Compensation of State Officers

C.R.S. tit. 24, art. 9
in effect

C.R.S. § 24-9-101 Salaries of elected state officials - definition - repeal

24-9-101. Salaries of elected state officials - definition - repeal. (1) The following state officials shall receive annual salaries and allowances, payable monthly, as follows: (a) Governor: (I) Repealed. (II) (A) The salary payable to the governor for each year of the term commencing on the second Tuesday in January 2019 is an amount equal to sixty-six percent of the total annual salary paid to the chief justice of the state supreme court on January 10, 2019. (B) Before January 1, 2027, each subsequent salary paid under this subsection (1)(a) must be adjusted on a quadrennial basis so that, beginning with the first day of each four-year gubernatorial term, and applying to each year of that term, the governor's annual salary is an amount equal to sixty-six percent of the total annual salary earned by the chief justice of the supreme court on the first day of the governor's term. (C) This subsection (1)(a)(II) is repealed, effective July 1, 2028. (III) On or after January 1, 2027, the salary payable to the governor for each year of the four-year term being served is in the amount set by the commission. (b) Lieutenant governor: (I) Repealed. (II) (A) The salary payable to the lieutenant governor for each year of the term commencing on the second Tuesday in January 2019 is an amount equal to fifty-eight percent of the total annual salary paid to the judges of the county court in Class B counties, as defined in section 13-6-201, C.R.S., on January 10, 2019. (B) Before January 1, 2027, each subsequent salary paid under this subsection (1)(b) must be adjusted on a quadrennial basis so that, beginning with the first day of each four-year term, and applying to each year of that term, the lieutenant governor's annual salary is an amount equal to fifty-eight percent of the total annual salary earned by the judges of the county court in Class B counties on the first day of the lieutenant governor's term. (C) This subsection (1)(b)(II) is repealed, effective July 1, 2028. (III) Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection (1)(b) to the contrary, if the lieutenant governor is concurrently serving as the head of a principal department and the salary for the head of that principal department is greater than that to which the lieutenant governor is entitled under this subsection (1)(b), the lieutenant governor shall also be paid that portion of the salary for the head of the principal department that, when added to the amount of the salary paid under this subsection (1)(b), equals the amount paid to the head of that principal department. (IV) Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection (1)(b) to the contrary, if the lieutenant governor is concurrently serving as the director of the office of saving people money on healthcare within the office of the governor and the salary for the director of the office of saving people money on healthcare is greater than the amount to which the lieutenant governor is entitled under this subsection (1)(b), the lieutenant governor shall also be paid that portion of the salary for the director of the office of saving people money on healthcare that, when added to the amount of the salary paid under this subsection (1)(b), equals the amount paid to the director of the office of saving people money on healthcare. (V) On or after January 1, 2027, the salary payable to the lieutenant governor for each year of the four-year term being served is in the amount set by the commission. (c) President of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, minority leader of the senate, or minority leader of the house of representatives, while for any reason acting as governor: (I) Before January 1, 2027, the sum of twenty dollars per day as expenses; and (II) On or after January 1, 2027, the amount set by the commission as expenses. rved is in the amount set by the commission. (c) President of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, minority leader of the senate, or minority leader of the house of representatives, while for any reason acting as governor: (I) Before January 1, 2027, the sum of twenty dollars per day as expenses; and (II) On or after January 1, 2027, the amount set by the commission as expenses. (d) Attorney general: (I) Repealed. (II) (A) The salary payable to the attorney general for each year of the term commencing on the second Tuesday in January 2019 is an amount equal to sixty percent of the total annual salary paid to the chief judge of the court of appeals on January 10, 2019. (B) Before January 1, 2027, each subsequent salary paid under this subsection (1)(d) must be adjusted on a quadrennial basis so that, beginning with the first day of each four-year term, and applying to each year of that term, the attorney general's annual salary is an amount equal to sixty percent of the total annual salary earned by the chief judge of the court of appeals on the first day of the attorney general's term. (C) This subsection (1)(d)(II) is repealed, effective July 1, 2028. (III) On or after January 1, 2027, the salary payable to the attorney general for each year of the four-year term being served is in the amount set by the commission. (e) Secretary of state: (I) Repealed. (II) (A) The salary payable to the secretary of state for each year of the term commencing on the second Tuesday in January 2019 is an amount equal to fifty-eight percent of the total annual salary paid to the judges of the county court in Class B counties, as defined in section 13-6-201, C.R.S., on January 10, 2019. (B) Before January 1, 2027, each subsequent salary paid under this subsection (1)(e) must be adjusted on a quadrennial basis so that, beginning with the first day of each four-year term, and applying to each year of that term, the secretary of state's annual salary is an amount equal to fifty-eight percent of the total annual salary earned by the judges of the county court in Class B counties on the first day of the secretary of state's term. (C) This subsection (1)(e)(II) is repealed, effective January 1, 2028. (III) On or after January 1, 2027, the salary payable to the secretary of state for each year of the four-year term being served is in the amount set by the commission. (f) State treasurer: (I) Repealed. (II) (A) The salary payable to the state treasurer for each year of the term commencing on the second Tuesday in January 2019 is an amount equal to fifty-eight percent of the total annual salary paid to the judges of the county court in Class B counties, as defined in section 13-6-201, C.R.S., on January 10, 2019. (B) Before January 1, 2027, each subsequent salary paid under this subsection (1)(f) must be adjusted on a quadrennial basis so that, beginning with the first day of each four-year term, and applying to each year of that term, the state treasurer's annual salary is an amount equal to fifty-eight percent of the total annual salary earned by the judges of the county court in Class B counties on the first day of the state treasurer's term. (C) This subsection (1)(f)(II) is repealed, effective July 1, 2028. (III) On or after January 1, 2027, the salary payable to the state treasurer for each year of the four-year term being served is in the amount set by the commission. (2) Any official who assumes his or her position by reason of filling a vacancy shall be paid the same salary as that to which the vacating official was entitled. (3) Repealed. (4) Nothing in this section authorizes the salary of any elected state official to be modified during the elected state official's official term. of the four-year term being served is in the amount set by the commission. (2) Any official who assumes his or her position by reason of filling a vacancy shall be paid the same salary as that to which the vacating official was entitled. (3) Repealed. (4) Nothing in this section authorizes the salary of any elected state official to be modified during the elected state official's official term. (5) The director of research of the legislative council appointed pursuant to section 2-3-304 (1), C.R.S., shall post the amount of the current annual salary payable to each elected official pursuant to this section on the website of the general assembly. In addition, the department of each elected official shall publish the amount of the current annual salary payable to the elected official on the website of department. (6) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "commission" means the independent state elected official pay commission created in section 24-9-106 (2).

C.R.S. § 24-9-102 Salaries of appointed state officials

24-9-102. Salaries of appointed state officials. (1) The following state officials shall receive annual salaries and allowances, payable monthly, as follows: (a) Deputy secretary of state, an amount set by the secretary of state; (b) Deputy state treasurer, an amount set by the state treasurer; (c) Repealed. (d) Effective July 1, 2005, public utilities commission, each commissioner, an amount as set by the executive director of the department of regulatory agencies based on the most recent available figures contained in the quadrennial total compensation survey conducted by the state personnel director pursuant to section 24-50-104 (4)(a) and subject to review by the state auditor and the general assembly pursuant to section 24-50-104 (4)(b) and (4)(c). The commissioners' salaries shall be set within the range identified in the survey for the category of senior executive service and shall be uniform; except that the chairman may receive a salary that is up to ten percent higher than those of the other two commissioners. (e) Repealed. (2) The positions listed in paragraphs (a) to (e) of subsection (1) of this section shall be full-time positions, and the salaries shall be for the full-time services of the persons involved. (3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2005, p. 500, § 1, effective May 12, 2005.)

C.R.S. § 24-9-103 Deputy state officers

24-9-103. Deputy state officers. The secretary of state and the state treasurer are hereby authorized to appoint their own deputies.

C.R.S. § 24-9-104 Mileage allowances

24-9-104. Mileage allowances. (1) Repealed. (2) (a) to (c) Repealed. (d) On and after January 1, 2008, state officers and employees shall be allowed a mileage allowance for each mile actually and necessarily traveled while on official state business calculated at ninety percent of the prevailing internal revenue service mileage reimbursement rate to the nearest cent, and, when authorized to be utilized and necessary for official state business, ninety-five percent of the prevailing internal revenue service mileage reimbursement rate to the nearest cent for four-wheel-drive vehicles and forty cents per nautical mile for privately owned aircraft. (e) For purposes of this section, "four-wheel-drive vehicles" means sport utility vehicles and pick-up trucks with a four-wheel-drive transmission system. "Four-wheel-drive vehicles" shall not include standard vehicles with all-wheel-drive capability. (f) Repealed.

C.R.S. § 24-9-105 Elected state officials - discretionary funds

24-9-105. Elected state officials - discretionary funds. (1) Beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1985, and for each fiscal year thereafter, subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, there is hereby available the following amounts for elected state officials for expenditure in pursuance of official business as each elected official sees fit: (a) Governor, twenty thousand dollars; (b) Lieutenant governor, five thousand dollars; (c) Attorney general, five thousand dollars; (d) Secretary of state, five thousand dollars; (e) State treasurer, five thousand dollars. (2) The appropriations made by paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (e) of subsection (1) of this section shall be out of any moneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, and the appropriation made by paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of this section shall be out of any moneys in the department of state cash fund not otherwise appropriated.

C.R.S. § 24-9-106 Independent state elected official pay commission - creation - report - definitions

24-9-106. Independent state elected official pay commission - creation - report - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Commission" means the independent state elected official pay commission created in subsection (2) of this section. (b) "State elected official" means a state officer or a member of the general assembly. (c) "State officer" means the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, or the state treasurer. (2) The independent state elected official pay commission is created. The commission shall set compensation for state elected officials. The commission shall meet beginning in 2025 and shall meet every four years thereafter. (3) (a) The commission consists of nine appointed members. Subject to the provisions set forth in subsection (3)(b) of this section, the members are appointed as follows: (I) The governor shall appoint three members as follows: (A) One member with expertise in personnel management and human resources; (B) One member with expertise in agricultural leadership; and (C) One member with local government experience; (II) The president of the senate shall appoint two members, one member with expertise in large business and one member with expertise in organized labor; (III) The speaker of the house shall appoint two members, one member with expertise in small business and one member who is part of a minority chamber of commerce or business leadership organization; (IV) The minority leader of the senate shall appoint a member who has expertise with salary surveys and total compensation analysis; and (V) The minority leader of the house of representatives shall appoint a member who has large nonprofit leadership experience. (b) The appointment of members must be in accordance with the following requirements: (I) A member must be a registered elector; (II) A member must not be a current or former state official, a current or former member of the general assembly, the spouse of a current state official or member of the general assembly, or a candidate to be a state elected official; (III) A member must not be a registered lobbyist or a person who has lobbied as a registered lobbyist in the eight years immediately preceding the appointment date for the member; and (IV) At any time, no more than four members may be from the same political party and no more than two members may be from the same congressional district of the state. (c) The president of the senate shall designate one of the members that the president of the senate appoints to serve as the chairperson of the commission and the speaker of the house shall designate one of the members that the speaker of the house appoints to serve as the vice-chairperson of the commission. (d) (I) The initial commission members shall be appointed on or before July 31, 2025, and shall serve until the submission of the report required by subsection (5)(a) of this section. (II) Subsequent commission members shall be appointed on or before July 31 of each year in which the commission meets and shall serve until the submission of that commission's report. (III) Each commission expires upon submission of the commission's report. (4) (a) The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the initial commission shall convene the first meeting of the commission no later than September 1, 2025, and the commission shall meet as many times as necessary thereafter before submitting the report required by subsection (5)(a) of this section. that commission's report. (III) Each commission expires upon submission of the commission's report. (4) (a) The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the initial commission shall convene the first meeting of the commission no later than September 1, 2025, and the commission shall meet as many times as necessary thereafter before submitting the report required by subsection (5)(a) of this section. (b) After the initial commission expires, the chairperson and vice-chairperson of subsequent commissions shall convene the first meeting of a commission no later than September 1 of each year in which the commission meets and such commissions shall meet as many times as necessary thereafter before submitting the report required by subsection (5)(a) of this section. (5) (a) On or before December 15, 2025, the initial commission, and on or before December 15 of each year thereafter in which the commission meets, subsequent commissions, shall submit a report to the office of state planning and budgeting created in section 24-37-102, to the joint budget committee of the general assembly, to the president of the senate, to the speaker of the house of representatives, and to the director of research of the legislative council appointed pursuant to section 2-3-304 (1) that sets forth the commission's recommendations for annual salaries and allowances for each state official and for members of the general assembly. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5)(c) of this section, the salaries and allowances recommended in the report due on or before December 15, 2025, take effect on January 1, 2027, and the salaries and allowances recommended in subsequent reports take effect on January 1 of the first year of each subsequent four-year gubernatorial term if the general assembly makes an appropriation to pay the recommended salaries and allowances during the legislative session immediately preceding such year. (c) Before the effective date of the recommended salaries and allowances, the general assembly may modify or reject the recommendations. (6) (a) Any report submitted by the commission, as required by subsection (5) of this section, must include recommendations regarding: (I) The amount of the annual base compensation for members of the general assembly as allowed by section 2-2-307 (1)(b); (II) The amount of additional compensation that members of the general assembly are allowed for necessary attendance at meetings or functions or to legislative matters pursuant to section 2-2-307 (3)(a); (III) The amount of the annual salaries for state officials allowed pursuant to section 24-9-101; and (IV) The sum per day allowed as expenses to the president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, minority leader of the senate, or minority leader of the house of representatives while for any reason acting as governor pursuant to section 24-9-101 (1)(c). section 2-2-307 (3)(a); (III) The amount of the annual salaries for state officials allowed pursuant to section 24-9-101; and (IV) The sum per day allowed as expenses to the president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, minority leader of the senate, or minority leader of the house of representatives while for any reason acting as governor pursuant to section 24-9-101 (1)(c). (b) In making the recommendations required by subsection (6)(a) of this section, the commission shall consider the amount of compensation paid in government service and in the private sector to persons with similar qualifications, the amount of compensation needed to attract and retain experienced and competent persons, and the ability of the state to pay the recommended compensation. (7) On or after January 1, 2028, but before January 1, 2029, and before January 1 of each year thereafter, except for the year in which the recommendations of a commission take effect pursuant to this section, the director of research of the legislative council appointed pursuant to section 2-3-304 (1) shall adjust the amount of compensation set by the commission in accordance with the percentage change since the immediately preceding January 1, in the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood for all items and all urban consumers, or its applicable predecessor or successor index. The director of research shall post the adjusted annual salary amounts on the website of the general assembly. (8) The annual salary of a state elected official whose term begins on or after the date the salaries go into effect pursuant to subsection (5)(b) of this section or adjusted pursuant to subsection (7) of this section must be as set by the commission, except if modified or rejected by the general assembly and then as set by the general assembly, or as adjusted by the director of research. (9) (a) The department of personnel created in section 24-50-102 (1) shall provide staff services as necessary to implement this section. (b) Members of the commission serve without compensation but receive reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses to attend meetings of the commission.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2203 Legislative declaration

24-60-2203. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the provisions of this part 22 are necessary for the state to fulfill its responsibilities under the "Rocky Mountain Low-level Radioactive Waste Compact" set forth in section 24-60-2202.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2204 Definitions

24-60-2204. Definitions. As used in sections 24-60-2205 to 24-60-2212, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Department" means the department of public health and environment. (2) "Facility" means a low-level radioactive waste facility capable of serving as a regional disposal or management site for low-level radioactive waste and which complies with the provisions of the "Rocky Mountain Low-level Radioactive Waste Compact" set forth in section 24-60-2202. (3) "Low-level radioactive waste" means radioactive waste, other than: (a) Waste generated as a result of defense activities of the federal government or federal research and development activities; (b) High-level waste such as irradiated reactor fuel, liquid waste from reprocessing irradiated reactor fuel, or solids into which any such liquid waste has been converted; (c) Waste material containing transuranic elements with contamination levels greater than ten nanocuries per gram of waste material; (d) Byproduct material as defined in Section 11 e. (2) of the "Atomic Energy Act of 1954", as amended on November 8, 1978; or (e) Wastes from mining, milling, smelting, or similar processing of ores and mineral-bearing material primarily for minerals other than radium.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2205 Administration - application of other laws

24-60-2205. Administration - application of other laws. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this part 22, the department shall be the agency responsible for administration of this part 22 on behalf of the state. (2) Except as otherwise provided in this part 22, all facilities shall be subject to the provisions on radiation control set forth in part 1 of article 11 of title 25, C.R.S., and the provisions on solid wastes disposal sites and facilities set forth in part 1 of article 20 of title 30, C.R.S. The disposal of low-level radioactive waste made pursuant to this part 22 is not subject to the provisions of part 2 of article 11 of title 25, C.R.S.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2206 Site recommendation by counties

24-60-2206. Site recommendation by counties. (1) Prior to any action by the department for the assessment and evaluation of potential areas for a facility under section 24-60-2207, the department shall first cooperate with and provide counties in this state the opportunity to recommend facility sites within their boundaries. In making such recommendation, the board of county commissioners shall consider the factors set forth in section 24-60-2207 (1)(b) and shall provide reasonable opportunity for public comment. (2) In making such recommendation, the board of county commissioners shall also consider comments from the department and the Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste board; except that the board of county commissioners shall make the final determination as to the designation of a facility site pursuant to part 1 of article 20 of title 30, C.R.S. (3) Any person who proposes to operate a facility shall first apply, pursuant to part 1 of article 20 of title 30, C.R.S., for a certificate of designation to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the proposed facility site is located. Such site and facility shall be reviewed and approved by such board of county commissioners prior to the issuance of any license pursuant to part 1 of article 11 of title 25, C.R.S. (4) If no board of county commissioners in this state recommends a facility site by January 1, 1984, the department may proceed to prepare its statewide assessment and evaluation and its alternative plan pursuant to section 24-60-2207.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2207 Statewide assessment of facility sites

24-60-2207. Statewide assessment of facility sites. (1) For the protection of the public health and safety and without limiting or qualifying other applicable laws, rules, regulations, standards, or limitations pertaining to the control of radiation in this state, the department shall be granted the following additional authority concerning low-level radioactive waste: (a) The department may acquire by gift, transfer, or purchase any and all lands, buildings, and grounds reasonably necessary for a regional low-level radioactive waste facility. (b) To ensure that a suitable regional low-level radioactive waste facility is established, the department shall conduct a statewide assessment and evaluation of potential areas for the location of a facility. The assessment and evaluation shall consider all applicable federal and state laws and regulations and shall consider but need not be limited to the following factors: (I) Physical and chemical characteristics of strata; (II) Surface and subsurface hydrology; (III) Topography and drainage; (IV) Meteorology and climatology; (V) Demography (including population density near the site); (VI) Access routes and affected public roads; (VII) Ecological impact; (VIII) Relationship to local land use plans; (IX) Ownership of real property. (c) The department shall provide reasonable opportunity for public comment during the assessment and evaluation and shall afford interested persons an opportunity, at public hearing, to submit data and views orally or in writing on the potentially suitable areas. Subsequent to having conducted the assessment and evaluation, the department shall identify those areas determined as potentially suitable for a facility. (d) The department shall not approve any facility for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste outside of the areas identified pursuant to this subsection (1) or an area recommended by a board of county commissioners under section 24-60-2206 unless the site applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the proposed site is at least as technically suitable as the areas identified pursuant to this subsection (1). (e) The department may, by lease or license, provide for the operation of facilities for the implementation of the purposes of this part 22. No facility may be licensed until designated pursuant to part 1 of article 20 of title 30, C.R.S., by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the proposed facility is to be located. In the event that no county has recommended a facility site or an application for such site has not been submitted by January 1, 1985, the department shall prepare an alternative plan for facility development. Said alternative plan shall be submitted to the general assembly no later than January 1, 1986, for review and approval. In the submission of an alternative plan to the general assembly, the department shall also request authority to acquire a site for a facility. (f) The department shall require the posting of a bond or other surety by each licensee to assure the availability of funds to the state in the event of accident, abandonment, discontinuance of an operation, insolvency, or other inability of a lessee or licensee to meet the requirements of the department pursuant to article 11 of title 25, C.R.S., in providing for the safe operation, decommissioning, decontamination, and reclamation of a facility, or any circumstance which results in a potential radiation hazard.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2208 State surcharge

24-60-2208. State surcharge. (1) In addition to the fees authorized by section 25-11-103, C.R.S., the following surcharges shall be imposed on each licensed facility: (a) The licensee shall be required to pay an annual fee to the county or municipality in which the facility is located, unless waived by the county or municipality. The amount of the fee shall be established by mutual agreement of the county or municipality and the licensee and may include, but not be limited to, the actual direct costs of increased burden on county or municipal services created by the facility, including the improvement and maintenance of roads and bridges, fire protection, law enforcement, monitoring by county or municipal health officials, and emergency preparation and response. The amount of the annual fee shall not exceed two percent of the annual gross revenue received by the facility and shall be reduced by the amount paid by the facility as a payment in lieu of taxes to county government pursuant to section 25-11-103 (7)(c), C.R.S. No licensee shall commence operations at a facility until the agreement for the annual fee is executed by the county or municipality and the licensee or such fee is waived by the county or municipality. In the event that the licensee fails to comply with the terms of the executed agreement, the board of county commissioners or the governing body of the municipality may petition the department to suspend the facility's license in the manner provided in article 4 of this title until the agreement has been fully complied with. (b) Each licensee shall pay an additional surcharge of one percent of gross revenue received by the facility. The surcharge shall be paid quarterly, as accrued, to the department, which shall credit all such receipts in the general fund of the state.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2209 Governor to appoint member to compact board

24-60-2209. Governor to appoint member to compact board. The governor shall appoint, with the consent of the senate, the Colorado member of the Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste board, and such member shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The member shall receive no compensation for his services but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2210 Colorado low-level radioactive waste advisory committee

24-60-2210. Colorado low-level radioactive waste advisory committee. (Repealed)

C.R.S. § 24-60-2211 Coordination with other programs and agencies

24-60-2211. Coordination with other programs and agencies. The department shall coordinate the low-level radioactive waste program with all other programs within the department and with other local, state, or federal agencies as appropriate. For the purpose of administration and enforcement of matters pertaining to transportation and packaging as provided in this part 22, the department shall coordinate its activities with those of the public utilities commission.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2212 Regulation of fees

24-60-2212. Regulation of fees. (1) All rates, charges, and classifications made, demanded, or received in the operation of a licensed facility located in the state of Colorado shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust or unreasonable charge made, demanded, or received with respect to such operation is prohibited. (2) The power and authority is hereby vested in the state board of health and it is hereby made the duty of the board in promoting public health and safety to adopt necessary rules and regulations to govern and regulate the rates, charges, and classifications of every facility in this state and to prevent unjust, unreasonable, and discriminatory rates, charges, and classifications of every such facility. (3) (a) Under such rules and regulations as the state board of health may prescribe, any person operating a facility in this state shall file with the state board of health, at least sixty days prior to the proposed effective date and in such form and with such filing fee as the state board of health may designate, proposed schedules showing all rates, charges, and classifications collected or enforced or to be collected or enforced. Such rates, when effective, shall be posted and open to public inspection at the facility. (b) The board shall make available for public inspection the filing and supporting information and provide reasonable public notice thereof. (4) (a) Unless the board otherwise orders, no change shall be made in any rate, charge, or classification collected or enforced or to be collected or enforced by a facility except after sixty days of filing with the board. All filings shall be kept open for public inspection with new schedules stating plainly the changes to be made in the schedules then in force and the time when the changes will go into effect. (b) The board shall not approve or disapprove a filing without a public hearing. If the board does not disapprove or schedule a hearing on a filing within sixty days of receipt by the board, the filing shall automatically become effective. (c) During the sixty-day review period, the board may conclude that it is in the public interest to hold a public hearing, or an interested person may request a public hearing by so petitioning the board. Such hearings shall be held in the manner provided in article 4 of this title. (5) (a) Whenever the board after a hearing upon its own motion or upon petition finds, based upon the record and investigation by the board, that the rates, charges, or classifications collected or enforced or to be collected or enforced by any facility are unjust, unreasonable, discriminatory, or violative of any provision of law or that such rates, charges, or classifications are insufficient, the board shall determine the just, reasonable, or sufficient rates, charges, classifications, rules, regulations, or practices to be thereafter observed and in force and shall fix the same by order of the board. (b) The board has the power, after a hearing upon its own motion or upon complaint, to investigate a single rate, charge, classification, or practice or the entire schedule of rates, charges, classifications, or practices of any facility and to establish new rates, charges, classifications, or practices in lieu thereof.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2301 Transfer or exchange of foreign nationals convicted of a crime - authorization by governor

24-60-2301. Transfer or exchange of foreign nationals convicted of a crime - authorization by governor. If a treaty in effect between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, the governor may, on behalf of the state and subject to the terms of the treaty, authorize the executive director of the department of corrections to consent to the transfer or exchange of offenders and take any other action necessary to initiate the participation of this state in the treaty. Such transfer will not occur until the convicted offender is informed in his native language of his rights and of the procedures being followed.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2401 Legislative declaration

24-60-2401. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby finds that it is desirable to find adoptive parents for children with special needs as specified in article 7 of title 26, C.R.S., to make payments in subsidization of the adoption of such children, and to protect the interests of such children throughout their minority. Pursuant to authorization contained in Title IV-E and Title XIX of the federal "Social Security Act", as amended, it is the intent of the general assembly to authorize the department of human services to enter into interstate compacts to address the problems arising for special needs children and their parents when they move to other states, or are residents of another state, and to facilitate the provision of medical and other necessary services for special needs children when the provision of services takes place in another state.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2402 Definitions

24-60-2402. Definitions. As used in this part 24, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Adoption assistance state" means the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance or adoption subsidy agreement in a particular case. (2) "Residence state" means the state in which the child is a resident by virtue of the residence of his adoptive parents. (3) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or administered by the United States.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2403 Compacts authorized

24-60-2403. Compacts authorized. (1) Pursuant to authorization contained in Title IV-E and Title XIX of the federal "Social Security Act", as amended, the department of human services is hereby authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate for, and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of the state of Colorado with other states to implement the following purposes: (a) The protection of children on behalf of whom adoption subsidy payments are being provided by the department of human services pursuant to article 7 of title 26, C.R.S.; (b) The implementation of procedures for interstate payments in subsidization of adoption, including medical payments. (2) When so entered into by the department of human services, any such compact shall have the force and effect of a law for so long as it shall remain in effect.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2404 Contents of compact

24-60-2404. Contents of compact. (1) Any compact entered into by the department of human services pursuant to this part 24 shall contain the following general provisions: (a) A provision making it available for joinder by all states; (b) A provision or provisions for withdrawal from the compact upon written notice to the parties, with the effective date of withdrawal one year after the date of notice of withdrawal; (c) A requirement that, upon withdrawal from the compact, the protections afforded by or pursuant to the compact by the withdrawing residence state continue in force for the duration of the adoption assistance for all special needs children and their adoptive parents who, on the effective date of withdrawal, are receiving adoption assistance or payments in subsidization of adoption from an adoption assistance state which is a party to the compact; (d) (I) A requirement that each instance of adoption assistance or payments in subsidization of adoption to which the compact applies be authorized by a written adoption assistance agreement between the adoptive parents and the state child welfare agency of the adoption assistance state; and (II) A requirement that any adoption assistance agreement be expressly for the benefit of the adopted child and enforceable by the adoptive parents and the adoption assistance state; (e) Such other provisions as may be necessary to implement the administration of the compact. (2) Any compact entered into by the department of human services pursuant to this part 24 shall contain and implement the following provisions regarding medical assistance: (a) That a child with special needs who is residing in this state, who is the subject of an adoption assistance agreement with another state which is a party to the compact, shall be entitled to receive a medical assistance identification from this state upon filing with the department of health care policy and financing a certified copy of the adoption assistance agreement obtained from the adoption assistance state. The adoptive parents of such child shall be required at least annually to show that the agreement is still in force or has been renewed. (b) That the department of health care policy and financing shall consider the holder of a medical assistance identification specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) as any other holder of a medical assistance identification under the laws of this state and shall process and make payment on claims on account of such holder in the same manner and pursuant to the same conditions and procedures as for other recipients of medical assistance pursuant to articles 4, 5, and 6 of title 25.5, C.R.S.; (c) That the department of human services shall provide coverage and benefits for a child with special needs, who is in another state, and who is covered by an agreement to make payments in subsidization of adoption entered into by the department of human services pursuant to article 7 of title 26, C.R.S., which coverage and benefits are not provided by the residence state, if any. In addition, that the adoptive parents of such special needs child, acting for the child, may submit evidence of payment for services or benefit amounts not payable in the residence state and shall be reimbursed therefor by the department of human services. However, the department of human services shall not make reimbursement for services or benefit amounts covered under any insurance or other third-party medical contract or arrangement held by the child or his adoptive parents. The additional coverages and benefit amounts specified in this paragraph (c) shall be for services for which no federal contribution is available, or which, if federally aided, are not provided by the residence state. all not make reimbursement for services or benefit amounts covered under any insurance or other third-party medical contract or arrangement held by the child or his adoptive parents. The additional coverages and benefit amounts specified in this paragraph (c) shall be for services for which no federal contribution is available, or which, if federally aided, are not provided by the residence state. (d) That the submission of any claim for payment or reimbursement for services or benefits specified in this subsection (2), or the making of any statement in connection therewith, which claim or statement the maker knows or should know to be false, misleading, or fraudulent shall be subject to the provisions of section 26-1-127, C.R.S.; (e) That a child with special needs who is the subject of an adoption assistance agreement with this state, who is residing in another state which is a party to the compact, shall receive medical assistance from the residence state under the conditions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (2).

C.R.S. § 24-60-2405 Rules and regulations

24-60-2405. Rules and regulations. The department of human services and the department of health care policy and financing shall promulgate such rules and regulations, pursuant to section 24-4-103, as are necessary to implement the provisions of this part 24.

C.R.S. § 24-60-2501 Short title

24-60-2501. Short title. This part 25 shall be known and may be cited as the "Multistate Highway Transportation Agreement".

C.R.S. § 24-60-2502 Execution of agreement

24-60-2502. Execution of agreement. The general assembly hereby approves and the governor is authorized to enter into an agreement on behalf of this state with any other state or states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:
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