The act makes conforming amendments and includes a cleanup of the main definition section for title 19, Colorado Revised Statutes, to reflect changes made through the reorganization of article 2 of title 19, Colorado Revised Statutes.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act directs the department of education (department) to identify educational products, strategies, and services that have demonstrated effectiveness in identifying and reversing student learning loss that has been caused by the suspension of in-person learning. The department must create and maintain a resource bank of examples of educational products, explanations of and instructions for implementing strategies and educational services, and models of professional development programs related to using the products and implementing the strategies and services. School districts, boards of cooperative services, and charter schools (local education providers) may submit information to the department concerning products, strategies, and services that they have used with success, and the department must include them in the resource bank. The department must also provide information concerning public or private nonprofit entities that local education providers may work with in providing student support. The act also directs the department, to the extent possible within existing resources, to provide technical assistance to local education providers upon request.The act recognizes the amount of federal COVID-relief money that the department is expected to receive and encourages the department to use as much as possible of the amount received to fund learning recovery initiatives. The act requires the department to prepare a report concerning the department's use of the federal money received and submit the report to the education committees of the general assembly and post the report on the department's website.The act directs the board of cooperative services that administers the statewide supplemental online and blended learning program (administering BOCES) to partner with local education providers for delivery of supplemental online learning recovery courses for students in elementary and secondary schools. The administering BOCES and local education providers are also directed to partner with nonprofit entities and community-based organizations to expand the availability of, and students' access to, supplemental online learning recovery courses. The administering BOCES and the local education providers must provide information concerning the availability of the learning recovery courses and other supplemental online courses.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act repeals a requirement that the state auditor annually report uses of state education fund money for school capital construction to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, the legislative audit committee, and the joint budget committee of the general assembly.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act makes the following changes to the local government and special district election codes:Revises statutory citations to clarify that the Colorado local government election code is the portion of the election code applicable to special district elections; Provides additional statutory citations to specify all instances in which a county assessor provides a list of property owners for an election; Clarifies that, when computing time for any designated period of days for a local government election, the first day from which the period of days runs is excluded and the last day from which the period of days runs is included; Specifies that the candidate self-nomination form for special district elections must contain the county where the special district is located; Clarifies that a candidate's and witness's respective addresses and telephone numbers and a candidate's current e-mail address need to be provided but do not need to be printed by the candidate and witness on the self-nomination form for special district elections; Clarifies the procedures for reviewing and verifying a self-nomination form and curing any insufficiencies; and Clarifies that local government ballots may be automatically sent to eligible electors who are qualified under contracts to purchase taxable property. The board of directors of a special district currently consists of 5 or 7 directors elected at large. The act provides a process for dividing a special district into separate director districts and for members to be elected from each director district at large or by the electors within each director district.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act eliminates duplicate fire or radon inspections for a child care center that provides child care exclusively to school-age children on the property of a school district, charter school, or institute charter school if a satisfactory inspection was completed within the preceding 12 months.The act requires an annual inspection of playground facilities on the property where a child care center operates and prohibits a duplicate inspection if a satisfactory inspection was completed within the preceding 12 months.The act permits the possession and self-administration of medication for asthma, a food allergy, or anaphylaxis if certain requirements are satisfied and if:The child is a school-age child enrolled in a child care center that provides child care exclusively to school-age children on the property of a school, district, charter school, or institute charter school; or The child is enrolled in a large child care center. The act provides for staffing flexibility during emergency circumstances, so long as certain requirements are satisfied.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act corrects citations in the marijuana code and grammatical and wording issues.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act authorizes human remains to be converted to soil using a container that accelerates the process of biological decomposition, also known as "natural reduction". Natural reduction is added to the statutes that regulate funeral establishments, and this addition will result in the regulation of the natural reduction process. But the definitions of "cremation" and "mortuary science practitioner" are amended so that a practitioner of natural reduction is not regulated as a cremationist or mortuary science practitioner.The act allows the disposal of abandoned naturally reduced remains if the remains are not claimed within 180 days after natural reduction.The act prohibits the following when done in the course of business:Selling or offering to sell the soil; Commingling the soil of more than one person without the consent of the person or persons with the right of final disposition unless the soil is abandoned; Commingling the human remains of more than one person without the consent of the person or persons with the right of final disposition within the container wherein natural reduction produces soil; or Using the soil to grow food for human consumption. Colorado law has various provisions that deal with burial, cremation, interment, and entombment. In connection with authorizing natural reduction, the act replaces these terms with the phrase "final disposition", which term is defined to include natural reduction. The act updates the following types of provisions to reflect the option to use natural reduction:Life insurance statutes; Preneed funeral insurance contracts; The "Mortuary Science Code"; Funeral picketing statutes; Litigation damages; The "Colorado Probate Code"; The "Disposition of Last Remains Act"; The "Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act"; Missing person reports for unidentified human remains; Public peace and order statutes; Vital statistics statutes; The "Colorado Medical Assistance Act"; The "Colorado Human Services Code"; The "Colorado Public Assistance Act"; and Firefighter pension plans.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
A crime victim is entitled to compensation under the "Colorado Crime Victim Compensation Act" if, in part, the victim cooperates with law enforcement officials. The act clarifies that a victim of strangulation satisfies the cooperation requirement by undergoing a medical forensic examination.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act repeals the enterprise zone child care contributions income tax credit that was available for income tax years commencing prior to January 1, 1999.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The current statutory functions of the division of housing (division) within the department of local affairs include conducting research into new approaches to housing throughout the state. The act expands the list of research subjects to include:Transit-oriented development that includes increased housing density near employment, education, and town centers; and Advanced energy performance standards that minimize the total building operational costs during the affordability period. The act expands the list of existing functions of the division to include collaborating with other state agencies to develop incentives that support:Local development near transit corridors; Increased housing density development within employment, education, and town centers; and Energy performance standards that minimize total building operational costs during the affordability period. The division is required to collaborate with other state agencies in connection with the disposition of state-owned assets to be used for low- and moderate-income housing, and maintain the confidentiality of all names, addresses, and personal identifying information of applicants, recipients, and former recipients of housing assistance. The division is permitted to publish or provide aggregate or de-identified data concerning applicants, recipients, and former recipients of housing assistance to third parties and other governmental entities, and to enter into data-sharing agreements authorizing the transfer of such information subject to certain restrictions. Outdated statutory functions of the division are eliminated.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires retail establishments that offer goods or services to accept United States currency (cash) to purchase the goods or services, but does not apply to:Establishments that do not have an individual accepting payment in person; Establishments that provide a device to convert cash into a prepaid card with no fee and a minimum balance of no more than one dollar; A transaction in which a security deposit is placed on a credit card or in which a credit card number is provided to cover unforeseen damages or expenses; and A bank or credit union. A violation is a class 2 petty offense punishable by a fine of up to $250. The act applies to offenses committed on or after the effective date of this act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act makes the following modifications to the regulations of factory-built structures, manufactured housing, and installers and sellers of manufactured housing:Clarifies that the division of housing (division) has enforcement powers over the installation and sale of manufactured homes and over the safety of hotels and multi-family structures where no other construction standards exist; Clarifies that a manufacturer who violates applicable law is subject to registration revocation or any other measures prescribed by the division or applicable law; Clarifies that a local government may enforce local rules governing the installation of factory-built housing that are approved by the division of housing; Clarifies that authority granted to the division is over work related to factory-built structures that is completed offsite or completed onsite with components shipped with the factory-built structure; Clarifies that a local government's authority is over work completed onsite and is not over work performed offsite or work that is completed onsite using components shipped with the factory-built structure; Allows the division to authorize a local government to inspect and charge fees related to work that is completed onsite using components shipped with a factory-built structure; Clarifies that a factory-built structure bearing an insignia of approval issued by the division complies with applicable state codes and local government installation requirements approved by the division; Clarifies that an insignia of approval affixed to the factory-built structure does not expire unless the design and construction of the factory-built structure has been modified by approved plans; Clarifies that a homeowner who installs a manufactured home for their own personal use is not required to register with the division; Allows the division to set the surety bond, insurance, and educational requirements for a registered installer of a manufactured home by rule-making; Creates disclosure requirements relating to financial instruments and legal actions for installation contracts; Requires installers to contact the division if the installer is not able to strictly comply with the manufacturer's instructions; Clarifies that a manufacturer must receive an installation authorization unless the installation is occurring in a jurisdiction where a local government is acting as an independent contractor; Clarifies that an installation insignia must be affixed to the manufactured home by the division or the local government independent contractor upon the completion of the installation; Clarifies what costs the installer may be required to pay if a manufactured home was not completely installed; Requires an insurer or financial institution to pay the division the amount of a claim against the letter of credit, certificate of deposit, or surety bond filed with the division by a registered installer if there has been a finding that the installer failed to perform as required by applicable law; Clarifies that a local government may only enact installation rules related to geographic or climatic conditions and any such rules cannot federal law; Allows a local government to require onsite mitigation addressing public safety requirements applicable to manufactured homes that comply with the federal manufactured home construction and safety standard; Clarifies that a person who is employed by a registered seller to negotiate for the sale of manufactured homes is not considered a seller for purposes of the applicable registration requirements; Allows the division to set escrow requirements and the minimum amount of a financial instrument filed by a registered seller of a manufactured home through rule-making; Removes the requirement that the division send the attorney general a monthly list of all persons registered and bonded with the division; Removes the restriction that any financial instrument filed with the division is only revocable upon the written consent of the attorney general; Clarifies the disclosures that are required to be made in contracts for the sale of manufactured homes; Clarifies that any fines paid to the division by a seller must be credited by the state treasurer to the building regulation fund; Clarifies the types of homes that may not be excluded by counties and municipalities; and Clarifies that a county or municipality must comply with the state requirements for local installation standards when enacting building code provisions for a manufactured home.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
