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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOR BLIND (§§ 24-85-101 — 24-85-104) › Article 85 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED (§§ 24-85-101 — 24-85-104) › Section 24-85-102 - Definitions

As used in this article 85, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Access" means the ability to receive, use, and manipulate data and operate controls included in information technology.
(1.5)
"Accessible" or "accessibility" means perceivable, operable, and understandable digital content that reasonably enables an individual with a disability to access the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services offered to other individuals, with the same privacy, independence, and ease of use as exists for individuals without a disability.
(2)
"Blind or visually impaired individual" means an individual who:
(a)
Has a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with corrective lenses or has a limited field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees;
(b)
Has a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration; or
(c)
Has a medically diagnosed limitation in visual functioning that restricts the individual's ability to read and write standard print at levels expected of individuals of comparable ability.
(2.3)
"Disability" has the same meaning as set forth in the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990",
42 U.S.C. sec. 12101
et seq., and its related amendments and implementing regulations.
(2.7)
"Individual with a disability" has the same meaning as "qualified individual with a disability" as defined in subsection (5.5) of this section.
(3)
Repealed.
(4)
"Information technology" means all electronic information processing hardware and software, including telecommunications.
(5)
"Nonvisual" means synthesized speech, Braille, and other output methods not requiring sight.
(5.3)
"Office of information technology" means the office of information technology created in section
24-37.5-103
.
(5.5)
"Qualified individual with a disability" or "individual with a disability" has the same meaning as set forth in the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990",
42 U.S.C. sec. 12101
et seq., and its related amendments and implementing regulations.
(6)
"State agency" means the state or any of its principal departments, agencies, or boards or commissions.
(7)
"Telecommunications" means the transmission of information, images, pictures, voice, or data by radio, video, or other electronic or impulse means.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 100,§ 1, eff. 4/20/2023.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 402, § 4, eff. 6/30/2021.
L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 1504, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2007: (3) repealed, p. 918, § 22, effective May 17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOR BLIND (§§ 24-85-101 — 24-85-104) › Article 85 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED (§§ 24-85-101 — 24-85-104) › Section 24-85-104 - Procurement requirements - criteria - implementation

(1)
The office of information technology shall approve minimum standards and criteria to be used in approving or rejecting procurements by state agencies for adaptive technologies for nonvisual or other disability access uses.
(2)
Nothing in this article 85 requires the installation of software or peripheral devices used for accessibility for an individual with a disability when the information technology is being used by individuals who are not disabled. Nothing in this article 85 requires the purchase of adaptive equipment by a state agency.
(3)
Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, the applications, programs, and underlying operating systems, including the format of the data, used for the manipulation and presentation of information must permit the installation and effective use of and be compatible with software and peripheral devices that provide accessibility to an individual with a disability.
(4)
Compliance with the procurement requirements of this section must be achieved at the time of procurement of an upgrade or replacement of existing information technology equipment or software.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 402, § 6, eff. 6/30/2021.
L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 1505, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 917, § 18, effective May 17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-101 - Short title

This part 1 shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Library Law".
L. 79: Entire article R&RE, p. 983, § 1, effective July 1. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 619, § 3, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 24-90-101 as it existed prior to 1979.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-102 - Legislative declaration

The general assembly hereby declares that it is the policy of this state, as a part of its provision for public education, to promote the establishment and development of all types of publicly supported free library service throughout the state to ensure equal access to information without regard to age, physical or mental health, place of residence, or economic status, to aid in the establishment and improvement of library programs, to improve and update the skills of persons employed in libraries through continuing education activities, and to promote and coordinate the sharing of resources among libraries in Colorado and the dissemination of information regarding the availability of library services.
L. 79: Entire article R&RE, p. 983, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 24-91-102 as it existed prior to 1979.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-103.5 - Acts and elections conducted pursuant to provisions that refer to qualified electors or registered electors

Any elections, and any acts relating thereto, carried out under this article, that were conducted prior to July 1, 2003, pursuant to provisions that refer to a qualified elector rather than a registered elector and that were valid when conducted shall be deemed and held to be legal and valid in all respects.
L. 87: Entire section added, p. 319, § 59, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2444, § 2, effective August 15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-104 - State library created - administration

(1)
The state library is created as a division of the department of education, and its operation is declared to be an essential administrative function of the state government. The state library is a
type 2
entity, as defined in section
24-1-105
, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of education, the commissioner of education, and the state board of education.
(2)
The commissioner of education, as ex officio state librarian, has charge and direction of the state library but may delegate to the assistant commissioner in charge of the state library any or all of the powers given to the state librarian in this article for such periods and under such restrictions as the commissioner sees fit, upon approval of the state board of education.
(3)
The commissioner of education shall appoint an assistant commissioner, office of library services, in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution. Said assistant commissioner shall have at least a master's degree from a library school accredited by the American library association and shall have at least seven years of progressively responsible library experience, five of which shall have been in administrative positions.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 469, § 31, eff. 8/10/2022.
L. 79: Entire article R&RE, p. 984, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 2444, § 3, effective August 15.
This section is similar to former §§ 24-90-104, 24-90-105, and 24-90-106 as they existed prior to 1979.
2022 Ch. 469, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-106 - Participation of existing libraries in the formation of new libraries

(1)
Any governmental unit of the state of Colorado has the power to establish and maintain a public library under the provisions of this part 1, either by itself or in cooperation with one or more other governmental units. Whenever a county library or library district is proposed to be formed, specific written notification of the proposed establishment shall be given at least ninety days prior to anticipated action on the proposed establishment to each governmental unit maintaining a public library in the legal service area of the proposed library and the board of trustees of each library. The legislative body of any governmental unit that maintains a public library within the territory to be served by a county library or a library district or the board of trustees of an established library district shall decide, by resolution or ordinance, whether or not to participate in the county library or library district. If participation in the county library or library district is to be funded by any amount of tax levy not previously established by resolution or ordinance nor previously approved by the electors, the resolution or ordinance shall state that the electors of the library district or governmental unit must approve that levy before participation can be effected. Written notice of a decision not to participate shall be filed with the board of county commissioners in the case of a proposed county library or with the boards of county commissioners of each county having territory within the library's legal service area in the case of a proposed library district. The notice shall be filed at least thirty days prior to action being taken on the resolution or ordinance to create a county library or library district or on the resolution to conduct an election to create the county library or library district.
(2) and (3)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, p. 2446, § 6, effective August 15, 2003.)
L. 79: Entire article R&RE, p. 986, § 1, effective July 1. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 619, § 5, effective July 1. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1294, § 2, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) and (2) amended, p. 735, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2446, § 6, effective August 15.
(1) This section is similar to former § 24-90-109 as it existed prior to 1979.
(2) Subsection (2) was relocated to
24-90-106.5
. Subsection (3) was relocated to
24-90-113.3
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-106.3 - Inclusion of a governmental unit into an existing library district - procedure

(1)
Any governmental unit sharing at least one common boundary with an existing library district may become part of the district upon a resolution executed by the board of trustees of the district and the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, as applicable, by the legislative body of the governmental unit approving the inclusion of the governmental unit into the district. If the tax levy imposed by the district pursuant to section
24-90-112
has not been previously approved by the registered electors of the governmental unit, the electors shall approve the levy before the governmental unit may be included in the district. Any such election shall be held in accordance with the requirements specified in section 20 of article X of the state constitution, articles
1
to
13
of title
1
, C.R.S., and article
10
of title
31
, C.R.S., as applicable, and the election shall be held on the date of the state biennial general election, the first Tuesday in November in odd-numbered years, or, if the governmental unit is a municipality, on the date of the regular election of the municipality.
(2)
Upon the inclusion of a governmental unit into a library district in accordance with the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, the legislative body of the governmental unit and the board of trustees of the district shall enter into a written agreement within ninety days of the election that sets forth fully the rights, obligations, and responsibilities, financial and otherwise, of the parties to the agreement.
(3)
In the case of a governmental unit that has a portion included within a library district and a portion that is not included within the district, the governmental unit may follow the procedures specified in subsections (1) and (2) of this section to bring about the inclusion of the entire governmental unit into the district; except that, in such circumstances, only the registered electors residing within the portion of the governmental unit that is not included within the district at the time of the commencement of the inclusion proceedings shall be allowed to vote on the question of approval of the district tax levy.
L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 325, § 1, effective April 20.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-106.5 - Establishment or removal of a municipal library in an existing county library or library district

If a municipality is in the legal service area of an existing county library or library district, public library service shall not be refused or discontinued other than as provided in this article. The municipality may establish its own municipal library only by choosing to do so by means of financial support that does not affect the financial support previously established for the county library or library district; except that the municipality and the county library or library district may, by mutual written agreement, permit a financing method for a municipal library that does affect the financial support previously established for the county library or library district. If establishment of the municipal library is to be funded by any amount of tax levy not previously established by resolution or ordinance nor previously approved by the electors of the municipality, the electors must approve that levy before the municipality can establish the library.
L. 2003: Entire section added with relocations, p. 2447, § 7, effective August 15. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09 -1072), ch. 74, p. 263, § 3, effective August 5.
This section was formerly numbered as §
24-90-106(2)
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-110 - [Repealed]

L. 79: Entire article R&RE, p. 988, § 1, effective July 1. L. 87: (1)(a) amended, p. 319, § 61, effective July 1. L. 90: Entire section repealed, p. 1303, § 12, effective July 1.
This section was similar to former § 24-90-111 as it existed prior to 1979.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-110.5 - [Repealed]

L. 83: Entire section added, p. 1017, § 2, effective June 2. L. 87: (1) amended, p. 320, § 62, effective July 1. L. 90: (1) amended, p. 1299, § 7, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 737, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section repealed, p. 2478, § 34, effective August 15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-111 - [Repealed]

L. 79: Entire article R&RE, p. 989, § 1, effective July 1. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1299, § 8, effective July 1. L. 94: (2) amended, p. 737, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section repealed, p. 2478, § 34, effective August 15.
This section was similar to former § 24-90-113 as it existed prior to 1979.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-113 - [Repealed]

L. 79: Entire article R&RE, p. 990, § 1, effective July 1. L. 90: Entire section repealed, p. 1303, § 12, effective July 1.
This section was similar to former § 24-90-117 as it existed prior to 1979.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-113.3 - Contract to receive library service

In lieu of establishment of a public library, the legislative body of a governmental unit may contract to receive library service from an existing library, the board of trustees or governing body of which has the reciprocal power to render the service. Any school district may contract for library service from any existing public library, such service to be paid from funds available to the school district for library purposes. Any contract entered into pursuant to this section shall specify, without limitation, the geographic area covered by the contract, the amount of compensation to be paid to the library delivering the service, the term of the contract, and any other information deemed necessary by the contracting parties.
L. 2003: Entire section added with relocated provisions, p. 2461, § 14, effective August 15.
This section is similar to former § 24-90-106 (3) as it existed prior to 2003.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-114 - Abolishment of libraries

(1)
A public library, other than a joint library, established, operated, or maintained pursuant to this part 1 may be abolished only by vote of the registered electors in that library's legal service area, taken in the manner prescribed in section
24-90-107 (3)
for a vote to establish a library. If a library is abolished, the materials and equipment belonging to it shall be disposed of as the legislative body of the governmental unit, or in the case of a library district, as the library board of trustees, directs.
(2)
Following notice of public hearings, the abolishment of a joint library shall be by resolution of the legislative bodies of the governmental units that established, operated, or maintained the joint library. The resolution shall specify that all indebtedness, including obligations arising from financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements, of the joint library must be fully protected until retired, that all trusts of the library will be continued as specified under current terms, and that all properties of the joint library will be divided as provided in the agreements entered into by the legislative bodies of the governmental units.
(3)
Disposition of school district libraries that have been abolished shall be accomplished as provided by law.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 325, § 65, eff. 7/1/2021.
L. 79: Entire article R&RE, p. 990, § 1, effective July 1. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 620, § 7, effective July 1. L. 87: Entire section amended, p. 322, § 65, effective July 1. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1302, § 10, effective July 1. L. 2003: (1) amended, p. 2462, § 15, effective August 15.
This section is similar to former § 24-90-123 as it existed prior to 1979.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-116 - Existing libraries to comply

Any public library established on or after July 1, 1979, shall be established as provided in this part 1. Every public library which has been established prior to said date under provisions of state law shall be considered as established under this part 1, and the board of trustees and the legislative body of the governmental unit in which the library is located shall proceed forthwith to make such changes as may be necessary to effect a compliance with the terms of this part 1. Every contract existing prior to July 1, 1979, for library service shall continue in force and be subject to this part 1 until the contract is terminated or a public library is established by the governmental unit for which the service was engaged.
L. 79: Entire article R&RE, p. 991, § 1, effective July 1. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 620, § 8, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 24-90-122 as it existed prior to 1979.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-117 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2021 Ch. 462, § 438, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 79: Entire article R&RE, p. 991, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1535, § 261, effective October 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 24-90-120 as it existed prior to 1979.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act repealing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-118 - Colorado libraries automated catalog project

(1)
The general assembly declares that there shall be developed and established by the Colorado state library, in cooperation with the research libraries within Colorado, an automated catalog system, which shall be available for use by all publicly or privately supported libraries in Colorado. The system shall be compatible with the library of congress automated cataloging system, including federal standards for machine-readable cataloging, which will become effective on January 1, 1981.
(2) and (3)
Repealed.
L. 79: Entire section added, p. 993, § 1, effective July 1. L. 84: (2) and (3) repealed, p. 1121, § 24, effective June 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-119 - Privacy of user records

(1)
Except as set forth in subsection (2) of this section, a publicly supported library shall not disclose any record or other information that identifies a person as having requested or obtained specific materials or service or as otherwise having used the library.
(2)
Records may be disclosed in the following instances:
(a)
When necessary for the reasonable operation of the library;
(b)
Upon written consent of the user;
(c)
Pursuant to subpoena, upon court order, or where otherwise required by law;
(d)
To a custodial parent or legal guardian who has access to a minor's library card or its authorization number for the purpose of accessing by electronic means library records of the minor.
(3)
Any library official, employee, or volunteer who discloses information in violation of this section commits a civil infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars.
(4)
A written request for reconsideration of a library resource made at a public library pursuant to section 24-90-122 (3) is not a library user record as described in subsection (1) of this section.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 307,§ 3, eff. 5/31/2024.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 439, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 83: Entire section added, p. 1023, § 1, effective March 22. L. 2003: (1) and (3) amended and (2)(d) added, p. 2463, §§ 17, 18, effective August 15.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-120 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2024 Ch. 6,§ 2, eff. 2/27/2024.
Renumbered as C.R.S. §
26.5-1-115
by 2024 Ch. 6,§ 1, eff. 2/27/2024.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 189,§ 21, eff. 5/15/2023.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 237, § 19, eff. 5/26/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 222, § 22, eff. 6/11/2021.
Added by 2020 Ch. 261, § 2, eff. 9/14/2020.
L. 2020: Entire section added, (SB 20-185), ch. 1258, p. 1258, § 2, effective September 14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 1 - LIBRARY LAW (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-122) › Section 24-90-121 - Public libraries - science of reading - training - report - definitions

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Director" means the director of a board of trustees employed by the board of trustees pursuant to section
24-90-109 (1)(c)
.
(b)
"Evidence-based training in the science of reading" or "training" means training that:
(I)
Is based on reliable, trustworthy, and valid evidence;
(II)
Includes explanation and instruction in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, including oral skills, and reading comprehension; and
(III)
Is included on the advisory list of rigorous professional development programs created and maintained by the department of education pursuant to section
22-7-1209 (2)(c)
.
(2)
(a)
The director of each public library is encouraged to work with the department of education to provide evidence-based training in the science of reading for each librarian who works with children enrolled in preschool, kindergarten, or early elementary grades. In addition, the director is encouraged to identify and provide in the library materials and activities for parents and children to improve literacy, which materials and activities are appropriate for preschool, kindergarten through second grade, and third through sixth grade and are designed to improve reading competency in the areas of phonemic awareness; phonics; vocabulary development; reading fluency, including oral skills; and reading comprehension.
(b)
At the request of a director, the department of education shall provide, at no cost to the public library, evidence-based training in the science of reading to one or more librarians who are employed by the public library. The department may provide the training in-person or online and may provide the same training for librarians that it provides for teachers pursuant to section
22-7-1208 (6)(c)
.
(3)
The director of each public library may prepare a plan describing how the director and the librarians employed at the library will work with children and their parents to support literacy using materials, activities, and strategies that are supported by the science of reading. The director is encouraged to submit the plan to the state librarian by July 1, 2024.
Added by 2022 Ch. 280, § 5, eff. 8/10/2022.
2022 Ch. 280, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 2 - STATE PUBLICATIONS DEPOSITORY AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER (§§ 24-90-201 — 24-90-208) › Section 24-90-201 - Establishment of a state publications depository and distribution center

In consideration of the fundamental importance attached in our constitutional republic to a well-educated citizenry participating in our democratic processes that understands the activities of its state government, and to allow the people of the state to draw benefits from information developed at public expense, and to enjoy access to the information services of state agencies, there is hereby established a state publications depository and distribution center. Such center shall be a section of the state library. The center shall ensure that all state publications are available to residents of Colorado through a system of depository libraries. Operation of the center is declared to be an essential administrative function of the state government.
L. 80: Entire part added, p. 617, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2463, § 19, effective August 15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 2 - STATE PUBLICATIONS DEPOSITORY AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER (§§ 24-90-201 — 24-90-208) › Section 24-90-202 - Definitions

As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Center" means that section of the state library responsible for the state publications depository and distribution functions.
(2)
"Depository library" means a library designated to collect, maintain, and make available to the general public state agency publications.
(3)
"State agency" means every state office, whether legislative, executive, or judicial, and all of its respective officers, departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions, and committees, all state-supported colleges and universities which are defined as state institutions of higher education, and other agencies which expend state-appropriated funds.
(4)
"State publication" means any information for public distribution, regardless of format, method of reproduction, source, or copyright that is produced, purchased for distribution, or authorized, with the imprint of, or at the total or partial expense of the agency, with the exception of correspondence, interoffice memoranda, or those items detailed by section
24-72-204
. "State publication" includes, without limitation, information available electronically by means of computer diskettes, compact discs, computer tapes, other electronic storage media, or a public telecommunications network.
L. 80: Entire part added, p. 617, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: (1) and (4) amended, p. 2464, § 20, effective August 15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 2 - STATE PUBLICATIONS DEPOSITORY AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER (§§ 24-90-201 — 24-90-208) › Section 24-90-203 - Purposes - direction - rules

(1)
The purposes of the center are to identify, collect, catalog, distribute, preserve, and make state publications, regardless of format, available to the public. Public access to such publications may be accomplished by use of depository library facilities throughout the state, and, for electronic documents, by means of a public telecommunications network.
(2)
The center shall be under the direction of the state librarian.
(3)
The state board of education shall adopt such rules as are necessary or appropriate to accomplish the provisions of this part 2. No rule shall deny public access to the state publications enumerated in this part 2.
L. 80: Entire part added, p. 618, § 1, effective July 1. L. 84: (3) amended, p. 740, § 1, effective April 5. L. 2003: (1) and (3) amended, p. 2464, § 21, effective August 15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 2 - STATE PUBLICATIONS DEPOSITORY AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER (§§ 24-90-201 — 24-90-208) › Section 24-90-204 - Deposits of state publications

(1)
Every state agency shall, upon publication, deposit at least four copies of each of its state publications with the center. The center may require additional copies of certain state publications to be deposited when designated by the state librarian as being required to fulfill the purposes of this part 2. Publications shall be provided within ten working days of such publication in the following manner:
(a)
In the case of any publications produced in print, four copies of said publication shall be deposited with the center.
(b)
In the case of any publication produced in electronic form, including those made available through a public telecommunications network, an electronic copy or notification of the publication of such electronic copy shall be deposited with the center in a form specified by the center.
L. 80: Entire part added, p. 618, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2464, § 22, effective August 15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 2 - STATE PUBLICATIONS DEPOSITORY AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER (§§ 24-90-201 — 24-90-208) › Section 24-90-205 - Permanent public access to state publications

The center shall coordinate with state agencies, depository libraries, or other entities permanent public access to state publications, regardless of format.
L. 80: Entire part added, p. 618, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2465, § 23, effective August 15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 2 - STATE PUBLICATIONS DEPOSITORY AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER (§§ 24-90-201 — 24-90-208) › Section 24-90-206 - Depository library agreements - requirements

(1)
The center may enter into depository agreements with any state agency or public library or with out-of-state research libraries and other state libraries. The number of depository libraries shall not exceed thirty. The requirements for eligibility to become and continue as a depository shall be established by the state library. The standards shall include and take into consideration population, the type of library or agency, ability to preserve such publications and to make them available for public use, and such geographic locations as will make the publications conveniently accessible to residents in all areas of the state.
(2)
In addition to any other material distributed to state publications depository libraries, the state librarian shall distribute any materials to be incorporated by reference in state rules that are provided to the state publications depository and distribution center pursuant to section
24-4-103
(12.5)(c)(I). The state librarian and any state publications depository library shall make materials distributed pursuant to this subsection (2) available to the public as soon as possible.
L. 80: Entire part added, p. 618, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2589, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2010: (2) amended, (HB 10 -1235), ch. 76, p. 261, § 2, effective April 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 2 - STATE PUBLICATIONS DEPOSITORY AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER (§§ 24-90-201 — 24-90-208) › Section 24-90-207 - Online catalog of state publications

The center shall maintain an online catalog providing free public access to records of state publications, regardless of format, by author, title, subject, and key word through a public telecommunications network.
L. 80: Entire part added, p. 618, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2465, § 24, effective August 15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 2 - STATE PUBLICATIONS DEPOSITORY AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER (§§ 24-90-201 — 24-90-208) › Section 24-90-208 - State publications distribution

The center shall distribute state publications, in paper, electronic, or other format where appropriate, to depository libraries. The state librarian may make additional distributions in accordance with agreements with appropriate state agencies.
L. 80: Entire part added, p. 618, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2465, § 25, effective August 15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 3 - COLORADO COMPUTER INFORMATION NETWORK (§§ 24-90-301 — 24-90-303) › Section 24-90-301 - Legislative declaration

The general assembly hereby declares that access to information is of utmost importance to the people of the state of Colorado; that people with better access to information have enhanced opportunities to improve the quality of their own lives, their children's lives, and the contributions they make to their communities and the state; and that access to online information accessed through libraries should be equal throughout the state, regardless of place of residence or economic status.
L. 90: Entire part added, p. 1304, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2465, § 26, effective August 15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 3 - COLORADO COMPUTER INFORMATION NETWORK (§§ 24-90-301 — 24-90-303) › Section 24-90-302 - Colorado virtual library - creation - components - access

(1)
There is hereby created the Colorado virtual library, formerly known as the access Colorado library and information network (ACLIN), which shall be a part of the state library system under the charge of the state librarian pursuant to section
24-90-105 (2)(f)
. For purposes of this section, "library" shall mean the Colorado virtual library created in this subsection (1).
(2)
The library shall provide electronic resources through libraries to all Colorado residents, to the students, faculty, and staff of institutions of higher education, and to the students and faculty of elementary and secondary schools wherever such persons obtain access to the internet, regardless of place of residence within Colorado or economic status.
(3)
The library shall have the following components:
(a)
A connection to the online catalogs of the holdings of Colorado libraries;
(b)
A connection to locally produced databases;
(c)
Digitized collections of Colorado resources;
(d)
Indexes and full text database products selected in accordance with subsection (3.5) of this section to serve the needs of the people of the state;
(e)
An interlibrary loan system facilitating resource sharing throughout Colorado; and
(f)
Other services associated with providing computer-based library services.
(3.5)
Subject to available appropriations, the state librarian shall procure through a competitive bid process online databases necessary to provide on behalf of all publicly supported libraries the indexes and database products specified in paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of this section.
(4)
Access to the Colorado virtual library by any person within the state shall be through the world wide web or successive technology.
(5)
(a)
The component parts of the Colorado virtual library described in subsection (3) of this section are affected with a public interest.
(b)
Accordingly, in the administration of this part 3, the state librarian shall be guided by the principle that information generally provided by libraries, such as library catalogues and online resources, should be provided free to library users; however, said users may be subject to appropriate charges and fees for specialized services.
(c)
Further, the state librarian shall be guided by the principle that direct competition between publicly funded agencies and private firms is to be avoided. Publicly funded agencies that are part of the library established under this part 3 are discouraged from selling at a profit information contributed to them by private firms.
L. 90: Entire part added, p. 1304, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2002: (3) amended, p. 709, § 11, effective 7/1/2003. L. 2003: (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) amended and (3.5) added, pp. 2465, 2466, §§ 27, 28, effective August 15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 3 - COLORADO COMPUTER INFORMATION NETWORK (§§ 24-90-301 — 24-90-303) › Section 24-90-303 - [Repealed]

L. 90: Entire part added, p. 1305, § 2, effective July 1.
Subsection (6) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 1992. (See L. 90, p. 1305.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 4 - LIBRARY GRANTS (§§ 24-90-401 — 24-90-408) › Section 24-90-401 - Short title

This part 4 shall be known and may be cited as the "State Grants for Libraries Act".
L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 1323, § 2, effective May 26.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 4 - LIBRARY GRANTS (§§ 24-90-401 — 24-90-408) › Section 24-90-402 - Legislative declaration

The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the purpose of this part 4 is to promote means whereby the state will make grant moneys available to publicly supported libraries, including public libraries, school libraries, and academic libraries, to enable these institutions to obtain educational resources they would otherwise be unable to afford, to the end that the state will receive the corresponding benefits of a better educated and informed population.
L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 1324, § 2, effective May 26.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 4 - LIBRARY GRANTS (§§ 24-90-401 — 24-90-408) › Section 24-90-403 - Definitions

As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Academic library" has the same meaning as set forth in section
24-90-103 (1)
.
(2)
"County library" has the same meaning as set forth in section
24-90-103 (2)
.
(3)
"Educational resources" means any one or all of the following: Books, periodicals, or any other form of print media; audiovisual materials; and electronic information resources.
(4)
"Electronic information resources" means material of an educational or informational nature that may only be accessed by computer or electronic terminal.
(5)
"Eligible participant" means a publicly supported library that otherwise satisfies the requirements for grant eligibility pursuant to this part 4.
(6)
"Fund" means the state grants to publicly supported libraries fund created pursuant to this part 4.
(7)
"Joint library" has the same meaning as set forth in section
24-90-103 (4)
.
(8)
"Library district" has the same meaning as set forth in section
24-90-103 (6)
.
(9)
"Minor" means any person under the age of eighteen.
(10)
"Municipal library" has the same meaning as set forth in section
24-90-103 (11)
.
(11)
"Public access computer" means a computer that is:
(a)
Located in a school library or a public library; and
(b)
Connected to any computer communication system.
(12)
"Public library" has the same meaning as set forth in section
24-90-103 (13)
.
(13)
"Publicly supported library" has the same meaning as set forth in section
24-90-103 (14)
.
(14)
"Regional library service system" has the same meaning as set forth in section
24-90-103 (16)
.
(15)
"School library" has the same meaning as set forth in section
24-90-103 (18)
. For purposes of this part 4, a "school library" shall be the equivalent of the library system established and maintained by a particular school district and shall not mean each separate or individual library facility established and maintained by such school district.
(16)
"State librarian" means the commissioner of education, as ex officio state librarian pursuant to section
24-90-104 (2)
, or any person designated by him or her to perform any of the duties and responsibilities charged to the state librarian pursuant to this part 4.
L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 1324, § 2, effective May 26.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › LIBRARIES (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Article 90 - Libraries (§§ 24-90-101 — 24-90-606) › Part 4 - LIBRARY GRANTS (§§ 24-90-401 — 24-90-408) › Section 24-90-406 - Reporting

All eligible participants receiving funds under this part 4 shall submit to the state librarian by January 1 of each calendar year following the year in which a grant award was made a report containing a statement of all moneys received under this part 4, the purposes for which the moneys were used, the participant's compliance with this article, and such other information that the state librarian may require. Any eligible participant may submit the information required to be submitted to the state librarian pursuant to this section as part of the reporting of any other information required to be submitted to the state librarian under any other applicable law by the date specified in this section.
L. 2000: Entire part added, p.1327, § 2, effective May 26.