2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 44 - REVENUE - REGULATION OF ACTIVITIES (§§ 44-1-101 — 44-50-1001) › GAMING AND RACING (§§ 44-30-101 — 44-33-108) › Article 30 - COLORADO LIMITED GAMING ACT (§§ 44-30-101 — 44-30-1703) › Part 3 - COLORADO LIMITED GAMING CONTROL COMMISSION (§§ 44-30-301 — 44-30-302) › Section 44-30-301 - Colorado limited gaming control commission - creation

(1)
There is created, within the division of gaming, the Colorado limited gaming control commission. The commission consists of five members, all of whom must be citizens of the United States and residents of this state who have been residents of the state for the past five years. The members shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent and approval of the senate. No member shall have been convicted of a felony or gambling-related offense, notwithstanding the provisions of section
24-5-101
. No more than three of the five members may be affiliated with the same political party and no more than one member may be from any one congressional district; except that a member who is serving pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section as a registered elector of Teller or Gilpin county may reside in the same congressional district as one of the other members. At the first meeting of each fiscal year, a chair and vice-chair of the commission shall be chosen from the membership by a majority of the members. Membership and operation of the commission shall additionally meet the following requirements:
(a)
One member of the commission shall have had at least five years' law enforcement experience as a peace officer certified pursuant to section
24-31-305
; one member shall be an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Colorado for not less than five years and who has experience in regulatory law; one member shall be a certified public accountant or public accountant who has been practicing in Colorado for at least five years and who has a comprehensive knowledge of the principles and practices of corporate finance; one member shall have been engaged in business in a management-level capacity for at least five years; and one member shall be a registered elector of any county in the state who is not employed in a profession or industry otherwise described in this subsection (1)(a). To the extent that applications have been submitted for consideration for membership on the commission, the governor shall prioritize appointing members who are registered electors of Gilpin county or Teller county. The registered elector members of the commission from Gilpin and Teller counties may be employed in a profession or industry otherwise described in this subsection (1)(a).
(b)
The term of office for each member is four years; except that the terms shall be staggered so that no more than two members' terms expire in the same year. No member of the commission is eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms.
(c)
Any vacancy on the commission shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. The member appointed to fill the vacancy shall be from the same category described in subsection (1)(a) of this section as the member vacating the position.
(d)
Any member of the commission may be removed by the governor at any time.
(e)
The term of any member of the commission who misses more than two consecutive regular commission meetings without good cause shall be terminated and the member's successor shall be appointed in the manner provided for appointments under this section.
(f)
Commission members shall receive as compensation for their services one hundred dollars for each day spent in the conduct of commission business and shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The maximum annual compensation for each member of the commission, including reimbursement for necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties, shall not exceed ten thousand dollars per year.
(g)
Prior to confirmation by the senate, each member shall file with the secretary of state a financial disclosure statement in the form required and prescribed by the executive director. The statement shall be renewed as of each January 1 during the member's term of office.
(h)
The commission shall hold at least one meeting each month and any additional meetings as may be prescribed by rules of the commission. In addition, special meetings may be called by the chairman, any two commission members, or the director, if written notification of the meeting is delivered to each member at least seventy-two hours prior to the meeting. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
24-6-402
, in emergency situations in which a majority of the commission certifies that exigencies of time require that the commission meet without delay, the requirements of public notice and of seventy-two hours' actual advance written notice to members may be dispensed with, and commission members as well as the public shall receive the notice as is reasonable under the circumstances.
(i)
A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum, but the concurrence of a majority of the members appointed to the commission shall be required for any final determination by the commission.
(j)
The commission shall keep a complete and accurate record of all its meetings.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 2,§122, eff. 2/25/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 169,§1, eff. 9/7/2021.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-47.1-301 and amended by 2018 Ch. 14,§2, eff. 10/1/2018.
L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18-034), ch. 178, p. 178, §2, effective October 1. L. 2021: IP(1) and (1)(a) amended, (SB 21-155), ch. 936, p. 936, § 1, effective September 7.
This section is similar to former § 12-47.1-301 as it existed prior to 2018.
2021 Ch. 169, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).