The act directs the agency that regulates an occupation to dismiss an anonymous complaint that is lodged against the holder of an occupational license, certification, or registration if the complaint is based on words said or actions taken while engaged in official duties as: An elected official of Colorado or a political subdivision of Colorado; or A member of a board or commission of Colorado or a political subdivision of Colorado. If the same type of complaint is submitted, but not anonymously, the agency is authorized to dismiss the complaint. The subject of the complaint need not respond or provide evidence for the complaint to be dismissed. An exception is made for words said to or actions committed for a specific person when the license, certificate, or registration holder is speaking or acting as a member of the regulated occupation. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires the department of transportation (CDOT) to develop an electronic application, permitting, contract, and fee structure to facilitate access by nongovernmental entities to public rights-of-way for the deployment of broadband and requires acceptances and denials of such access by CDOT to be provided in writing and made available to the public. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act makes the following nonsubstantive changes to title 43: Corrects the citation made in section 43-1-128 (5) from "the national environmental policy act" to "the federal 'National Environmental Policy Act of 1969', 42 U.S.C. sec. 4321 et seq."; Adds the word "vehicle" in section 43-4-605 (1)(i) between the words "motor" and "registration"; and Corrects a reference in section 43-4-1301 (2)(c) stating "subsections (7) and (8) of this section" to say "section 43-4-1303".(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act allows a person to operate a licensed medical marijuana business and a licensed retail marijuana business at the same location if permitted by the local licensing authority and the local jurisdiction where the businesses are located and subject to requirements regarding separation of operations. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Current law requires the owner of a truck to present a manufacturer's certificate of origin or a certified scale ticket if the truck is subject to certain weight-based fees and weighs more than 4,500 pounds but not more than 10,000 pounds. This weight includes mounted equipment other than recreational equipment. The bill makes 2 changes to these requirements: The requirement only applies when the truck's weight has been substantially modified; and The truck must be weighed rather than using a manufacturer's certificate of origin to show shipping weight.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The act authorizes a board of education of a school district and the governing body of a district charter school or of an institute charter school to meet in executive session to discuss negotiations for an employment contract with one or more finalists for the position of chief executive officer, as long as the following conditions have been satisfied: The board or governing body has named more than one candidate as a finalist for the position of chief executive officer; and The board or governing body holds a public forum to conduct interviews with each of the finalists. The act defines "chief executive officer" as a superintendent of a school district or a chief executive officer of a charter school. The act clarifies that the board or governing body may, in addition to interviewing finalists in a public forum, interview finalists in executive session and instruct personnel and representatives to begin contract negotiations with one or more candidates in executive session, including the necessary process to prioritize, for the purposes of negotiation, one or more finalists after public forums have been completed. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act forbids anyone selling or renting a dwelling from discriminating against an individual based on their veteran or military status. The act forbids anyone from refusing to negotiate for housing with an individual on the basis of their veteran or military status or otherwise denying or withholding housing on the basis of an individual's veteran or military status. For purposes of the act, an individual who was dishonorably discharged from military service does not have veteran or military status. The act allows inquiries regarding an individual's veteran or military status to the extent necessary to determine if the individual is eligible for a benefit offered to veterans or members of the military. The act also permits the advertisement of veteran or military housing or any other veteran or military housing benefit. The act permits adherence to federal regulations governing veterans affairs benefits. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act declares that every individual has a fundamental right to use or refuse contraception; every pregnant individual has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion; and a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent or derivative rights under the laws of the state. The act prohibits state and local public entities from: Denying, restricting, interfering with, or discriminating against an individual's fundamental right to use or refuse contraception or to continue a pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion in the regulation or provision of benefits, services, information, or facilities; and Depriving, through prosecution, punishment, or other means, an individual of the individual's right to act or refrain from acting during the individual's own pregnancy based on the potential, actual, or perceived impact on the pregnancy, the pregnancy's outcomes, or on the pregnant individual's health.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act specifies that a hearing aid provider may prescribe, select, and fit hearing instruments and assistive devices in person or through the use of telehealth. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act expands the allowable uses of the revenue from a local marketing district's marketing and promotion tax and a county's lodging tax to include: Housing and childcare for the tourism-related workforce, including seasonal workers, and for other workers in the community; Facilitating and enhancing visitor experiences; and Capital expenditures related to these new purposes. A local marketing district or county must obtain voter approval to use the tax revenue for the new allowable uses. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act clarifies the opportunities available to inmates imprisoned by the department of corrections (department). The act clarifies that the rehabilitation and work opportunities available to inmates are to promote the person's successful rehabilitation, reentry, and reintegration into the community. The act clarifies a distinction between external programs, which occur in partnership with employers outside of department facilities, and internal programs, which occur inside a department facility and may be in partnership with employers outside of department facilities. The act amends inmate compensation and permissible deductions from an inmate's account. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act specifies that motor vehicle investigators and criminal tax enforcement special agents are peace officers and must be certified by the peace officers standards and training (P.O.S.T.) board. Under current law, a group seeking peace officer status for a specific position prepares a proposal for the P.O.S.T. board's review, and, after performing an analysis and hearing, the P.O.S.T. board submits a report to the group seeking peace officer status and to the judiciary committees of the house of representatives and the senate. The group seeking peace officer status may request legislation during each of the 2 regular legislative sessions that immediately succeed the date of its proposal without having to comply again with certain procedural requirements. The act exempts the department of revenue from the requirement to present legislation seeking peace officer status for motor vehicle investigators and criminal tax enforcement special agents within the 2 regular legislative sessions that immediately succeed the date of its proposal without having to comply again with certain procedural requirements. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
