As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1)Coal transition community means a Colorado municipality, county, or
region where a coal transition facility or a center for the manufacturing or
transportation supply chain of a coal transition facility was or is located.
(1.5) Coal transition facility means a Colorado coal-fueled electrical power
generating plant that was in operation at any time in 2017, or a Colorado coal mine
that was actively producing at any time in 2017.
(2)Coal transition worker means a Colorado resident who works or worked
in a coal transition facility or in the manufacturing or transportation supply chain of
a coal transition facility.
(2.5) Coal transition workforce assistance program account or account
means the coal transition work
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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) Coal transition community means a Colorado municipality, county, or
region where a coal transition facility or a center for the manufacturing or
transportation supply chain of a coal transition facility was or is located.
(1.5) Coal transition facility means a Colorado coal-fueled electrical power
generating plant that was in operation at any time in 2017, or a Colorado coal mine
that was actively producing at any time in 2017.
(2) Coal transition worker means a Colorado resident who works or worked
in a coal transition facility or in the manufacturing or transportation supply chain of
a coal transition facility.
(2.5) Coal transition workforce assistance program account or account
means the coal transition workforce assistance program account created in section
8-83-504.5.
(3) Director means the director of the office.
(4) Disproportionately impacted community has the meaning set forth in
section 24-4-109 (2)(b)(II).
(5) Eligible entity means the following entities that serve a coal transition
community and that may apply for a grant:
(a) An economic development district;
(b) A county, municipality, city and county, or other political subdivision of
the state;
(c) An Indian tribe;
(d) An apprenticeship program that is registered with the United States
department of labor or a state apprenticeship agency recognized by the United
States department of labor;
(e) An institution of higher education; and
(f) A public or private nonprofit organization or association.
(5.5) Executive director means the executive director of the department of
labor and employment.
(6) Fund means the just transition cash fund created in section 8-83-504.
(7) Just transition plan means the plan, in draft or final form, prepared by
the just transition advisory committee as outlined in section 8-83-503 (6) and
submitted by the director as outlined in section 8-83-503 (4), or any subsequent
version of the plan developed through a similar process.
(8) Office means the just transition office created in section 8-83-503 (1).
(9) Tier one coal transition worker means a coal transition worker who was
laid off on or after January 1, 2017, or who the director determines is reasonably
likely to be laid off in the future, from employment in a coal transition facility or the
manufacturing or transportation supply chain of a coal transition facility if the
proximate cause of the actual or anticipated loss of employment is either the
closure or conversion of a coal-fueled electrical power generating plant in Colorado
or a contiguous state or what the director determines to be a sustained and likely
permanent decline in broader coal markets due to similar closures or conversions
nationally and globally.
(10) Tier one transition community means a coal transition community that
the director, with the concurrence of the executive directors of the department and
the department of local affairs, determines has already experienced or is at risk of
experiencing significant economic disruption, the proximate cause of which is
either the closure or conversion of a coal-fueled electrical power generating plant
in Colorado or a contiguous state or a sustained and likely permanent decline in
broader coal markets due to similar closures or conversions nationally and globally.
(11) Tier two coal transition worker means a coal transition worker who is
not a tier one coal transition worker.
(12) Tier two transition community means a coal transition community that
the director, with the concurrence of the executive directors of the department and
the department of local affairs, determines has not yet met the criteria required to
be a tier one transition community.
(13) Wage differential benefit means supplemental income covering all or
part of the difference between an individual's previous employment in a coal mine,
coal-fueled electrical power generating plant, or the manufacturing and
transportation supply chains of either and new employment or supplemental
income during job retraining.