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CO Code § 8-83-501 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 83 - Work Force Development|Part 5 - Just Transition Support for Coal-Related Jobs|§ 8-83-501. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby:   Finds that:   Coal provides more than half of Colorado's net power generation. There were approximately one thousand three hundred workers employed in Colorado coal mines at the end of 2018, and half of the domestic consumption of Colorado's mined coal is for power generation within the state.    Colorado's power sector, and the nation's, is moving away from coal as a fuel source based on consumer demand for cleaner power and the declining cost of natural gas and renewable resources. Electricity generated from renewable sources has doubled since 2010 to approximately twenty-five percent of Colorado's power generation in 2017.       Determines that:   In addition to the changing economics of power generation, there is a scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions, which are primarily the result of fossil fuel combustion, must be reduced in order to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. These effects are already being experienced by Coloradans in forms that include more extreme weather, snow pack melt, and higher temperatures.    The effects of coal plant closures on workers and communities have the potential to be significant if not managed correctly. The closure of coal-fired plants nationwide is also likely to have a serious impact on employment in the state's coal mines and the transportation and logistics supply chains that move coal from mine to market. Many of these jobs provide family-supporting wages and benefits. The communities that host retiring power plants may lose principal contributors to their tax base and revenue for vital local government services. The enactment of this part 5 will help alleviate these impacts.    While Colorado companies and policymakers have worked to drive new investment from the clean energy economy into transitioning communities and rural parts of the state, there does not exist at the state or federal level sufficient resources to assist workers and communities impacted by changes in Colorado's coal economy, and there does not exist sufficient coordinated leadership within Colorado's state government to align and deliver assistance to these coal communities and workers; and       Declares that:   A strong and comprehensive policy is also needed to invest new financial resources in coal communities that are seeking to diversify and grow their local and regional economies in a manner that is both sustainable and equitable; and    Colorado must ensure that the clean energy economy fulfills a moral commitment to assist the workers and communities that have powered Colorado for generations, as well as the disproportionately impacted communities who have borne the costs of coal power pollution for decades, and to thereby support a just and inclusive transition.           History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1314), ch. 323, p. 2987, § 1, effective May 28.
CO Code § 8-83-504.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 83 - Work Force Development|Part 5 - Just Transition Support for Coal-Related Jobs|§ 8-83-504.5. Additional Coal Transition Workforce Assistance Program Funding - Coal Transition Worker Assistance Program Account

  The coal transition worker assistance program account is hereby created in the fund. On June 30, 2021, the state treasurer shall transfer seven million dollars from the general fund to the workforce assistance program account. Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the department shall expend money from the account for coal transition worker assistance programs subject to the following requirements and limitations:   The money must be expended first for programs that directly assist coal transition workers including programs that:   Establish or expand existing apprenticeship programs, the training capacity of such programs, and the placement of coal transition workers into such programs, prioritizing programs that are recognized as registered apprenticeship programs by the department or are industry-recognized apprenticeship programs that satisfy United States department of labor requirements for such programs;    Aid implementation of the final just transition plan;    Provide tuition reimbursement;    Provide job search assistance;    Provide individualized financial and transition planning; or    Provide other services authorized by the federal “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act”, Pub.L. 113-128, such as on-the-job training, subsidized employment, and other strategies that aid in the implementation of individual transition plans.       If money required by subsection (1)(c) of this section to be expended during state fiscal year 2021-22 or during state fiscal year 2022-23 remains unexpended as of March 1 of the applicable state fiscal year after expenditures are made pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section, additional expenditures shall be made during the applicable state fiscal year:   To support family members or other household members of coal transition workers; and    To create and implement a pilot program to test innovative coal transition work support programs. The department is encouraged to limit any pilot program to no more than forty coal transition workers or coal transition worker households.       The department shall expend at least seventy percent of the money by the close of state fiscal year 2021-22 and shall expend any remaining money by the close of state fiscal year 2022-23.    The department is authorized to use up to five percent of the money to fund operational support for the activities authorized by this section including funding for the compensation of one additional full-time equivalent employee.       Subject to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, the office may expend money from the workforce assistance program account to make grants to any eligible entity.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1290), ch. 400, p. 2654, § 3, effective June 30.
CO Code § 8-83-505 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 83 - Work Force Development|Part 5 - Just Transition Support for Coal-Related Jobs|§ 8-83-505. Utility Workforce Transition Plans - Reemployment of Affected Workers

  Within thirty days after the approval to accelerate retirement of a generating unit by the utility's governing body and in no case less than six months before the retirement of an electric coal-fueled generating unit that has a nameplate capacity of at least fifty megawatts, the owner or operating agent of that unit shall submit to the office and to the affected community a workforce transition plan.    To the extent practicable, a workforce transition plan must include estimates of:   The number of workers employed by the electric utility or a contractor of the utility at the coal-fueled electric generating facility, which number must include all workers that directly deliver coal to the electric utility;    The total number of workers whose existing jobs, as a result of the retirement of the coal-fueled electric generating facility:   Will be retained; and    Will be eliminated;       With respect to the workers whose existing jobs will be eliminated due to the retirement of the coal-fueled electric generating facility, the total number and the number by job classification of workers:   Whose employment will end without them being offered other employment;    Who will retire as planned, be offered early retirement, or leave on their own;    Who will be retained by being transferred to other electric generating facilities or offered other employment by the electric utility; and    Who will be retained to continue to work for the electric utility in a new job classification; and       If the electric utility is replacing the coal-fueled electric generating facility being retired with a new electric generating facility, the number of:   Workers from the retired coal-fueled electric generating facility who will be employed at the new electric generating facility; and    Jobs at the new electric generating facility that will be outsourced to contractors or subcontractors.          This section does not apply to an electric coal-fueled generating unit owned in whole or in part by a qualifying retail utility for which the qualifying retail utility, as that term is used in section 40-2-124, has submitted a workforce transition plan in an electric resource plan filed with the public utilities commission.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1314), ch. 323, p. 2993, § 1, effective May 28.
CO Code § 8-83-506 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 83 - Work Force Development|Part 5 - Just Transition Support for Coal-Related Jobs|§ 8-83-506. Report - Recommendations - Repeal

  No later than January 1, 2024, the director shall provide written recommendations to the general assembly and the governor about changes to this part 5 that should be considered in order to better achieve the purposes of this part 5.    This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2025.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1314), ch. 323, p. 2994, § 1, effective May 28.
CO Code § 8-84-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 84 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Part 1 - Vocational Rehabilitation Programs|§ 8-84-101. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Department” means the department of labor and employment created in section 24-1-121, C.R.S.    “Person with a disability” means a person who has a physical or mental impairment that constitutes or results in a substantial impediment to employment, and who can benefit in terms of an employment outcome from the provision of vocational rehabilitation services.    “Vocational rehabilitation services” means those services described in section 103 of the federal “Rehabilitation Act of 1973”, Public Law 93-112, as amended.     History. Source: L. 2015: Entire section added with relocations,(SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 478, § 2, effective July 1, 2016.    Editor's note:   Subsection (2) was originally numbered as § 26-8-105 (2) , and the amendments to it by House Bill 15-1188 were further amended by Senate Bill 15-239 and relocated to subsection (2) of this section, effective July 1, 2016.   Cross references:   For the federal “Rehabilitation Act of 1973”, see also 29 U.S.C. § 701.
CO Code § 8-84-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 84 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Part 1 - Vocational Rehabilitation Programs|§ 8-84-102. Rehabilitation Programs

 In carrying out the provisions of this article, the department shall coordinate and strengthen the programs of rehabilitation for persons with disabilities to the end that they may attain or maintain their maximum potential in employment, self-sufficiency, and independent living. Nothing in this article is to be construed as an eligibility-based entitlement to a vocational rehabilitation service provided by the state.   History. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 478, § 2, effective July 1, 2016.    Editor's note:   Section 8-84-102 was originally numbered as § 26-8-101 , and the amendments to it by House Bill 15-1188 were further amended by Senate Bill 15-239 and relocated to this section, effective July 1, 2016.
CO Code § 8-84-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 84 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Part 1 - Vocational Rehabilitation Programs|§ 8-84-103. Personnel

 Subject to the availability of duly appropriated funds, the executive director of the department may appoint necessary personnel to administer rehabilitation programs in accordance with this article.   History. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 479, § 2, effective July 1, 2016.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to § 26-8-102 (1) as it existed prior to 2016.
CO Code § 8-84-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 84 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Part 1 - Vocational Rehabilitation Programs|§ 8-84-104. Functions of the Department

  The department shall manage, control, and supervise all rehabilitation programs provided in this article, including:   Repealed.    All duties and functions previously assigned to the division of rehabilitation for the blind;    All duties and functions regarding vocational rehabilitation programs previously assigned to the division of vocational rehabilitation in the department of human services or any other duties and functions relating to vocational rehabilitation previously assigned to the department of human services; and    Repealed.    Other duties and functions assigned by this article.        History. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 479, § 2, effective July 1, 2016. L. 2016: (1)(a) and (1)(d) repealed and (1)(c) amended,(SB 16-182), ch. 255, p. 1048, § 2, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 26-8-103 as it existed prior to 2016.
CO Code § 8-84-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 84 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Part 1 - Vocational Rehabilitation Programs|§ 8-84-105. Administration - Rules

  The department shall:   Adopt rules governing personnel standards, the protection of records and confidential information, the manner and form of filing applications, eligibility, the investigation and determination of eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services, procedures for fair hearings, and other rules as necessary to carry out the purposes of this article;    Certify, in accordance with rules, disbursements of funds available for carrying out the purposes of this article;  (b.5) Accept and expend money from governmental and nongovernmental entities to carry out the division's authorized powers and duties; and     Accept and use gifts, grants, or donations made unconditionally, by will or otherwise, for carrying out the purposes of this article. The department may accept and expend gifts, grants, or donations made under conditions that the executive director determines are proper and consistent with this article and shall hold, invest, reinvest, and use the gifts, grants, or donations in accordance with the conditions.        History. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 479, § 2, effective July 1, 2016. L. 2016: (1)(a) amended and (1)(b.5) added,(SB 16-182), ch. 255, p. 1049, § 3, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 26-8-104 as it existed prior to 2016.
CO Code § 8-84-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 84 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Part 1 - Vocational Rehabilitation Programs|§ 8-84-107. Cooperation With Federal Government

 The department shall cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of any federal statutes pertaining to the purposes of this article, including the licensing of blind persons to operate vending stands on federal property. The department may adopt by rule methods of administration that are reasonably required by the federal government for the proper and efficient operation of the agreements with the federal government and to comply with the conditions necessary to secure the full benefits of the federal statutes.   History. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 483, § 2, effective July 1, 2016.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 26-8-106 as it existed prior to 2016.
CO Code § 8-84-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 84 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Part 2 - Vending Facilities in State Buildings - Business Enterprise Program|§ 8-84-201. Short Title

 This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the “Business Enterprise Program Act”.   History. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 484, § 2, effective July 1, 2016.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 26-8.5-100.1 as it existed prior to 2016.
CO Code § 8-84-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 84 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Part 2 - Vending Facilities in State Buildings - Business Enterprise Program|§ 8-84-202. Definitions

 As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Person who is blind” means a person who has not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or an equally disabling loss of the visual field as evidenced by a limitation to the field of vision in the better eye to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no greater than twenty degrees.    “Satisfactory site” means an area determined by the department to have sufficient space, electrical and plumbing outlets, and other facilities as prescribed by department rule for the location and operation of a vending facility or other business operated by a person who is blind.    “State property” means any building, land, or other real property owned, leased, or occupied by any department or agency of the state of Colorado. “State property” does not include any property owned, leased, or occupied by any institution of higher education, the Auraria higher education center established in article 70 of title 23, C.R.S., or the board of commissioners of the Colorado state fair authority.    “Vending facility” means automatic vending machines, a caf , a cafeteria, a restaurant, a snack bar, a concession stand, or any other facility at which food, drinks, drugs, novelties, souvenirs, tobacco products, notions, or related items are regularly sold.     History. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 484, § 2, effective July 1, 2016. L. 2016: (2) amended,(HB 16-1048), ch. 146, p. 437, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 26-8.5-101 as it existed prior to 2016.
CO Code § 8-84-203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 84 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Part 2 - Vending Facilities in State Buildings - Business Enterprise Program|§ 8-84-203. Priority for Persons Who Are Blind - Licensing

 The department shall issue licenses to persons who are blind and who are qualified to operate vending facilities, in accordance with the criteria used for the licensing of operators of vending facilities on federal property pursuant to section 8-84-107 and the federal “Randolph-Sheppard Vending Stand Act”, as amended. In addition, the department may issue licenses to persons who are blind and who are qualified to own, operate, or own and operate a business other than a vending facility. In authorizing vending facilities or other businesses on state property, the department shall give priority to persons who are blind and who are licensed by the department in order to enlarge the economic opportunities of persons who are blind by providing remunerative employment and to stimulate persons who are blind to greater efforts in striving to make themselves self-supporting.   History. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 485, § 2, effective July 1, 2016. L. 2016: Entire section amended,(HB 16-1048), ch. 146, p. 437, § 2, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 26-8.5-102 as it existed prior to 2016.   Cross references:   For the federal “Randolph-Sheppard Vending Stand Act”, see 20 U.S.C. sec. 107 et seq.
CO Code § 8-84-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 84 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Part 2 - Vending Facilities in State Buildings - Business Enterprise Program|§ 8-84-204. Satisfactory Sites for Vending Facilities - Other Businesses Operated by Persons Who Are Blind

     A department or agency of the state of Colorado shall not construct, acquire by ownership, rent, lease, or other means, or undertake to substantially alter or renovate, in whole or in part, a building unless, after consultation with the department of labor and employment, it is determined that the building will include a satisfactory site or sites for the location and operation of a vending facility by a person who is blind.    Before a state department or agency constructs, acquires, rents, leases, or otherwise undertakes to alter or renovate a state property, the state department or agency shall consult with the department of labor and employment to determine if the state property can include a satisfactory site for the location and operation of a business, other than a vending facility, that is owned, operated, or owned and operated by a person who is blind.       Each department or agency shall provide notice to the department of labor and employment of its plans for the occupation, acquisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of a building adequate to permit the department of labor and employment to determine whether the building includes a satisfactory site for a vending facility or other business that can be operated by a person who is blind and is licensed pursuant to section 8-84-203.    This section does not apply when the department of labor and employment determines that the number of people using the building will be insufficient to support a vending facility or other business.    The department of labor and employment shall not be charged for:   The use of state-furnished space;    Maintenance or janitorial services;    Repair of the building structure in and adjacent to the vending facility or other business area, including any necessary initial and periodical painting and decorating;    Utilities required to operate vending facilities and vending machines or equipment required for other businesses operated by persons who are blind; or    Repairing and replacing floor coverings, cleaning windows, or providing other related building services in accordance with the normal level of building service applicable to the state building in which the vending facility or other business is located.        History. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 485, § 2, effective July 1, 2016. L. 2016: Entire section amended,(HB 16-1048), ch. 146, p. 438, § 3, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 26-8.5-103 as it existed prior to 2016.
CO Code § 8-84-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 84 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Part 2 - Vending Facilities in State Buildings - Business Enterprise Program|§ 8-84-205. Vending Machines - Income

 One hundred percent of all commission income from vending machines on state property accrues to the department of labor and employment, which shall disburse the income in accordance with the rules of the department. The office of state planning and budgeting shall notify the department of the location of all vending machines on state property, and the department shall collect and provide an accounting of income from these vending machines.   History. Source: L. 2015: Entire section added with relocations,(SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 486, § 2, effective July 1, 2016.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 26-8.5-104 as it existed prior to 2016.