§ 2-7-102. Assignment of Departments for Review – All Principal Departments Subject to Legislative Oversight – Composition of Joint Legislative Oversight Committees
Beginning in 1980, a general assembly during its second regular session shall designate at least three principal departments for study by joint legislative oversight committees during the interim following the first regular session of the next general assembly. Each of the twenty principal departments shall be studied in this manner at least once before January […]
§ 2-7-103. Review of Principal Department – Subject Matter to Be Studied
A joint legislative oversight committee shall study a principal department’s powers, duties, and functions in order to evaluate the public need for continuance of said powers, duties, and functions and whether the public need would be better served by the elimination, reassignment, or expansion of said powers, duties, and functions. Said study may include, but […]
§ 2-7-104. Staff – Report – Recommendations
In addition to the audit reports provided for in section 2-7-102 (2), a joint legislative oversight committee shall receive staff services and information from the legislative council staff and the joint budget committee staff and may request assistance from the office of state planning and budgeting. Drafting services and legal research shall be provided by […]
§ 2-7-200.1. Short Title
This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the “State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act”. Source: L. 2015: Entire section added, (SB 15-264), ch. 259, p. 941, § 5, effective August 5.
§ 2-7-201. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: It is important that state government be accountable and transparent in such a way that the general public can understand the value received for the tax dollars spent by the state; State government agencies should operate under a performance management philosophy in which employees focus on taxpayer […]
§ 2-5-111. Sale Price to Public
The methods and terms of sale of Colorado Revised Statutes, and ancillary publications thereto, to the public shall be included by the committee as an alternative specification and bid, and as a part of a contract let by bids authorized by this article. Source: L. 70: p. 367, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 135-6-11. L. […]
§ 2-4-214. Use of Relative and Qualifying Words and Phrases
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the rule of statutory construction expressed in the Colorado supreme court decision entitled People v. McPherson , 200 Colo. 429 , 619 P.2d 38 (1980), which holds that “. . . relative and qualifying words and phrases, where no contrary intention appears, are construed to refer solely […]
§ 2-5-113. Effect of Enactment of Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 – Legislative Construction Not Based on Editorial Matters
Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 was enacted as a repeal and reenactment of Colorado Revised Statutes 1963 and the supplements thereto, as provided for in section 2-5-122, as said section existed upon its repeal. The effect of the enactment of the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, as of its effective and operative date, shall be: To repeal […]
§ 2-4-215. Each General Assembly a Separate Entity – Future General Assemblies Not Bound by Acts of Previous General Assemblies
The general assembly finds and declares, pursuant to the constitution of the state of Colorado, that each general assembly is a separate entity, and the acts of one general assembly are not binding on future general assemblies. Accordingly, no legislation passed by one general assembly requiring an appropriation shall bind future general assemblies. Furthermore, the […]
§ 2-5-115. Copyright by State
Colorado Revised Statutes and ancillary publications thereto, as published, shall be the sole property of the state of Colorado as owner and publisher thereof. The committee, or its designee, may register a copyright for and in behalf of the state of Colorado in any and all original publications and editorial work ancillary to the Colorado […]