C.R.S. § 2-2-2308 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 2 / Part 23 / Section 2-2-2308
2-2-2308. Gifts, grants, and donations - cash fund
Status: in_force

2-2-2308. Gifts, grants, and donations - cash fund. (1) The commission may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this section. The commission shall transmit all money received through gifts, grants, or donations to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money to the Black Coloradan racial equity study cash fund created in this section.

(2) The commission may accept donations of in-kind services for the purposes of this section, including for technical assistance.

(3) (a) The Black Coloradan racial equity study cash fund is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of gifts, grants, and donations credited to the fund pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund.

(b) Money in the fund is continuously appropriated as follows:

(I) To the legislative council for the commission to carry out this part 23; and

(II) To the society for conducting historical research pursuant to section 2-2-2305.

(c) (I) If by June 30, 2025, the money in the fund has never reached or exceeded seven hundred eighty-five thousand dollars, the state treasurer shall return from the fund to the grantor or donor the amount of the grantor's or donor's gifts, grants, or donations.

(II) If sections 2-2-2304, 2-2-2305, 2-2-2306, and 2-2-2307 take effect pursuant to section 2-2-2309 (1), on the day prior to the repeal of the fund four years later pursuant to section 2-2-2309 (2), the state treasurer shall return from the fund to each grantor or donor the money remaining in the fund in an amount that is proportional to the grantor's or donor's share of the total amount of gifts, grants, or donations deposited to the fund.

(III) If any money remains in the fund after the state treasurer returns money to donors or grantors pursuant to subsection (3)(c)(I) or (3)(c)(II) of this section, as applicable, the state treasurer shall, prior to the repeal of the fund, transfer all unexpended and unencumbered money in the fund to the general fund.
C.R.S. § 2-3-110.5 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 2-3-110.5
2-3-110.5. Fraud hotline - investigations - confidentiality - access to records - definitio
Status: in_force

2-3-110.5. Fraud hotline - investigations - confidentiality - access to records - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Committee" means the legislative audit committee created in section 2-3-101 (1).

(b) "Contracted individual" means an individual currently or formerly acting under a contract, purchase order, or other similar agreement for the procurement of goods and services with a state agency; except that "contracted individual" does not include individuals or entities that provide services or receive benefits under Title XIX or Title XXI of the federal "Social Security Act".

(c) "Employee" means an individual currently or formerly employed by a state agency; except that "employee" does not include individuals or entities that provide services or receive benefits under Title XIX or Title XXI of the federal "Social Security Act".

(d) "Fraud" means occupational fraud or the use of one's occupation for personal enrichment through the deliberate misuse or misapplication of the employing organization's resources or assets. The definition of fraud specified in this subsection (1)(d) is used exclusively for purposes of the fraud hotline to be administered by the state auditor in accordance with this section and shall not be construed to apply to any other section of the Colorado Revised Statutes.

(e) "Fraud hotline" or "hotline" means the system created and maintained by the state auditor pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section.

(f) "Hotline call" means a report of information to the fraud hotline regardless of whether such report is made by telephone, fax, email, or another internet-based format.

(g) "Investigation" means an investigation of a report to the fraud hotline of an allegation of fraud committed by an employee or a contracted individual. "Investigation" does not constitute a criminal investigation.

(h) "State agency" or "agency" means all departments, institutions, and agencies of state government, including the office of the governor, institutions of higher education, and the legislative and judicial departments of the state.

(i) "State auditor" means the state auditor or his or her designee.

(2) (a) The state auditor shall establish and administer a telephone number, fax number, email address, mailing address, or internet-based form whereby any individual may report an allegation of fraud committed by an employee or a contracted individual.

(b) (I) The state auditor may request that an individual submitting an allegation to the fraud hotline provide his or her name and contact information, but no person who submits an allegation to the hotline is required to provide his or her name and contact information. In addition, in accordance with federal laws and regulations, nothing in this section permits an employee of a financial institution to disclose personally identifiable or confidential information when making a report to the hotline.

(II) The state auditor shall not disclose publicly, or when making a referral to another state agency in accordance with subsection (3)(b) of this section, the identity of any individual who contacts the fraud hotline unless the individual grants the state auditor express permission to make such disclosure. The restrictions imposed by this subsection (2)(b)(II) shall not apply when the state auditor makes a disclosure to a law enforcement agency, a district attorney, or the attorney general, in connection with a criminal investigation, or to the department of health care policy and financing or the attorney general in accordance with subsection (3)(a)(II) of this section.

(c) The state auditor is responsible for administering the hotline, including the screening of hotline calls and, in accordance with subsection (3)(b) of this section, consulting and coordinating with state agencies to refer allegations of fraud by an employee or a contracted individual that are reported to the hotline.

(d) The state auditor shall staff the hotline with one or more individuals who possess professional knowledge and expertise in the areas of fraud prevention and detection, fraud examination, forensic accounting, or another related field. The state auditor may also contract with any private entity to assist in the execution of his or her powers and duties under this section. The state auditor shall consult and use accepted professional guidelines and best practices, such as those established by other state audit organizations or the association of certified fraud examiners, when developing internal operating policies and procedures for carrying out activities of his or her office in connection with the hotline.

(e) The state auditor shall publicize the existence and purpose of the hotline on the official website of the office of the state auditor and through other means as determined by the state auditor.

(f) (I) The state auditor shall prepare and maintain workpapers for the purpose of documenting the activities of his or her office in connection with hotline calls and investigations.

(II) All workpapers prepared or maintained by the state auditor in connection with hotline calls must be held as strictly confidential by the state auditor and not for public release. The restrictions imposed by this subsection (2)(f)(II) shall not prevent communication by and among the state auditor, a state agency, the governor, the committee, a law enforcement agency, a district attorney, or the attorney general in accordance with the requirements of this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all workpapers prepared or maintained by the state auditor in connection with hotline calls shall not constitute public records for purposes of the "Colorado Open Records Act", part 2 of article 72 of title 24.

(3) (a) (I) Upon receiving a hotline call, the state auditor shall conduct an initial screening of the call to determine whether the matter being reported constitutes an allegation of fraud committed by an employee or a contracted individual.

(II) The state auditor shall forward all hotline calls alleging fraud by a medicaid recipient to the department of health care policy and financing, all calls alleging fraud by a medicaid provider or contractor to the medicaid fraud control unit of the office of the attorney general, and all calls alleging fraud in violation of the "Colorado False Claims Act", part 12 of article 31 of title 24, to the attorney general unless the allegation relates to a state employee in the performance of the employee's duties.

(b) If the state auditor determines through the initial screening that a hotline call constitutes an allegation of fraud committed by an employee or a contracted individual, the state auditor shall consult and coordinate with management or management's designee of the affected state agency or, in the case of alleged fraud involving a gubernatorial appointee, the governor's office for the purpose of referring the hotline call and any related workpapers to the affected agency. Upon receiving a referred hotline call from the state auditor, the state agency is responsible for determining and taking appropriate action to respond to the referred hotline call and reporting back to the state auditor in accordance with subsection (4) of this section. In determining appropriate action, the state agency may request either the assistance of the state auditor to participate in an investigation or request that the state auditor conduct the entire investigation.

(c) When, at the request of a state agency, the state auditor either participates in or conducts an investigation of a hotline call pursuant to subsection (3)(b) of this section, the following additional requirements apply:

(I) The state auditor has access at all times to all of the books, accounts, reports, vouchers, or other records or information maintained by the agency that are directly related to the scope of the investigation.

(II) The state auditor shall report the results of the investigation to the head of the affected agency or, in the case of alleged fraud involving a gubernatorial appointee, to the governor's office. The state auditor shall also provide any workpapers prepared or maintained by the state auditor during the investigation.

(III) If the investigation finds evidence that the amount of the alleged fraud exceeds one hundred thousand dollars, the state auditor shall also report the results of the investigation to the committee and, with the approval of the committee, to the governor.

(IV) If the investigation finds evidence of apparently illegal transactions or misuse or embezzlement of public funds or property, the state auditor shall immediately report the matter to a law enforcement agency, a district attorney, or the attorney general, as appropriate. The state auditor shall also provide any workpapers prepared or maintained by the state auditor during the investigation.

(4) When a state agency is referred a hotline call by the state auditor pursuant to subsection (3)(b) of this section and has not requested that the state auditor either participate in or conduct the entire investigation, the state agency shall report back to the state auditor within ninety days on the disposition of the referral, including action the agency has taken to respond to the fraud allegation and the results of any subsequent investigation by the agency. If the state agency has not reached a disposition of the referred hotline call within ninety days, the agency shall report to the state auditor the current status of the referral as of the ninety-day deadline. This reporting requirement continues every ninety days thereafter until the agency has reached a disposition of the referred hotline call.

(5) Commencing with state fiscal year 2018-19, the state auditor shall prepare an annual report to the committee summarizing, in the aggregate, activity relating to the fraud hotline during the preceding state fiscal year, such as the number, type, nature, and disposition of reports made to the hotline. The annual report shall not contain detailed information, confidential or otherwise, about any specific reports made to the hotline or that would enable the identification of either any specific individual involved in a matter reported to the hotline or any subsequent investigation. The annual report must be accessible to the public and posted on the official website of the office of the state auditor.
C.R.S. § 2-2-301 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 2-2-301
2-2-301. Call of houses to order
Status: in_force

2-2-301. Call of houses to order. At the time established as provided in section 2-2-303.5 for the meeting of the first regular session of the general assembly next after the general election, the holdover senators and senators-elect shall meet in the hall of the senate, and the members-elect of the house of representatives shall meet in the hall of the house of representatives. The president of the next preceding session of the senate, or in case of the president's absence the holdover senator or one of them having served the longest continuous time in the senate, shall call the senate to order. The speaker of the next preceding session of the house of representatives, or in the speaker's absence the person holding a certificate issued by the secretary of state as a member and having served the longest continuous time in the house of representatives, shall call the house of representatives to order.
C.R.S. § 2-3-604 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 6 / Section 2-3-604
2-3-604. Duties of commissioners
Status: in_force

2-3-604. Duties of commissioners. Each commissioner shall attend the meeting of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws and, both in and out of such national conference, shall do all in his power to promote uniformity in state laws where uniformity may be deemed desirable and practicable. The commission shall prepare and transmit a report and its recommendations to the general assembly on or before January 1 of each year concerning subjects of legislation upon which uniformity among the states may be deemed desirable and concerning the proceedings and recommendations of the most recent meeting of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws.
C.R.S. § 2-3-107 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 2-3-107
2-3-107. Authority to subpoena witnesses - access to records
Status: repealed

2-3-107. Authority to subpoena witnesses - access to records. (1) For the purposes of this part 1 the committee has the power to subpoena witnesses, take testimony under oath, and to assemble records and documents, by subpoena duces tecum or otherwise, with the same power and authority as courts of record and may apply to courts of record for the enforcement of these powers. The sheriff of any county shall serve any subpoena on written order of the committee in the same manner as process is served in civil actions. Witnesses subpoenaed to appear before the committee shall receive the same fees and expenses as witnesses in civil cases.

(2) (a) (I) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the state auditor or the state auditor's designated representative is authorized to have access at all times, except as provided by sections 39-1-116, 39-4-103, and 39-5-120, to all of the books, accounts, reports, vouchers, or other records or information in any department, institution, or agency, including but not limited to records or information required to be kept confidential or exempt from public disclosure upon subpoena, search warrant, discovery proceedings, or otherwise. The authority of the state auditor or the state auditor's designated representative to access at all times the books, accounts, reports, vouchers, or other records or information in accordance with this subsection (2)(a) also extends to any fiscal or performance audit the state auditor or the state auditor's designated representative conducts of:

(A) The Colorado new energy improvement district and the new energy improvement program in connection with section 2-3-120;

(B) Repealed.

(C) The health benefit exchange created in section 10-22-104 in accordance with section 10-22-105 (4)(c);

(D) Community-centered boards, as defined in section 25.5-6-1702 (5);

(E) Case management agencies in accordance with section 25.5-6-1708 (1); and

(F) The statewide implementation of the statewide system of standards and assessments and the statewide education accountability system in accordance with section 2-3-127, as said section existed prior to its repeal; except that, for purposes of said audit, the state auditor or his or her designated representative shall not have access to the financial records, including books, accounts, and vouchers, of a public school, school district, or board of cooperative services or of the state charter school institute.

(II) The authority of the state auditor or his or her designated representative to access at all times the books, accounts, reports, vouchers, or other records or information provided under subsection (2)(a)(I)(B) of this section terminates on the date the final audit report is released by the legislative audit committee.

(III) When accessing confidential health records, the state auditor shall determine the necessity of accessing personal identifying health information for the purpose of achieving the audit objectives.

(b) Nothing in this subsection (2) shall be construed as authorizing or permitting the publication of information prohibited by law. Notwithstanding the approval of the committee to release work papers of the office of the state auditor pursuant to section 2-3-103 (3), no information required to be kept confidential pursuant to any other law shall be released in connection with an audit. The results of any audit or evaluation of information technology systems undertaken pursuant to section 2-3-103 (1.5) that are precluded from disclosure under section 24-6-402 (3)(a)(IV), C.R.S., shall not be released in connection with any such audit or evaluation. In addition to the penalty established in section 2-3-103.7, any person who unlawfully releases confidential information shall be subject to any criminal or civil penalty under any applicable law for the unlawful release of the information.

(c) Any officer or employee who fails or refuses to permit such access or examination for audit or who interferes in any way with such examination commits a class 2 misdemeanor.

(3) In verifying any of the audits made, the state auditor has the right to ascertain the amounts on deposit in any bank or other depository belonging to any department, institution, or agency required to be audited and has the right to audit said account on the books of any such bank or depository. No bank or other depository is liable for making available to the state auditor any of the information required under this subsection (3).
C.R.S. § 2-1-108 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 1 / Section 2-1-108
2-1-108. Published plan and records
Status: in_force

2-1-108. Published plan and records. (1) Upon submission of the congressional redistricting plan approved by the Colorado supreme court, the congressional commission shall provide copies of the published plan to the secretary of state.

(2) The secretary of state shall provide any candidate for legislative office or any Colorado citizen with a copy of a map showing the boundaries for any congressional district upon request. Individual district maps must be provided to any resident of a congressional district without charge. A nominal charge, not to exceed the actual cost, may be determined and collected pursuant to section 24-21-104 (3) for copies of congressional district maps for which an individual is not a resident.
C.R.S. § 2-7-103 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 7 / Part 1 / Section 2-7-103
2-7-103. Review of principal department - subject matter to be studied
Status: in_force

2-7-103. Review of principal department - subject matter to be studied. (1) (a) A joint legislative oversight committee shall study a principal department's powers, duties, and functions in order to evaluate the public need for continuance of said powers, duties, and functions and whether the public need would be better served by the elimination, reassignment, or expansion of said powers, duties, and functions.

(b) Said study may include, but not be limited to:

(I) Identification of unnecessary duplication of functions, situations in which similar functions should be consolidated in one division or in which divisions should be consolidated, and situations in which efficient administration would be served by transferring existing powers, duties, and functions among principal departments or elimination of said powers, duties, and functions;

(II) Examination of the extent to which the proper exercise of powers and performance of duties and functions has been impeded or enhanced by existing statutes and procedures and practices of the principal department, and any other circumstances, including budgeting, resources, and personnel matters;

(III) Study of the efficiency and cooperation exhibited by the principal department in processing inquiries and complaints from the public;

(IV) The extent to which changes are necessary in the enabling laws of the principal department.

(c) Beginning in 1981, said study shall include a review of all fees and fines charged by the principal department. Pursuant to such review, the principal department shall be required to tabulate all fees and fines and the amounts thereof, state the purpose of each, and state the rationale for each where appropriate.

(2) A joint legislative oversight committee may require a principal department to make budget presentations which clearly illustrate the source, amount, and expenditure of funds in relation to each of the principal department's powers, duties, and functions.
C.R.S. § 2-2-1201 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 2 / Part 12 / Section 2-2-1201
2-2-1201. Accountability clauses - post-enactment review of implementation of bills by leg
Status: repealed

2-2-1201. Accountability clauses - post-enactment review of implementation of bills by legislative service agencies - definitions - repeal. (1) In accordance with the provisions of this section, legislative service agencies shall conduct a post-enactment review of the implementation of any bill enacted during any legislative session, regular or special, commencing on and after January 1, 2006, that becomes law and that contains an accountability clause and a legislative declaration setting forth the desired results or benefits to be achieved by the bill, as intended by the general assembly, that shall be used by legislative services agencies in conducting a post-enactment review in accordance with this section and such other information that is necessary for the legislative service agencies to conduct such a post-enactment review.

(2) (a) In conducting a post-enactment review as required by subsection (1) of this section, legislative service agencies shall determine to the greatest extent possible:

(I) Whether the bill has been implemented, in whole or in part;

(II) If the bill has been implemented in whole or in part, how the bill has been implemented, including whether the bill has been implemented in the most efficient and cost-effective manner;

(III) If the bill has been implemented in part, the reasons why the bill has not been implemented in whole;

(IV) The extent to which the desired results or benefits of the bill, as specified in the legislative declaration of the bill, are being achieved;

(V) Whether there have been any unintended consequences or problems caused by the implementation of the bill;

(VI) Whether the implementation of the bill has been impeded by any existing state or federal statutes, rules, procedures, or practices;

(VII) Whether any administrative or statutory changes are necessary to improve the implementation of the bill;

(VIII) Whether the actual costs of implementing the bill have been within the estimated costs, if any, set forth in the fiscal note for the bill;

(IX) Whether any increase in state funding is necessary to improve the implementation of the bill; and

(X) Any other pertinent observation made by the legislative service agencies that relate to the implementation of the bill.

(b) If the legislative service agencies cannot determine any of the items specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), in whole or in part, due to a lack of sufficient information set forth in the legislative declaration of the bill for which a post-enactment review is being conducted or due to any other ambiguity arising from the language of the bill, the legislative service agencies shall include a statement to that effect in their written findings reported in accordance with subsection (3) of this section.

(3) The legislative service agencies shall complete any post-enactment review of the implementation of a bill required pursuant to this section no later than one hundred eighty days after the two-year or five-year anniversary, as applicable, of the enactment of the bill. The legislative service agencies shall report their written findings resulting from any post-enactment review of the implementation of a bill to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the minority leaders of the house of representatives and senate, and the prime sponsors of the bill if they are still serving in the general assembly at the time the report is filed. The report shall be filed no later than sixty days after a post-enactment review is completed by the legislative service agencies and shall be a public record for purposes of article 72 of title 24, C.R.S.

(4) (a) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the inclusion of an accountability clause and a legislative declaration in any bill.

(b) For purposes of this section, an accountability clause and a legislative declaration may be:

(I) Included in any bill introduced in the house of representatives or the senate at the request of the prime sponsor of the bill; or

(II) Added to any bill by amendment offered by any member of the general assembly and adopted during the legislative process in accordance with law and legislative procedures.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all officers, departments, agencies, and offices of the state, or of any political subdivision of the state, that is responsible for or involved in the implementation of any bill that is subject to a post-enactment review pursuant to the provisions of this section shall cooperate with and provide all information that may be requested by legislative service agencies for purposes of conducting a post-enactment review pursuant to this section.

(6) The general assembly may adopt rules to implement accountability clauses and the post-enactment review of bills containing an accountability clause and a legislative declaration by legislative service agencies in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(7) For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Accountability clause" means a noncodified provision of a bill that directs legislative staff agencies to conduct a review of the implementation of the bill either two or five years, as specified in the provision, after the enactment of the bill.

(b) "Legislative service agencies" means the office of legislative legal services, legislative council staff, and staff of the joint budget committee.

(8) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 2-3-1401 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 14 / Section 2-3-1401
2-3-1401. Oversight of economic development activities of state - business affairs and lab
Status: repealed

2-3-1401. Oversight of economic development activities of state - business affairs and labor committee and business, labor, and technology committee - reports from governor to joint budget committee on economic development programs. (1) The business affairs and labor committee of the house of representatives and the business, labor, and technology committee of the senate, or any successor committees, shall have jurisdiction to conduct general oversight of the economic development activities of state government. Each year such committees shall, jointly or separately in the discretion of the chairmen of such committees, review the activities of any agencies of state government engaged in economic development matters and may require the appropriate officials of any such agencies to make reports to such committees to facilitate the oversight function under this subsection (1).

(2) The governor's office shall submit an annual report to the joint budget committee detailing the expenditures by appropriated line item and funding source in the general appropriation bill of the state for all economic development programs in all departments. The governor's office shall also make such annual report available to the full general assembly. The report shall identify which activities are funded and where such activities fall within priorities of the strategic plan and identify any anticipated and actual results of such funded activities; specify dollars spent on each activity; and show a balance of funds remaining for additional economic development activities.

(3) Repealed.

(4) The Colorado first program shall submit to the joint budget committee an annual report on the number of workers trained, for whom they were trained, why they were trained, who trained the workers, and the cost per worker trained. Such report shall also be available to the full general assembly.

(5) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the governor's office and the department of local affairs should comply with the state budgetary process, fiscal procedures, and generally accepted accounting principles when expending moneys to implement the state's economic development efforts. The governor's office and the department of local affairs shall record economic development program expenses in the state agency that benefits from the expenditure.
C.R.S. § 2-2-404 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 2 / Part 4 / Section 2-2-404
2-2-404. Legislative rules
Status: repealed

2-2-404. Legislative rules. (1) The senate and the house of representatives shall each have the power to adopt rules or joint rules, or both, for the orderly conduct of their affairs and to preserve and protect the health, safety, and welfare of their members, officers, and employees in the performance of their official duties, as well as that of the general public in connection therewith, and to preserve and protect property and records under the jurisdiction of the general assembly or either house thereof, consistent with public convenience, the public's rights of freedom of expression and to peaceably assemble and petition government, and the established democratic concepts of the openness of the legislative process.

(1.5) Repealed.

(2) In lieu of or in addition to the adoption of such rules, the senate and the house of representatives may each, by rule, authorize its presiding officer to promulgate regulations for any or all such purposes.

(3) Rules or regulations may be adopted with respect to the following matters, among others, without limitation by reason of such specification:

(a) Regulating admission to the legislative chambers, galleries, lobbies, offices, and other areas of the buildings wherein they are located which provide access thereto;

(b) Limiting the size of groups of persons permitted within such areas, for reasons of health and safety and in case of fire or other emergency;

(c) Prohibiting or restricting the bringing of signs, banners, placards, or other display materials into any such areas, or possessing them therein, without proper authorization;

(d) Prohibiting or restricting the bringing of radio or television equipment, recording equipment, sound-making or amplifying equipment, and photographic equipment into any such areas, or possessing them therein, without proper authorization;

(e) Prohibiting or restricting the bringing of packages, bags, baggage, or briefcases into any such areas, or possessing them therein, without proper authorization;

(f) Establishing rules of conduct for visitors to the galleries;

(g) Authorizing the clearing of the public from the chambers, lobbies, and galleries or from any room in which a public legislative hearing or meeting is being conducted in the event of any disturbance therein which disrupts legislative proceedings or endangers any member, officer, or employee of the general assembly or the general public, or where reasonable grounds exist for believing that such a disturbance or danger may occur; except that duly accredited representatives of the news media not participating in any such disturbance shall be permitted to remain therein. The closing of such areas to the public shall continue only so long as necessary to avoid disruption of the legislative proceedings or to preserve and protect the safety of the members, officers, or employees of the general assembly or the general public.

(h) Authorizing the construction of safety barriers and other protective measures for the galleries and other areas under the jurisdiction of the general assembly and the acquisition of security equipment, all within the funds made available therefor;

(i) Protecting the records and property of the general assembly from unlawful damage or destruction;

(j) Any and all other matters which may be necessary or appropriate to the orderly conduct of the affairs of the general assembly and the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the members, officers, and employees of the general assembly and the general public in connection therewith.

(4) In lieu of or in addition to the adoption of separate rules, the senate and the house of representatives may adopt joint rules applicable to both houses.

(5) In lieu of or in addition to the promulgation of separate regulations, the senate and the house of representatives may promulgate joint regulations applicable to both houses.

(6) All such rules of the senate and the house of representatives or either house and regulations of the senate and the house of representatives shall be filed in the offices of the clerks thereof, and a copy of such rules and regulations shall be made available to any person upon request, without charge.

(7) Such rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law. Any person who willfully violates any such rule or regulation commits a petty offense.
C.R.S. § 2-2-2201 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 2 / Part 22 / Section 2-2-2201
2-2-2201. Commission on property tax - creation - powers and duties - report - repeal
Status: repealed

2-2-2201. Commission on property tax - creation - powers and duties - report - repeal. (1) Notwithstanding section 2-3-303.3, there is created the commission on property tax, referred to in this section as the "commission", for the purpose of studying and making recommendations for a property tax structure that protects property owners and residential tenants from rising property taxes while meeting the needs of governments that rely on property tax to pay for local services.

(2) The commission consists of nineteen members that represent the demographic and geographic diversity of the state as follows:

(a) Two members of the house of representatives, with one member of the majority party appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and one member of the minority party appointed by the house minority leader;

(b) Two members of the senate, with one member of the majority party appointed by the president of the senate and one member of the minority party appointed by the senate minority leader;

(c) The property tax administrator in the division of property taxation in the department of local affairs;

(d) One individual who is a mayor or elected city council person, or the designee of a mayor or elected city council person, appointed by the Colorado Municipal League;

(e) One individual who is serving or has served as a county assessor, appointed by the governor;

(f) The executive director of the Special District Association of Colorado;

(g) One individual who is the chief financial officer of a school district, appointed by the Colorado Association of School Executives;

(h) One individual representing a statewide organization that has expertise in Colorado school funding policy or a statewide organization that represents Colorado educators, appointed by the president of the senate;

(i) One individual representing an organization that represents Colorado commercial or residential property owners, appointed by the house minority leader;

(j) One individual who is a fire chief, appointed by the Colorado State Fire Chiefs;

(k) One individual representing an organization with expertise in advocating for low-income individuals, seniors, individuals with fixed incomes, or residential tenants, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;

(l) The executive director of a statewide or regional business organization, appointed by the senate minority leader;

(m) One individual who is serving as a county commissioner from a county that is in the front range region, as defined in section 26-5-103.5 (2)(c)(I)(B), appointed by the president of the senate;

(n) One individual who is serving as a county commissioner from a county that is in the mountain region, as defined in section 26-5-103.5 (2)(c)(I)(C), appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;

(o) One individual who is serving as a county commissioner from a county that is in the eastern region, as defined in section 26-5-103.5 (2)(c)(I)(A), appointed by the house minority leader;

(p) One individual who is serving as a county commissioner from a county that is in the southern region, as defined in section 26-5-103.5 (2)(c)(I)(D), appointed by the senate minority leader; and

(q) One individual who is serving as a county commissioner from a county that is in the western region, as defined in section 26-5-103.5 (2)(c)(I)(E), appointed by the governor.

(3) (a) All appointments described in subsection (2) of this section shall be made no later than December 4, 2023. An individual who is materially connected to an initiative petition that concerns property tax and that has been submitted to the directors of the legislative council and the office of legislative legal services for review and comment pursuant to section 1-40-105 (1) or who is a registered agent or compensated employee of an issue committee, as defined in section 1-45-103 (12), that supports or opposes such an initiated measure is ineligible to be appointed to the commission.

(b) The president of the senate shall appoint the chair of the commission and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint the vice-chair of the commission.

(c) Members of the commission serve at the pleasure of the applicable appointing authority or until the member no longer serves in the position for which that member was appointed to the commission, at which time a vacancy is deemed to exist on the commission. If a vacancy occurs, the appropriate appointing authority shall appoint a replacement member who meets the requirements set forth in subsection (2) of this section for the vacant position not later than ten business days from the date the vacancy is deemed to exist. If the appropriate appointing authority fails to appoint a replacement member as required by this subsection (3)(c), the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint a replacement member who meets the requirements set forth in subsection (2) of this section.

(d) The commission may establish special purpose subcommittees with nonvoting members to evaluate and consider property tax issues as it deems necessary to fulfill its goals and objectives set forth in subsection (5) of this section.

(e) As soon as feasible after the effective date of this subsection (3)(e), the commission shall enter into a contract with a facilitator with experience in tax policy to guide the work of the commission and to assist in drafting the report required in subsection (6)(a) of this section. The commission shall select a neutral facilitator who is not affiliated with a statewide organization described in subsection (2) of this section.

(4) (a) The commission shall meet at least twice a month beginning the week of December 18, 2023, through the week of March 15, 2024; except that, the commission need not meet more than once in December, 2023. The commission may meet more often at the discretion of the chair. A majority of the members of the commission may vote to extend the work of the commission past March 15, 2024, or to terminate the work of the commission at any time, and the work of the commission may also be extended as required by subsection (6)(a) of this section.

(b) The legislative council staff and the office of legislative legal services shall be available to assist the commission in carrying out its duties.

(5) (a) The purpose of the commission is to identify, consider, and evaluate legislative options for a permanent and sustainable property tax structure for the state. In connection with such identification, consideration, and evaluation, the commission shall, as it deems appropriate, identify, consider, and evaluate proposed initiatives concerning property tax for the 2024 general election.

(b) The commission shall identify, consider, and evaluate options for a property tax structure that protects property owners from rising tax bills and is sustainable for local governments and public schools, which may include consideration of property tax proposals that have been submitted to the state title board.

(c) For each property tax structure option identified, considered, and evaluated pursuant to subsections (5)(a) and (5)(b) of this section, the commission shall consider the following factors:

(I) Local control;

(II) Impact to property owners and local taxing jurisdictions in different areas of the state;

(III) Impact to residential and nonresidential real property;

(IV) Impact to school finance and the budget stabilization factor;

(V) Long-term impact to property owners and local taxing jurisdictions under different property value growth scenarios;

(VI) Impacts to housing affordability, including for residential tenants;

(VII) Impacts to residential tenants, incentives for development, and the potential for lower property taxes for residences as a result of changing to a land value tax system;

(VIII) Impacts to the ability of counties to provide statutorily mandated and voter-approved services to Colorado residents; and

(IX) Disproportionate impacts of the rising tax bills on people with lower incomes, especially people with fixed incomes, in providing fair and equitable property tax relief.

(d) The commission shall evaluate the equity of valuation for assessment established for property in Senate Bill 24-233 and House Bill 24B-1001.

(6) (a) No later than March 15, 2024, the commission shall make a report to the general assembly and the governor, including recommendations for both short-term and long-term legislative changes that will further the purpose of the commission set forth in subsection (5)(a) of this section. The commission shall, as it deems appropriate, include in the report an evaluation of proposed initiatives concerning property tax for the 2024 general election that addresses the factors set forth in subsection (5)(c) of this section. If a proposed initiative concerning property tax for the 2024 general election is timely submitted to the directors of the legislative council and the office of legislative legal services for review and comment pursuant to section 1-40-105 (1) after the commission has submitted the report, the commission shall reconvene, consider the effect of the proposed initiative if it were to be approved by the voters of the state and become law and, if deemed appropriate by the commission, supplement the report with additional information about the proposed initiative.

(b) The commission report must contain only recommendations supported by ten or more members of the commission.

(c) If a majority of commission members vote to extend the work of the commission past March 15, 2024, in accordance with subsection (4)(a) of this section, then the commission shall make a report to the general assembly and the governor in accordance with this subsection (6) no later than December 31, 2024.

(d) No later than May 1, 2025, the commission shall make a report on the equity of the valuation for assessment established for property in Senate Bill 24-233 and House Bill 24B-1001.

(7) The executive committee of the legislative council, created in section 2-3-301 (1), may allocate funding from the legislative department cash fund, created in section 2-2-1601, for the purposes of the commission including for hiring professional facilitation services, public outreach and engagement, and other necessary services.

(8) This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.
C.R.S. § 2-4-107 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 2-4-107
2-4-107. Year
Status: in_force

2-4-107. Year. The word "year" means a calendar year.
C.R.S. § 2-3-1204 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 12 / Section 2-3-1204
2-3-1204. Departments having authority to create advisory committees - duties - repeal
Status: repealed

2-3-1204. Departments having authority to create advisory committees - duties - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 2-3-502 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 5 / Section 2-3-502
2-3-502. Committee on legal services - membership - duties
Status: in_force

2-3-502. Committee on legal services - membership - duties. (1) Except as provided in part 3 of this article, the committee shall supervise and direct the operations of the office of legislative legal services.

(2) The committee may designate one or more subcommittees from among its membership to perform any duties of the committee with respect to the supervision and direction of the office of legislative legal services.

(3) The membership of the committee consists of ten members of the general assembly. The ten legislative members of the committee are as follows: The respective chairs of the house and senate committees on judiciary or their respective designees; four members from the house of representatives, two from each major political party, one of whom shall be an attorney-at-law, if there is an attorney-at-law in each party, appointed by the speaker and the minority leader of the house of representatives, respectively, with the approval of a majority of the members elected to the house of representatives; and four members from the senate, two from each major political party, one of whom shall be an attorney-at-law, if there is an attorney-at-law in each party, appointed by the president and the minority leader of the senate, respectively, with the approval of a majority of the members elected to the senate.

(4) The eight appointive members of the committee shall be appointed no later than ten days after the convening of the first regular session of each general assembly. An appointing authority may make an appointment to temporarily replace a current member of the committee appointed by that appointing authority. In addition, the president of the senate may make an appointment to temporarily replace the chair of the senate committee on judiciary or the chair's respective designee currently serving on the committee and the speaker of the house of the representatives may make an appointment to temporarily replace the chair of the house committee on judiciary or the chair's designee currently serving on the committee; except that a temporary appointment made pursuant to this subsection (4) does not require approval of a majority of the members elected to the applicable body. Membership on the committee of each such appointive member terminates upon the appointment of his or her successor or upon termination of a member's term of office in the general assembly, whichever first occurs. The membership of a judiciary committee chair terminates upon the termination of his or her term of office in the designated position. Any member may be appointed to succeed himself or herself on the committee. Vacancies in the committee's membership shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments; except that the approval of the members elected to the general assembly is not necessary if any such appointment is made when the general assembly is not in session.

(5) The committee shall select from among its members a committee chair and vice-chair, and it shall prescribe its own rules of procedure. The committee may meet as often as necessary, but it shall meet at least twice in each calendar year.

(6) Members of the committee shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and shall be paid the same per diem compensation as provided by law for members of interim legislative committees for each day of attendance.

(7) If any law or other document of this state refers to the legislative drafting committee or to the committee on statute revision, said law or other document shall be deemed to refer to the committee on legal services.

(8) Notwithstanding any provision of section 24-6-402 to the contrary, the committee may take action on the question of retaining legal counsel pursuant to section 2-3-1001 by a poll of the committee members without holding a meeting, unless a committee member objects to polling on the question. The director of the office of legislative legal services or the director's designees may conduct the poll by in-person, electronic, or digital communication with committee members. Approval of the question by a majority of the committee members in response to the poll has the same effect as if the question were approved by a majority vote of the committee members taken in a committee meeting. If the committee approves a question by poll, the committee shall post on the committee website a notice of vote to retain counsel that at a minimum specifies the name of the legal counsel to be retained, the legal matter for which the legal counsel will provide representation, and the committee, agency, or individual that the legal counsel will represent. The notice of vote to retain counsel shall be posted within three business days after the poll is completed.
C.R.S. § 2-5-102 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 5 / Section 2-5-102
2-5-102. Inclusions - nonstatutory
Status: in_force

2-5-102. Inclusions - nonstatutory. (1) At the end of each section of the statutes, the revisor shall include:

(a) Reference to the statutory history of the section;

(b) Annotations of state and federal court decisions construing, applying, or relating to the subject matter of the section; and

(c) Such editorial notes, cross references, and other matter as the committee considers desirable or advantageous.

(2) The revisor shall prepare for publication with Colorado Revised Statutes:

(a) The declaration of independence;

(b) The constitutions of the United States and state of Colorado;

(c) The enabling act admitting Colorado into the union; and

(d) The rules of civil and criminal procedure and such other rules as the supreme court of Colorado may adopt.

(3) The revisor shall also prepare for publication with Colorado Revised Statutes a complete subject index and comparative disposition tables or cross reference indices relating sections of the original 1973 compilation to prior compilations and session laws.

(4) The revisor of statutes shall include in the publication of the "Uniform Commercial Code", as nonstatutory matter, a complete index to the code and, following each section of the code, the session law source of that section and a specific designation of differences in text, if any, between that section and the version of that section in the official text of the "Uniform Commercial Code" issued by the American law institute and the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws upon which that article of the "Uniform Commercial Code" as enacted in Colorado was based. In addition, the revisor of statutes shall include after each section the full text of the official comment to that section in that version of the article in the official text in effect at the time of the enactment of that version of that article in Colorado, and by the Colorado comments of the revisor of statutes. The inclusion of said nonstatutory matter is only for the purpose of information, and no inference or presumption of legislative intent shall be drawn therefrom.

(5) In order that said "Uniform Commercial Code" shall be, at all times and in all respects, as uniform as possible with the "Uniform Commercial Code" of other states, the order and arrangement of articles, sections, and subsections of said code, the numbering and lettering system of said articles, sections, and subsections, the titles or headings of said articles, sections, or subsections, and the wording, punctuation, capitalization, and sentence and paragraph structure of said code and any amendments thereto, as enacted by the general assembly, shall be preserved and maintained as far as possible without change; except that the revisor of statutes and the committee on legal services shall review said code and revise the same for the correction of errors needed and present said code, with the correction of such errors, to the general assembly for reenactment with other statutes of a general and permanent nature.

(6) There shall be included in the publication of the "Colorado Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 1981", as nonstatutory matter, following each section of the article, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the official volume containing the 1976 official text of the "Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments or Colorado comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the uniform act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.

(7) There shall be included in the publication of the "Colorado Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act", as nonstatutory matter, following each section of the article, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the official volume containing the 1984 official text of the "Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments or Colorado comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the uniform act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.

(8) There may be included in the publication of the amendments to article 10 of title 15, Colorado Revised Statutes, and to the revised parts 1 through 9 of article 11 of title 15, Colorado Revised Statutes, as nonstatutory matter, following each section of articles 10 and 11 of title 15, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the official volume containing the official text of the "Uniform Probate Code - Article II" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments or Colorado comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the uniform act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.

(9) There shall be included in the publication of the "Colorado Water for the 21st Century Act", as nonstatutory matter, following section 37-75-105, C.R.S., the full text of the interbasin compact charter as submitted to the general assembly on April 6, 2006, by the interbasin compact committee.

(10) There shall be included in the publication of the "Uniform Power of Attorney Act", as nonstatutory matter, following each section of the act, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the official volume containing the 2006 official text of the "Uniform Power of Attorney Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments or Colorado comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the uniform act. The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.

(11) There shall be included in the publication of the "Colorado Probate Code" as nonstatutory matter, following each amended or added section, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the 2008 official text of "Amendments to Uniform Probate Code" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the "Uniform Probate Code". The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.

(12) There shall be included in the publication of the "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act" as nonstatutory matter, following each amended or added section, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the 2011 official text of the "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the "Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act". The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.

(13) The revisor of statutes shall include in the publication of the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act" as nonstatutory matter, following each amended or added section, the full text of the official comments to that section contained in the 2008 official text of the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act" issued by the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, with any changes in the official comments to correspond to Colorado changes in the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act". The comments shall be prepared by the revisor of statutes and approved for publication by the committee on legal services.
C.R.S. § 2-3-103.7 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 2-3-103.7
2-3-103.7. Disclosure of reports before filing
Status: in_force

2-3-103.7. Disclosure of reports before filing. (1) Any state employee or other individual acting in an oversight role as a member of a committee, board, or commission, or any employee or other individual acting in an oversight role with respect to any audit conducted pursuant to sections 2-3-120, 10-22-105 (4)(c), and 25.5-6-1708 (1), who willfully and knowingly discloses the contents of any report prepared by or at the direction of the state auditor's office prior to the release of such report by a majority vote of the committee as provided in section 2-3-103 (2) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

(2) This section shall not apply to necessary communication of employees of the state auditor's office or employees of any person contracting to provide services for the state auditor's office with those persons necessary to complete the audit report or with other state agencies involved with comparable reports.
C.R.S. § 2-4-204 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 2-4-204
2-4-204. Severability of statutory provisions
Status: in_force

2-4-204. Severability of statutory provisions. If any provision of a statute is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, the remaining provisions of the statute are valid, unless it appears to the court that the valid provisions of the statute are so essentially and inseparably connected with, and so dependent upon, the void provision that it cannot be presumed the legislature would have enacted the valid provisions without the void one; or unless the court determines that the valid provisions, standing alone, are incomplete and are incapable of being executed in accordance with the legislative intent.
C.R.S. § 2-3-2004 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 20 / Section 2-3-2004
2-3-2004. Repeal of part
Status: repealed

2-3-2004. Repeal of part. This part 20 is repealed, effective January 1, 2025.
C.R.S. § 2-3-103.5 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 2-3-103.5
2-3-103.5. Deputies
Status: in_force

2-3-103.5. Deputies. The state auditor, with the approval of the committee, may appoint one or more deputy state auditors, not to exceed three in number, pursuant to section 2-3-104. In the case of the temporary absence or incapacity of the state auditor, the committee may designate a deputy to exercise and perform all or any portion of the powers and duties of the state auditor which are by law exercised and performed by the state auditor, and, unless and until such designation is made by the committee, the state auditor may so designate such deputy.
C.R.S. § 2-3-510 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 5 / Section 2-3-510
2-3-510. Study regarding an organizational recodification of title 12 of the Colorado Rev
Status: repealed

2-3-510. Study regarding an organizational recodification of title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes - legislative declaration - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 2-2-317 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 2-2-317
2-2-317. Expense, subsistence, and travel allowance - definition
Status: repealed

2-2-317. Expense, subsistence, and travel allowance - definition. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b) of this section, each member of the general assembly is entitled to receive up to forty-five dollars per legislative day until June 30, 2025, for expenses incurred during the sessions of the general assembly. Such allowance shall be considered as salary pursuant to section 24-51-101 (42). Each member of the general assembly who is serving on July 1, 1997, and who is entitled to such allowance may elect to have all of such allowance that was paid to the member during the period from January 1, 1992, through May 31, 1994, be considered salary pursuant to section 24-51-101 (42), subject to the following conditions:

(I) Payment shall be received by the public employees' retirement association of the amount of member contributions from the member and employer contributions from the employer on the allowance that was paid during the period, with appropriate interest calculated by the association;

(II) The election shall be made no later than December 31, 1997; and

(III) Payment of the total amount required, through a lump sum or through installments, shall be received by the public employees' retirement association on or before December 31, 1998.

(b) (I) Repealed.

(II) In lieu of the expenses allowed in subsection (1)(a) of this section, if a member does not reside in the Denver metropolitan area, which area shall be designated in guidelines established by the executive committee of legislative council, the member is entitled to receive per legislative day for expenses incurred during the sessions of the general assembly up to an amount equal to the following:

(A) For fiscal years commencing prior to July 1, 2020, and on or after July 1, 2021, but before July 1, 2025, eighty-five percent of the federal per diem rate for the city and county of Denver, rounded up to the nearest whole dollar, as determined by the United States general services administration, or such succeeding entity, as of October 1 of the calendar year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the per diem rate is to be used; and

(B) For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2020, eighty-five percent of the federal per diem rate for the city and county of Denver, rounded up to the nearest whole dollar, as determined by the United States general services administration, or such succeeding entity, as of October 1, 2018.

(b.5) (I) For fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 2025, each member of the general assembly is entitled to receive per legislative day for expenses incurred during the sessions of the general assembly up to an amount equal to the following:

(A) For a member that resides in the Denver metropolitan area, which area shall be designated in guidelines established by the executive committee of legislative council, twenty-five percent of the federal per diem rate for the city and county of Denver, rounded up to the nearest whole dollar, as determined by the United States general services administration, or such succeeding entity, as of October 1 of the calendar year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the per diem rate is to be used; and

(B) For a member that does not reside in the Denver metropolitan area, which area shall be designated in guidelines established by the executive committee of legislative council, ninety percent of the federal per diem rate for the city and county of Denver, rounded up to the nearest whole dollar, as determined by the United States general services administration, or such succeeding entity, as of October 1 of the calendar year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the per diem rate is to be used.

(II) The allowance provided in subsection (1)(b.5)(I) of this section is not salary, as defined in section 24-51-101 (42).

(c) (I) Repealed.

(II) The per diem lodging and expense allowances of the general assembly as fixed by subsections (1)(b)(II) and (1)(b.5) of this section shall apply to regular or special sessions of the general assembly subsequent to July 1, 2012.

(d) The general assembly may provide by joint resolution for the suspension on a temporary basis of the normal per diem lodging and expense allowance, or any portion thereof, during that period when the general assembly is in recess for more than three days.

(e) Nothing in this section shall preclude a member of the general assembly from declining to accept all or part of the per diem lodging and expense allowance authorized by this subsection (1).

(2) (a) Each member of the general assembly who is entitled to claim a per diem lodging and expense allowance pursuant to subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b.5)(I)(A) of this section is also entitled to receive travel expenses to the member's home and back to the capitol for each legislative day of actual attendance.

(b) Each member of the general assembly who is entitled to claim an expense per diem pursuant to subsections (1)(b) and (1)(b.5)(I)(B) of this section is also entitled to receive travel expenses to any location within the member's district and back to Denver once each week, pursuant to section 2-2-316.

(c) The executive committee of the legislative council may establish guidelines regarding reimbursements and substantiation requirements for actual and necessary travel expenses incurred by members of the general assembly.

(3) For purposes of this section, "legislative day" means any day during the legislative session, including legal holidays, primary election days, and Saturdays and Sundays.
C.R.S. § 2-1-105 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 1 / Section 2-1-105
2-1-105. Maps of legislative districts
Status: in_force

2-1-105. Maps of legislative districts. (1) At the time of submission of a final congressional plan to the Colorado supreme court for its review and determination in accordance with section 44.5 of article V of the state constitution, the congressional commission shall provide the supreme court with a copy of all maps showing the division of the state into legislative districts and necessary supportive evidence, pursuant to the supreme court rules adopted for such proceedings.

(2) As soon as possible after approval of a final plan by the Colorado supreme court, the congressional commission shall prepare and file with the secretary of state copies of census maps showing thereon each legislative district and a description of each district in terms of official census units. The congressional commission shall also file with the county clerk and recorder in each county the necessary maps and descriptions of each legislative district located within the boundaries of such county.
C.R.S. § 2-5-119 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 5 / Section 2-5-119
2-5-119. Tax levy on civil actions
Status: in_force

2-5-119. Tax levy on civil actions. A tax of one dollar is imposed upon each action filed in the office of each clerk of a court of record of the state of Colorado, except criminal actions, cases filed for reviews of findings and orders of the industrial claim appeals office, petitions relating to the distribution of estates under sections 15-12-1203 and 15-12-1204, petitions relating to a person with a mental health disorder filed under articles 10.5, 65, and 92 of title 27, cases filed by the state of Colorado, cases filed by the United States of America or any of its agencies in any matter under articles 10 to 20 of title 15, and cases where a party is allowed to sue as a poor person. The party filing the action shall pay the tax to the clerk at the time of such filing. Each clerk shall keep the taxes received in a separate fund and remit them to the state treasurer on the first day of each month for the purpose of reimbursing the general fund for appropriations made for the use of the committee on legal services for statutory revision purposes.
C.R.S. § 2-3-1201 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 12 / Section 2-3-1201
2-3-1201. Sunrise and sunset review - designation of committees of reference to conduct re
Status: repealed

2-3-1201. Sunrise and sunset review - designation of committees of reference to conduct review. (1) At the convening of the first regular session of each general assembly, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall each designate one or more house committees of reference for even-numbered years and one or more senate committees of reference for odd-numbered years to perform the duties and functions assigned to it relating to the termination of each division, board, or agency pursuant to the provisions of section 24-34-104, C.R.S., and the duties and functions assigned to it by this part 12 relating to the sunset review of advisory committees. The committees of reference designated by the speaker of the house of representatives to conduct reviews under this section in even-numbered years and the committees of reference designated by the president of the senate to conduct such reviews in odd-numbered years shall be the committees of reference for any bills introduced under sections 2-3-1203 and 24-34-104, C.R.S., during any regular or extraordinary session of the general assembly. The speaker of the house of representatives may authorize one or more house committees of reference and the president of the senate may authorize one or more senate committees of reference to conduct hearings prior to the convening of any regular session of the general assembly.

(2) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 2-7-104 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 7 / Part 1 / Section 2-7-104
2-7-104. Staff - report - recommendations
Status: in_force

2-7-104. Staff - report - recommendations. (1) In addition to the audit reports provided for in section 2-7-102 (2), a joint legislative oversight committee shall receive staff services and information from the legislative council staff and the joint budget committee staff and may request assistance from the office of state planning and budgeting. Drafting services and legal research shall be provided by the office of legislative legal services.

(2) A joint legislative oversight committee shall report on its study of a principal department to the general assembly following completion of the study. Said report shall contain the committee's findings and recommendations.

(3) Legislative oversight pursuant to this article shall be in addition to any other periodic review for the purpose of determining whether an agency should be terminated or renewed.
C.R.S. § 2-4-203 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 2-4-203
2-4-203. Ambiguous statutes - aids in construction
Status: in_force

2-4-203. Ambiguous statutes - aids in construction. (1) If a statute is ambiguous, the court, in determining the intention of the general assembly, may consider among other matters:

(a) The object sought to be attained;

(b) The circumstances under which the statute was enacted;

(c) The legislative history, if any;

(d) The common law or former statutory provisions, including laws upon the same or similar subjects;

(e) The consequences of a particular construction;

(f) The administrative construction of the statute;

(g) The legislative declaration or purpose.
C.R.S. § 2-3-101 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 2-3-101
2-3-101. Legislative audit committee - membership - meetings - powers and duties
Status: in_force

2-3-101. Legislative audit committee - membership - meetings - powers and duties. (1) There is hereby created a legislative audit committee, referred to in this part 1 as the "committee". The committee consists of four senators, two from each major political party, to be appointed by the president and the minority leader of the senate, respectively, with the approval of a majority of the members elected to the senate and four representatives, two from each major political party, to be appointed by the speaker and the minority leader of the house of representatives, respectively, with the approval of a majority of the members elected to the house of representatives. Appointments to the committee shall be made no later than sixty days after the convening of the first regular session of the general assembly held in each odd-numbered year. An appointing authority may make an appointment to temporarily replace a current member of the committee appointed by that appointing authority; except that, a temporary appointment does not require approval of a majority of the members elected to the applicable body. Membership on the committee terminates with the appointment of a member's successor or upon the termination of a member's term of office in the general assembly, whichever occurs first, and any member may be appointed to succeed himself or herself on the committee. Vacancies in the committee's membership shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments; except that the approval of the members elected to the general assembly is not necessary if any such appointment is made when the general assembly is not in session.

(2) The committee shall select its chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership, and it shall prescribe its own rules of procedure. The committee may appoint subcommittees from the membership of the general assembly and other persons to assist the committee in carrying out its functions. The committee may meet as often as may be necessary to perform its functions, but it shall meet at least once in each quarter of the calendar year.

(3) It is the function of the committee:

(a) To examine persons applying for the position of state auditor as to qualifications and ability but without regard to political affiliation and, after consultation with the executive committee, to place the names of the most qualified candidates in nomination before the general assembly for the position of state auditor;

(b) To review the activities and reports of the state auditor relating to postaudits of the financial transactions and accounts of all departments, institutions, and agencies of the state government and of other public agencies and to submit its recommendations thereon to the general assembly, the governor, and other interested officials at such times as the committee considers necessary;

(c) To keep minutes of its meetings which shall be available to all members of the general assembly upon request and to allow any member of the general assembly to attend any of the meetings of the committee and to present his views on any subject which the committee may be considering;

(d) To conduct such other activities as may be required by law or by joint resolution of the general assembly;

(e) Upon receipt of the investigation report as provided in section 24-50.5-106, C.R.S., to direct the state auditor to conduct a preliminary investigation to determine the need for a fiscal audit, performance audit, or management study of the matter set forth in such report. Upon receipt of the preliminary report from the state auditor, the committee may direct an immediate special audit or management study of the matter or may provide that such study shall be done in accordance with the scheduled audit of the agency cited in such report. Upon completion of any special audit or management study pursuant to this paragraph (e), the committee shall submit its findings to the governor and the members of the general assembly.

(f) To review enterprise designations of auxiliary facilities or groups of auxiliary facilities which are submitted to the office of the state auditor pursuant to the provisions of section 23-5-101.5, C.R.S., to ensure that such designations conform to the requirements of section 23-5-101.5, C.R.S., and to the provisions of section 20 of article X of the state constitution, to determine which, if any designations, shall be allowed to expire pursuant to section 23-5-101.5, C.R.S., and to recommend to the general assembly such legislation regarding such designations as may be necessary;

(g) To review any enterprise designation of the student loan division that is submitted to the office of the state auditor pursuant to the provisions of section 23-3.1-103.5, C.R.S., to ensure that the designation conforms to the requirements of section 23-3.1-103.5, C.R.S., and to the provisions of section 20 of article X of the state constitution, to determine whether the designation shall be allowed to expire pursuant to section 23-3.1-103.5, C.R.S., and to recommend to the general assembly such legislation regarding the designation as may be necessary; and

(h) To review the activities and reports of the state auditor related to performance audits he or she is required to conduct or cause to be conducted pursuant to section 2-3-103 (9).

(4) Members of the committee shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses in connection with the performance of their duties and shall be paid the same per diem as other members of interim committees in attendance at meetings.
C.R.S. § 2-5-115 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 5 / Section 2-5-115
2-5-115. Copyright by state
Status: in_force

2-5-115. Copyright by state. Colorado Revised Statutes and ancillary publications thereto, as published, shall be the sole property of the state of Colorado as owner and publisher thereof. The committee, or its designee, may register a copyright for and in behalf of the state of Colorado in any and all original publications and editorial work ancillary to the Colorado Revised Statutes that are prepared by the general assembly or its staff. The committee shall use its best efforts to ensure that any federal copyright registered pursuant to this section is appropriately maintained. Any prior actions of the committee and the revisor in securing such federal copyright are hereby validated.
C.R.S. § 2-5-125 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 5 / Section 2-5-125
2-5-125. Supplements and replacement volumes to Colorado Revised Statutes - report - enac
Status: in_force

2-5-125. Supplements and replacement volumes to Colorado Revised Statutes - report - enactment - publication - effective date. (1) The following supplements and replacement volumes to Colorado Revised Statutes, originally entitled Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, as corrected, collated, edited, revised, and compiled by the revisor and as certified by the committee on legal services, are prepared and published pursuant to and in conformity with section 2-5-117:

(a) 1975 supplement. The 1975 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the forty-ninth general assembly at its second regular session (1974) and by the fiftieth general assembly at its first regular session (1975), a copy of which, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted. The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.

(b) 1976 supplement. The 1976 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the forty-ninth general assembly at its second regular session (1974), by the fiftieth general assembly at its first regular session (1975), and by the fiftieth general assembly at its second regular session and its first extraordinary session (1976), a copy of which, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted. The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.

(c) (I) 1977 supplement. The 1977 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services" (consisting of a computer printout), contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the forty-ninth general assembly at its second regular session (1974), by the fiftieth general assembly at its first regular session (1975), by the fiftieth general assembly at its second regular session and its first extraordinary session (1976), and by the fifty-first general assembly at its first regular session (1977), a computer printout of which, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly, and is approved and adopted. The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.

(II) The 1977 supplement shall not be published separately in pocket parts or in a single bound volume but shall be compiled and published with the 1978 supplement.

(d) (I) 1978 supplement. The 1978 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the forty-ninth general assembly at its second regular session in 1974, by the fiftieth general assembly at its first regular session in 1975, by the fiftieth general assembly at its second regular session and its first extraordinary session in 1976, by the fifty-first general assembly at its first regular session in 1977, and by the fifty-first general assembly at its second regular session, its first extraordinary session, and its second extraordinary session in 1978 (with the exception of Volume 12, 1978 supplement, which contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-first general assembly at its first regular session in 1977 and by the fifty-first general assembly at its second regular session, its first extraordinary session, and its second extraordinary session in 1978). A copy of said supplement, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(II) Volumes 5 and 8, 1978 replacement volumes. Volumes 5 and 8, 1978 replacement volumes, including the 1978 supplement to each volume, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado as title 12 and titles 16 to 21 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, together with the 1975 and 1976 supplements thereto, the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services" enacting the 1977 supplement thereto (which was not published), and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-first general assembly at its second regular session, its first extraordinary session, and its second extraordinary session in 1978. A copy of said volumes and supplements, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(III) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.

(e) (I) 1979 supplement. The 1979 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the replacement volumes for volumes 5, 8, and 12) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979 sessions of the Colorado general assembly.

(II) A copy of said supplement, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(III) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.

(f) (I) 1980 supplement. The 1980 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the replacement volumes for volumes 1B, 5, 8, and 12) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980 sessions of the Colorado general assembly.

(II) Volume 1B, 1980 replacement volume. Volume 1B, 1980 replacement volume, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 1 to 3 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, together with the 1979 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-second general assembly at its second regular session in 1980.

(III) A copy of said supplement and replacement volume, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(IV) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.

(g) (I) 1981 supplement. The 1981 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the replacement volumes for volumes 1B, 5, 8, and 12) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, and 1981 sessions of the Colorado general assembly.

(II) A copy of said supplement, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(III) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.

(h) (I) 1982 supplement. The 1982 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the replacement volumes for volumes 1B, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16A, and 16B) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982 sessions of the Colorado general assembly.

(II) Volumes 10, 11, 16A, and 16B, 1982 replacement volumes. Volumes 10, 11, 16A, and 16B, 1982 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 24 to 28, 38, and 39 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, together with the 1981 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-third general assembly at its second regular session in 1982.

(III) A copy of said supplement and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(IV) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.

(i) (I) 1983 supplement. The 1983 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the replacement volumes for volumes 1B, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16A, and 16B) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983 sessions of the Colorado general assembly.

(II) A copy of said supplement, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(III) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(j) (I) (A) 1984 supplement. The 1984 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the replacement volumes for volumes 1B, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16A, 16B, and 17) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984 sessions of the Colorado general assembly.

(B) Special supplement. That portion of the publication entitled "Special Supplement 1984 Voter-approved Changes and Court Rules Update", hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains the law amending title 1, C.R.S., in volume 1B, as enacted by the people at the general election on November 6, 1984.

(II) Volumes 14 and 17, 1984 replacement volumes. Volumes 14 and 17, 1984 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 33 to 35 and 40 to 43 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, together with the 1983 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-fourth general assembly at its second regular session in 1984.

(III) A copy of said 1984 supplement and portion of the special supplement and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(IV) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(k) (I) 1985 supplement. The 1985 supplement, including the addendum to the 1985 supplement for volume 10, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the replacement volumes for volumes 1B, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16A, 16B, and 17) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1985 regular sessions of the Colorado general assembly and during the extraordinary sessions in 1976, 1978, and 1985.

(II) Volume 5, 1985 replacement volume. Volume 5, 1985 replacement volume, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for title 12 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 and in volume 5, 1978 replacement volume, together with the 1984 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-fifth general assembly at its first regular session in 1985 pertaining thereto.

(III) A copy of said supplement and replacement volume, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(IV) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(l) (I) 1986 supplement. The 1986 supplement, including the 1986 special supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature (except for the laws contained in the bound replacement volumes for volumes 1B, 3A, 3B, 5, 8A, 8B, 10, 11, 12A, 12B, 14, 16A, 16B, and 17) enacted during the 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986 regular sessions of the Colorado general assembly and during the extraordinary sessions in 1976, 1978, 1985, and 1986.

(II) Volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B, 1986 replacement volumes. Volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B, 1986 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 7 to 9, 16 to 21, and 29 to 31 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 and in volume 8, 1978 replacement volume, and volume 12, 1977 replacement volume, together with the 1985 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-fifth general assembly at its second regular session in 1986 pertaining thereto. Additionally, volume 8B, 1986 replacement volume, specifically includes the errata sheet for page 223 which correctly reflects the amendments made to section 18-4-401, C.R.S.

(III) A copy of said supplement and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(IV) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said official report of the committee on legal services, is enacted as the positive and statutory law of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(m) (I) 1987 supplement. The 1987 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:

(A) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 2, 9, 13, and 15;

(B) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;

(C) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 10, 11, 16A, and 16B;

(D) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 14 and 17;

(E) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1985 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 5;

(F) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B.

(II) Volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B, 1987 replacement volumes. Volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B, 1987 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 10, 11, and 13 to 15 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, together with the 1986 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-sixth general assembly at its first regular session in 1987 pertaining thereto.

(III) A copy of said supplement and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(IV) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(n) (I) 1988 supplement. The 1988 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:

(A) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 2, 13, and 15;

(B) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;

(C) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11, 16A, and 16B;

(D) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 14 and 17;

(E) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1985 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 5;

(F) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;

(G) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B.

(II) Volumes 9, 10A, and 10B, 1988 replacement volumes. Volumes 9, 10A, and 10B, 1988 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 22 and 23 and title 24 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and in volume 10, 1982 replacement volume, together with the 1987 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-sixth general assembly at its second regular session and its first extraordinary session in 1988 pertaining thereto.

(III) A copy of said supplement and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(IV) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(o) (I) 1989 supplement. The 1989 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:

(A) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 2, 13, and 15;

(B) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;

(C) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 16A and 16B;

(D) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 14 and 17;

(E) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1985 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 5;

(F) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;

(G) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B;

(H) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 9, 10A, and 10B.

(II) Volumes 11A and 11B, 1989 replacement volumes. Volumes 11A and 11B, 1989 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for title 25 and titles 26 to 28 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and in volume 11, 1982 replacement volume, together with the 1988 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-seventh general assembly at its first regular session and its first extraordinary session in 1989 pertaining thereto.

(III) A copy of said supplement and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(IV) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(p) (I) 1990 supplement. The 1990 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:

(A) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 2 and 13;

(B) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;

(C) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 16A and 16B;

(D) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 14 and 17;

(E) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1985 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 5;

(F) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;

(G) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B;

(H) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 9, 10A, and 10B;

(I) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1989 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11A and 11B.

(II) Volume 15, 1990 replacement volume. Volume 15, 1990 replacement volume, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 36 and 37 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, together with the 1989 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-seventh general assembly at its second regular session in 1990 pertaining thereto.

(III) A copy of said supplement and replacement volume, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(IV) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(q) (I) 1991 supplement and 1991 special supplement. The 1991 supplement and the 1991 special supplement (resulting from the second extraordinary session), hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain:

(A) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 2 and 13;

(B) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;

(C) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 16A and 16B;

(D) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 14 and 17;

(E) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;

(F) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B;

(G) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 9, 10A, and 10B;

(H) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1989 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11A and 11B;

(I) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1990 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 15;

(J) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1991 first extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 5A and 5B.

(II) Volumes 5A and 5B, 1991 replacement volumes. Volumes 5A and 5B, 1991 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for title 12 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, in volume 5, 1978 replacement volume, and in volume 5, 1985 replacement volume, together with the 1990 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-eighth general assembly at its first regular session and its first extraordinary session in 1991 pertaining thereto.

(III) A copy of said supplements and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(IV) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(r) (I) 1992 supplement. The 1992 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:

(A) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 13;

(B) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;

(C) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 16A and 16B;

(D) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 14 and 17;

(E) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;

(F) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B;

(G) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 9, 10A, and 10B;

(H) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1989 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11A and 11B;

(I) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1990 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 15;

(J) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1991 first extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 5A and 5B.

(II) Volume 2, 1992 replacement volume. Volume 2, 1992 replacement volume, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 4 to 6 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 together with the 1991 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-eighth general assembly at its second regular session in 1992 pertaining thereto.

(III) A copy of said supplements and replacement volume, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(IV) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(s) (I) 1993 supplement. The 1993 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:

(A) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 13;

(B) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;

(C) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 16A and 16B;

(D) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 14;

(E) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;

(F) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A, 4B, 6A, and 6B;

(G) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 9, 10A, and 10B;

(H) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1989 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11A and 11B;

(I) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1990 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 15;

(J) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1991 first extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 5A and 5B;

(K) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1992 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 2.

(II) Volume 17, 1993 replacement volume. Volume 17, 1993 replacement volume, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 40 to 43 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 together with the 1992 supplement thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-ninth general assembly at its first regular session in 1993 pertaining thereto.

(III) A copy of said supplements and replacement volume, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(IV) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(t) (I) 1994 supplement. The 1994 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:

(A) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 13;

(B) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;

(C) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 16A;

(D) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1984 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 14;

(E) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;

(F) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4B, 6A, and 6B;

(G) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 9, 10A, and 10B;

(H) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1989 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11A and 11B;

(I) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1990 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 15;

(J) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1991 first extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 5A and 5B;

(K) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1992 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 2;

(L) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1993 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 17.

(II) Volumes 4A and 16B, 1994 replacement volumes. Volumes 4A and 16B, 1994 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for title 10 which was revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and in volume 4A, 1987 replacement volume, and for title 39 which was revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and in volume 16B, 1982 replacement volume, together with the 1993 supplements thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the fifty-ninth general assembly at its second regular session in 1994 pertaining thereto.

(III) A copy of said supplements and replacement volumes together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(IV) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(u) (I) 1995 supplement. The 1995 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:

(A) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 13;

(B) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;

(C) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 16A;

(D) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;

(E) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4B, 6A, and 6B;

(F) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 10A and 10B;

(G) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1989 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11A and 11B;

(H) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1990 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 15;

(I) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1991 first extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 5A and 5B;

(J) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1992 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 2;

(K) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1993 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 17;

(L) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1994 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A and 16B.

(II) Volumes 9 and 14, 1995 replacement volumes. Volumes 9 and 14, 1995 replacement volumes, hereby designated and declared to be also a part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contain all the laws of a general and permanent nature of the state of Colorado for titles 22 and 23 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and in volume 9, 1988 replacement volume, and for titles 33 to 35 which were revised and reenacted in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and in volume 14, 1984 replacement volume, together with the 1994 supplements thereto and the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted by the sixtieth general assembly at its first regular session in 1995 pertaining thereto.

(III) A copy of said supplements and replacement volumes, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(IV) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(v) (I) 1996 supplement. The 1996 supplement, hereby designated and declared to be part of the "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", contains:

(A) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1973 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 13;

(B) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1980 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 1B;

(C) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1982 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 16A;

(D) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1986 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 3A, 3B, 8A, 8B, 12A, and 12B;

(E) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1987 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4B, 6A, and 6B;

(F) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1988 extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 10A and 10B;

(G) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1989 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 11A and 11B;

(H) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1990 regular session of the Colorado General Assembly for volume 15;

(I) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1991 first extraordinary session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 5A and 5B;

(J) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1992 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 2;

(K) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1993 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volume 17;

(L) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1994 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 4A and 16B;

(M) All the laws of a general and permanent nature enacted after the 1995 regular session of the Colorado general assembly for volumes 9 and 14.

(II) A copy of said supplement, together with a listing of the revisor's changes, has been delivered to each member of the general assembly and is approved and adopted.

(III) The statutory law of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, as corrected, harmonized, collated, edited, revised, and compiled in said "Official Report of the Committee on Legal Services", is enacted as the positive and statutory law of the state of Colorado with the same legal force and effect as, and as part of, Colorado Revised Statutes.

(2) Each supplement is printed and bound in the manner prescribed by the committee on legal services. A copy thereof shall be filed with the secretary of state as part of the records of his office. The date of such filing with the secretary of state shall be the effective date of such reenactments in each supplement as revised statutes.
C.R.S. § 2-3-102 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 2-3-102
2-3-102. State auditor - qualifications and appointment - term of office
Status: in_force

2-3-102. State auditor - qualifications and appointment - term of office. The state auditor must be a certified public accountant licensed to practice in this state. The state auditor shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation by a majority vote of the members elected to and serving in each house of the general assembly to serve for a term of five years and until a successor is appointed and qualified with the first such term beginning on July 1, 1966. If a vacancy occurs in the position of state auditor, the committee may designate a temporary state auditor who shall exercise and perform all of the powers and duties that are by law to be exercised and performed by the state auditor until a replacement is appointed by the general assembly.
C.R.S. § 2-5-111 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 5 / Section 2-5-111
2-5-111. Sale price to public
Status: in_force

2-5-111. Sale price to public. The methods and terms of sale of Colorado Revised Statutes, and ancillary publications thereto, to the public shall be included by the committee as an alternative specification and bid, and as a part of a contract let by bids authorized by this article.
C.R.S. § 2-7-204 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 7 / Part 2 / Section 2-7-204
2-7-204. Performance management systems
Status: in_force

2-7-204. Performance management systems. (1) (a) No later than August 1, 2013, and no later than August 1 of each year thereafter, the governor shall publish the components of the performance management system for managing the principal departments of the executive branch of state government, except the department of state, the department of the treasury, and the department of law. The performance management system must be published in instructions issued by the office of state planning and budgeting. The instructions must be posted on the official website administered by the office of state planning and budgeting.

(b) No later than August 1, 2013, and no later than August 1 of each year thereafter, the judicial department shall publish the components of the performance management system for managing the judicial branch through instructions issued by the office of the state court administrator. These instructions must be posted on the official website administered by the judicial branch.

(c) No later than August 1, 2013, and no later than August 1 of each year thereafter, the department of state, the department of the treasury, the department of law, the office of state public defender, the office of alternate defense counsel, the Colorado energy office, the office of economic development, the office of the child's representative, and the office of the child protection ombudsman shall each publish their components of the performance management systems for their respective department, office, or commission. These instructions must be posted on the official websites administered by the respective departments, offices, and commissions.

(2) (a) Any performance management system published pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must address, among other strategic goals and priorities that are consistent with the charge of each department, strategies for enhancing productivity, improving efficiency, reducing costs, and eliminating waste in the processes and operations that deliver goods and services to taxpayers and customers of state government. At a minimum, the performance management system must establish parameters for the development of performance plans for each department. A performance management system should incorporate a continuous process improvement system based on lean government principles or another widely accepted business process improvement system.

(b) A performance management system should include elements to ensure that a department's employees are appropriately trained to implement its various components.

(3) (a) (I) Except as provided in subparagraphs (II) and (III) of this paragraph (a), no later than July 1, 2014, and no later than July 1 of each year thereafter, each department shall develop a performance plan in accordance with the performance management system and submit that plan to the joint budget committee and the appropriate joint committee of reference as determined pursuant to section 2-7-203. The performance plan serves as a guide to a department's major functions and as a tool to evaluate performance goals over time.

(II) (A) The department of higher education will satisfy the requirements in this subsection (3) through the master plan for postsecondary education that the Colorado commission on higher education maintains as described in section 23-1-108 (1.5). The department of higher education shall ensure that copies of the master plan are submitted to the joint budget committee and the appropriate joint committee of reference as determined pursuant to section 2-7-203, and shall post the master plan and any performance contracts and reports to its official website and the official website of the office of state planning and budgeting.

(B) The state auditor, in conducting a performance audit of the department of higher education as specified in subsection (5) of this section, shall consider the extent to which the goals of the master plan and the associated performance contracts have been achieved.

(III) The public employees' retirement association will satisfy the requirements of this subsection (3) through its annual actuarial valuation report described in section 24-51-204 (7), C.R.S., and its report to the governor described in section 24-51-204 (8), C.R.S., regarding the policies, financial condition, and administration of the association. The public employees' retirement association shall ensure that copies of the reports described in this subparagraph (III) be submitted to the joint budget committee and the appropriate joint committee of reference as determined pursuant to section 2-7-203, and shall post such reports to its official website and the official website of the office of state planning and budgeting.

(b) Each department's performance plan shall be posted on the official websites of the department and the office of state planning and budgeting. The state treasurer, the attorney general, the secretary of state, the state court administrator for the judicial department, the office of state public defender, the office of alternate defense counsel, the public employees' retirement association, the Colorado energy office, the office of economic development, the office of the child's representative, and the office of the child protection ombudsman shall ensure the office of state planning and budgeting receives the information required to be posted on the office of state planning and budgeting's website pursuant to this paragraph (b). The office of state planning and budgeting shall not have access to edit any information provided by the state treasurer, the attorney general, the secretary of state, the state court administrator for the judicial department, the office of state public defender, the office of alternate defense counsel, the public employees' retirement association, the Colorado energy office, the office of economic development, the office of the child's representative, or the office of the child protection ombudsman.

(c) At a minimum, a performance plan must include the following components, which may be further refined in the performance management system published pursuant to subsection (1) of this section:

(I) A statement of the department's mission or vision;

(II) A description of the major functions of the department;

(III) Performance measures for the major functions of the department;

(IV) Performance goals that correspond to the department's performance measures and that extend to at least three years into the future;

(V) A narrative description of the strategies necessary to meet the performance goals; and

(VI) A summary of the department's most recent performance evaluation.

(d) If reasonable and appropriate, performance measures should be developed with the input of department employees and certified employee organizations.

(4) Departments shall conduct performance evaluations and distribute them to the joint budget committee and the general assembly at least twice each calendar year as defined in the published performance management system.

(5) (a) Prior to the first regular session of the seventieth general assembly, the state auditor shall, within existing resources, conduct or cause to be conducted performance audits of one or more specific programs or services in at least two departments, and shall continue to conduct or cause to be conducted performance audits of one or more specific programs or services in at least two departments annually thereafter.

(b) In selecting both departments and specific programs or services within those departments for performance audits, the state auditor shall consider risk, audit coverage, resources required to conduct the performance audits, and the impact of the audited programs or services on a department's performance-based goals. The legislative audit committee shall approve the programs or services selected by the auditor for performance audits.

(c) Performance audits of the programs or services selected for audit may include, but shall not be limited to, the review of the following:

(I) The integrity of the performance measures audited;

(II) The accuracy and validity of reported results; and

(III) The overall cost and effectiveness of the audited programs or services in achieving legislative intent and the departments' performance goals.

(d) The state auditor shall present the performance audit report to the legislative audit committee.

(e) After the performance audit report is released by the legislative audit committee, the state auditor shall present the performance audit report of those departments with services or programs audited in the previous year to the appropriate joint committee of reference as determined pursuant to section 2-7-203. The state auditor shall also present any other audit reports that he or she deems relevant for the joint committee of reference's review.

(6) As part of its regular deliberations, the joint budget committee shall consider the performance plans submitted pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section and the performance evaluations submitted pursuant to subsection (4) of this section. Based on its review of these performance plans and performance evaluations and its consideration of each department's legal responsibilities and strategic goals and objectives, the joint budget committee may prioritize departments' requests for new funding that are expressly intended to enhance productivity, improve efficiency, reduce costs, and eliminate waste in the processes and operations that deliver goods and services to taxpayers and customers of state government.
C.R.S. § 2-4-401 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 4 / Part 4 / Section 2-4-401
2-4-401. Definitions
Status: repealed

2-4-401. Definitions. The following definitions apply to every statute, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Behavioral health" refers to an individual's mental and emotional well-being and actions that affect an individual's overall wellness. Behavioral health problems and disorders include substance use disorders, serious psychological distress, suicide, and other mental health disorders. Problems ranging from unhealthy stress or subclinical conditions to diagnosable and treatable diseases are included in the term "behavioral health". The term "behavioral health" is also used to describe service systems that encompass prevention and promotion of emotional health, prevention and treatment services for mental health and substance use disorders, and recovery support.

(1.1) "Child" includes child by adoption.

(1.3) "Civil union" means a relationship established by two eligible persons pursuant to the requirements of article 15 of title 14, C.R.S., that entitles them to receive the benefits and protections and be subject to the responsibilities of spouses.

(1.4) "Civil union certificate" means a document that certifies that the persons named in the certificate have established a civil union in this state in compliance with the provisions of article 15 of title 14, C.R.S.

(1.5) "Contraceptive" or "contraception" means a medically acceptable drug, device, or procedure used to prevent pregnancy.

(2) "Court" means a court of record.

(2.5) Repealed.

(3) "Executor" includes administrator and "administrator" includes executor.

(3.2) "Felony" includes a drug felony described in article 18 of title 18.

(3.4) "Gender expression" means an individual's way of reflecting and expressing the individual's gender to the outside world, typically demonstrated through appearance, dress, and behavior.

(3.5) "Gender identity" means an individual's innate sense of the individual's own gender, which may or may not correspond with the individual's sex assigned at birth.

(3.6) "Final disposition" means the disposition of human remains by entombment, burial, cremation, natural reduction, or removal from the state.

(3.7) "Immediate family member" means a person who is related by blood, marriage, civil union, or adoption.

(4) "Issue", as applied to the descent of estate, includes all the lawful, lineal descendants of the ancestor.

(5) "Land", "lands", or "real estate" includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and all interests therein.

(6) "Minor" means any person who has not attained the age of twenty-one years. No construction of this subsection (6) shall supersede the express language of any statute.

(6.3) "Misdemeanor" includes a drug misdemeanor described in article 18 of title 18, C.R.S.

(6.5) (a) "Must" means that a person or thing is required to meet a condition for a consequence to apply. "Must" does not mean that a person has a duty.

(b) This subsection (6.5):

(I) Is not intended to alter the interpretation of a statute enacted before August 7, 2013; and

(II) Applies to statutes enacted on or after August 7, 2013, but only with regard to language that appears in small capital font in the session laws published pursuant to section 24-70-223, C.R.S.

(6.9) "Natural reduction" or "naturally reduce" means the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil.

(7) "Oath" includes affirmation, and "swear" includes affirm.

(7.5) "Partner in a civil union" or "party to a civil union" means a person who has entered into a civil union in accordance with the requirements of article 15 of title 14, C.R.S.

(8) "Person" means any individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other legal entity.

(8.5) Repealed.

(9) "Personal representative" includes executor, administrator, conservator, or guardian.

(9.5) "Petty offense" includes a drug petty offense described in article 18 of title 18, C.R.S.

(10) "Population" means that shown by the most recent regular or special federal census.

(11) "Property" means both real and personal property.

(12) "Registered mail" includes certified mail.

(13) "Rule" includes regulation.

(13.5) "Sexual orientation" means an individual's identity, or another individual's perception thereof, in relation to the gender or genders to which the individual is sexually or emotionally attracted and the behavior or social affiliation that may result from the attraction.

(13.7) (a) "Shall" means that a person has a duty.

(b) This subsection (13.7):

(I) Is not intended to alter the interpretation of a statute enacted before August 7, 2013; and

(II) Applies to statutes enacted on or after August 7, 2013, but only with regard to language that appears in small capital font in the session laws published pursuant to section 24-70-223, C.R.S.

(14) "State", when applied to a part of the United States, includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, and any area subject to the legislative authority of the United States of America.

(15) "United States" includes all states, the District of Columbia, and the territories, commonwealths, and possessions of the United States.

(16) "Will" includes a codicil.

(17) "Written" or "in writing" includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; but this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures.
C.R.S. § 2-3-1306 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 13 / Section 2-3-1306
2-3-1306. Staff assistance
Status: in_force

2-3-1306. Staff assistance. In carrying out its duties under this part 13, the capital development committee may request staff assistance from the offices providing other legislative services or from the department of personnel and the office of state planning and budgeting in the governor's office. The legislative council shall provide any necessary assistance.
C.R.S. § 2-3-1903 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 19 / Section 2-3-1903
2-3-1903. Commission - duties - report
Status: repealed

2-3-1903. Commission - duties - report. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 2-3-504 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 5 / Section 2-3-504
2-3-504. Duties of office
Status: in_force

2-3-504. Duties of office. (1) The office shall:

(a) Upon the request of any member of the general assembly or the governor, draft or aid in drafting legislative bills, resolutions, memorials, amendments thereto, conference reports, and such other legislative documents and papers as may be required in the legislative process;

(b) Prepare a digest of laws enacted by the general assembly, approved or vetoed by the governor, immediately upon the adjournment of any regular or special session;

(c) In the interim between sessions of the general assembly, prepare drafts of proposed legislation for legislative interim committees appointed by the legislative council or otherwise;

(d) Prepare, at the request of any legislative committee, summaries of existing laws affected by proposed legislation, compilations of laws in other states relating to the subject matter of such legislation, and statements on the operation and effect of such laws;

(e) Keep on file records concerning legislative bills and the proceedings of the general assembly with respect to such bills; subject indexes of bills introduced at each session of the general assembly; files on each bill prepared for members of the general assembly and the governor; and such documents, pamphlets, or other literature relating to proposed or pending legislation, without undue duplication of material contained in the office of the legislative council or in the supreme court library. All such records and documents shall be made available in the office at reasonable times to the public for reference purposes, unless said records are classed as confidential under this part 5.

(f) Cooperate with legislative drafting offices or corresponding services of other states, and with other legislative drafting service agencies, either public or private;

(g) Aid and assist in the enrolling and engrossing of bills and such other services as the general assembly may require.
C.R.S. § 2-3-702 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 7 / Section 2-3-702
2-3-702. Revisor of statutes - duties
Status: in_force

2-3-702. Revisor of statutes - duties. The revisor shall compile, edit, arrange, and prepare for publication the declaration of independence, the constitutions of the United States and the state of Colorado, the act admitting Colorado into the union, and all laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature, together with a complete index thereto and comparative tables of such statutes with prior compilations. The statutory laws shall be arranged into appropriate and convenient volumes, titles, chapters, articles, and sections, so collated and in such form as the committee directs. At the end of each section, reference shall be made to the statutory history of such section. Annotations of decisions of the supreme court of the United States, the supreme court of the state of Colorado, and such other state and federal courts as are appropriate, construing, applying, or interpreting each section, or relating to the subject matter thereof, and such other matter as the committee deems advisable or advantageous shall also be prepared for publication with such statutory laws.
C.R.S. § 2-3-208 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 2 / Section 2-3-208
2-3-208. Budget requests - amendments - supplemental appropriation requests - deadlines -
Status: in_force

2-3-208. Budget requests - amendments - supplemental appropriation requests - deadlines - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Budget request amendment" means any change to a budget request for the upcoming state fiscal year that a state agency submits to the joint budget committee.

(b) "State agency" means any department, commission, council, board, bureau, committee, institution of higher education, agency, or other governmental unit of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government that receives an appropriation or is otherwise included in the annual general appropriation act.

(2) (a) A state agency shall submit its budget request for the upcoming state fiscal year to the joint budget committee by November 1. Except as set forth in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), the state agency shall submit any budget request amendments to the joint budget committee by January 15.

(b) (I) A state agency shall submit a budget request amendment that is related to a request for a supplemental appropriation to the joint budget committee by January 2; except that the January 2 deadline does not apply to a budget request amendment that is related to a request for a supplemental appropriation identified in subparagraph (I) of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of this section.

(II) A state agency may submit a budget request amendment to the joint budget committee after its applicable deadline if the budget request amendment is based upon circumstances unknown to, and not reasonably foreseeable by, the state agency prior to the deadline.

(c) Any deadline in this subsection (2) is the date immediately preceding the state fiscal year that is the subject of the budget request or budget request amendment.

(3) (a) Except as set forth in paragraph (b) of this subsection (3), a state agency shall submit a request for a supplemental appropriation for the current state fiscal year to the joint budget committee by January 2.

(b) (I) The department of education shall submit a request for a supplemental appropriation pursuant to section 22-54-106 (4)(b) to the joint budget committee on or before January 15. The division of youth services in the department of human services shall submit a request for a supplemental appropriation related to changes in caseload to the joint budget committee on or before January 15. The department of corrections shall submit a request for a supplemental appropriation related to changes in caseload to the joint budget committee on or before January 10.

(II) A state agency may submit a request for a supplemental appropriation to the joint budget committee after its applicable deadline if the supplemental appropriation is based upon circumstances unknown to, and not reasonably foreseeable by, the state agency prior to the deadline.

(c) Any deadline in this subsection (3) is the date during the state fiscal year that the request for a supplemental appropriation is made.

(4) The office of state planning and budgeting may submit a request identified in this section to the joint budget committee on behalf of a state agency, and in such case, the corresponding deadline for the request applies to the office.

(5) A state agency or the office of state planning and budgeting acting on behalf of a state agency shall meet the deadlines and requirements set forth in section 24-37-304 (1)(c.3) and (1)(c.5) for a capital construction, capital renewal, controlled maintenance, or information technology budget request or budget request amendment, including a budget request amendment that is related to a request for a supplemental appropriation, prior to the submission of any such budget request to the joint budget committee pursuant to this section.

(6) For purposes of this section, the office of administrative services for independent agencies in the judicial department, created in section 13-100-103, is a state agency. Included agencies, as defined in section 13-100-102, are not state agencies for purposes of budget request submissions.
C.R.S. § 2-4-302 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 4 / Part 3 / Section 2-4-302
2-4-302. Repeal of a repealing statute
Status: repealed

2-4-302. Repeal of a repealing statute. The repeal of a repealing statute does not revive the statute originally repealed.
C.R.S. § 2-3-1901 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 19 / Section 2-3-1901
2-3-1901. Legislative oversight committee for Colorado jail standards - creation - duties
Status: repealed

2-3-1901. Legislative oversight committee for Colorado jail standards - creation - duties - repeal. (1) Creation. (a) There is created a legislative oversight committee concerning Colorado jail standards, referred to in this part 19 as the "committee".

(b) The committee consists of six members. The president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the house of representatives shall appoint the members of the committee as follows:

(I) The president of the senate shall appoint two senators to serve on the committee and designate one of the senators as the chair of the committee in odd-numbered years and as the vice-chair of the committee in even-numbered years, and the minority leader of the senate shall appoint one senator to serve on the committee;

(II) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint two representatives to serve on the committee and designate one of the representatives as the chair of the committee in even-numbered years and as the vice-chair of the committee in odd-numbered years, and the minority leader of the house of representatives shall appoint one representative to serve on the committee;

(III) The president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the house of representatives shall make their appointments by July 1, 2022. In the case of a vacancy, the person making the original appointment or reappointment shall fill any vacancy by appointment.

(c) (I) Members of the committee may receive payment of per diem and reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses authorized pursuant to section 2-2-307.

(II) The director of research of the legislative council and the director of the office of legislative legal services shall supply staff assistance to the committee, but shall not supply staff assistance to any subcommittees created by the committee.

(2) Duties. (a) The committee shall meet no more than four times each year.

(b) The committee is responsible for the oversight of the commission. The chair of the committee shall establish organizational rules and procedural rules as are necessary for the operation of the commission.

(c) The committee may introduce up to a total of three bills, joint resolutions, or concurrent resolutions during the 2024 legislative session. Bills that the committee introduces are exempt from the five-bill limitation specified in rule 24 (b)(1)(A) of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives. Joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions that the committee introduces are exempt from the limitations set out in rule 26 (g) of the rules of the house of representatives and rule 30 (f) of the rules of the senate. The committee is exempt from the requirement to report bills or other measures to the legislative council as specified in rule 24 (b)(1)(D) and rule 24A (d)(8) of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives and in section 2-3-303 (1)(f), Colorado Revised Statutes. The committee is subject to rule 24A of the joint rules of the senate and house of representatives, except to the extent that the rule may conflict with this part 19. Bills recommended by the committee must be introduced by the introduction deadline for house bills specified in rule 23 (a)(1) of the joint rules of the senate and house of representatives. The chair and vice-chair shall jointly establish the last date for the meeting at which the committee may approve bill requests, the last date by which committee members must finalize bill drafts or by which bill drafts will be deemed finalized for fiscal note purposes, and the last date by which the committee will consider and take final action on bill drafts.

(d) The committee shall receive and approve the report of the commission required by section 2-3-1903 (2).

(e) (I) The committee may introduce up to a total of three bills, joint resolutions, or concurrent resolutions during a regular legislative session. Bills introduced by the committee are exempt from the five-bill limitation specified in rule 24 (b)(1)(A) of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives. Joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions introduced by the committee are exempt from the limitations set out in rule 26 (g) of the rules of the house of representatives and rule 30 (f) of the rules of the senate.

(II) The committee is exempt from the requirement to report bills or other measures to the legislative council as specified in rule 24 (b)(1)(D) and rule 24A (d)(8) of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives and in section 2-3-303 (1)(f). The committee is subject to rule 24A of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives, except to the extent that the rule may conflict with this part 19.

(III) Bills recommended by the committee must be introduced by the introduction deadline for house bills specified in rule 23 (a)(1) of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives.

(IV) The chair and vice-chair shall jointly establish the last date for the meeting at which the committee may approve bill requests, the last date by which committee members must finalize bill drafts or by which bill drafts will be deemed finalized for fiscal note purposes, and the last date by which the committee will consider and take final action on bill drafts.

(f) The committee shall consider the reports from the jail standards advisory committee created in section 30-10-530 and may revise the jail standards based on information in the reports.

(3) (a) This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2033.

(b) Prior to this section's repeal, the legislative oversight committee is subject to review pursuant to section 2-3-1203.
C.R.S. § 2-3-1901.5 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 19 / Section 2-3-1901.5
2-3-1901.5. Jail standards compliance
Status: in_force

2-3-1901.5. Jail standards compliance. Each county jail shall comply with the standards adopted by the legislative oversight committee pursuant to section 2-3-1901 (2), beginning July 1, 2026. The committee shall post the standards on its website. If the committee revises a jail standard, each county jail shall comply with the revised standard no later than one year after the revision is adopted, or earlier if specified by the committee when adopting the revision. A county jail does not have to comply with a standard or revised standard if it receives a variance from the standard pursuant to section 30-10-530 (5)(g).
C.R.S. § 2-2-2103 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 2 / Part 21 / Section 2-2-2103
2-2-2103. Accountability, accreditation, student performance, and resource inequity task f
Status: in_force

2-2-2103. Accountability, accreditation, student performance, and resource inequity task force - duties - report. (1) (a) In completing the study required in this part 21, the task force, at a minimum, shall consider:

(I) Academic opportunities or inequities that may impact academic achievement gaps;

(II) Improvements to the accountability and accreditation system to expand and incentivize academic opportunities and address inequities;

(III) Promising practices in schools and school districts; and

(IV) Recommendations for legislation or rules, as necessary.

(b) To support the considerations of the task force set forth in subsection (1)(a) of this section, the task force may review:

(I) The results of the statewide education accountability systems audit report described in section 2-3-127, as said section existed prior to its repeal;

(II) The local accountability systems described in part 7 of article 11 of title 22;

(III) The results of the local accountability system grant program created in section 22-11-703;

(IV) The annual report and evaluation from the high school innovative learning pilot program created in article 35.6 of title 22;

(V) The results of the school transformation grant program created in section 22-13-103;

(VI) The interim and final reports from the secondary, postsecondary, and work-based learning integration task force created in part 2 of article 35.3 of title 22;

(VII) Promising practices from other states as identified by task force members; and

(VIII) Leading indicators or instructional practices that could be added to the accountability measures.

(2) The task force shall consult with parent organizations, student organizations, and additional stakeholders as needed to address questions necessary to finalize its findings and recommendations.

(3) On or before March 1, 2024, the task force shall submit an interim report, including its initial findings and recommendations on issues identified in subsection (1) of this section, to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or their successor committees; the governor; the state board; the commissioner of education; and the department.

(4) On or before November 15, 2024, the task force shall submit a final report, including its findings and recommendations on issues identified in subsection (1) of this section, to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or their successor committees; the governor; the state board; the commissioner of education; and the department.

(5) Any money the general assembly appropriates to the department for the implementation of this part 21 is available to the department through December 31, 2024.
C.R.S. § 2-3-1304.3 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 13 / Section 2-3-1304.3
2-3-1304.3. Additional powers and duties of capital development committee - approval and ove
Status: repealed

2-3-1304.3. Additional powers and duties of capital development committee - approval and oversight of fund-raising for restoration of the capitol dome - legislative declaration - capitol dome restoration trust fund - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 2-2-304 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 2-2-304
2-2-304. Members not to be questioned
Status: in_force

2-2-304. Members not to be questioned. No members of the general assembly will be questioned in any other place for any speech or word spoken in debate in either house or for conducting or performing any other legislative activity that relates to the drafting of bills and other legislative measures, including amendments to such bills or measures, and to the rendering of assistance or information to constituents on their personal and private matters that are not publicly known. In addition, no staff members of the general assembly will be questioned in any other place for conducting or performing any duties or functions directly related to such legislative activity when it is conducted or performed at the direction of members of the general assembly.
C.R.S. § 2-3-311 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 3 / Section 2-3-311
2-3-311. Interstate cooperation
Status: in_force

2-3-311. Interstate cooperation. (1) The legislative council shall:

(a) Carry forward the participation of this state as a member of the council of state governments;

(b) Encourage and assist state officials and employees to cooperate with officials and employees of other states, the federal government, and local governments.

(2) (a) The council of state governments and the national conference of state legislatures are declared to be joint governmental agencies of this state and of other states which cooperate through them. The general assembly is authorized to subscribe to membership in such organizations and to pay membership fees therein from appropriations made to the legislative department of state government.

(b) The energy council is declared to be a joint governmental agency of this state and other states which cooperate through it. The general assembly is authorized to pay membership fees therein from appropriations made to the legislative department of state government.

(c) The American legislative exchange council is declared to be a joint governmental agency of this state and of other states which cooperate through it. Members of the general assembly are authorized to subscribe to membership in such organization. Membership fees shall be paid by the individual members; except that when members of the general assembly are selected by the president of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives to represent the interests of Colorado at American legislative exchange council functions, the delegation selected shall reflect equally the percentage of members from each party of the general assembly, and the actual and necessary expenses of such members for travel, board, and lodging related to such attendance may be paid from appropriations made to the legislative department of state government.

(d) Members of the general assembly are authorized to accept the payment of or reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses for travel, board, and lodging from any organization declared to be a joint governmental agency of this state under this subsection (2) if:

(I) (A) The expenses are related to the member's attendance at a convention or meeting of the joint governmental agency at which the member is scheduled to deliver a speech, make a presentation, participate on a panel, or represent the state of Colorado or for some other legitimate state purpose;

(B) The travel, board, and lodging arrangements are appropriate for purposes of the member's attendance at the convention or meeting;

(C) The duration of the member's stay is no longer than is reasonably necessary for the member to accomplish the purpose of his or her attendance at the convention or meeting; except that nothing in this sub-subparagraph (C) shall prohibit a member from extending the duration of his or her stay longer than is reasonably necessary at the member's own expense;

(D) The member is not currently and will not subsequent to the convention or meeting be in a position to take any official action that will benefit the joint governmental agency; and

(E) The attendance at conventions or meetings of the joint governmental agency has been approved by the executive committee of the legislative council or by the leadership of the house of the general assembly to which the member belongs; or

(II) The general assembly pays regular monthly, annual, or other periodic dues to the joint governmental agency that are invoiced expressly to cover travel, board, and lodging expenses for the attendance of members at conventions or meetings of the joint governmental agency.

(3) The Colorado commission on interstate cooperation is abolished on July 1, 1977. All of the books, records, reports, equipment, property, accounts, liabilities, and funds of the Colorado commission on interstate cooperation are transferred to the legislative council on July 1, 1977.

(4) (a) Any organization declared to be a joint governmental agency of this state under subsection (2) of this section that maintains its headquarters in the state of Colorado may, from time to time, issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, and equipping buildings and facilities owned or to be owned by such organization. Such bonds shall be issued pursuant to resolution of the executive committee or governing board of the organization and shall be payable solely out of all or a specified portion of the revenues as designated by the executive committee or governing board. Such bonds may be further secured by a pledge of the buildings and facilities financed with the proceeds of the bonds.

(b) Bonds may be executed and delivered by the organization at such times, may be in such form and denominations and include such terms and maturities, may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption prior to maturity with or without a premium, may be in fully registered form registrable as to principal or interest or both, may bear such conversion privileges, may be payable in such installments and at such times not exceeding forty years from the date thereof, may be payable at such place or places whether within or outside the state, may bear interest at such rate or rates per annum, which may be fixed or variable according to index, procedure, or formula or as determined by the organization or its agents, without regard to any interest rate limitation appearing in any other law of this state, may be subject to purchase at the option of the holder or the organization, may be evidenced in such manner, may be executed by such officers of the organization, including the use of one or more facsimile signatures so long as at least one manual signature appears on the bonds, which may be either of an officer of the organization or of an agent authenticating the same, may be in the form of coupon bonds that have attached interest coupons bearing a manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the organization, and may contain such provisions not inconsistent with the foregoing, all as provided in the resolution of the organization under which the bonds are authorized to be issued or as provided in a trust indenture between the organization and any commercial bank or trust company having full trust powers.

(c) The bonds may be sold at public or private sale at such price or prices, in such manner, and at such times as determined by the executive committee or governing board of the organization, and such executive committee or governing board may pay all fees, expenses, and commissions that it deems necessary or advantageous in connection with the sale of the bonds. The power to fix the date of the sale of the bonds, to receive bids or proposals, to award and sell bonds to fix interest rates, and to take all other action necessary to sell and deliver the bonds may be delegated to an officer or agent of the organization. Any outstanding bonds may be refunded by the organization pursuant to resolution of the executive committee or governing board of the organization. All bonds and any interest coupons applicable thereto are declared to be negotiable instruments.

(d) The resolution or trust indenture authorizing the issuance of bonds may pledge all or a portion of the revenues of the organization, may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of holders of any of the bonds as the organization deems appropriate, may set forth the rights and remedies of the holders of any of the bonds, and may contain provisions that the organization deems appropriate for the security of the holders of the bonds, including, but not limited to, provisions for letters of credit, insurance, standby credit agreements, or other forms of credit insuring timely payment of the bonds, including the redemption price or the purchase price.

(e) Any pledge of revenues or property made by the organization or by any person or governmental unit with which the organization contracts shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The revenues or property so pledged shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery or further act and the lien of such pledge shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the pledging party, irrespective of whether such claiming party has notice of such lien. The instrument by which the pledge is created need not be recorded or filed.

(f) Neither the members of the executive committee or governing board of the organization, employees of the organization, nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds or subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.

(g) The organization may purchase its bonds out of any available funds and may hold, pledge, cancel, or resell such bonds subject to and in accordance with agreements with the holders thereof.

(h) Any bonds issued by the organization and the transfer of and income from any bonds issued by the organization shall be exempt from all taxation and assessments in the state.

(i) Bonds issued under this article shall be deemed issued on behalf of the organization but shall not be deemed to constitute a multiple-fiscal year direct or indirect district debt or other financial obligation whatsoever of the state for purposes of section 20 of article X of the state constitution or a debt, liability, obligation, or pledge of the full faith and credit of the state or any political subdivision thereof other than the organization, but shall be payable solely from the revenue or property of the organization pledged for such payment. Each bond issued on behalf of the organization under this subsection (4) shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that neither the state nor any political subdivision thereof other than the organization shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon and that neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of this state nor any political subdivision thereof other than the organization is pledged to the payment of the principal or interest on such bond.

(j) Nothing in this subsection (4) shall be construed to obligate the general assembly to subscribe to membership or pay membership fees to any organization declared to be a joint governmental agency of the state pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
C.R.S. § 2-1-106 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 1 / Section 2-1-106
2-1-106. Attachments and detachments
Status: in_force

2-1-106. Attachments and detachments. (1) If any area of the state is omitted from the redistricting plan approved by the Colorado supreme court, inadvertently or by virtue of the complexities of the census materials used in the development of the plan, the secretary of state, upon discovery of such omission, shall determine to which congressional district the area should be assigned as follows:

(a) If the area is surrounded by a congressional district, the area must be assigned to said district; and

(b) If the area is contiguous to two or more congressional districts, the area must be assigned to the district that has the least population according to the latest national census.

(2) If any area of the state is included in two or more congressional districts in the redistricting plan approved by the Colorado supreme court, inadvertently or by virtue of the complexities of the census materials used in the development of the plan, the secretary of state, upon discovery of such inclusion, shall detach said area from the congressional district or districts having the largest population and shall designate such area as being assigned to the district having the least population; except that, if such area is wholly surrounded by a congressional district and inadvertently is also included in another district, the secretary of state shall assign such area to the district wholly surrounding such area, regardless of population.

(3) (a) If a county clerk and recorder discovers that a border between two congressional districts divides a residential parcel between the two districts and the clerk and recorder wishes to have the border moved, the clerk and recorder shall submit to the secretary of state documentation, satisfactory to the secretary of state, evidencing such division. If the secretary of state believes that the border should be moved, the secretary of state shall propose moving the border between the two districts to a visible feature normally relied upon by the United States census bureau such that the border:

(I) Does not split a residential parcel;

(II) Moves the remaining portion of the residential parcel into the least populated of the two districts; except that, if the border is a border between both congressional districts, the remaining portion of the residential parcel must be moved into the least populated of the two congressional districts;

(III) Would not result in a violation of section 44.3 (1)(a) of article V of the state constitution based upon the latest national census;

(IV) Minimizes the impact on the affected community for purposes of establishing polling locations; and

(V) Minimizes changes in distances from the redistricting plan approved by the Colorado supreme court.

(b) If the secretary of state proposes moving any border pursuant to this subsection (3), the secretary of state shall describe any potential changes in populations of affected congressional districts, based on the latest national census, to the Colorado supreme court. If the supreme court determines that the assignments made by the secretary of state satisfy the criteria established in subsection (3)(a) of this section, the supreme court may approve said assignments. If the supreme court determines that the assignment does not satisfy the criteria established in subsection (3)(a) of this section, the supreme court shall deny the proposed assignment.

(4) Following the assignment of any area pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) of this section, the secretary of state shall certify the population of such assigned area and any changes in populations of affected congressional districts, based on the latest national census, to the Colorado supreme court. If the supreme court determines that the assignments made by the secretary of state would not result in a violation of the population requirements of section 44.3 (1)(a) of article V of the state constitution, the supreme court shall approve said assignments. If the supreme court determines that the assignments would result in a violation of the population requirements of section 44.3 (1)(a) of article V of the state constitution, the supreme court shall certify a revised reapportionment plan to the secretary of state.
C.R.S. § 2-4-303 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 4 / Part 3 / Section 2-4-303
2-4-303. Penalties and liabilities not released by repeal
Status: repealed

2-4-303. Penalties and liabilities not released by repeal. The repeal, revision, amendment, or consolidation of any statute or part of a statute or section or part of a section of any statute shall not have the effect to release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under such statute, unless the repealing, revising, amending, or consolidating act so expressly provides, and such statute or part of a statute or section or part of a section of a statute so repealed, amended, or revised shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions, criminal as well as civil, for the enforcement of such penalty, forfeiture, or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or order which can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such actions, suits, proceedings, or prosecutions imposing, inflicting, or declaring such penalty, forfeiture, or liability.
C.R.S. § 2-3-1304 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 13 / Section 2-3-1304
2-3-1304. Powers and duties of capital development committee
Status: repealed

2-3-1304. Powers and duties of capital development committee. (1) The capital development committee has the following powers and duties:

(a) To study capital construction, controlled maintenance, and capital renewal requests and proposals, pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives, of each state agency and state institution of higher education;

(a.3) To review and make required recommendations on reports from state agencies and state institutions of higher education, including reports from:

(I) The office of the state architect on the approved and unapproved facility management plans and facility management plan updates pursuant to section 24-30-1303.5 (3.5), C.R.S., and acquisitions and dispositions pursuant to sections 24-30-1303.5 (6) and 24-82-102, C.R.S.;

(II) The adjutant general in the department of military and veterans affairs on the acquisition or disposition of property pursuant to section 28-3-106 (1)(s)(I), C.R.S.;

(III) The parks and wildlife commission in the department of natural resources on the acquisition or disposition of certain real property interests under section 33-1-105 (1)(i) or (3), C.R.S., and the acquisition of certain interest in real property or water pursuant to section 33-1-105.5 (9), C.R.S.; and

(IV) The parks and wildlife commission in the department of natural resources on the acquisition or disposition of certain interests in real property pursuant to section 33-10-107 (2), C.R.S.;

(a.5) To study the request from the transportation commission for state highway reconstruction, repair, and maintenance projects to be funded from money transferred to the capital construction fund pursuant to section 24-75-302 (2), C.R.S., specifically for such purpose. On or before October 1 of each year, the transportation commission shall submit its request, based on the statewide transportation improvement programs, with a prioritized list of recommended state highway reconstruction, repair, and maintenance projects with the priority of projects on the list determined on the basis of greatest need without regard to location in the state. The capital development committee shall determine the number of projects on the list that may be funded from money available in the capital construction fund for state highway reconstruction, repair, or maintenance projects. Only projects on the list may be funded from money available in the capital construction fund for state highway reconstruction, repair, or maintenance projects, and the projects must be funded in the priority determined by the transportation commission; except that, if a project on the list cannot be funded because an alternative source of funding for the project has become available, a court order has enjoined the project, or an act of God has made the project construction unfeasible, the transportation commission shall submit the next phase of that project or the next project on that regional priority list to the capital development committee for approval as an addition to the list in lieu of the project that cannot be funded. No substitute project submitted by the transportation commission from the regional priority list shall be approved by the capital development committee if funding said project would result in the delay of any other project on the list. Upon approval of an amended list, the department of transportation shall provide a copy of the amended list to the members of the joint budget committee, the transportation and energy committee in the house of representatives, and the transportation committee in the senate. Projects on the list submitted by the transportation commission by October 1 or on an amended list submitted as provided in this paragraph (a.5) may be funded from money transferred to the capital construction fund and available in the current fiscal year or money to be transferred to the capital construction fund for the fiscal year beginning the following July 1.

(a.6) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2008, p. 1064, § 8, effective July 1, 2008.)

(b) To hold such hearings as may be necessary to consider reports from each state agency or state institution of higher education with respect to capital construction, controlled maintenance, or capital renewal;

(c) To make determinations, pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives, of the priority to be accorded to the proposals made by the various state agencies and state institutions of higher education with respect to capital construction, controlled maintenance, and capital renewal proposals, based upon information made available to the capital development committee from any sources with respect to estimates of revenues available for such purposes;

(d) To forecast the state's requirements for capital construction, controlled maintenance, and capital renewal as may be necessary or desirable for adequate presentation of the planning and implementation or construction of such projects and to forecast the projected available revenue to meet the state's requirements for capital construction, controlled maintenance, and capital renewal. Such revenue forecast must conform with the economic forecast period used in the quarterly revenue estimates prepared by the staff of the legislative council.

(e) Repealed.

(f) To review the annual capital construction and maintenance requests from the chief information officer of the office of information technology regarding the public safety communications trust fund created pursuant to section 24-33.5-2510;

(g) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2014.) / Repealed.

(h) To review all acquisitions of real property by a state agency or state institution of higher education; except that, for any state agency or state institution of higher education that has statutory authority as of June 6, 2014, to acquire real property and such statutory authority specifies a process whereby the capital development committee either reviews, reviews and approves, or approves such an acquisition, then such statutory authority controls. If a state agency or state institution of higher education has statutory authority as of June 6, 2014, to acquire real property and such statutory authority does not include a process whereby the capital development committee either reviews, reviews and approves, or approves such acquisition, then this paragraph (h) controls. Section 23-1-106, C.R.S., and any budget instructions of the office of state planning and budgeting that specify thresholds regarding the submission of acquisitions of real property as capital budget requests operate to limit the review specified in this paragraph (h).

(2) Nothing in this section shall in any way limit or reduce the powers of the governor, through the office of state planning and budgeting and the office of the state architect, to establish executive branch priorities and procedures.

(3) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 2-2-2101 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 2 / Part 21 / Section 2-2-2101
2-2-2101. Definitions
Status: in_force

2-2-2101. Definitions. As used in this part 21, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Department" means the department of education created and existing pursuant to section 24-1-115.

(2) "Rural school district" means a school district in Colorado that the department determines is rural based on the geographic size of the school district and the distance of the school district from the nearest large, urbanized area, and the total student enrollment of the school district is six thousand five hundred or fewer students.

(3) "State board" means the state board of education created and existing pursuant to section 1 of article IX of the state constitution.

(4) "Statewide education accountability and accreditation system" means the system for accrediting schools and school districts described in article 11 of title 22 and as implemented by rules adopted by the state board.

(5) "Task force" means the accountability, accreditation, student performance, and resource inequity task force created in section 2-2-2102.

(6) "Urban school district" means a school district that the department does not consider a rural or small rural school district.
C.R.S. § 2-5-113 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 5 / Section 2-5-113
2-5-113. Effect of enactment of Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 - legislative construction
Status: repealed

2-5-113. Effect of enactment of Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 - legislative construction not based on editorial matters. (1) Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 was enacted as a repeal and reenactment of Colorado Revised Statutes 1963 and the supplements thereto, as provided for in section 2-5-122, as said section existed upon its repeal.

(2) The effect of the enactment of the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, as of its effective and operative date, shall be:

(a) To repeal all statutes and parts of statutes of a general and permanent nature not contained in the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973;

(b) To revive no law repealed or superseded before the effective and operative date of the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973;

(c) To affect no act done, right accrued, or obligation incurred or imposed by law prior to that effective and operative date;

(d) Neither to abate nor otherwise affect any action, suit, or proceeding pending on such effective and operative date;

(e) To affect no penalty or forfeiture incurred before such effective and operative date, except that where a punishment, penalty, or forfeiture is mitigated by any provision of the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, that mitigating provision shall apply to any judgment pronounced after that effective and operative date; and

(f) To have no effect on the running or ending of a limitation or period of time prescribed for acquiring a right, barring a remedy, or for any other purpose, where the time limitation began to run before that effective and operative date and the same or a similar limitation is prescribed in Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.

(3) The provisions of Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, insofar as they are the same in substantial intent, effect, and meaning as those of prior laws, shall be given effect as though a continuation of those laws and not as new enactments. If, however, any act set out in the prior laws and reenacted by Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 or any supplement thereto is alleged to have had a defective title when originally enacted, that defect is cured by enactment of the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 or any supplement thereto.

(4) The classification and arrangement by title, article, and numbering system of sections of Colorado Revised Statutes, as well as the section headings, source notes, annotations, revisor's notes, and other editorial material, shall be construed to form no part of the legislative text but to be only for the purpose of convenience, orderly arrangement, and information; therefore, no implication or presumption of a legislative construction is to be drawn therefrom.
C.R.S. § 2-3-1704 — CO Code / Title 2 / Article 3 / Part 17 / Section 2-3-1704
2-3-1704. Powers and duties of the joint technology committee
Status: repealed

2-3-1704. Powers and duties of the joint technology committee. (1) The committee oversees the office of information technology, including but not limited to:

(a) A review of the state of information technology;

(b) Any general information technology needs;

(c) Any anticipated short-term or long-term changes for information technology;

(d) Repealed.

(e) The office of information technology's responsibilities related to the geographic information system as set forth in section 24-37.5-103 (4).

(2) The committee oversees the chief information security officer and his or her duties as established in part 4 of article 37.5 of title 24, C.R.S.

(3) and (4) Repealed.

(5) The committee may review the actions of the statewide internet portal authority created in section 24-37.7-102, C.R.S.

(6) (a) The committee oversees a state agency regarding any authority that has been delegated to the state agency pursuant to section 24-37.5-105.4.

(b) On or before November 1, 2021, and on November 1 of each year thereafter, the office of information technology shall submit a written report to the committee regarding any delegation of authority to the state agency pursuant to section 24-37.5-105.4. The report shall include a summary of the information included in the written delegation agreement between the state agency and the office of information technology pursuant to section 24-37.5-105.4 (3).

(6.5) The committee may request information and presentations from state agencies regarding data privacy and cybersecurity within state agencies and may coordinate with the Colorado cybersecurity council created in section 24-33.5-1902. In addition, the committee may consider:

(a) Whether state agencies are collecting or retaining data that exceeds what is necessary and appropriate for such agencies to perform their functions;

(b) Who has access to data, the extent of such access, and appropriate mechanisms to protect sensitive data; and

(c) Measures to protect data against unauthorized access, disclosure, use, modification, or destruction.

(7) On or before November 1, 2013, and on November 1 of each year thereafter, the judicial department, the department of law, the department of state, and the department of the treasury shall submit a written report to the committee that details all information technology that such department purchased or implemented.

(8) A copy of any legislative measure introduced during any legislative session, regular or special, commencing on or after January 1, 2014, and determined by the speaker of the house of representatives or by the president of the senate to be dealing with information technology, data privacy, or cybersecurity shall be reviewed by the committee. The committee may also request that any legislative measure introduced during a legislative session, regular or special, and determined by the committee to be dealing with information technology, data privacy, or cybersecurity be reviewed by the committee. The committee may make advisory recommendations about such legislative measures to the house of representatives, the senate, the joint budget committee, the capital development committee, or to any committee of reference, as appropriate, considering any such legislative measure.

(9) On or before the first day of the regular legislative session commencing on or after January 1, 2014, and on the first day of each regular legislative session thereafter, the joint technology committee shall submit a written report on the committee's findings and recommendations based on the committee's oversight pursuant to subsections (1) to (8) of this section to the joint budget committee. Such report may include:

(a) Legislation recommended by the committee that addresses any of the committee's findings and recommendations based on the committee's oversight pursuant to subsections (1) to (8) of this section. Any such legislation is exempt from the five-bill limitation specified in rule 24 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives; and

(b) A report on the status of any information technology budget request that was previously approved for phasing in or for incremental implementation over a period exceeding one year.

(10) Upon request, a state agency and the judicial department, the department of law, the department of state, and the department of the treasury shall make available to the committee such data, reports, or information as are necessary for the performance of the committee's duties. If the committee requests such data, reports, or information, the state agency or judicial department, the department of law, the department of state, or the department of the treasury shall provide the requested information no later than November 1 of the calendar year in which the request is made.

(11) (a) The committee shall study all information technology budget requests pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives, made by all state agencies and state institutions of higher education. For purposes of institutions of higher education, the committee shall only review state-funded information technology budget requests. The committee shall make determinations of the priority to be accorded to such information technology budget requests based upon information made available to the committee from any sources with respect to estimates of revenues available in a fiscal year for information technology budget requests. The committee shall make written reports setting forth its recommendations, prioritization, findings, and comments as to each information technology budget request reviewed pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives, including recommendations regarding the appropriate amount of an information technology budget request, and shall submit such written reports to the joint budget committee for supplemental information technology budget requests no later than January 15 of each year, and for new or amended information technology budget requests for the upcoming fiscal year no later than February 15 of each year.

(b) The joint budget committee may seek the committee's review of any operating budget request for information technology, including a request for which the general assembly may make an appropriation pursuant to section 24-75-302 (3.7)(b).

(c) The committee shall hold such hearings as may be necessary to study all information technology budget requests pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives made by all state agencies and state institutions of higher education.

(d) The legislative council staff shall assist and advise the committee by reviewing and summarizing the information technology budget requests made by all state agencies and state institutions of higher education.

(e) The committee shall oversee information technology strategy through the review of state agency information technology plans.

(f) The committee shall oversee any information technology project for which the general assembly makes an appropriation pursuant to section 24-75-302 (3.7)(b). The legislative or judicial department, the department of law, the department of state, or the department of the treasury, as applicable, shall submit to the committee any data, reports, or information requested by the committee or otherwise necessary for the committee to perform its duties pursuant to this subsection (11)(f).

(12) Between adjournment sine die of the second regular session of the seventy-second general assembly and the first meeting in 2021 of the sales and use tax simplification task force created in section 39-26-802, the committee shall:

(a) Seek regular updates from the office of information technology and the department of revenue regarding the development of the electronic sales and use tax simplification system described in Senate Bill 19-006, enacted in 2019;

(b) Once the electronic sales and use tax simplification system described in Senate Bill 19-006, enacted in 2019, is online, monitor and encourage participation by businesses and home rule municipalities; and

(c) Seek regular updates from the office of information technology and the department of revenue regarding the purchase and development of a geographic information system (GIS) database to maintain jurisdictional boundaries of sales tax districts and to calculate appropriate sales and use tax rates for individual addresses for which the department of revenue received an appropriation in Senate Bill 19-006, enacted in 2019.