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CO Code § 24-46.6-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 46.6 - Intrastate Air Service Within the State of Colorado|§ 24-46.6-102. Study on Intrastate Air Service in Colorado - Funding

  Repealed.    There is hereby created in the state treasury the Colorado intrastate air service study fund. The fund shall consist of moneys received as a result of an intergovernmental agreement between the city and county of Denver and the division of aeronautics, which is hereby authorized to enter into such agreement, or moneys transferred in accordance with the provisions of section 43-10-110 (2)(a)(I), C.R.S., as applicable. Moneys in the fund shall be used to fund a study of intrastate air service in Colorado as provided in subsection (1) of this section. Any moneys received as a result of an intergovernmental agreement between the city and county of Denver and the division of aeronautics remaining in the fund as of July 1, 1997, shall be returned to the city and county of Denver. Any moneys transferred in accordance with the provisions of section 43-10-110 (2)(a)(I), C.R.S., remaining in the fund as of July 1, 1997, shall be transferred to the governmental entity operating the largest airport in the state during the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1996.     Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 962, § 1, effective May 23. L. 2008: (1) repealed, p. 1902, § 89, effective August 5.
CO Code § 24-49.5-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 49.5 - Minority Business Office|§ 24-49.5-101. Legislative Declaration

 The general assembly hereby declares that it is in the best interest of the people of Colorado to promote the interests of minority business by assisting minority business enterprises in establishing information networks with both government and the private sector, assuring a greater flow of information about minority business enterprises and the opportunities available to minority businesses, and providing economic research and information with the ultimate goal of providing the best opportunities for minority business enterprises to enter the mainstream of Colorado's economy.   Source: L. 90: Entire article added, p. 1244, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 24-49.5-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 49.5 - Minority Business Office|§ 24-49.5-102. Creation of the Minority Business Office - Director

 There is hereby created the minority business office within the office of the governor, referred to in this article as the "office". The office shall be in the charge of a director who shall be appointed by the governor. The director and employees of the office shall not be subject to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution.   Source: L. 90: Entire article added, p. 1244, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 24-49.5-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 49.5 - Minority Business Office|§ 24-49.5-103. Authority and Responsibility of the Director

  In furtherance of the policy expressed in section 24-49.5-101, the director shall:   Promote the business development of new and existing minority business enterprises in coordination with state economic development activities;    Establish networks among governmental entities, the private sector, and minority business in an effort to promote joint business activities;    Promote minority business participation in federal, state, and local procurement, purchasing, financing, and contracting, in accordance with existing federal and state statutes;    Promote self-sufficiency and survival of minority businesses with the intent of aiding such minority businesses in their attempts to enter the mainstream of Colorado's economy;    Enhance the access of information on international trade opportunities to minority businesses in conjunction with Colorado's international trade activities;    Provide economic research and information on minority businesses for the use of federal and local governmental agencies, private industry, labor, and professional and other groups. The office shall make efforts to recover the costs associated with this paragraph (f) through user fees.       The director may receive funds from the private sector for the purposes of conducting or implementing projects and other necessary operations of the office. All funds received shall be placed in the minority business fund created in section 24-49.5-104.    The director shall develop and implement performance and accountability standards. Such standards shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:   The fees established pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of this section;    The number of businesses by race and ethnicity including the protected groups known as African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and any other minority ethnic groups assisted by the office and the actual moneys associated therewith;    The type of assistance provided to the businesses assisted;    The number of new jobs created;    The number of existing jobs retained;    An overview of the minority business office's successes and failures;    The amount of revenues added to the state's economy due to the efforts of the minority business office;    The year-end annual report of the minority business office;    The types of businesses assisted;    The geographical location of businesses assisted;    Any suggestions for greater minority participation in the state's economy; and    An accounting of private and public funding and expenditures.        Source: L. 90: Entire article added, p. 1244, § 1, effective July 1. L. 96: IP(3) amended, p. 1231, § 56, effective August 7.   Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1996 act amending the introductory portion to subsection (3), see section 1 of chapter 237, Session Laws of Colorado 1996.
CO Code § 24-49.5-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 49.5 - Minority Business Office|§ 24-49.5-104. Minority Business Fund - Created

  There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the minority business fund, which shall be administered by the director of the minority business office.    All moneys received from user fees pursuant to section 24-49.5-103 (1)(f) and any other moneys received by the office shall be placed in said fund.    The general assembly shall make annual appropriations of the moneys in the fund to the minority business office for administering the provisions of this article.    Any moneys in the fund not appropriated shall remain in the fund and shall not be transferred or revert to the general fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year.    The general assembly may from time to time make appropriations from the general fund for the use of the minority business office in carrying out the purposes of this article.     Source: L. 90: Entire article added, p. 1245, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 24-49.5-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 49.5 - Minority Business Office|§ 24-49.5-105. Historically Underutilized Businesses - Legislative Declaration - Definitions

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:   Businesses owned by minorities and women are among the fastest growing in the state but are historically underutilized in government contracts.    Securing government procurement contracts is a major determinant in the success of businesses owned by minorities and women.    The owners of historically underutilized businesses can benefit from surety technical assistance programs that help those businesses qualify for the performance bonds that are required for businesses to bid on public projects.    It is the intent of the general assembly to assist historically underutilized businesses by creating a surety technical assistance program.       In addition to the responsibilities of the director of the minority business office specified in section 24-49.5-103, the director shall establish a program to provide surety technical assistance services for the benefit of historically underutilized businesses and may contract with insurance companies, surety companies, agents, or brokers for the purpose of implementing the program.    The director of the minority business office shall compile a centralized directory of all historically underutilized businesses that have obtained the contract performance and payment bonds required in order to be awarded a government procurement contract. The director shall ensure that the directory is accessible to governmental entities that enter into procurement contracts.    As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "historically underutilized business" means an entity that qualifies as a small business pursuant to 13 CFR 121 and that is a profit-making corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership, or joint venture in which more than fifty percent of the shares of stock or other equitable securities are owned by one or more persons who are members of the following groups:   African American;    Hispanic American, including but not limited to all persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish or Portuguese culture or origin, regardless of race;    Asian American, including but not limited to persons whose origins are from Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Samoa, the United States territories of the Pacific, or the Northern Mariana Islands; and subcontinent Asian American, including but not limited to persons whose origins are from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, or Nepal;    Native American, including but not limited to persons who are American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, or Hawaiians of Polynesian descent; or    Women, including women of any group specified in paragraphs (a) to (d) of this subsection (4).        Source: L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 1212, § 1, effective August 3.
CO Code § 24-49.7-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 49.7 - Colorado Tourism Office|§ 24-49.7-101. Legislative Declaration - Policy

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the tourism and travel industries are vital to the general welfare, economic well-being, and employment opportunities of the state and its communities and citizens and that the continued health and expansion of these industries requires a long-term and continuing investment by the state in the planning, promotion, coordination, and development of Colorado as a quality national and international tourist and travel destination.    The general assembly therefore declares it to be the policy of this state to guide, stimulate, and promote the coordinated, efficient, and beneficial development of tourism and travel in Colorado. In addition, it is the policy of this state to provide a long-term and continuing investment in tourism and travel promotion and to support such investment with general fund revenues.    The general assembly further finds and declares that the promotion and development of tourism and travel requires a unified, consistent, and positive statewide effort to be successful and that it is the policy of the state that all levels of state government participate in attaining the state policies expressed in this section. To this end, all state departments shall cooperate with the Colorado tourism office created in this article and shall, to the extent possible, assist the office in its efforts by making property and services available to the office that will facilitate or reduce the costs of such promotion and development. In addition, the Colorado tourism office and all state departments shall cooperate with the tourism and travel industries to further the policies expressed in this section.     Source: L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 663, § 1, effective May 22.
CO Code § 24-49.7-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 49.7 - Colorado Tourism Office|§ 24-49.7-102. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    "Additional source fund" means the Colorado travel and tourism additional source fund created in section 24-49.7-106 (2).    "Board" means the board of directors of the Colorado tourism office created in section 24-49.7-103.    "Fund" means the Colorado travel and tourism promotion fund created in section 24-49.7-106 (1).    "Member" means a member appointed to the board pursuant to section 24-49.7-103.    "Office" means the Colorado tourism office created in section 24-49.7-103.     Source: L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 664, § 1, effective May 22.
CO Code § 24-49.7-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 49.7 - Colorado Tourism Office|§ 24-49.7-105. Administrative Costs - Transfer of Employees

  Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any administrative expenses and any staffing or other resource requirements associated with the office or the expenditure of moneys from the fund and the additional source fund shall be met with existing employees transferred from the department of local affairs and the Colorado office of economic development created in section 24-48.5-101 pursuant to subsection (3) of this section and with a combination of existing staff, office space, and resources of the office of the governor at the time the office is created.    The board may expend moneys in the additional source fund for administrative expenses associated with the office or the expenditure of moneys from the fund or the additional source fund.      On and after August 1, 2000, employees of the department of local affairs prior to said date whose duties and functions concerned the duties and functions assumed by the office pursuant to this section and whose employment in the office is deemed necessary by the administrator of the office to carry out the purposes of this article shall be transferred to the office and become employees thereof. (3) (a) On and after August 1, 2000, employees of the department of local affairs prior to said date whose duties and functions concerned the duties and functions assumed by the office pursuant to this section and whose employment in the office is deemed necessary by the administrator of the office to carry out the purposes of this article shall be transferred to the office and become employees thereof.    On and after March 18, 2003, three full-time equivalent personnel positions of the Colorado office of economic development created in section 24-48.5-101 shall be transferred to the Colorado tourism office created in section 24-49.7-103. The employees shall be employees appointed by the governor and not classified employees in the state personnel system.       Any employees transferred to the office pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of this section who are classified employees in the state personnel system shall retain all rights to the personnel system and retirement benefits pursuant to 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 regulations.     Source: L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 667, § 1, effective May 22. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 626, § 1, effective March 18. L. 2005: (3)(b) amended, p. 208, § 3, effective August 8.
CO Code § 24-49.7-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 49.7 - Colorado Tourism Office|§ 24-49.7-107. Exemption From Procurement Code

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the office and the expenditure of moneys from the fund and the additional source fund shall not be subject to the provisions of the "Procurement Code", articles 101 to 112 of this title.   Source: L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 669, § 1, effective May 22.
CO Code § 24-49.7-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 49.7 - Colorado Tourism Office|§ 24-49.7-108. Audit Requirements

 On or before August 1, 2002, and not less than every five years thereafter, the state auditor shall review or cause to be reviewed the manner in which moneys from the fund and the additional source fund are expended, any contracts entered into pursuant to this article, and the activities of the board and the office to ensure compliance with the provisions of this article. Upon completing such audit, the state auditor shall provide a report to the governor and the general assembly reviewing the findings of the audit and making recommendations for statutory changes, if any.   Source: L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 669, § 1, effective May 22. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (SB 13-129), ch. 284, p. 1492, § 2, effective May 24.
CO Code § 24-50.5-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 50.5 - State Employee Protection|§ 24-50.5-101. Legislative Declaration - Repeal

  The general assembly declares that the people of Colorado are entitled to information about the workings of state government in order to reduce the waste and mismanagement of public funds, to reduce abuses in government authority, and to prevent illegal and unethical practices. The general assembly further declares that employees of the state of Colorado are citizens first and have a right and a responsibility to behave as good citizens in our common efforts to provide sound management of governmental affairs. To help achieve these objectives, the general assembly declares that state employees should be encouraged to disclose information on actions of state agencies that are not in the public interest and that legislation is needed to ensure that any employee making such disclosures shall not be subject to disciplinary measures or harassment by any public official.    Repealed.     Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 965, § 1, effective June 15. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-056), ch. 294, p. 1194, § 1, effective June 10.   Editor's note: Subsection (2)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (2), effective May 15, 2018. (SeeL. 2016, p. 1194.)
CO Code § 24-50.5-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 50.5 - State Employee Protection|§ 24-50.5-102. Definitions - Repeal

 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, including, but not limited to, the waste of public funds, abuse of authority, or mismanagement of any state agency.    "Employee" means any person employed by a state agency.    "State agency" means any board, commission, department, division, section, or other agency of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government.    "Supervisor" means any board, commission, department head, division head, or other person who supervises or is responsible for the work of one or more employees.    Repealed.     Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 965, § 1, effective June 15. L. 2016: (6) added, (SB 16-056), ch. 294, p. 1195, § 2, effective June 10.   Editor's note: Subsection (6)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (6), effective May 15, 2018. (SeeL. 2016, p. 1195.)   ANNOTATION   "Disclosure of information" is not limited to written evidence but includes oral or verbal disclosures as well. Ward v. Indus. Comm'n, 699 P.2d 960 (Colo. 1985).   Court properly ruled that only a disclosure of information that touches on a matter of public concern can support a civil action under the whistleblower act. Ferrel v. Colo. Dept. of Corr., 179 P.3d 178 (Colo. App. 2007).   A home rule city created under article XX, § 6, of the Colorado constitution is not an agency or subdivision of the state. Clark-Wine v. City of Colo. Springs, 556 F. Supp. 2d 1238 (D.Colo. 2008).
CO Code § 24-50.5-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 50.5 - State Employee Protection|§ 24-50.5-105. Civil Action

 Any employee not in the state personnel system, or any employee in the state personnel system who filed a complaint under section 24-50.5-104 (1) but the state personnel board determined after review or hearing that no violation of section 24-50.5-103 occurred, may bring a civil action in the district court alleging a violation of section 24-50.5-103. 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. 79: Entire article added, p. 967, § 1, effective June 15. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 100, § 2, effective August 7.   ANNOTATION   <b> Compliance with the notice of claim provision of the Governmental Immunity Act, <cite class="occo"><a href="gov.co.crs.title.24.html#t24-administration-ar10-s24-10-109" target="_self">§ 24-10-109</a></cite>, is necessary </b> when an employee brings suit under the whistleblower statute seeking relief for injuries covered by <cite class="occo"><a href="gov.co.crs.title.24.html#t24-administration-ar10-s24-10-103" target="_self">§ 24-10-103</a></cite> (2). State Pers. Bd. v. Lloyd, 752 P.2d 559 (Colo. 1988).   Dismissal of a civil action filed under this section before trial is appropriate if the plaintiff did not make a disclosure of information as defined in § 24-50.5-102 (2) because the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act does not waive sovereign immunity in such a circumstance. Because the question of whether a claim falls within an exception to the CGIA's waiver of immunity is a question of subject matter jurisdiction, resolution of a factual dispute needed to determine the jurisdiction question is for the trial court rather than the jury. Ferrel v. Colo. Dept. of Corr., 179 P.3d 178 (Colo. App. 2007).
CO Code § 24-50.5-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 50.5 - State Employee Protection|§ 24-50.5-106. Notice to State Auditor

 Whenever the state personnel board finds that a violation of section 24-50.5-103 involving the disclosure of information concerning waste of public funds or mismanagement of a state agency has occurred, it shall transmit a copy of the investigation report to the state auditor, who shall proceed in accordance with section 2-3-101 (3)(e), C.R.S.   Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 967, § 1, effective June 15.
CO Code § 24-50.5-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 50.5 - State Employee Protection|§ 24-50.5-107. Reports to the Governor

 The state personnel board shall report annually to the governor concerning the complaints filed, hearings held, and actions taken pursuant to this article.   Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 967, § 1, effective June 15. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1552, § 27, effective August 2.