Title 24, Government - State
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-7-100.2 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds that the efforts of security officers employed by institutions of higher education to protect the persons and property of their environments are important elements of effective public safety management. (2) The general assembly acknowledges t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-7-101 State institutions authorized to employ security officers
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The institutions, agencies, and departments of state government, including any institution of higher education, are hereby authorized to employ security officers to protect the property of the institution, agency, or department employing the officer and to perform other police, s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-7-102 Supervision and control
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The security officers employed pursuant to this article shall be under the control and supervision of the governing authority or head of the employing state institution. The governing authorities or heads of the state institutions, agencies, and departments shall provide appropri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-7-103 Powers conferred
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(1) Security officers employed and commissioned pursuant to this article that have been designated as peace officers pursuant to section 16-2.5-101, C.R.S., when operating on state owned or leased property, are hereby granted all the powers conferred by law upon peace officers to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-7-104 State property not exempt from local law enforcement
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Nothing in this article shall be construed to exempt state property from the authority of law enforcement agencies within whose jurisdiction the state property is located; except that representatives of the law enforcement agencies shall coordinate their official actions on state…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-7-105 Officers' qualifications
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Security officers shall be at least twenty-one years of age and shall possess such other qualifications as may be specified by the state personnel director, including continuing training as may be prescribed by the said director. Source: L. 71: p. 121, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 3-32-5.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-7-106 Peace officers standards and training board evaluation and recommendation - legislative authorization of peace officer status required
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Notwithstanding other provisions of this article, a person or group of persons employed as security officers or guards by any institution, agency, or department of state government, including any institution of higher education, shall not be designated as peace officers, after Ju…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-8-101 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly declares it to be in the public interest that the transition from the administration of one governor to that of another be efficient and carefully planned. It is the purpose of this article to provide the governor-elect with sufficient resources to effect suc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-8-102 Office space, supplies, and equipment
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The department of personnel shall provide the governor-elect and the governor-elect's staff with suitable office space in the capitol building, together with sufficient furnishings, supplies, equipment, and telephone service for the period between the general election and the ina…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-8-103 Access to information
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(1) The governor and executive director of the department of personnel shall cooperate with the governor-elect and the governor-elect's staff to enable the governor-elect to adequately prepare his or her policy priorities, budget recommendations, legislative program, and messages…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-8-104 Staff personnel - state employees
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The governor-elect shall be entitled to contract for the assistance and services of persons of his own choosing for the period between the general election and the inauguration, and they shall receive reasonable compensation for their services within the limits of appropriations …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-8-105 General assembly to make appropriation
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At the regular session in each year in which there is a general election to elect a new governor, the general assembly shall appropriate to the department of personnel a sum of not less than ten thousand dollars to pay the necessary expenses of the governor-elect incurred between…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-9-106 Independent state elected official pay commission - creation - report - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Commission” means the independent state elected official pay commission created in subsection (2) of this section. (b) “State elected official” means a state officer or a member of the general assembly. (c) …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-9-101 Salaries of elected state officials - definition - repeal
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(1) The following state officials shall receive annual salaries and allowances, payable monthly, as follows: (a) Governor: (I) Repealed. (II) (A) The salary payable to the governor for each year of the term commencing on the second Tuesday in January 2019 is an amount equal to si…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-9-102 Salaries of appointed state officials
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(1) The following state officials shall receive annual salaries and allowances, payable monthly, as follows: (a) Deputy secretary of state, an amount set by the secretary of state; (b) Deputy state treasurer, an amount set by the state treasurer; (c) Repealed. (d) Effective July …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-9-103 Deputy state officers
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The secretary of state and the state treasurer are hereby authorized to appoint their own deputies. Source: L. 1891: p. 194, �� 1-3. R.S. 08: �� 2559, 2560, 2562. C.L. �� 7914, 7915, 7917. CSA: C. 66, �� 53-55. L. 47: p. 460, � 3. CRS 53: � 56-1-3. C.R.S. 1963: � 56-1-4. L. 65: p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-9-104 Mileage allowances
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(1) Repealed. (2) (a) to (c) Repealed. (d) On and after January 1, 2008, state officers and employees shall be allowed a mileage allowance for each mile actually and necessarily traveled while on official state business calculated at ninety percent of the prevailing internal reve…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-9-105 Elected state officials - discretionary funds
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(1) Beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1985, and for each fiscal year thereafter, subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, there is hereby available the following amounts for elected state officials for expenditure in pursuance of official business …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act. Source: L. 71: p. 1204, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 130-11-1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-102 Declaration of policy
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It is recognized by the general assembly that the doctrine of sovereign immunity, whereunder the state and its political subdivisions are often immune from suit for injury suffered by private persons, is, in some instances, an inequitable doctrine. The general assembly also recog…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-103 Definitions
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As used in this article 10, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Controlled agricultural burn means a technique used in farming to clear the land of any existing crop residue, kill weeds and weed seeds, or to reduce fuel buildup and decrease the likelihood of a future fire.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-104 Waiver of sovereign immunity
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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing body of a public entity, by resolution, may waive the immunity granted in section 24-10-106 for the types of injuries described in the resolution. Any such waiver may be withdrawn by the governing body by resolut…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-105 Prior waiver of immunity - effect - indirect claims not separate
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(1) It is the intent of this article to cover all actions which lie in tort or could lie in tort regardless of whether that may be the type of action or the form of relief chosen by the claimant. No public entity shall be liable for such actions except as provided in this article…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-106 Immunity and partial waiver
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(1) A public entity is immune from liability in all claims for injury that lie in tort or could lie in tort regardless of whether that may be the type of action or the form of relief chosen by the claimant except as provided otherwise in this section. Sovereign immunity is waived…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-106.1 Immunity and partial waiver - claims against the state - injuries from prescribed fire - on or after January 1, 2012
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the state shall be immune from liability in all claims for injury that lie in tort or could lie in tort regardless of whether that may be the type of action or the form of relief chosen by the claimant except as provided ot…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-106.3 Immunity and partial waiver - claims for serious bodily injury or death on public school property or at school-sponsored events resulting from incidents of school violence - short title - definitions
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(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Claire Davis School Safety Act”. (2) Definitions. For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(a) “Charter school” means a charter school or an institute charter school established pursuant to articl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-106.5 Duty of care
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(1) In order to encourage the provision of services to protect the public health and safety and to allow public entities to allocate their limited fiscal resources, a public entity or public employee shall not be deemed to have assumed a duty of care where none otherwise existed …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-107 Determination of liability
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, where sovereign immunity is not a bar under section 24-10-106, liability of the public entity shall be determined in the same manner as if the public entity were a private person. Source: L. 71: p. 1207, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 130-11-7. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-108 Sovereign immunity a bar
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Except as provided in sections 24-10-104 to 24-10-106 and 24-10-106.3, sovereign immunity shall be a bar to any action against a public entity for injury which lies in tort or could lie in tort regardless of whether that may be the type of action or the form of relief chosen by a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-109 Notice required - contents - to whom given - limitations
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(1) Any person claiming to have suffered an injury by a public entity or by an employee thereof while in the course of such employment, whether or not by a willful and wanton act or omission, shall file a written notice as provided in this section within one hundred eighty-two da…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-110 Defense of public employees - payment of judgments or settlements against public employees
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(1) A public entity shall be liable for: (a) The costs of the defense of any of its public employees, whether such defense is assumed by the public entity or handled by the legal staff of the public entity or by other counsel, in the discretion of the public entity, where the cla…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-111 Judgment against public entity or public employee - effect
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(1) Any judgment against a public entity shall constitute a complete bar to any action for injury by the claimant, by reason of the same subject matter, against any public employee whose act or omission gave rise to the claim. (2) Any judgment against any public employee whose ac…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-112 Compromise of claims - settlement of actions
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(1) (a) (I) A claim against the state may be compromised or settled for and on behalf of the state by the attorney general, with the concurrence of the head of the affected department, agency, board, commission, institution, hospital, college, university, or other instrumentality…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-113 Payment of judgments
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(1) A public entity or designated insurer shall pay any compromise, settlement, or final judgment in the manner provided in this section, and an action pursuant to the Colorado rules of civil procedure shall be an appropriate remedy to compel a public entity to perform an act req…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-113.5 Attorney general to notify general assembly
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(1) If a final money judgment is obtained against the state, payment of which requires an appropriation, and the appropriate appellate remedies have been exhausted or the time limit for such remedies has expired, the attorney general, within twenty days after such occurrence, sha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-114 Limitations on judgments - recommendation to general assembly - authorization of additional payment - lower north fork wildfire claims
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(1) (a) The maximum amount that may be recovered under this article in any single occurrence, whether from one or more public entities and public employees, shall be: (I) For any injury to one person in any single occurrence, the sum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars; (II) …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-114.5 Limitation on attorney fees in class action litigation
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If the plaintiffs prevail in any class action litigation brought against any public entity, the amount of attorney fees which the plaintiffs' attorney is entitled to receive out of any award to the plaintiffs shall be determined by the court; except that such amount shall not exc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-115 Authority for public entities other than the state to obtain insurance
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(1) A public entity, other than the state, either by itself or in conjunction with any one or more public entities may: (a) Insure against all or any part of its liability for an injury for which it might be liable under this article; (b) Insure any public employee acting within …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-115.5 Authority for public entities to pool insurance coverage
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(1) Public entities may cooperate with one another to form a self-insurance pool to provide all or part of the insurance coverage authorized by this article or by section 29-5-111, C.R.S., for the cooperating public entities. Any such self-insurance pool may provide such coverage…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-116 State required to obtain insurance
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(1) The state shall obtain insurance to: (a) Insure itself against all or any part of any liability for an injury for which it might be liable under this article; (b) Insure any of its public employees acting within the scope of their employment against all or any part of his lia…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-117 Execution and attachment not to issue
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Neither execution nor attachment shall issue against a public entity in any action for injury or proceeding initiated under the provisions of this article. Source: L. 71: p. 1211, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 130-11-17. 24-10-118. Actions against public employees - requirements and limita…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-118 Actions against public employees - requirements and limitations
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(1) Any action against a public employee, whether brought pursuant to this article, section 29-5-111, C.R.S., the common law, or otherwise, which lies in tort or could lie in tort regardless of whether that may be the type of action or the form of relief chosen by the claimant an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-119 Applicability of article to claims under federal law
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The provisions of this article shall apply to any action against a public entity or a public employee in any court of this state having jurisdiction over any claim brought pursuant to any federal law, if such action lies in tort or could lie in tort regardless of whether that may…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-10-120 Severability
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If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-11-101 Legal holidays - effect
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(1) The following days, viz: The first day of January, commonly called New Year's day; the third Monday in January, which shall be observed as the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; the third Monday in February, commonly called Washington-Lincoln day; the last Monday in May…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-11-102 Additional holidays - effect. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 03: p. 245, � 1. R.S. 08: � 2490. C.L.: � 3802. L. 33: p. 548, � 1. CSA: C. 79, � 1. L. 53: p. 346, � 2. CRS 53: � 67-1-2. L. 55: p. 440, � 2. C.R.S. 1963: � 67-1-2. L. 67: p. 71, � 1. L. 69: p. 480, � 2. L. 84: (1) amended, p. 670, � 2, effective January 1, 1986. L. 8…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-11-103 Saturday half holiday - effect. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 1893: p. 287, � 1. R.S. 08: � 2941. L. 19: p. 429, � 1. C.L. � 3803. CSA: C. 79, � 2. CRS 53: � 67-1-3. C.R.S. 1963: � 67-1-3. L. 95: Entire section repealed, p. 198, � 11, effective April 13.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-11-104 Arbor Day - tree planting
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The third Friday in April of each year shall be set apart and known as Arbor Day, to be observed by the people of this state in the planting of forest trees for the benefit and adornment of public and private grounds, places, and ways and in such other efforts and undertakings as…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-11-105 Governor to issue proclamation
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Annually, at the proper season, the governor shall issue a proclamation calling the attention of the people to the provisions of section 24-11-104 and recommending and enjoining their due observance. The commissioner of education shall promote, by all proper means, the observance…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-11-106 Good Roads Day. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 11: p. 446, � 1. C.L. � 3814. CSA: C. 79, � 6. CRS 53: � 67-1-7. C.R.S. 1963: � 67-1-6. L. 95: Entire section repealed, p. 200, � 15, effective April 13.