Colorado § 8-1-117 Director to have access to books - penalty

Colorado Statutes

§ 8-1-117 — Director to have access to books - penalty

Colorado § 8-1-117

Title 08Labor and

Art.Division of Labor Standards and Statistics -

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-1-117 (2026).

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(1)All books, records, and payrolls of employers, showing or reflecting in any way upon the amount of wage expenditure of such employers, and other data, facts, and statistics appertaining to the purposes of this article shall always be open for inspection by the director or any of his deputies or agents for the purpose of ascertaining the conditions of employment and such other information as may be necessary for the uses and purposes of the director in his administration of the law.

(2)Any employer that refuses to exhibit and furnish to the director or any agents of the division an inspection of any books, records, and payrolls of the employer, showing or reflecting in any way upon the amount of wage expenditure of the employer, and other data, facts, and statistics appertain

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(1) All books, records,
and payrolls of employers, showing or reflecting in any way upon the amount of
wage expenditure of such employers, and other data, facts, and statistics
appertaining to the purposes of this article shall always be open for inspection by
the director or any of his deputies or agents for the purpose of ascertaining the
conditions of employment and such other information as may be necessary for the
uses and purposes of the director in his administration of the law.

(2) Any employer that refuses to exhibit and furnish to the director or any
agents of the division an inspection of any books, records, and payrolls of the
employer, showing or reflecting in any way upon the amount of wage expenditure
of the employer, and other data, facts, and statistics appertaining to the purposes
of this article 1 or that refuses to admit the director or any agent of the division to
any place of employment shall pay a penalty of not less than fifty dollars for each
day that the failure, neglect, or refusal continues. The division shall transmit any
penalty imposed and collected pursuant to this section to the state treasurer, who
shall credit the money to the wage theft enforcement fund created in section 8-4-113 (3).

Legislative History

Source: L. 15: p. 574, � 21. L. 21: p. 835, � 7. C.L. � 4345. CSA: C. 97, � 23. CRS 53: � 80-1-21. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-1-21. L. 69: p. 580, � 35. L. 72: p. 604, � 104. L. 2022: (2) amended, (SB 22-161), ch. 370, p. 2627, � 3, effective August 10.