§ 24-92-201 — Definitions

Colorado § 24-92-201

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Construction Bidding for Public Projects

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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Agency of government means any agency, department, division, board,
bureau, commission, institution, or section of the state which is a budgetary unit
exercising construction contracting authority or discretion. Agency of
government does not include any county, city and county, city, municipality, town,
school district, special district, or any other political subdivision of the state.

(2) Contractor means any person having a contract for a public project with
an agency of government.

(3) Director means the director of the department of personnel.

(4) Employees means workers who are employees pursuant to section 8-4-101 (5), and who are engaged by contractors or subcontractors to perform jobs on
various types of public projects including mechanics, laborers, and other
construction workers.

(5) Public project means any construction, alteration, repair, demolition, or
improvement of any land, building, structure, facility, road, highway, bridge, or other
public improvement suitable for and intended for use in the promotion of public
health, welfare, or safety and any operation or maintenance programs for the
operation and upkeep of such projects. Public project includes any work,
construction, or repair performed by a private party through a contract to rent,
lease, or purchase at least fifty percent of the project by one or more agencies of
government.

(6) Wages, scale of wages, wage rates, minimum wages, and
prevailing wages means:

(a) The basic hourly rate of pay; and

(b) For medical or hospital care, pensions on retirement or death,
compensation for injuries or illness resulting from occupational activity, or
insurance to provide any of the forgoing, for unemployment benefits, life insurance,
disability and sickness insurance, or accident insurance, for vacation and holiday
pay, for defraying the costs of apprenticeship or other similar programs, or for other
bona fide fringe benefits, but only where the contractor or subcontractor is not
required by other federal, state, or local law to provide any of those benefits, the
amount of:

(I) The rate of contribution irrevocably made by a contractor or
subcontractor to a trustee or to a third person under a fund, plan, or program; and

(II) The rate of costs to the contractor or subcontractor that may be
reasonably anticipated in providing benefits to employees pursuant to an
enforceable commitment to carry out a financially responsible plan or program
which was communicated in writing to the employees affected.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-196), ch. 316, p. 2949, � 2, effective August 2.