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Title 23, Postsecondary Education

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-101 University of Colorado - role and mission - all campuses
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(1) The role and mission of the several campuses of the university of Colorado are as follows: (a) The Boulder campus of the university of Colorado shall be a comprehensive graduate research university with selective admission standards. The Boulder campus of the university of Co…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-102 Regents - election and term
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(1) The university shall be governed by a board of nine regents, who shall be elected for terms of six years each as provided in this section. (2) (a) (I) At the general election held in 1974, and each six years thereafter through the general election held in 2016, three regents …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-103 Oath or affirmation of regents
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The members of the board of regents shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101. Source: G.L. § 2751. G.S. § 3442. R.S. 08: § 6938. C.L. § 8001. CSA: C. 169, § 6. CRS 53: § 124-2-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-2-6. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1138), …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-104 Meetings - quorum

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The meetings of the board of regents shall be held at such times and places as the board may appoint; but not less than two meetings per annum shall be held at the university. The president of the board may call special meetings where he deems it expedient, or special meetings ma…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-105 Governor to fill vacancies

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(1) The governor of the state shall fill all vacancies that may occur in the board of regents. The persons so appointed shall hold their offices until the next general election and until their successors are elected and duly qualified according to law. (2) The governor shall appo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-106 President - election

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The regents of the university shall elect a president of the university, who shall be an employee-at-will pursuant to section 24-19-104, C.R.S., and whose employment shall be subject to the restrictions imposed by article 19 of title 24, C.R.S. The president shall be the principa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-107 President to report - contents

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The president of the university shall make a report on the first day of September of each year to the board of regents. The report shall exhibit the condition and progress of the institution in its several departments, the different courses of study pursued therein, the branches …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-108 Secretary - duties

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The board of regents shall elect a secretary, who shall hold the office during the pleasure of the board. The secretary shall record all the proceedings of the board of regents in a visual text format that may be transmitted electronically and carefully preserve all its books and…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-109 Treasurer - duties - bond

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The board of regents shall elect a treasurer of the university, who shall hold his or her office at the pleasure of the board. The treasurer shall keep a true and faithful account of all money received and paid out by him or her and shall pay all warrants and checks as presented.…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-110 Attorney general legal advisor

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The attorney general of the state is the legal advisor of the president and board of regents of the university, and he or she shall institute and prosecute or defend all suits in behalf of the same. Source: G.L. § 2773. G.S. § 3464. R.S. 08: § 6961. C.L. § 8032. CSA: C. 169, § 35…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-111 Supervisory powers of board

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The board of regents has general supervision of the university and control and direction of all funds of and appropriations to the university. Source: G.L. § 2756. G.S. § 3447. R.S. 08: § 6943. C.L. § 8005. CSA: C. 169, § 10. CRS 53: § 124-2-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-2-10. L. 80: En…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-112 General powers of the board - definitions

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(1) The board of regents shall enact laws for the government of the university; appoint the requisite number of professors, tutors, and all other officers; and determine the salaries of such officers and the amount to be paid for tuition in accordance with the level of cash fund …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-113 Board to fix salaries

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The board of regents shall determine the compensation of the secretary and the treasurer of the university, and the regents are ineligible to the office of treasurer. Source: G.L. § 2762. G.S. § 3453. R.S. 08: § 6949. C.L. § 8011. CSA: C. 169, § 16. CRS 53: § 124-2-16. C.R.S. 196…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-114 Employment of medical personnel

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(1) The board of regents of the university of Colorado has authority to employ medical personnel who are not citizens of the United States at the university of Colorado health sciences center, the university of Colorado psychiatric hospital, and the medical division of the gradua…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-115 Departments - degrees - diplomas

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The university shall include a classical, philosophical, normal, scientific, law, physical sciences, and preparatory department and such other departments, with courses of instruction and elective studies, as the board of regents may determine. The board has authority to confer s…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-116 Claims against university

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Except with respect to claims coming within the provisions of article 10 of title 24, C.R.S., the board of regents shall audit all claims against the university, and the president shall draw all warrants and checks for approved claims; but before payment such warrants and checks …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-117.5 University of Colorado fund - creation - control - use

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(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the university of Colorado fund that shall be under the control and administration of the board of regents of the university of Colorado in accordance with the provisions of this part 1. The board of regents shall have authority a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-118 Investments in consolidated funds

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Unless otherwise restrained by the terms of a will, trust agreement, or other instrument of gift, the regents of the university of Colorado are authorized to hold investments in one or more consolidated investment funds in which the participating trusts or accounts have undivided…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-119 Corporate stock in name of nominee authorized - report

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(1) In order to facilitate the investment, reinvestment, sale, and disposition of corporate stocks, the regents of the university of Colorado are authorized to hold certificates of stock in the name of a nominee of their selection without disclosing the fact that certificates are…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-120 Donations - invested

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All donations of money, securities, or other property shall be conveyed to the regents of the university and invested as other funds of the university. Donations may be made to, and for the sole use of, any of the departments of the university, and donations so made shall be kept…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-121 Money from university lands

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All moneys which arise from the sale of public lands belonging to the university of Colorado, or from the leasing of lands belonging to the said university, or from interest arising on the investment of such funds are placed under the exclusive control of the regents of the said …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-122 Raising funds for university student memorial center

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(1) For the purpose of raising funds from time to time for erecting, purchasing, otherwise acquiring, reconstructing, improving, adding to, extending, bettering, equipping, and furnishing, or any combination thereof, a student memorial center consisting of one or more buildings o…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-123 Rents or charges for buildings and facilities for research

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The regents of the university of Colorado are authorized to contract for or impose and collect rents or charges for the use of university buildings and facilities for research, including research conducted by or under the auspices of the university of Colorado. Such rents or char…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-124 Research building revolving fund - appropriation of fund

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There is established in the office of the treasurer of the university a fund to be known as the university of Colorado research building revolving fund. There shall be credited to said fund the user charges or rents authorized by section 23-20-123 and imposed by the board of rege…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-125 Anticipation warrants

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The state treasurer is authorized to issue anticipation warrants in such amounts as requested by the board of regents of the university of Colorado, the total amount of which shall not exceed four million dollars, to be repaid exclusively from the user revenues accruing to the un…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-126 Purchase of anticipation warrants

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It is lawful for any public entity, as defined in section 24-75-601 (1), C.R.S., to purchase anticipation warrants issued in pursuance of section 23-20-125 if such warrants satisfy the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S.; but not to exc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-127 Warrants as security - when

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Anticipation warrants issued in pursuance of sections 23-20-123 to 23-20-129 may be used as security for any depository bond or obligation where any kind of bonds or other securities shall or may, by law, be deposited as security. Source: L. 66: p. 18, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-2-3…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-128 Tax exemption

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Any anticipation warrants issued pursuant to the provisions of section 23-20-125 by the regents of the university of Colorado shall be exempt from taxation for state, county, school district, special district, municipal, or other purposes in the state of Colorado. Source: L. 66: …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-129 Bonds

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(1) The regents of the university of Colorado are hereby authorized to issue bonds as provided in this section for the purpose of obtaining funds for the planning, construction or other acquisition, and equipping of research buildings and facilities, wherever located in the state…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-129.5 Enterprise auxiliary facility bonds

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(1) The board of regents shall establish policies and procedures to determine and monitor the ability of the university of Colorado: (a) To pay principal, interest, and any other costs due in connection with any revenue bonds issued pursuant to section 23-5-102; (b) To establish …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-130 Disposition of natural specimens

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All specimens of natural history and geological and mineralogical specimens which are collected by the state geologist of Colorado, appointed by the state to investigate its natural history, belong to and are the property of the university and form a part of its cabinet. Source: …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-131 Free pupil from each county

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Each county is entitled to send one pupil under the age of seventeen years to said university, tuition free, said pupil to be selected by competitive examination before the county superintendent of such county and given to the highest scholarship. Source: L. 1874: p. 308, § 1. G.…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-132 When tuition fee charged

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The university shall charge a reasonable tuition fee for all out-of-state students, as provided in article 7 of this title. Source: L. 1893: p. 474, § 4. R.S. 08: § 6935. C.L. § 7998. CSA: C. 169, § 3. CRS 53: § 124-2-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-2-3. L. 73: p. 1416, § 92.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-133 Religious societies not to control

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The university shall never be under the control of any religious or irreligious denomination or society. Source: G.L. § 2749. G.S. § 3440. R.S. 08: § 6936. C.L. § 7999. CSA: C. 169, § 4. CRS 53: § 124-2-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-2-4.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-134 No loans to board or faculty - exception

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No funds of the university shall ever be, directly or indirectly, loaned to the president or any of the regents, professors, or other officers of the said university; except that the board of regents may make loans secured by an equity interest in real estate in Colorado from fun…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-135 Contracting debt forbidden, when

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The board of regents is prohibited from creating any debt against the university, in any manner encumbering the same, or incurring any expense beyond its ability to pay from the annual income of the university for the current year. Source: G.L. § 2774. G.S. § 3465. R.S. 08: § 696…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-136 Fitzsimons trust fund - creation - legislative declaration - repeal

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the university of Colorado health sciences center will be moving to the former Fitzsimons Army base over the next several decades; that the health sciences center can expect a major portion of the move to take place in the n…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-137 Health sciences center - disposition of property - use of proceeds

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(1) On or before June 30, 2004, the university of Colorado shall develop a master plan for the development, sale, and use of the campus at ninth avenue and Colorado boulevard and the university of Colorado hospital. (2) On or before June 30, 2006, the university of Colorado shall…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-138 Health sciences center - definitions - accountable student program - creation

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Accountable student" means a person who, as of the date of his or her selection for admission into a university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program, will not be …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-139 Retirement plan - eligibility - election

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(1) (a) The university of Colorado president, chancellors, deans, other professionals exempt from the state personnel system, and faculty as determined by the board of regents to be eligible to participate in a university of Colorado retirement plan shall be members of a universi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-140 Partnership for rural education preparation - created - report

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(1) (a) The general assembly finds that: (I) There is a teacher shortage across the state, particularly in rural areas, which jeopardizes Colorado's ability to maintain the highest standards in education delivery; (II) There are various causes of the teacher shortage; and (III) T…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-143 High-potency THC marijuana and marijuana concentrate research

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(1) (a) The Colorado school of public health shall conduct a systematic review of all available scientific evidence-based research regarding the possible physical and mental health effects of high-potency THC marijuana and marijuana concentrates regardless of the location of the …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-144 Colorado pediatric psychiatry consultation and access program (CoPPCAP) - created

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(1) There is created in the university of Colorado the Colorado pediatric psychiatry consultation and access program, referred to in this section as "CoPPCAP". CoPPCAP shall: (a) Support primary care providers to identify and treat mild to moderate pediatric behavioral health con…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-20-146 Universal health-care payment system - research and selection of draft model legislation - analysis - legislative declaration - report - definitions - repeal

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(1) Legislative declaration. The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) The final report of the blue ribbon commission for health care reform, created in section 10-16-131 before its repeal, issued in January 2008, and the report of the health care cost analysis task force…