Title 24, Government - State

This part 4 shall be known and may be cited as the Pay For Success Contracts Act. Source: L. 2015: Entire part added, (HB 15-1317), ch. 205, p. 737, � 1, effective May 20.

As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Contract means a pay for success contract entered into by the office and a lead contractor, or the office, one or more local governments, and a lead contractor as authorized by section 24-37-403. (2) Fund means th…

(1) There is hereby established in the office the state pay for success contracts program. The purpose of the state program is to provide authorization, subject to specified requirements and limitations, for the office to enter into pay for success contracts with one or more lead…

(1) The state treasurer shall transfer the following amounts to the office of state planning and budgeting youth pay for success initiatives account of the fund: (a) On July 1, 2018: (I) Nine hundred eighty-nine thousand four hundred seventy dollars from the marijuana tax cash fu…

The general assembly hereby finds and declares that state agencies should be authorized and encouraged to improve their services and save money wherever possible. Source: L. 98: Entire article added, p. 1308, � 1, effective August 5.

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Agency means every agency in the executive branch of state government that is required by the constitution or statutes of the state to exercise discretion or to perform judicial or quasi-judicial functions. The t…

(1) Beginning with the 1998-99 fiscal year, any agency may implement measures that reduce the costs of delivering the agency's services and products below the amount of the agency's appropriations for a given fiscal year. Any agency that achieves cost savings under this subsectio…

The general assembly hereby finds and declares that state government should deliver public services in the most cost-effective and efficient manner, that nonprofit entities that contract for public services leverage the use of public funds with private donations, and that increas…

As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Nonprofit contribution means the supply by a nonprofit entity of resources to accomplish all or any part of the work on a project or the implementation or administration of a program. (2) Nonprofit entity means a …

(1) An agency may consider, evaluate, and accept an unsolicited proposal only if the proposal complies with all of the requirements of this section. (2) An agency may consider an unsolicited proposal only if the proposal: (a) Will assist the agency in carrying out its duties in a…

(1) An agency shall enter into an agreement for each public-private initiative that it accepts. (2) An agency shall include terms and conditions in the agreement that it determines are appropriate in the public interest. (3) If an agency achieves cost savings in a fiscal year by …

Notwithstanding any provision of this part 2 to the contrary, any organization banned from receiving federal funds, and any successor organizations, shall not be awarded a public-private initiative contract pursuant to this part 2. Source: L. 2010: Entire part added, (HB 10-1010)…

Source: L. 2004: Entire article repealed, p. 343, � 2, effective April 7. Editor's note: This article was numbered as section 9 of article 1 of chapter 132, C.R.S. 1963. For amendments to this article prior to its repeal in 2004, consult the Colorado statutory research explanator…

(1) There is hereby created within the office of the executive director of the department of transportation an office of transportation safety, the head of which shall be the director of the office of transportation safety. The director shall be appointed by the executive directo…

Source: L. 74: Entire article added, p. 197, � 2, effective April 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 418, � 37, effective March 26. L. 87: (1) amended, p. 910, � 21, effective June 15. Editor's note: Subsection (2)(a) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 1…

(1) There is hereby created within the office of transportation safety a coordinator of transportation safety, who shall be the director of the office. (2) The office of transportation safety shall have the following powers, duties, and functions: (a) To consult with state depart…

Effective July 1, 1991, such officers and employees who were engaged prior to said date in the performance of the powers, duties, and functions of the division of highway safety in the state department of highways and who, in the opinion of the executive director of the departmen…

Source: L. 74: Entire article added, p. 197, � 2, effective April 1. L. 87: Entire section repealed, p. 1571, � 8, effective July 1.

The general assembly finds and declares that the affairs of the two Indian tribes whose reservations are largely within the state of Colorado, the Southern Ute tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute tribe, include matters of state interest and that the state of Colorado recognizes the sp…

As used in this article 44, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Commission means the Colorado commission of Indian affairs established in section 24-44-102. Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2065, � 162, effective August 6.

There is hereby established in the office of the lieutenant governor the Colorado commission of Indian affairs. Source: L. 76: Entire article added, p. 632, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2025: Entire section amended, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2065, � 163, effective August 6.

(1) It is the duty of the commission: (a) To coordinate intergovernmental dealings between tribal governments and this state; (b) To investigate the needs of Indians of this state and to facilitate the provision of technical assistance in the preparation of plans for the alleviat…

(1) (a) The commission consists of the following eleven voting members: (I) The lieutenant governor; (II) The executive directors of: (A) The department of human services; (B) The department of public health and environment; (C) The department of natural resources; and (D) The de…

The commission may employ an executive director to carry out the day-to-day responsibilities and business of the commission. The executive director is an ex officio member of the commission and must be an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe. Source: L. 76: Enti…

(1) The commission shall meet quarterly and at any other such time as it deems necessary. Meetings may be called by the chairperson or by a petition signed by a majority of the voting members of the commission. Ten days' notice shall be given in writing prior to the meeting date.…

Source: L. 76: Entire article added, p. 634, � 1, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section repealed, p. 1269, � 194, effective August 7. Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1996 act repealing this section, see section 1 of chapter 237, Session Laws o…

The executive director or his or her designee shall keep fiscal records, which records are subject to annual audit by the state auditor. The audit reports shall become a part of the annual report and shall be submitted in accordance with the regulations governing preparation and …

The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, in light of current economic conditions in Colorado, it is in the best interests of the people of this state that measures be taken to encourage, promote, and stimulate economic development and employment in Colorado. To that e…

As used in this article 46, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Commission means the Colorado economic development commission created in section 24-46-102 (1). (2) Fund means the Colorado economic development fund created in section 24-46-105 (1)(a). Source: L. 2025: Entir…

(1) There is created the Colorado economic development commission in the Colorado office of economic development. (2) (a) The commission consists of the governor or the governor’s designee and ten members who shall be appointed as follows: (I) Four members appointed by the govern…

(1) The commission shall adopt its own rules of procedure, shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from its membership, and shall keep a record of its proceedings. (2) The commission shall meet at least once each quarter. Members shall serve without compensation but shall be e…

(1) The commission has the following powers and duties: (a) To adopt an annual budget; (b) To develop operating guidelines relating to the manner and forms of financial assistance such as loans, grants, and local match requirements to be provided for various types of projects; (c…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Business” means a person doing business in the state. (b) “Department” means the Colorado department of revenue. (c) “Income tax credit” means the income tax credits allowed to a business no sooner than the …

C.R.S. 24-46-104.5Statutes 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 Servic…

(1) (a) There is hereby created a fund to be known as the Colorado economic development fund, which shall be administered by the commission and which consists of all money that may be available to the commission. The commission may transfer to the fund any general fund money appr…

(1) Every private person or entity that receives a grant or loan from the commission pursuant to this article, awarded in part or in whole on the basis of the person's or entity's creation of full-time permanent new jobs with wage requirements shall file a progress report with th…

(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the commission encourages, promotes, and stimulates economic development and employment in Colorado by awarding economic development incentives to employers in the form of grants, loans, and performance-based incentives. The…

Any local government may participate in federal programs to develop new business, expand existing business, or promote economic development within its jurisdiction. Any local government participating in such programs may enter into contracts for the administration of such program…

(1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2008, p. 943, § 1, effective August 5, 2008.) (2) On or after January 1, 2006, but prior to January 1, 2011, any employer that satisfies the criteria that the commission has established for an employer to qualify for a grant or a loan from the commis…

(1) to (3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (HB 09-1010), ch. 419, p. 2332, § 3, effective July 1, 2009.) (4) Repealed. (5) and (6) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (HB 09-1010), ch. 419, p. 2332, § 3, effective July 1, 2009.)

This part 1 is repealed, effective July 1, 2035. Source: L. 87: Entire article added, p. 1027, � 1, effective July 8. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 340, � 5, effective June 7. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 825, � 3, effective March 29. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 47…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Office” means the Colorado office of economic development created in section 24-48.5-101. (b) (I) “Taxpayer” means any person doing business in the state, including an affiliated group, that operates in a st…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Advanced manufacturing” means the use of innovative technologies and processes to enhance existing and create new products, including, but not limited to, production activities that depend on automation, com…

As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Authority means the venture capital authority created in section 24-46-202. (2) Certified capital means an amount of cash that is contributed by a qualified taxpayer to the authority that is deposited in a venture…

(1) (a) There is hereby created as a special purpose authority, as defined in section 24-77-102 (15), the venture capital authority. The authority shall be a body corporate, a political subdivision of the state, and a public instrumentality, and its exercise of the powers conferr…

(1) The authority shall establish procedures and additional selection criteria for, and shall conduct, a competitive process for the selection of one or more fund managers to establish and manage one or more rural venture capital funds and to establish and manage one or more stat…

(1) For tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2005, but no later than January 1, 2014, and subject to the requirements and limitations of this section, there shall be allowed to any qualified taxpayer a venture capital tax credit to be used against the taxpayer's premium ta…

All direct and indirect expenditures incurred by the authority in carrying out the responsibilities assigned in this part 2 shall be paid from the enterprise fund without the necessity of an appropriation by the general assembly. Source: L. 2004: Entire part added, p. 42, � 8, ef…

The office of economic development shall assist the authority in administering this part 2. The authority shall submit a report to the state auditor on May 1 of each year regarding the results of the implementation of this part 2. Source: L. 2004: Entire part added, p. 42, � 8, e…

No member or employee of the executive branch shall become an officer, director, employee, or consultant of or receive any compensation from the authority or a fund manager either during the term of the member or employee's employment with the executive branch or for six years af…