CO Code § 24-1-135.1 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 1 - Administrative Organization Act of 1968|§ 24-1-135.1. Effect of Congressional Redistricting Related to 2000 Federal Decennial Census - Definition

    The appointing authority of the boards, commissions, or committees established pursuant to sections 13-91-104, 14-10-115, 21-2-101, 23-1-102, 23-21-503, 23-60-104, 24-32-706, 25-1-103, 25.5-1-301, 25.5-1-602, 26-11-101, 33-11-105, and 35-65-401, which require members to be appointed as residents of designated congressional districts, shall determine whether the current appointments to such boards, commissions, or committees adequately represent Colorado's new congressional districts. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, such appointing authority shall terminate the terms of current members and appoint new members to replace such members on the boards, commissions, or committees as is necessary to ensure proper representation from the new congressional districts; except that the term of a member who continues to reside in the district that such member was designated to represent shall not be terminated. Such changes shall be made no later than January 1, 2003. If the current members adequately represent the new congressional districts, the membership of the board, commission, or committee shall remain unchanged. Any member who continues to serve on a board, commission, or committee shall not be required to be reappointed. (1) (a) The appointing authority of the boards, commissions, or committees established pursuant to sections 13-91-104, 14-10-115, 21-2-101, 23-1-102, 23-21-503, 23-60-104, 24-32-706, 25-1-103, 25.5-1-301, 25.5-1-602, 26-11-101, 33-11-105, and 35-65-401, which require members to be appointed as residents of designated congressional districts, shall determine whether the current appointments to such boards, commissions, or committees adequately represent Colorado's new congressional districts. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, such appointing authority shall terminate the terms of current members and appoint new members to replace such members on the boards, commissions, or committees as is necessary to ensure proper representation from the new congressional districts; except that the term of a member who continues to reside in the district that such member was designated to represent shall not be terminated. Such changes shall be made no later than January 1, 2003. If the current members adequately represent the new congressional districts, the membership of the board, commission, or committee shall remain unchanged. Any member who continues to serve on a board, commission, or committee shall not be required to be reappointed.    If the appointing authority of the boards, commissions, or committees set forth in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) is the governor, with the consent of the senate, the governor alone shall determine whether the current appointments to such boards, commissions, or committees adequately represent the new congressional districts and terminate the terms of current members as is necessary to ensure proper representation from such districts, but senate consent shall still be required for the appointment of any new members.    As used in this section, "new congressional districts" means the congressional districts for the state of Colorado as they exist after the changes that occurred as a result of the 2000 federal decennial census, including the addition of a seventh congressional district and the changes in boundaries of the other six congressional districts.       The term of any new appointee who is appointed to replace a person on a board, commission, or committee pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall expire on the date that the term of the person that such new appointee replaced would have expired, and such member shall not be deemed to have served a full term for purposes of calculating any applicable term limits. If the total size of a board, commission, or committee was increased as a result of the new congressional districts, a new member to such board, commission, or committee shall serve for a term as prescribed by law.    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the appointing authority of the boards, commissions, or committees set forth in subsection (1) shall not be required to make any changes to such boards, commissions, and committees in order to accommodate the new congressional districts, except as required by this section.    Any member of a board or commission who was appointed to such office as a resident of a designated congressional district pursuant to section 24 (2) of article VI and section 6 (1) of article XXVII of the state constitution, and who no longer resides in such congressional district solely because of a change made to the boundaries of such district subsequent to the 2000 federal decennial census, is eligible to hold office for the remainder of the term to which the member was appointed, notwithstanding such nonresidency.    Except as otherwise provided in this section, all appointments to the boards, commissions, and committees set forth in subsection (1) of this section shall be made as prescribed by law.     Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 942, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2003: (1)(a) amended, p. 1997, § 44, effective May 22. L. 2005: (1)(a) amended, p. 671, § 11, effective June 1; (1)(a) amended, p. 207, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2013: (1)(a) amended, (HB 13-1139), ch.120, p. 408, § 6, effective August 7. L. 2017: (1)(a) amended, (HB 17-1024), ch. 7, p. 21, § 2, effective August 9.   Editor's note: Amendments to subsection (1)(a) by House Bill 05-1063 and House Bill 05-1205 were harmonized.