(1)The
program participant, and not the executive director or his or her designee, is
responsible for requesting that a state or local government agency use the
participant's substitute address as the participant's residential, work, or school
address for all purposes for which the agency requires or requests such residential,
work, or school address.
(2)Except as otherwise provided in this section or unless the executive
director or his or her designee grants a state or local government agency's request
for a disclosure pursuant to section 24-30-2110, when a program participant
submits a current and valid address confidentiality program authorization card to
the agency, the agency shall accept the substitute address designation by the
executive director or his or her designee
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(1) The
program participant, and not the executive director or his or her designee, is
responsible for requesting that a state or local government agency use the
participant's substitute address as the participant's residential, work, or school
address for all purposes for which the agency requires or requests such residential,
work, or school address.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section or unless the executive
director or his or her designee grants a state or local government agency's request
for a disclosure pursuant to section 24-30-2110, when a program participant
submits a current and valid address confidentiality program authorization card to
the agency, the agency shall accept the substitute address designation by the
executive director or his or her designee on the card as the participant's address to
be used as the participant's residential, work, or school address when creating a
new public record. The substitute address given to the agency shall be the last-known address for the participant used by the agency until such time that the
agency receives notification pursuant to section 24-30-2107 (3). The agency may
make a photocopy of the card for the records of the agency and thereafter shall
immediately return the card to the program participant.
(3) (a) A designated election official as defined in section 1-1-104 (8), C.R.S.,
shall use the actual address of a program participant for precinct designation and
all official election-related purposes and shall keep the participant's actual address
confidential from the public. The election official shall use the substitute address
for all correspondence and mailings placed in the United States mail. The substitute
address shall not be used as an address for voter registration.
(b) A state or local government agency's access to a program participant's
voter registration shall be governed by the disclosure process set forth in section
24-30-2110.
(c) The provisions of this subsection (3) shall apply only to a program
participant who submits a current and valid address confidentiality program
authorization card when registering to vote.
(d) The provisions of this subsection (3) shall not apply to a program
participant who registers to vote pursuant to section 1-2-213, C.R.S.
(4) Repealed.
(5) The substitute address shall not be used for purposes of listing,
appraising, or assessing property taxes and collecting property taxes under the
provisions of title 39, C.R.S.
(6) Whenever a program participant is required by law to swear or affirm to
the participant's address, the participant may use his or her substitute address.
(7) The substitute address shall not be used for purposes of assessing any
taxes or fees on a motor vehicle or for titling or registering a motor vehicle.
Notwithstanding any provision of section 24-72-204 (7) to the contrary, any record
that includes a program participant's actual address pursuant to this subsection (7)
shall be confidential and not available for inspection by anyone other than the
program participant.
(8) The substitute address shall not be used on any document related to real
property recorded with a county clerk and recorder.
(9) A school district shall accept the substitute address as the address of
record and shall verify student enrollment eligibility through the executive director
or his or her designee. The executive director or his or her designee shall facilitate
the transfer of student records from one school to another.
(10) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a program participant's
actual address and telephone number maintained by a state or local government
agency or disclosed by the executive director or his or her designee is not a public
record that is subject to inspection pursuant to the provisions of part 2 of article 72
of this title. This subsection (10) shall not apply to the following:
(a) To any public record created more than ninety days prior to the date that
the program participant applied to be certified in the program; or
(b) If a program participant voluntarily requests that a state or local
government agency use the participant's actual address or voluntarily gives the
actual address to the state or local government agency.
(11) For any public record created within ninety days prior to the date that a
program participant applied to be certified in the program, a state or local
government agency shall redact the actual address from a public record or change
the actual address to the substitute address in the public record, if a program
participant who presents a current and valid program authorization card requests
the agency that maintains the public record to use the substitute address instead of
the actual address on the public record.