Colorado § 43-1-114 Highway maintenance division - creation

Colorado Statutes

§ 43-1-114 — Highway maintenance division - creation

Colorado § 43-1-114

Title 43Transportation

Art.General and Administrative

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-114 (2026).

Text

(1)There is hereby created a highway maintenance division in the department of transportation. The executive director shall appoint the director of the division, and either the executive director, the director of the division, or another designee of the executive director shall appoint other necessary staff of the division in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution.

(2)The highway maintenance division and the director of the division are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department and the executive director.

(3)Whenever the chief engineer is authorized to enter into contracts or agreements, the contracts or agreements must be executed in the

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(1) There is hereby
created a highway maintenance division in the department of transportation. The
executive director shall appoint the director of the division, and either the executive
director, the director of the division, or another designee of the executive director
shall appoint other necessary staff of the division in accordance with the provisions
of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution.

(2) The highway maintenance division and the director of the division are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and
perform their duties and functions under the department and the executive
director.

(3) Whenever the chief engineer is authorized to enter into contracts or
agreements, the contracts or agreements must be executed in the name of the
department of transportation, state of Colorado, by the chief engineer, or his or her
designee. Whenever the chief engineer is authorized to acquire or convey real or
personal property, title thereto must be acquired or conveyed in the name of the
department of transportation, state of Colorado, and all such conveyances must be
executed by the chief engineer, or his or her designee. All suits or proceedings
brought by or against the chief engineer must be in the name of the department of
transportation, state of Colorado.

(4) It is the duty of the director of the highway maintenance division, in the
administration of the division, to organize the division so that all division employees
so far as possible, are interchangeable in work assignment and may be shifted
within the division to meet seasonal and emergency demands.

Legislative History

Source: L. 91: Entire part R&RE, p. 1039, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (HB 15-1209), ch. 64, p. 175, � 6, effective March 30. L. 2022: (2) amended, (SB 22-162), ch. 469, p. 3431, � 219, effective August 10.