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CO Code § 8-46-308 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 46 - Specific Insurance Funds|Part 3 - Colorado Medical Disaster Insurance Fund|§ 8-46-308. State Treasurer to Invest Funds

  The state treasurer shall invest any portion of the medical disaster insurance fund, including its surplus and reserves, which the director determines is not needed for immediate use. All interest earned upon such invested portion shall be credited to the fund and used for the same purposes and in the same manner as other moneys in the fund. Such moneys may be invested in the types of investments authorized in sections 24-36-109, 24-36-112, and 24-36-113, C.R.S.    Repealed.     History. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 551, § 1, effective July 1. L. 97: (2) repealed, p. 377, § 10, effective August 6.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-65-108 as it existed prior to 1990.
CO Code § 8-46-309 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 46 - Specific Insurance Funds|Part 3 - Colorado Medical Disaster Insurance Fund|§ 8-46-309. Authority to Utilize Other Revenue

 Revenues obtained from the tax imposed pursuant to section 8-46-102 (2)(a) may be used, in the discretion of the director, for the purpose of paying the costs incurred pursuant to this article.   History. Source: L. 90: Entire section added, p. 583, § 5, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 2145, § 11, effective July 1.
CO Code § 8-47-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 47 - Administration|Part 1 - Director's Powers and Duties|§ 8-47-103. Orders of Director or Appeals Office - Validity

 All orders of the director or industrial claim appeals office shall be valid and in force and prima facie reasonable and lawful until found otherwise in an action brought for that purpose, pursuant to the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title, or until altered or revoked by the director or industrial claim appeals office, as the case may be.   History. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 552, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-46-105 as it existed prior to 1990.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. (1) Since § 8-47-103 is similar to § 8-46-105 as it existed prior to the 1990 repeal and reenactment of the “Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado”, articles 40 to 47 of this title, a relevant case construing that provision has been included in the annotations to this section.   (2) The case included in the annotations to this section which refers to the industrial commission was decided prior to the enactment of 1986 Senate Bill No. 12 which abolished said commission and transferred its power, duties, and functions under this section to the industrial claim appeals office.   Discretionary power rests solely within the commission, and a reviewing court may not interfere with the exercise of that discretion unless there is a clear showing of an abuse thereof. Cosmopolitan W. Hotel v. Henry, 172 Colo. 279 , 472 P.2d 134 (1970).
CO Code § 8-47-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 47 - Administration|Part 1 - Director's Powers and Duties|§ 8-47-104. Orders and Awards - Technical Objections

 Substantial compliance with the requirements of articles 40 to 47 of this title shall be sufficient to give effect to the orders or awards of the director or industrial claim appeals office, and they shall not be declared inoperative, illegal, or void for any omission of a technical nature in respect thereto.   History. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 552, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-46-106 as it existed prior to 1990.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. (1) Since § 8-47-104 is similar to § 8-46-106 as it existed prior to the 1990 repeal and reenactment of the “Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado”, articles 40 to 47 of this title, relevant cases construing that provision have been included in the annotations to this section.   (2) Cases included in the annotations to this section which refer to the industrial commission were decided prior to the enactment of 1986 Senate Bill No. 12 which abolished said commission and transferred its powers, duties, and functions under this section to the industrial claim appeals office.   The failure of the commission to assign a claimant a separate filing number on his claim is a technicality which cannot affect the validity of the action of the commission under this section. Colo. Auto Body, Inc. v. Newton, 160 Colo. 113 , 414 P.2d 480 (1966).   Despite conflict in evidence, director's award proper. Where claimant testified that he worked for an individual employer, and thereafter on cross-examination stated that he and his fellow employees worked for another employer, there being no explanation of the apparent conflict, the industrial commission is within its rights as a fact-finder, in holding, under the evidence before it, that claimant was employed by the individual defendant, and its award of compensation is proper. Indus. Comm'n v. Montgomery, 95 Colo. 467 , 37 P.2d 532 (1934).
CO Code § 8-47-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 47 - Administration|Part 1 - Director's Powers and Duties|§ 8-47-105. Deposit on Unpaid Compensation or Benefits - Trust Fund - Surplus

  The director has the discretion, at any time, any provisions in articles 40 to 47 of this title to the contrary notwithstanding, to compute and require to be paid to the division, to be held by it in trust, an amount equal to the present value of all unpaid compensation or other benefits in any case computed at the rate of four percent per annum. Such action may be taken after a finding by the director as to the insolvency, the threatened insolvency, or any other condition or danger which may cause the loss of, or which has delayed or may impede, hinder, or delay prompt payment of, compensation or benefits by any insurance carrier or employer. The action and finding of the director shall not be subject to review, and the director shall not be required to give any notice of hearing or hold any hearing prior to taking such action or making such finding.    All moneys so paid in shall constitute a separate trust fund in the office of the state treasurer, and, after any such payment is so ordered, the employer or insurance carrier shall thereupon be discharged from any further liability under such award for which payment is made to the extent of the payment made, and the payment of the award shall then be assumed to the extent of payment made by the special trust fund so created. If, for any reason, a beneficiary's right to the compensation awarded and ordered paid into said special trust fund ceases, lapses, or in any manner terminates by virtue of the terms and provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title so that a surplus not surviving or accruing to any other beneficiary remains in said trust fund of the amount ordered paid into it on behalf of the beneficiary, the insurance carrier or employer who has made said payment shall be entitled to a refund of the present value of said surplus, if any, computed at the rate of four percent per annum. The state treasurer shall invest any portion of the special trust fund, including its surplus and reserves, which the director determines is not needed for immediate use.     History. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 552, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-52-112 as it existed prior to 1990.
CO Code § 8-47-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 47 - Administration|Part 1 - Director's Powers and Duties|§ 8-47-106. State Average Weekly Wage - Method of Computation

 The state average weekly wage shall be established by the director annually on or before July 1 of each year. The state average weekly wage shall be determined from the average weekly earnings referenced in section 8-73-102 (1) , computed by the division in June on the basis of the most recent available figures, and applicable to the ensuing twelve months beginning July 1. Such state average weekly wage shall automatically form the basis for establishing maximum benefits under the “Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado” as of 12:01 a.m., July 1, 1974, and at each succeeding time and date annually thereafter.   History. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 553, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-46-113 as it existed prior to 1990.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 8-47-106 is similar to § 8-46-113 as it existed prior to the 1990 repeal and reenactment of the “Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado”, articles 40 to 47 of this title, a relevant case construing that provision has been included in the annotations to this section.   As applied, this section is not unconstitutionally vague. Although the statute does not specify whether it applies to injuries occurring in the ensuing 12 months or to benefits payable in the ensuing 12 months, case law has long established that the parties' rights and liabilities under the Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado, article 40 through 47 of this title, are established at the time of injury. Simpson v. Indus. Claim Appeals Office, 219 P.3d 354 (Colo. App. 2009), rev'd on other grounds, 232 P.3d 777 (Colo. 2010).   Nor is the right to equal protection violated by this section. Simpson v. Indus. Claim Appeals Office, 219 P.3d 354 (Colo. App. 2009), rev'd on other grounds, 232 P.3d 777 (Colo. 2010).   Under this section, workers' compensation claimants are not entitled to yearly adjustments in benefits based on the change in the state average weekly wage (AWW) each year. The Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado contains no provision mandating such annual recalculations. To construe this section otherwise would effectively thwart the Act's stated goals of providing certainty to claimants, insurers, and employers alike by permitting unpredictable increases or decreases in benefits. Simpson v. Indus. Claim Appeals Office, 219 P.3d 354 (Colo. App. 2009) (decided prior to 2010 amendment of § 8-42-107.5 ), rev'd on other grounds, 232 P.3d 777 (Colo. 2010).   Applied in Bellendir v. Kezer, 648 P.2d 645 (Colo. 1982).
CO Code § 8-47-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 47 - Administration|Part 1 - Director's Powers and Duties|§ 8-47-107. Adoption of Rules

 The director has the power to adopt reasonable and proper rules relative to the administration of articles 40 to 47 of this title and proper rules to govern proceedings and hearings of the division, and the director has the discretion to amend the rules from time to time. No such rule shall limit the jurisdiction of an administrative law judge in the office of administrative courts to hear and decide all matters arising under articles 40 to 47 of this title; except that in any matter where the director has issued an order to enforce a provision of the “Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado”, an administrative law judge in the office of administrative courts shall not hear and decide the same matter while it is pending before the director. The rules shall be promulgated in accordance with section 24-4-103 , C.R.S.   History. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 553, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1880, § 17, effective June 1. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 857, § 18, effective June 1. L. 2009: Entire section amended,(SB 09-070), ch. 49, p. 177, § 5, effective August 5.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-46-108 as it existed prior to 1990.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. (1) Since § 8-47-107 is similar to § 8-46-108 as it existed prior to the 1990 repeal and reenactment of the “Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado”, articles 40 to 47 of this title, relevant cases construing that provision have been included in the annotations to this section.   (2) Cases included in the annotations to this section which refer to the industrial commission were decided prior to the enactment of 1986 Senate Bill No. 12 which abolished said commission and transferred its powers, duties, and functions under this section to the director of the division of labor.   A rule of the industrial commission, not pleaded, and which does not appear in the record, should not be considered by the court in an action to set aside an award of the commission. Indus. Comm'n v. Roper, 91 Colo. 125 , 12 P.2d 349 (1932).   Commission has power to enforce its own rules and regulations by the imposition of appropriate sanctions. Saxton v. Indus. Comm'n, 41 Colo. App. 309, 584 P.2d 638 (1978).   The director of the division of labor is granted broad discretionary power to promulgate rules and regulations under the Colorado Workers' Compensation Act. Hargett v. Dir., Div. of Labor, 854 P.2d 1316 (Colo. App. 1992).   Agency's construction of own rule remains undisturbed upon review absent plain error. An administrative agency's construction of its own rule is generally entitled to great weight; consequently, such construction will not be disturbed upon review unless it is plainly erroneous or inconsistent with such rule or the underlying statute. Timberline Sawmill & Lumber, Inc. v. Indus. Comm'n, 624 P.2d 367 (Colo. App. 1981).   Applied in Martinez v. Indus. Comm'n, 632 P.2d 1044 (Colo. App. 1981).
CO Code § 8-47-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 47 - Administration|Part 1 - Director's Powers and Duties|§ 8-47-110. Public Officers to Enforce Orders - Furnish Information

 It is the duty of all officers and employees of the state, counties, and municipalities, upon the request of the director, to enforce in their respective departments all lawful orders of the director insofar as the same may be applicable and consistent with the general duties of such officers and employees. It is also their duty to make to the director such reports as the director may require concerning matters within their knowledge pertaining to the purposes of articles 40 to 47 of this title and to furnish the director such facts, data, statistics, and information as, from time to time, may come to them pertaining to the purposes of said articles and the duties of the division thereunder, and particularly all information coming to their knowledge respecting the condition of all places of employment subject to the provisions of said articles with regard to the health, protection, and safety of employees and the hazard of risk of such places of employment.   History. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 554, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-46-111 as it existed prior to 1990.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 8-47-110 is similar to § 8-46-110 as it existed prior to the 1990 repeal and reenactment of the “Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado”, articles 40 to 47 of this title, a relevant case construing that provision has been included in the annotations to this section.   Duty of public officers and employees to enforce. This section continues to make a distinction between public employees and employers on the one hand and private employees and employers on the other, for it makes it the duty of all officers and employees of the state, counties and municipalities, upon the request of the director, to enforce director's orders and from time to time to furnish him various types of information. State Comp. Ins. Fund v. Alishio, 125 Colo. 242 , 250 P.2d 1015 (1952).
CO Code § 8-47-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 47 - Administration|Part 1 - Director's Powers and Duties|§ 8-47-111. Division Efforts to Ensure Employer Compliance With Workers' Compensation Coverage Requirements - Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that it is in the best interests of the public to assure that all employers who fall under the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title have in effect current policies of insurance or self-insurance for workers' compensation liability.    In order to implement the declaration in subsection (1) of this section, the division shall develop a procedure for verifying whether or not all employers doing business in the state of Colorado comply with the requirements of article 44 of this title. This procedure must include cross-referencing employer records of the division of unemployment insurance and the division of workers' compensation. Upon identifying employers that are not in compliance with article 44 of this title, the division, with the assistance and cooperation of the attorney general, shall use all available means under articles 40 to 47 of this title to ensure compliance. Every insurance carrier authorized to transact business in this state, including Pinnacol Assurance, which insures employers against liability for compensation under the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title, shall furnish the division, upon request, all information required by it to accomplish the purposes of this section.     History. Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 1147, § 1, effective May 19. L. 97: (2) amended, p. 1476, § 18, effective June 3. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 1889, § 45, effective July 1. L. 2012: (2) amended,(HB 12-1120), ch. 27, p. 104, § 12, effective June 1.    Editor's note:   The effective date for amendments to this section by House Bill 12-1120 (chapter 27, Session Laws of Colorado 2012) was changed from August 8, 2012, to June 1, 2012, by House Bill 12S-1002 (First Extraordinary Session, chapter 2, p. 2432, Session Laws of Colorado 2012).   Cross references:   For Pinnacol Assurance, see article 45 of this title 8.
CO Code § 8-47-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 47 - Administration|Part 1 - Director's Powers and Duties|§ 8-47-112. Division Website - Procedures to File Complaints

 The director shall clearly post on the division's website the procedure for an injured worker to follow to file a complaint with the division regarding any issue over which the director or his or her designee has authority to pursue, settle, or enforce pursuant to articles 40 to 47 of this title.   History. Source: L. 2010: Entire section added, (SB 10-013), ch. 303, p. 1435, § 3, effective July 1.
CO Code § 8-47-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 47 - Administration|Part 2 - General Powers|§ 8-47-201. Information to Division - Blanks - Verification

 Every employer receiving from the division any blanks with directions to fill out the same or requests for information required for the purposes of articles 40 to 47 of this title shall properly fill out the blanks and furnish the information so requested fully and correctly. The director may require that any information requested by the division be verified under oath and may fix the time within which said information shall be returned.   History. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 554, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-45-104 as it existed prior to 1990.
CO Code § 8-47-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 47 - Administration|Part 2 - General Powers|§ 8-47-202. Information Furnished to Division - Confidential Use

 Every employer shall furnish the division, upon request, all information required by it to accomplish the purposes of articles 40 to 47 of this title. The information shall be for the confidential use of the division, unless otherwise ordered by the director, and shall not be open to the public nor used in any court or any action or proceeding pending therein, unless the director is a party to such action or proceeding.   History. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 554, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-45-103 as it existed prior to 1990.
CO Code § 8-47-203.3 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 47 - Administration|Part 2 - General Powers|§ 8-47-203.3. Release of Location Information Concerning Individuals With Outstanding Felony Arrest Warrants

  Notwithstanding any provision of state law to the contrary and to the extent allowable under federal law, at the request of the Colorado bureau of investigation, the division shall provide the bureau with information concerning the location of any person whose name appears in the division's records who is the subject of an outstanding felony arrest warrant. Upon receipt of such information, it shall be the responsibility of the bureau to provide appropriate law enforcement agencies with location information obtained from the division. Location information provided pursuant to this section shall be used solely for law enforcement purposes. The division and the bureau shall determine and employ the most cost-effective method for obtaining and providing location information pursuant to this section. Neither the division nor its employees or agents shall be liable in civil action for providing information in accordance with the provisions of this subsection (1).    As used in subsection (1) of this section, “law enforcement agency” means any agency of the state or its political subdivisions that is responsible for enforcing the laws of this state. “Law enforcement agency” includes but is not limited to any police department, sheriff's department, district attorney's office, the office of the state attorney general, and the Colorado bureau of investigation.     History. Source: L. 95: Entire section added, p. 1122, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 8-47-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 47 - Administration|Part 2 - General Powers|§ 8-47-204. Employees of Division - Qualifications

 The executive director has the power to employ, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, such deputies, experts, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks, and other employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title or to perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred by law upon the division.   History. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 555, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 103, § 1, effective March 18.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-46-109 as it existed prior to 1990.
CO Code § 8-47-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 47 - Administration|Part 2 - General Powers|§ 8-47-205. Salaries of Employees of Division

 All deputies, statisticians, accountants, clerks, experts, and other employees of the division shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by law. The salaries so fixed shall be paid monthly from the fund appropriated for the use of the division after approval by the director.   History. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 555, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-46-110 as it existed prior to 1990.
CO Code § 8-47-206 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 8 - Labor and Industry|Article 47 - Administration|Part 2 - General Powers|§ 8-47-206. Employees of Division - Bonds

 Such employees of the division as shall be directed by the director shall furnish surety company bonds in such sum as may be fixed by the director, the premiums therefor to be paid as other expenses of the division are paid.   History. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 555, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 8-46-112 as it existed prior to 1990.