Title 23, Postsecondary Education
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1001 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds and determines that: (a) More than one-third of rural communities in Colorado have at most one livestock-oriented veterinarian, thus leaving the owners of hundreds of thousands of livestock with little or no access to veterinary medicine; (b) Food s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1002 Definitions
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As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Council means the state veterinary education loan repayment council created in section 23-31-1003. (1.5) Fund means the veterinary education loan repayment fund created in section 23-31-1010 (1)(a). (2) Licensed …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1003 State veterinary education loan repayment council - creation - membership
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(1) There is hereby created in Colorado state university ‘s college of veterinary medicine and biomedical sciences the veterinary education loan repayment council. The council shall be under the direct supervision of the dean of Colorado state university ‘s college of veterinary …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1004 State veterinary education loan repayment program - creation - purpose
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The council shall administer the veterinary education loan repayment program to provide financial incentives to licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary medicine in veterinary shortage areas of the state through assistance with the repayment of veterinary education loans.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1005 Council powers and duties
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(1) To implement this part 10, the council shall: (a) Pursuant to the criteria set forth in section 23-31-1006, determine the eligibility and qualifications of an applicant for loan repayment under the program; (b) With respect to the veterinary shortage areas that are in need of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1006 Program applicant eligibility - criteria
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(1) Each year, the council shall select up to six qualified veterinarian applicants to participate in the program. The number of applicants that the council may choose in a given year is dependent on the amount of money available in that year for the council to award under the pr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1007 Designated veterinary shortage areas - criteria
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(1) In designating a community a veterinary shortage area, the council shall consider: (a) The veterinary service needs identified by the community, giving priority to communities that demonstrate the potential for significant negative food animal health impacts within Colorado i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1008 Release from contract obligation
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(1) The council shall release a veterinarian selected for repayment under the program from his or her veterinary loan repayment contract without penalty if: (a) The veterinarian has completed the service requirements of the contract; (b) The veterinarian is unable to complete the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1009 Loan repayment
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(1) The council shall make all payments under the program on a veterinarian's behalf to the issuer or purchaser of the veterinarian's student loan. (2) As required by a selected veterinarian's contract under the program, the veterinarian is eligible for the following amounts of l…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-101 University established - role and mission
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There is hereby established a university at Fort Collins to be known as Colorado state university. Colorado state university shall be a comprehensive graduate research university with selective admission standards offering a comprehensive array of baccalaureate, master's, and doc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1010 Veterinary education loan repayment fund - creation - gifts, grants, and donations
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(1) (a) The veterinary education loan repayment fund is created in the state treasury. (b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2023.) (c) The fund also consists of money credited to it pursuant to subsection (5) of this section and any additional money that the general assembly may appropr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-102 Name changed
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The agricultural college at Fort Collins, declared to be an institution of the state by section 5 of article VIII of the state constitution as said section existed prior to January 11, 1973, and designated under the name and title of the Colorado agricultural and mechanical colle…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-103 Board to control college and lands
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The board of governors of the Colorado state university system has the general control and supervision of the Colorado state university and lands and the use thereof, which may be vested in the university by state or national legislation and of all appropriations made by the stat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-104 Who shall constitute faculty
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The president and the faculty shall constitute the faculty of the Colorado state university. Source: L. 2007: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 525, � 2, effective August 3. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 23-31-113 as it existed prior to 2007, and th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-105 Duty of faculty
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The faculty shall have the responsibility for making academic policy and governing the academic affairs of the Colorado state university. Source: L. 2007: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 525, � 2, effective August 3. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-106 President - duties
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The president shall be chief executive officer of the Colorado state university, and it is his or her duty to see that the rules and regulations of the board of governors of the Colorado state university system and the faculty are observed and executed. Source: L. 2007: Entire ar…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-107 President may remove officers
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The subordinate officers and employees, not members of the faculty, shall be under the direction of the president and removable at his or her discretion. The president may fill vacancies of such subordinate officers and employees subject to his or her personnel power. Source: L. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-108 President may be professor
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The president may or may not perform the duties of a professor, as the board of governors of the Colorado state university system shall determine. Source: L. 2007: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 525, � 2, effective August 3. Editor's note: This section is similar to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-109 Report of experimental operations
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All agricultural operations shall be carried on experimentally for the instruction of the students and with a view to the improvement of the science of agriculture in the state of Colorado. Such reports as may be required by the board of governors of the Colorado state university…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-110 Pledge of income from facilities or equipment
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(1) The board of governors of the Colorado state university system, designated in this section as the board, is authorized to enter into a contract for the advancement of moneys for the acquisition of facilities or equipment, or both, for the Colorado state university auditorium-…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1101 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) In September 2009, the federal centers for disease control and prevention reported that no state in the country was meeting national goals for the amount of fruits and vegetables that Americans should be eating. As a re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1101.5 Definitions
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As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Council means the Colorado food systems advisory council established within Colorado state university pursuant to section 23-31-1102 (1). Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2052, � 10…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1102 Colorado food systems advisory council - created - membership - terms - vacancies
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(1) There is hereby established within Colorado state university the Colorado food systems advisory council. The council is created as an advisory committee to provide recommendations regarding increasing healthy food access for all Colorado residents, creating economic opportuni…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1103 Council - purpose and duties
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(1) The purpose of the council is to grow local, regional, and statewide food economies within which producers have access to new markets and low-income populations have access to fresh, affordable, and healthy foods. Duties of the council include: (a) Collaborating and coordinat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1104 Subcommittees of the council
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(1) (a) The council may create subcommittees, as the council deems necessary, to carry out the work of the council. (b) If created, the subcommittees must include representatives of the council and may include persons appointed by the chair and the vice-chair of the council who a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1105 Fund - acceptance of gifts, grants, or donations
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(1) For the purposes of carrying out the duties of the council, the council is authorized to seek and accept gifts, grants, or donations, including in-kind donations, from private or public sources for the purposes of this part 11; except that the council may not accept a gift, g…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1106 Reports - recommendations
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Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), no later than January 31, 2021, and January 31 every other year thereafter, the council shall report the information specified in section 23-31-1103 (1)(d) and provide a summary of the council's activities from the prior year and a sum…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-1107 Repeal of part
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This part 11 is repealed, effective September 1, 2026. Before the repeal, this part 11 is scheduled for review in accordance with section 2-3-1203. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added with relocations, (HB 19-1202), ch. 403, p. 3573, � 1, effective May 31. L. 2023: Entire section …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-111 Rents or charges for buildings and facilities for research
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The board of governors of the Colorado state university system is 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 Colorado state university.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-112 Research building revolving fund - appropriation of fund
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There is established in the office of the state treasurer a fund to be known as the Colorado state university research building revolving fund, and there shall be credited to said fund the user charges or rents authorized by section 23-31-111 and imposed by the board of governors…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-113 Anticipation warrants
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The state treasurer is authorized to issue anticipation warrants in such amounts as requested by the board of governors of the Colorado state university system, the total amount of which shall not exceed one million dollars, to be repaid exclusively from the user revenues accruin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-114 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 23-31-113 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. § 23-31-115 Warrants as security - when
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Anticipation warrants issued in pursuance of this section and sections 23-31-111 to 23-31-114, 23-31-116, and 23-31-117 may be used as security for any depository bond or obligation where any kind of bonds or other securities must or may, by law, be deposited as security. Source:…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-116 Tax exemption
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Any anticipation warrants issued pursuant to the provisions of section 23-31-113 by the board of governors of the Colorado state university system shall be exempt from taxation for state, county, school district, special district, municipal, or any other purpose in the state of C…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-117 Borrowing funds
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(1) For the purposes described in section 23-31-112, the board of governors of the Colorado state university system is authorized to: (a) Enter into contracts with any person, corporation, or state or federal government agency for the advancement of money for such purposes and pr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-118 Advancement of money and pledge of income - definition
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(1) The board of governors of the Colorado state university system, designated in this section as the board, is authorized to enter into contracts for the advancement of money for the construction and acquisition of facilities or equipment, or both, for the Colorado state univers…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-119 Plant breeding programs
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The board of governors of the Colorado state university system is authorized to initiate and expand plant breeding programs that will result in the development of disease-resistant varieties of crop plants, particularly of small grain varieties that are resistant to black stem ru…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-120 Cooperation with other agencies
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The board of governors of the Colorado state university system may cooperate with the United States department of agriculture or any of its departments or agencies, the Colorado department of agriculture, other states, counties of Colorado, any organized group of Colorado citizen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-121 Providing personnel, supplies
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The board of governors of the Colorado state university system, operating through the Colorado agricultural experiment station, may provide such personnel, funds, labor, material, and supplies as are necessary for the purposes specified in sections 23-31-119 and 23-31-120. Source…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-122 Agricultural extension service furnished counties
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Two or more counties may join in financing agricultural extension service furnished counties by the Colorado state university. In such event, each such county shall pay its pro rata share of the cost of such work as determined by negotiation between the board of governors of the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-200.3 Definitions
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Board means the board of governors of the Colorado state university system. Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2051, � 97, effective August 6. 23-31-201. Transfer to board of governors…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-201 Transfer to board of governors of the Colorado state university system - exceptions
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(1) There is transferred to and vested in the board of governors of the Colorado state university system all rights, powers, and duties for protecting, promoting, and extending the conservation of the forests in the state vested on or before February 14, 1955, in the state board …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-202 Powers and duties of board of governors of the Colorado state university system
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(1) The authority granted to the board by section 23-31-201 includes the following powers and duties: (a) To provide for the protection of the forest resources of the state, both public and private, from insects and diseases; (b) To foster and promote the control of soil erosion …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-203 Cooperation with governmental units. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2007: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 532, � 2, effective August 3. L. 2012: Entire section repealed, (HB 12-1283), ch. 240, p. 1137, � 55, effective July 1. Editor's note: (1) This section was similar to former � 23-30-203 as it existed prior to 2007. (2) …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-204 Forest fires - duty of sheriff to report. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2007: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 532, � 2, effective August 3. L. 2012: Entire section repealed, (HB 12-1283), ch. 240, p. 1137, � 55, effective July 1. Editor's note: (1) This section was similar to former � 23-30-204 as it existed prior to 2007. (2) …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-205 Provisions of act of congress accepted
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The state of Colorado does hereby accept the provisions of the act of congress dated June 7, 1924, entitled Clarke-McNary Law, as amended. Source: L. 2007: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 532, � 2, effective August 3. Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to form…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-206 Cooperative agreements
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(1) The board is further authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with federal and state agencies to promote and carry out the intent and purposes of this part 2, and in carrying out the provisions of all federal acts providing funds to promote the practice of forestry; an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-207 Employees and personnel
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The board is authorized to employ the necessary professional, clerical, and other personnel needed to carry out this part 2. Persons employed in a technical forestry capacity must have completed the requirements for and received a degree from an accredited school of forestry. Per…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-208 Rights by succession to state board of land commissioners - transfers to division of fire prevention and control
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(1) (a) On February 14, 1955, the board shall succeed to all records, documents, and equipment in the hands of the state board of land commissioners as pertain to and used by the state board of land commissioners in the performance of the rights, powers, and duties transferred, a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-301 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds that: (a) The management of Colorado's state-owned forested land has far-reaching impacts on overall forest condition, risk of wildfire, water quantity and quality, and wildlife habitat; (b) The unnatural condition of many forests throughout …