§ 24-32-3603 — Definitions - rules

Colorado § 24-32-3603

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Department of Local Affairs

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As used in this part 36, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Department means the department of local affairs.

(2) Executive director means the executive director of the department or
the executive director's designee.

(3) (a) Rural means:

(I) A county with a population of fewer than fifty thousand; or

(II) A municipality with a population of fewer than twenty thousand if the
municipality is not contiguous to a municipality with a population of twenty
thousand or more.

(b) The executive director may modify, by rule, the definition of rural as
necessary to implement this part 36.

(4) Significant economic event or event means an economic event
occurring within a rural community or region, such as a plant closure or layoffs,
including industry-wide layoffs, that may have a significant, quantifiable impact on
the total number of jobs within the rural community, as determined by the executive
director when considering applications for nonmonetary assistance pursuant to
section 24-32-3604.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2018: Entire part added, (SB 18-005), ch. 53, p. 497, � 1, effective August 8.