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CO Code § 24-32-3603 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 32 - Department of Local Affairs|Part 36 - Rural Economic Advancement of Colorado Towns|§ 24-32-3603. Definitions - Rules

 As used in this part 36, unless the context otherwise requires:    "Department" means the department of local affairs.    "Executive director" means the executive director of the department or the executive director's designee.      "Rural" means: (3) (a) "Rural" means:   A county with a population of fewer than fifty thousand; or    A municipality with a population of fewer than twenty thousand if the municipality is not contiguous to a municipality with a population of twenty thousand or more.       The executive director may modify, by rule, the definition of "rural" as necessary to implement this part 36.       "Significant economic event" or "event" means an economic event occurring within a rural community or region, such as a plant closure or layoffs, including industry-wide layoffs, that may have a significant, quantifiable impact on the total number of jobs within the rural community, as determined by the executive director when considering applications for nonmonetary assistance pursuant to section 24-32-3604.     Source: L. 2018: Entire part added, (SB 18-005), ch. 53, p. 497, § 1, effective August 8.
CO Code § 24-32-3605 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 32 - Department of Local Affairs|Part 36 - Rural Economic Advancement of Colorado Towns|§ 24-32-3605. Repeal of Part

 This part 36 is repealed, effective September 1, 2021.   Source: L. 2018: Entire part added, (SB 18-005), ch. 53, p. 498, § 1, effective August 8.
CO Code § 24-33-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33 - Department of Natural Resources|Part 1 - Department of Natural Resources|§ 24-33-101. Department of Natural Resources

  There is hereby created the department of natural resources, the head of which is the executive director of the department of natural resources.    Whenever any law of this state refers to the division of natural resources, said law shall be construed as referring to the department of natural resources, and whenever any law of this state refers to the natural resources coordinator, said law shall be construed as referring to the executive director of the department of natural resources.     Source: L. 57: p. 123, § 2. CRS 53: § 3-15-1. L. 63: p. 139, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-15-1. L. 68: p. 128, § 138.
CO Code § 24-33-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33 - Department of Natural Resources|Part 1 - Department of Natural Resources|§ 24-33-103. Legislative Declaration

 The state policy shall be to encourage, by every appropriate means, the full development of the state's natural resources to the benefit of all of the citizens of Colorado and shall include, but not be limited to, creation of a resource management plan to integrate the state's efforts to implement and encourage full utilization of each of the natural resources consistent with realistic conservation principles. The governor, through the executive director of the department of natural resources, shall develop and direct the resource management plan and shall be responsible for negotiations with the federal government in all resource and conservation matters.   Source: L. 57: p. 124, § 2. CRS 53: § 3-15-3. L. 63: p. 138, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-15-3. L. 68: p. 128, § 140.
CO Code § 24-33-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33 - Department of Natural Resources|Part 1 - Department of Natural Resources|§ 24-33-105. Executive Director Given Power to Contract With Colorado School of Mines

  The executive director is hereby given authority to:   Enter into contracts with the Colorado school of mines to develop and conduct research concerning:   New and more efficient methods of mining, preparing, and utilizing coal;    Markets for coal of the western United States and especially that of Colorado;    Development in the scientific, technical, and economic fields related to the coal industry;       Accept grants from, contract with, and otherwise cooperate with the office of coal research of the United States department of the interior.        Source: L. 67: p. 818, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-15-5.
CO Code § 24-33-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33 - Department of Natural Resources|Part 1 - Department of Natural Resources|§ 24-33-108. Gifts, Grants, and Donations to the Department - Colorado Natural Resources Gifts, Grants, and Donations Fund

  The department of natural resources is authorized to receive or reject gifts, grants, and donations of money or property and, subject to the terms of any gift, grant, or donation and to the provisions of any applicable law, to hold the money or property in trust or invest, sell, expend, or exchange the money or property and use either principal or interest or the proceeds of sale or the exchanged property received for the benefit of the department and the public.    The department of natural resources may cooperate with and assist any donor or foundation or similar organization intending to make gifts, grants, or donations to or for use by the department. The acceptance of any gift, grant, or donation must not commit the state to any expenditure of state funds.    Any money or property received under this section and any money received from the investment of the money or property must be credited to a special fund known as the Colorado natural resources gifts, grants, and donations fund. The fund and any gifts, grants, or donations received by the department of natural resources pursuant to this section must not diminish any appropriations made to the department. Money in the fund shall not be expended in such a manner as to commit expenditures from the general fund or any cash fund that is designated for regulatory purposes within the division of water resources. The use of gifts, grants, and donations is subject to audit by the state auditor or the state auditor's designee, the cost of which audit shall be borne by the department.    Repealed.     Source: L. 84: Entire section amended, p. 923, § 16, effective January 1, 1985. L. 93: (3) amended, p. 383, § 1, effective April 15. L. 2000: (4) repealed, p. 1548, § 13, effective August 2. L. 2017: (3) amended, (SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1402, § 70, effective May 25. L. 2019: (1), (2), and (3) amended, (SB 19-070), ch. 21, p. 76, § 2, effective August 2.   Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 19-070, see section 1 of chapter 21, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
CO Code § 24-33-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33 - Department of Natural Resources|Part 1 - Department of Natural Resources|§ 24-33-116. Colorado Avalanche Information Center - Creation - Duties - Fund

  There is hereby created in the department of natural resources the Colorado avalanche information center to promote safety by reducing the impact of avalanches on recreation, industry, and transportation in the state through a program of avalanche forecasting and education.      The Colorado avalanche information center is authorized to enter into agreements to provide training and materials to the general public, industries, and units of local government and to recover the direct costs of providing the training and materials. The Colorado avalanche information center is also authorized to establish and collect fees for training programs and materials that approximate the direct costs of providing the training and materials. (2) (a) The Colorado avalanche information center is authorized to enter into agreements to provide training and materials to the general public, industries, and units of local government and to recover the direct costs of providing the training and materials. The Colorado avalanche information center is also authorized to establish and collect fees for training programs and materials that approximate the direct costs of providing the training and materials.    The Colorado avalanche information center is authorized to contract with agencies of state government for the provision of services and may establish and collect fees to recover the direct costs of those services.      The department of natural resources shall transmit all moneys collected pursuant to this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the Colorado avalanche information center fund, which fund is hereby created and referred to in this section as the "fund". The moneys in the fund are subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department of natural resources for the direct and indirect costs associated with the Colorado avalanche information center. (c) (I) The department of natural resources shall transmit all moneys collected pursuant to this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the Colorado avalanche information center fund, which fund is hereby created and referred to in this section as the "fund". The moneys in the fund are subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department of natural resources for the direct and indirect costs associated with the Colorado avalanche information center.    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.           Source: L. 2013: Entire section added, (HB 13-1057), ch. 1, p. 2, § 6, effective January 31.
CO Code § 24-33-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33 - Department of Natural Resources|Part 2 - Division of Forestry|§ 24-33-201. Division of Forestry - Creation - State Forest Service Agreement

  There is hereby created the division of forestry in the department of natural resources. The executive director of the department of natural resources shall enter into an agreement with Colorado state university, through the board of governors of the Colorado state university system, to cooperate in the state's efforts to improve the management and health of Colorado's forests and to provide staff for the division of forestry.    The division of forestry's powers and duties shall include:   Strengthening natural resource policy formulation and coordination concerning public and private forest land in Colorado by:   Producing an annual forest health report for all forest land in Colorado;    Addressing cooperative management of forest land across jurisdictions;    Mitigating the natural and urban interface fire hazard;    Restoring critical watersheds;    Assisting in the management of forest lands under the jurisdiction of the agencies within the department of natural resources.       Preparing and updating the memorandum of understanding between the department of natural resources and Colorado state university that provides for the staffing of the division of forestry by the Colorado state forest service;    Preparing the annual joint work plan for the division of forestry and Colorado state forest service for submittal to and approval by the department of natural resources and Colorado state university;    Repealed.    Reviewing and approving all Colorado state forest service publications that are issued as a result of the memorandum of understanding between the department of natural resources and Colorado state university;    Promoting cooperation with the federal land management agencies to facilitate collaboration across boundaries warranted by forest land conditions;    Incorporating rural development through forestry in program delivery;    Assuring that state water quality best management practices are available and understood; and    Preparing an annual report on the accomplishments of the division of forestry.       The division of forestry, the state forester, and the Colorado state forest service shall enforce and administer the provisions of law conferred upon the division of forestry, state forester, and Colorado state forest service.     Source: L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 556, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1246, § 19, effective August 7. L. 2010: (2)(d) repealed, (HB 10-1223), ch. 41, p. 165, § 4, effective August 11.
CO Code § 24-33-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33 - Department of Natural Resources|Part 2 - Division of Forestry|§ 24-33-205. Management of State Forest Lands

  The department of natural resources and its divisions that own forested land, in consultation and cooperation with the state forester, shall actively manage all forested state lands, consistent with applicable laws and state best management practices, using the range of management options appropriate to the given forest ecosystem, to:   Reestablish natural forest conditions;    Reduce the threat of large, high-intensity wildfires;    Sustain and promote natural habitat consistent with healthy forest conditions; and    Protect and restore watersheds.        Source: L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 2508, § 2, effective August 6.
CO Code § 24-33.5-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 1 - Department of Public Safety|§ 24-33.5-101. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly finds and declares that:   The various agencies of this state concerned with public safety have functioned independently and without central direction or focus;    Consolidation of these agencies under a single department would provide the state with greater responsibility for and direction of the several aspects of the public safety system without creating a new bureaucracy; and    The several state agencies thus brought together would benefit from such an association.        Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 918, § 1, effective July 1, 1984.
CO Code § 24-33.5-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 1 - Department of Public Safety|§ 24-33.5-102. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    "County" means any county in this state and includes a city and county. (1.5) "Department" means the department of public safety.    "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.    "ICON" means the computerized database of court records known as the integrated Colorado online network used by the state judicial department.    "Lifesaver program" or "program" means a search and rescue program designed to quickly find a wandering, lost, and missing person, as described in section 24-33.5-415.9 (2).     Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 918, § 1, effective July 1, 1984. L. 2001: (3) added, p. 613, § 3, effective May 30. L. 2007: (1) amended and (1.5) and (4) added, p. 1395, § 1, effective May 30.
CO Code § 24-33.5-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 1 - Department of Public Safety|§ 24-33.5-103. Department Created - Divisions

  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.    The department consists of the following divisions:   Colorado state patrol;    Repealed.    Colorado bureau of investigation;    Division of criminal justice;    Repealed.    (Deleted by amendment,L. 2002, p. 1205, § 2, effective June 3, 2002.)    Repealed.    Division of homeland security and emergency management; and    Division of fire prevention and control.       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.    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.    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.     Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 919, § 1, effective July 1, 1984. L. 84: (3) and (4) amended, p. 678, § 3, effective July 1. L. 86: (1) amended, p. 887, § 15, effective May 23. L. 89: (2)(g) added, p. 1643, § 7, effective June 5. L. 92: (2)(e) repealed, p. 1043, § 8, effective March 12. L. 99: (2)(g) repealed, p. 438, § 8, effective April 30. L. 2000: (3) amended, p. 1548, § 14, effective August 2. L. 2002: (2)(f) amended and (2)(h) added, p. 1205, § 2, effective June 3. L. 2012: (5) added, (HB 12-1079), ch. 21, p. 56, § 2, effective May 16; IP(2) and (2)(h) amended, (2)(b) repealed, and (2)(i) added, (HB 12-1283), ch. 240, p. 1070, § 8, effective July 1.   Cross references: For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act amending the introductory portion to subsection (2) and subsection (2)(h), repealing subsection (2)(b), and adding subsection (2)(i), see section 1 of chapter 240, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.
CO Code § 24-33.5-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 1 - Department of Public Safety|§ 24-33.5-104. Duties of Executive Director

  The executive director shall:   Exercise general supervisory control over and coordinate the activities, functions, and employees of the department;    Supervise the conduct of investigations into the activities of organized crime and receive allocations of state, federal, or other funds made available for such purposes.        Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 919, § 1, effective July 1, 1984.
CO Code § 24-33.5-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 1 - Department of Public Safety|§ 24-33.5-105. Transfer of Functions

  The department shall, on and after July 1, 1984, execute, administer, perform, and enforce the rights, powers, duties, functions, and obligations vested in the department of local affairs, the department of military affairs, and the state department of highways prior to July 1, 1984, concerning the duties and functions transferred to the department. On July 1, 1984, all employees of the department of local affairs, the department of military affairs, and the state department of highways whose principal duties are concerned with the duties and functions transferred to the department and whose employment in the department of public safety is deemed necessary by the executive director to carry out the purposes of this article shall be transferred to the department of public safety and shall become employees thereof. Such employees shall retain all rights to state personnel system and retirement benefits under the laws of this state, and their services shall be deemed to have been continuous. All transfers and any abolishment of positions in the state personnel system shall be made and processed in accordance with state personnel system laws and rules and regulations.    Repealed.    Whenever the department of local affairs, the department of military affairs, or the state department of highways is referred to or designated by any contract or other document in connection with the duties and functions transferred to the department, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the department of public safety. All contracts entered into by the said departments prior to July 1, 1984, in connection with the duties and functions transferred to the department are hereby validated, with the department of public safety succeeding to all the rights and obligations of such contracts. Any appropriations of funds from prior fiscal years open to satisfy obligations incurred under such contracts are hereby transferred and appropriated to the department of public safety for the payment of such obligations.     Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 919, § 1, effective July 1, 1984. L. 2006: (2) repealed, p. 144, § 19, effective August 7.
CO Code § 24-33.5-106.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 1 - Department of Public Safety|§ 24-33.5-106.5. Confidentiality of Materials - Definitions

  For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   "In camera review" means an inspection of materials by the court, in chambers, to determine what, if any, materials are discoverable. Any materials excised pursuant to a judicial order following the in camera review shall be sealed and preserved in the records of the court, to be made available to the appellate court in the event of an appeal.    "Materials" means any records, claims, writings, documents, or information.         Any materials received, made, or kept by a witness protection board, the department, or a prosecuting attorney concerning a witness protection matter shall be confidential. The materials shall not be discoverable unless the court conducts an in camera review of the materials sought to be discovered and determines that the materials are necessary for the resolution of an issue then pending before the court. The attorney general acting on behalf of the witness protection board shall have standing in any action to oppose the disclosure of materials in the custody of the witness protection board. (2) (a) Any materials received, made, or kept by a witness protection board, the department, or a prosecuting attorney concerning a witness protection matter shall be confidential. The materials shall not be discoverable unless the court conducts an in camera review of the materials sought to be discovered and determines that the materials are necessary for the resolution of an issue then pending before the court. The attorney general acting on behalf of the witness protection board shall have standing in any action to oppose the disclosure of materials in the custody of the witness protection board.    A person who knowingly or intentionally discloses confidential materials in violation of the provisions of this subsection (2) commits a class 1 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501, C.R.S. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a criminal prosecution brought pursuant to the provisions of this subsection (2) shall be brought within five years after the date upon which the violation occurred.        Source: L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 33, § 1, effective March 5.