(1) Whenever any public works project financed in whole or in part by funds of the state, counties, school districts, or municipalities of the state of Colorado are undertaken in this state, Colorado labor shall be employed to perform at least eighty percent of the work. The governmental body financing a public works project shall waive the eighty percent requirement if there is reasonable evidence to demonstrate insufficient Colorado labor to perform the work of the project and if compliance with this article would create an undue burden that would substantially prevent a project from proceeding to completion. A governmental body that allows a waiver pursuant to this subsection (1) shall post notice of the waiver and a justification for the waiver on its website. A governmental body shall not impose contractual damages on a contractor for a delay in work due to the waiver process.
(2) Repealed.
Source: L. 33: p. 660, § 1. CSA: C. 138, § 263. L. 39: p. 473, § 1. CRS 53: § 80-21-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-18-1. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 446, § 1, effective May 26. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1599, § 12, effective May 29. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1292), ch. 266, p. 1395, § 2, effective May 24. L. 2015: (2)(b) amended, (SB 15-264), ch. 259, p. 942, § 8, effective August 5. L. 2017: IP(2) and (2)(b) amended, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 349, § 60, effective August 9. L. 2021: (2)(a) amended, (HB 21-1108), ch. 156, p. 890, § 14, effective September 7. L. 2025: (2) repealed, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2109, § 336, effective August 6.