Title 24, Government - State
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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 online…
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 birth;…
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. § 24-74-106 Record keeping and reporting - requests for records or information - definition. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 24-74-106Statutes 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. § 24-74-107 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. § 24-75-1001 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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-107.5 Transfers of spending authority - cash fund appropriations and reappropriated funds - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 24-75-107.5Statutes 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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-108 Intradepartmental transfers between appropriations - definition - repeal
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(1) Upon approval by the governor, the head of a principal department of state government may, on or after May 1 of any fiscal year and before the forty-fifth day after the close of such fiscal year, transfer money from one item of appropriation made to the principal department i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-109 Controller may allow expenditures in excess of appropriations - limitations - appropriations for subsequent fiscal year restricted - repeal
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(1) For the purpose of closing the state’s books, and subject to the provisions of this section, the controller may, on or after May 1 of any fiscal year and before the forty-fifth day after the close thereof, upon approval of the governor, allow any department, institution, or a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-110 Limitation on judicial department - repeal
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(1) The total amount of moneys transferred between items of appropriation made to the judicial department pursuant to section 24-75-108 and overexpenditures by the judicial department allowed pursuant to section 24-75-109 shall not exceed one million dollars in any fiscal year. (…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-1101 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, pursuant to the master settlement agreement between several states, including Colorado, and certain tobacco companies, the state will receive substantial moneys for several years, and that such moneys may be reduced based on se…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-1102 Definitions
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As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Master settlement agreement means the master settlement agreement, the smokeless tobacco master settlement agreement, and the consent decree approved and entered by the court in the case denominated State of Colo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-1103 Policy on use of tobacco settlement funds
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(1) No settlement moneys shall be used for a tobacco settlement program unless such program is expressly authorized by statute or is within the authority of the department or local government requesting funding. Nothing in this part 11 nor the establishment of any tobacco settlem…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-1104 Use of settlement moneys - programs - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 590, � 1, effective May 18. L. 2001: (2) amended, p. 353, � 17, effective April 16; (1)(b) and (2) amended and (1)(b.5) added, p. 927, � 2, effective June 4; (2) amended, p. 1149, � 2, effective June 5. L. 2001, 2nd Ex. Sess.: (2.5) added, p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-1104.5 Use of settlement money - programs
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(1) Repealed. (1.3) (a) For the 2012-13 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter through the 2015-16 fiscal year, the lesser of all settlement moneys received or the following amounts of settlement moneys shall be allocated in each fiscal year in which the state receives …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-1105 Use of settlement moneys - review. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 591, � 1, effective May 18. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 565, � 10, effective May 24. L. 2006: IP(1) amended, p. 247, � 1, effective August 7. L. 2015: Entire section repealed, (SB 15-189), ch. 104, p. 303, � 3, effective April 16. 24-75-1106. R…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-1106 Repeal of sections - instructions to revisor of statutes. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 24-75-1106Statutes 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 Service…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-1107 Loss of disputed payments - authorization for transfers to tobacco litigation settlement cash fund
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(1) The attorney general shall immediately notify the governor, the state treasurer, the joint budget committee of the general assembly, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and the president and minority leader of the senate if an arbitration panel ma…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-111 Additional authority for controller to allow expenditures in excess of appropriations - limitations - appropriations for subsequent fiscal year restricted
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(1) In addition to any overexpenditure allowed pursuant to section 24-75-109, the controller may allow any department, institution, or agency of the state, including any institution of higher education, to make an expenditure in excess of the amount authorized by an item of appro…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-111.5 Additional authority for controller to allow expenditures for capital construction items in certain circumstances - definition
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(1) For purposes of this section, “nonmonetary adjustment” means a change that does not affect the amount of the appropriation, including a name change, an extension of time for completion, a scope change, a transfer between departments, or other such similar changes. (2) For fis…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-112 Annual general appropriation act - headnote definitions - general provisions - footnotes
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(1) As used in the annual general appropriation act, the following definitions and general provisions apply for the headnote terms preceding and specifying the purpose of certain line items of appropriation: (a) (I) “Capital outlay” means: (A) Equipment, furniture, motor vehicles…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-112.5 Appropriation clauses - general provisions - legislative declaration - definition
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: (a) The mechanism through which the general assembly commonly authorizes state agencies to spend moneys, the appropriation clause, has remained essentially unchanged for over a century; (b) The typical appropri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-113 2010 bills to increase state revenue - prohibition on hiring of new state employees
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(1) No moneys derived from the increase in state revenues resulting from the passage of House Bill 10-1190, enacted in 2010, shall be appropriated for the purpose of funding additional full-time equivalent state employees. (2) No moneys derived from the increase in state revenues…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-114 Appropriations for utilities - roll-forward spending authority - definition. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 24-75-114Statutes 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. § 24-75-115 Use of state funds - marketing featuring elected officials - prohibition
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(1) A county clerk and recorder or designated election official who is administering an election and the department of state shall not use any appropriation of state or federal money to pay for advertising expenses that prominently feature a person who is a declared candidate for…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-116 General fund appropriation for lease payments - department of revenue - temporary reduction - repeal
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(1) (a) For the 2025-26 state fiscal year and for each state fiscal year thereafter, through the 2028-29 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall reduce the general fund appropriation to the department of revenue in the executive director’s office for the purpose of leased s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-75-1201 (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2012: Entire part repealed, (HB 12-1315), ch. 224, p. 984, � 56, effective July 1. Editor's note: This part 12 was added in 2007. For amendments to this part 12 prior to its repeal in 2012, consult the 2011 Colorado Revised Statutes and the Colorado statutory research …