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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-207 - Personnel - qualifications - salary

(1)
All commissioned and noncommissioned officers and troopers of the Colorado state patrol, before promotion, shall be required to serve the designated period of time in each grade as provided in this section. A trooper shall serve a period of three years as such before the trooper is eligible to compete in the examination for promotion to a noncommissioned officer's rank. All commissioned and noncommissioned officers shall serve a period of one year in a grade before they are eligible to compete in promotional examinations. All commissioned and noncommissioned officers and troopers shall fulfill all requirements as set forth in the job specifications for their particular positions by the state personnel director.
(2)
In addition to the compensation provided by section
24-33.5-206
and by the provisions of other laws concerning the state personnel system and because of the number of hours and the extraordinary service performed by members of the Colorado state patrol, each member of such patrol and each member of the administrative staff of such patrol shall be reimbursed for maintenance and ordinary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties in an amount to be determined by the executive director, but the amount so authorized for any such member of the patrol or staff shall not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars per month.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 316, § 56, eff. 8/7/2013.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 922, § 1, effective 7/1/1984. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1683, § 56, effective August 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-208 - Bonds

(1)
The members of the Colorado state patrol shall be required to give bond to the state in the amount indicated in this section, to be approved and paid for by the state. The bonds shall be issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the state in the following amounts:
(a)
Chief, fifty thousand dollars;
(b)
All commissioned officers, thirty thousand dollars;
(c)
All noncommissioned officers, ten thousand dollars;
(d)
All troopers, five thousand dollars.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 316, § 57, eff. 8/7/2013.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 922, § 1, effective 7/1/1984. L. 2013: (1)(d) amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1683, § 57, effective August 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-209 - Trooper - age qualifications

Each trooper appointed according to the provisions of this part 2, at the time of his or her appointment, shall be at least twenty-one years of age.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 316, § 58, eff. 8/7/2013.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 923, § 1, effective 7/1/1984. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1683, § 58, effective August 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-210 - General qualifications of members of patrol

Each member of the Colorado state patrol shall be of good moral character and shall possess and maintain such physical and educational requirements and qualifications as are specified by the state personnel director after consultation with the chief and the executive director.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 923, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-211 - Divisions - publications

(1)
The chief may establish such divisions as are necessary for adequate patrolling of the highways of this state. He shall place in the field such members of the Colorado state patrol as are necessary to carry out the activities and operations of the Colorado state patrol.
(1.5)
The chief shall establish a division to address human smuggling and human trafficking on the highways of this state. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, this division shall include twelve full-time employees, and, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, this division shall include twenty-four full-time employees. The chief shall appoint these employees as well as any additional employees to the division.
(2)
The chief may establish, staff, and maintain a division of safety and education to cooperate with the various schools, civic organizations, and other bodies interested in the teaching and promotion of safety upon the streets and highways of this state, to distribute safety information, tabulations, and data to the officers of the Colorado state patrol, as well as to other interested persons and organizations, to furnish speakers, data, and programs for safety meetings, and to cooperate in the organization and functioning of all highway safety organizations within the state. The chief is authorized to obtain motion picture projectors, safety film, and other material essential to the promotion of a safety education program in this state.
(3)
The chief may establish a school for the training and education of the members of the Colorado state patrol. Attendance at such school may include officers of other police agencies and departments of the state if attendance is deemed beneficial to the interests of the general law enforcement program of this state.
(4)
Repealed.
(5)
Any publications of the Colorado state patrol circulated in quantity outside the executive branch shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section
24-1-136
.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 923, § 1, effective 7/1/1984. L. 84: (4) and (5) amended, p. 678, § 4, effective July 1. L. 96: (4) repealed, p. 1265, § 179, effective August 7. L. 2006: (1.5) added, p. 1709, § 1, effective June 6.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1996 act repealing subsection (4), see section 1 of chapter 237, Session Laws of Colorado 1996.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-213 - [Repealed]

L. 83: Entire article added, p. 925, § 1, effective 7/1/1984. L. 94: Entire section repealed, p. 2541, § 5, effective 1/1/1995.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-213.5 - [Repealed]

L. 86: Entire section added, p. 923, § 1, effective April 3; (5) amended, p. 1226, § 50, effective May 30. L. 88: (2)(e) R&RE, (2)(f), (2)(g), and (2.5) added, and (3) and (5) amended, pp. 1405, 1406, §§ 1-4, effective March 18. L. 94: Entire section repealed, p. 2541, § 5, effective 1/1/1995.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-214 - Complaints against officers

All complaints against officers or other employees of the Colorado state patrol shall be investigated, and, at the discretion of the chief, the complaint shall be in writing and bear the signature and verification of the person making such complaint. In the event that the chief determines that said complaint has sufficient merit, he shall institute corrective or disciplinary action as prescribed by the state personnel rules.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 925, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-215 - Political activity prohibited

No officer or other employee of the Colorado state patrol, while so employed, shall take part in promoting the candidacy of any candidate for any public office within this state, but nothing in this section shall be construed as denying any citizen the right to cast his individual vote.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 925, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
For prohibited political activities of employees in the state personnel system, see § 24-50-132 .
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-216 - Patrol services furnished to governor and lieutenant governor

The chief shall provide a motor vehicle and driver for the use of the governor of the state during his term of office. The chief shall also assign officers to protect the governor and his immediate family. Officers assigned to this duty shall be selected by the chief with the approval of the governor. The chief shall also provide a motor vehicle for the lieutenant governor and, at the discretion of the governor, may assign an officer to provide protection for the lieutenant governor in the performance of the duties of such office. The chief shall also make available an officer to protect any governor-elect.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 926, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-216.7 - Patrol services furnished to statewide constitutional officers - definition

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "statewide constitutional officer" means the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the state treasurer.
(2)
The Colorado state patrol shall provide protection to each statewide constitutional officer if such protection is requested by the statewide constitutional officer.
(3)
The Colorado state patrol shall designate state patrol officers to be available to provide protection services pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. The chief of the Colorado state patrol shall determine the priority in assigning state patrol officers among each statewide constitutional officer. Factors to be considered when determining the need and priority for providing protection services include, but are not limited to, the location of the function, the estimated level of threat or risk associated with the function, and staffing requirements. If each statewide constitutional officer requests protection services in excess of eighty personnel hours a week for each individual, priority will be given first to protect against credible threats, then at a function at which the statewide constitutional officer is in attendance in an official capacity, and finally against generalized threats.
(4)
Nothing in this section is intended to provide around-the-clock protection for a statewide constitutional officer unless there is a credible threat as determined in the discretion of the chief of the Colorado state patrol.
(5)
Nothing in this section prohibits a statewide constitutional officer from obtaining additional protection, which must be done in coordination with the Colorado state patrol.
Added by 2022 Ch. 465,§2, eff. 6/8/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-217 - Books, supplies, and equipment

The chief shall purchase and procure all necessary books, supplies, equipment, uniforms, badges, and stationery and shall incur such other expenses as may be actually necessary to carry out the provisions of this part 2; and such expenses shall be paid for in the same manner as other expenses authorized by this part 2.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 926, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-218 - Patrol has access to files

The Colorado state patrol shall have access to all motor vehicle files at all times for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this part 2 and shall assist the department of revenue whenever necessary and by whatever means is required on all investigations and inspections of foreign titles to cars that are to be sold or licensed within the state whenever the persons do not have the proper bills of sale, titles, or proof of ownership.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 926, § 1, effective 7/1/1984. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1636, § 10, effective June 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-219 - Badges - uniforms - unauthorized use

(1)
The chief shall issue to each officer of the Colorado state patrol a badge of authority with the seal of the state in the center thereof and the words "Colorado State Patrol" encircling said seal and, below, the designation of the position held by the officer to whom issued. Such badge shall be serially numbered, or each member shall otherwise display a distinctive serial number.
(2)
All officers of the Colorado state patrol, when on duty, shall be dressed in full distinctive uniform and display the official badge of their office except when they are authorized by the chief to work in plain clothes. Neither the chief nor any other person shall issue a badge or like uniform to any person who is not a duly authorized, classified, and regularly paid officer of the Colorado state patrol. Any person who, without authority, wears the badge of a member of the Colorado state patrol or in any manner attempts to duplicate the official uniform or equipment with the intent of representing himself or herself as a member of the Colorado state patrol commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section
18-1.3-501
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 419, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 926, § 1, effective 7/1/1984. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 1533, § 249, effective October 1.
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.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsection (2), 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) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-220 - Costs of administration

Except as otherwise provided in section
24-33.5-226 (3)(c)
, the cost of administration of this part 2 and of all payrolls and salaries of the chief, commissioned and noncommissioned officers, troopers, and office personnel and the cost of clerical work, stationery, postage, uniforms, badges, all supplies and equipment, and necessary travel and subsistence allowances shall be appropriated by the general assembly out of the moneys in the highway users tax fund. The expenses and salaries provided for in this section are declared to be for the administration and enforcement of the several statutes referred to in this part 2 and for the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public highways. Expenses and salaries shall be paid by the state treasurer upon warrants of the controller issued upon vouchers provided by the chief and shall be charged against net collection of highway users taxes as an expense of construction, maintenance, and supervision of public highways and the administration of the laws of the state governing the public highways and their use. The expenditures of the Colorado state patrol shall be audited and approved from time to time by the executive director and the state auditor.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 316, § 59, eff. 8/7/2013.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 926, § 1, effective 7/1/1984. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 822, § 2, effective June 6. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1683, § 59, effective August 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-221 - Provisional appointments - veterans' rights

Any members, at any time, holding provisional appointments in the Colorado state patrol who were, at the time of their appointment, within the age limits fixed by this part 2 or by the law in effect at the time of their appointment shall be construed to be in compliance with the age limitations of this part 2. Members who left the Colorado state patrol to go directly into the armed services or merchant marine of the United States shall not be deprived of holding their positions or of taking any future state personnel system examinations, if such members are and have remained in continuous service with the Colorado state patrol and met all age requirements upon entering the Colorado state patrol, said continuous service to include military service. All time accrued by members of the patrol while in the armed services, when on military leave from the patrol, shall be deemed as continuous service in the Colorado state patrol; and members shall be entitled to all service benefits which would have accrued to them had they remained in continuous service with the Colorado state patrol.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 927, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-222 - Officers incapacitated

In the event that any officer of the Colorado state patrol becomes incapacitated, by reason of service on the Colorado state patrol, to the extent that he is unable to perform the usual duties of an officer of the Colorado state patrol, he may be transferred, at the discretion of the chief, to duty in any of the offices of the Colorado state patrol in whatever capacity the chief may deem advisable. Any officer who is transferred to office duty, as set out in this section, shall not be deprived of any benefits as to pay because of such transfer or partial disability. A vacancy in the ranks of officers on Colorado state patrol duty caused by such transfer shall be filled in the usual manner, although such appointment would otherwise be in excess of the statutory limitations.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 927, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-223 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2018 Ch. 390, § 5, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 927, § 1, effective 7/1/1984. L. 84: Entire section R&RE, p. 678, § 5, effective March 29. L. 2000: (1) and (2) amended, p. 759, § 1, effective May 23. L. 2008: (2)(b)(II) amended, p. 1129, § 12, effective May 22. L. 2009: (2)(b)(II)(B) amended, (SB 09 -292), ch. 369, p. 1987, § 136, effective August 5. L. 2018: Entire section repealed, (HB 18-1373), ch. 390, p. 2341, § 5, effective August 8.
This section was relocated to §§
24-37.5-501
,
24-37.5-502
, and
24-37.5-505
in 2018.
(1) For provisions concerning telecommunications coordination within state government, see part 5 of article 37.5 of this title; for the establishment by the Colorado bureau of investigation of statewide telecommunications programs, see § 24-33.5-412(2) ; for the emergency medical services telecommunications subsystem, see part 4 of article 3.5 of title 25 . (2) For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1373, see section 1 of chapter 390, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-224 - Duties during state fair at Pueblo

(1)
In addition to the duties and powers of officers of the Colorado state patrol enumerated in this part 2, such officers are granted all powers of sheriffs and other peace officers with respect to the enforcement of all of the laws of this state during and in connection with the Colorado state fair and industrial exposition held annually at Pueblo, Colorado, but such powers shall be exercised only within the grounds and buildings utilized for fair purposes and at the request of the board of commissioners of the Colorado state fair authority.
(2)
The powers and jurisdiction granted officers of the Colorado state patrol under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not supersede the jurisdiction of the sheriff or other peace officers of the county or city within which such activity takes place but shall be in addition thereto; and such powers and jurisdiction so granted shall commence not more than ten days in advance of said events and continue until not more than ten days after the conclusion thereof as may be determined necessary by the executive director.
(3)
The highway users tax fund shall be reimbursed by the board of commissioners of the Colorado state fair authority, within the amount appropriated by the general assembly for this purpose, and such reimbursement is authorized, as an administrative expense of said board, for any expenditures incurred from such fund resulting from the activities of the Colorado state patrol under subsection (1) of this section, such reimbursement to be made immediately following the termination of the service performed by the Colorado state patrol.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 928, § 1, effective 7/1/1984. L. 84: (1) and (3) amended, p. 679, § 6, effective July 1.
For establishment of the Colorado state fair and industrial exposition, see § 35-65-105 .
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-225 - Receipt of proceeds from forfeited property

The division of the Colorado state patrol is authorized to accept, receive, and expend proceeds allocated to the division after sale of forfeited property pursuant to part 5 of article
13
of title
16
, C.R.S., and such funds shall be in addition to the moneys appropriated to the division by the general assembly. The executive director shall submit an annual report to the joint budget committee at the time the annual budget request is submitted providing information on the amounts received under this section, if any, and the uses made thereof.
L. 84: Entire section added, p. 509, § 2, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-227 - Equipment for counterdrug activities - payments from local governments and state agencies - cash fund

(1)
The Colorado state patrol may receive moneys from a political subdivision or state agency for the procurement of law enforcement equipment suitable for counterdrug activities through the United States department of defense pursuant to
10 U.S.C. sec. 381
or a successor provision.
(2)
Moneys received pursuant to this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the moneys to the counterdrug activities cash fund, which fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The moneys in the counterdrug activities cash fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the Colorado state patrol to fund payments for equipment for counterdrug activities procured by political subdivisions and state agencies through the United States department of defense.
L. 2004: Entire section added, p. 398, § 1, effective April 8.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-228 - Public awareness of laws concerning operation of vehicle in vicinity of emergency vehicle

The chief or the chief's designee shall coordinate with the department of transportation to jointly create a campaign raising public awareness of the requirements of section
42-4-705
and of the dangers of stationary emergency and service vehicles that are on the road or on the side of the road.
Added by 2020 Ch. 107,§ 2, eff. 9/14/2020.
L. 2020: Entire section added, (HB 20-1145), ch. 421, p. 421, § 2, effective September 14.
Section 5(2) of chapter 107 (HB 20-1145), Session Laws of Colorado 2020, provides that the act adding this section applies to offenses committed on or after September 14, 2020.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 2 - COLORADO STATE PATROL (§§ 24-33.5-201 — 24-33.5-230) › Section 24-33.5-229 - [Repealed]

Repealed by subsection (6), eff. 6/30/2022.
Added by 2021 Ch. 460, § 18, eff. 7/6/2021.
Section 22(2) of chapter 460 (HB 21-1314), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act adding this section applies to offenses committed and applications submitted on or after July 6, 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 3 - [Repealed] (§ 24-33.5-301) › Section 24-33.5-301 - to 24-33.5-314 - [Repealed]

L. 2012: Entire part repealed, (HB 12-1283), ch. 240, p. 1070, § 9, effective July 1.
This part 3 was added in 1983.
For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act repealing this part 3, see section 1 of chapter 240, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-401 - Colorado bureau of investigation

(1)
There is hereby created as a division of the department of public safety the Colorado bureau of investigation, referred to in this part 4 as the "bureau".
(2)
The Colorado bureau of investigation and the office of the director are
type 2
entities, as defined in section
24-1-105
, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of public safety and the executive director.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 469, § 212, eff. 8/10/2022.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 932, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
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) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-402 - Director - appointment

Subject to the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, the executive director shall appoint a director of the bureau, referred to in this part 4 as the "director".
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 932, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-403 - Director - qualifications

The director shall be experienced in scientific methods for the detection of crime and in the enforcement of law and order. The director shall possess such other qualifications as may be specified by the state personnel director after consultation with the executive director.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 932, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-404 - Duties of the director

The director shall be the chief administrative officer of the bureau and shall also be an agent. He shall supervise and direct the administration and all other activities of the bureau. The director shall prescribe rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the operation of the bureau and the conduct of its personnel and the distribution and performance of their duties.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 932, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-405 - Deputy director - appointment

Subject to the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, the director may appoint a deputy director, whose qualifications shall be the same as those for an agent.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 932, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-406 - Deputy director - duties

The deputy director shall serve as an agent, and, at the request of the director or in his absence or disability, the deputy director shall perform all of the duties of the director, and, when so acting, he shall have all of the powers of and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the director. In addition, he shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the director.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 933, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-407 - Bureau personnel - appointment

Subject to the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, the director shall appoint agents and other employees necessary to conduct an efficient bureau.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 933, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-408 - Agents - qualifications

The director shall appoint persons of honesty, integrity, and outstanding ability as agents. Agents shall possess such qualifications as may be specified by the state personnel director after consultation with the director of the bureau.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 933, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-409 - Agents - duties - powers

Agents shall perform duties in the investigation, detection, and prevention of crime and the enforcement of the criminal laws of this state. Only agents of the bureau shall be vested with the powers of peace officers of this state and have all the powers of any sheriff or police or other peace officer.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 933, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-410 - Agents - limitation of powers

Powers vested in agents by this part 4 shall in no way usurp or supersede the powers of the local sheriffs and police and other law enforcement officers; except that this limitation shall not apply to functions of the bureau described in section
24-33.5-412 (1)(c) and (1)(d)
.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 933, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-411 - Agents - defenses - immunities

Any agent required to perform any official function under the provisions of this part 4 shall be entitled to the protection, defense, or immunities provided by statute to safeguard a peace officer in the performance of official acts.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 933, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-413 - Credentials

The director shall issue to each agent of the bureau proper credentials and a badge of authority with the seal of the state of Colorado in the center thereof and the words "Colorado Bureau of Investigation" encircling said seal. Each agent of the bureau, when on duty, shall carry said badge upon his person. Such badges shall be serially numbered.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 935, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-414 - Rewards

No reward offered for the apprehension or conviction of any person or for the recovery of any property may be accepted by an employee or agent of the bureau.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 935, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-415 - Temporary agents - qualifications - term - tenure

In addition to and apart from any other appointment provisions of this part 4, the director, with the approval of the appropriate law enforcement agency or agencies, may appoint peace officers of law enforcement agencies outside the bureau as temporary agents of the bureau. Such temporary agents shall have all the powers, protections, defenses, and immunities provided by statute or otherwise to agents of the bureau. Such temporary agents, if from outside the state personnel system, shall not have the protection of tenure afforded by part 1 of article
50
of this title to certified employees. Except for overtime payments authorized by the bureau, the compensation of temporary agents shall not be paid out of state funds allocated to the bureau. During such special assignments as temporary agents, the compensation and employment benefits of such temporary agents shall continue to be paid by their employing law enforcement agencies. The bureau may pay the reasonable expenses of such temporary agents pursuant to the same criteria it uses to pay the reasonable expenses of agents of the bureau. The bureau, upon request by the employing law enforcement agencies of such temporary agents and prior to any such temporary appointment, shall provide the employing law enforcement agencies with a statement detailing the expenses, if any, of such temporary agents that will be the financial responsibility of the employing law enforcement agency and those that will be the financial responsibility of the bureau.
L. 83: Entire article added, p. 935, § 1, effective 7/1/1984.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-415.2 - Receipt of proceeds from forfeited property

The division of the Colorado bureau of investigation is authorized to accept, receive, and expend proceeds allocated to the division after sale of forfeited property pursuant to part 3 or 5 of article
13
of title
16
or article
17
of title
18
, and such funds shall be in addition to the money appropriated to the division by the general assembly. Notwithstanding section
24-1-136(11)(a)(I)
, the executive director shall submit an annual report to the joint budget committee at the time the annual budget request is submitted providing information on the amounts received under this section, if any, and the uses made thereof.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 91,§ 5, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 84: Entire section added, p. 509, § 3, effective July 1. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 925, § 10, effective March 27. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1059), ch. 91, p. 278, § 5, effective August 9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-415.4 - Security guard clearance - criminal history record checks

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Contract security agency" means any business which, for a fee or other consideration, agrees to furnish a uniformed security guard to protect persons, property, information, or other assets.
(b)
"Proprietary security organization" means any internal functional organizational unit of a company which provides uniformed security guards for the exclusive use of such employing company.
(c)
"Security guard" means any private uniformed security officer, armored car service officer, alarm response runner, watchman, lobby attendant, or other private uniformed person who is engaged in the protection of persons, property, information, or other assets.
(2)
After January 1, 1992, any contract security agency or proprietary security organization may submit fingerprints of security guards to the bureau for purposes of a fingerprint-based criminal history record check pursuant to part 3 of article
72
of this title. The information obtained from the criminal history record check conducted pursuant to this section may be used by the contract security agency or proprietary security organization to determine whether or not to employ a person as a security guard. Nothing in this section shall be used as a basis for discrimination banned by section
24-34-402(1)(a)
. The bureau shall charge a fee for record checks conducted pursuant to this section. The bureau shall set such fee at a level sufficient to cover the direct and indirect costs of processing requests made pursuant to this section. Moneys collected by the bureau pursuant to this section shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly for the administration of criminal history record checks of security guards pursuant to this section.
L. 91: Entire section added, p. 869, § 1, effective April 17. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 976, § 11, effective June 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-415.5 - [Repealed]

L. 96: Entire section added, p. 1581, § 3, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 402, § 14, effective April 21. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 1146, § 4, effective July 1; entire section amended , p. 1169, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 926, § 19, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section repealed, p. 1155, § 13, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 1533, § 251, effective October 1.
This section was amended in House Bill 02-1046, effective October 1, 2002. However, those amendments did not take effect due to the repeal of this section by Senate Bill 02-019, effective July 1, 2002.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-416 - [Repealed]

L. 84: Entire section added, p. 682, § 16, effective March 29.
Section 24-33.5-423 provided for the repeal of §§ 24-33.5-416 to
24-33.5-423
, effective July 1, 1986. (See L. 84, p. 684.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-417 - [Repealed]

L. 84: Entire section added, p. 682, § 16, effective March 29.
Section 24-33.5-423 provided for the repeal of §§
24-33.5-416
to
24-33.5-423
, effective July 1, 1986. (See L. 84, p. 684.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-418 - [Repealed]

L. 84: Entire section added, p. 682, § 16, effective March 29.
Section 24-33.5-423 provided for the repeal of §§
24-33.5-416
to
24-33.5-423
, effective July 1, 1986. (See L. 84, p. 684.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-419 - [Repealed]

L. 84: Entire section added, p. 683, § 16, effective March 29.
Section 24-33.5-423 provided for the repeal of §§
24-33.5-416
to
24-33.5-423
, effective July 1, 1986. (See L. 84, p. 684.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-420 - [Repealed]

L. 84: Entire section added, p. 683, § 16, effective March 29.
Section 24-33.5-423 provided for the repeal of §§
24-33.5-416
to
24-33.5-423
, effective July 1, 1986. (See L. 84, p. 684.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-421 - [Repealed]

L. 84: Entire section added, p. 683, § 16, effective March 29.
Section 24-33.5-423 provided for the repeal of §§
24-33.5-416
to
24-33.5-423
, effective July 1, 1986. (See L. 84, p. 684.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-422 - [Repealed]

L. 84: Entire section added, p. 683, § 16, effective March 29.
Section 24-33.5-423 provided for the repeal of §§
24-33.5-416
to
24-33.5-423
, effective July 1, 1986. (See L. 84, p. 684.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 33.5 - Public Safety (§§ 24-33.5-101 — 24-33.5-2704) › Part 4 - COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (§§ 24-33.5-401 — 24-33.5-431) › Section 24-33.5-423 - [Repealed]

L. 84: Entire section added, p. 684, § 16, effective March 29.
Section 24-33.5-423 provided for the repeal of §§
24-33.5-416
to 24-33.5-423, effective July 1, 1986. (See L. 84, p. 684.)