Title 8, Labor and Industry
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-307 Skilled worker outreach, recruitment, and key training grant program fund - creation. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 8-83-307Statutes 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. § 8-83-307.5 Repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2020: Entire section added, (HB 20-1395), ch. 137, p. 594, � 5, effective June 26. Editor's note: This section provided for the repeal of this section, effective September 30, 2021. (See L. 2020, p. 594.) 8-83-308. Colorado state apprenticeship resource directory - col…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-308 Colorado state apprenticeship resource directory - collection of apprenticeship program information - promotion of public awareness - definitions
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(1) The department shall maintain the Colorado state apprenticeship resource directory, referred to in this section as the “directory”. The directory must include, for each apprenticeship program listed in the directory, the information collected by the department pursuant to thi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-401 Definitions
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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Administering entity means the nonprofit entity selected pursuant to section 8-83-403 to administer the program. (2) Eligible individual means an individual that satisfies the eligibility criteria specified in sec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-402 Employment support and job retention services program - creation
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There is hereby created in the division the employment support and job retention services program. Within six months after the date of the first appropriation by the general assembly to the employment support and job retention services program cash fund pursuant to section 8-83-4…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-403 Program purpose - duties of the director
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(1) The purpose of the program is to provide assistance to eligible individuals who may not be eligible for or have access to other employment resources or who are preparing for, seeking, or attempting to retain employment. (2) The director shall: (a) Enter into a competitive sol…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-404 Administration of the program
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(1) The administering entity shall: (a) Develop formal memorandums of understanding with service providers and guidelines for the operation of the program in coordination with the director; (b) Establish procedures and guidelines for reimbursing service providers in accordance wi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-405 Reports required
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(1) On or before July 1 of each year, the administering entity shall report to the division: (a) The information provided by a service provider pursuant to section 8-83-404 (2); (b) A qualitative analysis based on interviews conducted with service providers statewide concerning t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-406 Employment support and job retention services program cash fund - created
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(1) (a) The employment support and job retention services program cash fund, referred to in this section as the “fund”, is hereby created in the state treasury. For the 2019-20 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate seven hundred fifty thousand dollars from the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-407 Repeal of part
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This part 4 is repealed, effective September 1, 2029. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1107), ch. 322, p. 2985, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2022: Entire section amended, (HB 22-1230), ch. 162, p. 1015, � 6, effective July 1. Cross references: For the legislative declarati…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-501 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby: (a) Finds that: (I) Coal provides more than half of Colorado's net power generation. There were approximately one thousand three hundred workers employed in Colorado coal mines at the end of 2018, and half of the domestic consumption of Colorado's…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-502 Definitions
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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Coal transition community means a Colorado municipality, county, or region where a coal transition facility or a center for the manufacturing or transportation supply chain of a coal transition facility was or is …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-503 Just transition office - advisory committee - repeal
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(1) The just transition office is created in the office of the executive director. The just transition office is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of labor and employment. (2) The e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-504 Just transition cash fund - transfer from general fund - transfer from account - use of money - definition - repeal
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(1) (a) The just transition cash fund is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money credited to the fund in accordance with section 39-29-108 (2)(d) and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. Subject to annual appropriati…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-504.5 Additional coal transition workforce assistance program funding - coal transition workforce assistance program account
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(1) (a) (I) The coal transition workforce assistance program account is hereby created in the fund. (II) (A) On June 30, 2021, the state treasurer shall transfer seven million dollars from the general fund to the account. (B) On July 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer te…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-505 Utility workforce transition plans - reemployment of affected workers
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(1) Within thirty days after the approval to accelerate retirement of a generating unit by the utility’s governing body and in no case less than six months before the retirement of an electric coal-fueled generating unit that has a nameplate capacity of at least fifty megawatts, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-506 Report - recommendations
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(1) Repealed. (2) (a) Between September 1 and November 15, 2022, and between September 1 and November 15 of each year thereafter, the director shall present a report to the joint budget committee of the general assembly on the history of expenditures from the fund and the account…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-507 Hiring preference - coal transition workers - definitions
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(1) (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(a) “Coal transition community” means a Colorado municipality, county, or region where a coal transition facility or a center for the manufacturing or transportation supply chain of a coal transition facility …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-601 Definitions
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As used in this part 6: (1) Commission means the business experiential-learning commission in the department created by executive order B 2015 004, which works in partnership with the office of economic development and the work force development council, or a subsequent entity es…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-602 Work-based learning incentive program - creation - rules - appropriation
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(1) Work-based learning incentive program. (a) On or before January 1, 2023, the department, in consultation with the commission, the office of economic development, the department of education, the department of higher education, the state board for community colleges and occupa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-602.5 Teacher externship program - creation - rules - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 8-83-602.5Statutes 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 Service…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-603 Statewide digital navigator program - office of future of work - rules - appropriation
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(1) On or before January 1, 2023, the office shall create a statewide digital navigator program. The purpose of the program is to address digital inequities that prevent youth and adults from securing employment. To address digital inequities, the program may provide services and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-701 Construction registered apprenticeship grant program - created - reports - appropriation - definitions
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(1) (a) There is created in the office within the department of labor and employment the construction registered apprenticeship grant program to provide grants to registered apprenticeship programs in the building and construction trades that provide training at no cost to appren…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-702 Repeal of part
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This part 7 is repealed, effective July 1, 2027. Source: L. 2023: Entire part added, (HB 23-1246), ch. 199, p. 1018, � 3, effective May 16.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-801 Definitions
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As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Department means the department of labor and employment created in section 24-1-121. (2) Office means the office of future of work created in section 8-15.8-103. (3) Program means the apprenticeship navigator pilo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-802 Apprenticeship navigator pilot program - navigator positions - report
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(1) On or before January 1, 2024, the office shall create a two-year apprenticeship navigator pilot program. The purpose of the program is to increase awareness of registered apprenticeship programs among graduating high school students and to increase participation by individual…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-803 Rules
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The department may promulgate rules as necessary to implement this part 8. Source: L. 2023: Entire part added, (HB 23-1212), ch. 197, p. 1004, � 1, effective August 7.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-804 Repeal of part
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This part 8 is repealed, effective January 1, 2027. Source: L. 2023: Entire part added, (HB 23-1212), ch. 197, p. 1004, � 1, effective August 7.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-101 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Department means the department of labor and employment created in section 24-1-121, C.R.S. (2) Person with a disability means a person who has a physical or mental impairment that constitutes or results in a sub…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-102 Rehabilitation programs
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In carrying out the provisions of this article, the department shall coordinate and strengthen the programs of rehabilitation for persons with disabilities to the end that they may attain or maintain their maximum potential in employment, self-sufficiency, and independent living.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-103 Personnel
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Subject to the availability of duly appropriated funds, the executive director of the department may appoint necessary personnel to administer rehabilitation programs in accordance with this article. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 15-239), ch. 160, p.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-104 Functions of the department
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(1) The department shall manage, control, and supervise all rehabilitation programs provided in this article, including: (a) Repealed. (b) All duties and functions previously assigned to the division of rehabilitation for the blind; (c) All duties and functions regarding vocation…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-105 Administration - rules
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(1) The department shall: (a) Adopt rules governing personnel standards, the protection of records and confidential information, the manner and form of filing applications, eligibility, the investigation and determination of eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services, pro…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-106 Rehabilitation of persons with disabilities - vocational rehabilitation services - rules
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(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the department shall provide rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities who the department determines are eligible for the services. (2) The department shall: (a) Cooperate with other departments, agencies, and institutions, both…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-107 Cooperation with federal government
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The department shall cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of any federal statutes pertaining to the purposes of this article, including the licensing of blind persons to operate vending stands on federal property. The department may adopt by rule met…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-108 Transfer of functions - transition plan - report
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(1) (a) On and after July 1, 2016, the powers, duties, and functions of the department of labor and employment include the powers, duties, and functions regarding vocational rehabilitation programs, including the business enterprise program, that were formerly vested in the depar…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-201 Short title
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This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the Business Enterprise Program Act. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 484, � 2, effective July 1, 2016. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 26-8.5-100.1 as it existed pri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-202 Definitions
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Person who is blind means a person who has not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or an equally disabling loss of the visual field as evidenced by a limitation to the f…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-203 Priority for persons who are blind - licensing
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The department shall issue licenses to persons who are blind and who are qualified to operate vending facilities, in accordance with the criteria used for the licensing of operators of vending facilities on federal property pursuant to section 8-84-107 and the federal Randolph-Sh…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-204 Satisfactory sites for vending facilities - other businesses operated by persons who are blind
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(1) (a) A department or agency of the state of Colorado shall not construct, acquire by ownership, rent, lease, or other means, or undertake to substantially alter or renovate, in whole or in part, a building unless, after consultation with the department of labor and employment,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-205 Vending machines - income
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One hundred percent of all commission income from vending machines on state property accrues to the department of labor and employment, which shall disburse the income in accordance with the rules of the department. The office of state planning and budgeting shall notify the depa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-206 Cooperation - locations - rules
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(1) The heads of all state departments and agencies shall negotiate and cooperate in good faith to accomplish the purposes of this article relating to vending facilities and other businesses operated by persons who are blind. (2) If the department determines that the operation of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-207 Status of existing contracts
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This part 2 does not extend to existing contracts until the expiration of those contracts. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 487, � 2, effective July 1, 2016. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 26-8.5-106 as it existe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-208 Business enterprise program cash fund - creation
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There is hereby created in the state treasury the business enterprise program cash fund, referred to in this section as the fund, which consists of moneys accruing to the department from assessments against the net proceeds of each vending facility operator consistent with this p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-209 Working group to address expanding opportunities for blind vendors - report - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 8-84-209Statutes 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. § 8-84-301 Definitions
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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Agency partners means the department, the department of health care policy and financing, the department of education, the department of higher education, the department of human services, the Colorado office of e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-302 Duties of the department
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(1) Pursuant to its statutory authority and available appropriations, the department shall: (a) Review and make recommendations for amendments, if necessary, to Colorado's combined plan for execution of workforce development activities developed in accordance with the federal Wor…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-303 Employment first advisory partnership - memorandum of understanding - reporting
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(1) The employment first advisory partnership is hereby established as a partnership of existing entities including the state rehabilitation council, established by the department, the state work force development council, created in article 46.3 of title 24, C.R.S., and the empl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-84-304 Duties of the employment first advisory partnership - strategic plan - report
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(1) (a) After considering the duties set forth in subsection (2) of this section, the employment first advisory partnership shall develop a strategic plan to expand competitive integrated employment outcomes for persons with disabilities through employment first policies and prac…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-85-101 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly recognizes omissions in the delivery of independent living services to individuals with disabilities and desires to remedy such inadequacies in the delivery system through services at the community level. The general assembly finds that independent living cen…