The act authorizes a port of entry officer to direct traffic in addition to existing enforcement powers. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Current law includes ambiguities regarding the existence and powers of the Moffat County Affiliated Junior College District (MCAJCD) and the Rangely Junior College District (RJCD). The statutes do not allow the ownership or transfer of certain real estate held by the MCAJCD and the RJCD. Prior statutes that granted the MCAJCD and the RJCD broad authority, including the authority to own and convey real estate, were inadvertently repealed in 2009. The act allows the MCAJCD to hold and sell its current real estate holdings, provided: The sale is for fair market value as determined by an independent appraiser; and The proceeds are used for the benefit of the Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC). The act authorizes the transfer of the Rangely and Craig campuses of CNCC to the state board for community colleges and occupational education consistent with the original plan and statutory authority of the RJCD and the MCAJCD prior to the inadvertent repeal of statutes. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act specifies that a physician assistant who has been practicing for at least 3 years must comply with the same financial responsibility requirements to which physicians are subject, namely to maintain professional liability coverage of at least $1 million per incident and $3 million aggregate per year. Additionally, the act authorizes the Colorado medical board to exempt physician assistants from the financial responsibility requirements, or lessen the requirements, to the same extent permitted for physicians. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act states that, effective January 1, 2023, except as may be required by an athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics (association), including the National Collegiate Athletic Association, an institution of higher education (institution) shall not uphold any rule, requirement, standard, or other limitation that prevents a student athlete of the institution from earning compensation from the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness (compensation). A student athlete's earning of compensation may not affect the student's scholarship eligibility. An association shall neither prevent a student athlete from earning compensation nor prevent an institution from participating in intercollegiate athletics because a student athlete receives compensation. Neither an institution nor an association shall: Provide compensation to a current or prospective student athlete; Provide remuneration to a prospective student athlete for the prospective student athlete's athletic performance or potential athletic performance; or Prevent a student athlete from obtaining professional representation in relation to contracts or legal matters, including representation provided by athlete advisors and legal representation provided by attorneys. A student athlete shall not enter into a contract providing compensation to the student athlete (athlete contract) if the athlete contract conflicts with a contract of the team for which the student athlete competes (team contract). A team contract that is entered into, modified, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023, may not prevent a student athlete from using the student athlete's name, image, or likeness for a commercial purpose when the student athlete is not engaged in official team activities. A student athlete who enters into an athlete contract shall disclose the athlete contract to the athletic director of the institution within 72 hours after the student athlete enters into the athlete contract. A student athlete who is aggrieved by an act taken in violation of the act may bring an action for injunctive relief. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under current law, for an Amber alert, the Colorado bureau of investigation (CBI) sends notice to the federal communication's designated state emergency system broadcaster. Instead, the act requires the CBI to send the alert using technological applications that promote the largest reach of community notifications. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Effective January 7, 2025, the act: Removes Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln counties from the eighteenth judicial district; Creates a twenty-third judicial district comprised of those counties; Specifies the number of district court judges for that district; and Reduces the number of district court judges for the eighteenth judicial district. The act specifies that at the election in November of 2024: There will be an election for the district attorney for the eighteenth judicial district from the electors of Arapahoe county; There will be an election for the district attorney for the twenty-third judicial district from the electors of Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln counties; and Any district court judge of the eighteenth judicial district who is eligible for retention may stand for retention election from the electors of the eighteenth judicial district. The act clarifies that a district judge of the current eighteenth judicial district who is not up for a retention election in 2024 continues to serve as a district court judge for the remainder of the judge's current term, but the judge serves in the judicial district in which the judge resides. For the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" hearings from 2021 through 2025, the act directs the judicial department to consult with the counties of the eighteenth judicial district and report on its progress in making the system changes necessary to create the twenty-third judicial district, and for the SMART Act hearing in 2026, the act directs the judicial department to prepare a final report on how the creation of the new district went, including recommendations to the general assembly on how future changes to a judicial district might be made. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Instead of the international symbol of accessibility icon of a character in a wheelchair, any required accessibility signage in a facility must depict an accessible icon with a more dynamic character who leans forward in the wheelchair and who shows a sense of movement. This requirement applies to the construction, acquisition, or substantial renovation of any facility that contains 5,000 or more gross square feet, undertaken on and after the date the state architect obtains approval from the United States department of justice that, on a statewide basis, the accessible icon provides equal or greater access to persons with disabilities and is thus an equivalent facilitation under the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990". The state architect is required, with assistance from the Colorado advisory council for persons with disabilities, to seek this approval no later than January 1, 2021. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates the trusted interoperability platform advisory committee to develop a strategic plan to implement a trusted interoperability platform that securely exchanges information between criminal and juvenile justice systems and community health agencies. The act requires the committee to submit an initial strategic plan to the chief information officer no later than May 1, 2021, and a final strategic plan to specified committees of the general assembly no later than September 1, 2021. The act repeals the committee on October 1, 2021. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act enacts the "Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2020", also known as the "CROWN Act of 2020", which specifies that, for purposes of anti-discrimination laws in the context of public education, employment practices, housing, public accommodations, and advertising, protections against discrimination on the basis of one's race include hair texture, hair type, or a protective hairstyle commonly or historically associated with race, such as braids, locs, twists, tight coils or curls, cornrows, Bantu knots, Afros, and headwraps. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Existing law authorizes the executive director of a state agency to assign a state-owned motor vehicle to an officer or employee of the state agency (officer or employee) for commuting. A state-owned motor vehicle may also be used by an officer or employee for traveling away from home in connection with his or her job responsibilities. Pursuant to federal internal revenue service regulations, the commuting use of a state-owned motor vehicle is taxable to an officer or employee while the use of a state-owned motor vehicle for traveling away from home is not taxable to an officer or employee. Currently, a state-owned motor vehicle may be parked at an officer or employee's residence for more than one day per month only if the executive director of the state agency has assigned the vehicle to the officer or employee. The parking limitation does not distinguish between use of the state-owned motor vehicle for commuting and use of the vehicle for traveling away from home. This has caused confusion among state agencies regarding whether use of the vehicle is taxable to the officer or employee when a vehicle is parked at an officer or employee's residence for more than one night for the purpose of traveling away from home rather than for commuting. The act clarifies the provision regarding the number of nights a state-owned motor vehicle may be parked at an officer or employee's personal residence and specifies that the limitation does not apply if the officer or employee is using the state-owned motor vehicle for the purpose of traveling away from home. In addition, the act clarifies that commuting does not include traveling away from home as defined by the federal internal revenue service and that an officer or employee shall not use a state-owned motor vehicle for commuting unless such use is authorized pursuant to law. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
