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Colorado Statutes, Title 24

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Title 24, Government - State

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-303 Records of official actions required - open to inspection - applicability
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(1) Each official action as defined in this part 3 shall be recorded by the particular criminal justice agency taking the official action. Such records of official actions shall be maintained by the particular criminal justice agency which took the action and shall be open for in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-304 Inspection of criminal justice records
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(1) Except for records of official actions which must be maintained and released pursuant to this part 3, all criminal justice records, at the discretion of the official custodian, may be open for inspection by any person at reasonable times, except as otherwise provided by law, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-305 Allowance or denial of inspection - grounds - procedure - appeal
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(1) The custodian of criminal justice records may allow any person to inspect such records or any portion thereof except on the basis of any one of the following grounds or as provided in subsection (5) of this section: (a) Such inspection would be contrary to any state statute; …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-305.3 Private access to criminal history records of volunteers and employees of charitable organizations

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(1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2001, p. 1233, § 1, effective June 5, 2001.) (2) (a) As used in this subsection (2): (I) "Authorized agency" means a division or office of a state designated by a state to report, receive, or disseminate information under the "Volunteers for Children…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-305.4 Governmental access to criminal history records of applicants in regulated professions or occupations

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(1) Any division, board, commission, or person responsible for the licensing, certification, or registration functions for any governmental entity, in addition to any other authority conferred by law, may use fingerprints to access, for comparison purposes, arrest history records…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-305.5 Access to records - denial by custodian - use of records to obtain information for solicitation - definitions

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(1) Records of official actions and criminal justice records and the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and other information in such records shall not be used by any person for the purpose of soliciting business for pecuniary gain. The official custodian shall deny any person …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-305.6 County clerk and recorder access to criminal history records of election judges and employees - rules

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(1) A county clerk and recorder shall request the criminal history records from the public website maintained by the Colorado bureau of investigation for all full-time, part-time, permanent, and contract employees of the county who staff a counting center and who have any access …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-306 Copies, printouts, or photographs of criminal justice records - fees authorized

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(1) Criminal justice agencies may assess reasonable fees, not to exceed actual costs, including but not limited to personnel and equipment, for the search, retrieval, and redaction of criminal justice records requested pursuant to this part 3 and may waive fees at their discretio…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-307 Challenge to accuracy and completeness - appeals

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(1) Any person in interest who is provided access to any criminal justice records pursuant to this part 3 shall have the right to challenge the accuracy and completeness of records to which he has been given access, insofar as they pertain to him, and to request that said records…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-309 Violation - penalty

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Any person who willfully and knowingly violates the provisions of this part 3 commits a petty offense. Source: L. 77: Entire part added, p. 1250, § 1, effective December 31. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3230, § 431, effective March 1, 2022. ANNOTATION…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-501 Definitions

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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Governmental entity" means the state and any state department, agency, or institution of the state. (2) "Personally identifiable information" means information about an individual collected by a governmental enti…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-502 Creation of a privacy policy for governmental entities

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(1) Each governmental entity of the state shall create a privacy policy for the purpose of standardizing within such governmental entity the collection, storage, transfer, and use of personally identifiable information by such governmental entity. The policy of each governmental …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-601 Definitions

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As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Department" means the department of revenue. (2) "Medical information" means any information contained in the medical record or any information pertaining to the medical, mental health, or health-care services pe…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-602 Access to personal medical information prohibited - exceptions

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(1) The department shall neither access nor distribute an individual's personal medical information or medical record without the individual's consent concurrent with a request for access. (2) When the department requests access to the personal medical information or medical reco…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-701 Definitions

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As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Arrest and criminal records information" has the same meaning as in section 24-72-302. (2) "Basic identification information" has the same meaning as in section 24-72-302. (2.5) "Conviction" means a criminal judg…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-702 Expungement of arrest records in case of mistaken identity - definitions

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(1) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a court shall expunge the arrest and criminal records information of a person who was arrested as a result of mistaken identity and who did not have charges filed against him or her. (b) No later than ninety days after an invest…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-703 Sealing of records - general provisions - order applicability - discovery and advisements

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(1) Applicability. This section applies to the sealing of arrest and criminal justice records pursuant to sections 24-72-704 to 24-72-710. Subsections (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (12) of this section apply to the automatic sealing of criminal justice records pursuant to section …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-704 Sealing of arrest records when no charges filed - automatic sealing

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(1) (a) Any person in interest may petition the district court of the district in which any arrest and criminal records information pertaining to the person in interest is located for the sealing of all of the records, except basic identification information, if the records are a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-705 Sealing criminal justice records other than convictions - simplified process - applicability

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(1) (a) On its own motion, the court shall order the defendant's criminal justice records sealed when: (I) A case against a defendant is completely dismissed; (II) The defendant is acquitted of all counts in the case; (III) The defendant completes a diversion agreement pursuant t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-706 Sealing of criminal conviction and criminal justice records - processing fee - definition - repeal

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(1) Sealing of conviction records. (a) Subject to the limitations described in subsection (2) of this section, a defendant may file a motion in the criminal case in the court in which any conviction records pertaining to the defendant are located for the sealing of the conviction…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-707 Sealing of criminal conviction records information for offenses committed by victims of human trafficking

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(1) Sealing of conviction records. At any time after conviction, a defendant may file a motion in the case in which any conviction records exist pertaining to the defendant's conviction for any misdemeanor offense or municipal code or ordinance violation, excluding any offense of…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-708 Sealing of criminal conviction records information for municipal offenses for convictions

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(1) Sealing of conviction records. A defendant may file a motion in the criminal case in which any conviction records pertaining to the defendant for a municipal violation are located for the sealing of the conviction records within the time frames described in subsection (3)(a) …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-709 Sealing of criminal conviction records information for multiple conviction records

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(1) (a) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, a defendant with multiple conviction records in the state may motion the court of the jurisdiction where the conviction record or records pertaining to the defendant are located for the sealing of the conviction records, except b…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-710 Sealing of criminal conviction records information for offenses that receive a full and unconditional pardon

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(1) At any time after receiving a full and unconditional pardon, a defendant may file a motion in the case in which any conviction records exist pertaining to the defendant's conviction for any offenses that received a full and unconditional pardon. (2) A defendant moving to have…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72-711 Record sealing - change in the law - conduct no longer prohibited

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(1) Pursuant to the timelines in this subsection (1), if a statutory change legalizes previously prohibited conduct, a defendant may file a motion in any case in which a conviction record exists pertaining to the defendant's conviction for an offense that is no longer prohibited …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-73-101 Governmental entity - disposal of personal identifying information - policy - definitions

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(1) Each governmental entity in the state that maintains paper or electronic documents during the course of business that contain personal identifying information shall develop a written policy for the destruction or proper disposal of those paper and electronic documents contain…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-73-102 Governmental entity - protection of personal identifying information - definition

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(1) To protect personal identifying information, as defined in section 24-73-101 (4)(b), from unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure, or destruction, a governmental entity that maintains, owns, or licenses personal identifying information shall implement and maintain …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-73-103 Governmental entity - notification of security breach

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(1) Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Biometric data" means unique biometric data generated from measurements or analysis of human body characteristics for the purpose of authenticating the individual when he or she accesses an onli…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-74-101 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) State agencies and political subdivisions increasingly collect residents' personal information to be able to provide a variety of services, including education, health care, financial assistance, and regulatory and enfo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-74-102 Definitions

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As used in this article 74, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Personal identifying information" means information that may be used, along or in conjunction with any other information, to identify a specific individual, including but not limited to a name; a date of birt…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-74-103 Personal identifying information shared by state agencies or political subdivisions - limitation - responsibilities - state agency or political subdivision employee

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(1) A state agency employee or political subdivision employee shall not disclose or make accessible, including through a database or automated network, personal identifying information that is not publicly available information for the purpose of investigating for, participating …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-74-104 Reduce personal identifying information collected by state agencies or political subdivisions

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(1) A state agency employee or political subdivision employee shall not inquire into, or request information or documents to ascertain, a person's immigration status for the purpose of identifying if the person has complied with federal immigration laws, including civil immigrati…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-74-105 Access to state agency or political subdivision records - limitations

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(1) Beginning January 1, 2022, to be granted access to personal identifying information through a database or automated network that is not publicly available information, a third party must have, within the past year, certified under penalty of perjury that: (a) The third party …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-74-107 Data privacy breaches - civil penalty - legislative declaration

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(1) A state agency employee or political subdivision employee who intentionally violates a provision of this article 74 or section 25-2-108.5 is subject to an injunction and is liable for a civil penalty of not more than fifty thousand dollars for each violation. (2) Any civil pe…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-74-108 Severability

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If any provision of this article 74 or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this article 74 which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the pro…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-7.5-101 State institutions of higher education authorized to employ police officers

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The state institutions of higher education are authorized to employ police officers to provide law enforcement and property protection for the institution employing the officers and to perform other police, emergency planning, community safety, and administrative functions as may…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-7.5-102 Supervision and control

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State higher education police officers employed pursuant to this article shall be under the supervision and control of the governing board of the employing state institution of higher education or its designee. The governing board or head of the state institution of higher educat…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-7.5-103 Powers conferred

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(1) State higher education police officers employed and commissioned pursuant to this article, when operating on property owned or leased by the state institution of higher education, are granted all the powers conferred by law upon peace officers to carry weapons and make arrest…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-7.5-104 State institution of higher education property not exempt from local law enforcement

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Nothing in this article shall be construed to exempt the property of a state institution of higher education from the authority of law enforcement agencies within whose jurisdiction the property is located; except that representatives of the law enforcement agencies shall coordin…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-7.5-105 Officers' qualifications

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State higher education police officers shall be at least twenty-one years of age and shall possess other qualifications as may be specified by the state personnel director, including continuing training as may be prescribed by the director. State higher education police officers …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-7.5-106 Peace officers standards and training board evaluation and recommendation - legislative authorization of peace officer status required

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a person or group of persons employed by any institution of higher education shall not be designated as police officers after June 3, 2004, without completing the peace officers standards and training board processes described …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-1001 Higher education fund

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(1) There is hereby created the higher education fund, which shall consist of all moneys which shall be allocated thereto by the state treasurer pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. (2) The moneys annually allocated to the higher education fund shall be the amount of the t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-101 Deficiency in revenue

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(1) The following appropriations shall be appropriations of the first class and shall be first paid out of the revenue of the state against which they are chargeable: (a) All appropriations made by the general assembly for the executive, legislative, and judicial departments of t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-102 When appropriations expended - balance

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(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, including paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), all moneys appropriated by the general assembly may be expended or encumbered, if authorized by the controller, only in the fiscal year for which appropriated. Except as otherwise provide…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-103 Exceptions to transfer of balances

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The provisions of section 24-75-102 shall not apply to any appropriation where, as a part of the object intended by or as preliminary to the expenditure of the appropriation, condemnation proceedings or other litigation has been commenced or where the expenditure of the money app…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-104 Gifts and bequests to state institutions of higher education - effect

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(1) All endowments, gifts, and bequests made to any state institution of higher education, and the income therefrom, shall belong to and be used only by such institution and shall be subject to state audit. In appropriating state funds to such institution of higher education, nei…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-105 Transfers required to implement conditional and centralized appropriations - repeal

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(1) Transfers of appropriations which are authorized in the 1990-91 and subsequent general appropriation acts and are required to implement appropriations conditioned on the distribution of the appropriation among, or the transfer of the appropriation between, departments, agenci…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-106 Transfers between departments of health care policy and financing and human services for materially similar items of appropriation for medicaid programs - limitation - repeal

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(1) Notwithstanding the effect of the "M" provision in the 1990-91 and subsequent general appropriation acts, the governor may transfer unlimited amounts of general fund appropriations and reappropriated funds to and from the departments of health care policy and financing and hu…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-106.5 Transfers between departments of health care policy and financing and human services for corresponding items of appropriation - limitations - repeal

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(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, upon approval of the governor: (a) The executive director of the department of health care policy and financing may transfer general fund or reappropriated funds spending authority from one or more items of appropri…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-107 Cash fund transfers pursuant to sections 24-75-105 and 24-75-106 - repeal

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(1) All transfers pursuant to sections 24-75-105 and 24-75-106 which involve cash funds shall be consistent with statutes governing the use of cash funds. (2) This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2030. Source: L. 86: Entire section added, p. 960, § 1, effective May 27…