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CO Code § 24-112-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 112 - Effective Date - Applicability|§ 24-112-101. Effective Date - Applicability

  This code shall take effect on January 1, 1982. The provisions of this code apply to contracts solicited or entered into on or after said date, although the parties to a contract may agree to the application of this code to a contract solicited or entered into prior to January 1, 1982.    Contracts validly entered into prior to January 1, 1982, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from them remain valid on or after said date and may be terminated, performed, or enforced as required or permitted by any statute or other law amended or repealed by the enactment of this code as though such repeal or amendment had not occurred unless the parties agreed at the time of formation of such contract that the provisions of this code would apply.     Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1285, § 1, effective January 1, 1982.
CO Code § 24-113-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 113 - State Government Competition With Private Enterprise|§ 24-113-101. Legislative Declaration

 The general assembly hereby finds and declares that state government competes with the private sector when state government provides certain goods and services to the public. Recognizing this problem, it is the intent of the general assembly and the purpose of this article to provide additional economic opportunities to private industry and to regulate competition by state agencies, including institutions of higher education. To that end, it is the intent of the general assembly that neither the faculty nor administration of such institutions use research equipment or facilities purchased or provided with state funds to provide goods or services to the public for a fee when such action is in direct competition with private companies that provide similar goods or services.   Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 985, § 1, effective April 22.
CO Code § 24-113-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 113 - State Government Competition With Private Enterprise|§ 24-113-102. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    "Commission" means the Colorado commission on higher education.    "Institution of higher education" means a state-supported college, university, or community college.    "Invited guests" means persons who enter onto a campus for an educational, research, or public service activity and not primarily to purchase or receive goods and services not related to the educational, research, or public service activity for which such persons enter onto the campus.    "Private enterprise" means an individual, firm, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, corporation, association, or any other legal entity engaging in the manufacturing, processing, sale, offering for sale, rental, leasing, delivery, dispensing, distributing, or advertising of goods or services for profit.    "State agency" means a department, office, commission, institution, board, or other agency of state government. Such term shall not include the Colorado state museum, the state historical society, or the Auraria higher education center established in article 70 of title 23, C.R.S., nor shall such term include institutions of higher education.     Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 985, § 1, effective April 22. L. 90: (4) amended, p. 449, § 24, effective April 18. L. 2012: (5) amended, (HB 12-1081), ch. 210, p. 907, § 16, effective August 8.
CO Code § 24-114-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 114 - Private Enterprise Employee Protection|§ 24-114-101. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    "Disciplinary action" means any direct or indirect form of discipline or penalty, including, but not limited to, dismissal, demotion, transfer, reassignment, suspension, corrective action, reprimand, admonishment, unsatisfactory or below standard performance evaluation, reduction in force, or withholding of work, or the threat of any such discipline or penalty.    "Disclosure of information" means the written provision of evidence to any person, or the testimony before any committee of the general assembly, regarding any action, policy, regulation, practice, or procedure regarding a private enterprise under contract with a state agency which, if not disclosed, could result in the waste of public funds, could endanger the public health, safety, or welfare, or could otherwise adversely affect the interests of the state.    "Employee" means any person employed by a private enterprise under contract with a state agency.    "Private enterprise under contract with a state agency" means any individual, firm, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, corporation, association, or other legal entity which is a party to any type of state agreement, regardless of what it may be called, for the procurement or disposal of supplies, services, or construction for any department, office, commission, institution, board, or other agency of state government.    "Supervisor" means any person who supervises or is responsible for the work of one or more employees.     Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 988, § 1, effective April 22. L. 90: (4) amended, p. 450, § 25, effective April 18.
CO Code § 24-114-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 114 - Private Enterprise Employee Protection|§ 24-114-102. Retaliation Prohibited

  Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no appointing authority or supervisor of a private enterprise under contract with a state agency shall initiate or administer any disciplinary action against any employee on account of the employee's disclosure of information concerning said private enterprise. This section shall not apply to:   An employee who discloses information that he knows to be false or who discloses information with disregard for the truth or falsity thereof;    An employee who discloses information which is confidential under any other provision of law.       It shall be the obligation of an employee who wishes to disclose information under the protection of this article to make a good faith effort to provide to his supervisor or appointing authority or to a member of the general assembly the information to be disclosed prior to the time of its disclosure.    An entity under contract with a state agency shall not initiate or administer any disciplinary action against any employee on account of the employee's disclosure of information to the fraud hotline administered by the state auditor in accordance with section 2-3-110.5; except that this subsection (3) does not apply to an employee who discloses information with disregard for the truth or falsity of the information.     Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 989, § 1, effective April 22. L. 2017: (3) added, (HB 17-1223), ch. 243, p. 1004, § 4, effective August 9.
CO Code § 24-114-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 114 - Private Enterprise Employee Protection|§ 24-114-103. Civil Actions Resulting From Disciplinary Actions or From Disclosure of Information

 Any employee may bring a civil action in the district court alleging a violation of section 24-114-102. If the employee prevails, the employee may recover damages, together with court costs, and the court may order such other relief as it deems appropriate.   Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 989, § 1, effective April 22.
CO Code § 24-115-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 115 - Financing of Critical State Needs|§ 24-115-101. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Critical State Needs Financing Act".   Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 745, § 1, effective June 1.
CO Code § 24-115-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 115 - Financing of Critical State Needs|§ 24-115-102. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:   The population of the state has grown rapidly in recent years, and that growth has increased the burdens placed upon state and local governments.    The state and local governments have found it difficult to maintain existing infrastructure and to fully fund critical needs due to a decline in state revenues that resulted from an economic downturn and constitutional restrictions on state revenues and expenditures that impaired the ability of the state to fully recover from that decline in state revenues when economic conditions improved.    In enacting this article, it is the intent of the general assembly to provide an administrative framework for the state to use to incur voter-approved multiple-fiscal year financial obligations to be used to finance critical state needs as efficiently and effectively as possible.        Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 745 , § 1, effective June 1.
CO Code § 24-115-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 115 - Financing of Critical State Needs|§ 24-115-103. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    "Board" means the board of directors of the critical needs financing corporation.    "Commission" means the transportation commission created in section 43-1-106 (1), C.R.S.    "Corporation" means the critical needs financing corporation created in section 24-115-104 (1).    "Department" means the department of transportation created in section 43-1-103 (1), C.R.S.    "Excess state revenues" means revenues collected by the state during any state fiscal year in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending calculated pursuant to section 20 (7)(a) of article X of the state constitution and article 77 of this title.    "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.    "Issuing authority" means the department with respect to notes issued to finance transportation projects and the corporation with respect to notes issued for any other purpose.    "Notes" means voter-approved critical needs notes authorized to be issued in accordance with section 24-115-110 (1).    "Transportation projects" means projects identified and approved as strategic transportation projects included in the strategic transportation project investment program of the department by resolution of the commission, which resolution may be amended by further resolution.     Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 746, § 1, effective June 1.
CO Code § 24-115-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 115 - Financing of Critical State Needs|§ 24-115-104. Critical Needs Financing Corporation - Creation - Composition of Board of Directors - Powers

  There is hereby created an independent public body politic and corporate to be known as the critical needs financing corporation. The corporation shall be a body corporate and an instrumentality of the state and shall not be an agency of state government and shall not be subject to administrative direction by any department, commission, board, or agency of the state. Notwithstanding the service of elected officials of state government or employees of agencies of state government on the board, the corporation shall be treated and accounted for as a separate legal entity with separate corporate purposes as set forth in this article. Assets, liabilities, and funds of the corporation shall not be consolidated or commingled with assets, liabilities, or funds of the state or of any entity that is capable of being a debtor in a case under the United States bankruptcy code, title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any successor bankruptcy code. Assets of the corporation shall not be used to pay debts or financial obligations of the state.      The governing body of the corporation shall be a board of directors, which shall consist of the following five ex officio members: (2) (a) The governing body of the corporation shall be a board of directors, which shall consist of the following five ex officio members:   The director of the office of state planning and budgeting;    The state controller;    The state treasurer;    A member of the joint budget committee of the general assembly selected by and to serve at the pleasure of the members of the committee; and    The chair of the capital development committee of the general assembly or any successor committee.       Each ex officio member of the corporation may designate an official or employee of the member's agency or committee to represent the member at meetings of the corporation, and each designee may lawfully vote and otherwise act on behalf of the designating member.    A member of the board or a designee of a member of the board is immune from personal liability for any action taken by the member or designee that is within the scope of the board's authority under this article.        Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 747, § 1, effective June 1.
CO Code § 24-115-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 115 - Financing of Critical State Needs|§ 24-115-106. Meetings of Board - Quorum - Expenses

  Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising the board's powers. Action may be taken by the board upon the affirmative vote of three members of the board. A vacancy in the membership of the board shall not impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the board.    Each meeting of the board, for any purpose whatsoever, shall be open to the public and records of the corporation shall be subject to the open records law under article 72 of this title. However, the board may go into executive session as permitted pursuant to section 24-6-402. Notice of meetings shall be as provided in the bylaws of the corporation. If a meeting of the board is called for the sole purpose of adopting resolutions authorizing the issuance of notes by the corporation, one or more members of the board may participate in the meeting and may vote on the resolutions through the usage of telecommunications devices, including, but not limited to, the usage of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment. Participation through telecommunications devices shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, but use of telecommunications shall not supersede any requirements for public hearing otherwise provided by law. Resolutions need not be published or posted, but resolutions and all proceedings and other acts of the board are public records.    Members of the board shall receive no compensation for services but shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including travel and lodging expenses, incurred in the discharge of their official duties. Any payments for expenses shall be paid from the critical needs fund, created in section 24-115-111.     Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 748, § 1, effective June 1.
CO Code § 24-115-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 115 - Financing of Critical State Needs|§ 24-115-107. General Powers of Corporation

  In addition to any other powers specifically granted to the corporation in this article, the corporation has the following powers:   To have perpetual existence and succession as a body politic and corporate;    To adopt, amend, or repeal bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business, consistent with the provisions of this article;    To sue and be sued;    To have and to use a seal and to alter the same at its pleasure;    To maintain an office at such place as it may designate;    To borrow no more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars from a private sector financial institution, or from the state, at prevailing interest rates, for the purpose of defraying expenses of the corporation incurred prior to the issuance of any notes pursuant to this article. The final repayment date of any borrowing shall be no later than the last day of the state fiscal year in which the borrowing is undertaken, and any certificate, trust indenture, or other instrument providing for the borrowing shall expressly state that the borrowing shall be repaid on or before that date.    To issue note anticipation notes for the purpose of raising no more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars to defray expenses of the corporation incurred prior to the issuance of any notes pursuant to this article. The final maturity date of any note anticipation notes shall be no later than the last day of the state fiscal year in which the anticipation notes are issued, and any certificate, trust indenture, or other instrument providing for the issuance of anticipation notes shall expressly state that the anticipation notes shall be repaid on or before that date.    To make and execute contracts, including, but not limited to, trust agreements, trust indentures, note purchase agreements, tax regulatory agreements, continuing disclosure agreements, ancillary financial facilities, and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions under this article; and    To do all things necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes of this article. The powers granted to the corporation shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of this article. However, the corporation shall not undertake any enterprise, operations, or business other than the issuance of notes as authorized by this article.        Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 749, § 1, effective June 1.
CO Code § 24-115-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 115 - Financing of Critical State Needs|§ 24-115-108. Corporate Fiscal Year - Account of Activities and Receipts for Expenditures - Report - Audit

 The fiscal and budget year for the corporation shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of each year. The corporation shall keep an accurate account of all its activities and of all its receipts and expenditures and shall submit an annual report that sets forth a complete and detailed operating and financial statement of the corporation for the most recently ended fiscal year to the joint budget and legislative audit committees of the general assembly or any successor committees no later than January 15 of any year in which notes remain outstanding. The state auditor may investigate the affairs of the corporation, examine the properties and records of the corporation, and prescribe methods of accounting and the rendering of additional periodical reports in relation to the undertakings of the corporation.   Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 750, § 1, effective June 1.
CO Code § 24-115-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 115 - Financing of Critical State Needs|§ 24-115-109. Limitation on Power of Corporation to Declare Bankruptcy

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the corporation is not authorized to be, and no public officer, organization, entity, or other person shall authorize the corporation to be, a debtor in a case under the United States bankruptcy code, title 11 of the United States Code, to make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or to become the subject of any similar case or proceeding. The state hereby covenants with the holders of any notes issued pursuant to this article that the state will not limit or alter the prohibition on the filing of voluntary bankruptcy petitions set forth in this section until one year and one day after the corporation no longer has any notes outstanding. The corporation and any trust established by the corporation are hereby authorized to include this covenant as an agreement of the state in any contract with the note holders of the corporation.   Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 750, § 1, effective June 1.
CO Code § 24-115-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 115 - Financing of Critical State Needs|§ 24-115-112. Notes Legal Investments

 All banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any moneys within their control in any notes issued in accordance with this article. Public entities, as defined in section 24-75-601 (1), may invest public funds in notes only if the notes satisfy the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of this title.   Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 755, § 1, effective June 1.
CO Code § 24-115-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 115 - Financing of Critical State Needs|§ 24-115-113. Exemption From Taxation

 Except as otherwise provided in this section, the income from notes issued pursuant to this article is exempt from all taxation and assessments in the state. In the certificate, indenture of trust, or other instrument authorizing the issuance of notes, the board or the executive director may waive the exemption from federal or state income taxation for interest on the notes.   Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 755, § 1, effective June 1.
CO Code § 24-115-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 115 - Financing of Critical State Needs|§ 24-115-114. No Action Maintainable

 An action or proceeding at law or in equity to review any act or proceeding or to question the validity or enjoin the performance of any act or proceeding or the issuance of any notes or for any other relief against or from any act or proceeding done under this article, whether based upon irregularities or jurisdictional defects, shall not be maintained unless commenced within thirty days after the performance of the act or proceeding or the effective date thereof, whichever occurs first, and is thereafter perpetually barred.   Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 755, § 1, effective June 1.
CO Code § 24-115-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 115 - Financing of Critical State Needs|§ 24-115-115. Annual Reports

  No later than January 15 of any year in which notes issued pursuant to this article are outstanding or any moneys are in the critical needs fund, each issuing authority shall submit a report to the members of the joint budget committee of the general assembly and the members of the legislative audit committee of the general assembly that includes, at a minimum, the following information:   The total amount of notes issued by the issuing authority pursuant to this article;    The total and itemized amounts of gross note proceeds received from the issuance of notes, note proceeds and earnings thereon expended, and moneys credited to the critical needs fund; and    The total amount of moneys expended from the critical needs fund in each state fiscal year for the payment of notes issued by the issuing authority pursuant to this article, the costs to the issuing authority associated with the issuance and administration of the notes, the payment of principal and interest in connection with a borrowing pursuant to section 24-115-107 (1)(f) or note anticipation notes issued pursuant to section 24-115-107 (1)(g), to pay necessary expenses of the board as authorized by section 24-115-106 (3).        Source: L. 2005: Entire article added, p. 755, § 1, effective June 1.