Title 24, Government - State

Nothing in this part 1 shall give to the division any power of control or supervision over any unit of local government. Source: L. 66: p. 122, § 5. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-22-5.

(1) In order to perform the functions and duties of the division expressly set forth in this part 1, the director, acting under the authority of the executive director of the department of local affairs, has the following powers: (a) To employ assistants and personnel as may be a…

Vouchers covering expenses and salaries of the division shall be signed by the director, and warrants shall be drawn by the controller in payment thereof as provided by law. Source: L. 66: p. 122, § 7. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-22-7.

The division of local government, with the cooperation of the secretary of state, shall promptly establish and maintain on a current basis, as a public record, a file listing by name all incorporated towns, cities, or cities and counties of the state, referred to in this part 1 a…

No annexation, consolidation, merger, detachment of any area, new incorporation, or dissolution of an existing municipality shall be effective until notice of the completion of such action with a legal description accompanied by a map of the area concerned is filed in duplicate b…

(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Most state public assistance programs are calibrated to the federal poverty line, a one-size-fits-all national standard designed in the 1960s that is calculated largely on the cost of food and has only been updated for …

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Agent" means: (I) For a special district created pursuant to title 32, C.R.S., the special district's designated local government contact person, as reported annually by the special district and included in …

The general assembly directs the department of local affairs, on and after August 9, 2017, to support cooperative intergovernmental agreements between military installations and local governments to the extent that the department may do so within existing programs, resources, and…

(1) (a) The division of local government shall administer the justice reinvestment crime prevention initiative to expand small business lending and provide grants aimed at reducing crime and promoting community development in the target communities of north Aurora and southeast C…

The provisions of this part 12 are enacted to establish a state clearinghouse in accordance with circular number A-95 of the United States office of management and budget. In order to avoid duplication with existing duties and functions of state and local governmental agencies an…

As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Circular number A-95" means circular number A-95 of the United States office of management and budget, as published in the Federal Register of January 13, 1976, and as amended from time to time. Source: L. 81: E…

(1) The department of local affairs is hereby designated as the state clearinghouse for the state in accordance with circular number A-95. The executive director of the department of local affairs shall employ, within the appropriation as set forth by the general assembly, pursua…

(1) The Colorado resiliency office is created in the division of local government within the department of local affairs. The head of the office is the director of the Colorado resiliency office. The director of the division of local government shall appoint the director of the o…

(1) (a) The Colorado resiliency office shall create, maintain, and keep current the resiliency and community recovery program as described in section 24-33.5-705.2. The program must accomplish the following, at a minimum: (I) Develop a plan to improve coordination among state age…

(1) (a) The defense counsel on first appearance grant program, referred to in this section as the "grant program", is created in the division. The division shall award grants from the grant program to reimburse local governments, in part or in full, for costs associated with the …

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Committee" means the law enforcement community services grant program committee established pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section. (b) "Division" means the division of local government created pursua…

On or before May 1, 2026, and on or before May 1 every ten years thereafter, the department and the office of the governor shall develop a strategic action plan, including a discussion of necessary funding for the plan, for outreach, education, and promotion for a successful coun…

(1) There is created in the department of local affairs the community substance use and mental health services grant program, referred to in this section as the "grant program", to provide grants to counties that provide substance use or mental health treatment services to, facil…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Beginning farmer" means a farmer, rancher, or operator of nonindustrial private forestland who is in the first ten years of operation, or a person intending or aspiring to begin such an operation. (b) "Color…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Affordable housing" means: (I) For a household residing in housing on a rental basis, annual income of the household is at or below eighty percent of the area median income of households of that size in the …

(1) Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Throughout the course of the COVID-19 public health emergency, small community-based nonprofit organizations have played a crucial role in referring individuals to or delivering needed, relevant…

(1) Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Affordable housing" means: (I) For a household residing in housing on a rental basis, annual income of the household is at or below one hundred forty percent of the area median income of househo…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Administrator" means an entity or entities that the division contracts with pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section to administer the program. (b) "Declared disaster" means a disaster emergency declare…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Capital construction and improvement grant program" or "construction program" means the capital construction and improvement grant program created in subsection (2)(a)(II) of this section that is part of the…

The repeal of sections 24-32-1601 to 24-32-1619 shall not invalidate any allocations for carryforward projects made under this part 16. Source: L. 86: Entire part added, p. 919, § 1, effective May 8.

This part 17 shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Private Activity Bond Ceiling Allocation Act". Source: L. 87: Entire part added, p. 988, § 1, effective May 20.

The "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, limits the total amount of tax-exempt private activity bonds which may be issued by any state and its political subdivisions in each year by imposing volume caps. Said code allows each state to provide by law a formula for allocati…

As used in this part 17, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Application" means the application submitted by an issuing authority to request from the department an allocation from the statewide balance, including any amendments to said application. (1.5) "Board" means the…

The state ceiling shall be allocated among issuing authorities in accordance with the formulas and the procedures for assignment established in this part 17. Source: L. 87: Entire part added, p. 990, § 1, effective May 20.

(1) (a) Within thirty days after May 20, 1987, and by January 15 of each year thereafter, fifty percent of the state ceiling shall be initially allocated among the following state issuing authorities in amounts established by the department: (I) The Colorado agricultural developm…

(1) Within twenty days after May 20, 1987, and by January 15 of each year thereafter, that portion of the state ceiling that bears the same ratio to fifty percent of the state ceiling for such calendar year as the population of the designated local issuing authority bears to the …

(1) Fifty percent of the state ceiling less any amount allocated to designated local issuing authorities pursuant to section 24-32-1706 shall be allocated within twenty days after May 20, 1987, and as of January 15 of each year thereafter, to the statewide balance. In addition, t…

(1) Each issuing authority shall, within five days after the issuance and delivery of any bonds or within five days after it has made a mortgage credit certificate election and in no case later than 5 p.m. on December 23 of each year, file a copy of form 8038 or a copy of the mor…

(1) An issuing authority may request an allocation from the statewide balance by filing with the department a separate application regarding each project for which an allocation is requested, signed by an officer of the issuing authority. Each application shall be filed on a form…

(1) The department may charge and collect the following administrative fees for the costs associated with the administration of this part 17: (a) The direct allocation fee. The department may charge an administrative fee for direct allocations. The executive director shall annual…

(1) The department shall notify the issuing authority in writing of the amount allocated or not allocated from the statewide balance to the proposed project. (2) The notification shall: (a) Be of such format as determined by the department and as conforms to the code; (b) Specify…

(1) Any portion of the statewide balance that has not been allocated to bonds that were issued on or before December 23 or that the issuing authority elected not to issue pursuant to a mortgage credit certificate election made on or before December 23 or that are not the subject …

If the last day of any period described in this part 17 is not a business day, then the last day of such period shall be the next business day thereafter; except that, if the last day of any period is December 23 or December 29, and December 23 or December 29 is not a business da…

Any issuing authority which issues bonds or makes a mortgage credit certificate election prior to the receipt by the issuing authority of a related allocation, or in excess of the allocation, or after the relinquishment of the allocation, or in respect of which a form 8038 or a m…

This part 17 is subject to the severability provisions of section 2-4-204, C.R.S. To the extent this part 17 is unconstitutional, all allocations of the state ceiling previously made under this part 17 shall be treated as allocations made by the general assembly of the state of C…

The state of Colorado pledges and agrees with the owners of any bonds to which an allocation of the state ceiling has been granted under this part 17 that the state will not retroactively alter the allocation of the state ceiling to the qualified issuing authority for such bonds.…

(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Central elements in the development of the state's youth should be the provision of meaningful work experience to teach the value of labor and membership in a productive society and the provision of basic education to address …

As used in this part 20, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Colorado youth conservation corps" means the youth conservation corps program established by the governor's job training office. (2) "Community-based agency" means a private nonprofit organization that is repres…

(1) There is hereby established the Colorado youth conservation and service corps council, referred to in this part 20 as the "council". (2) The council shall consist of the following fourteen members: (a) The executive director of the department of local affairs or the executive…

(1) There is hereby created in the department of local affairs, the office of the Colorado youth service corps. The youth service corps shall be a volunteer-based program in the charge of a director, who shall be a volunteer approved by the executive director of the department an…

(1) The youth service corps, through the director, and with the advice of the Colorado youth conservation and service corps council established in section 24-32-2003, shall: (a) Recruit individuals for the youth service corps who are residents of the state unemployed at the time …