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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-1202 Legislative declaration - intent
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that it is the intent of this act to optimize prescription drug savings by the state by requiring the following: (a) The adoption of a dynamically competitive reverse auction process for state health plan selection of pharmacy be…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-1203 Definitions
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As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) AWP means average wholesale price. (2) Department means the department of personnel. (3) GNC means guaranteed net cost. (4) Market check means a technology-driven evaluation of an incumbent PBM's prescription dru…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-1204 Competitive pharmacy benefit manager - contract - requirements
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(1) Consistent with the “Procurement Code”, articles 101 to 112 of this title 24, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall enter into a contract for the services of a pharmacy benefit manager for the administration of benefits under the “State Employee…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-121 Transfer of employees. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 172, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 26-1-21. L. 2001: Entire section repealed, p. 48, � 3, effective August 8. Editor's note: This section was relocated to � 24-50-112.5 (5)(a) in 2001. 24-50-122. Opportunities for training - professional development center cash fund…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-122 Opportunities for training - professional development center cash fund - creation - rules - transfer -repeal
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(1) The state personnel director shall be responsible for the establishment and maintenance of training programs for employees in the state personnel system. He or she shall identify training needs for current and anticipated classes of positions within the classified system, sha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-123 Grievances - review
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(1) The board shall, by rule promulgated in accordance with article 4 of this title, adopt uniform procedures to be used by all principal departments and institutions of higher education in developing grievance processes for their employees. The grievance procedures shall provide…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-124 Reduction of employees - definition
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(1) (a) When certified employees who, as of January 1, 2013, are within five years from being eligible for full retirement pursuant to section 24-51-602 (1)(a) are separated from state service, they shall be separated or demoted according to procedures established by rule. Such p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-125 Disciplinary proceedings - appeals - hearings - procedure - definitions
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(1) A person certified to any class or position in the state personnel system may be dismissed, suspended, or otherwise disciplined by the appointing authority upon written findings of failure to comply with standards of efficient service or competence or for willful misconduct, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-125.3 Discrimination appeals
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An applicant or employee who alleges discriminatory or unfair employment practices, as defined in part 4 of article 34 of this title, in the state personnel system may appeal within ten days of the alleged practice by filing a complaint in writing with the board or the Colorado c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-125.4 Hearings
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(1) Except for discrimination appeals that may also be filed with the Colorado civil rights division in the department of regulatory agencies, all appeals from actions of the state personnel director, appointing authorities, and agencies that are specifically appealable to the bo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-125.5 Recovery for improper personnel action
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(1) Upon final resolution of any proceeding related to the provisions of this article, if it is found that the personnel action from which the proceeding arose or the appeal of such action was instituted frivolously, in bad faith, maliciously, or as a means of harassment or was o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-126 Resignation - procedure and effect
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(1) An employee may resign by filing his reasons in writing with the appointing authority. (2) Qualified employees who have resigned in good standing may be reinstated under conditions which the board shall prescribe by rule. (3) The board shall by rule prescribe the conditions u…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-127 Employee records - release of location information concerning individuals with outstanding felony arrest warrants - state personnel director’s duties
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(1) The state personnel director shall maintain the examination record of every candidate and the employment record of every employee. In addition, the state personnel director shall establish and maintain a personnel data inventory of all employees in the personnel system, which…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-128 Certification required before salary paid
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(1) No salary shall be paid to any officer or employee of the state within the state personnel system as provided by the constitution unless the state personnel director has certified that the employment is in accordance with this part 1. (2) and (3) Repealed. Source: L. 72: R&RE…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-129 Appointing authority's salary liability
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If any appointment is willfully made contrary to the provisions of this part 1, the appointing authority shall be personally responsible for any salary liability incurred. Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 174, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 26-1-29.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-130 Form of records and reports
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The state personnel director shall prescribe the form of records and reports required to give effect to this article, and all appointing authorities shall maintain and submit the reports and records required. Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 174, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 26-1-30.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-131 Subpoena powers
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The board, its administrative law judges, and the state personnel director, in the performance of their duties under this article, shall have the power of subpoena over persons and records, and such powers shall be enforceable by the courts. Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 175, � 1. C.R.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-132 Political considerations and prohibited activities
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Employees in the state personnel system shall be selected without regard to political considerations, shall not use any state facility or resource or the authority of any state office in support of any candidate, and shall not campaign actively for any candidate on state time or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-133 Subversive acts - disqualification
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No person shall be appointed to or retained in any position in the state personnel system who advocates or knowingly belongs to any organization that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States by force or violence, with the specific intent of furthering the ai…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-134 Moving and relocation expenses
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(1) When an employee in the state personnel system is required by any appointing authority, because of a change in assignment or a promotion or for any other reason related to his or her duties, to change his or her place of residence, such employee shall be allowed his or her mo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-135 Exemptions from personnel system
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(1) Administrators employed in educational institutions and departments not charitable or reformatory in character shall be exempt from the state personnel system. For purposes of this section, administrators employed in educational institutions and departments means: (a) Officer…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-136 Persons brought into the personnel system
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(1) Whenever a person currently or previously employed by the state of Colorado, not within the state personnel system, enters or is brought into the state personnel system, the person shall be credited with his or her former state service for purposes of accumulated leave, leave…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-137 Persons holding exempted positions
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(1) and (2) Repealed. (3) (Repeal provision deleted by revision.) (4) Any certified employee of the personnel system who accepts an appointment to an exempt position at the request of the governor or other elected or appointed officials of this state shall be granted leave withou…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-138 Effect of transfer of powers, duties, and functions
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(1) The department of personnel to which powers, duties, and functions of the civil service commission are transferred shall be the successor in every way with respect to such powers, duties, and functions, subject to the provisions of the state constitution. Every act performed …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-139 Administrative law judges - duties - qualifications - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 24-50-139Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-140 Reports on other employment systems
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In order to provide for the coordination of the state personnel system with other systems of state employees, no later than November 15 of each year, each department or agency of state government having employees who are not within the state personnel system, including but not li…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-141 Rules and regulations - limitations - affirmative action corrective remedies - implementation
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(1) It is the intent of the general assembly to encourage the implementation of equal employment opportunities and affirmative action corrective remedies within the state personnel system which preserve the merit principles contained in section 13 of article XII of the state cons…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-142 Repayment of debts to state-supported institutions of higher education by state employees
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(1) Repealed. (2) An applicant for employment under the state personnel system shall declare whether he has any outstanding loan or obligation due to a state-supported institution of higher education and whether such loan or obligation is past-due.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-143 Establishment and administration of overtime rules - appeals - election of remedies. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 24-50-143Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-144 Rules on affirmative action. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 96: Entire section added, p. 704, � 2, effective May 15. Editor's note: Subsection (3) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 1996. (See L. 96, p. 704.) 24-50-145. Agency-based human resource innovation and management processes - legislative declara…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-145 Agency-based human resource innovation and management processes - legislative declaration - definitions - guidelines and goals
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares: (a) That the state personnel system must ensure that the process of staffing state government is based on merit and fitness, independent of the political system; (b) That the public is entitled to a state personnel system that p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-146 Colorado statewide equity office - legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that: (a) In order to facilitate a government that best serves the needs of Coloradans, the state should provide centralized direction and supervision of diversity initiatives to ensure consistency across state government; …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-201 Legislative declaration
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It is declared to be the policy of this state to encourage able and qualified persons to enter the state personnel system with a view toward acquiring the experience and in-service training and demonstrating the increased capabilities and responsibility necessary for progressive …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-202 Establishment of procedure. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 181, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 26-4-2. L. 93: Entire section repealed, p. 19, � 4, effective March 4.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-203 Preretirement education and counseling
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The state personnel director shall provide a continuous preretirement education and counseling program for employees in the state personnel system, which program is to be carried out at strategic geographic locations throughout the state. All employees in the state personnel syst…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-204 Retirement. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 181, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 26-4-4. L. 77: (3) and (4) amended, p. 1224, � 1, effective June 3. L. 79: Entire section R&RE, p. 951, � 1, effective May 1. L. 93: Entire section repealed, p. 19, � 6, effective March 4.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-205 State personnel director - notice. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 182, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 26-4-5. L. 79: Entire section repealed, p. 951, � 2, effective May 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-206 Cooperation of public employees' retirement association
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The public employees' retirement association shall cooperate with the state personnel director by furnishing any requested information regarding the rights and benefits to which any employee may be entitled. Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 182, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 26-4-6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-207 Retirement - accumulated sick leave. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 87: Entire section added, p. 1099, � 10, effective July 1. L. 88: (2) added by revision, p. 963, �� 20(1), 21. Editor's note: Subsection (2) provided for the repeal of this section, effective January 1, 1990. (See L. 88, p. 963.)
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-208 Voluntary separation incentive program
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The state personnel director may adopt procedures establishing a program for voluntary separation incentives available to all state employees in lieu of layoffs based on a determination by the head of a principal department or institution of higher education, including the Aurari…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-301 Status while in military service
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Whenever any officer or employee of this state in the state personnel system under the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution and laws and rules and regulations pursuant thereto enters active military service, including active service for training purpo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-302 Rights
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(1) The rights, privileges, and status retained by such officer or employee shall specifically include the right to reoccupy the place, employment, or position held by him at the time of entering the armed forces upon the expiration of the period of initial service, plus any peri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-303 No compensation - rights of National Guard
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(1) The provisions of this part 3 shall not be interpreted as requiring the payment by this state or any of its departments, agencies, or officers of the compensation of any officer or employee during the period of service as provided in this part 3 or the period within which suc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-304 Applicability
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The provisions of this part 3 shall apply to any officer or employee of the state personnel system who entered the armed forces of the United States or other branch of service engaged in national defense on or after August 5, 1964. Source: L. 73: p. 427, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 26-2-…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-401 Office hours of state offices
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(1) All offices in the executive and judicial departments of the state government shall be and remain open for business daily, except on Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, from the hour of 8:30 a.m. until the hour of 5:00 p.m.; except that nothing in this section shall affec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-402 Appointment by outgoing officers prohibited
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No state, county, or city appointive office, the term of which expires on or after the time fixed by law for the qualification of the officer having the authority to make such appointment, shall be filled by the outgoing appointing officer. Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 180, � 1. C.R.S…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-501 Legislative declaration
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Recognizing that the adoption of section 20 of article X of the state constitution at the 1992 general election has imposed strict new constraints on state government, it is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to encourage the use of private contractors for personal se…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-502 Definitions
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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Contract means any type of state agreement, regardless of what it may be called, for the acquisition of services. (2) Personal services means services acquired for the state's direct benefit in its operations. (3)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-503 Personal services contracts implicating state personnel system - no separation of existing classified employees
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(1) Contracts for personal services that create an independent contractor relationship and that are not authorized under the provisions of section 24-50-504 are nevertheless permissible under this section to achieve increased efficiency in the delivery of government services when…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-504 Personal services contracts not implicating state personnel system
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(1) Personal services contracts for employees or independent contractors are permissible when the functions contracted are otherwise performed by persons exempt from civil service by section 13 of article XII of the state constitution or by statutes enacted pursuant thereto. (2) …