2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 29 - GOVERNMENT - LOCAL (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-37-210) › IMMIGRATION STATUS - COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS (§§ 29-29-101 — 29-37-210) › Article 33 - Protections for public workers (§§ 29-33-101 — 29-33-105) › Section 29-33-103 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Definitions

As used in this article 33, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"County" means only:
(a)
A city and county; and
(b)
A county with a population of less than seven thousand five hundred people pursuant to the official figures of the most recent United States decennial census.
(2)
"Division" means the division of labor standards and statistics within the department of labor and employment.
(3)
(a)
"Employee organization" means an organization independent of the employer in which public employees may participate and that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of acting on behalf of and for the benefit of the public employees concerning public employee grievances, labor disputes, wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. "Employee organization" includes any agents or representatives of the employee organization designated by the employee organization.
(b)
"Employee organization" does not include an organization, including a committee, advisory council, or other similar group, that includes public employees but is created by a public employee's employer.
(4)
"Governing body" means the elected or appointed representative body of a public employer.
(5)
(a)
"Public employee" means an individual employed by a public employer; except those employees employed in the personnel system of the state established in section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, or employees employed by an employer, as defined in section
8-3-104 (12)
.
(b)
"Public employee" includes two types of employees as follows:
(I)
"Confidential public employee" means a public employee who:
(A)
Develops or presents the positions of the employer with respect to employer-employee relations, contributes significantly to the employer's decision-making in connection with such positions, or accesses confidential information, including the employer's non-public planning or strategy information, in connection with the development, presentation, or decision-making of the employer's positions with respect to employer-employee relations; or
(B)
Provides legal advice to the employer as the employer's attorney related to this article 33 or other labor relations matters.
(II)
"Managerial public employee" means an executive-level public employee with significant decision-making authority including the authority to develop employer policies or programs or administer an agency or other subdivision of the employer. "Managerial employee" does not include a non-policymaking employee even if the employee oversees, manages, or directs other employees; except that a firefighter who is a "supervisor", as defined in section 29-5-203 (15), is a "managerial employee" for purposes of this article 33.
(6)
"Public employer" means:
(a)
A county or a municipality;
(b)
A district, business improvement district, special district created pursuant to title 32, authority, or other political subdivision of the state, a county, or a municipality;
(c)
The Colorado school for the deaf and the blind, established in article
80
of title
22
;
(d)
A state institution of higher education, as defined in section
23-18-102 (10)(a)
, and a local district college operating pursuant to article
71
of title
23
;
(e)
The office of state public defender created in section
21-1-101
;
(f)
The university of Colorado hospital authority created in section
23-21-503
;
(g)
The Denver health and hospital authority created in section
25-29-103
;
(h)
The joint budget committee staff, the legislative council staff, the office of legislative legal services, the staff of the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives, and the senate services staff;
(i)
The majority and minority caucus staff of the house of representatives and the senate;
(j)
A board of cooperative services established pursuant to the "Boards of Cooperative Services Act of 1965", article
5
of title
22
;
(k)
Any school district as defined in section
22-7-1003 (20)
;
(l)
A district charter school pursuant to part 1 of article
30.5
of title
22
; or
(m)
An institute charter school which means a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article
30.5
of title
22
.
(7)
"Unfair labor practice" means a violation of the rights or obligations described in this article 33. Nothing in this article 33 shall be construed to mean the right or obligation to recognize or to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 487,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
Added by 2023 Ch. 393,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2023.
2024 Ch. 487, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Ch. 393, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.