Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-803

Current through Acts effective through 7/1/2024 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 25-3.5-803 - Definitions

As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Division" means the division within the department of public health and environment responsible for prevention services.

(2) "Entity" means any local government, county, district, or municipal public health agency, political subdivision of the state, county department of human or social services, state agency, state institution of higher education that offers a teacher education program, school, school district, or board of cooperative services or any private nonprofit or not-for-profit community-based organization. "Entity" also means a for-profit organization that applies for a grant for the sole purpose of providing a statewide public information campaign concerning tobacco use prevention and cessation.

(3) "Master settlement agreement" means the master settlement agreement, the smokeless tobacco master settlement agreement, and the consent decree approved and entered by the court in the case denominated State of Colorado, ex rel. Gale A. Norton, Attorney General v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; American Tobacco Co., Inc.; Brown &Williamson Tobacco Corp.; Liggett & Myers, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc.; Philip Morris, Inc.; United States Tobacco Co.; B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C.; The Council For Tobacco Research--U.S.A., Inc.; and Tobacco Institute, Inc., Case No. 97 CV 3432, in the district court for the city and county of Denver.

(4) "Program" means the tobacco education, prevention, and cessation grant program created in section 25-3.5-804.

(5) "State board" means the state board of health created in section 25-1-103.

C.R.S. § 25-3.5-803

Amended by 2018 Ch. 38, § 100, eff. 8/8/2018.

L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 614, § 13, effective May 18. L. 2005: (2) amended, p. 932, § 23, effective June 2. L. 2009: (1) amended, (SB 09 -292), ch. 369, p. 1970, § 85, effective August 5. L. 2010: (2) amended, (HB 10 -1422), ch. 419, p. 2092, § 89, effective August 11. L. 2018: (2) amended, (SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 441, § 100, effective August 8.

For the legislative declaration contained in the 2005 act amending subsection (2), see section 1 of chapter 241, Session Laws of Colorado 2005. For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.