equity holdings shall be valued and audited as of December 31, 2009, and the directly owned real estate of the association shall be appraised for evaluation as of December 31, 2009.

(5) (a) Prior legislative attempts to accomplish the merger of the Denver public schools retirement system into the school division of the Colorado public employees' retirement association with agreement among the three parties have proven unsuccessful notwithstanding substantial expenditures of time and money by the parties. The reasons for such lack of success include the methodology involved in the determination and allocation of the costs of a merger in order to avoid any subsidy to either merging party as a result of the merger. To avoid these problems and to obtain the public policy benefits of a merger, this section mandates the merger without any requirement of agreement among the parties and implements it through the creation of a separate division within the association. Notwithstanding such mandate, the successful integration of the Denver public schools retirement system into the association while maintaining a continuing high level of service to the members and beneficiaries of both systems has required and will continue to require the cooperation and best efforts of the governing bodies and staffs of the Denver public schools retirement system, the association, and the Denver public schools. In the course of the merger, the parties shall observe the fiduciary duties and legal obligations incident to their respective offices, positions, and employments, which duties and obligations may not always be entirely clear or easily accomplished. Therefore, to secure the public policy objectives incident to the merger and its successful implementation in the most efficient way feasible, so long as such governing bodies and staffs act or have acted in good faith and in accordance with a good faith interpretation of the requirements of this section and other applicable law, they shall be deemed to have fulfilled their fiduciary duties and other legal obligations. In addition, such governing bodies and staffs shall have no personal liability for their acts or omissions incident to the implementation of the merger, including all activities reasonably related thereto. Any person who contends otherwise shall bear the burden of proving that any act or omission challenged does not meet the requirements of good faith.

(b) It is the intent of this part 17 to achieve the mandated merger and to facilitate its implementation, thereby providing portability of the benefits of the members of the Denver public schools retirement system and the association. In addition, this part 17 is intended to pursue efficiencies in the administration of the benefits of members and beneficiaries of the Denver public schools retirement system and in the investment of moneys being transferred to the association and later accruing to it through employer and employee contributions, all in accord with changing conditions. The provisions of this part 17 and the benefit provisions for members and beneficiaries to be provided following the merger shall be interpreted and administered to attempt to further those objectives, and if pursued reasonably and in good faith shall be deemed to comply with applicable legal and fiduciary requirements. Any person who contends otherwise shall bear the burden of proving that any act or omission challenged does not meet all legal requirements applicable in the circumstances.

(c) On January 1, 2010, the separate existence of the Denver public schools retirement system shall cease, and the terms of its trustees shall expire. In addition, the employment of its employees shall cease, subject to section 24-51-1748, providing for their employment by the association. Any claims against such trustees, former trustees, employees, or former employees in their respective capacities shall be commenced within such periods of limitation and shall be subject to such other provisions as may be provided by law, but in no case shall such an action be brought more than two years after January 1, 2010. Any claims relating to the merger and made against the trustees, former trustees, employees, or former employees of the association in their respective capacities, and any claims relating to the merger and made against members or former members of the board of education or employees or former employees of the school district in their respective capacities shall be commenced within such periods of limitation and shall be subject to such other provisions as may be provided by law, but in no case shall such an action be brought more than two years after January 1, 2010.
C.R.S. § 24-50.5-105 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 50.5 / Section 24-50.5-105
24-50.5-105. Civil action
Status: in_force

24-50.5-105. Civil action. Any employee not in the state personnel system, or any employee in the state personnel system who filed a complaint under section 24-50.5-104 (1) but the state personnel board determined after review or hearing that no violation of section 24-50.5-103 occurred, may bring a civil action in the district court alleging a violation of section 24-50.5-103. If the employee prevails, the employee may recover damages, together with court costs, and the court may order such other relief as it deems appropriate.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-1221 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 12 / Section 24-33.5-1221
24-33.5-1221. State responsibility - determination by the director - intergovernmental agreeme
Status: in_force

24-33.5-1221. State responsibility - determination by the director - intergovernmental agreements required - terms included - definitions - legislative declaration. (1) The director shall determine, in consultation with local authorities and with the approval of the governor, geographic areas of the state, including wildland-urban interface areas, in which the state has a financial responsibility for managing forest and wildland fires. The management of fires in all other areas is primarily the responsibility of local or federal agencies, as the case may be. The director may exclude all lands owned or controlled by the federal government or any agency thereof, and the director shall exclude all lands within the exterior boundaries of incorporated cities or towns.

(2) (a) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that:

(I) Because wildland fires so often traverse the territorial boundaries of political subdivisions, the full cooperation of governmental entities within whose territorial boundaries forest lands, rangelands, or wildland areas are located is necessary to ensure adequate protection against those fires;

(II) Because wildland fires cross territorial boundaries, particularly if cooperative fire mitigation policies are not established and maintained, protecting the public from the dangers of such fires, especially fires occurring in wildland-urban interface areas, is a necessary endeavor and a matter of statewide concern; and

(III) This subsection (2) is enacted for the purpose of requiring intergovernmental cooperation between a county and any state agency that owns wildland areas located within the county to mitigate the harm caused by wildland fires affecting land areas in the interest of protecting the public health and safety.

(b) As used in this subsection (2), unless the context otherwise requires:

(I) "Forest land" means land of which at least ten percent is stocked by forest trees of any size and includes land that formerly had such tree cover and that will be naturally or artificially regenerated. "Forest land" includes roadside, streamside, and shelterbelt strips of timber that have a crown width of at least one hundred twenty feet. "Forest land" includes unimproved roads and trails, streams, and clearings that are less than one hundred twenty feet wide.

(II) "Rangeland" means an expanse of land that is unforested and on which it is suitable for livestock to wander and graze.

(III) "State agency" has the meaning set forth in section 24-18-102.

(IV) "Wildland area" means an area in which development is essentially nonexistent, except for roads, railroads, power lines, and similar infrastructure, and in which structures, if present, are widely scattered.

(V) "Wildland fire" means an unplanned or unwanted fire in a forest land, rangeland, or wildland area, including an unauthorized human-caused fire, an out-of-control prescribed fire, and any other fire in a forest land, rangeland, or wildland area where the objective is to extinguish the fire.

(c) (I) (A) On or before January 1, 2017, each state agency that owns any land constituting forest land, rangeland, or wildland area shall enter into an intergovernmental agreement with each county in which the land is located to mitigate wildland fires affecting the land areas of the state agency and county. In making such intergovernmental agreement, the parties to the agreement shall consult with any utility providers that have facilities in the areas subject to the agreements to the extent that the agreements will affect the providers.

(B) Sub-subparagraph (A) of this subparagraph (I) does not apply to rights-of-way, conservation easements, or state trust lands. However, the department of natural resources and the state land board shall evaluate the feasibility of entering into intergovernmental agreements similar to those required under sub-subparagraph (A) of this subparagraph (I) for state trust lands. Prior to September 1, 2014, the department of natural resources shall report to the wildfire matters review committee created in section 2-3-1602, C.R.S., regarding any conclusions reached subsequent to this evaluation, including reasonable alternatives to address wildland fire mitigation and suppression costs with counties in which state trust lands are located.

(II) Any agreement required by subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (c) must address the following matters:

(A) The identification of all parties to the agreement and their respective roles and responsibilities regarding the mitigation and management of wildland fires;

(B) The procedures for cooperation and coordination among the parties to the agreement;

(C) Management objectives for forest land and wildland fire prevention, preparedness, mitigation, suppression, reclamation, or rehabilitation, and the designation of the state agency with fiscal and operational authority for each objective;

(D) A description of available emergency or mutual aid resources in the event of wildland fires;

(E) Identification of the party or parties responsible for paying the costs of suppression of wildfires occurring on state-owned lands;

(F) The specification that reimbursement and billing procedures will be handled through the division's existing billing process; and

(G) Action that may be undertaken by one party to the agreement if another party to the agreement fails to satisfy its duties or responsibilities under the agreement.

(d) The agreement required under paragraph (c) of this subsection (2) must be executed by all parties to the agreement.

(e) Nothing in this subsection (2) alters or affects the manner in which suppression costs are handled:

(I) During an agreed-upon mutual aid period; or

(II) Pursuant to an existing agreement.
C.R.S. § 24-60-1908 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 60 / Part 19 / Section 24-60-1908
24-60-1908. Loans - tax-exempt
Status: in_force

24-60-1908. Loans - tax-exempt. Any interest charged and collected by a financial institution on any loan made to the Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad commission is exempt from all taxes imposed by the state and its political subdivisions.
C.R.S. § 24-72-402 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 72 / Part 4 / Section 24-72-402
24-72-402. Violation - penalty
Status: repealed

24-72-402. Violation - penalty. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-103-205 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 103 / Part 2 / Section 24-103-205
24-103-205. Sole source procurement
Status: in_force

24-103-205. Sole source procurement. A contract may be awarded for a supply, service, or construction item without competition when, under rules, the executive director, the chief procurement officer, the procurement official, or a designee of any such officer determines in writing that there is only one source for the required supply, service, or construction item.
C.R.S. § 24-6-304.5 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 6 / Part 3 / Section 24-6-304.5
24-6-304.5. Examination of books and records
Status: in_force

24-6-304.5. Examination of books and records. (1) The secretary of state has the power to request to examine or cause to be examined the books and records of any individual who has received or is seeking to renew a certificate of registration as a lobbyist as such books and records may relate to lobbying.

(2) Failure of a registrant or an applicant for renewal of the certificate of registration to comply with a request from the secretary of state to furnish the information in subsection (1) of this section shall be grounds for the secretary of state to proceed to use his powers to revoke or suspend a certificate of registration or bar an individual from registration as provided in section 24-6-305.
C.R.S. § 24-21-540 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 21 / Part 5 / Section 24-21-540
24-21-540. Repeal of part
Status: repealed

24-21-540. Repeal of part. This part 5 is repealed, effective September 1, 2032. Before its repeal, this part 5 is scheduled for review in accordance with section 24-34-104.
C.R.S. § 24-21-514.7 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 21 / Part 5 / Section 24-21-514.7
24-21-514.7. Interpreters - use in facilitation of notarial acts - limitations
Status: in_force

24-21-514.7. Interpreters - use in facilitation of notarial acts - limitations. (1) If a notarial officer and an individual for whom a notarial act is to be performed do not communicate in the same language, an interpreter who communicates in a language in common with both the notarial officer and the individual may be used to facilitate the notarial act. A notarial officer may rely on representations made by the interpreter on behalf of the individual for whom the notarial act is performed as factual. Any errors in interpretation are not attributable to the notarial officer, and the notarial officer is not liable in any disputes arising from such errors.

(2) An interpreter shall appear personally, as defined in section 24-21-506 (2), before the notarial officer. An interpreter appearing personally before the notarial officer shall be identified pursuant to section 24-21-507 or, if appearing personally by means of real-time audio-video communication, pursuant to section 24-21-514.5.

(3) (a) An interpreter shall not provide interpreter services when the interpreter has a disqualifying interest in the transaction. For the purposes of this subsection (3), an interpreter has a disqualifying interest in a transaction if:

(I) The interpreter or the interpreter's spouse, partner in a civil union, ancestor, descendent, or sibling is a party to or is named in the record that is to be notarized; or

(II) The interpreter or the interpreter's spouse or partner in a civil union may receive directly and as a proximate result of the notarization any advantage, right, title, interest, cash, or property. This subsection (3)(a)(II) does not apply to a reasonable fee received by the interpreter for providing interpreter services.

(b) A notarial act is voidable if interpreter services are provided in violation of this subsection (3) in relation to the notarial act.

(4) (a) If a notarial officer does not communicate in the same language as the individual executing the record with respect to which the notarial officer is performing a notarial act, the notarial officer is not liable in any legal action regarding a dispute that directly results from an error in interpretation.

(b) A party who files an action for damages based on a violation of this part 5 related to a notarial act that a notarial officer performed in accordance with this section has the burden of proof in establishing that the dispute is related to a cause other than the interpretation.

(5) Nothing in this section limits a notarial officer's authority to refuse to perform a notarial act as set forth in section 24-21-508.

(6) In addition to complying with the requirements of section 24-21-515, the certificate of notarial act for a remote notarization that was performed using an interpreter must indicate that the notarial act was performed using an interpreter and include the name and credential or certification number, if any, of the interpreter.
C.R.S. § 24-75-219 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 75 / Part 2 / Section 24-75-219
24-75-219. Transfers - transportation - capital construction - definitions - repeal
Status: repealed

24-75-219. Transfers - transportation - capital construction - definitions - repeal. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Capital construction fund" means the capital construction fund created in section 24-75-302.

(b) Repealed.

(c) "Funds" means the highway users tax fund and the capital construction fund.

(d) "Highway users tax fund" means the highway users tax fund created in section 43-4-201, C.R.S.

(e) and (f) Repealed.

(g) "Multimodal transportation and mitigation options fund" means the multimodal transportation and mitigation options fund created in section 43-4-1103 (1).

(g.5) "Revitalizing main streets program" means the department of transportation's grant program to support communities across the state as they build and improve multimodal infrastructure in a way that safely connects Coloradans to the community-focused downtowns where they live, work, dine, and shop.

(h) "State highway fund" means the state highway fund created in section 43-1-219.

(2) to (5) Repealed.

(6) On March 19, 2021, the state treasurer shall transfer thirty million dollars from the general fund to the state highway fund for the purpose of providing additional funding for the revitalizing main streets and safer main streets programs of the department of transportation.

(7) In addition to any other transfers required by this section:

(a) On June 30, 2021, from the money that the state received from either the federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund under section 9901 of title IX, subtitle M of the federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021", Pub.L. 117-2, which is eligible to be used as specified in section 602 (c)(I)(C) of said section 9901, or from the general fund, as specified, the state treasurer shall transfer:

(I) One hundred eighty-two million one hundred sixty thousand dollars from money the state received from the federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund to the state highway fund. Of this amount, twenty-two million one hundred sixty thousand dollars is for the purpose of providing additional funding for the revitalizing main streets program and five hundred thousand dollars is for the purpose of acquiring, planning the development of, or developing the Burnham Yard rail property in Denver. Any money that is transferred from the ARPA refinance state money cash fund to the state highway fund pursuant to section 24-75-226.5 to refinance money that was transferred to the state highway fund pursuant to this subsection (7)(a)(I) must be spent for the same purposes as the refinanced money, as set forth in this subsection (7)(a)(I).

(II) One hundred sixty-one million three hundred forty thousand dollars from money the state received from the federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund to the multimodal transportation and mitigation options fund; and

(III) Thirty-six million five hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the highway users tax fund.

(b) On July 1, 2021, the state treasurer shall transfer one hundred seventy million dollars from the general fund to the state highway fund.

(b.5) On July 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer:

(I) Forty-seven million one hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the state highway fund; and

(II) Thirty-one million four hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the highway users tax fund.

(c) On each July 1 from July 1, 2024, through July 1, 2031, the state treasurer shall transfer:

(I) Ten million five hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the multimodal transportation and mitigation options fund; and

(II) Seven million dollars from the general fund to the state highway fund for the purpose of providing additional funding for the revitalizing main streets program.

(d) (I) On each July 1 from July 1, 2024, through July 1, 2028, the state treasurer shall transfer one hundred million dollars from the general fund to the state highway fund; and

(II) On each July 1 from July 1, 2029, through July 1, 2031, the state treasurer shall transfer eighty-two million five hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the state highway fund.

(e) The department of transportation shall expend ten million dollars of each transfer from the general fund to the state highway fund made pursuant to subsection (7)(d)(I) of this section from July 1, 2024, through July 1, 2028, solely to mitigate the environmental and health impacts of increased air pollution from motor vehicle emissions in nonattainment areas by funding projects that reduce vehicle miles traveled or that directly reduce air pollution.

(f) (I) On June 30, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer from the general fund an amount equal to the lesser of fifty percent of the amount by which revenue for the 2020-21 state fiscal year that is subject to the excess state revenues cap, as defined in section 24-77-103.6 (6)(b), and does not exceed the cap exceeded what the cap would have been if the cap had been calculated in accordance with law in effect immediately prior to the enactment of Senate Bill 21-260, enacted in 2021, or one hundred fifteen million dollars as follows:

(A) Ninety-four percent of the amount to the multimodal transportation and mitigation options fund; and

(B) Six percent of the amount to the state highway fund for the purpose of providing additional funding for the revitalizing main streets program.

(II) On June 30, 2023, and on June 30 of each succeeding state fiscal year through June 30, 2026, the state treasurer shall transfer from the general fund an amount equal to the lesser of fifty percent of the amount by which revenue for the prior state fiscal year that is subject to the excess state revenues cap, as defined in section 24-77-103.6 (6)(b), and does not exceed the cap for the prior state fiscal year is estimated to exceed what the cap would have been if the cap had been calculated in accordance with law in effect immediately prior to the enactment of Senate Bill 21-260, enacted in 2021, or one hundred fifteen million dollars less the cumulative amount of all transfers previously made pursuant to this subsection (7)(f) as follows:

(A) Ninety-four percent of the amount to the multimodal transportation and mitigation options fund; and

(B) Six percent of the amount to the state highway fund for the purpose of providing additional funding for the revitalizing main streets program.

(g) and (h) Repealed.

(i) (I) On July 1, 2023, the state treasurer shall transfer five million dollars from the general fund to the state highway fund. The money transferred pursuant to this subsection (7)(i)(I) must be used by the department of transportation for the purpose of developing comprehensive operational capacity to maximize utilization and implementation of federal infrastructure funding.

(II) This subsection (7)(i) is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.

(j) Repealed.

(8) On July 1, 2022, the state treasurer transferred six million five hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the state highway fund pursuant to subsection (7)(h) of this section, as it existed prior to its repeal on July 1, 2023, which required that the department use such amount for an environmental study on relocating the consolidated main rail line away from interstate highway 25 in connection with the development of the Burnham Yard rail property. Beginning on the effective date of this section, the department shall instead use such amount that was transferred to the state highway fund for the purpose of site preparation, site enhancements, planning, and facilitating a track alignment that preserves buildable land while promoting transit and rail capacity and increasing safety in connection with the development of the Burnham Yard rail property, as the department has determined that supporting the regional transportation district's right-of-way expansion, rather than relocating the main rail line, is the most important transit need on the site.
C.R.S. § 24-54-101 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 54 / Section 24-54-101
24-54-101. Authorization to establish and maintain retirement plan or system - definitions
Status: in_force

24-54-101. Authorization to establish and maintain retirement plan or system - definitions. (1) Any county, municipality, or other political subdivision by itself or in conjunction with any other county, municipality, or political subdivision is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a general plan or system of retirement benefits for its elected or appointed officers and its employees, or any class thereof, subject to appropriations being available therefor.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2005, p. 358, § 1, effective April 22, 2005.)

(2.5) Any pension plan or system of retirement benefits established by a county or counties may include participating county departments of health and human or social services, library districts organized or existing pursuant to part 1 of article 90 of this title 24 located in whole or in part within those counties, and the district attorneys' offices serving those counties.

(2.7) For purposes of this article 54, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "County" means a county or a city and county, including any entity formed by such county or city and county.

(a.5) "Current employee" means any person currently performing service that constitutes employment for any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state. "Current employee" does not include former employees of any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state who left employment through retirement, resignation, separation, termination, or otherwise. "Current employee" also does not include beneficiaries of either current employees or former employees.

(b) "Defined benefit plan or system" means any retirement plan or system that is not a defined contribution plan or system.

(c) "Defined contribution plan or system" means a retirement plan or system that provides for an individual account for each participant and the benefits of which are based solely on the amount contributed to the participant's account and that includes any income, expenses, gains, losses, or forfeitures of accounts of other participants that may be allocated to the participant's account.

(d) "Municipality" means a city or a town and any entity formed by such city or town.

(d.5) "Peace officer" means a certified peace officer as described in section 16-2.5-101 and includes any guards employed by a county sheriff pursuant to section 17-26-122.

(e) "Political subdivision" means any district, special district, improvement district, authority, council of governments, governmental entity formed by an intergovernmental agreement, or any other kind of municipal, quasi-municipal, or public corporation organized pursuant to law.

(3) Any municipality, special district, fire authority, or county improvement district offering fire protection services that is not required to affiliate with the police officers' and firefighters' pension plans established pursuant to the provisions of title 31, C.R.S., may affiliate with a retirement plan or system established pursuant to this article.

(4) No member of the governing board of the plan shall act upon his own application for retirement.

(5) Any county, municipality, political subdivision, or other participating entity not participating in the social security system pursuant to the provisions of article 53 of this title shall also have the authority to establish a retirement plan or system extending benefits to its employees in lieu of those benefits provided by the social security act, as defined in section 24-53-101.

(6) The board of any retirement plan or system established in accordance with this section may allow its employees to participate as members of such plan or system.

(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any entity that is not a county, municipality, or political subdivision as defined in this section but that was included in a retirement plan or system established pursuant to this article before April 22, 2005, shall be allowed to remain in the plan or system.
C.R.S. § 24-46.5-101 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 46.5 / Section 24-46.5-101
24-46.5-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

24-46.5-101. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares:

(a) That the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state are dependent upon the continued encouragement, development, and expansion of opportunities for employment in the private sector in this state;

(b) That the economic history of this state has been characterized by a "boom and bust" cycle resulting in severe social and economic dislocation and dramatic fluctuation in economic activity and public revenues;

(c) That diversification of the state's economic base will contribute to much-needed economic stability;

(d) That it is vital to the continued development of economic opportunity in this state, including the development of new businesses and the expansion of existing businesses, that this state provide additional incentives to entities making a commitment to build and operate new business facilities which will result in substantial and long-term expansion of new employment within this state; and

(e) That the public purpose to be served by the passage of this article outweighs all other individual interests.
C.R.S. § 24-21-520 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 21 / Part 5 / Section 24-21-520
24-21-520. Notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record - select
Status: in_force

24-21-520. Notification regarding performance of notarial act on electronic record - selection of technology. (1) A notary public may select one or more tamper-evident technologies to perform notarial acts with respect to electronic records. A person may not require a notary public to perform a notarial act with respect to an electronic record with a technology that the notary public has not selected.

(2) Before a notary public performs the notary public's initial notarial act with respect to an electronic record, a notary public shall notify the secretary of state that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records and identify the technology the notary public intends to use. If the secretary of state has established standards for approval of technology pursuant to section 24-21-527, the technology must conform to the standards. If the technology conforms to the standards, the secretary of state shall approve the use of the technology.

(3) In every instance, the electronic signature of a notary public must contain or be accompanied by the following elements, all of which must be immediately perceptible and reproducible in the electronic record to which the notary's electronic signature is attached: The notary's name, as it appears on the notary's certificate of commission; the notary's identification number; the words "notary public" and "state of Colorado"; a document authentication number issued by the secretary of state; and the words "my commission expires" followed by the expiration date of the notary's commission. A notary's electronic signature must conform to any standards promulgated by the secretary of state.
C.R.S. § 24-75-220 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 75 / Part 2 / Section 24-75-220
24-75-220. State education fund - transfers - surplus - legislative declaration
Status: repealed

24-75-220. State education fund - transfers - surplus - legislative declaration. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, on the date on which the state controller publishes the comprehensive annual financial report of the state for the fiscal year 2011-12, the state treasurer shall transfer to the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution fifty-nine million dollars from the general fund surplus designated in accordance with section 24-75-201 (1) for the fiscal year 2011-12, which represents the unrestricted general fund balance after the applicable amount of reserve required pursuant to section 24-75-201.1 (1)(d).

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, on the date on which the state controller publishes the comprehensive annual financial report of the state for the fiscal year 2012-13, the state treasurer shall transfer to the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution the general fund surplus designated in accordance with section 24-75-201 (1) for the fiscal year 2012-13, which represents the unrestricted general fund balance after the applicable amount of reserve required pursuant to section 24-75-201.1 (1)(d).

(3) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that Senate Bill 13-234, enacted in 2013, required the state treasurer to transfer moneys from the general fund to the old hire plan members' benefit trust fund created in section 31-31-701 (6), C.R.S., to satisfy the state's future required payments. This transfer reduced the amount of the general fund surplus that would otherwise have been transferred to the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution under subsection (2) of this section. The transfers in paragraph (b) of this subsection (3) are intended to reimburse the state education fund for this reduced transfer and they represent the amount the state would have contributed to the old hire plan member's benefit trust fund in the absence of the early pay off.

(b) On April 30, 2014, the state treasurer shall transfer forty-five million three hundred twenty-one thousand seventy-nine dollars from the general fund to the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution. On April 30, 2015, and April 30 of each year thereafter through 2018, the state treasurer shall transfer twenty-five million three hundred twenty-one thousand seventy-nine dollars from the general fund to the state education fund. On April 30, 2019, the state treasurer shall transfer twenty-four million nine hundred ninety-one thousand seven hundred thirty-nine dollars from the general fund to the state education fund.

(4) Repealed.

(5) On July 1, 2019, the state treasurer shall transfer forty million three hundred twenty-six thousand eight hundred ninety-six dollars ($40,326,896) from the general fund to the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.

(6) (a) On March 1, 2021, the state treasurer shall transfer one hundred thirteen million dollars from the general fund to the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.

(a.5) On July 1, 2021, the state treasurer shall transfer one hundred million dollars from the general fund to the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.

(b) On March 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer twenty-three million dollars from the general fund to the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.

(7) Repealed.

(8) On July 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer two hundred ninety million dollars from the general fund to the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 24-51-305.5 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 51 / Part 3 / Section 24-51-305.5
24-51-305.5. Employees of district attorneys
Status: in_force

24-51-305.5. Employees of district attorneys. (1) (a) The boards of county commissioners of the counties within a judicial district, in consultation with the district attorney for the judicial district, may authorize any assistant district attorney, chief deputy district attorney, or deputy district attorney in the judicial district to make a one-time irrevocable written election to become a member of the association's defined benefit plan or the association's defined contribution plan. Any such authority shall be granted on or before January 1, 2004, unless the boards of county commissioners make a finding that it was not fiscally appropriate to make the election prior to such date. No election shall be made pursuant to this subsection (1) unless authorized by the boards of county commissioners pursuant to this paragraph (a).

(b) An assistant district attorney, chief deputy district attorney, or deputy district attorney hired prior to the date upon which the boards of county commissioners authorize an election pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall have sixty days from such date to make an election. In the absence of such election, such person shall continue to participate in his or her existing retirement system.

(c) An assistant district attorney, chief deputy district attorney, or deputy district attorney hired on or after the date upon which the boards of county commissioners authorize an election pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall have sixty days from the date of commencing employment to make an election. In the absence of such election, such person shall be a member of the association's defined benefit plan.

(2) (a) The boards of county commissioners of the counties within a judicial district, in consultation with the district attorney for the judicial district, may elect to have the employees of the district attorney become members of the association's defined benefit plan or the association's defined contribution plan. The election shall be approved by not less than sixty-five percent of the employees of the district attorney. An election pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall be made prior to January 1, 2004, unless the boards of county commissioners make a finding that it was not fiscally appropriate to make the election prior to such date.

(b) If an election is made pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), the boards of county commissioners, in consultation with the district attorney, shall further determine whether to have the employees either become members of the association's defined benefit plan or the association's defined contribution plan. The determination shall be approved by not less than sixty-five percent of the employees of the district attorney.

(c) If either the election specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) or the determination specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2) is not approved as provided in said paragraphs, then the employees of the district attorney shall not become members of the association's defined benefit plan or the association's defined contribution plan. No more than one election may be made in a judicial district in any calendar year. If the boards of county commissioners determine that the employees shall become members of the defined benefit plan, then no employee of the district attorney shall participate in the defined contribution plan. If the boards determine that the employees shall participate in the defined contribution plan, then no employee shall become a member of the defined benefit plan.

(d) An employee of a district attorney hired prior to the date upon which the employees of the district attorney approve the determination of the boards of county commissioners pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (2) shall have sixty days from such date to make a one-time irrevocable election to become a member of the association's defined benefit plan or the association's defined contribution plan in accordance with the determination. In the absence of such election, such person shall continue to participate in his or her existing retirement plan.

(e) An employee of a district attorney hired on or after the date upon which the employees of the district attorney approve the determination of the boards of county commissioners pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (2) shall become a member of the association's defined benefit plan or the association's defined contribution plan in accordance with the determination.

(f) The boards of county commissioners of the counties within a judicial district, in consultation with the district attorney for the judicial district, may make application to the board to terminate affiliation with the association. Said application shall be made by submitting a resolution adopted by the boards of county commissioners that has been approved by at least sixty-five percent of the employees of the district attorney who are members or who participate in the plan. Applications to the board shall be made in accordance with the provisions of section 24-51-313.

(g) For purposes of this subsection (2), the term "employee of a district attorney" shall not include an assistant district attorney, chief deputy district attorney, or deputy district attorney.

(3) An assistant district attorney, chief deputy district attorney, deputy district attorney, or other employee of a district attorney who becomes a member of the association shall be a member of the state division. The judicial district employing such member shall be designated as a state employer that has affiliated with the association pursuant to section 24-51-309.
C.R.S. § 24-103-904 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 103 / Part 9 / Section 24-103-904
24-103-904. Purchasing preference for environmentally preferable products - definitions
Status: in_force

24-103-904. Purchasing preference for environmentally preferable products - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Environmentally preferable products" means products, including products that do not contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals, that have a lesser or reduced adverse effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products that serve the same purpose. The product comparison may consider such factors as the availability of any raw materials used in the product being purchased and the availability, use, production, safe operation, maintenance, packaging, distribution, disposal, or recyclability of the product being purchased.

(b) "Intentionally added PFAS chemicals" has the meaning set forth in section 25-15-603 (12).

(2) All invitations for bids for products shall include language that describes the availability of the purchasing preference for environmental products. In connection with the purchase of products, a governmental body shall award the contract to a bidder who offers environmentally preferable products subject to the conditions specified in subsection (3) of this section unless the specifications used in the solicitation contain environmentally preferable product criteria. This preference does not apply to the purchase of services, including construction services.

(3) The preference specified in subsection (2) of this section shall apply only if all of the following conditions are met and selecting an environmentally preferable product would not otherwise be disadvantageous to the state upon consideration of these conditions, singly or in combination:

(a) The quality of the environmentally preferable products meets the specification of the bid.

(b) The environmentally preferable products are suitable for the use required by the purchasing entity.

(c) Any bidder able to offer environmentally preferable products is able to supply such products in sufficient quantity, as indicated in the invitation for bids.

(d) The bid price for environmentally preferable products does not exceed the lowest bid price for products that are not environmentally preferable by more than five percent.

(e) The head of the governmental body or other official charged by law with the duty to purchase products has made a determination that the governmental body is able to purchase the environmentally preferable products out of the governmental body's existing budget without any further supplemental or additional appropriation.

(4) If the bid price for environmentally preferable products exceeds the bid price for products that are not environmentally preferable by more than five percent, a governmental body may award the contract to a bidder who offers environmentally preferable products where the governmental body demonstrates, on the basis of assessments such as the costs of ownership and a life-cycle analysis, that long-term savings to the state will result from environmentally preferable purchasing in accordance with the requirements of this section. Nothing in this section shall require that a governmental body perform an analysis of the costs of ownership or a life-cycle analysis in connection with the purchase of any products.

(5) (a) Any bidder that seeks to qualify for the preference created by subsection (2) of this section shall provide documentation to the governmental body inviting the bid that the products offered by the bidder are environmentally preferable. This requirement may be satisfied by submission of any of the following:

(I) A life-cycle analysis conducted on the applicable product that has been conducted in accordance with applicable standards as determined by the purchasing governmental body or by the international organization for standardization or any successor organization;

(II) A reference to an existing environmentally preferable product list maintained by a state or the federal government that contains the product; or

(III) A reference to a nationally recognized third-party certification entity that has certified the product as environmentally preferable on the basis of a valid life-cycle analysis. The governor's energy office or successor office shall maintain a list of certification entities.

(b) The governmental body may rely in good faith on any form of documentation that satisfies the requirement of subsection (5)(a) of this section.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if none of the forms of documentation specified in subsection (5)(a) of this section apply to the product being purchased, the requirements of this section shall not apply to the purchase of the product.

(6) In connection with any cost of ownership analysis or life-cycle analysis undertaken in connection with any purchase under this section of a product that involves the replacement of existing electrical, natural gas, or steam service, the cost analysis shall consider any stranded utility costs.
C.R.S. § 24-51-1727 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 51 / Part 17 / Section 24-51-1727
24-51-1727. Eligibility for deferred members
Status: in_force

24-51-1727. Eligibility for deferred members. (1) Benefits shall be payable under this section and sections 24-51-1728 to 24-51-1731 if the following conditions are met:

(a) The employee must be an affiliate member or contributing member who has completed a period of not less than five years of active service with the district. Any contributing member or affiliate member who terminated employment prior to January 1, 1997, shall be governed by the DPS plan document.

(b) Such member is not eligible to receive and has not received, by virtue of district employment, payment of any other benefits under this retirement plan. A refund of accumulated contributions is not deemed a benefit within the meaning of this section.

(c) The employment of such member with the district, either regular or casual, has been terminated and there has not been a withdrawal of the member's accumulated contributions. In the case of a member whose employment has terminated and who withdrew such contributions but thereafter accepted reemployment with the district, such prohibition against withdrawal shall refer to any normal, arrearage, or additional contributions thereafter made by such employee.

(d) Within one year following an effective date of termination of employment falling on or before December 31, 2008, such member must file an election and declaration of intent to apply for a deferred retirement allowance. Such election and declaration shall be made in the manner and form as prescribed.

(e) If a member's effective date of termination of employment falls on or after January 1, 2009, such member is automatically deemed a deferred member and is eligible to apply for a deferred retirement allowance upon meeting the requirements for commencement of a deferred retirement allowance.
C.R.S. § 24-34-103 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 34 / Part 1 / Section 24-34-103
24-34-103. Procedures for complaints concerning licensees
Status: repealed

24-34-103. Procedures for complaints concerning licensees. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-32-1609 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 32 / Part 16 / Section 24-32-1609
24-32-1609. Application for allocation from statewide balance
Status: repealed

24-32-1609. Application for allocation from statewide balance. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-60-905 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 60 / Part 9 / Section 24-60-905
24-60-905. Retirement benefits
Status: in_force

24-60-905. Retirement benefits. The public employees' retirement association may make an agreement with the vehicle equipment safety commission for the coverage of said commission's employees pursuant to article III (f) of the compact. Any such agreement, as nearly as may be, shall provide for arrangements similar to those available to the employees of this state and shall be subject to amendment or termination in accordance with its terms.
C.R.S. § 24-51-606 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 51 / Part 6 / Section 24-51-606
24-51-606. Vested inactive member rights
Status: in_force

24-51-606. Vested inactive member rights. (1) Any member who was a member, inactive member, or retiree on December 31, 2006, who has earned at least five years of service credit and who terminates membership and does not elect to receive a refund pursuant to the provisions of section 24-51-405 shall be eligible for a benefit to become effective upon reaching the age specified in table B in section 24-51-602 for a service retirement or in table C in section 24-51-604 for a reduced service retirement.

(1.5) Any member who was not a member, inactive member, or retiree on December 31, 2006, who has earned at least five years of service credit and who terminates membership and does not elect to receive a refund pursuant to section 24-51-405 shall be eligible for a benefit to become effective upon written application and approval by the board and upon reaching the age specified in table B.05, B.07, B.1, B.2, B.3, B.4, B.5, or B.6 of section 24-51-602, as applicable, for a service retirement or in table C or C.1 of section 24-51-604 for a reduced service retirement. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (1.5), for such a member who applies for retirement within ninety days after the member attains age and service eligibility, the effective date of retirement shall be the date the member attains such age and service eligibility.

(2) (a) A vested inactive member may make direct payments to the association in lieu of member contributions in order to acquire eligibility for retirement pursuant to the provisions of section 24-51-602 or 24-51-604. Said payments do not purchase service credit for benefit calculation purposes pursuant to the provisions of section 24-51-603 or 24-51-605.

(b) Direct payments in lieu of member contributions are calculated at the applicable member contribution rates pursuant to section 24-51-401 (1.7), multiplied by the most recent full-time monthly salary paid for the position previously held by the vested inactive member.

(c) Direct payments may be made by a lump-sum payment or by monthly installments. Lump-sum payments shall not cause the benefit to become payable earlier than the first eligible date for reduced service retirement.

(d) Retroactive lump-sum payments shall include interest assessed from the date of termination of membership until the date on which direct payments begin.

(e) Installment payments, if made, shall be made from the date of termination of membership until the first date of eligibility for service retirement or reduced service retirement, as elected by the vested inactive member.

(f) Installment payments shall become due without notice on the tenth calendar day of each month. Failure to make timely installment payments shall cause all such payments to be refunded to the vested inactive member, and eligibility for retirement which was to be acquired by such payments shall be negated.

(g) Upon the death of a vested inactive member prior to the conclusion of direct payments in lieu of member contributions as authorized pursuant to the provisions of this section and prior to retirement, payments made up to the date of death shall be refunded to the person eligible to receive survivor benefits.

(h) Eligibility to make direct payments in lieu of member contributions shall be limited to vested inactive members who terminate membership before July 1, 2003, and make payments as specified in this section.
C.R.S. § 24-60-1601 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 60 / Part 16 / Section 24-60-1601
24-60-1601. Short title
Status: in_force

24-60-1601. Short title. This part 16 shall be known and may be cited as the "Interstate Corrections Compact".
C.R.S. § 24-48.5-108 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 48.5 / Part 1 / Section 24-48.5-108
24-48.5-108. Bioscience research - evaluation - grants - fund - definitions - repeal
Status: repealed

24-48.5-108. Bioscience research - evaluation - grants - fund - definitions - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-32-713 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 32 / Part 7 / Section 24-32-713
24-32-713. Violation - penalty
Status: repealed

24-32-713. Violation - penalty. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-37.5-805 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 37.5 / Part 8 / Section 24-37.5-805
24-37.5-805. Technical debt environment - annual report
Status: in_force

24-37.5-805. Technical debt environment - annual report. On or before November 1, 2025, and on or before November 1 of each year thereafter, the office shall submit a report to the joint budget committee and the joint technology committee that provides an estimate of the state's technical debt environment.
C.R.S. § 24-13-103 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 13 / Section 24-13-103
24-13-103. Bond filed with secretary of state
Status: repealed

24-13-103. Bond filed with secretary of state. (Repealed)