§ 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.

(5) Repealed.

(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.

(c) Repealed.

(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.

(e) Repealed.

(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.)

(j) Repealed.

(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.

(m) Repealed.

(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.

(9) The office of sustainability is created in section 24-30-2303. The office 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.

Legislative History

Source: 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. L. 2022: (8) added, (HB 22-1397), ch. 413, p. 2919, � 2, effective June 7; (2), (3), (4), (6), IP(7), (7)(a), (7)(b), (7)(d), (7)(f), (7)(g), (7)(h), (7)(k), and (7)(l) amended, (SB 22-162), ch. 469, p. 3418, � 191, effective August 10. L. 2024: (9) added, (SB 24-214), ch. 191, p. 1089, � 2, effective May 17.