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CO Code § 43-1-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 1 - Department of Transportation|§ 43-1-103. Department Created - Executive Director

  There is hereby created the department of transportation, the head of which shall be the executive director of the department of transportation, which office is hereby created. The executive director shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.    The office of the executive director shall include the office of transportation safety created in section 24-42-101, C.R.S.    The executive director shall prepare and transmit annually, in the form and manner prescribed by the heads of the principal departments pursuant to the provisions of section 24-1-136, C.R.S., a report accounting to the governor and the general assembly for the efficient discharge of all responsibilities assigned by law or directive to the department and the divisions thereof.    Publications by the executive director circulated in quantity outside the executive branch shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 24-1-136, C.R.S.     History. Source: L. 91: Entire part R&RE, p. 1020, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 43-1-102 as it existed prior to 1991.
CO Code § 43-1-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 1 - Department of Transportation|§ 43-1-104. Department Divisions, Sections, and Units

  The department consists of the following divisions:   The highway maintenance division, created in section 43-1-114;    The engineering, design, and construction division, created in section 43-1-116;    The transportation development division, created in section 43-1-117;    The aeronautics division, created in article 10 of this title; and    The transit and rail division created in section 43-1-117.5.         In addition to the divisions created by subsection (1) of this section, the commission shall create such divisions, sections, and units as are necessary to implement the provisions of this part 1.      The commission shall create divisions, sections, or units as are necessary to address the following modes of transportation: (b) (I) The commission shall create divisions, sections, or units as are necessary to address the following modes of transportation:   Mass transit operations of public mass transit operators;    Special transportation districts including, but not limited to, public highway authorities created pursuant to the provisions of part 5 of article 4 of this title, and tunnel districts created pursuant to the provisions of article 1 of title 32, C.R.S.;    Railroads;    Bicycles and pedestrians.       The duties of the department with regard to the modes of transportation under this paragraph (b) shall be to:   Gather information concerning the operations, planning, and funding requirements of the present and future transportation systems to assist the department in planning; and    Provide data and technical assistance to transportation operators to assist their operations and to help improve transportation in Colorado.       The department shall not assume operating responsibilities of existing transportation entities unless authorized by intergovernmental agreement.       The commission shall create such divisions, sections, and units of the department as are necessary to provide the following services for the department:   Administrative and human services; and    Financial and budget management.       Repealed.        History. Source: L. 91: Entire part R&RE, p. 1021, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2009: (1)(e) added,(SB 09-094), ch. 280, p. 1249, § 2, effective May 20. L. 2015: IP(1) and (1)(a) amended,(HB 15-1209), ch. 64, p. 174, § 3, effective March 30.    Editor's note:   Subsection (2)(d)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(d), effective July 1, 1996. (See L. 91, p. 1021 .)   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Statutory and Regulatory Duties and Obligations of CDOT”, see 38 Colo. Law. 77 (Oct. 2009).
CO Code § 43-1-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 1 - Department of Transportation|§ 43-1-105. Powers and Duties of the Executive Director

  The executive director shall:   Plan, develop, construct, coordinate, and promote an integrated transportation system in cooperation with federal, regional, local, and other state agencies and with private individuals and organizations concerned with transportation planning and operations in the state;    Initiate such comprehensive planning measures and authorize such studies and other research as he or she deems necessary for the development of an integrated transportation system;    Exercise general supervisory control over and coordinate the activities, functions, and employees of the department and its divisions;    Appoint a deputy director of the department pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution;    Maintain and administer the transportation infrastructure revolving fund pursuant to the provisions of section 43-1-113.5.       Subject to the powers of the commission, the executive director is hereby authorized to create or alter such sections and units within the divisions of the department as the executive director determines are necessary to effectively and efficiently operate the department.    The executive director shall have such other powers, duties, and functions as are prescribed for heads of principal departments in the “Administrative Organization Act of 1968”, article 1 of title 24, C.R.S.    The executive director shall have the power to solicit bids using electronic online access, including the internet, for purposes of acquiring construction contracts for public projects as provided in section 24-92-103, C.R.S.    The executive director shall have the power to issue transportation revenue anticipation notes in accordance with the provisions of part 7 of article 4 of this title.    Whenever the department or any division of the department other than the aeronautics division is authorized or required by law to hold a hearing, the executive director or the executive director's designee, who may be, but is not limited to, the chief engineer or an administrative law judge appointed pursuant to part 10 of article 30 of title 24, C.R.S., shall preside over the hearing to take evidence and make findings and report them to the executive director and to the commission; except that, whenever the chief engineer is authorized or required by law to adopt rules or regulations for the engineering, design, and construction division, the chief engineer, his or her designee for rule-making, or an administrative law judge appointed pursuant to part 10 of article 30 of title 24, C.R.S., shall preside over any hearing held pursuant to article 4 of title 24, C.R.S.     History. Source: L. 91: Entire part R&RE, p. 1022, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (3) added, p. 566, § 18, effective April 6. L. 98: (1)(e) and (4) added, pp. 1098, 1096, §§ 18, 10, effective June 1. L. 99: (5) added, p. 1118, § 2, effective June 2. L. 2015: (6) added, (HB 15-1209), ch. 64, p. 174, § 4, effective March 30.
CO Code § 43-1-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 1 - Department of Transportation|§ 43-1-107. Duties of Deputy Director

 At the request of the executive director or in his or her absence or disability, the deputy director of the department shall perform all of the duties of the executive director, and, when so acting, the deputy director shall have all the powers of and be subject to all of the restrictions imposed upon the executive director. In addition, the deputy director shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the executive director.   History. Source: L. 91: Entire part R&RE, p. 1029, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 43-1-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 1 - Department of Transportation|§ 43-1-108. Transfer of Functions, Employees, and Property - Contracts

  The department shall, on and after July 1, 1991, execute, administer, perform, and enforce the rights, powers, duties, functions, and obligations vested in the state department of highways as a principal department prior to July 1, 1991, concerning the duties and functions transferred to the department pursuant to this article. On and after July 1, 1991, the officers and employees of the state department of highways as a principal department prior to said date whose duties and functions concerned the duties and functions transferred to the department pursuant to this article and whose employment in the department of transportation is deemed necessary by the executive director to carry out the purposes of this article shall be transferred to the department and become employees thereof. Such employees shall retain all rights to state 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 rules and regulations.    On July 1, 1991, all items of property, real and personal, including office furniture and fixtures, books, documents, and records of the state department of highways pertaining to the duties and functions transferred to the department pursuant to section 24-1-128.7, C.R.S., are transferred to the department of transportation and become the property thereof.    The provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall not apply to functions, employees, and property transferred under the provisions of section 24-42-104, C.R.S.    Whenever the state department of highways is referred to or designated by any contract or other document in connection with the duties and functions transferred to the department pursuant to this article, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the department of transportation pursuant to this article. All contracts entered into by the state department of highways as a principal department prior to July 1, 1991, in connection with the duties and functions transferred to the department pursuant to this article are hereby validated, with the department of transportation created by this article succeeding to all the rights and obligations of such contracts. Any appropriations of funds from prior fiscal years open to satisfy obligations incurred pursuant to such contracts are hereby transferred and appropriated to the department of transportation created by this article for the payment of such obligations.     History. Source: L. 91: Entire part R&RE, p. 1029, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 43-1-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 1 - Department of Transportation|§ 43-1-109. Chief Engineer

  There is hereby created the office of chief engineer. The chief engineer shall be a licensed professional engineer with a minimum of ten years' responsible engineering experience, including management and organization in the field of highway engineering.    The chief engineer shall be appointed by the executive director pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution and shall be employed by the executive director of the department of transportation pursuant to the provisions of the constitution and laws of the state.     History. Source: L. 91: Entire part R&RE, p. 1030, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1) amended, p. 1318, § 79, effective May 28.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 43-1-104 as it existed prior to 1991.   Cross references:   For provisions concerning the registration of professional engineers, see part 2 of article 120 of title 12.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 43-1-109 is similar to § 43-1-104 as it existed prior to the 1991 repeal and reenactment of this part 1, a relevant case construing that provision has been included in the annotations to this section.   The general assembly intended that the chief engineer be responsible to the state highway commission (now the state transportation commission) in well-defined areas, because they set for that position highly professional engineering qualifications. State Hwy. Comm'n v. Haase, 189 Colo. 69 , 537 P.2d 300 (1975).
CO Code § 43-1-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 1 - Department of Transportation|§ 43-1-111. Engineer to Acquire Property

 On behalf of the department of transportation, the chief engineer has the authority to take and hold and to contract to take and hold title to real property, or any interest therein, in the name of the department of transportation, whether such real property or interest is used, or intended to be used, for right-of-way or maintenance purposes or for any other purpose authorized by law.   History. Source: L. 91: Entire part R&RE, p. 1032, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 43-1-107 as it existed prior to 1991.
CO Code § 43-1-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 1 - Department of Transportation|§ 43-1-112. Legal Services

  The attorney general shall provide legal services for the department of transportation, including the commission.    The executive director shall cause the attorney general to bring and prosecute for and defend on behalf of and in the name of the department, or any of its divisions, suits and proceedings:   To acquire rights-of-way and other property for the department as provided by law for transportation purposes;    To recover damages for negligence resulting in injury to property of the department as provided in subsection (3) of this section, but such damages shall be diminished in proportion to the amount of negligence, if any, attributable to the department;    To enforce or recover damages for the breach of contracts entered into by the department;    To quiet title to or to recover real or personal property or any interest or right therein;    For any other purpose necessary and proper for carrying out the functions of the department.       To recover damages to property of the department pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section, the department shall send by first-class mail a written bill for the damage to any person causing such damage. If the person disputes liability for the damage or the amount of the bill, the person may file within twenty days of receipt of the bill an appeal with the department's chief engineer in charge of operations and maintenance in accordance with the provisions of section 24-4-105, C.R.S. The bill shall provide notice of the right to appeal.     History. Source: L. 91: Entire part R&RE, p. 1032, § 1, effective July 1. L. 95: (2)(b) amended and (3) added, p. 1301, § 3, effective June 5.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 43-1-108 as it existed prior to 1991.
CO Code § 43-1-112.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 1 - Department of Transportation|§ 43-1-112.5. Establishment of Annual Allowable Revenues and Expenditures by General Assembly

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:   Section 20 of article X of the state constitution limits state fiscal year spending;    Subject to certain exclusions specified in section 20 of article X of the state constitution, all state general fund expenditures and all state cash fund expenditures, including expenditures of the department and the commission, are included in the limitation on state fiscal year spending;    The legislative powers of the general assembly, including but not limited to its plenary power of appropriation, authorize and require the general assembly to assure compliance with the limitation on state fiscal year spending and to make fundamental fiscal policy decisions establishing the level of activity of all departments and agencies of state government, including the department and the commission; and    Consonant with the exercise of such legislative powers, the general assembly must establish limits on the revenues under the jurisdiction of and the expenditures of the department and the commission.       For the 1993-94 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter, the general assembly, in the general appropriation bill or by separate bill, shall prescribe the total amount of allowable revenues which may be collected and expenditures which may be made by the department and the commission for the fiscal year. The amounts prescribed by the general assembly pursuant to this subsection (2) shall be based upon the determination of the limitation on state fiscal year spending under section 20 of article X of the state constitution and upon decisions establishing the level of activity of all departments and agencies of state government, including the department and the commission.     History. Source: L. 93: Entire section added, p. 1512, § 15, effective June 6.
CO Code § 43-1-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 1 - Department of Transportation|§ 43-1-115. Transportation Data Collection

  The transportation development division shall compile and maintain consistent information concerning the condition of the streets, roads, highways, and other transportation systems of this state. Such information shall be obtained from data available to the division, counties, and municipalities and shall be obtained from the appropriate personnel of the transportation development division, the governmental officials of any county or municipality in the state, or any other person deemed appropriate by the transportation development division. The transportation development division, after consultation with representatives of municipalities and counties, shall establish and disseminate a uniform method of reporting such information.    The information obtained pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be reported annually in conjunction with the reports required to be submitted pursuant to sections 43-2-120 (5) and 43-2-132 (5).     History. Source: L. 91: Entire part R&RE, p. 1040, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 43-1-106.5 as it existed prior to 1991.
CO Code § 43-1-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 1 - Department of Transportation|§ 43-1-116. Engineering, Design, and Construction Division - Created - Duties - Environmental Justice and Equity Branch

  There is hereby created, in the department of transportation, the engineering, design, and construction division, the head of which shall be the chief engineer.    The engineering, design, and construction division and the office of the chief engineer shall exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of transportation and the executive director as if the same were transferred to the department by a type 2 transfer, as such transfer is defined in the “Administrative Organization Act of 1968”, article 1 of title 24, C.R.S.    The engineering, design, and construction division shall be responsible for all engineering, design, and construction operations of the department.    The department shall update the bidding rules regarding prequalification requirements, including the contract amounts for which a bidder is required to submit an audited financial statement reviewed by a certified public accountant. In addition, the chief engineer shall develop a policy regarding how previous relevant experience and the bonding capacity of a contractor will be considered when evaluating proposals and bids submitted for public projects.    The environmental justice and equity branch is created in the engineering, design, and construction division. The function of the environmental justice and equity branch is to work directly with disproportionately impacted communities, as well as with other department programs, in the project planning, environmental study, and project delivery phases of transportation capacity projects. The environmental justice and equity branch shall identify and address technological, language, and information barriers that may prevent disproportionately impacted communities from participating fully in transportation decisions that affect health, quality of life, and access for disadvantaged and minority businesses in project delivery.     History. Source: L. 91: Entire part R&RE, p. 1041, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2017: (4) added,(SB 17-211), ch. 373, p. 1936, § 1, effective August 9. L. 2021: (5) added,(SB 21-260), ch. 250, p. 1412, § 28, effective June 17.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 21-260, see section 1 of chapter 250, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
CO Code § 43-1-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 1 - Department of Transportation|§ 43-1-117. Transportation Development Division - Created - Duties - Freight Mobility and Safety Branch

  There is hereby created, in the department of transportation, the transportation development division, the head of which shall be the director of the transportation development division, which office is hereby created.    The transportation development division and the office of the director of such division shall exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of transportation and the executive director as if the same were transferred to the department by a type 2 transfer, as such transfer is defined in the “Administrative Organization Act of 1968”, article 1 of title 24, C.R.S.    The transportation development division shall be responsible for the implementation of the provisions of part 11 of this article.    The freight mobility and safety branch is created in the transportation development division. The function of the freight mobility and safety branch is to plan, design, and implement programs and projects that enhance freight mobility and safety within the state. No later than January 1, 2022, the freight mobility and safety branch shall provide to the commission a long-term strategic plan that sets forth the vision and goals for the branch, key priorities for all freight-related programs, activities, and projects, and guidelines for coordination between the branch and the freight advisory committee.     History. Source: L. 91: Entire part R&RE, p. 1041, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: (4) added,(SB 21-260), ch. 250, p. 1412, § 29, effective June 17.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 21-260, see section 1 of chapter 250, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
CO Code § 43-1-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 1 - Department of Transportation|§ 43-1-118. Employees - Duties

 All employees of the department not otherwise provided for in this part 1 shall be employed and shall serve pursuant to the constitution and laws of the state. They shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the chief engineer, by the executive director, or by the director of their respective divisions.   History. Source: L. 91: Entire part R&RE, p. 1041, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 43-1-109 as it existed prior to 1991.