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CO Code § 24-4.1-305 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 4.1 - Crime Victim Compensation and Victim and Witness Rights|Part 3 - Guidelines for Assuring the Rights of Victims of and Witnesses to Crimes|§ 24-4.1-305. Disclosure by Agent of Defense-Initiated Victim Outreach Required - Definition

  When any person attempting defense-initiated victim outreach contacts any victim of any crime, the person shall immediately provide full and unambiguous disclosure of:   The person's legal name; and    The fact that the person is acting as an agent for the person accused of the crime or for the defense team of such person.         As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise, "defense-initiated victim outreach" means any effort by the defense team, including but not limited to a victim liaison, victim outreach specialist, social worker, investigator, or other individual, to directly or indirectly contact a victim or a victim's family member on behalf of the defendant or defense counsel. (2) (a) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise, "defense-initiated victim outreach" means any effort by the defense team, including but not limited to a victim liaison, victim outreach specialist, social worker, investigator, or other individual, to directly or indirectly contact a victim or a victim's family member on behalf of the defendant or defense counsel.    The definition in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) does not require the identified members of a defense team to comply with any guidelines or standards promulgated by any professional defense-initiated victim outreach organization.        Source: L. 2015: Entire section added, (HB 15-1218), ch. 155, p. 463, § 1, effective August 5.
CO Code § 24-6-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 6 - Colorado Sunshine Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-6-101. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Sunshine Act of 1972".   Source: Initiated 72. L. 73: p. 1660, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-37-101.
CO Code § 24-6-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 6 - Colorado Sunshine Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-6-102. Effective Date

 This article became effective January 1, 1973.   Source: Initiated 72. L. 73: p. 1660, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-37-102.
CO Code § 24-6-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 6 - Colorado Sunshine Law|Part 2 - Public Official Disclosure Law|§ 24-6-201. Declaration of Policy

 In order to continue the public confidence in the integrity of government officials and to promote trust of the people in the objectivity of their public servants, this open disclosure law is adopted.   Source: Initiated 72. L. 73: p. 1660, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-37-201.
CO Code § 24-6-304 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 6 - Colorado Sunshine Law|Part 3 - Regulation of Lobbyists|§ 24-6-304. Records - Preservation - Public Inspection - Electronic Access

  Each person required to file statements or reports under this part 3 shall maintain for a period of five years such records relating to such statements or reports as the secretary of state determines by regulation are necessary for the effective implementation of this part 3.      Any statement required by this part 3 to be filed with the secretary of state shall be preserved by the secretary of state for a period of five years after the date of filing, shall constitute part of the public records of that office, and shall be open and readily accessible for public inspection. The secretary of state shall implement a computer information system that will allow computer users to cross-reference and review, using the name of a professional lobbyist or any other person, any disclosure statement or other written statement filed pursuant to section 24-6-302 and registration statement filed pursuant to section 24-6-303 on which the name of such lobbyist or other person appears. (2) (a) Any statement required by this part 3 to be filed with the secretary of state shall be preserved by the secretary of state for a period of five years after the date of filing, shall constitute part of the public records of that office, and shall be open and readily accessible for public inspection. The secretary of state shall implement a computer information system that will allow computer users to cross-reference and review, using the name of a professional lobbyist or any other person, any disclosure statement or other written statement filed pursuant to section 24-6-302 and registration statement filed pursuant to section 24-6-303 on which the name of such lobbyist or other person appears.    No later than January 1, 2002, the secretary of state shall establish, operate, and maintain a website on the internet, or modify an existing site, that will allow computer users electronic read-only access to the information required to be filed by this part 3 free of charge. All information required to be filed by this part 3 that is filed electronically shall be made available:   On the website within twenty-four hours after filing; and    In a form that allows a computer user to cross-reference and review, using the name of a professional lobbyist or any other person, any disclosure statement or other written statement filed pursuant to section 24-6-302 and registration statement filed pursuant to section 24-6-303 on which the name of such lobbyist or other person appears.           Source: Initiated 72. L. 73: p. 1663, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-37-304. L. 77: Entire section R&RE, p. 1152, § 5, effective June 19. L. 96: (2) amended, p. 1083, § 4, effective August 7. L. 2001: (2) amended, p. 149, § 3, effective January 1, 2002. L. 2010: (2)(a) and (2)(b)(II) amended, (SB 10-087), ch. 407, p. 2015, § 5, effective June 10.
CO Code § 24-6-304.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 6 - Colorado Sunshine Law|Part 3 - Regulation of Lobbyists|§ 24-6-304.5. Examination of Books and Records

  The secretary of state has the power to request to examine or cause to be examined the books and records of any individual who has received or is seeking to renew a certificate of registration as a lobbyist as such books and records may relate to lobbying.    Failure of a registrant or an applicant for renewal of the certificate of registration to comply with a request from the secretary of state to furnish the information in subsection (1) of this section shall be grounds for the secretary of state to proceed to use his powers to revoke or suspend a certificate of registration or bar an individual from registration as provided in section 24-6-305.     Source: L. 77: Entire section added, p. 1152, § 6, effective June 19. L. 79: (1) amended, p. 1638, § 40, effective July 19.
CO Code § 24-6-306 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 6 - Colorado Sunshine Law|Part 3 - Regulation of Lobbyists|§ 24-6-306. Employment of Legislators, Legislative Employees, or State Employees - Filing of Statement

 If any person who engages in lobbying employs or causes his employer to employ any member of the general assembly, any member of a rule-making board or commission, any rule-making official of a state agency, any employee of the general assembly, or any full-time state employee who remains in the partial employ of the state or any agency thereof, the new employer shall file a statement under oath with the secretary of state within fifteen days after such employment. The statement shall specify the nature of the employment, the name of the individual to be paid thereunder, and the amount of pay or consideration to be paid thereunder.   Source: Initiated 72. L. 73: p. 1665, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-37-306. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 1154, § 8, effective June 19. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1638, § 42, effective July 19.
CO Code § 24-6-307 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 6 - Colorado Sunshine Law|Part 3 - Regulation of Lobbyists|§ 24-6-307. Employment of Unregistered Persons

 It is unlawful for any person to employ for pay or any consideration, or pay or agree to pay any consideration to, an individual to engage in lobbying who is not registered except upon condition that such individual register forthwith.   Source: Initiated 72. L. 73: p. 1665, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-37-307. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 1154, § 9, effective June 19. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1639, § 43, effective July 19.
CO Code § 24-6-309 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 6 - Colorado Sunshine Law|Part 3 - Regulation of Lobbyists|§ 24-6-309. Offenses - Penalties - Injunctions

  Any person who violates any of the provisions of this part 3, except for the commission of any of the practices listed in section 24-6-308 (1)(b) to (1)(e) and (1)(h) to    Whenever it appears that any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of this part 3 or any rule or order under this part 3, the secretary of state may bring an action in district court to enjoin the acts or practices and to enforce compliance with this part 3 or any rule or order under this part 3.     (1)(n), willfully files any document provided for in this part 3 that contains any materially false statement or material omission, or willfully fails to comply with any material requirement of this part 3 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.   Source: Initiated 72. L. 73: p. 1665, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-37-309. L. 77: (2) R&RE, p. 1154, § 11, effective July 1, 1979. L. 78: (2) R&RE, p. 266, § 66, effective May 23. L. 2014: (1) amended, (SB 14-119), ch. 106, p. 392, § 1, effective April 7.   Editor's note: The effective date for amendments made to this section by chapter 216, L. 77, was changed from July 1, 1978, to April 1, 1979, by chapter 1, First Extraordinary Session, L. 78, and was subsequently changed to July 1, 1979, by chapter 157, § 23, L. 79. See People v. McKenna, 199Colo. 452, 611 P.2d 574 (1980).
CO Code § 24-6-401 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 6 - Colorado Sunshine Law|Part 4 - Open Meetings Law|§ 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.   Source: Initiated 72. L. 73: p. 1666, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-37-401. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 815, § 1, effective June 1.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, "Home Rule Municipalities and Colorado's Open Records and Meetings Laws", see 18Colo. Law. 1125 (1989).   Open meetings law is a general law. Associated Students of Univ. of Colo. v. Regents of Univ. of Colo., 189Colo. 482, 543 P.2d 59 (1975).   Such legislation does not generally repeal conflicting special statutory or constitutional provisions unless the intent to do so is clear and unmistakable. Associated Students of Univ. of Colo. v. Regents of Univ. of Colo., 189Colo. 482, 543 P.2d 59 (1975).   <b> Such as that concerning attorney-client communications. </b> The open meetings law cannot and does not repeal by implication the statutory provision concerning the attorney-client evidentiary privilege, <cite class="occo"><a href="gov.co.crs.title.13.html#t13-witnesses-ar90-p01-s13-90-107" target="_blank">§ 13-90-107</a></cite> (1)(b). Thus, executive sessions of a university board of regents involving "attorney-client communications" are permitted. Associated Students of Univ. of Colo. v. Regents of Univ. of Colo., 189Colo. 482, 543 P.2d 59 (1975).   The intent of the Open Meetings Law is to afford public access to a broad range of meetings at which public business is considered. Benson v. McCormick, 195Colo. 381, 578 P.2d 651 (1978); Van Alstyne v. Hous. Auth. of City of Pueblo, 985 P.2d 97 (Colo. App. 1999); Bd. of County Comm'rs v. Costilla County Conservancy Dist., 88 P.3d 1188 (Colo. 2004).   The public meetings laws are interpreted broadly to further the legislative intent that citizens be given a greater opportunity to become fully informed on issues of public importance so that meaningful participation in the decision-making process may be achieved. Cole v. State, 673 P.2d 345 (Colo. 1983).
CO Code § 24-17-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 17 - State Department Financial Responsibility and Accountability|Part 1 - State Department Financial Responsibility and Accountability|§ 24-17-101. Short Title

 This part 1 shall be known and may be cited as the "State Department Financial Responsibility and Accountability Act".   Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 897, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1126, § 2, effective May 27.
CO Code § 24-17-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 17 - State Department Financial Responsibility and Accountability|Part 1 - State Department Financial Responsibility and Accountability|§ 24-17-102. Control System to Be Maintained

  Each principal department of the executive department of the state government listed in section 24-1-110 shall institute and maintain systems of internal accounting and administrative control within said department, which shall be applicable to all agencies within said department and which shall provide for:   A plan of organization that specifies such segregation of duties as may be necessary to assure the proper safeguarding of state assets;    Restrictions permitting access to state assets only by authorized persons in the performance of their assigned duties;    Adequate authorization and record-keeping procedures to provide effective accounting control over state assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenditures;    Personnel of quality and integrity commensurate with their assigned responsibilities;    An effective process of internal review and adjustment for changes in conditions.        Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 897, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 24-17-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 17 - State Department Financial Responsibility and Accountability|Part 1 - State Department Financial Responsibility and Accountability|§ 24-17-103. Annual Report to Controller

 Not later than December 31 of each year following April 9, 1988, the head of each principal department shall file, with the controller, the state auditor, and the governor, a written statement that the department's systems of internal accounting and control either do or do not fully comply with the requirements of section 24-17-102. In the event that the statement filed indicates that the systems employed by the department are not in compliance with section 24-17-102, the statement shall further detail specific weaknesses known to exist, together with plans and schedules for correcting any such weaknesses.   Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 898, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 24-17-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 17 - State Department Financial Responsibility and Accountability|Part 1 - State Department Financial Responsibility and Accountability|§ 24-17-104. Public Inspection

 The report required under section 24-17-103 shall be available for inspection by members of the public, and the controller shall make copies available for that purpose upon request.   Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 898, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 24-17-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 17 - State Department Financial Responsibility and Accountability|Part 2 - State Contingency-Based Contracts|§ 24-17-201. Short Title

 This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the "State Contingency-Based Contracts Act".   Source: L. 2004: Entire part added, p. 1124, § 1, effective May 27.
CO Code § 24-17-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 17 - State Department Financial Responsibility and Accountability|Part 2 - State Contingency-Based Contracts|§ 24-17-202. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:   Under certain circumstances, contingency-based contracts can benefit the state by reducing state agencies' fixed contractual costs and linking state agency expenditures to the achievement of desired results, but contingency-based contracts can also have unintended adverse consequences that impact state finances in ways that a contracting state agency might not foresee.    Contracting is a function of the executive branch of state government, but the power to appropriate state moneys is a legislative function, and it is necessary and appropriate to provide limited legislative guidance to the executive branch regarding contingency-based contracts in order to protect state finances and the appropriations process from possible unintended adverse effects of contingency-based contracts.       The general assembly further finds and declares that:   Existing statutes expressly authorize certain state agencies to enter into contingency-based contracts in specified circumstances, and these statutes reflect the considered judgment of the general assembly that contingency-based contracts are appropriate in those circumstances. It is not the intent of the general assembly to subject contingency-based contracts entered into pursuant to specific statutory authorization to the requirements of this part 2.    Because the office of state planning and budgeting is the executive branch agency that makes state economic forecasts for the executive branch and oversees the participation of the executive branch in the state budgeting process, it is the state agency best suited to determine, in accordance with the guidelines set forth in this part 2, whether a contingency-based contract not expressly authorized by statute is appropriate.        Source: L. 2004: Entire part added, p. 1124, § 1, effective May 27.
CO Code § 24-17-203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 17 - State Department Financial Responsibility and Accountability|Part 2 - State Contingency-Based Contracts|§ 24-17-203. Definitions

 As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:    "Contingency-based contract" means a contract entered into by a state agency and a vendor for services that:   Requires all or part of the vendor's compensation to be computed by multiplying a stated percentage times the amount of measurable savings in the state agency's expenditures or costs of operation that are demonstrably attributable to the vendor's services under the contract; and    Is entered into without the authority of a state statute that specifically authorizes the agency to enter into such a contract.       "Office" means the office of state planning and budgeting created in section 24-37-102.     Source: L. 2004: Entire part added, p. 1125, § 1, effective May 27.
CO Code § 24-17-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 17 - State Department Financial Responsibility and Accountability|Part 2 - State Contingency-Based Contracts|§ 24-17-204. Review of Contingency-Based Contracts by Office of State Planning and Budgeting

  No contingency-based contract shall be deemed valid unless the head of the principal department of state government entering into the contract or containing the agency entering into the contract submits the contract and an analysis of the contract to the office as required by paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section and the office approves the contract and transmits its approval in writing to the department. The state controller shall also promptly forward each contingency-based contract that it reviews pursuant to section 24-30-202 to the office.      Whenever a principal department of state government or another state agency enters into a contingency-based contract, the department or agency shall prepare an analysis of the contract that addresses: (2) (a) Whenever a principal department of state government or another state agency enters into a contingency-based contract, the department or agency shall prepare an analysis of the contract that addresses:   The extent to which the contract requires the vendor's compensation to be computed on a contingency basis and the maximum potential contractual liability to pay contingency-based compensation to the vendor;    The extent to which it is necessary to offer contingency-based compensation to the vendor and the amount of any reduction in fixed contractual costs achieved by offering contingency-based compensation;    The extent to which the contractually specified performance measure used to determine contingency-based compensation is appropriate and capable of being accurately determined;    The extent to which the contingency-based compensation specified in the contract might affect the state budgeting and appropriations process; and    Any other factors that the department or agency deems relevant to consider in evaluating the contract.       The head of a principal department of state government entering into a contingency-based contract or containing an agency entering into a contingency-based contract shall sign both the contract and the analysis prepared pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) and shall submit both the contract and the analysis to the office so that the office may approve or disapprove the contract.    Upon receipt of a contingency-based contract and analysis, the office shall review and either approve or disapprove the contract. The office shall promptly transmit written notification of a decision to approve a contingency-based contract to the head of the principal department that submitted the contract to the office and the joint budget committee of the general assembly. The office shall promptly transmit written notification of a decision to disapprove a contingency-based contract only to the head of the principal department that submitted the contract to the office.        Source: L. 2004: Entire part added, p. 1125, § 1, effective May 27.
CO Code § 24-17-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 17 - State Department Financial Responsibility and Accountability|Part 2 - State Contingency-Based Contracts|§ 24-17-205. Existing Legal Requirements Not Superseded

 The provisions of this part 2 shall not be construed to repeal, supersede, or otherwise affect any other statutory provisions that limit the use of or require review or approval of contingency-based contracts. Nothing in this part 2 shall be construed to authorize or prohibit a state agency from entering into a contingency-based contract in the absence of a statute that specifically authorizes the state agency to enter into such a contract.   Source: L. 2004: Entire part added, p. 1126, § 1, effective May 27.
CO Code § 24-18-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 18 - Standards of Conduct|Part 1 - Code of Ethics|§ 24-18-101. Legislative Declaration

 The general assembly recognizes the importance of the participation of the citizens of this state in all levels of government in the state. The general assembly further recognizes that, when citizens of this state obtain public office, conflicts may arise between the public duty of such a citizen and his or her private interest. The general assembly hereby declares that the prescription of some standards of conduct common to those citizens involved with government is beneficial to all residents of the state. The provisions of this part 1 recognize that some actions are conflicts per se between public duty and private interest while other actions may or may not pose such conflicts depending upon the surrounding circumstances.   Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 899, § 1, effective July 1.