Section 24-1-128 - Department of personnel - creation(1) Pursuant to the provisions of section 14 of article XII of the state constitution, there is hereby created a department of personnel, the head of which shall be the state personnel director, also referred to as the executive director of personnel, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.(2) The state personnel board, created in section 14 of article XII of the state constitution, is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of personnel, subject to the provisions of the state constitution.(3) The powers, duties, and functions of the department of personnel include the powers, duties, and functions of the civil service commission. The powers, duties, and functions of the civil service commission are allocated to the state personnel board and the state personnel director, pursuant to the provisions of the state constitution and laws enacted pursuant thereto, and the civil service commission is abolished.(4) The powers, duties, and functions of the department of personnel include the powers, duties, and functions of the state employees' and officials' group insurance board of administration, created in part 2 of article 8 of title 10, prior to its repeal in 1994. The powers, duties, and functions of the state employees' and officials' group insurance board of administration are allocated to the state personnel director, pursuant to the provisions of the state constitution and laws enacted pursuant thereto, and the state employees' and officials' group insurance board of administration is abolished.(6) The powers, duties, and functions of the department of personnel include the powers, duties, and functions of the department of administration, and the department of administration is abolished.(7) The powers, duties, and functions of the department of personnel include the following administrative support services:(a) The powers, duties, and functions concerning purchasing, specified in part 2 of article 102 of this title 24.(b) The powers, duties, and functions concerning state archives and public records, specified in part 1 of article 80 of this title 24.(d) The powers, duties, and functions concerning accounts and control and the office of the controller, specified in part 2 of article 30 of this title 24. The office of the controller is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of personnel.(f) The office of administrative courts, the head of which is the executive director of the department of personnel. The office of administrative courts, created in part 10 of article 30 of this title 24, is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of personnel.(g) The powers, duties, and functions concerning central services, specified in part 11 of article 30 of this title 24.(h) The powers, duties, and functions concerning the risk management system, specified in part 15 of article 30 of this title 24.(i) (Deleted by amendment, L. 96, p. 1493, § 1, effective June 1, 1996.)(k) The powers, duties, and functions concerning state buildings, specified by part 13 of article 30 of this title 24 and formerly vested in the office of state planning and budgeting.(l) The state claims board, created in part 15 of article 30 of this title 24. The state claims board is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of personnel.(8) The statewide equity office, created in section 24-50-146 (2)(a), and its powers, duties, and functions are transferred by a type 2 transfer to the department of personnel.Amended by 2022 Ch. 469, § 191, eff. 8/10/2022.Amended by 2022 Ch. 413, § 2, eff. 6/7/2022.L. 71: p. 302, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-28-34. L. 74: Entire section added, p. 401, § 2, effective July 1. L. 89: (4) and (5) added, pp. 487, 1646, §§ 16, 22, effective July 1. L. 95: (6) and (7) added, p. 624, § 3, effective July 1. L. 96: (7)(a) to (7)(e) and (7)(g) to (7)(i) amended, p. 1493, § 1, effective June 1. L. 99: (7)(m) repealed, p. 872, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 1861, § 72, effective August 2. L. 2004: (7)(j) repealed, p. 304, § 2, effective April 7. L. 2005: (7)(f) amended, p. 851, § 1, effective June 1. L. 2008: (7)(c) and (7)(e) repealed, p. 1129, § 11, effective May 22. L. 2009: (5) repealed, (SB 09 -066), ch. 73, p. 260, § 25, effective July 1.The reference in subsection (4) of this section concerning the state employees' and officials' group insurance board of administration created in part 2 of article 8 of title 10 was repealed, effective May 19, 1994, but has been left in for historical purposes.
2022 Ch. 469, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3). For the legislative declaration contained in the 1995 act enacting subsections (6) and (7), see section 112 of chapter 167, Session Laws of Colorado 1995.