As used in this part 15, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1)Board means the state claims board created in section 24-30-1508.
(3)Executive director means the executive director of the department of
personnel.
(4)Final money judgment means any judgment for monetary damages
against the state after all appropriate appeals of such judgment have been
exhausted.
(4.3) Liability protection means professional liability protection for
damages from any negligent professional act, error, or omission on the part of the
members of the board of supervisors of each local conservation district.
(4.5) Property means both real property as defined in section 39-1-102 (14)
and personal property as defined in section 39-1-102 (11). For purposes of the self-insured property
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As used in this part 15, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) Board means the state claims board created in section 24-30-1508.
(2) Repealed.
(3) Executive director means the executive director of the department of
personnel.
(4) Final money judgment means any judgment for monetary damages
against the state after all appropriate appeals of such judgment have been
exhausted.
(4.3) Liability protection means professional liability protection for
damages from any negligent professional act, error, or omission on the part of the
members of the board of supervisors of each local conservation district.
(4.5) Property means both real property as defined in section 39-1-102 (14)
and personal property as defined in section 39-1-102 (11). For purposes of the self-insured property fund, personal property means personal property owned by the
state of Colorado or personal property leased by the state of Colorado for which
the state is required to provide insurance under the terms of a lease, financed
purchase of an asset, or certificate of participation agreement. For purposes of the
self-insured property fund, personal property does not include aircraft owned by
the state of Colorado or vehicles licensed for use on highways or roads. For
purposes of the self-insured property fund, real property means buildings owned
by the state of Colorado or buildings leased by the state of Colorado for which the
state is required to provide insurance under the terms of a lease or financed
purchase of an asset agreement, or certificate of participation.
(5) (a) State agency means any principal department of the state, any state
agency, institution, or hospital, any board, commission, advisory board, or other
entity established by law within or as an advisory to any existing state department,
institution, or agency, and any state-supported institution of higher education or
other instrumentality thereof, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection
(5) and in section 24-30-1517 (2), and the legislative and judicial departments of the
state. The term also includes the Colorado state fair authority created pursuant to
section 35-65-401, C.R.S., and any conservation district organized and certified
pursuant to article 70 of title 35, C.R.S.; except that, in the case of conservation
districts, such inclusion under the risk management fund is only for the purpose of
liability protection as defined in subsection (4.3) of this section.
(b) The governing board of each institution of higher education, including the
Auraria higher education center established in article 70 of title 23, C.R.S., by
formal action of the governing board, and the Colorado commission on higher
education, by formal action of the commission, may elect to be excluded from the
meaning of state agency pursuant to this subsection (5) and may obtain a risk
management program independent of the program created pursuant to this part 15.
Nothing in this paragraph (b) shall be construed to affect the exempt status of any
institution in the university of Colorado system, including the university of Colorado
at Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs, and the university of Colorado health
sciences center, from the state risk management system pursuant to section 24-30-1517 (2), or to require the governing board of any such institution in the
university of Colorado system to take formal action in order to be exempt from the
definition of state agency.
(6) Workers' compensation means protection afforded to a state employee
pursuant to articles 40 to 47 of title 8, C.R.S.
Source: L. 85, 1st Ex. Sess.: Entire part added, p. 4, � 1, effective September
27. L. 86: (5) amended, p. 895, � 1, effective February 27; (4.5) added, p. 891, � 1,
effective April 17; (5) amended, p. 536, � 40, effective July 1, 1987. L. 86, 2nd Ex.
Sess.: (4.5) amended, p. 64, � 2, effective August 25. L. 87: (5) amended, p. 979, � 2,
effective July 1; (4.3) added, p. 979, � 1, effective July 10. L. 90: (6) added, p. 1195, �
2, effective May 24. L. 91: (5) amended, p. 1913, � 25, effective June 1. L. 95: (3)
amended, p. 650, � 58, effective July 1. L. 96: (2) repealed, p. 1503, � 17, effective
June 1. L. 2000: (5) amended, p. 284, � 2, effective July 1. L. 2002: (4.3) and (5)
amended, p. 516, � 10, effective July 1. L. 2004: (5) amended, p. 602, � 2, effective
July 1. L. 2012: (5)(b) amended, (HB 12-1081), ch. 210, p. 903, � 6, effective August 8. L. 2021: (4.5) amended, (HB 21-1316), ch. 325, p. 2025, � 34, effective July 1.