C.R.S. § 24-50-114 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 50 / Part 1 / Section 24-50-114
24-50-114. Temporary appointments - term - tenure
Status: in_force

24-50-114. Temporary appointments - term - tenure. (1) Pending the availability of an eligible list determined by the state personnel director to be appropriate for a class, the appointing authority, with the prior approval of the state personnel director, may fill a vacancy for a permanent position by temporary appointment of a qualified, certified employee in accordance with the promotional policy established by the board. In the absence of such an eligible employee, temporary appointments of qualified persons may be made from without the state personnel system. A temporary appointment shall not exceed nine months in length, except for personal services contracts as permitted by part 5 of this article. An appointing authority must wait at least four months between temporary appointments for the same position that are made pursuant to this subsection (1). If the vacancy is for a permanent position, an eligible list shall be established within the nine-month period following the temporary appointment.

(2) The state personnel director may, by rule, authorize principal department heads and presidents of colleges and universities to employ persons from outside the state personnel system on a temporary basis while an eligible list is being provided or in emergency or seasonable situations nonpermanent in nature, but in each case the period of employment shall not exceed nine months, except for personal services contracts as permitted by part 5 of this article.

(3) Temporary appointees from outside the state personnel system shall have none of the protection of tenure afforded by this part 1 to certified employees.

(4) In case of emergency threatening the public health, welfare, or safety, a temporary appointment may be made without prior approval of the state personnel director, but such appointment may not continue without such approval for more than fifteen days.

(5) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, the prior approval of all temporary appointments to permanent positions shall be obtained from the state personnel director before such temporary appointments are made. The director may not delegate the authority to approve such temporary appointments. If any such appointment is made before the prior approval of the director is obtained, the appointment shall be considered void from the beginning and the person appointed to such position shall be immediately terminated.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-536 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 5 / Section 24-33.5-536
24-33.5-536. Definition of recidivism working group - created - membership
Status: in_force

24-33.5-536. Definition of recidivism working group - created - membership. (1) (a) The division shall convene a working group to develop a definition of recidivism to be used by each state entity, including each department, division, agency, office, or commission that collects data or reports on recidivism, in any report issued by the entity.

(b) The division shall identify each state entity, including each department, division, agency, office, or commission that collects data or reports on recidivism in any report issued by the entity.

(c) Except as otherwise required by state or federal law, beginning July 1, 2025, each state entity described in subsection (1)(b) of this section shall use the definition of recidivism developed by the working group pursuant to this section in the entity's recidivism data collection. Any document or report that includes recidivism data collected by a state entity on or after July 1, 2025, must report the data consistent with the definition of recidivism developed by the working group. This section does not prohibit a state entity from reporting, in addition to data about recidivism as defined by the working group, any other metrics the state entity deems necessary or relevant to its mission, or to meet the needs of the entity.

(2) (a) The working group consists of the following members:

(I) A representative of the judicial department, appointed by the state court administrator;

(II) A representative of the department of corrections, appointed by the executive director of the department of corrections;

(III) A representative of the division of youth services in the department of human services, appointed by the executive director of the department of human services;

(IV) A representative of the state board of parole, appointed by the chair of the parole board;

(V) A representative of the department of public safety with expertise in community corrections, appointed by the executive director of the department of public safety;

(VI) A member from an institution of higher education with expertise in the criminal legal system who has conducted relevant research regarding recidivism, appointed by the executive director of the department of public safety; and

(VII) A representative of a community-based organization that works for criminal legal reform and supports consistent data collection, appointed by the executive director of the department of public safety.

(b) No later than September 15, 2024, the appointing authorities shall make their appointments to the working group.

(c) Members of the working group do not receive compensation or reimbursement for expenses.

(d) The division shall facilitate the work of the working group. The working group shall allow for remote participation at each meeting of the working group.

(3) (a) The working group shall develop a definition of recidivism no later than January 15, 2025.

(b) No later than January 31, 2025, the working group shall provide its definition of recidivism to each state entity identified by the division in subsection (1)(b) of this section.

(4) The definition of recidivism developed by the working group pursuant to this section must include, at a minimum:

(a) A clearly defined measurement point to begin tracking the recidivism event described in subsection (4)(c) of this section;

(b) A clear description of the cohort to be tracked;

(c) That a recidivism event is a new deferred agreement or an adjudication or conviction for a felony offense or misdemeanor offense, including all "Victim Rights Act" crimes as defined in section 24-4.1-302 (1); and

(d) A clearly defined time period during which an event is considered a recidivism event that is consistent with best practices for measuring recidivism.

(5) Subject to available resources, and if the working group determines it can do so prior to January 15, 2025, to promote the use of consistent definitions by various state entities, the working group may develop definitions of other metrics or data points related to recidivism or the desistance from crime that state entities may use as applicable.

(6) The working group shall not meet after January 31, 2025.
C.R.S. § 24-37.5-406 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 37.5 / Part 4 / Section 24-37.5-406
24-37.5-406. Reporting
Status: repealed

24-37.5-406. Reporting. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-20-109 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 24-20-109
24-20-109. Right of senate to reconfirm new governor's appointment of reappointed executive
Status: in_force

24-20-109. Right of senate to reconfirm new governor's appointment of reappointed executive director. When the executive director of a principal department of state government is appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate to serve at the pleasure of the governor, he shall be subject to reconfirmation of the senate if, after initial election of a new governor, he is reappointed to the same position by such new governor.
C.R.S. § 24-1.9-103 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 1.9 / Section 24-1.9-103
24-1.9-103. Reports - executive director review
Status: in_force

24-1.9-103. Reports - executive director review. (1) Commencing January 1, 2007, and on or before each January 1 thereafter, each interagency oversight group shall provide a report to the executive director of each department and agency that is a party to any memorandum of understanding entered into that includes:

(a) The number of children and families served through the individualized service and support teams and a description of the recommended services; the outcomes of the services provided, including the number, age, race, gender, and, if known, the disability status of the children served; a description of the outcomes for children served; and a description of any reduction in duplication or fragmentation of services provided and a description of any significant improvement in outcomes for children and families;

(b) A description of estimated costs of implementing the collaborative management approach and any estimated cost-shifting or cost-savings that may have occurred by collaboratively managing the multi-agency services provided through the individualized service and support teams;

(b.5) The number of children and families who were referred to a local collaborative management program and did not receive recommended services, including a description of the services that were recommended but not provided; a description of the barriers to providing such services; and the age, race, gender, and, if known, the disability status of the children;

(b.7) The number of children, by age, served by a local collaborative management program, who were referred by the juvenile justice system;

(b.8) The number of children, by age, who were served by a local collaborative management program, who were referred by a county department of human or social services, including referrals through a dependency and neglect case;

(b.9) The number of children, by age, who were served by a local collaborative management program and who identified themselves to the local collaborative management program as:

(I) A named victim in a criminal protection order pursuant to section 18-1-1001 or in a juvenile delinquency or criminal case;

(II) A recipient of victim compensation pursuant to article 4.1 of this title 24; or

(III) A protected party in a protection order pursuant to article 14 of title 13, section 19-2-707 as it existed prior to its repeal in 2021, or section 18-1-1001;

(c) An accounting of money that was reinvested in additional services provided to children or families who would benefit from integrated multi-agency services due to cost-savings that may have resulted;

(d) A description of any identified barriers to the ability of the state and county to provide effective services to persons who received multi-agency services; and

(e) Any other information relevant to improving the delivery of services to persons who would benefit from multi-agency services.

(2) (a) Utilizing the reports created pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the persons specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2) shall meet at least annually with the governor, or his or her designee, to review the activities and progress of counties and agencies engaged in collaborative management of multi-agency services provided to children and families. The purpose of the meeting shall be to identify barriers encountered in collaborative management development or implementation or reinvestment of moneys and to discuss and effectuate solutions to these barriers to achieve greater efficiencies and better outcomes for the state, for local communities, and for persons who would benefit from multi-agency services.

(b) The following persons or their designees shall attend the annual meeting required pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section:

(I) The commissioner of education;

(II) A superintendent of a school district that has entered into a memorandum of understanding, as such superintendent is selected by the commissioner of education;

(III) A director of a county department of human or social services that has entered into a memorandum of understanding, as such director is selected by the executive director of the state department of human services;

(IV) The executive director of the department of health care policy and financing;

(V) The executive director of the department of human services;

(VI) A director of a local mental health center that has entered into a memorandum of understanding, as such director is selected by the executive director of the department of human services;

(VII) A representative from a statewide parent advocacy or family advocacy organization who participated in the development of a memorandum of understanding, as such representative is selected by a director of a county department of human or social services chosen by the state department of human services;

(VIII) The executive director of the department of public health and environment; and

(IX) The chief justice of the Colorado supreme court.
C.R.S. § 24-51-505 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 51 / Part 5 / Section 24-51-505
24-51-505. Purchase of service credit relating to noncovered employment
Status: repealed

24-51-505. Purchase of service credit relating to noncovered employment. (1) Service credit may be purchased for any period of previous employment with any public or private employer in the United States, its territories, or any foreign country subject to the following conditions:

(a) If the service credit to be purchased is for noncovered employment with an employer affiliated with the association, the member must have one year of earned service credit with the association at the time of the purchase. If the service credit to be purchased is for previous employment with a nonaffiliated employer, the member must have one year of earned service credit with the association at the time of the purchase; except that, if the previous employment for which the service credit is to be purchased is nonqualified service, as defined in section 415 (n)(3)(C) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, and the member first became a member of the association on or after January 1, 1999, the member must have five years of earned service credit with the association at the time of the purchase.

(b) The member must provide documentation of the dates of employment and a record of salary received.

(c) The member must provide certification from any retirement program covering such employment that the service credit to be purchased has not vested with that program, except to the extent otherwise required by federal law.

(2) (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), one year of service credit may be purchased for each year of noncovered employment determined pursuant to the provisions of section 24-51-501 (2) to (4) applicable to earned service credit.

(b) Members who first became members on or after January 1, 1999, may purchase no more than five years of service credit for noncovered employment that is nonqualified service, as defined in section 415 (n)(3)(C) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended.

(c) Members who initiate a purchase on or after November 1, 2003, may not purchase service credit that would cause the total years of noncovered service purchased during their membership to exceed ten years. This limit shall not apply to members who provide all required documentation of previous service to the association by October 31, 2003, together with application to purchase the service if the purchase is successfully completed pursuant to the service credit purchase agreement resulting from said application.

(d) Members employed by a public entity affiliated with the association pursuant to section 24-51-309 may purchase service credit for years employed by the entity without limit, if the purchase is completed before the member terminates employment with the entity, and any such purchase for years employed by the entity in excess of ten years is completed or installment payments initiated within three years after the date the employer affiliates with the association or November 1, 2006, whichever is later.

(3) The cost to purchase service credit for noncovered employment shall be determined by the board and shall be sufficient to pay the actuarial liability associated with the purchase.

(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 95, p. 263, § 5, effective July 1, 1995.)

(5) Repealed.

(6) Service credit purchased pursuant to the provisions of this section for periods of nonmembership shall not be credited toward the earned service credit requirement for disability retirement benefits as provided for in part 7 of this article or the earned service credit requirement for survivor benefit coverage as provided for in part 9 of this article.

(7) A portion of the amount paid by a member to purchase service credit related to noncovered employment shall be transferred to the health care trust fund on the effective date of the member's retirement or, in case of death prior to retirement, on the effective date of the survivor benefit. The amount transferred shall be one and two one-hundredths percent of the member's highest average salary at the time of the purchase, with interest at the rate specified in section 24-51-101 (28)(a).
C.R.S. § 24-115-109 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 115 / Section 24-115-109
24-115-109. Limitation on power of corporation to declare bankruptcy
Status: in_force

24-115-109. Limitation on power of corporation to declare bankruptcy. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the corporation is not authorized to be, and no public officer, organization, entity, or other person shall authorize the corporation to be, a debtor in a case under the United States bankruptcy code, title 11 of the United States Code, to make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or to become the subject of any similar case or proceeding. The state hereby covenants with the holders of any notes issued pursuant to this article that the state will not limit or alter the prohibition on the filing of voluntary bankruptcy petitions set forth in this section until one year and one day after the corporation no longer has any notes outstanding. The corporation and any trust established by the corporation are hereby authorized to include this covenant as an agreement of the state in any contract with the note holders of the corporation.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-2509 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 25 / Section 24-33.5-2509
24-33.5-2509. Interoperable communications among public safety radio systems - statewide plan
Status: in_force

24-33.5-2509. Interoperable communications among public safety radio systems - statewide plan - regional plans - governmental immunity - needs assessment. (1) (a) The executive director shall exercise the powers, duties, and functions regarding the tactical and long-term interoperable communications plan, adopted by each region pursuant to former section 24-33.5-716, as that section existed on June 30, 2023, to improve communications among public safety agencies in the region and with public safety agencies of other regions, the state and federal governments, and other states. The plans shall include measures to create and periodically test interoperability interfaces, provisions for training on communications systems and exercises on the implementation of the plan, a strategy for integrating with the state digital trunked radio system, deadlines for implementation, and other elements required by the executive director. Each region shall submit revised plans as they are updated to the director of the office.

(b) Each local government agency or private entity that operates a public safety radio system shall collaborate in the development and, as necessary, periodic revision of the tactical and long-term interoperable communications plan of the region in which it is located. Such tactical plans, and revisions thereto, shall be submitted to the director of the office.

(c) A region that fails to timely submit a tactical and long-term interoperable communications plan or revisions thereto, or a local government agency that fails to collaborate in the development of or timely submit the plan, or a region or local government agency that fails to maintain current plans, is ineligible to receive homeland security or public safety grant money administered by the department of local affairs, department of public safety, or department of public health and environment until the region submits a plan to the director of the office.

(2) A public safety agency shall not expend money received through the department on a mobile data communications system unless the system is capable of interoperable communications.

(3) The executive director shall not require a public safety agency to acquire the communications equipment of a particular manufacturer or provider as a condition of awarding grant money administered by the department.

(4) A public safety agency or an employee of a public safety agency acting in collaboration with another agency or person to create and operate an interoperable communications system has the same degree of immunity under the "Colorado Governmental Immunity Act", article 10 of this title 24, as the public safety agency or employee would have if not acting in collaboration with another agency or person.
C.R.S. § 24-90-510 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 90 / Part 5 / Section 24-90-510
24-90-510. General powers of facilities district
Status: in_force

24-90-510. General powers of facilities district. (1) The facilities district has the following limited powers:

(a) To have perpetual existence;

(b) To have and use a corporate seal;

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

(d) To enter into contracts and agreements, except as otherwise provided in this part 5, affecting the affairs of the facilities district, including contracts with the United States and any of its agencies or instrumentalities. Except in cases in which a facilities district receives aid from an agency of the federal government, a notice shall be published for bids on all construction contracts for work or material or both involving an expense of one thousand dollars or more. The facilities district may reject any and all bids, and, if it appears that the facilities district can perform the work or secure material for less than the lowest bid, it may proceed to do so.

(e) To borrow money and incur general obligation indebtedness and evidence the same by bonds, certificates, warrants, notes, and debentures in accordance with the provisions of this part 5;

(f) To acquire, finance, construct, install, operate, and maintain the library capital facilities contemplated by this part 5, including all property, rights, or interests incidental or appurtenant thereto, and to dispose of real and personal property and any interest therein, including leases and easements in connection therewith;

(g) To refund any general obligation indebtedness of the facilities district without an election; otherwise, the terms and conditions of refunding bonds shall be substantially the same as those of an original issue of bonds of the facilities district;

(h) To have the management, control, and supervision of all the business and affairs of the facilities district and of the acquisition, construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of the facilities district's library capital facilities;

(i) To adopt and amend bylaws not in conflict with the constitution and laws of the state or with the ordinances of the county or municipality affected for carrying on the business, objects, and affairs of the governing body and of the facilities district;

(j) To exercise all rights and powers necessary or incidental to or implied from the specific powers granted in this part 5. Such specific powers shall not be considered as a limitation upon any power necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this part 5.

(k) To conduct an election in accordance with articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S., for any purpose the board deems necessary or required.
C.R.S. § 24-60-4002 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 12 / Part 40 / Section 24-60-4002
24-60-4002. Execution of agreement
Status: in_force

24-60-4002. Execution of agreement. The agreement among the states to elect the President by national popular vote is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows:

ARTICLE I -- MEMBERSHIP

Any State of the United States and the District of Columbia may become a member of this agreement by enacting this agreement.

ARTICLE II -- RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE IN MEMBER STATES

TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT

Each member state shall conduct a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States.

ARTICLE III -- MANNER OF APPOINTING

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS IN MEMBER STATES

Prior to the time set by law for the meeting and voting by the presidential electors, the chief election official of each member state shall determine the number of votes for each presidential slate in each State of the United States and in the District of Columbia in which votes have been cast in a statewide popular election and shall add such votes together to produce a "national popular vote total" for each presidential slate.

The chief election official of each member state shall designate the presidential slate with the largest national popular vote total as the "national popular vote winner."

The presidential elector certifying official of each member state shall certify the appointment in that official's own state of the elector slate nominated in that state in association with the national popular vote winner.

At least six days before the day fixed by law for the meeting and voting by the presidential electors, each member state shall make a final determination of the number of popular votes cast in the state for each presidential slate and shall communicate an official statement of such determination within 24 hours to the chief election official of each other member state.

The chief election official of each member state shall treat as conclusive an official statement containing the number of popular votes in a state for each presidential slate made by the day established by federal law for making a state's final determination conclusive as to the counting of electoral votes by Congress.

In event of a tie for the national popular vote winner, the presidential elector certifying official of each member state shall certify the appointment of the elector slate nominated in association with the presidential slate receiving the largest number of popular votes within that official's own state.

If, for any reason, the number of presidential electors nominated in a member state in association with the national popular vote winner is less than or greater than that state's number of electoral votes, the presidential candidate on the presidential slate that has been designated as the national popular vote winner shall have the power to nominate the presidential electors for that state and that state's presidential elector certifying official shall certify the appointment of such nominees.

The chief election official of each member state shall immediately release to the public all vote counts or statements of votes as they are determined or obtained.

This article shall govern the appointment of presidential electors in each member state in any year in which this agreement is, on July 20, in effect in states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes.

ARTICLE IV -- OTHER PROVISIONS

This agreement shall take effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes have enacted this agreement in substantially the same form and the enactments by such states have taken effect in each state.

Any member state may withdraw from this agreement, except that a withdrawal occurring six months or less before the end of a President's term shall not become effective until a President or Vice President shall have been qualified to serve the next term.

The chief executive of each member state shall promptly notify the chief executive of all other states of when this agreement has been enacted and has taken effect in that official's state, when the state has withdrawn from this agreement, and when this agreement takes effect generally.

This agreement shall terminate if the electoral college is abolished.

If any provision of this agreement is held invalid, the remaining provisions shall not be affected.

ARTICLE V -- DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this agreement,

"Chief executive" shall mean the Governor of a State of the United States or the Mayor of the District of Columbia;

"Elector slate" shall mean a slate of candidates who have been nominated in a state for the position of presidential elector in association with a presidential slate;

"Chief election official" shall mean the state official or body that is authorized to certify the total number of popular votes for each presidential slate;

"Presidential elector" shall mean an elector for President and Vice President of the United States;

"Presidential elector certifying official" shall mean the state official or body that is authorized to certify the appointment of the state's presidential electors;

"Presidential slate" shall mean a slate of two persons, the first of whom has been nominated as a candidate for President of the United States and the second of whom has been nominated as a candidate for Vice President of the United States, or any legal successors to such persons, regardless of whether both names appear on the ballot presented to the voter in a particular state;

"State" shall mean a State of the United States and the District of Columbia; and

"Statewide popular election" shall mean a general election in which votes are cast for presidential slates by individual voters and counted on a statewide basis.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-103 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 1 / Section 24-33.5-103
24-33.5-103. Department created - divisions
Status: repealed

24-33.5-103. Department created - divisions. (1) There is hereby created the department of public safety, the head of which shall be the executive director of the department of public safety, which office is hereby created. The executive director shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The reappointment of an executive director after initial election of a governor shall be subject to the provisions of section 24-20-109. The executive director has those powers, duties, and functions prescribed for the heads of principal departments in the "Administrative Organization Act of 1968", article 1 of this title.

(2) The department consists of the following divisions:

(a) Colorado state patrol;

(b) Repealed.

(c) Colorado bureau of investigation;

(d) Division of criminal justice;

(e) Repealed.

(f) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2002, p. 1205, § 2, effective June 3, 2002.)

(g) Repealed.

(h) Division of homeland security and emergency management; and

(i) Division of fire prevention and control.

(3) The executive director shall prepare and transmit annually, in the form and manner prescribed by the heads of the principal departments pursuant to the provisions of section 24-1-136, a report accounting to the governor for the efficient discharge of all responsibilities assigned by law or directive to the department and the divisions thereof.

(4) Publications by the executive director circulated in quantity outside the executive branch shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 24-1-136.

(5) The executive director may appoint the deputy director of the department of public safety pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution. Subject to the supervision of the executive director, the deputy director has the same powers, duties, and responsibilities of the executive director as provided by law and shall exercise such powers, duties, and responsibilities in the absence of the executive director and when so instructed by the executive director.
C.R.S. § 24-38-203 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 38 / Part 2 / Section 24-38-203
24-38-203. Unsolicited proposals
Status: in_force

24-38-203. Unsolicited proposals. (1) An agency may consider, evaluate, and accept an unsolicited proposal only if the proposal complies with all of the requirements of this section.

(2) An agency may consider an unsolicited proposal only if the proposal:

(a) Will assist the agency in carrying out its duties in a cost-effective and efficient manner without replacing existing state employees;

(b) Is independently originated and developed by the proposer;

(c) Is prepared without agency supervision;

(d) Includes sufficient detail and information to allow the agency to evaluate the proposal in an objective and timely manner and to determine if the proposal benefits the agency; and

(e) Is not an advance proposal for a known agency requirement that can be acquired by competitive methods unless:

(I) The agency has not established a timetable for satisfying the known requirement; or

(II) The proposal is likely to significantly shorten a timetable for satisfying the known requirement.

(3) Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (2) of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit an agency from encouraging the submission of unsolicited proposals that are well-developed and consistent with the agency's general policy priorities by providing written or oral information to any person regarding the policy priorities or the requirements and procedures for submitting an unsolicited proposal.

(4) If an unsolicited proposal does not meet the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, the agency shall return the proposal without further action. If an unsolicited proposal meets all of the requirements of subsection (2), the agency may further evaluate the proposal pursuant to this section.

(5) An agency shall base its evaluation of an unsolicited proposal on the following factors:

(a) Unique and innovative methods, approaches, or concepts demonstrated by the proposal;

(b) Scientific, technical, or socioeconomic merits of the proposal;

(c) Potential contribution of the proposal to the agency's mission;

(d) Capabilities, related experience, facilities, or techniques of the proposer or unique combinations of these qualities that are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives;

(e) Cost savings, efficient delivery of services, or enhanced quality of service delivered to the recipient; and

(f) Any other factors appropriate to a particular proposal.

(6) An agency may accept an unsolicited proposal only if:

(a) The unsolicited proposal receives a favorable evaluation; and

(b) The agency makes a written determination based on facts and circumstances that the unsolicited proposal is an acceptable basis for an agreement to obtain services either without competition or, if applicable, after the agency takes the actions required by subsection (7) of this section.

(7) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (8) of this section, if an unsolicited proposal requires an agency to spend public moneys in an amount that is reasonably expected to exceed fifty thousand dollars in the aggregate for any fiscal year, the agency shall take the following actions before accepting the unsolicited proposal:

(a) Provide public notice that the agency will consider comparable proposals. The notice shall:

(I) Be given at least fourteen days prior to the date set forth therein for the opening of proposals through any reasonable method, which may include publication on the agency's internet website, posting on the state's bid information and distribution system, or publication in a newspaper of general circulation;

(II) Be provided to any nonprofit entity that expresses, in writing to the agency, an interest in a public-private initiative that is similar in nature and scope to the unsolicited proposal;

(III) Outline in summary form the general nature and scope of the unsolicited proposal, including the work to be performed on the project and the terms of any nonprofit contributions offered and public benefits requested concerning the project;

(IV) Request information to determine if the proposer of a comparable proposal has the necessary experience and qualifications to perform the public-private initiative; and

(V) Specify the address to and the date by which comparable proposals must be submitted, allowing a reasonable time to prepare and submit the proposals;

(b) Determine, in its discretion, if any submitted proposal is comparable in nature and scope to the unsolicited proposal and warrants further evaluation;

(c) Evaluate each comparable proposal, taking relevant factors into consideration; and

(d) Conduct good faith discussions and, if necessary, negotiations concerning each comparable proposal.

(8) The actions required by subsection (7) of this section do not apply to an unsolicited research proposal if an agency reasonably determines that the actions would improperly disclose either the originality of the research or proprietary information associated with the research proposal.

(9) An agency may accept a comparable proposal submitted pursuant to subsection (7) of this section if the agency determines that the comparable proposal is the most advantageous to the state in comparison to an unsolicited proposal or other submitted proposals. In making the determination, the agency shall use only the proposal evaluation criteria specified in this section and shall not use the methods of source selection set forth in part 2 of article 103 of this title.

(10) If an unsolicited proposal is accepted or if a comparable proposal is accepted pursuant to subsection (9) of this section, the accepting agency shall use the proposal as the basis for negotiation of an agreement.

(11) Subject to the requirements of this section, each agency shall determine its own process for considering, evaluating, and accepting or rejecting unsolicited proposals. If the agency determines that an unsolicited proposal is an acceptable basis for negotiation of an agreement pursuant to this section, the agency's procurement officer shall be responsible for taking the action required by subsection (10) of this section. Before an agency considers an unsolicited proposal or a comparable proposal under this part 2, the agency shall adopt either rules promulgated in accordance with article 4 of this title or other written policy guidelines that it determines are necessary or appropriate to implement this part 2, including rules or guidelines on the evaluation of unsolicited proposals and the receipt, content, and proper handling of unsolicited or comparable proposals. The rules or guidelines shall also require both the nonprofit entity and the agency to disclose any individual or organizational conflicts of interest related to the public-private initiative and to document and properly manage any disclosures.

(12) At the time a principal department of state government submits its annual budget request to the joint budget committee of the general assembly, the department shall report to the committee regarding any public-private initiative agreement then in effect that the department or an agency within the department has entered into pursuant to this part 2. The information reported shall include, at a minimum, a brief description of the purpose and terms of the agreement, the amount of public moneys required to be expended by the state under the terms of the agreement, and the identity of the private partner that is a party to the agreement.
C.R.S. § 24-32-306 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 32 / Part 3 / Section 24-32-306
24-32-306. Matching funds - gifts - bequests
Status: in_force

24-32-306. Matching funds - gifts - bequests. The director, with the approval of the governor, is empowered to receive and expend all funds, grants, gifts, and bequests, including federal and state funds and other funds available for the purposes for which the division was created, and to contract with the United States and all other legal entities with respect thereto, including legally constituted regional, county, metropolitan, and municipal planning commissions or districts. The division may provide, within the limitations of its budget, matching funds wherever funds, grants, gifts, bequests, and contractual assistance are available on such basis. The division shall provide such information, reports, and services as may be necessary to secure such financial aid.
C.R.S. § 24-51-406 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 51 / Part 4 / Section 24-51-406
24-51-406. Payments from the judicial division
Status: in_force

24-51-406. Payments from the judicial division. Any member of the judicial division who was a member of that division on or before July 1, 1973, and who retires from the judicial division with more than sixteen years of service credit may elect prior to retirement to receive, within ninety days following the effective date of retirement, a payment of the member contributions and interest together with matching employer contributions, calculated pursuant to the provisions of section 24-51-408 (1), that are associated with the service credit earned during the seventeenth through the twentieth years. This payment shall negate the service credit earned during those years.
C.R.S. § 24-30-1103 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 24-30-1103
24-30-1103. Central services
Status: in_force

24-30-1103. Central services.

(1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 96, p. 1497, § 9, effective June 1, 1996.)

(2) The powers, duties, and functions of the department of personnel include the powers, duties, and functions concerning central services, specified by this part 11.
C.R.S. § 24-21-630 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 21 / Part 6 / Section 24-21-630
24-21-630. Colorado charitable gaming board - creation
Status: repealed

24-21-630. Colorado charitable gaming board - creation. (1) There is created, within the department of state, the Colorado charitable gaming board.

(2) The board consists of seven members, all of whom must be citizens of the United States who have been residents of the state for at least the past two years. A member must not have been convicted of a felony or gambling-related offense, notwithstanding section 24-5-101. No more than three of the seven members may be members of the same political party; except that the political party affiliation of the secretary of state's designee shall not be considered for purposes of determining compliance with this requirement. The secretary of state's designee shall convene the board's first meeting as soon as practicable but not later than sixty days after a majority of the seven board members are appointed in accordance with this section. At the first meeting of each fiscal year, a majority of the members must choose a chair and vice-chair of the board from the membership. Membership and operation of the board must additionally meet the following requirements:

(a) (I) Three members of the board must be bona fide members of a bingo-raffle licensee that is classified as a religious organization, a charitable organization, a labor organization, an educational organization, a veterans' organization, a fraternal organization, or a voluntary firefighter's organization; except that no more than one member shall be appointed from any one such classification;

(II) and (III) Repealed.

(IV) One member of the board must be a supplier licensee;

(V) One member of the board must be a landlord licensee;

(VI) One member of the board must be a registered elector of the state who is not employed by or an officer or director of a licensee, does not have a financial interest in any license, and does not have an active part in the conduct or management of games of chance by any bingo-raffle licensee; and

(VII) One member of the board must be the secretary of state's designee.

(b) (I) The governor shall appoint the three members of the board who are categorized as bona fide members of a bingo-raffle licensee.

(II) The governor shall appoint the member of the board who is a supplier licensee and the member of the board who is a landlord licensee.

(III) The secretary of state shall appoint the member of the board who is a registered elector and the member of the board who is the secretary of state's designee.

(c) All appointments are for terms of four years. No member of the board is eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms.

(d) Any vacancy on the board must be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment; except that, in the event of an extended vacancy of more than three meetings or the failure of the governor to appoint a new member within three months of the vacancy, the secretary of state may appoint a replacement member. The member appointed to fill such vacancy shall be from the same category described in subsection (2)(a) of this section as the member vacating the position.

(e) A member of the board having a direct personal or private interest in any matter before the board must disclose such fact on the board's record. Members may disqualify themselves for any cause deemed by them to be sufficient.

(f) The appointing officer shall terminate the term of any member of the board who misses more than two consecutive regular board meetings without good cause, or who no longer meets the requirements for membership imposed by this section. The member's successor must be appointed in the manner provided for appointments under this section.

(g) Board members are entitled to receive as compensation for their services seventy-five dollars for each day spent in the conduct of board business, not to exceed five hundred dollars per member per year, and are entitled to be reimbursed for necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.

(h) Prior to commencing a term of service, each person nominated to serve on the board, other than the secretary of state's designee, must file with the secretary of state a financial disclosure statement in the form required and prescribed by the licensing authority and as commonly used for other Colorado boards and commissions. Such statement must be renewed as of each January 1 during the member's term of office.

(i) The board shall hold at least six meetings each year and such additional meetings as the members may deem necessary. In addition, special meetings may be called by the chair, any three board members, or the licensing authority if written notification of the meeting is delivered to each member at least seventy-two hours before the meeting. Notwithstanding section 24-6-402, in emergency situations in which a majority of the board certifies that exigencies of time require that the board meet without delay, the requirements of public notice and of seventy-two hours' actual advance written notice to members may be dispensed with, and board members as well as the public must receive such notice as is reasonable under the circumstances.

(j) A majority of the board constitutes a quorum, and the concurrence of a majority of the members present is required for any final determination by the board.

(k) The board shall keep a complete and accurate record of all its meetings.

(l) A majority of the board constitutes a quorum, but the concurrence of a majority of all members is required for any final action or determination by the board.

(m) The members of the board may invite additional individuals and representatives of entities to attend working group meetings and participate in such meetings as nonvoting members of the board.

(n) The secretary of state may employ staff to assist the board in carrying out its duties and to ensure that the board maintains its regular meeting schedule set forth in subsection (2)(i) of this section.
C.R.S. § 24-106-108 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 106 / Section 24-106-108
24-106-108. Administrative rules - cost reimbursement
Status: in_force

24-106-108. Administrative rules - cost reimbursement. The executive director may promulgate rules setting forth cost principles which may be used to determine the allowability of incurred costs for the purpose of reimbursing costs under contract provisions which provide for the reimbursement of costs.
C.R.S. § 24-50-203 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 50 / Part 2 / Section 24-50-203
24-50-203. Preretirement education and counseling
Status: in_force

24-50-203. Preretirement education and counseling. The state personnel director shall provide a continuous preretirement education and counseling program for employees in the state personnel system, which program is to be carried out at strategic geographic locations throughout the state. All employees in the state personnel system may participate on a voluntary basis. Each appointing authority shall be responsible for implementing the preretirement program in his organization, in cooperation with the state personnel director.
C.R.S. § 24-71.3-112 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 71.3 / Section 24-71.3-112
24-71.3-112. Retention of electronic records - originals
Status: in_force

24-71.3-112. Retention of electronic records - originals. (1) If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record that:

(a) Accurately reflects the information set forth in the record after it was first generated in its final form as an electronic record or otherwise; and

(b) Remains accessible for later reference.

(2) A requirement to retain a record in accordance with subsection (1) of this section does not apply to any information the sole purpose of which is to enable the record to be sent, communicated, or received.

(3) A person may satisfy subsection (1) of this section by using the services of another person if the requirements of said subsection (1) are satisfied.

(4) If a law requires a record to be presented or retained in its original form, or provides consequences if the record is not presented or retained in its original form, that law is satisfied by an electronic record retained in accordance with subsection (1) of this section.

(5) If a law requires retention of a check, that requirement is satisfied by retention of an electronic record of the information on the front and back of the check in accordance with subsection (1) of this section.

(6) A record retained as an electronic record in accordance with subsection (1) of this section satisfies a law requiring a person to retain a record for evidentiary, audit, or like purposes unless a law enacted after May 30, 2002, specifically prohibits the use of an electronic record for the specified purpose.

(7) This section does not preclude a governmental agency of this state from specifying additional requirements for the retention of a record subject to the agency's jurisdiction.
C.R.S. § 24-35-102 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 35 / Part 1 / Section 24-35-102
24-35-102. Executive director - annual report
Status: in_force

24-35-102. Executive director - annual report. (1) There is created the office of the executive director of the department of revenue, who is the head of the department. The executive director shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The reappointment of an executive director after initial election of a governor shall be subject to section 24-20-109. Whenever any law of this state refers to the director of revenue, such law shall be deemed to refer to the executive director of the department of revenue. The executive director of the department of revenue is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105.

(2) The executive director shall be the chief authority of the state and the adviser of the governor and the general assembly in matters of collection of taxes and the enforcement of the taxing and licensing laws and shall have such powers and duties as are necessary and proper to the carrying out of the functions vested by this title in the department of revenue.

(3) The executive director shall prepare and transmit annually, in the form and manner prescribed by the heads of the principal departments pursuant to the provisions of section 24-1-136, a report accounting to the governor for the efficient discharge of all responsibilities assigned by law or directive to the department of revenue or to any subdivisions thereof.

(4) Publications of the department circulated in quantity outside the executive branch shall be issued by the executive director in accordance with the provisions of section 24-1-136.

(5) The executive director shall provide for the printing each year of the financial report summary provided to him by the controller pursuant to section 24-30-207 (2) in the state income tax instruction booklet.
C.R.S. § 24-60-1603 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 60 / Part 16 / Section 24-60-1603
24-60-1603. Administration
Status: in_force

24-60-1603. Administration. The executive director of the department of corrections shall administer this part 16.
C.R.S. § 24-80-406 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 80 / Part 4 / Section 24-80-406
24-80-406. Permits
Status: in_force

24-80-406. Permits. (1) (a) The society shall issue or deny permits for the investigation, excavation, gathering, or removal from the natural state of any historical, prehistorical, and archaeological resources within the state and determine whether or not the applicants for such permits are duly qualified to conduct investigations in the field for which the permit is requested.

(b) The issuance, denial, or revocation of permits shall be made in conformity with article 4 of this title.

(2) Permits shall carry the following stipulations, in addition to such others as the society may require:

(a) The investigations, excavations, gatherings, and removals shall be undertaken only for the benefit of reputable museums, universities, colleges, or other recognized scientific or educational institutions, with a view to increasing the knowledge of such resources; and such activities shall be conducted for permanent preservation, either on the site or in museums, open to the public and available to qualified students.

(b) All permit holders shall provide the state archaeologist, within one year after the start of the investigation, excavation, gathering, or removal, with a preliminary report of progress. If such activity continues for more than one year, an annual progress report shall be made. The permit holder shall furnish a final report of the activity undertaken within three years after termination of the field work.

(c) An inventory of all materials recovered during the course of the investigation, excavation, gathering, or removal shall be supplied to the state archaeologist.

(d) Upon receipt of the final report of the activity undertaken by a permit holder, the state archaeologist may require that a representative collection of the materials recovered be delivered to the state of Colorado and shall determine a repository for the same.

(e) Any permit issued by the society may be revoked by the society, pursuant to article 4 of this title, at any time if there is evidence that the activity authorized by the permit is being unlawfully or improperly conducted or if the permit holder does not honor the conditions of the permit. When a permit is revoked, all recovered materials, catalogues, maps, field notes, and other records necessary to identify the same shall be surrendered immediately to the society.
C.R.S. § 24-10-104 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 10 / Section 24-10-104
24-10-104. Waiver of sovereign immunity
Status: in_force

24-10-104. Waiver of sovereign immunity. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing body of a public entity, by resolution, may waive the immunity granted in section 24-10-106 for the types of injuries described in the resolution. Any such waiver may be withdrawn by the governing body by resolution. A resolution adopted pursuant to this section shall apply only to injuries occurring subsequent to the adoption of such resolution.
C.R.S. § 24-32-3307 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 32 / Part 33 / Section 24-32-3307
24-32-3307. Noncompliance with standards
Status: in_force

24-32-3307. Noncompliance with standards. (1) (a) The division may obtain injunctive relief from a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin the manufacture, sale, delivery, or installation of:

(I) A factory-built structure by filing an affidavit specifying the manner in which the factory-built structure does not conform to the requirements of this part 33 or to rules promulgated pursuant to section 24-32-3305; or

(II) A tiny home by filing an affidavit specifying the manner in which the tiny home does not conform to this part 33 or to rules promulgated under section 24-32-3305 (1)(e) or 24-32-3328.

(b) The division may suspend the issuance of insignias of approval while injunctive relief is being sought.

(2) If the division, acting as agent for the federal government, determines that any manufactured home does not conform to applicable state or federal manufactured home construction and safety standards or that it contains a defect that constitutes an imminent safety hazard after the sale of the manufactured home by a manufacturer to a seller and prior to the sale of the manufactured home by the seller to a purchaser, the manufacturer must provide for parts replacement and installation reimbursement as required under the federal act or rules adopted pursuant thereto.
C.R.S. § 24-80-911 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 80 / Part 9 / Section 24-80-911
24-80-911. State animal
Status: in_force

24-80-911. State animal. The rocky mountain bighorn sheep (ovis canadensis) is hereby made and declared to be the state animal of the state of Colorado, and no person may pursue, take, hunt, wound, or kill any rocky mountain bighorn sheep, except as provided in title 33, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 24-75-108 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 75 / Part 1 / Section 24-75-108
24-75-108. Intradepartmental transfers between appropriations - repeal
Status: repealed

24-75-108. Intradepartmental transfers between appropriations - repeal. (1) Upon approval by the governor, the head of a principal department of state government may, on or after May 1 of any fiscal year and before the forty-fifth day after the close of such fiscal year, transfer moneys from one item of appropriation made to the principal department in the general appropriation act to another item of appropriation made to the same principal department in said act; except that such transfers shall be made only between appropriations for like purposes. All transfers made pursuant to this section shall be between appropriations made for the expiring fiscal year.

(2) None of the following transfers shall be deemed to be between like purposes within the meaning of subsection (1) of this section:

(a) and (b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (HB 10-1119), ch. 340, p. 1574, § 10, effective August 11, 2010.)

(c) Transfers from any item of appropriation into a lease purchase item;

(d) Transfers between governing boards of institutions of higher education;

(e) Transfers between capital construction projects; except that transfers between specific maintenance projects or between controlled maintenance projects may be made as authorized in the general appropriation act;

(f) Transfers made to match federal funds for a program which has not been authorized by law;

(g) Transfers of cash-spending authority which operate to increase appropriations of moneys out of one cash fund by decreasing appropriations of moneys out of a different cash fund in a corresponding amount if such transfers increase the total spending authority for all fund sources within a program. A transfer of cash spending authority shall not authorize a transfer of cash between cash funds.

(3) (a) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (HB 10-1119), ch. 340, p. 1574, § 10, effective August 11, 2010.)

(b) Any savings realized from an energy cost-savings contract pursuant to section 24-30-2003 may be transferred to an operating expense item for the purpose of making an annual payment on a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement under such contract.

(4) All transfers within a department or within an office involving cash funds shall be consistent with statutes governing the use of such cash funds.

(5) Transfers between items of appropriation made to the judicial department may be made, upon approval by the chief justice of the Colorado supreme court, to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as transfers within a principal department as authorized by subsections (1) to (4) of this section. Transfers between items of appropriation made to the judicial department shall also be subject to the limitation in section 24-75-110.

(6) Transfers between items of appropriation made to the office of the governor, including the office of state planning and budgeting, may be made, upon approval by the governor, to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as transfers within a principal department as authorized by subsections (1) to (4) of this section.

(7) The transfers authorized by this section shall be in addition to any other transfers within a department or within an office which are authorized by law or which are authorized in the general appropriation act and are required to implement appropriations conditioned on the distribution or transfer of the appropriated amounts.

(8) The total amount of money transferred between items of appropriation made to principal departments of state government and to the office of the governor pursuant to this section, other than transfers within a principal department from an operating expense item to a utilities item, from a utilities item to an operating expense item pursuant to subsection (3)(b) of this section, or from a utilities item to a utilities item, shall not exceed ten million dollars.

(9) The governor shall report to the joint budget committee no later than October 1 after the close of the fiscal year on the transfers approved by the governor and by the chief justice pursuant to this section and section 24-75-106 and on overexpenditures allowed under section 24-75-109.

(10) The transfers authorized by this section shall apply to the 1990-91 and subsequent general appropriation acts.

(11) This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2025.

(12) As used in this section, "utilities" means water, sewer service, electricity, or other fuel sources, equipment purchased for the purpose of utility cost savings, payments made to private companies for services rendered or equipment installed for the purpose of reducing utility costs, financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation payments to private companies for the purpose of reducing utility costs, and all heating fuels.
C.R.S. § 24-36-112 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 36 / Part 1 / Section 24-36-112
24-36-112. Deposits in savings and loan associations
Status: in_force

24-36-112. Deposits in savings and loan associations. (1) Subject to the requirements of subsection (4) of this section, the state treasurer is authorized to deposit state moneys with any state-chartered savings and loan association, or federally chartered savings and loan association having its principal office in this state, for fixed periods of time not exceeding three years, at such rate of interest as may be negotiated from time to time, but in no event shall any such deposit be in excess of the amount insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or its successor, unless such savings and loan association has been designated as an eligible public depository by the state commissioner of financial services, pursuant to the provisions of article 47 of title 11, C.R.S.

(2) Any such savings and loan association is authorized to accept deposits of state moneys to the extent permitted in this section.

(3) For the purpose of making such deposits, the state treasurer may, in his discretion, appoint in writing one or more persons to act as custodians of the moneys. Such persons shall give surety bonds in such amounts and form and for such purposes as the state treasurer requires.

(4) (a) The state treasurer shall deposit state moneys for fixed periods in state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan associations that have applied and are eligible as depositories for state moneys pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and pursuant to the time deposit rules established by the department of the treasury that are in effect at that time in accordance with the procedure established in paragraph (b) of this subsection (4) or in paragraph (c) of this subsection (4). Such procedure utilized shall be at the discretion of the treasurer.

(b) (I) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection (4), when state moneys become available for time deposits pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the state treasurer shall announce the interest rate at which state moneys may be deposited for a fixed period in eligible state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan associations but shall not disclose the amount of state moneys available for deposit.

(II) An eligible state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan association may request the state treasurer to deposit a specified amount of state moneys in that savings and loan association at the interest rate announced by the treasurer. Except as otherwise provided by subparagraph (III) of this paragraph (b), the treasurer shall deposit all or a portion of the state moneys available for deposit with any eligible state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan association or associations making such a request in an amount equal to the amount requested by that savings and loan association.

(III) In the event that the total amount of state moneys requested for deposit by all eligible state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan associations pursuant to subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (b) exceeds the amount of state moneys available for deposit, the state treasurer shall determine the total amount of state moneys that all such savings and loan associations requested for deposit and calculate the percentage of such total that each eligible state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan association requested. The state treasurer shall deposit with each eligible state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan association an amount equal to the product of such percentage multiplied by the total amount of state moneys available for deposit.

(c) (I) In the alternative to paragraph (b) of this subsection (4), when state moneys become available for time deposits pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the state treasurer shall announce the amount of state moneys available for deposit for a fixed period in any eligible state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan associations but shall not announce the interest rate at which such moneys shall be deposited.

(II) Except as provided by subparagraph (III) of this paragraph (c), any eligible state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan association may submit a bid to the state treasurer specifying the interest rate that the eligible savings and loan association will pay if state moneys are deposited in such savings and loan association and the amount of such moneys the savings and loan association will accept for deposit at that interest rate. The savings and loan association submitting a bid with the highest interest rate shall be awarded the deposit of state moneys in the full amount requested or the full amount available for deposit at that time, whichever is less.

(III) In the event that two or more eligible state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan associations submit the highest bid for the same interest rate and the total amount requested for deposit by the eligible savings and loan associations exceeds the amount of state moneys available for deposit at that time, the state treasurer shall determine the total amount of state moneys that all such savings and loan associations requested for deposit and calculate the percentage of such total that each eligible state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan association requested. The state treasurer shall deposit with each eligible state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan association an amount equal to the product of such percentage multiplied by the total amount of state moneys available for deposit.

(IV) In the event that depositing state moneys in the highest bidding eligible state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan association or associations does not exhaust the state moneys available for deposit at that time, the state treasurer shall deposit the remaining moneys in other eligible savings and loan associations giving priority to the highest remaining bidders.

(V) The state treasurer shall have the authority to establish a minimum acceptable bid for an interest rate. The rate shall be announced before the start of the bidding by any eligible state-chartered or federally chartered savings and loan association.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-1106 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 11 / Section 24-33.5-1106
24-33.5-1106. Grants to individuals
Status: in_force

24-33.5-1106. Grants to individuals. (1) Whenever the governor has declared a major disaster to exist in this state, he or she is authorized, upon making a determination that financial assistance is essential to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals or families adversely affected by a major disaster which cannot be otherwise adequately met from other means of assistance, to accept a grant from the federal government to fund such financial assistance, subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed upon the grant.

(2) Notwithstanding any other law or rule, the governor is authorized to make financial grants to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals or families adversely affected by a major disaster which cannot otherwise adequately be met from other means of assistance.

(3) The office of emergency management created in 24-33.5-705 shall coordinate with the governor's office, federal agencies, other state agencies, local governments, and philanthropic entities as determined by the office to ensure disaster individual assistance is delivered in a coordinated effort and to avoid duplication of benefits.

(4) The office of emergency management may, in collaboration with the department of local affairs created in section 24-1-125 and the Colorado energy office created in section 24-38.5-101, implement and maintain a disaster survivor portal for disaster survivors to apply for approved state disaster individual assistance. The portal may provide disaster survivors with a coordinated method to access appropriate benefits, including federal benefit programs, approved state disaster individual assistance benefits, the disaster resilience rebuilding program created in 24-32-134, and the sustainable rebuilding program created in 24-38.5-115. The portal may ensure equitable access to program information including communications in the relevant languages of the community and equitable hearing, sight, and physical accessibility. Local governments and philanthropic entities may operate their own disaster survivor portals in coordination with the office of emergency management.
C.R.S. § 24-11-109 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 11 / Section 24-11-109
24-11-109. Leif Erikson Day
Status: in_force

24-11-109. Leif Erikson Day. The ninth day of October in each year, the same being the anniversary of the discovery of North America in the year 1000 A.D. by Leif Erikson, shall be known as "Leif Erikson Day", and appropriate observance may be held in all public schools of the state in tribute to the discoverer of the North American continent.
C.R.S. § 24-31-1102 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 31 / Part 11 / Section 24-31-1102
24-31-1102. Financial empowerment office - purpose - duties
Status: in_force

24-31-1102. Financial empowerment office - purpose - duties. (1) The purpose of the financial empowerment office is to grow the financial resilience and well-being of Coloradans through community-derived goals and strategies, including but not limited to:

(a) Expanding access to safe and affordable banking;

(b) Increasing access to safe, affordable, low-cost credit offered at costs that do not exceed the finance charges permitted by Colorado law;

(c) Expanding access to free individual financial counseling and coaching;

(d) Expanding community wealth-building strategies; and

(e) Identifying barriers to financial empowerment and financial stability.

(2) The financial empowerment office may partner with state and federal agencies, local governments, tribal nations, community organizations, financial institutions, local service providers, philanthropic organizations, and other organizations as necessary to achieve the purposes of the office. In furtherance of achieving the purposes of the office, subject to available appropriations, the office may develop or promote new or existing:

(a) Methods, programs, and policies to increase access to safe and affordable financial products;

(b) Tools and resources that advance, increase, and improve Colorado residents' financial management, including strategies for debt management and reduction, increasing savings, and creating and retaining assets that promote personal financial stability;

(c) Community-informed strategies that dismantle systemic barriers to building ownership and wealth for all, especially low-income communities and communities of color; and

(d) Tools that promote financial stability such as those that assist with service navigation, eviction avoidance, or connections to income supports.

(3) The financial empowerment office shall, subject to available appropriations:

(a) Support the organization of local community efforts to define and lead tailored financial resilience strategies based on local context, priorities, and expertise from those serving these communities. Stakeholders may include but are not limited to representatives of older adults, younger adults, communities of color, underbanked and unbanked Coloradans, immigrants, Coloradans of low income, banks, credit unions, local service providers, local government agencies, and philanthropic organizations.

(b) Align, support, and build ties among the numerous and diverse efforts to build financial education and well-being in communities across Colorado;

(c) Establish a council comprised of financial institutions, the office of the state treasurer, local and state officials, tribal nations, philanthropic and community organizations, and other organizations or persons determined by the director to assist the director in defining, identifying, creating, expanding, and increasing access to ownership, financial well-being, and safe and affordable banking and financial services that help improve the financial stability of unbanked and underbanked individuals and families and to assist the director in identifying products and practices that may undermine financial stability. At no point shall the majority of council members be representative of or have ties to the financial services industry and every effort shall be made to include representatives of under-represented communities.

(d) Work with stakeholders to increase access to safe and affordable credit-building loans and financial products;

(e) Work with state authorities and other stakeholders to expand access to safe and affordable banking products with low fees and easy account access, as well as safe and affordable credit-building loans offered by financial service providers licensed in Colorado at costs that do not exceed the finance charges permitted by Colorado law;

(f) Work with stakeholders to identify products and practices that may undermine financial stability;

(g) Develop technical assistance to launch or expand financial coaching and counseling efforts locally;

(h) Track community feedback on consumer financial abuses permitting the accused business thirty days to respond prior to any public disclosure, and coordinate with the consumer protection division within the department of law and the department of regulatory agencies to connect consumers with existing resources and educate the public on their related consumer rights.

(4) The financial empowerment office has no independent examination or regulatory authority, but nothing in this part 11 shall be construed to limit the authorities of the attorney general, the administrator designated in section 5-6-103, or the department of regulatory agencies.

(5) The department of law shall annually report on the state of affordable banking access in Colorado, the activities of the office of financial empowerment, and local partnerships in implementing the objectives of the office as a part of its presentation to its committee of reference at a hearing held pursuant to section 2-7-203 (2)(a) of the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act". The report shall address access to secure, safe, and affordable financial products, including:

(a) Geographic and racial equity considerations;

(b) An examination of existing financial products regulated by the state of Colorado and other financial products that are being offered within Colorado;

(c) Recommendations for reforms that would encourage greater access to secure, safe, and affordable financial products or would provide better protections to consumers; and

(d) An examination of local financial empowerment work and the impact on economic security and mobility of residents.
C.R.S. § 24-38.5-405 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 38.5 / Part 4 / Section 24-38.5-405
24-38.5-405. High-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program - creation - repor
Status: repealed

24-38.5-405. High-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program - creation - report - legislative declaration - repeal. (1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that:

(a) Emissions from heating buildings are one of the five largest sources of greenhouse gas pollution in Colorado;

(b) Over a million Coloradans live in energy burdened households that spend five percent or more of their household income on energy expenditures;

(c) Newer technologies such as cold climate heat pumps and heat pump water heaters offer many opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas and nitrogen oxide emissions and improve indoor air quality;

(d) Energy upgrades to residential and commercial buildings may be more cost effective and easier to implement when deployed at the neighborhood scale, and neighborhood-scale upgrades may allow utilities to avoid or defer investments in gas and electric distribution, thereby reducing costs for all utility ratepayers; and

(e) Therefore, it is important for the state to support investments in neighborhood-scale energy efficiency upgrades.

(2) There is created in the Colorado energy office the high-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program to provide grants to institutions of higher education, local governments, utilities, nonprofit organizations, businesses and other entities as determined by the Colorado energy office, and housing developers for the installation of high-efficiency electric heating equipment in multiple structures within a neighborhood.

(3) Grantees may use the money received through the high-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program for the following purposes:

(a) The purchase and installation of high-efficiency electric equipment for drying clothes, space heating, water heating, cooking in multiple residential or commercial buildings located in close proximity, or for other electric equipment as determined by the Colorado energy office;

(b) The purchase of electrical installations and upgrades necessary to support the installation of high-efficiency electric equipment;

(c) The purchase and installation of other innovative building heating technologies that the Colorado energy office determines will likely achieve equal or lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions than high-efficiency heat pumps operated on the projected 2030 electric grid; and

(d) In the case of local governments, electric and gas utilities, nonprofit organizations, businesses and other entities as determined by the Colorado energy office, or housing developers that operate in low-income, disproportionately impacted communities or just transition communities as those communities are identified by the Colorado energy office, to cover the administrative costs associated with the purchase and installation described in subsections (3)(a), (3)(b), and (3)(c) of this section.

(4) The Colorado energy office shall administer the high-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program, award grants as provided in this section, and develop policies and procedures as necessary to implement the grant program.

(5) Grants shall be paid out of the clean air buildings investments fund created in section 24-38.5-406.

(6) The Colorado energy office may develop policies and procedures prioritizing the grant applications of local governments, electric and gas utilities, nonprofit organizations, businesses and other entities as determined by the Colorado energy office, or housing developers that operate in low-income, disproportionately impacted communities or just transition communities as those communities are identified by the Colorado energy office, and the Colorado energy office shall award at least thirty percent of the total amount of money it awards through grants pursuant to the high-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program to such local governments, electric and gas utilities, nonprofit organizations, businesses and other entities as determined by the Colorado energy office, or housing developers.

(7) (a) To receive a grant, a local government, electric or gas utility, nonprofit organization, business and other entity as determined by the Colorado energy office, or housing developer must submit an application to the Colorado energy office in accordance with the policies and procedures specified by the Colorado energy office.

(b) The Colorado energy office shall provide technical assistance in applying for grants through the high-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program as needed to local governments, electric and gas utilities, nonprofit organizations, businesses and other entities as determined by the Colorado energy office, or housing developers that operate in low-income, disproportionately impacted communities or just transition communities as those communities are identified by the Colorado energy office.

(8) (a) Each grantee that receives a grant through the high-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program shall submit a report to the Colorado energy office the first five years after receiving the grant.

(b) (I) On or before February 1, 2024, and on each year thereafter, the Colorado energy office shall submit a summarized report to the transportation and energy committee of the senate and the energy and environment committee of the house of representatives, or their successor committees, on the high-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program. At a minimum, this summarized report must include:

(A) A description of the grants awarded, including a description of the projects funded by the grants as described to the Colorado energy office in the grant applications;

(B) The percentage of grants awarded to low-income, disproportionately impacted communities or just transition communities and to individuals with a disability or entities that used the grants to provide a service for individuals with a disability; and

(C) To the extent available, the impacts of the grants on gas use, electricity use, emissions, and energy costs.

(II) This subsection (8)(b) is repealed, effective July 1, 2026.
C.R.S. § 24-75-401 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 75 / Part 4 / Section 24-75-401
24-75-401. Cash funds abolished
Status: in_force

24-75-401. Cash funds abolished. (1) All revenues derived on and after July 1, 1973, from the proceeds of the cash funds subject to the provisions of this part 4 immediately prior to July 1, 1973, without any deduction on account of salaries, fees, costs, charges, expenses, or claims of any description whatsoever shall be transmitted to the office of the state treasurer, and said moneys so transmitted together with all balances remaining in said funds after payment of all obligations of the preceding fiscal year shall be credited to the general fund of the state, and said cash funds are abolished.

(2) The general assembly shall make appropriations out of the general fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973, for the state agencies requiring an expenditure for any purpose formerly paid out of any of the cash funds abolished by subsection (1) of this section, and thereafter each such agency shall make a budgetary request for each fiscal year as provided by law.
C.R.S. § 24-103-802 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 103 / Part 8 / Section 24-103-802
24-103-802. Definitions
Status: in_force

24-103-802. Definitions. As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Bundling" means a state agency consolidating two or more solicitations for services previously provided or performed under separate smaller contracts into a single solicitation that is likely to be unsuitable for award to a nonprofit agency due to any of the following:

(a) The diversity, size, or specialized nature of the elements of the required services;

(b) The aggregate dollar value of the anticipated award; or

(c) The geographical dispersion of the contract performance sites.

(2) "Department" means the department of human services.

(3) "Nonprofit agency" means a private nonprofit organization established under the laws of the United States or this state that is operated in this state in the interest of persons with severe disabilities or that specializes in services for persons with severe disabilities, the net income of which does not benefit in whole or in part any shareholder or officer.

(4) "Self-certified vendor" means a nonprofit agency that has applied and been approved by the department to bid on certain services solicitations pursuant to this part 8.

(5) "Services solicitation" means a solicitation by a state agency for the furnishing of labor, time, or effort by a contractor not involving the delivery of a specific end product other than products that are merely incidental to the required performance.

(6) "Severe disability" means one or more physical or mental disabilities that constitute a substantial impairment to employment and that are of such a nature as to require multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an extended period.

(7) "State agency" means any state office, department, commission, institution, or bureau, or any agency, division, or unit within a department or office. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 24-101-105, "state agency" shall include each institution of higher education and the Colorado commission on higher education. "State agency" shall not include any municipality, county, school district, special district, or any other local government in the state.
C.R.S. § 24-94-104 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 94 / Section 24-94-104
24-94-104. State public entity agreements - public-private partnership
Status: in_force

24-94-104. State public entity agreements - public-private partnership. (1) A state public entity is authorized, either separately or in combination with any other state public entity, to initiate solicitations, review any private partner-initiated proposals, execute public-private partnership agreements, or execute public-private agreements to develop or operate a public project subject to the requirements of this article 94.

(2) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, any state public entity must obtain approvals from the executive director in the time and manner determined by the executive director pursuant to sections 24-94-103 (1)(a) and (1)(b).

(3) Any public-private agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must comply with applicable state laws and processes developed by the executive director pursuant to section 24-94-103 (1)(a) and 24-94-103 (1)(b).

(4) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, state public entities may review any private partner-initiated proposals but need not respond to such proposals.

(5) Nothing in this article 94 shall be construed to prohibit, limit, or otherwise modify the specific statutory authority of state public entities, including but not limited to the authority specified in sections 23-3.1-301 (1), 23-3.1-306.5, 23-5-101.7, 24-33.5-510, 24-36-121, 26-6.9-102, 32-22-105 (1)(a)(VIII), 33-1-105(1), 33-10-107(1), 36-1-118(1), 40-2-123, and 43-4-806, and the authority specified in parts 1 and 3 of article 46 of this title 24 and parts 8 and 13 of article 82 of this title 24, to enter into a public-private partnership, a public-private agreement, or other agreement, or to utilize a statutory mechanism as authorized by any other provision of law.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-1622 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 16 / Section 24-33.5-1622
24-33.5-1622. Colorado nonprofit security grant program - rules - definitions - appropriation
Status: in_force

24-33.5-1622. Colorado nonprofit security grant program - rules - definitions - appropriation. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Federal program" means the federal nonprofit security grant program administered by the federal emergency management agency.

(b) "Grant program" means the Colorado nonprofit security grant program created in subsection (2) of this section.

(2) Program created - allowable costs - rules. (a) There is created in the division the Colorado nonprofit security grant program to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for physical security enhancements and other security-related activities.

(b) Grant recipients may use the money received for security-related activities, including but not limited to:

(I) The installation of security equipment on real property owned or leased by the nonprofit organization;

(II) Security-related planning, exercises, training, and contracted security personnel;

(III) New or existing infrastructure; except that priority must be given to existing infrastructure projects; or

(IV) Any other security enhancements approved by the division and in accordance with the allowable costs under the federal program.

(c) The division shall administer the grant program, and, subject to available appropriations, shall award grants as provided in this section; except that a grant award may not be greater than fifty thousand dollars.

(d) No later than August 30, 2022, the director shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the grant program. At a minimum, the rules must specify:

(I) The time frames for applying for grants, the form of the grant program application, the criteria for evaluating the financial need of grant applicants, the time frames for distributing grant money, and requirements for reports from grant recipients; and

(II) That a grant recipient must have submitted an application for, but not been selected to receive, a grant under the federal program.

(e) No later than December 1, 2022, the division shall begin accepting applications in accordance with the rules promulgated in accordance with subsection (2)(d) of this section.

(3) Application - criteria - award. (a) To receive a grant, a nonprofit organization shall submit an application to the division in accordance with the rules promulgated pursuant to subsection (2)(d) of this section.

(b) The division shall review the applications received in accordance with this section. In awarding the grants, the division shall consider the financial need of the applicant, as determined in accordance with the rules promulgated pursuant to subsection (2)(d) of this section.

(c) Subject to available appropriations, the division shall award grants as provided in this section. The division shall announce grant awards on its website within five business days after making the awards. The division shall distribute the grant money within thirty days after awarding the grants.

(4) Reporting requirement. Each grant recipient shall submit the following information to the division in accordance with the rules promulgated pursuant to subsection (2)(d) of this section:

(a) A project implementation plan;

(b) A quarterly progress report;

(c) A summary report upon completion of the project; and

(d) Any reimbursement request.

(5) Appropriation. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate five hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the department for use by the division for the purposes of this section.
C.R.S. § 24-32-733 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 32 / Part 7 / Section 24-32-733
24-32-733. Task force on corporate housing ownership - creation - membership - issues of st
Status: repealed

24-32-733. Task force on corporate housing ownership - creation - membership - issues of study - additional duties - report - compensation - staff support - definitions - repeal. (1) Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Corporation" has the meaning set forth in section 7-90-102 (10).

(b) "Task force" means the task force on corporate housing ownership created in subsection (2)(a) of this section.

(2) Creation - membership. (a) The task force on corporate housing ownership is created in the state demography office in the department of local affairs. The task force consists of the following members, appointed as follows:

(I) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint:

(A) One member of the house of representatives;

(B) One member who has significant professional experience with labor and workforce issues;

(C) One member who represents a statewide trade association of banks and other lenders; and

(D) One member who has significant professional experience as a county clerk and recorder;

(II) The president of the senate shall appoint:

(A) One member of the senate;

(B) One member who has significant professional experience as a mortgage broker;

(C) One member who has significant professional experience advocating for housing rights; and

(D) One member who has significant professional experience as a county assessor;

(III) The minority leader of the senate shall appoint two members, one of whom represents a statewide trade association of banks or other lenders and one of whom represents a statewide real estate association; and

(IV) The executive director of the department of local affairs shall appoint one member who represents the department.

(b) The appointing authorities shall make each of the initial appointments described in subsection (2)(a) of this section no later than thirty days after the effective date of this section.

(c) Any vacancy that occurs among the appointed members of the task force shall be filled by the appropriate appointing authority as soon as practicable in accordance with subsection (2)(a) of this section.

(d) In making appointments to the task force, the appointing authorities shall ensure that the membership of the task force:

(I) Reflects the ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity of the state;

(II) Includes representation from different geographic regions of the state, including urban, rural, and resort communities; and

(III) To the extent practicable, includes persons with disabilities.

(e) Not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section, the speaker of the house of representatives shall designate a member of the task force to serve as the chair of the task force.

(3) Issues for study. (a) The task force shall:

(I) Examine housing ownership by corporate entities and residential real estate transactions by corporate entities in Colorado since January 1, 2008, including purchases resulting from foreclosures;

(II) Determine a methodology by which to examine the impacts of corporate acquisition and ownership of residential property, with a focus on single-family homes, condominiums, and townhomes;

(III) Gather and analyze data, reports, and public records related to corporate ownership of housing;

(IV) Make legislative recommendations, pursuant to subsection (4)(d) of this section, to mitigate any negative impacts related to corporate ownership of housing that are identified by the task force; and

(V) Report, pursuant to subsection (4)(d) of this section, to the specified legislative committees certain information concerning the impacts of corporate ownership of housing.

(b) In examining the impacts of corporate ownership of housing units, the task force may consider the extent to which corporate ownership of housing units correlates with:

(I) Increased vacancy rates;

(II) Decreased housing availability;

(III) Decreased home-buying opportunities for first-time home buyers;

(IV) Increased displacement;

(V) Increased residential property prices;

(VI) Increased nonresident ownership;

(VII) Increased rates of foreclosures; and

(VIII) Any other factors deemed appropriate by the task force.

(c) The task force must identify, to the extent practicable, trends in corporate homeownership in relation to:

(I) Housing type;

(II) Geography based on zip codes;

(III) Property values;

(IV) Neighborhood characteristics; and

(V) Any other factors deemed appropriate by the task force.

(d) The task force may identify and report on, to the extent practicable, any corporate entities that purchase or own a disproportionate or outsized market share of housing units in the state.

(4) Additional duties of the task force. The task force shall:

(a) Meet on or before December 1, 2023, at a time and place to be determined by the chair of the task force;

(b) Meet at least once every four months thereafter or more often as directed by the chair of the task force;

(c) Communicate with and obtain input from groups throughout the state affected by the issues identified in subsection (3) of this section; and

(d) Submit a report to the transportation, housing, and local government committee of the house of representatives and the local government and housing committee of the senate, or to any successor committees, on or before October 1, 2025, that, at a minimum, includes:

(I) The information described in subsection (3) of this section; and

(II) Such other relevant findings as the task force elects to report.

(5) Compensation. Nonlegislative members of the task force serve without compensation. Legislative members are compensated in accordance with section 2-2-326.

(6) Staff support. The executive director of the department may supply staff assistance to the task force as the executive director deems appropriate, subject to available appropriations. The task force may also accept donations of in-kind services for staff support from the private sector.

(7) Repeal. This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2027.
C.R.S. § 24-20-112 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 24-20-112
24-20-112. Implementation of section 16 of article XVIII of the Colorado constitution - cri
Status: in_force

24-20-112. Implementation of section 16 of article XVIII of the Colorado constitution - criteria for pesticide use - education oversight and materials - rules. (1) The governor shall designate a state agency to promulgate rules to designate criteria that identify pesticides that may be used in the cultivation of marijuana as authorized pursuant to article 10 of title 44. The designated agency may consult with other state agencies in promulgating the rules. The agency shall publish a list of pesticides that meet the criteria on its website.

(2) The governor shall designate a state agency to work with a private advisory group to develop good cultivation and handling practices for the marijuana industry. The designated agency is encouraged to assist in the formation of a private advisory group. If a private advisory group develops good cultivation and handling practices, an entity licensed pursuant to article 10 of title 44 that follows those practices may include a statement of compliance on its label after receiving certification of compliance. The designated agency may consult with other state agencies to receive technical assistance.

(3) The governor shall designate a state agency to work with a private advisory group to develop good laboratory practices for the retail marijuana industry. The designated agency is strongly encouraged to assist in the formation of a private advisory group. The designated agency may consult with other state agencies to receive technical assistance.

(4) The governor shall designate a state agency that must establish an educational oversight committee composed of members with relevant experience in marijuana issues. The committee shall develop and implement recommendations for education of all necessary stakeholders on issues related to marijuana use, cultivation, and any other relevant issues. The committee shall encourage professions to include marijuana education, if appropriate, as a part of continuing education programs.

(5) The governor shall designate a state agency that shall establish educational materials regarding appropriate retail marijuana use and prevention of marijuana use by those under twenty-one years of age. In establishing educational materials, to the greatest extent possible, the state agency shall utilize established best practices and existing federal and state resources.
C.R.S. § 24-4.1-120 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 4.1 / Part 1 / Section 24-4.1-120
24-4.1-120. Effective dates of provisions of this article
Status: in_force

24-4.1-120. Effective dates of provisions of this article. Sections 24-4.1-117 to 24-4.1-120 originally took effect July 1, 1981. Sections 24-4.1-101 to 24-4.1-116 originally took effect July 1, 1982.
C.R.S. § 24-32-310 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 32 / Part 3 / Section 24-32-310
24-32-310. Tourism information and promotion program
Status: repealed

24-32-310. Tourism information and promotion program. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-30-2305 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 30 / Part 23 / Section 24-30-2305
24-30-2305. Inflation reduction act elective pay - central submission of applications - cash
Status: in_force

24-30-2305. Inflation reduction act elective pay - central submission of applications - cash fund - definition. (1) In addition to the powers, duties, and functions of the office specified in section 24-30-2303, the office shall review and coordinate state agencies' elective pay applications and work with the office of the state controller to coordinate central submissions of elective pay applications. The office shall advise and provide technical assistance to state agencies on all aspects of elective pay to the extent feasible. State agencies shall submit elective pay applications directly to the office of the state controller.

(2) (a) The inflation reduction act elective pay cash fund, referred to in this section as the "cash fund", is created in the state treasury. The cash fund consists of money received by the state or state agencies pursuant to the elective pay provisions of the federal "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022", Pub.L. 117-169, 136 Stat. 1818 (2022), all of which must be deposited into the cash fund, and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the cash fund.

(b) The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the cash fund to the cash fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the cash fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the cash fund.

(c) Money in the cash fund is continuously appropriated to the department to be used for the purposes specified in this part 23.

(3) The department may solicit, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes specified in this part 23. The department shall credit any gifts, grants, and donations to the cash fund.
C.R.S. § 24-4.2-101 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 4.2 / Section 24-4.2-101
24-4.2-101. Victims and witnesses assistance and law enforcement board - creation
Status: in_force

24-4.2-101. Victims and witnesses assistance and law enforcement board - creation. (1) There is hereby created in each judicial district a victims and witnesses assistance and law enforcement board, referred to in this article as the "board". Each board shall be composed of five members to be appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district. In making such appointments, the chief judge shall consider whether an appointee represents or belongs to an organization, public or private, which might reasonably be anticipated to be a recipient of moneys pursuant to this article. In multicounty judicial districts, to the extent possible, members shall fairly reflect the population of the judicial district. The board shall designate one of its members as chairman.

(1.5) Effective November 1, 2024, a victims and witnesses assistance and law enforcement board for the twenty-third judicial district is created. The twenty-third judicial district administrative judge shall appoint the initial board for the twenty-third judicial district pursuant to subsections (1) to (3) of this section. Effective January 7, 2025, the chief judge of the twenty-third judicial district has all appointment authorities and duties pursuant to this section.

(2) The term of office of each member of the board shall be three years; except that, of those members first appointed, one shall be appointed for a one-year term, two for two-year terms, and two for three-year terms. All vacancies, except through the expiration of term, shall be filled for the unexpired term only. Each member may be reappointed once and serve two consecutive terms. A person may be reappointed to the board thereafter if it has been at least one year since such person served on the board.

(3) Members of the board shall receive no compensation.
C.R.S. § 24-38.5-105 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 38.5 / Part 1 / Section 24-38.5-105
24-38.5-105. Clean energy improvement debt reserve fund - authorization - use
Status: in_force

24-38.5-105. Clean energy improvement debt reserve fund - authorization - use. (1) (a) The clean energy improvement debt reserve fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The principal of the fund shall consist of up to ten million dollars of legally available moneys from nonstate sources under the control of the Colorado energy office, which the state treasurer shall promptly credit to the fund if instructed in writing to do so by the director of the Colorado energy office, and any fees paid to the state treasurer in accordance with subparagraph (II) of paragraph (b) of this subsection (1). All interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund, and all unexpended and unencumbered moneys in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the state treasurer, who may expend moneys from the fund solely for the purposes of paying principal and interest on bonds issued by a local improvement district or other special district as specified in paragraph (c) of this subsection (1) and defraying any direct and indirect costs incurred by the state treasurer in executing duties required by this section.

(b) (I) If the Colorado energy office instructs the state treasurer to credit moneys from nonstate sources to the clean energy improvement debt reserve fund, with prior written authorization from the director of the Colorado energy office and the state treasurer and after agreeing to pay fees to be credited to the fund to the state treasurer as specified in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (b), a local improvement district or other special district that imposes special assessments on real property and issues bonds payable from the revenues generated by the special assessments to generate the moneys needed to pay the up-front costs of making renewable energy improvements or clean energy improvements as authorized by part 6 of article 20 of title 30, C.R.S., or any other provision of law may rely on the clean energy improvement debt reserve fund as a backup source of moneys that may be used, after the depletion of any district debt service reserve fund, for the payment of principal and interest owed to holders of the district's bonds.

(II) A local improvement district or other district that issues bonds and that wishes to rely on the clean energy improvement debt reserve fund as a backup source of moneys for the payment of principal and interest owed to holders of the bonds shall enter into a written agreement with the Colorado energy office to pay to the state treasurer for crediting to the fund such fees for the privilege of relying on the fund as the Colorado energy office may require. Fees to be paid by a district as required by the Colorado energy office shall be deemed to be a portion of the amount of the interest rate savings resulting from more favorable financing terms attributable to the reliance upon the fund. The Colorado energy office may, in its discretion, require that fees be paid on an annual basis, commencing and calculated on the date of issuance of the bonds and on each one-year anniversary of the issuance of the bonds thereafter while the bonds remain outstanding, in an amount equal to a number of basis points of the principal amount of the bonds outstanding as of each calculation date agreed upon by the office and the district.

(c) Whenever the paying agent responsible for making payments to the holders of any bonds issued by a district that has relied upon the clean energy improvement debt reserve fund as a backup source of repayment for the district's bonds has not received payment of principal or interest on the bonds on the tenth business day immediately prior to the date on which such payment is due and any debt service reserve fund for the local improvement district or other special district that issued the bonds has been depleted, the paying agent shall so notify the state treasurer and the district by telephone, facsimile, or other similar communication, followed by written verification, of such payment status. The state treasurer shall immediately contact the district and determine whether the district will make the payment by the date on which it is due and, if the state treasurer confirms that the district will not make the payment, the state treasurer shall expend moneys from the clean energy improvement debt reserve fund to make the payment in a timely manner. If the amount of moneys in the clean energy improvement debt reserve fund is not sufficient to cover the entire amount of the payment, the state treasurer shall pay only so much of the payment as can be paid from available moneys in the fund. If payments on more than one series of bonds issued in reliance upon the clean energy improvement debt reserve fund as a backup source of moneys for repayment are required to be made from the fund at the same time and the amount of moneys in the fund is not sufficient to cover the entire amount of the payments, the state treasurer shall pay from available moneys in the fund only an equal percentage of the amount of each payment due.

(2) This section shall not be construed to create any state debt, to require the state to make any bond payments on behalf of any local improvement district or other special district from any source of moneys other than the clean energy improvement debt reserve fund, or to require the state to fully pay off any outstanding bonds of a district that cannot make scheduled bond payments.

(3) In accordance with section 11 of article II of the state constitution, the state hereby covenants with the purchasers of any outstanding bonds issued in reliance upon the existence of the clean energy improvement debt reserve fund that the state will not repeal, revoke, or rescind the provisions of this section concerning the fund or modify or rescind the same so as to limit or impair the rights and remedies granted by this section to the purchasers of such bonds and that any moneys in the fund shall not revert to the general fund.
C.R.S. § 24-18-108.5 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 18 / Part 1 / Section 24-18-108.5
24-18-108.5. Rules of conduct for members of boards and commissions
Status: in_force

24-18-108.5. Rules of conduct for members of boards and commissions. (1) Proof beyond a reasonable doubt of commission of any act enumerated in this section is proof that the actor has breached his fiduciary duty.

(2) A member of a board, commission, council, or committee who receives no compensation other than a per diem allowance or necessary and reasonable expenses shall not perform an official act which may have a direct economic benefit on a business or other undertaking in which such member has a direct or substantial financial interest.
C.R.S. § 24-32-3321 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 32 / Part 33 / Section 24-32-3321
24-32-3321. Investigations of consumer complaints
Status: in_force

24-32-3321. Investigations of consumer complaints. The division may investigate complaints filed by owners, occupants, or other consumers relating to the construction of factory-built structures and manufactured homes, and the installation or sale of manufactured homes and tiny homes as necessary to enforce and administer this part 33.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-106 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 1 / Section 24-33.5-106
24-33.5-106. Witness protection board - creation - Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe wit
Status: in_force

24-33.5-106. Witness protection board - creation - Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe witness protection program - witness protection fund. (1) There is hereby created in the department of public safety the witness protection board, which shall consist of the attorney general, the executive director of the department of public safety, and the executive director of the Colorado district attorneys council or their respective designees.

(2) The witness protection board is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of public safety.

(3) The board shall create a witness protection program that shall be referred to as the Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe witness protection program, through which the board may fund or provide for the security and protection of a prosecution witness or potential prosecution witness during or subsequent to an official proceeding or investigation that involves great public interest or as a result of which the board determines that an offense such as intimidating a witness as described in section 18-8-704 or 18-8-705, C.R.S., tampering with a witness as described in section 18-8-707, C.R.S., or retaliating against a witness as described in section 18-8-706, C.R.S., is likely to be committed. The board may also fund or provide for the security and protection of the immediate family of, or a person otherwise closely associated with, such witness or potential witness if the family or person may also be endangered.

(4) In connection with the security and protection of a witness, a potential witness, or an immediate family member or close associate of a witness or potential witness, the board may fund any action the board determines to be necessary to protect such person from bodily injury or to assure the person's health, safety, and welfare for as long as, in the judgment of the board, such danger exists. In an emergency situation requiring immediate attention, any member of the board is authorized to distribute an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars in order to protect a witness, a potential witness, or an immediate family member or close associate of a witness or potential witness.

(5) Any district attorney or the attorney general may request funding from the board for the purpose of providing witness security and protection, or for contracting or arranging for security provided by other local, state, or federal agencies such as the United States marshal's service. Requests shall be made and approved in a timely and equitable manner as established by the board.

(6) Any moneys distributed by the board shall be made from the witness protection fund, which fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The general assembly may make appropriations from the general fund for purposes of the witness protection program when the witness protection board demonstrates that there is a need to replenish the fund. In order to receive consideration for additional appropriations to the witness protection fund, the witness protection board shall submit information to the general assembly detailing how much money has been allocated out of the fund in the prior year, how many witnesses have received witness security and protection from allocations out of the fund, and how many requests for witness security and protection are anticipated in the next fiscal year. The department of public safety is authorized to accept, receive, use, and expend gifts, grants, donations, services, or assistance from any source to provide for the security or protection of a witness as specified in this section. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. At the end of any fiscal year, all unexpended and unencumbered moneys in the fund shall remain therein and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund.

(7) The state, the witness protection board, and the individual board members shall not be liable for injury or damages in any civil action brought by or on behalf of any person who was provided or denied security and protection pursuant to this section.

(8) (a) The Colorado district attorneys and law enforcement agencies shall provide at least annual training for district attorneys, victims' advocates employed in or working with law enforcement agencies, and law enforcement personnel related to witness protection. The witness protection board shall develop program materials, including a model witness protection risk assessment instrument, which shall be made available to Colorado's district attorneys and law enforcement agencies.

(b) Any witness protection curriculum developed by the witness protection board shall be provided to the peace officers standards and training board. The peace officers standards and training board shall provide the training curriculum to any law enforcement agency upon request and may include the curriculum in the training it provides. Any law enforcement agency in the state that develops its own witness protection curriculum may provide the curriculum to the peace officers standards and training board which shall make that curriculum available to any law enforcement agency in the state upon request.
C.R.S. § 24-21-103 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 21 / Part 1 / Section 24-21-103
24-21-103. Countersign commissions - record
Status: in_force

24-21-103. Countersign commissions - record. All commissions issued by the governor shall be countersigned by the secretary of state, who shall register each commission in a book to be kept for that purpose, specifying the office, name of officer, date of commission, and term of office.
C.R.S. § 24-30-1307 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 30 / Part 13 / Section 24-30-1307
24-30-1307. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

24-30-1307. Legislative declaration. The purpose of this part 13 is to allow the office of the state architect to develop the policies and standards for state agencies and state institutions of higher education to follow for the major renovation or new construction of real property and to allow the office to delegate the authority to implement such policies and standards to the individual state agencies or state institutions of higher education. It is not the purpose of this part 13 to require state agencies or state institutions of higher education to add FTEs or incur additional expenditures to implement the provisions of this part 13.
C.R.S. § 24-75-301 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 75 / Part 3 / Section 24-75-301
24-75-301. Definitions
Status: in_force

24-75-301. Definitions. As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Capital construction" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (2).

(2) "Capital construction appropriation" means an appropriation in the capital construction section of the annual general appropriations act and may be for capital construction, controlled maintenance, or capital renewal.

(3) "Capital renewal" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (3).

(4) "Controlled maintenance" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (4), including the limitations specified in section 24-30-1303.9.

(4.5) "Information technology" means information technology as defined in section 24-37.5-102 (12), the majority of the components of which have a useful life of at least five years; except that "information technology" does not include personal computer replacement or maintenance, unless such personal computer replacement or maintenance is a component of a larger computer system upgrade.

(5) "State agency" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (17).

(6) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (18).
C.R.S. § 24-50-615 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 50 / Part 6 / Section 24-50-615
24-50-615. Continuation of previously existing benefits for persons absorbed by the state p
Status: in_force

24-50-615. Continuation of previously existing benefits for persons absorbed by the state personnel system. Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the director shall continue, as a benefits option, the existing group life and health benefits of any person employed by a state agency if such person has been or will be brought or assimilated into the state personnel system on or after January 1, 1972, until such time as similar benefits offered by the director to state employees pursuant to this part 6 are equivalent in benefit and economic cost to the benefits held by said person.
C.R.S. § 24-72.4-102 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 72.4 / Section 24-72.4-102
24-72.4-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

24-72.4-102. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Challenger" means an individual who challenges an exclusion of information from the web-based system by sending written notice to a state agency in accordance with section 24-72.4-103 (2)(a).

(2) "Chief information officer" means the chief information officer appointed pursuant to section 24-37.5-103.

(3) "County" means any county in the state and includes a city and county.

(4) "Online database" means the searchable, online revenue and expenditure database developed, maintained, and made publicly available by the department of transportation pursuant to section 24-72.4-105.

(5) "Spending agency" means any county office, unit, department, board, commission, or institution that is responsible for any particular expenditures or revenues, as identified by the county for purposes of the "Local Government Budget Law of Colorado", part 1 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S.

(6) "State agency" means any department, division, board, bureau, commission, institution, or agency of the state for which account balances are maintained on the state's official book of record.

(7) "State's official book of record" means the electronic database commonly known as the Colorado financial reporting system that is maintained by the office of information technology on behalf of the state controller pursuant to the authority set forth in section 24-30-202.

(8) "Unstructured data field" means a data element in the state's official book of record for which the content is not selected from a predetermined set of options and the preparer of the transaction is allowed to enter any combination of characters or symbols.

(9) "Web-based system" means the searchable web-based system that provides access to:

(a) Descriptions of revenues and expenditures recorded in the state's official book of record that, in accordance with executive order 007-09, is developed and maintained by the chief information officer, in consultation with the state controller; and

(b) Descriptions of revenues and expenditures that a county provides to the chief information officer.
C.R.S. § 24-36-121.5 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 36 / Part 1 / Section 24-36-121.5
24-36-121.5. Use of security tokens for state capital financing - feasibility study - authori
Status: in_force

24-36-121.5. Use of security tokens for state capital financing - feasibility study - authorization of use - legislative declaration - definitions. (1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

(I) Section 3 of article XI of the state constitution prohibits the state from issuing general obligation debt, and section 20 of article X of the state constitution generally requires the state to obtain voter approval in advance before incurring any multiple-fiscal year direct or indirect district debt or other financial obligation whatsoever;

(II) Due to these limitations, the state typically engages in capital financing by:

(A) Issuing short-term tax or revenue anticipation notes, which the state must repay within the same state fiscal year in which they are issued for the purpose of smoothing general fund cash flow; and

(B) Entering into annually renewable financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements, which grant purchasers of certificates of participation the right to receive lease payments, for the purpose of financing the construction, improvement, or acquisition of capital assets;

(III) Certificates of participation issued in connection with a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement evidence proportionate interests in the base rentals paid by the state pursuant to the agreement; and

(IV) The use of financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements by the state for capital financing may limit the universe of investors that can invest in the state and assist in financing state capital projects and may increase the state's capital financing costs.

(b) The general assembly further finds and declares that:

(I) The emergence of decentralized, secure blockchain technology allows security token offerings to be used for capital financing;

(II) A security token offering is a capital financing method in which security tokens, which are digital, liquid contracts made verifiable and secure through the use of blockchain technology that establish a token owner's right to a fraction of a financial asset, are sold to investors;

(III) If the general assembly, after a study by the state treasurer of the feasibility of using security token offerings for state capital financing, authorizes the state to use this new and innovative method of capital financing, the state could substantially reduce its capital financing costs by:

(A) Allowing a much broader range of investors, including ordinary individuals, to invest in underlying financial assets such as certificates of participation issued in connection with financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements by purchasing security tokens that evidence their investments, thereby increasing investor demand for the underlying financial assets and reducing the rate of interest that the state must pay to investors; and

(B) Reducing the state's dependence on commercial banks, institutional investors, mutual funds, and pension funds when obtaining capital financing and the high underwriting fees, interest, and other transactional costs that result from that dependence;

(IV) In addition to reducing costs, if authorized by the general assembly, the state's use of security token offerings for capital financing will allow ordinary Coloradans, who as taxpayers collectively own state-owned capital assets, to also share in the ownership of leased state capital assets until the state has paid all of its lease obligations and obtained ownership of the assets; and

(V) Because the state has not previously used security token offerings for capital financing and the state treasurer has substantial experience and institutional expertise in capital financing and provides centralized capital financing management on behalf of many state agencies, it is necessary and appropriate to:

(A) Require the state treasurer to study the feasibility of using security token offerings for state capital financing; and

(B) Authorize the state treasurer to recommend to the general assembly that the general assembly enact legislation to authorize the use of security token offerings for state capital financing if, after completing the feasibility study, the state treasurer determines such use to be in the best interest of the state.

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

(a) "Blockchain technology" means a mathematically secured, chronological, decentralized, distributed, and digital ledger or database that consists of records of transactions that cannot be altered retroactively.

(b) "Security token" means a digital, liquid contract made verifiable and secure through the use of blockchain technology that establishes its owner's right to a fraction of a financial asset such as a stock, bond, or certificate of participation.

(c) "Security token offering" means a capital financing method in which security tokens representing fractional interests in a financial asset are sold to investors in lieu of selling the actual financial asset to investors.

(3) The state treasurer shall study the feasibility of using security token offerings for state capital financing and determine the extent to which the use of security token offerings of state capital financing would be in the best interest of the state. The state treasurer shall complete the study and report the study findings to the house of representatives finance committee and the senate finance committee, or their successor committees, and to the joint budget committee by March 1, 2023. If the state treasurer determines, after completing the feasibility study, that the use of security tokens for state capital financing is in the best interest of the state, the state treasurer may recommend as part of the report that the general assembly enact legislation to authorize such use. The state treasurer shall also post the study findings on the department of the treasury's website.
C.R.S. § 24-36-209 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 36 / Part 2 / Section 24-36-209
24-36-209. Office of economic development
Status: repealed

24-36-209. Office of economic development. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-90-117 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 90 / Part 1 / Section 24-90-117
24-90-117. Theft or mutilation of library property - repeal
Status: repealed

24-90-117. Theft or mutilation of library property - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-1-104.1 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-104.1
24-1-104.1. State education standards review - review committees convened by department of e
Status: in_force

24-1-104.1. State education standards review - review committees convened by department of education - youth participation - definition. By September 1, 2023, and by each September 1 thereafter, the commissioner of education shall appoint youth representatives from nominations submitted by schools throughout the state to participate in the standards development process described in section 22-7-1005, which includes community engagement. The department of education shall select youth representatives from rural, small rural, and urban school districts, as those districts are designated by the department of education. The department of education shall promote the opportunities for youth involvement to schools throughout the state and request that schools nominate youth to serve as youth representatives. Youth representatives may be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and may receive a stipend for participation in an amount to be determined by the department of education. For the purposes of this section, "youth" means the age of eligibility for membership in the Colorado youth advisory council, as set forth in section 2-2-1303 (1)(b)(I).
C.R.S. § 24-20-107 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 24-20-107
24-20-107. Expenses allowed on certificate of governor
Status: in_force

24-20-107. Expenses allowed on certificate of governor. Expenses incurred under section 24-20-106 and in causing the laws to be executed may be allowed by the governor and upon his certificate shall be audited and paid from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
C.R.S. § 24-82-801 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 82 / Part 8 / Section 24-82-801
24-82-801. Financed purchase of an asset or certification of participation agreements for a
Status: in_force

24-82-801. Financed purchase of an asset or certification of participation agreements for acquisition of real or personal property - definition. (1) (a) (I) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, and subject to the requirement set forth in subsection (1)(a)(II) of this section, no financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement for real property that requires total payments exceeding five hundred thousand dollars over the term of the agreement shall be entered into unless such agreement is specifically authorized, prior to its execution, by a bill enacted by the general assembly, other than the annual general appropriation act or a supplemental appropriation act.

(II) (A) Each bill enacted by the general assembly on or after August 8, 2018, as required in subsection (1)(a)(I) of this section, must include a requirement that the state agency or state institution of higher education entering into the financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement present a plan to the capital development committee, no later than the December of the fourteenth calendar year or the January of the fifteenth calendar year after either the date of the substantial completion of the construction or after the date of acquisition, that details how the state agency or state institution of higher education is prepared to fund the controlled maintenance needs of the real property so that at least an amount equal to an estimation of the sum of one percent of the insured value of the real property for each year starting with the sixteenth year after either the date of the substantial completion of the construction or after the date of acquisition is available for a total period of twenty-five years for the real property's controlled maintenance needs. The plan presented by the state agency or state institution of higher education may include a request for an additional financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement for such controlled maintenance needs or may include a request for partial or complete state funding of such controlled maintenance needs. The capital development committee shall review the plan presented by the state agency or state institution of higher education. Any approved plan shall be authorized by bill enacted by the general assembly, other than the annual general appropriation act or a supplemental appropriation act; except that, if the approved plan is for a state institution of higher education to fund such controlled maintenance needs from cash funds then the plan may be approved by majority vote of the capital development committee.

(B) For purposes of this section, "controlled maintenance" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (4); except that it may include any maintenance needs that would ordinarily be funded in a state agency's or state institution of higher education's operating budget. Also for purposes of this section, "insured value" means the insured value of the real property as determined through the risk management program established in part 15 of article 30 of this title 24.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, no financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement for personal property that requires total payments exceeding five hundred thousand dollars over the term of the agreement shall be entered into unless such agreement is specifically authorized, prior to its execution, by a bill enacted by the general assembly, other than the annual general appropriation act or a supplemental appropriation act, or specifically authorized by appropriation in the annual general appropriation act or a supplemental appropriation act.

(c) Subsequent to the general assembly's authorization of a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement as specified in subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b) of this section, rentals and other payments by the state under any such financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement may be made from money appropriated by the general assembly as a separate line item in the capital construction or operating section of an annual general appropriation act or a supplemental appropriation act.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements that require total payments of five hundred thousand dollars or less over the term of the agreement shall require an appropriation by the general assembly in an annual general appropriation act or a supplemental appropriation act.

(3) A financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement that requires total payments in excess of five hundred thousand dollars over the term of the agreement shall require, prior to its execution, approval by the state controller as authorized by section 24-30-202.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) "Certificate of participation agreement" means any certificate evidencing a participation right of a proportionate interest in any financing agreement or the right to receive proportionate payments from the state or an agency due under any financing agreement.

(b) "Financed purchase of an asset agreement" means a financing agreement that includes the purchase of an asset.

(5) A financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement may further provide for the issuance, distribution, and sale of instruments evidencing rights to receive rentals and other payments made by the state, but only if the financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement includes a provision that payments made by the state are subject to annual appropriation. A financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement shall not include notes, bonds, or any other evidence of indebtedness of the state within the meaning of any provision of the constitution or laws of the state of Colorado concerning or limiting the creation of indebtedness by the state.

(6) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the department of transportation, institutions of higher education, the Auraria higher education center established in article 70 of title 23, and the state treasurer may enter into financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements if the state controller as authorized by section 24-30-202 approves each financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement that requires total payments in excess of five hundred thousand dollars over the term of the agreement or as otherwise provided by law.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the legislative department may enter into financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements pursuant to section 2-2-320.

(7) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair any contract or instrument in existence on July 1, 2009, if the contract was validly entered into or the instrument was validly issued under the law in effect at the time of entering into said contract or issuing said instrument.

(8) All financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements described in section 24-48.5-312 (3)(a)(II) shall include the terms specified in said section.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-1217.5 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 12 / Section 24-33.5-1217.5
24-33.5-1217.5. Minimum prescribed burning standards
Status: in_force

24-33.5-1217.5. Minimum prescribed burning standards. (1) The prescribed burning standards adopted by the director pursuant to section 24-33.5-1217 (5)(a)(II)(B) must, at a minimum:

(a) Ensure that prescribed burning is the controlled application of fire to vegetative fuels under specified environmental conditions in accordance with a written prescription plan, which plan:

(I) Is designed to confine the fire to a predetermined area;

(II) Is designed to accomplish planned land management objectives, as those objectives are determined by the property owner or natural resource management authority; and

(III) Conforms to this article and the rules and standards adopted in accordance with this article;

(b) Include information on planning, preparing, and implementing safe, effective prescribed burning, which information:

(I) Is based on the "interagency prescribed fire planning and implementation procedures guide", as amended, published by the national wildfire coordinating group, or by any successor group; and

(II) Contains specific criteria with respect to masticated fuels;

(c) Require at least one person, who must be qualified by national wildfire coordinating group standards as a prescribed burn boss at the level commensurate with the complexity of the burn, to be present on site:

(I) During the conduct of the prescribed burn; and

(II) (A) Until the fire is adequately confined to reasonably prevent escape of the fire from the area intended to be burned; or

(B) Until the prescribed burning is completed and all fire is declared to be out;

(d) Establish appropriate guidelines sufficient to:

(I) Conduct the burn in accordance with the prescription plan; and

(II) Provide adequate protection for the safety of persons and of adjacent property;

(e) Evaluate alternatives to prescribed burning, such as mechanical treatment, and guide the user through the safe and prudent application of prescribed burning, when it is determined to be an appropriate method; and

(f) Set forth requirements for record keeping; public information campaigns; and timely notice of prescribed burning to adjacent landowners, local authorities, and, to the extent practicable, potentially affected neighbors.

(2) All users of prescribed fire shall comply with the applicable provisions of the "Colorado Air Pollution Prevention and Control Act", part 1 of article 7 of title 25, C.R.S., and its implementing regulations, and shall obtain a permit for prescribed fire pursuant to section 25-7-123, C.R.S.

(3) The rules and standards adopted by the director must be promulgated in consultation with the Colorado state forest service as described in part 3 of article 31 of title 23, C.R.S., the Colorado prescribed fire council, or an analogous successor organization, and other subject matter experts as the director deems appropriate. In promulgating such rules and standards, the director shall consider the current state of research and best management practices for prescribed burning.
C.R.S. § 24-92-101 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 92 / Part 1 / Section 24-92-101
24-92-101. Short title
Status: in_force

24-92-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Construction Bidding for Public Projects Act".
C.R.S. § 24-60-213 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 60 / Part 2 / Section 24-60-213
24-60-213. Remain in effect until renounced
Status: in_force

24-60-213. Remain in effect until renounced. This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each ratifying state until renounced by it. The duties and obligations hereunder of any renouncing state shall continue as to probationers and parolees and those under suspended sentence residing therein at the time of withdrawal until retaken or finally discharged by the other compacting states. Renunciation of this compact or any part thereof shall be by the same authority that ratified it and shall be by sending a ninety-day notice in writing to the governor of each compacting state of intention to withdraw from the compact.
C.R.S. § 24-80-111 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 24-80-111
24-80-111. Microfilm revolving fund
Status: repealed

24-80-111. Microfilm revolving fund. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-109-104 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 109 / Part 1 / Section 24-109-104
24-109-104. Entitlement to costs
Status: repealed

24-109-104. Entitlement to costs. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-82-1203 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 82 / Part 12 / Section 24-82-1203
24-82-1203. Payment obligations subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly
Status: in_force

24-82-1203. Payment obligations subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly. Each lease agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of this part 12 shall provide that all payment obligations of the state under the lease agreement are subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly and that the obligations shall not be deemed or construed as creating an indebtedness of the state within the meaning of any provision of the Colorado constitution or the laws of the state of Colorado concerning or limiting the creation of indebtedness by the state of Colorado.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-206 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 2 / Section 24-33.5-206
24-33.5-206. Personnel - appointment
Status: in_force

24-33.5-206. Personnel - appointment. Pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution and state personnel system laws, the chief shall appoint the necessary commissioned and noncommissioned officers in staff and command or supervisory positions and troopers to permit the Colorado state patrol to adequately and efficiently perform its duties and functions and such necessary civilian employees as are essential to conduct an efficient patrol administration twenty-four hours daily. All members of the Colorado state patrol shall be under the immediate direction and control of the chief, and shall perform such duties as are specifically assigned by the chief under the job specifications and regulations of the state personnel director, and shall receive such compensation as is commensurate with the specified grade assigned to the individual position by the state personnel director.
C.R.S. § 24-49.7-110 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 49.7 / Section 24-49.7-110
24-49.7-110. Colorado dark sky designation technical assistance grant program - funding - rep
Status: in_force

24-49.7-110. Colorado dark sky designation technical assistance grant program - funding - report - legislative declaration - definitions. (1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

(a) The aesthetic beauty and wonder of natural dark skies at night are inherent to the character and allure of the state;

(b) The growing problem of light pollution, including sky glow, glare, and light trespass, which is also known as spill light, is attributed to the use of artificial light at night and has been scientifically linked to negative effects on the health and well-being of people, plants, and animals, while natural dark skies at night have been scientifically linked to positive health effects;

(c) The nighttime environment is both a natural and cultural resource;

(d) Dark sky tourism combines elements of astrotourism, cultural heritage tourism, nature and wildlife tourism, and health and wellness tourism and emphasizes stewardship of the nighttime environment;

(e) The International Dark-Sky Association, referred to in this section as the "IDA", endeavors to preserve dark skies at night and to increase the number of places that have dark skies at night by reducing artificial light pollution through a variety of means, including an international dark sky places program, hereinafter referred to as the "IDSP program". Under the IDSP program, a community or other place that satisfies specified criteria can be certified by the IDA as one of the following types of designated dark sky places:

(I) An international dark sky community;

(II) An international dark sky park;

(III) An international dark sky reserve;

(IV) An international dark sky sanctuary; or

(V) An urban night sky place;

(f) Increasing numbers of Coloradans and Colorado communities are recognizing the economic, ecological, cultural, and societal benefits of preserving and expanding dark sky places by implementing IDA-approved lighting initiatives and applying for designated dark sky place status under the IDSP program, but many Coloradans and Colorado communities either do not yet know about the benefits of preserving and expanding dark sky places or about the IDSP program or require technical assistance to take the steps necessary to achieve designated dark sky place status for a community or other place;

(g) Through dark sky education, outreach, practices, and policies, a connection to the natural nighttime environment can be reestablished for present and future generations; and

(h) It therefore serves primarily a public purpose and is necessary, appropriate, and in the best interest of all Coloradans to provide funding to the office so that the office can:

(I) Provide technical assistance grants to applicants seeking support for an application to the IDA for a community or place to be certified by the IDA as a designated dark sky place; and

(II) Contract with the IDA and the Colorado chapter of the IDA to help the office administer the grant program, promote the preservation and expansion of designated dark sky places in the state in accordance with best stewardship practices, and promote tourism opportunities in designated dark sky places in the state.

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

(a) "Additional source fund" means the Colorado travel and tourism additional source fund created in section 24-49.7-106 (2).

(b) "Applicant" means a community, individual, group of individuals, or entity that has applied to the IDA to have a community or other place certified by the IDA as a designated dark sky place and that applies for a grant.

(c) "Colorado chapter of the IDA" means a Colorado single member limited liability company that has the IDA as its sole member relationship.

(d) "Designated dark sky place" means a place in Colorado that is certified by the IDA through the IDSP program as an international dark sky community, international dark sky park, international dark sky reserve, international dark sky sanctuary, or urban night sky place.

(e) "IDA technical assistance" means assistance provided by the IDA to an applicant for the purpose of helping the applicant satisfy the requirements for the certification by the IDA of a community or place as a designated dark sky place.

(f) "Program" means the Colorado dark sky designation technical assistance grant program established by the office as required by subsection (3) of this section.

(g) "Technical assistance grant" or "grant" means an award made by the office to an applicant to pay for IDA technical assistance in accordance with the requirements of this section and the policies established by the office pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.

(3) (a) The office shall establish the Colorado dark sky designation technical assistance grant program in accordance with the requirements of this section and the policies that the office establishes pursuant to this subsection (3). The program may provide technical assistance grants from the additional source fund to applicants. The office shall establish policies for the program including policies that govern the grant application process and require applicants to demonstrate community and stakeholder support, as defined in the policies, for the designated dark sky place application for the community or other place to which the grant application pertains. The office may contract with the IDA and the Colorado chapter of the IDA to help the office develop its program policies, evaluate grant applications, and make recommendations to the office regarding which applicants should receive grant awards and what the amount of each award should be.

(b) The office, on its own, in consultation with the IDA and the Colorado chapter of the IDA, or by contracting with the IDA and the Colorado chapter of the IDA, shall provide general education and outreach about dark skies and specifically promote responsible and sustainable tourism opportunities in designated dark sky places in the state.

(4) On July 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer thirty-five thousand dollars from the general fund to the additional source fund. Notwithstanding section 24-49.7-106 (3)(b), the office shall spend this money, which is continuously appropriated to the office, only:

(a) To make technical assistance grants;

(b) If the office contracts with the IDA and the Colorado chapter of the IDA as authorized by subsection (3) of this section, to pay the IDA and the Colorado chapter of the IDA in accordance with the terms of the contract to:

(I) Assist in administering the grant program;

(II) Provide general education about and promote general awareness of the benefits of preserving and expanding dark sky places and the importance of using best stewardship practices when managing access to dark sky places; and

(III) Specifically promote responsible and sustainable tourism opportunities in designated dark sky places in the state; and

(c) To cover the office's direct and indirect costs of administering and implementing the program.

(5) On or before November 1, 2023, the office shall submit a report detailing the expenditure of the money transferred to the additional source fund pursuant to subsection (4) of this section to the house of representatives business affairs and labor committee and the senate business, labor, and technology committee, or their successor committees. The report shall specify the grant-supported actions taken in furtherance of designating new dark sky places and indicate how many grant recipients have opened and maintained an active case file with the IDA or have had a community or other place certified by the IDA as a designated dark sky place.
C.R.S. § 24-67-105.5 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 67 / Section 24-67-105.5
24-67-105.5. Review of planned unit development
Status: in_force

24-67-105.5. Review of planned unit development. (1) The county planning commission or governing body may request redesign of all or any portion of a planned unit development submitted for approval, but any such request shall include specific, objective criteria. If the applicant redesigns the planned unit development in accordance with the request, no further redesign shall be required unless necessary to comply with a duly adopted county resolution, ordinance, or regulation.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a county from taking any action permitted by law based on the consideration of the rights and privileges of the owners of subsurface mineral interests and their lessees pursuant to section 30-28-133 (10), C.R.S.

(3) Any required public hearing on any planned unit development shall be conducted expeditiously and concluded when all those present and wishing to testify have done so. No public hearing shall continue for more than forty days from the date of commencement without the written consent of the applicant. Any continuation of a public hearing shall be to a date certain.

(4) Unless withdrawn by the applicant, any planned unit development that has been neither approved, conditionally approved, nor denied within a time certain mutually agreed to by the county and the applicant at the time of filing shall be deemed approved. Such time period may be extended by the county to receive a recommendation from an agency to which a planned unit development was referred, but such extension shall not exceed thirty days unless the agency has notified the county that it will require additional time to complete its recommendation.

(5) Any requirement set forth in this section may be waived in writing by the applicant.
C.R.S. § 24-75-1106 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 75 / Part 11 / Section 24-75-1106
24-75-1106. Repeal of sections - instructions to revisor of statutes
Status: repealed

24-75-1106. Repeal of sections - instructions to revisor of statutes. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-1-123 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-123
24-1-123. Department of agriculture - creation
Status: repealed

24-1-123. Department of agriculture - creation. (1) There is hereby created a department of agriculture, the head of which shall be the commissioner of agriculture.

(2) The state agricultural commission, created in article 1 of title 35, is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of agriculture.

(3) The state department of agriculture and the office of commissioner of agriculture, created in article 1 of title 35, are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105.

(4) The department of agriculture consists of the following divisions:

(a) The division of markets, the head of which is the director of the division of markets. The division of markets and the office of the director thereof, created in article 1 of title 35, are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of agriculture.

(b) The division of plant industry, the head of which is the director of the division of plant industry. The division of plant industry and the office of the director thereof, created in article 1 of title 35, are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of agriculture.

(c) (I) The division of animal health, the head of which is the director of the division of animal health. The division of animal health and the office of the director thereof, created in article 1 of title 35, are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of agriculture.

(II) The state bureau of animal protection, created in article 42 of title 35. The state bureau of animal protection is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105. The state bureau of animal protection exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of agriculture and is allocated to the division of animal welfare as a section of the department.

(d) The administrative services division, the head of which is the director of the administrative services division. The division of administrative services and the office of the director thereof, created in article 1 of title 35, are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of agriculture.

(e) The division of inspection and consumer services, the head of which is the director of the division of inspection and consumer services. The division of inspection and consumer services and the office of the director thereof, created in article 1 of title 35, are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of agriculture.

(f) Repealed.

(g) (I) The division of brand inspection, the head of which is the brand commissioner. The state board of stock inspection commissioners and the office of brand commissioner, created in article 41 of title 35, are type 1 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of agriculture as a part of the division of brand inspection.

(II) and (III) Repealed.

(g.5) The division of animal welfare, the head of which is the director of the division of animal welfare. The division of animal welfare and the office of the director of the division of animal welfare, created in article 1 of title 35, are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of agriculture.

(h) (I) The Colorado state fair authority, the head of which is the manager of the Colorado state fair and industrial exposition. The Colorado state fair authority and the office of the manager of the Colorado state fair and industrial exposition, created in part 4 of article 65 of title 35, are type 1 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions as a division of the department of agriculture.

(II) The Colorado state fair authority includes the board of commissioners of the Colorado state fair authority, created in part 4 of article 65 of title 35. The board of commissioners of the Colorado state fair authority is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions as specified by law under the department of agriculture as a part of the Colorado state fair authority.

(i) The state conservation board, created in article 70 of title 35. The state conservation board is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of agriculture as a division thereof. The employees of the state conservation board appointed pursuant to section 35-70-103 are transferred to the department of agriculture.

(5) The Colorado wine industry development board, created in article 29.5 of title 35, is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of agriculture.

(6) The aquaculture board, created in article 24.5 of title 35, is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions as specified by law under the department of agriculture and the commissioner thereof.

(7) The Colorado agricultural value-added development board, created in section 35-75-203, is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions as specified by law under the department.
C.R.S. § 24-60-1402 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 60 / Part 14 / Section 24-60-1402
24-60-1402. Governor to appoint member of the board - alternate
Status: in_force

24-60-1402. Governor to appoint member of the board - alternate. (1) The governor shall appoint this state's member of the western interstate nuclear board, and such member shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

(2) Such member may, with the approval of the governor, designate an alternate to represent this state when such member is unable to do so.

(3) The member or his alternate, if any, shall receive no compensation for his services as such but shall be reimbursed for his actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties.
C.R.S. § 24-102-502 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 102 / Part 5 / Section 24-102-502
24-102-502. Procurement advisory council - sunset review
Status: repealed

24-102-502. Procurement advisory council - sunset review. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-72-105 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 72 / Part 1 / Section 24-72-105
24-72-105. Abstract books part of records - evidence
Status: in_force

24-72-105. Abstract books part of records - evidence. When any county is possessed of abstract books, copies, minutes, and extracts, they shall be placed in the office of the county clerk and recorder of said county as part of his records, and, if the abstract books are not alphabetically indexed showing grantors and grantees, he shall cause them to be indexed in the same manner as is provided for indexing original records. The county clerk and recorder shall be paid by the county such fees as are provided by law. If the original of any deed, mortgage, or other instrument in writing affecting the title of any land in said county is lost or destroyed and it is thus impossible for a party to produce the same in any judicial or other proceeding, a copy of the abstract books, copies, minutes, and extracts or any part thereof, duly certified by the county clerk and recorder of the county, shall be admissible as evidence in all courts of record in this state. It is the duty of the county clerk and recorder of the county to furnish to any parties so requesting certified copies of the same or parts thereof upon payment of the charges required by law.
C.R.S. § 24-6-401 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 6 / Part 4 / Section 24-6-401
24-6-401. Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

24-6-401. Declaration of policy. It is declared to be a matter of statewide concern and the policy of this state that the formation of public policy is public business and may not be conducted in secret.
C.R.S. § 24-90-115 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 90 / Part 1 / Section 24-90-115
24-90-115. Regional library service system - governing board
Status: in_force

24-90-115. Regional library service system - governing board. (1) (a) The board of trustees of any public library, library district, or the governing board of any publicly supported library may participate in a regional library service system that provides cooperative services such as resource sharing, consulting, and continuing education under a plan submitted to the state librarian for the approval of said librarian. The bylaws of each regional library service system shall provide for a governing board consisting solely of representatives from publicly supported libraries that are members of the system. The bylaws of a regional library service system may provide for membership in the system by libraries that are not publicly supported. In such case, the bylaws shall specify which such libraries are members of the system and any benefits of membership in the system that shall accrue to such libraries.

(b) The state board of education shall adopt rules and regulations, in accordance with article 4 of this title, relating to the establishment, governance, and dissolution of regional library service systems.

(2) (a) The governing board of a regional library service system shall consist of at least one representative from any three of the following four types of publicly supported libraries participating in the system:

(I) Schools;

(II) Public;

(III) Academic; and

(IV) Special.

(b) The governing board of the regional library service system shall be elected by a system membership council comprised of one representative of each system member representing a publicly supported library.

(3) (a) The governing board of each regional library service system has the right to exercise all powers vested in a board of trustees pursuant to section 24-90-109. Nothing pertaining to the organization or operation of a regional library service system shall be construed to infringe upon the autonomy of the board of trustees of a public library or the governing board of any publicly supported library.

(b) The governing board of each regional library service system shall submit annual plans and budgets under regulations established by the state librarian as provided in section 24-90-105 (1)(a).

(4) Before withdrawing from a regional library service system, any participating library shall be required to fulfill all outstanding obligations for that fiscal year. Withdrawal shall be accomplished pursuant to rules and regulations established by the state board of education.

(5) If the need for a regional library service system ceases to exist, the membership council, in its sole discretion, shall by a two-thirds vote of its members, declare its intent to dissolve the organization and file with the state library a plan for effecting such dissolution, which shall be carried out upon approval by the state board of education.
C.R.S. § 24-30-1002 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 30 / Part 10 / Section 24-30-1002
24-30-1002. Appropriation of moneys
Status: in_force

24-30-1002. Appropriation of moneys. All moneys appropriated for expenditure by any state agency for administrative law judges appointed pursuant to this part 10 shall be appropriated to the department of personnel.
C.R.S. § 24-19-108 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 19 / Section 24-19-108
24-19-108. Exceptions - definition
Status: in_force

24-19-108. Exceptions - definition. (1) The provisions of this article 19 shall not apply to the following:

(a) Any employee employed by the state government or any other governmental unit who is to hold his or her position of employment during efficient service or until reaching retirement age under an employment system denominated as civil service, classified service, or any similar employment system classification;

(b) Any tenured or tenure track faculty member whose primary job assignment is teaching, research, or both teaching and research and who is employed at a state institution of higher education or any specialty track faculty member whose primary job assignment is clinical care and who is employed at a state institution of higher education;

(c) Any employee employed by a unit of local government whose governing body is directly elected by the electors of such local government;

(d) Any certified employee who is separated from state service due to lack of work, lack of funds, or reorganization and who receives postemployment compensation or other benefits authorized by a layoff plan established by the state personnel director pursuant to section 24-50-124 (1)(d)(I); or

(e) Any employee employed at a state institution of higher education whose position is funded by revenues generated through auxiliary activities. For purposes of this subsection (1)(e), "auxiliary activities" means institutional activities managed and accounted for as self-supporting activities.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-2301 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 23 / Section 24-33.5-2301
24-33.5-2301. Definitions
Status: in_force

24-33.5-2301. Definitions. As used in this part 23, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Director" means the director of the division.

(2) "Division" means the division of fire prevention and control in the department of public safety created in this article 33.5.

(3) "DOT" means the United States department of transportation.

(4) "NIOSH" means the national institute for occupational safety and health within the centers for disease control and prevention, United States department of health and human services.

(5) "Pressure vessel" means a supply or storage container, whether cylindrical, spherical, or of any other shape, that contains breathable gases under a pressure greater than one atmosphere for use in an SCBA.

(6) "Self-contained breathing apparatus" or "SCBA" means a portable system that provides the user with a supply of breathable air carried in a pressure vessel or generated by the system, requiring no intake of oxygen or other gases from the outside atmosphere.
C.R.S. § 24-32-703 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 32 / Part 7 / Section 24-32-703
24-32-703. Definitions
Status: repealed

24-32-703. Definitions. As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Repealed.

(1.2) "Board" means the state housing board created by this part 7.

(1.4) to (1.8) Repealed.

(2) "Division" means the division of housing created by this part 7.

(3) to (4) Repealed.

(4.5) "Fort Lyon property" means the real property described in the quitclaim deed of September 12, 2002, that the federal secretary of veterans affairs conveyed to the state of Colorado for the purpose of operating a correctional facility.

(5) "Local government" means the government of a town, city, county, or city and county.

(6) to (7) Repealed.

(7.5) "Ridge View campus" means the real property formerly known as the Lowry bombing range that was redeveloped by the state in 2001 and that housed the Ridge View Youth Services Center until 2021.

(8) "State agency" means any board, bureau, commission, department, institution, division, section, office, or officer of the state, except those in the legislative branch or judicial branch and except state educational institutions administered pursuant to title 23, excluding part 1 of article 8, parts 2 and 3 of article 21, and parts 2 to 4 of article 31 of title 23.
C.R.S. § 24-21-621 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 21 / Part 6 / Section 24-21-621
24-21-621. Persons permitted to manufacture and distribute games of chance equipment - repo
Status: in_force

24-21-621. Persons permitted to manufacture and distribute games of chance equipment - reporting requirements. (1) A person other than a manufacturer licensee or licensed agent shall not act as a bingo-raffle manufacturer within Colorado. The manufacture of electronic devices used as aids in the game of bingo, and the printing of raffle tickets other than pull tabs, as designed and requested by a licensee, does not constitute the manufacture of games of chance equipment; except that such electronic devices are subject to the reporting requirements of subsections (4) and (5) of this section, and the fees established by the licensing authority in accordance with section 24-21-606 (2) and subsection (4) of this section.

(2) An individual shall not act for or represent a landlord, manufacturer, or supplier licensee with respect to an activity covered by such license unless such individual is the licensee's owner, officer, director, partner, member, or ten percent or more shareholder of record with the licensing authority, or is the manufacturer's or supplier's licensed agent. A manufacturer or supplier licensee shall not allow any person not authorized by this subsection (2) to represent it or serve as its agent with regard to any Colorado transaction.

(3) Except to the extent otherwise provided in section 24-21-615 (1), a manufacturer or supplier licensee or licensed agent shall not buy, receive, sell, lease, furnish, or distribute any pull tabs, bingo cards or sheets, electronic devices used as aids in the game of bingo, or other games of chance equipment from or to any person within Colorado other than manufacturer or supplier licensees or agents and bingo-raffle licensees; except that:

(a) A landlord licensee, supplier, or manufacturer or its agent may sell, donate, or distribute cards, sheets, equipment, or electronic devices used as aids in the game of bingo for the playing of bingo not for resale to nursing homes and other entities that distribute the cards, sheets, or electronic devices and allow playing of the game free of charge, without consideration given or received by any person for the privilege of playing; and

(b) A bingo-raffle licensee may sell or donate its used equipment to another bingo-raffle licensee.

(4) Every manufacturer and supplier licensee shall file, upon forms prescribed by the licensing authority, quarterly reports on its licensed activities within Colorado. The reports must be accompanied by quarterly fees established by the licensing authority in accordance with section 24-21-606 (2) and deposited in the department of state cash fund created in section 24-21-104 (3)(b). The reports shall be filed with the licensing authority no later than April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31 of each year licensed, and each report must cover the preceding calendar quarter. Reports must enumerate by quantity, purchaser or lessee, and price the pull tabs, bingo cards or sheets, electronic devices used as aids in the game of bingo, and other games of chance equipment manufactured, conveyed, or distributed within Colorado or for use or distribution in Colorado and must include the licensee's total sales, including amounts realized from leases, of equipment and electronic devices used as aids in the game of bingo and the names and addresses of all Colorado suppliers or agents of the licensee and shall be signed and verified by the owner or the chief executive officer of the licensee. These quarterly reports are not public records as defined in section 24-72-202.

(5) Every manufacturer or supplier licensee, and every licensed agent for such licensee, shall keep and maintain complete and accurate records, in accord with generally accepted accounting principles, of all licensed activities. The records shall include invoices for all games of chance equipment or electronic devices used as aids in the game of bingo conveyed or distributed within Colorado, or for use or distribution in Colorado, which invoices are specific as to the nature, description, quantity, and serial numbers of the pull tabs, bingo cards or sheets, electronic devices used as aids in the game of bingo, and other equipment so conveyed or distributed. The records shall also show all receipts and expenditures made in connection with licensed activities, including, but not limited to, records of sales by dates, purchasers, and items sold or leased, monthly bank account reconciliations, disbursement records, and credit memos for any returned items. These records shall be maintained for a period of at least three years.

(6) A manufacturer or supplier licensee or licensed agent must not be a person responsible for or assisting in the conduct, management, or operation of any game of chance within Colorado.
C.R.S. § 24-85-101 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 85 / Section 24-85-101
24-85-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

24-85-101. Legislative declaration. The general assembly finds that the state needs to improve access to information, including electronic information, for individuals with a disability.
C.R.S. § 24-4.2-102 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 4.2 / Section 24-4.2-102
24-4.2-102. District attorney to assist board
Status: in_force

24-4.2-102. District attorney to assist board. The district attorney and his legal and administrative staff shall assist the board in the performance of its duties pursuant to this article.
C.R.S. § 24-92-202 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 92 / Part 2 / Section 24-92-202
24-92-202. Contractors subject to provisions - weekly payment of employees - rules
Status: in_force

24-92-202. Contractors subject to provisions - weekly payment of employees - rules. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, any contractor who is awarded a contract for a public project by an agency of government in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars or more, and any subcontractors working on the public project, shall pay their employees at weekly intervals and shall comply with the enforcement provisions established in section 24-92-209. This part 2 applies to a contract for a public project awarded pursuant to part 1 of this article 92 and to an integrated project delivery contract for a public project awarded pursuant to article 93 of this title 24. This part 2 does not apply to contracts for public projects that receive federal funding.

(2) This part 2 does not apply to the department of transportation, regardless of the amount or funding source of the public project; except that a contractor performing work on a public project for the department of transportation is required to pay employees performing work on any public project, regardless of the amount or funding source of the public project, in accordance with the wage requirements of the federal "Davis-Bacon Act", 40 U.S.C. sec. 3141 et seq., and related federal acts. Any work performed on a public project under the supervision of the department of transportation that is electrical work, as defined in section 12-115-103 (5), must utilize licensed journeymen electricians, as defined in section 12-115-103 (6), licensed master electricians, as defined in section 12-115-103 (7), or registered and properly supervised apprentices, as defined in section 12-115-103 (1), regardless of whether the work is performed by department of transportation employees or performed by a contractor on behalf of the department of transportation.

(3) The director may promulgate rules in accordance with article 4 of this title 24 as may be necessary to administer and enforce any requirement of this part 2.
C.R.S. § 24-72-106 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 72 / Part 1 / Section 24-72-106
24-72-106. Abstract books - use - presumptions
Status: in_force

24-72-106. Abstract books - use - presumptions. In all cases in which any abstract books, copies, minutes, and extracts, purchased and placed in the county clerk and recorder's office, are admissible and shall be received in evidence under the provisions of this part 1, all deeds or other instruments in writing appearing thereby to have been executed by any person or in which they appear to have joined, except as against any person in the actual adverse possession of the land described therein at the time of the destruction of the records of said county, claiming title thereto otherwise than under a sale for taxes or special assessments shall be presumed to have been executed and acknowledged according to law, and all sales under powers, judgments, decrees, or legal proceedings, sales for taxes and assessments excepted, shall be presumed to be regular and correct, except as against said person in actual adverse possession, and unless the abstracts, books, copies, minutes, and extracts show affirmatively some defect or irregularity. Otherwise, any person alleging any defect or irregularity in such conveyance, acknowledgment, or sale shall be held bound to prove the same.
C.R.S. § 24-80.1-108 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 80.1 / Section 24-80.1-108
24-80.1-108. Duties of the society
Status: in_force

24-80.1-108. Duties of the society. (1) In order to carry out the provisions of this article, the society shall:

(a) Prepare, expand, and maintain a state register of historic properties and establish and promulgate criteria and procedures by which properties shall be determined to be eligible for, nominated to, and listed in the state register, no later than December 31, 1975;

(b) Regularly notify agencies of additions or deletions to the state register;

(c) Prepare, no later than June 30, 1976, a preservation plan which it shall review and revise annually after said date.

(2) The society has the power to prepare and promulgate rules and procedures to implement this article.

(3) The society shall assist the agencies in evaluating state-owned properties and in reviewing activities, programs, projects, undertakings, and all other agency actions for adequacy in addressing the preservation of properties in the state register.
C.R.S. § 24-22-114 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 22 / Section 24-22-114
24-22-114. Business training and promotion cash fund - repeal
Status: repealed

24-22-114. Business training and promotion cash fund - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 24-111-102 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 111 / Section 24-111-102
24-111-102. Priorities among preferences
Status: in_force

24-111-102. Priorities among preferences. (1) When two or more socioeconomic procurement programs are applicable to the same procurement, businesses benefitting from such programs shall be considered in the following order of precedence:

(a) Correctional industries;

(b) Industries for the visually impaired;

(c) Industries for persons with severe disabilities.
C.R.S. § 24-34-505.5 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 34 / Part 5 / Section 24-34-505.5
24-34-505.5. Enforcement by the attorney general
Status: repealed

24-34-505.5. Enforcement by the attorney general. (1) Upon timely application, the attorney general may intervene in any civil action filed as provided in section 24-34-505.6 if the attorney general certifies that the case is of general public importance. Upon such intervention, the attorney general may obtain such relief as would be available to the director under section 24-34-306 in a civil action to which such section applies.

(2) Whenever the attorney general has probable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the rights granted by this title or that any group of persons has been denied any of the rights granted by this title and such denial raises an issue of general public importance, the attorney general may commence a civil action in any appropriate district court.

(3) The attorney general may commence a civil action in any appropriate district court for appropriate relief with respect to:

(a) A discriminatory housing practice referred to the attorney general by the commission under section 24-34-306; or

(b) Breach of a conciliation agreement referred to the attorney general by the director under section 24-34-506.5.

(4) The attorney general, on behalf of the commission, division, or other party at whose request a subpoena is issued under this section, may enforce such subpoena in appropriate proceedings in the district court for the district in which the person to whom the subpoena was addressed resides, was served, or transacts business.

(5) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 24-72-501 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 72 / Part 5 / Section 24-72-501
24-72-501. Definitions
Status: in_force

24-72-501. Definitions. As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Governmental entity" means the state and any state department, agency, or institution of the state.

(2) "Personally identifiable information" means information about an individual collected by a governmental entity that could reasonably be used to identify such individual, including, but not limited to, first and last name, residence or other physical address, electronic mail address, telephone number, birth date, credit card information, and social security number. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, "personally identifiable information" shall not include information collected in furtherance of any regulatory, investigative, or criminal justice purpose, information collected in furtherance of litigation in which the state is a party, or information that is required to be collected pursuant to any state or federal statute or regulation.
C.R.S. § 24-32-3703 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 32 / Part 37 / Section 24-32-3703
24-32-3703. Local housing needs assessments - procedure - exempt local governments
Status: in_force

24-32-3703. Local housing needs assessments - procedure - exempt local governments. (1) (a) No later than December 31, 2026, each local government shall conduct and publish a local housing needs assessment that conforms to the methodology for conducting local housing needs assessments developed by the director pursuant to section 24-32-3702 (1)(d) for the territory covered by the local government's master plan.

(b) A housing needs assessment conducted by or on behalf of a local government after January 1, 2022, qualifies as having satisfied the requirement of subsection (1)(a) of this section, if the local government submits the assessment to the department no later than December 31, 2024, and the department determines that the most recent version of the assessment conforms to the methodology for conducting a regional housing needs assessment or local housing needs assessment pursuant to section 24-32-3702. The department shall review a housing needs assessment and make such a determination within ninety days of a local government submitting the housing needs assessment to the department.

(2) Beginning on December 31, 2026, a local government shall complete a housing needs assessment no less often than every six years, except as provided in this section.

(3) Upon conducting a local government housing needs assessment pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, a local government's governing body shall consider the local housing needs assessment at a public meeting. Within sixty days of considering the local housing needs assessment at a public meeting, the local government shall submit the housing needs assessment along with any comments of the local government's governing body to the department. The department shall not accept a housing needs assessment from a local government that does not include the elements listed in section 24-32-3702 (1)(d)(I) through (VI) and demonstrate consideration of the baseline components listed in section 24-32-3702 (2). The department shall notify a local government if it does not accept an assessment. The department shall post the housing needs assessment on its website after accepting the assessment.

(4) A local government is exempt from the requirements of this section if:

(a) The local government participates in the creation of a regional housing needs assessment pursuant to section 24-32-3704 that is updated no less often than every six years, provided that, to be exempt from the requirement to conduct and publish a local housing needs assessment by December 31, 2026, the regional housing needs assessment must be completed by December 31, 2026; or

(b) The local government has a population of less than one thousand, or has experienced a negative population change of at least one percent in the most recent decennial census, unless the local government receives funding to conduct a local housing needs assessment from the department pursuant to section 24-32-3710.

(5) (a) Population and other data by which a local government is determined to be subject to the provisions of this section must be determined two years prior to the date that the local government is required to complete a housing needs assessment pursuant to this section.

(b) For the purposes of both this section and section 24-32-3705, a county's population includes only the population within a county's unincorporated territory.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-519 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 33.5 / Part 5 / Section 24-33.5-519
24-33.5-519. Body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers - grant program - study group - f
Status: repealed

24-33.5-519. Body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers - grant program - study group - fund. (1) (a) There is created in the division the body-worn camera grant program, referred to in this section as the "grant program", to award grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase body-worn cameras, for associated data retention and management costs, and to train law enforcement officers on the use of body-worn cameras. The division shall administer the grant program pursuant to this section. The division may apply for gifts, grants, or donations from the federal government and any public or private source. The division shall transmit any moneys received to the state treasurer for deposit in the fund created pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. The division shall make grant payments from general fund moneys appropriated to the division by the general assembly for the program and moneys appropriated from the fund.

(b) The division shall:

(I) Solicit and review applications for grants from law enforcement agencies; and

(II) Select law enforcement agencies to receive grants from agencies that have adopted policies, giving preference to agencies that otherwise lack moneys to pay for body-worn cameras, for associated data retention and management costs, and to train law enforcement officers on the use of body-worn cameras, and determine the amount of each grant.

(2) (a) There is created in the state treasury the body-worn camera fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", consisting of any moneys received by the division from gifts, grants, or donations for the grant program. The moneys in the fund are subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the division for the direct and indirect costs associated with implementing the grant program.

(b) The state treasurer may invest any moneys in the fund not expended for the purpose of this section as provided by law. The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of moneys in the fund to the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or another fund.

(c) Repealed.

(3) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 24-92-306 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 92 / Part 3 / Section 24-92-306
24-92-306. Energy sector public works projects - use of project labor agreements
Status: in_force

24-92-306. Energy sector public works projects - use of project labor agreements. (1) A public utility, cooperative electric association, or independent power producer is authorized to incorporate a project labor agreement requirement for an energy sector public works project if the project labor agreement will promote successful project delivery by securing a skilled labor force for the project and if it will promote cost-efficiency, safety, quality, and timely completion of the project.

(2) If all construction work on an energy sector public works project is covered by a project labor agreement, the requirements of sections 24-92-304 and 24-92-305 do not apply to the project.

(3) The public utilities commission shall not deny approval of an energy sector public works project solely because the project owner voluntarily elects to use a project labor agreement for the project. The public utilities commission must state its reasons for denial in writing when it issues the decision.
C.R.S. § 24-18-306 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 18 / Part 3 / Section 24-18-306
24-18-306. Use of facial recognition service - record keeping required
Status: in_force

24-18-306. Use of facial recognition service - record keeping required. An agency using a facial recognition service shall maintain records of its use of the service that are sufficient to facilitate public reporting and auditing of compliance with the agency's use and data management policies developed as part of the agency's accountability report pursuant to section 24-18-302 (2)(d).
C.R.S. § 24-30-1510.3 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 30 / Part 15 / Section 24-30-1510.3
24-30-1510.3. Risk management fund - state employee workers' compensation account - assessment
Status: in_force

24-30-1510.3. Risk management fund - state employee workers' compensation account - assessment of risks to institutions of higher education. In determining the amount of risk assessed to institutions of higher education for purposes of making recommendations to the joint budget committee on the amount of appropriations necessary to reflect the risks attributable to institutions of higher education for the risk management fund and for the state employee workers' compensation account in the risk management fund, the executive director shall base such assessments and recommendations on actuarially sound analyses that appropriately and fairly reflect the accurate risks and claim experience attributable to institutions of higher education.
C.R.S. § 24-60-1702 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 60 / Part 17 / Section 24-60-1702
24-60-1702. When compact effective
Status: in_force

24-60-1702. When compact effective. The compact approved by this part 17 shall not become effective unless and until the same shall have been consented to by the congress of the United States.
C.R.S. § 24-34-901 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 34 / Part 9 / Section 24-34-901
24-34-901. Proposed continuing education requirements for regulated occupations and profess
Status: in_force

24-34-901. Proposed continuing education requirements for regulated occupations and professions - review by office of executive director. (1) Before any bill is introduced in the general assembly that contains, or any bill is amended to contain, a mandatory continuing education requirement for any occupation or profession, the practice of which requires a state of Colorado license, certificate, or registration, the group or association proposing such mandatory continuing education requirement shall first submit information concerning the need for such a requirement to the office of the executive director of the department of regulatory agencies. The executive director shall impartially review such evidence, analyze and evaluate the proposal, and report in writing to the general assembly whether mandatory continuing education would likely protect the public served by the practitioners. Proposals may include, but need not be limited to: Information that shows that the knowledge base for the profession or occupation is changing; that mandatory continuing education of this profession or occupation is required in other states; if applicable, that any independent studies have shown that mandatory continuing education is effective in assuring the competency of practitioners. The proposal may also include any assessment tool that shows the effectiveness of mandatory continuing education and recommendations about sanctions that should be included for noncompliance with the requirement of mandatory continuing education. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to:

(a) Any profession or occupation that, as of July 1, 1991, has mandatory continuing education requirements in place;

(b) Any bill that is introduced as a result of a legislative interim committee and that as introduced in the general assembly includes a mandatory continuing education requirement.

(2) This section is exempt from the provisions of section 24-1-136 (11), and the periodic reporting requirement of this section shall remain in effect until changed by the general assembly acting by bill.
C.R.S. § 24-37.5-110 — CO Code / Title 24 / Article 37.5 / Part 1 / Section 24-37.5-110
24-37.5-110. Technology coordination
Status: repealed

24-37.5-110. Technology coordination. (Repealed)