§ 24-1-135.5 — Boards and commissions - definitions

Colorado § 24-1-135.5

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Administrative Organization Act of 1968

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(1) As used in this
section, board includes any board, commission, committee, task force, or other
similar body created in the state constitution or state statute.

(2) Unless a section of the state constitution or a statute creating a board
provides otherwise:

(a) Any vacancy in an appointed office on a board arising for any reason
other than the expiration of the member's term shall be filled by the appointing
authority who made the initial appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.
An appointment to fill a vacancy is subject to the same qualifications and conditions
as set forth in statute or in the state constitution for the vacant position. The staff
of a state agency that provides staff support to the board, or, if no agency provides
staff support to the board, the chair of the board, shall notify the appointing
authority for the vacant position of the vacancy by email within thirty days of the
vacancy occurring.

(b) Notwithstanding the term length set forth in statute or the state
constitution, an appointed member continues to serve until the member's successor
is duly appointed.

(c) When the director or executive director of an executive agency, a division
of an executive agency, or an office within an executive agency is an ex officio
member of a board, the director or executive director may designate another
person within the executive agency to fulfill the director or executive director's
duties on the board.

(d) When a constitutional or statutory provision that creates or concerns
activities of a board includes a requirement that applies to a minimum majority of
the membership of a board, minimum majority means the lowest number of
members that is more than half of all board members.

(e) A member of a board may participate remotely in board meetings if
allowed by the board's policies or bylaws, including for the purposes of establishing
a quorum of the board. Remote participation by a member at a board meeting must
be recorded in the meeting minutes.

(f) For the purposes of any term limit that applies to the members of a board,
a partial term counts toward the term limit only if the partial term was more than
half the length of a standard term for a member of that board.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2022: Entire section added, (SB 22-013), ch. 2, p. 3, � 2, effective February 25.