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CO Code § 24-82-902 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 82 - State Property|Part 9 - Outdoor Lighting Fixtures|§ 24-82-902. Outdoor Lighting Fixtures Funded by the State - Standards

  On or after July 1, 2002, any new outdoor lighting fixture installed by or on behalf of the state using state funds shall meet at least the following requirements:   For outdoor lighting fixtures with a rated output greater than three thousand two hundred lumens, the fixture is a full cutoff luminaire;    The minimum illuminance adequate for the intended purpose is used with consideration given to recognized standards, including, but not limited to, recommended practices adopted by the illuminating engineering society of North America (IESNA);    Full consideration has been given to costs, energy conservation, glare reduction, the minimization of light pollution, and the preservation of the natural night environment; and    For purposes of lighting a designated highway in the state highway system, the department of transportation determines that the purpose of the outdoor lighting fixture cannot be achieved by the installation of reflective road markers, lines, warning or informational signs, or other effective methods that do not require the use of artificial light.       The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply if:   A federal law or regulation preempts state law;    The outdoor lighting fixture is used on a temporary basis to provide illumination for emergency personnel in an emergency situation;    The outdoor lighting fixture is used on a temporary basis for nighttime work;    Additional illumination is required for a special event or situation; except that any additional illumination required for a special event or situation shall be installed so as to shield the outdoor lighting fixtures from direct view and to minimize upward lighting and light pollution;    The outdoor lighting fixture is used solely to enhance the aesthetic beauty of an object; or    A compelling safety interest exists that cannot be addressed by another method.       The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall serve only as guidelines for and shall not be binding on any state prison facility or any private contract prison in the state.     Source: L. 2001: Entire part added, p. 668, § 2, effective August 8.
CO Code § 24-82-1001 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 82 - State Property|Part 10 - Leveraged Leasing|§ 24-82-1001. Legislative Declaration - Exclusion of Proceeds of Leveraged Leasing Agreements From Fiscal Year Spending - Voter Approval Not Required

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:   Section 20 of article X of the state constitution limits state fiscal year spending.    Section 20 (2)(e) of article X defines "fiscal year spending" to include all revenues and expenditures except those for refunds and those from certain sources, such as property sales.    Monetary consideration paid to the state by a private person in connection with a leveraged leasing agreement constitutes revenues to the state from a property sale because the consideration is paid in exchange for a property interest in a qualified state asset and constitutes revenues from a property sale, and such revenues are therefore excluded from state fiscal year spending.       The general assembly further finds and declares that:   Section 20 of article X of the state constitution requires voter approval in advance for creation of any multiple-fiscal year financial obligation whatsoever without adequate present cash reserves pledged irrevocably and held for payments in all future fiscal years.    The sublease of a qualified state capital asset from a private person to the state under a leveraged leasing agreement is a multiple-fiscal year financial obligation of the state under section 20 of article X of the state constitution, but the state may enter into a leveraged leasing agreement without voter approval in advance because a leveraged leasing agreement requires the state to deposit into a specified account adequate cash reserves pledged irrevocably for sublease payments in all future fiscal years.        Source: L. 2003: Entire part added, p. 1717, § 1, effective May 14.
CO Code § 24-82-1002 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 82 - State Property|Part 10 - Leveraged Leasing|§ 24-82-1002. Definitions

 As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires:    "Leveraged leasing agreement" means an agreement or a series of agreements between the state and a private person under which:   In exchange for monetary consideration paid in a lump sum when the lease closes, the state leases a qualified state capital asset to a private person for a term of sufficient length to allow the private person to depreciate the asset for federal income tax purposes under the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, or any successor provision thereto, and retains a right to cancel the lease in exchange for specified consideration;    The private person subleases the qualified state capital asset back to the state pursuant to a sublease contract that:   Is for a term shorter than the term of the lease;    Gives the private person leasehold rights in the asset; and    Requires an amount of the monetary consideration paid in a lump sum to the state when the lease closes that is adequate to meet all lease payments to be made by the state under the terms of the sublease contract to be deposited into a specified account established pursuant to the sublease contract as adequate cash reserves pledged irrevocably for sublease payments in all future fiscal years; and       The state retains the right to the use of the qualified state capital asset for the duration of the term of the sublease.       "Qualified state capital asset" or "asset" means qualified technological equipment as defined by section 168 (i)(2)(A) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, or any successor provision thereto.     Source: L. 2003: Entire part added, p. 1718, § 1, effective May 14. L. 2004: (2) amended, p. 1056, § 3, effective May 21.
CO Code § 24-82-1003 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 82 - State Property|Part 10 - Leveraged Leasing|§ 24-82-1003. Leveraged Leasing

  On and after May 14, 2003, the executive director of the department of personnel, with the approval of the director of the office of state planning and budgeting, may enter into leveraged leasing agreements on behalf of the state.    The executive director of the department of personnel may retain attorneys, consultants, or financial professionals to the extent necessary to protect the interests of the state and to ensure the proper execution of a leveraged leasing agreement. The executive director shall use a competitive selection process approved by the director of the office of state planning and budgeting to select any attorneys, consultants, or financial professionals to be retained, but execution of such retention agreements shall not be governed by the "Procurement Code", articles 101 to 112 of this title. Any fees charged by any persons retained shall be paid only from the lump sum paid to the state in connection with the leveraged leasing agreement and shall not be paid from any other source.    The state treasurer shall credit all monetary consideration paid in a lump sum to the state under the terms of a leveraged leasing agreement when the agreement closes that is not required to be deposited into a specified account established pursuant to a sublease contract as adequate cash reserves pledged irrevocably for sublease payments in all future fiscal years to the controlled maintenance trust fund created in section 24-75-302.5.     Source: L. 2003: Entire part added, p. 1719, § 1, effective May 14. L. 2004: (1) amended, p. 1057, § 4, effective May 21.
CO Code § 24-82-1004 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 82 - State Property|Part 10 - Leveraged Leasing|§ 24-82-1004. Leased Assets Not Subject to Taxation

 A qualified state capital asset that is the subject of a leveraged leasing agreement shall be treated for tax purposes as tax-exempt property owned by the state.   Source: L. 2003: Entire part added, p. 1719, § 1, effective May 14.
CO Code § 24-82-1005 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 82 - State Property|Part 10 - Leveraged Leasing|§ 24-82-1005. Liability Not Created by Leveraged Leasing Agreement - Indemnification Agreements

  The lease of a qualified state capital asset by the state to a private person and the sublease of the asset back to the state by the private person pursuant to a leveraged leasing agreement shall not cause the private person to whom the qualified state capital asset is being leased to incur any liability in any type of action by virtue of the private person's status as a lessor under the leveraged leasing agreement.    As part of a leveraged leasing agreement, the executive director of the department of personnel, with the approval of the director of the office of state planning and budgeting, may enter into an indemnity agreement with the private person to whom the qualified state capital asset is being leased.     Source: L. 2003: Entire part added, p. 1719, § 1, effective May 14. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1057, § 5, effective May 21.
CO Code § 24-82-1201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 82 - State Property|Part 12 - Leases of Building Projects|§ 24-82-1201. Definitions

 As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires:    "Approved building project" means a capital construction project involving a lease that receives approval from the capital development committee and the joint budget committee pursuant to section 24-82-1202 (2).    "Commission" means the Colorado commission on higher education established pursuant to section 23-1-102, C.R.S.    "State department" means a department or agency of the state, but does not include the legislative department when acting pursuant to section 2-2-320 (2)(b), C.R.S.     Source: L. 2005: Entire part added, p. 1333, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2010: (3) amended, (HB 10-1020), ch. 111, p. 370, § 4, effective April 15.
CO Code § 24-82-1203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 82 - State Property|Part 12 - Leases of Building Projects|§ 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.   Source: L. 2005: Entire part added, p. 1334, § 1, effective June 3.
CO Code § 24-82-1204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 82 - State Property|Part 12 - Leases of Building Projects|§ 24-82-1204. Terms and Conditions of Lease Agreements

  A lease agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of this part 12 may contain such terms, provisions, and conditions as the executive director of the leasing state department or the governing board of the leasing institution may deem appropriate. Any lease agreement entered into pursuant to this part 12 shall comply with the requirements of section 24-82-801.    As used in this section, "lease agreement" means a capital lease as defined in the generally accepted accounting principles issued by the governmental accounting standards board that the controller prescribes for the state as specified in section 24-30-202 (12).     Source: L. 2005: Entire part added, p. 1335, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09-1218), ch. 132, p. 573, § 7, effective July 1.
CO Code § 24-82-1205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 82 - State Property|Part 12 - Leases of Building Projects|§ 24-82-1205. Ancillary Agreements

 The executive director of a leasing state department or the governing board of the leasing institution may enter into or execute, or may negotiate with an officer of the state to enter into or execute, a deed, conveyance, escrow agreement, or other agreement or instrument that he or she or the board deems necessary or appropriate in connection with a lease agreement entered into pursuant to this part 12.   Source: L. 2005: Entire part added, p. 1335, § 1, effective June 3.
CO Code § 24-82-1206 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 82 - State Property|Part 12 - Leases of Building Projects|§ 24-82-1206. Fiscal Rules Inapplicable - Independent Powers

  The provisions of section 24-30-202 (5)(b) shall not apply to a lease agreement or ancillary agreement entered into pursuant to this part 12. Any provision of the fiscal rules promulgated pursuant to section 24-30-202 (1) or (13) which the controller deems to be incompatible with or inapplicable to a lease agreement entered into pursuant to this part 12 or ancillary agreement may be waived by the controller or his or her designee.    The powers conferred by this part 12 are in addition to any other law, and the limitations imposed by any other law shall not affect the powers conferred by this part 12.     Source: L. 2005: Entire part added, p. 1335, § 1, effective June 3.
CO Code § 24-82-1207 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 82 - State Property|Part 12 - Leases of Building Projects|§ 24-82-1207. Inapplicability of Part 7

 The provisions of part 7 of this article shall not apply to leases entered into pursuant to this part 12.   Source: L. 2005: Entire part added, p. 1335, § 1, effective June 3.
CO Code § 24-82-1301 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 82 - State Property|Part 13 - Lease-Purchase Agreements for State Property|§ 24-82-1301. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:   Due to insufficient funding, necessary high-priority state highway projects and state capital construction projects, including projects at state institutions of higher education, in all areas of the state have been delayed, and the state has also delayed critical controlled maintenance and upkeep of state capital assets;    By issuing lease-purchase agreements using state buildings as collateral as authorized by this part 13, the state can generate sufficient funds to accelerate the completion of many of the necessary high-priority state highway projects and capital construction projects that have been delayed and better maintain and preserve existing state capital assets;    It is the intent of the general assembly that a majority of the additional funding for state capital construction projects realized from issuing lease-purchase agreements be used for controlled maintenance and upkeep of state capital assets.        Source: L. 2017: Entire part added, (SB 17-267), ch. 267, p. 1442, § 12, effective May 30.
CO Code § 24-82-1302 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 82 - State Property|Part 13 - Lease-Purchase Agreements for State Property|§ 24-82-1302. Definitions

 As used in this part 13, unless the context otherwise requires:    "Capital construction" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (2).    "Controlled maintenance" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1301 (4).    "Eligible state facility" means any financially unencumbered building, structure, or facility that is owned by the state, including a building, structure, or facility determined to be eligible by a governing board of a state institution of higher education, and does not include any building, structure, or facility that is part of the state emergency reserve for any state fiscal year as designated in the annual general appropriation act.    "State institution of higher education" means a state institution of higher education, as defined in section 23-18-102 (10), and the Auraria higher education center created in article 70 of title 23.     Source: L. 2017: Entire part added, (SB 17-267), ch. 267, p. 1443, § 12, effective May 30.
CO Code § 24-90-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 90 - Libraries|Part 1 - Library Law|§ 24-90-101. Short Title

 This part 1 shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Library Law".   Source: L. 79: Entire article R&RE, p. 983, § 1, effective July 1. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 619, § 3, effective July 1.   Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 24-90-101 as it existed prior to 1979.
CO Code § 24-90-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 90 - Libraries|Part 1 - Library Law|§ 24-90-102. Legislative Declaration

 The general assembly hereby declares that it is the policy of this state, as a part of its provision for public education, to promote the establishment and development of all types of publicly supported free library service throughout the state to ensure equal access to information without regard to age, physical or mental health, place of residence, or economic status, to aid in the establishment and improvement of library programs, to improve and update the skills of persons employed in libraries through continuing education activities, and to promote and coordinate the sharing of resources among libraries in Colorado and the dissemination of information regarding the availability of library services.   Source: L. 79: Entire article R&RE, p. 983, § 1, effective July 1.   Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 24-91-102 as it existed prior to 1979.
CO Code § 24-90-103.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 90 - Libraries|Part 1 - Library Law|§ 24-90-103.5. Acts and Elections Conducted Pursuant to Provisions That Refer to Qualified Electors or Registered Electors

 Any elections, and any acts relating thereto, carried out under this article, that were conducted prior to July 1, 2003, pursuant to provisions that refer to a qualified elector rather than a registered elector and that were valid when conducted shall be deemed and held to be legal and valid in all respects.   Source: L. 87: Entire section added, p. 319, § 59, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2444, § 2, effective August 15.
CO Code § 24-90-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 90 - Libraries|Part 1 - Library Law|§ 24-90-104. State Library Created - Administration

  The state library is hereby created as a division of the department of education, and its operation is declared to be an essential administrative function of the state government.    The commissioner of education, as ex officio state librarian, has charge and direction of the state library but may delegate to the assistant commissioner in charge of the state library any or all of the powers given to the state librarian in this article for such periods and under such restrictions as the commissioner sees fit, upon approval of the state board of education.    The commissioner of education shall appoint an assistant commissioner, office of library services, in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution. Said assistant commissioner shall have at least a master's degree from a library school accredited by the American library association and shall have at least seven years of progressively responsible library experience, five of which shall have been in administrative positions.     Source: L. 79: Entire article R&RE, p. 984, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 2444, § 3, effective August 15.   Editor's note: This section is similar to former §§ 24-90-104, 24-90-105, and 24-90-106 as they existed prior to 1979.
CO Code § 24-90-105.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 90 - Libraries|Part 1 - Library Law|§ 24-90-105.5. Radio Reading Services

  The general assembly hereby declares that there is a growing need for reading services in Colorado to serve the citizens of the state. The general assembly recognizes that the state has numerous citizens who are blind or visually impaired or who have physical impairments which make the use of printed materials difficult or impossible and further recognizes that the aging of the population of Colorado is increasing the number of such citizens. Because of the need for reading assistance to inform and inspire individuals who cannot use printed materials and because of the unique ability of radio reading services to reach individuals in every corner of the state who require reading services, the general assembly finds that radio reading services should be encouraged and should be made available throughout the state.    In addition to any other powers granted to the state librarian under this article, the state librarian shall have the power with respect to the state library to contract with entities for the furnishing of radio reading services to individuals who are blind or visually impaired or who have physical disabilities which impair their use of printed materials.    The furnishing of radio reading services shall include, but shall not be limited to, the production of reading service radio programs, the broadcast of reading services over a subcarrier frequency, and the provision of radio receivers to listeners for use in receiving reading service broadcasts.    The reading materials for radio reading services shall include, but shall not be limited to, newspapers, periodicals, local calendars of events, consumer information, best seller books, and information concerning pending legislative matters.    The general assembly hereby recognizes the importance of privately operated reading services to enable those persons who cannot effectively read newspapers or other printed documents to gain access to such otherwise inaccessible print materials. The state librarian shall have the authority to administer funds in the reading services for the blind cash fund, which is hereby created, for the support of said privately operated reading services. The fund shall consist of any public or private moneys transferred, appropriated, or otherwise credited thereto. All moneys credited to the fund and all interest earned on the investment of moneys in the fund shall be a part of the fund and shall not be transferred or credited to the general fund or to any other fund except as directed by the general assembly acting by bill. The general assembly shall make annual appropriations from the reading services for the blind cash fund to the state librarian to carry out the purposes of this subsection (5).     Source: L. 91: Entire section added, p. 906, § 1, effective March 11. L. 93: (2) amended, p. 1663, § 69, effective July 1. L. 98: (5) added, p. 1361, § 121, effective June 1.