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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 37.7 - STATEWIDE INTERNET PORTAL AUTHORITY (§§ 24-37.7-101 — 24-37.7-114) › Section 24-37.7-113.5 - Annual report

(1)
On or before November 1, 2013, and on November 1 of each year thereafter, the authority shall submit a report to the members of the joint technology committee and the joint budget committee of the general assembly and to the members of the business, labor, and technology committee of the senate and the business affairs and labor committee of the house of representatives, or any successor committees, that includes the following:
(a)
A complete and detailed operating and financial statement of the authority during the preceding fiscal year;
(b)
The total amount of charges or fees imposed by each state agency for accessing electronic information, products, and services through the statewide internet portal made in the preceding fiscal year pursuant to section
24-37.7-106
; and
(c)
The total amount of receipts and revenue derived by the authority from the transactions described in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) for the preceding fiscal year.
(2)
The report required pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must also include any recommendations regarding additional legislation or other action that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the authority.
(3)
The authority shall present the information contained in the report to the members of the joint technology committee of the general assembly at a regular meeting of the committee and shall present such information to any other legislative committee upon request of the committee.
(4)
This section is exempt from the provisions of section
24-1-136(11)
, and the annual reporting requirements of this section are effective until changed by the general assembly acting by bill.
L. 2013: Entire section added, (HB 13-1079), ch. 246, p. 1194, § 12, effective May 18. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (SB 15-193), ch. 125, p. 390, § 2, effective May 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 37.7 - STATEWIDE INTERNET PORTAL AUTHORITY (§§ 24-37.7-101 — 24-37.7-114) › Section 24-37.7-114 - Financial and performance audits

(1)
(a)
If a financial audit of the authority is conducted by an independent certified public accountant pursuant to a contract with the authority, any statements, records, schedules, working papers, and memoranda prepared by the certified public accountant shall be made available to the state auditor's office and shall be kept confidential unless a majority of the members of the legislative audit committee vote to open such documents.
(b)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2011, (HB 11-1297), ch. 1224, p. 1224, § 5, effective June 2, 2011.)
(2)
Upon the completion of a financial or performance audit described in subsection (1) of this section or in section
2-3-103 (1)(b)
, C.R.S., the state auditor shall submit a written report to the legislative audit committee, together with any findings and recommendations.
(3)
The cost of each such financial audit shall be paid by the authority. The cost of any such performance audit shall be paid from annual appropriations made by the general assembly to the office of the state auditor.
L. 2010: Entire section added, (HB 10 -1401), ch. 367, p. 1731, § 4, effective June 7. L. 2011: (1)(b) and (2) amended, (HB 11 -1297), ch. 269, p. 1224, § 5, effective June 2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38 - GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY (§§ 24-38-101 — 24-38-205) › Part 1 - INCENTIVES FOR BUDGET SAVINGS (§§ 24-38-101 — 24-38-103) › Section 24-38-101 - Legislative declaration

The general assembly hereby finds and declares that state agencies should be authorized and encouraged to improve their services and save money wherever possible.
L. 98: Entire article added, p. 1308, § 1, effective August 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38 - GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY (§§ 24-38-101 — 24-38-205) › Part 1 - INCENTIVES FOR BUDGET SAVINGS (§§ 24-38-101 — 24-38-103) › Section 24-38-102 - Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Agency" means every agency in the executive branch of state government that is required by the constitution or statutes of the state to exercise discretion or to perform judicial or quasi-judicial functions. The term includes, but is not limited to, any board, bureau, commission, department, institution, division, section, or office of the state.
(2)
"Cost savings" means any money that an agency does not expend from its general fund appropriations for a given fiscal year that is a direct result of cost-cutting measures, including an action that would result in a base reduction due to permanent reductions in spending. In no case shall "cost savings" include or be a result of a case load reduction or personal services contracts that the agency entered into under a managed competition process; except that "cost savings" does include savings realized from personal services contracts entered into pursuant to a public-private initiative agreement between the agency and a nonprofit entity in accordance with part 2 of this article.
L. 98: Entire article added, p. 1308, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2010: (2) amended, (HB 10-1010), ch. 90, p. 309, § 2, effective August 11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38 - GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY (§§ 24-38-101 — 24-38-205) › Part 2 - PUBLIC-PRIVATE INITIATIVES (§§ 24-38-201 — 24-38-205) › Section 24-38-201 - Legislative declaration

The general assembly hereby finds and declares that state government should deliver public services in the most cost-effective and efficient manner, that nonprofit entities that contract for public services leverage the use of public funds with private donations, and that increasing opportunities for nonprofit entities to contract with state agencies will further the cost-effective and efficient delivery of public services. It is the intent of the general assembly in enacting this part 2 only to provide flexibility to state government so that it can deliver public services more cost-effectively and efficiently and not to establish or authorize the establishment of new programs.
L. 2010: Entire part added, (HB 10-1010), ch. 90, p. 304, §1, effective August 11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38 - GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY (§§ 24-38-101 — 24-38-205) › Part 2 - PUBLIC-PRIVATE INITIATIVES (§§ 24-38-201 — 24-38-205) › Section 24-38-202 - Definitions

As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Nonprofit contribution" means the supply by a nonprofit entity of resources to accomplish all or any part of the work on a project or the implementation or administration of a program.
(2)
"Nonprofit entity" means a corporation or organization authorized to do business in the state that is exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501 (a) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986",
26 U.S.C. sec. 501(a)
, as amended, and is listed as an exempt organization in section 501 (c)(3) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986",
26 U.S.C. sec. 501(c)(3)
, as amended.
(3)
"Public benefit" means an agency grant of a right or interest in or concerning an agency project or program.
(4)
"Public-private initiative" means a nontraditional arrangement between an agency and one or more nonprofit entities that provides for:
(a)
Acceptance of a nonprofit contribution to an agency project or service in exchange for a public benefit concerning the project or service other than only a money payment;
(b)
Sharing of resources and the means of providing projects or services; or
(c)
Cooperation in researching, developing, and implementing projects or services.
(5)
"Unsolicited proposal" means a written proposal for a public-private initiative that is submitted by a nonprofit entity for the purpose of entering into an agreement with an agency but that is not in response to a formal solicitation or request issued by the agency.
L. 2010: Entire part added, (HB 10-1010), ch. 90, p. 304, §1, effective August 11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38 - GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY (§§ 24-38-101 — 24-38-205) › Part 2 - PUBLIC-PRIVATE INITIATIVES (§§ 24-38-201 — 24-38-205) › Section 24-38-204 - Public-private initiative agreements - cost savings

(1)
An agency shall enter into an agreement for each public-private initiative that it accepts.
(2)
An agency shall include terms and conditions in the agreement that it determines are appropriate in the public interest.
(3)
If an agency achieves cost savings in a fiscal year by entering into a public-private initiative agreement, the agency shall be eligible to retain a portion of any cost savings resulting from the agreement as provided in section
24-38-103
.
(4)
An agency that enters into a public-private initiative agreement with a nonprofit entity is not a partner or a joint venturer with the nonprofit entity for any purpose.
L. 2010: Entire part added, (HB 10-1010), ch. 90, p. 308, §1, effective August 11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38 - GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY (§§ 24-38-101 — 24-38-205) › Part 2 - PUBLIC-PRIVATE INITIATIVES (§§ 24-38-201 — 24-38-205) › Section 24-38-205 - Organizations banned from contract awards

Notwithstanding any provision of this part 2 to the contrary, any organization banned from receiving federal funds, and any successor organizations, shall not be awarded a public-private initiative contract pursuant to this part 2.
L. 2010: Entire part added, (HB 10-1010), ch. 90, p. 309, §1, effective August 11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.3 - [Repealed] (§ 24-38.3-101) › Section 24-38.3-101 - and 24-38.3-102 - [Repealed]

L. 2017: Entire article repealed, (HB 17-1295), ch. 258, p. 1076, § 1, effective July 1.
This article 38.3 was added in 2014.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-122) › Section 24-38.5-101 - Colorado energy office - creation

(1)
There is hereby created within the office of the governor the Colorado energy office, the head of which is the director of the Colorado energy office. The director of the office shall be assisted by a deputy director and a staff to fulfill the office's mission to:
(a)
Support Colorado's transition to a more equitable, low-carbon, and clean energy economy and promote resources that reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, including pollution and emissions from electricity generation, buildings, industry, agriculture, and transportation;
(b)
Promote economic development and high quality jobs in Colorado through advancing clean energy, transportation electrification, and other technologies that reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, including helping to finance those investments;
(c)
Promote energy efficiency;
(d)
Promote an equitable transition toward zero emission buildings;
(e)
Promote an equitable transition to transportation electrification, zero emission vehicles, transportation systems, and land use patterns that reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions;
(f)
Increase energy security;
(g)
Support lower long-term consumer costs and support reduced energy cost burden for lower-income Coloradans; and
(h)
Protect the environment and public health.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 411,§20, eff. 7/2/2021.
L. 2008: Entire article added, p. 66, § 1, effective March 18. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1315), ch. 963, p. 963, § 16, effective July 1.
Section 24 of chapter 411 (HB 21-1266), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act repealing and reenacting this section applies to conduct occurring on or after July 2, 2021.
For the short title ("Environmental Justice Act") and the legislative declaration in HB 21-1266, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 411, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-122) › Section 24-38.5-102.6 - Climate change mitigation and adaptation fund - creation - use

(1)
The climate change mitigation and adaptation fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund consists of:
(a)
Civil penalties credited to the fund pursuant to section
25-7-122(1)(i)(III)
;
(b)
Building performance program fees credited to the fund pursuant to section
24-38.5-112(1)(e)
, which fees must be separately accounted for in the fund;
(c)
Gifts, grants, and donations made to the Colorado energy office to help finance its administration of climate change mitigation or adaptation programs and policies;
(d)
Any money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund; and
(e)
Any other money credited to the fund.
(2)
Money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the Colorado energy office for the purpose of financing and administering the building performance program defined in section
24-38.5-112(3)(b)
and described in that section and section
25-7-142
.
(3)
The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund.
Added by 2021 Ch. 326,§3, eff. 9/7/2021.
Section 6(2) of chapter 326 (HB 21-1286), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act adding this section applies to conduct occurring on or after September 7, 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-122) › Section 24-38.5-104 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2018 Ch. 359,§8, eff. 6/1/2018.
L. 2010: Entire section added, (HB 10-1001), ch. 37, p. 152, §5, effective August 11. L. 2012: (2) amended, (HB 12-1315), ch. 224, p. 968, § 21, effective July 1. L. 2018: Entire section repealed, (SB 18-003), ch. 359, p. 2135, § 8, effective June 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-122) › Section 24-38.5-107 - Colorado energy office - subject to audit

No later than January 15, 2017, the state auditor shall complete a performance audit of the Colorado energy office. The state auditor shall present the performance audit report to the legislative audit committee. After the performance audit report is released by the legislative audit committee, the state auditor shall provide copies, in accordance with section
24-1-136(9)
, to the house agriculture, livestock, and natural resources committee, the senate agriculture and natural resources committee, and the joint budget committee.
L. 2012: Entire section added, (HB 12-1315), ch. 224, p. 971, § 24, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-122) › Section 24-38.5-110 - Electric vehicle plan and greenhouse gas pollution reduction roadmap - annual progress reports

For state fiscal year 2022-23, and for each subsequent state fiscal year, the Colorado energy office and the department of public health and environment shall, after consultation with the department of transportation, jointly prepare and present to the transportation and local government and energy and environment committees of the house of representatives and the transportation and energy committee of the senate, or any successor committees, an annual report detailing the progress made toward the electric motor vehicle adoption goals set forth in the "Colorado Electric Vehicle Plan 2020" and the transportation sector greenhouse gas pollution reduction goals set forth in the "Colorado Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap", published by the Colorado energy office. The community access enterprise created in section
24-38.5-303(1)
and the clean fleet enterprise created in section
25-7.5-103(1)(a)
shall also post the annual report on their websites.
Added by 2021 Ch. 250,§5, eff. 6/17/2021.
For the legislative declaration in SB 21-260, see section 1 of chapter 250, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-122) › Section 24-38.5-111 - Social cost of greenhouse gas pollution - estimate methodology

Except where a different methodology is prescribed by law, the Colorado energy office, the department of transportation, and the department of public health and environment shall, when estimating the social costs of greenhouse gas pollution, base their estimate on the most recent assessment of the social cost of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas pollutants developed by the federal government using a discount rate that is two and one-half percent or less and does not yield a lower estimate of costs than the costs published in the technical support document of the federal interagency working group on the social cost of greenhouse gases entitled "Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866".
Added by 2021 Ch. 250,§5, eff. 6/17/2021.
For the legislative declaration in SB 21-260, see section 1 of chapter 250, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-122) › Section 24-38.5-117 - Cannabis resource optimization cash fund - creation - gifts, grants, or donations

(1)
The cannabis resource optimization cash fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is created in the state treasury. The Colorado energy office shall administer the fund for the purposes of providing assessments financing, grants, credit enhancement offerings, and direct incentives to producers to reduce energy and water use, promote renewable energy, and encourage sustainable practices in cannabis operations. The fund consists of any money that the general assembly may transfer or appropriate to the fund and any gifts, grants, or donations received pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.
(2)
The money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the Colorado energy office for the purposes set forth in subsection (1) of this section. The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund.
(3)
The Colorado energy office may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources.
(4)
Repealed.
Added by 2022 Ch. 300, § 1, eff. 6/2/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 2 - [Repealed] (§ 24-38.5-201) › Section 24-38.5-201 - to 24-38.5-203 - [Repealed]

L. 2018: Entire part repealed, (SB 18-003), ch. 359, p. 2135, § 9, effective June 1.
This part 2 was added in 2011.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 4 - ENERGY CODE ADOPTION (§§ 24-38.5-401 — 24-38.5-406) › Section 24-38.5-402 - Model green energy code

Before July 1, 2024, the Colorado energy office shall identify model green code language for adoption. The Colorado energy office shall promote the voluntary adoption of this model green code language.
Added by 2022 Ch. 301,§1, eff. 6/2/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 4 - ENERGY CODE ADOPTION (§§ 24-38.5-401 — 24-38.5-406) › Section 24-38.5-406 - Clean air building investments fund - creation - use of fund

(1)
The clean air building investments fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is created in the state treasury. The principal of the fund consists of money transferred to the fund from the general fund and gifts, grants, and donations. Interest and income earned on the deposit and investment of money in the fund are credited to the fund.
(2)
All money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the Colorado energy office. The Colorado energy office may expend money from the fund for the creation, implementation, and administration of:
(a)
The building electrification for public buildings grant program created in section
24-38.5-404
; and
(b)
The high-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program created in section
24-38.5-405
.
(3)
(a)
On June 2, 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter, the state treasurer shall transfer twenty million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars from the general fund to the fund.
(b)
The Colorado energy office shall use ten million dollars of the money transferred pursuant to this subsection (3) for the creation, implementation, and administration of the building electrification for public buildings grant program created in section
24-38.5-404
.
(c)
The Colorado energy office shall use ten million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars of the money transferred pursuant to this subsection (3) for the creation, implementation, and administration of the high-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program created in section
24-38.5-405
.
Added by 2022 Ch. 301, § 1, eff. 6/2/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 5 - COMMUNITY ACCESS TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES (§§ 24-38.5-501 — 24-38.5-507) › Section 24-38.5-501 - Legislative declaration

(1)
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
(a)
Transportation is the largest single source of greenhouse gas pollution in the state and is a major contributing source of other forms of pollution, including ozone precursors, hazardous air pollutants, nitrogen oxides, and particulate pollution;
(b)
In 2017, nearly sixty percent of household motor vehicle trips were six miles or less and seventy-five percent were ten miles or less;
(c)
For many persons, shorter trips may be completed by bicycle, especially if a person uses an electric bicycle;
(d)
Electric bicycles, when compared to nonelectric bicycles, allow a rider to travel greater distances, through more challenging terrain, and carry more cargo;
(e)
A wide variety of electric bicycles are available and, along with new models becoming available, are increasingly affordable;
(f)
Electric bicycles produce zero emissions and are an important component in a strategy for reducing emissions in the transportation sector; and
(g)
It is in the interest of the state to increase the number of electric bicycles used for transportation and to increase the accessibility of electric bicycles to individuals in low- and moderate-income households.
Added by 2022 Ch. 300,§2, eff. 6/2/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 5 - COMMUNITY ACCESS TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES (§§ 24-38.5-501 — 24-38.5-507) › Section 24-38.5-502 - Definitions

As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Bike share program" means a service in which bicycles:
(a)
Are made publicly available to multiple users for rent on a short-term basis; and
(b)
May either be picked up in one public location and dropped off at another public location or be checked out and returned at a single location.
(2)
"Disproportionately impacted community" has the meaning set forth in section
24-4-109 (2)(b)(II)
.
(3)
"Electric bicycle" has the same meaning as "electrical assisted bicycle" as set forth in section
42-1-102
(28.5). "Electric bicycle" includes an electric adaptive bicycle.
(4)
"Fund" means the community access to electric bicycles cash fund created in section
24-38.5-506 (1)(a)
.
(5)
"Grant program" means the community access to electric bicycles grant program created in section
24-38.5-503
.
(6)
"Local government" means a statutory or home rule municipality, county, or city and county.
(7)
"Nonattainment area" means an area of the state that the federal environmental protection agency has designated as being in nonattainment with a national ambient air quality standard.
(8)
"Office" means the Colorado energy office created in section
24-38.5-101
.
(9)
"Ownership program" means a program that provides electric bicycles, equipment, and related services to individuals in low- and moderate-income households, as determined by the office.
(10)
"Program" means a bike share program or an ownership program.
(11)
"Rebate program" means the community access to electric bicycles rebate program created in section
24-38.5-504
.
Added by 2022 Ch. 300, § 2, eff. 6/2/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 5 - COMMUNITY ACCESS TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES (§§ 24-38.5-501 — 24-38.5-507) › Section 24-38.5-504 - Community access to electric bicycles rebate program - eligibility - reimbursement

(1)
The office shall establish the community access to electric bicycles rebate program to provide rebates for purchases of electric bicycles and equipment made by eligible individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. In establishing the rebate program, the office shall determine:
(a)
Eligibility for participation in the rebate program, which eligibility must include a requirement that:
(I)
An eligible individual resides in a low- or moderate-income household, which income thresholds the office shall determine;
(II)
An eligible business or nonprofit organization uses electric bicycles to conduct its business activities;
(III)
To qualify for a rebate, the purchase must be of an electric bicycle and equipment that:
(A)
Are used primarily for commuting or other nonrecreational purpose; and
(B)
Cost less than a maximum threshold price set by the office; and
(IV)
To qualify for a rebate, a business or nonprofit organization that purchases an electric bicycle must use the electric bicycle primarily to conduct its business activities, including making last-mile deliveries, and for other nonrecreational purposes;
(b)
Rebate amounts and any criteria used in determining rebate amounts; and
(c)
The mechanism for issuing a rebate, which mechanism may include:
(I)
A requirement that rebate program participants attest to their eligibility for a rebate; and
(II)
Vendor payments made to bicycle shops that sell a qualifying electric bicycle and equipment at a discount to an individual, business, or nonprofit organization that is eligible to participate under the rebate program.
(2)
The office may use up to nine percent of the money in the fund to cover its direct and indirect costs incurred in administering the rebate program.
Added by 2022 Ch. 300,§2, eff. 6/2/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 5 - COMMUNITY ACCESS TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES (§§ 24-38.5-501 — 24-38.5-507) › Section 24-38.5-505 - Reporting

(1)
On or before January 1, 2025, and on or before January 1 of each year thereafter, the office shall prepare a report summarizing the progress of the grant program and the rebate program and submit the report to the house of representatives transportation and local government committee and the senate transportation and energy committee, or their successor committees. The office shall post a copy of each report on its website.
(2)
Notwithstanding section
24-1-136 (11)(a)(I)
, the reporting requirements set forth in subsection (1) of this section continue until the grant program and rebate program repeal pursuant to section
24-38.5-507
.
Added by 2022 Ch. 300, § 2, eff. 6/2/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 5 - COMMUNITY ACCESS TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES (§§ 24-38.5-501 — 24-38.5-507) › Section 24-38.5-506 - Community access to electric bicycles cash fund - creation - gifts, grants, or donations - transfer

(1)
(a)
The community access to electric bicycles cash fund is created in the state treasury, and the office shall administer the fund for the purposes of this part 5. The fund consists of any money that the general assembly may transfer or appropriate to the fund for implementation of the grant program and the rebate program and any federal money or gifts, grants, or donations received pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section.
(b)
(I)
For the purposes of this part 5, the office may seek, accept, and expend:
(A)
Money from federal sources; and
(B)
Gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources.
(II)
The office shall transmit any money received pursuant to subsection (1)(b)(I) of this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money to the fund.
(2)
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2)(b) of this section, the money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the office for the purposes set forth in this part 5. The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year remains in the fund; except that the state treasurer shall transfer any money remaining in the fund at the end of the 2026-27 state fiscal year to the general fund.
(b)
For state fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25, the office and, subject to annual appropriation, the department of revenue may expend money in the fund for the administration and implementation of the electric bicycle tax credit created in section
39-22-555
. The office shall keep an accounting of all money expended from the fund pursuant to this subsection (2)(b) for purposes of calculating the repayment of the administrative costs required by section 24-38.5-120 (3).
(3)
Repealed.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 191,§ 11, eff. 5/17/2024.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 167,§ 19, eff. 5/11/2023.
Added by 2022 Ch. 300, § 2, eff. 6/2/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.5 - COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE (§§ 24-38.5-101 — 24-38.5-507) › Part 5 - COMMUNITY ACCESS TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES (§§ 24-38.5-501 — 24-38.5-507) › Section 24-38.5-507 - Repeal of part

This part 5 is repealed, effective September 1, 2028.
Added by 2022 Ch. 300,§2, eff. 6/2/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.7 - [Repealed] (§ 24-38.7-101) › Section 24-38.7-101 - to 24-38.7-203 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2018 Ch. 359,§10, eff. 6/1/2018.
L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-051), ch. 157, p. 674, §3, effective September 1.
This article 38.7 was added in 2008.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.8 - Statewide Climate Preparedness Roadmap (§§ 24-38.8-101 — 24-38.8-103) › Section 24-38.8-102 - Office of climate preparedness - creation - powers and duties

(1)
The office of climate preparedness, referred to in this article 38.8 as the "office", is created in the governor's office. The office shall:
(a)
Coordinate disaster recovery efforts for the governor's office, as determined by the governor and consistent with sections
24-33.5-704
(6.5) and 24-33.5-705.2, seeking to integrate climate resilience and adaptation into recovery efforts; and
(b)
Develop, publish, and implement the statewide climate preparedness roadmap required pursuant to section
24-38.8-103 (1)
.
(2)
The office may establish interagency and intergovernmental task forces and community advisory groups, with particular attention to the inclusion, accessibility, and engagement of disproportionately impacted communities, as defined in section
24-4-109 (2)(b)(II)
, to inform and support the work of the office. The office may promote community engagement and information sharing and further efforts to implement the recommendations of the roadmap.
(3)
The office shall direct the implementation of the roadmap, including all subsequent updates, and may establish criteria for evaluating existing programs in all other state agencies to ensure implementation of the roadmap and its governing principles.
Added by 2022 Ch. 173, § 4, eff. 5/17/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.8 - Statewide Climate Preparedness Roadmap (§§ 24-38.8-101 — 24-38.8-103) › Section 24-38.8-103 - Development of statewide climate preparedness roadmap

(1)
No later than December 1, 2023, the office shall prepare and publish and, every three years thereafter, update a long-term, statewide climate preparedness strategic plan and roadmap, referred to in this article 38.8 as the "roadmap". The roadmap must integrate and include information from all existing state plans that address climate mitigation, adaptation, resiliency, and recovery, including new or updated plans completed after the initial publication of the roadmap. The roadmap must build upon this previous body of work, seek to align existing plans, and identify any gaps in policy, planning, or resources. The roadmap serves to update any outdated assumptions, demographic information, and statewide goals in existing plans with the most recent and available information. The roadmap must identify strategies for how the state will grow in population and continue to develop in a manner that:
(a)
Is in alignment with state greenhouse gas reduction goals and greenhouse gas roadmap and climate mitigation strategies, particularly in the natural and working lands, land use development, water quality and quantity, and transportation sectors of the state;
(b)
Adapts to a warming climate, particularly utilizing ecosystem-based adaptation strategies and best available science, to ensure the long-term health of the state's lands, people, waters, wildlife, native biodiversity, and natural systems; increase the resilience of Colorado's species, habitats, ecosystems, and natural infrastructure to the effects of climate change; and inform the development of statewide conservation goals, in ongoing coordination with the division of parks and wildlife in the department of natural resources created in section
33-9-104(1)
, the department of natural resources created in section
24-33-101(1)
, and the department of agriculture created in section
35-1-103
;
(c)
Maximizes the use of resiliency principles for the state's built environment to strengthen the state's infrastructure and minimize the impacts of natural disasters on communities in coordination with the department of public safety created in section
24-33.5-103
, the department of local affairs created in section
24-1-125
, and the Colorado resiliency office created in section
24-32-122
; and
(d)
Actively takes into account that disproportionately impacted communities, as defined in section
24-4-109(2)(b)(II)
, are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and identifies opportunities for projects, policies, and strategies to protect the state's most vulnerable residents with the goal of attaining a more equitable future.
Added by 2022 Ch. 173,§4, eff. 5/17/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › GOVERNORS OFFICE (§§ 24-37-101 — 24-38.9-101) › Article 38.9 - [Repealed] (§ 24-38.9-101) › Section 24-38.9-101 - to 24-38.9-108 - [Repealed]

(1) This article was added in 2010 and was not amended prior to its repeal in 2012.
(2) House Bill 12-1315 amended sections 24-38.9-101, 24-38.9-103(2), and 24-38.9-106, effective July 1, 2012, but those amendments did not take effect due to the repeal of this article, effective June 30, 2012.
(3) Section 24-38.9-108 provided for the repeal of this article, effective June 30, 2012. (See L. 2010, p. 2229.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › OTHER AGENCIES (§§ 24-40-101 — 24-49.9-102) › Article 40 - [Repealed] POPULATION POLICY AND THE POPULATION ADVISORY COUNCIl (§ 24-40-101) › Section 24-40-101 - to 24-40-105 - [Repealed]

L. 91: Entire article repealed, p. 883, § 1, effective June 5.
This article was numbered as article 35 of chapter 3, C.R.S. 1963.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › OTHER AGENCIES (§§ 24-40-101 — 24-49.9-102) › Article 40.5 - [Repealed] COLORADO COST CONTAINMENT COMMISSION (§ 24-40.5-101) › Section 24-40.5-101 - to 24-40.5-104 - [Repealed]

(1) This article was added in 1992 and was not amended prior to its repeal in 1996.
(2) Section 24-40.5-104 provided for the repeal of this article, effective June 30, 1996. (See L. 92, p. 1732.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › OTHER AGENCIES (§§ 24-40-101 — 24-49.9-102) › Article 41 - [Repealed] COORDINATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS (§ 24-41-101) › Section 24-41-101 - [Repealed]

L. 2004: Entire article repealed, p. 343, § 2, effective April 7.
This article was numbered as section 9 of article 1 of chapter 132, C.R.S. 1963.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › OTHER AGENCIES (§§ 24-40-101 — 24-49.9-102) › Article 42 - OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY (§§ 24-42-101 — 24-42-105) › Section 24-42-101 - Office created - director

(1)
There is hereby created within the office of the executive director of the department of transportation an office of transportation safety, the head of which shall be the director of the office of transportation safety. The director shall be appointed by the executive director of the department of transportation in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution. The director of the office of transportation safety shall appoint the necessary staff of his office in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution.
(2)
The office of transportation safety and the director thereof shall exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions, specified by this article, under the department of transportation and the executive director thereof, as if the same were transferred to the department by a
type 2
transfer, as such transfer is defined in the "Administrative Organization Act of 1968", article
1
of this title.
L. 68: p. 139, § 177. C.R.S. 1963: § 132-1-8. L. 74: Entire article added, p. 196, §§ 2, 3, effective April 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1062, § 23, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › OTHER AGENCIES (§§ 24-40-101 — 24-49.9-102) › Article 42 - OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY (§§ 24-42-101 — 24-42-105) › Section 24-42-102 - [Repealed]

L. 74: Entire article added, p. 197, § 2, effective April 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 418, § 37, effective March 26. L. 87: (1) amended, p. 910, § 21, effective June 15.
Subsection (2)(a) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 1990. (See L. 86, p. 418.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › OTHER AGENCIES (§§ 24-40-101 — 24-49.9-102) › Article 42 - OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY (§§ 24-42-101 — 24-42-105) › Section 24-42-103 - Powers, duties, and functions

(1)
There is hereby created within the office of transportation safety a coordinator of transportation safety, who shall be the director of the office.
(2)
The office of transportation safety shall have the following powers, duties, and functions:
(a)
To consult with state departments, institutions, and agencies, with political subdivisions of the state, and with appropriate citizen groups and to formulate current and long-range plans and programs involving all aspects and components of transportation safety;
(b)
To succeed to and perform the powers and duties of the office of the coordinator of highway safety in dealing with the federal government with respect to federal highway traffic safety legislation, programs, and activities and, to that end, to coordinate the activities of state departments, institutions, and agencies and of political subdivisions of the state relating thereto; and
(c)
To advise and report to the governor and the general assembly on transportation safety plans and operations.
L. 74: Entire article added, p. 197, § 2, effective April 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1062, § 24, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › OTHER AGENCIES (§§ 24-40-101 — 24-49.9-102) › Article 42 - OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY (§§ 24-42-101 — 24-42-105) › Section 24-42-104 - Transfer

Effective July 1, 1991, such officers and employees who were engaged prior to said date in the performance of the powers, duties, and functions of the division of highway safety in the state department of highways and who, in the opinion of the executive director of the department of transportation, are necessary to perform the powers, duties, and functions of the office of transportation safety shall become officers and employees of the office of transportation safety and shall retain all their rights to state personnel system and retirement benefits under the laws of the state, and their service shall be deemed to have been continuous. The office of transportation safety shall succeed to all property and records which were used for or pertain to the performance of the powers, duties, and functions of the coordinator of highway safety. All appropriations made to the division of highway safety in the state department of highways for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991, or remaining to the credit thereof and not revertible by law to the general fund on July 1, 1991, shall be transferred to the office of transportation safety. The transportation commission shall budget and allocate all moneys to be expended by or allocated to the office of transportation safety in accordance with section
43-1-113
, C.R.S.
L. 74: Entire article added, p. 197, § 2, effective April 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1063, § 25, effective July 1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 261, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › OTHER AGENCIES (§§ 24-40-101 — 24-49.9-102) › Article 42 - OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY (§§ 24-42-101 — 24-42-105) › Section 24-42-105 - [Repealed]

L. 74: Entire article added, p. 197, § 2, effective April 1. L. 87: Entire section repealed, p. 1571, § 8, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › OTHER AGENCIES (§§ 24-40-101 — 24-49.9-102) › Article 43 - [Repealed] RAILROAD AUTHORITY ACT (§ 24-43-101) › Section 24-43-101 - to 24-43-112 - [Repealed]

L. 77: Entire article repealed, p. 1240, § 3, effective July 1.
This article was numbered as article 15 of chapter 116, C.R.S. 1963.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › OTHER AGENCIES (§§ 24-40-101 — 24-49.9-102) › Article 44 - COMMISSION OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (§§ 24-44-101 — 24-44-108) › Section 24-44-101 - Legislative declaration

The general assembly finds and declares that the affairs of the two Indian tribes whose reservations are largely within the state of Colorado, the Southern Ute tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute tribe, include matters of state interest and that the state of Colorado recognizes the special governmental relationships and the unique political status of these tribes with respect to the federal government and, further, that it is in the best interest of all the people of Colorado that there be an agency providing an official liaison among all persons in both the private and public sectors who share a concern for the establishment and maintenance of cooperative relationships with and among the aforesaid tribes and Indian peoples.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 64, § 1, eff. 3/22/2013.
L. 76: Entire article added, p. 632, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1198), ch. 64, p. 211, § 1, effective March 22.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › OTHER AGENCIES (§§ 24-40-101 — 24-49.9-102) › Article 44 - COMMISSION OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (§§ 24-44-101 — 24-44-108) › Section 24-44-102 - Establishment of commission

There is hereby established in the office of the lieutenant governor the Colorado commission of Indian affairs, referred to in this article as the "commission".
L. 76: Entire article added, p. 632, § 1, effective July 1.