Title 24, Government - State

The executive director of the department of personnel shall have the responsibility for setting detailed standards and specifications for the submission of all bids. Bids which do not comply with such standards and specifications may be rejected by the executive director of the d…

All bids and proposals shall be delivered at the office of the executive director of the department of personnel, in the state capitol buildings complex, endorsed, "Proposals for state printing; Class ........", and shall be and remain sealed until the hour specified in the adver…

The executive director of the department of personnel, in the case of classes one, two, or three, shall consider only bids which are accompanied by a bid guarantee satisfactory to the executive director, in the sum of at least five percent of the established value of the contract…

(1) At the hour specified for the opening of bids submitted for printing under classes one, two, or three, the executive director of the department of personnel, in the presence of such bidders as may choose to attend, shall open such bids and proceed to determine the lowest resp…

Each and every provision of law in force at the time of the execution of any contract for state printing or binding constitutes a part of every such contract. Source: L. 37: p. 952, § 12. CSA: C. 130, § 77. CRS 53: § 109-2-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 109-2-10.

Unless otherwise provided by law, nothing in this part 2 authorizes any person, by virtue of a contract for printing the official statutes, pursuant to article 5 of title 2, C.R.S., the session laws, or the supreme court and court of appeals reports of this state, either directly…

The quality of paper to be used for blanks, stationery, and blank books shall be number one grade flat writing, twenty pound, twenty-five percent rag content bond and number one grade ledger, which shall be furnished by the contractor according to the specifications of the execut…

No public printing of any sort or description whatever may be furnished to any department of the state government or to any officer or employee of the state, except on requisition of the head of a department, addressed to the executive director of the department of personnel; but…

If the governor has reason to believe that at the letting of any contract for printing or binding the bidding therefor is or has been unfair, fraudulent, or exorbitant or by collusion between any two or more bidders or between any bidder and any other person whatever or if there …

No contract shall be let under the provisions of this part 2 for furnishing any work or material to any person holding any state office in this state or a seat in the general assembly or to any person employed in any of the executive offices of the state, nor shall any state offi…

If any person making any bid or proposal under this part 2 fails or refuses to enter into a contract pursuant to the terms of his or her bid or proposal within the time mentioned in his or her bond presented with such bid or proposal or fails to fulfill his or her contract or if …

Upon the failure or nonperformance in any particular of the terms of any of the contracts on the part of a contractor with the state or for any unreasonable delay in performing the things required under the terms of such contract, the governor may annul the contract in which such…

Any person who offers to pay any money or other valuable thing to induce another not to bid for a contract under this part 2 or as a recompense for not having bid for such contract or for abandoning a bid made commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section …

All printing that is purchased for the use of the general assembly, or the members thereof, or for any officer or person whatever to whom such printing is furnished at the expense of the state shall be printed on the quality and size of paper and in the manner specified in the co…

In determining amounts to be paid for composition under the provisions of this part 2, nothing shall be allowed or paid for composition for any page which is entirely blank. Source: L. 37: p. 957, § 25. CSA: C. 130, § 90. CRS 53: § 109-2-24. C.R.S. 1963: § 109-2-22.

(1) It is the duty of the revisor of statutes, upon approval by the speaker of the house and the president of the senate, to arrange and prepare for publication, immediately after the adjournment of each session of the general assembly, a copy of all the laws passed at such sessi…

(1) The revisor of statutes shall prepare for approval by the committee on legal services an official list of the state, district, county, and municipal officials and agencies who shall receive for official use volumes of the session laws, including a sufficient number of volumes…

Copies of the session laws of Colorado shall be sold by the publisher thereof at the cost price per copy purchased for use of the state plus twenty percent and delivery charges. Source: L. 37: p. 959, § 31. CSA: C. 130, § 96. CRS 53: § 109-2-30. C.R.S. 1963: § 109-2-28. L. 75: En…

The publisher, within one month after the opening of each regular session of the general assembly, shall report to the committee on legal services the total number of copies of the session laws printed, the number of copies in his hands after the distribution provided for in sect…

Any person violating any provision of this part 2, as well as any person consenting to such violation, commits a civil infraction. Source: L. 37: p. 960, § 34. CSA: C. 130, § 99. CRS 53: § 109-2-33. C.R.S. 1963: § 109-2-31. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p…

Publications of educational institutions, except publications issued by the institutions pursuant to a research contract, circulated in quantity outside the executive branch shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 24-1-136. Source: L. 15: p. 364, § 1. C.L. § …

Disputes arising in connection with the solicitation, award, or performance of contracts for public printing shall be resolved pursuant to the provisions of article 109 of this title. Source: L. 81: Entire section added, p. 1289, § 7, effective January 1, 1982. ELECTRONIC TRANSAC…

(1) As used in this article, "electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. (2) In any written communication in which a signature is req…

Whenever it appears that the records, or any material part thereof, of any county in this state have been destroyed by fire or otherwise, any map, plat, deed, conveyance, contract, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument in writing of whatever nature or character affecting r…

(1) Whenever the public records of any plat or map or any tax list, assessment roll, or any public record or writing connected with the assessment and collection of the revenues of such county and of the state which is required to be kept by the county clerk and recorder of such …

All costs and expenses incurred in the proceeding under section 24-72-102, including those for copies of maps, plats, and other records and recording the same, shall be taxed as costs against the county in which such proceedings are had. Source: L. 1889: p. 304, § 3. R.S. 08: § 5…

(1) It is the duty of the judge of such court to examine into the state of such records in such county, and, in case he finds any abstracts, copies, minutes, or extracts from said records existing after such loss or destruction and finds that said abstracts, copies, minutes, or e…

When any county is possessed of abstract books, copies, minutes, and extracts, they shall be placed in the office of the county clerk and recorder of said county as part of his records, and, if the abstract books are not alphabetically indexed showing grantors and grantees, he sh…

In all cases in which any abstract books, copies, minutes, and extracts, purchased and placed in the county clerk and recorder's office, are admissible and shall be received in evidence under the provisions of this part 1, all deeds or other instruments in writing appearing there…

The abstracts, books, copies, minutes, and extracts, when so placed in the county clerk and recorder's office, shall be deemed notice of all deeds, mortgages, agreements in writing, powers of attorney, and other written instruments affecting or pertaining to the title of real est…

In case of such destruction of records as provided for in sections 24-72-101 to 24-72-107, the district court having jurisdiction has power to inquire into the condition of any title to or interest in any land in such county and to make all such orders, judgments, and decrees as …

The judges of courts having equity jurisdiction in such county has power to appoint special commissioners from time to time as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this part 1 to take evidence and report all such petitions as may be referred to them. The fees of such c…

(1) In all cases under the provisions of this part 1 and in all proceedings or actions instituted after April 19, 1889, as to any estate or any interest or right in or any lien or encumbrance upon any lots, pieces, or parcels of land, where the original evidence has been destroye…

Whenever it appears in any court in which any suit or proceeding is pending that the originals of any deeds, or other instruments of writing, or records in courts relating to any lands or irrigation ditches, the title or interest therein being in controversy in such suit or proce…

Whenever a copy of any public record is required by the United States veterans administration or its successors or any other agency of the government of the United States to be used in determining the eligibility of any person who has served in the armed forces of the United Stat…

(1) As used in this section, "passive surveillance" means the use by a government entity of a digital video camera, video tape camera, closed circuit television camera, film camera, photo radar recorder, or other image recording device positioned to capture moving or still pictur…

Part 2 of this article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Open Records Act" or "CORA". Source: L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-292), ch. 369, p. 1969, § 79, effective August 5.

It is declared to be the public policy of this state that all public records shall be open for inspection by any person at reasonable times, except as provided in this part 2 or as otherwise specifically provided by law. Source: L. 68: p. 201, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 113-2-1. ANNOTAT…

As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Correspondence" means a communication that is sent to or received by one or more specifically identified individuals and that is or can be produced in written form, including, without limitation: (a) Communicatio…

(1) (a) All public records shall be open for inspection by any person at reasonable times, except as provided in this part 2 or as otherwise provided by law, but the official custodian of any public records may make such rules with reference to the inspection of such records as a…

(1) The custodian of any public records shall allow any person the right of inspection of such records or any portion thereof except on one or more of the following grounds or as provided in subsection (2) or (3) of this section: (a) Such inspection would be contrary to any state…

(1) On or before July 1, 1997, the state or any agency, institution, or political subdivision thereof that operates or maintains an electronic mail communications system shall adopt a written policy on any monitoring of electronic mail communications and the circumstances under w…

(1) (a) In all cases in which a person has the right to inspect a public record, the person may request a copy, printout, or photograph of the record. The custodian shall furnish a copy, printout, or photograph and may charge a fee determined in accordance with subsection (5) of …

(1) (a) By enacting this section, the general assembly intends to permit the inspection of ballots under the conditions specified in this section and to protect the integrity of the election process while protecting voter privacy and preserving secrecy in voting in accordance wit…

(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the maintenance, access and dissemination, completeness, accuracy, and sealing of criminal justice records are matters of statewide concern and that, in defining and regulating those areas, only statewide standards in a stat…

As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Arrest and criminal records information" means information reporting the arrest, indictment, or other formal filing of criminal charges against a person; the identity of the criminal justice agency taking such of…