Colorado § 24-50-902 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 24-50-902 — Definitions

Colorado § 24-50-902

Title 24Government

Art.State Personnel System -

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-902 (2026).

Text

As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)(a) Employee means, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), all state employees, including those employees within the state personnel system and those exempt from the state personnel system as specified in section 13 (2) of article XII of the state constitution.

(b)Employee does not include:

(I)An employee of the office of state planning and budgeting, the office of the state auditor, the joint budget committee, or the department of personnel;

(II)An elected official or member of the general assembly;

(III)The executive director, program manager, division director, or budget officer of a principal department; or

(IV)An employee of a governing board of an institution of higher education

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As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) (a) Employee means, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this
subsection (1), all state employees, including those employees within the state
personnel system and those exempt from the state personnel system as specified
in section 13 (2) of article XII of the state constitution.

(b) Employee does not include:

(I) An employee of the office of state planning and budgeting, the office of
the state auditor, the joint budget committee, or the department of personnel;

(II) An elected official or member of the general assembly;

(III) The executive director, program manager, division director, or budget
officer of a principal department; or

(IV) An employee of a governing board of an institution of higher education
or a higher education institutional system, an employee of an institution of higher
education or of a higher education institutional system, or an employee of the
Auraria higher education center created in article 70 of title 23, C.R.S.

(2) Executive director means a state agency's executive director or similar
senior level manager or managing director.

(3) Idea application means the application described in section 24-50-903
(1)(a).

(4) Projected savings means an amount calculated by a state agency that
may be realized by the agency directly as a result of an employee's idea
application.

(5) Savings realized means an amount calculated by a state agency that
was actually realized by the agency directly as a result of an employee's idea
application.

(6) State agency means any department, board, bureau, commission,
division, institution, office, or other agency of the executive, legislative, and judicial
branch of the state government. State agency shall not include an institution of
higher education.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2010: Entire part added, (HB 10-1264), ch. 284, p. 1330, � 1, effective August 11. L. 2011: (1)(b) and (6) amended, (HB 11-1301), ch. 297, p. 1427, � 21, effective August 10.