(1) There is hereby created a department of local affairs, the head of which shall be the executive director of the department of local affairs, which office is hereby created. The executive director shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The reappointment of an executive director after initial election of a governor shall be subject to the provisions of section 24-20-109. The executive director shall have those powers, duties, and functions prescribed for heads of principal departments in the "Administrative Organization Act of 1968", article 1 of this title. (2) The department of local affairs consists of the following divisions: (a) (I) The division of local government, the head of which is the director of local government. The division of local government and the office of the director of local government, created in part 1 of article 32 of this title 24, are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of local affairs. (II) The division of local government includes the Colorado resiliency office, the head of which is the director of the Colorado resiliency office. The Colorado resiliency office is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the division of local government and the department of local affairs. (b) The division of property taxation, the head of which is the property tax administrator, created in section 39-2-101. The division of property taxation and the property tax administrator are type 1 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105. Except for the powers, duties, and functions of the former Colorado tax commission that are vested with the board of assessment appeals pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the powers, duties, and functions of the property tax administrator and the division of property taxation, as is otherwise provided in law, include the rule-making, administrative, and enforcement powers, duties, and functions of the former Colorado tax commission. (c) (I) The division of commerce and development, the head of which is the director of commerce and development. The division of commerce and development and the office of the director thereof, created in part 3 of article 32 of this title 24, are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of local affairs. (II) Repealed. (d) and (e) Repealed. (f) The division of housing, created in the "Colorado Housing Act of 1970", part 7 of article 32 of this title 24. The division of housing is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1- 105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of local affairs. (g) The division of planning, the head of which is the director of the division of planning. The division of planning and the office of the director, created in part 2 of article 32 of this title 24, are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of local affairs. (h) Repealed. (i) The office of rural development, the head of which is the coordinator of rural development. The office of rural development and the position of coordinator of rural development, created in part 8 of article 32 of this title 24, are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of local affairs. (j) Repealed. (k) The office of the Colorado youth service corps, created in part 20 of article 32 of this title 24. The office of the Colorado youth service corps is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of local affairs. (l) and (m) Repealed. (3) The board of assessment appeals, created in article 2 of title 39, is vested with the quasi-judicial powers, duties, and functions of the former Colorado tax commission, and constitutes a part of the department of local affairs. The board of assessment appeals is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105. (4) The advisory committee to the property tax administrator, created in article 2 of title 39, constitutes a part of the department of local affairs . The advisory committee to the property tax administrator is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department. (5) to (9) Repealed. (10) The office of smart growth, created in section 24-32-3203, in the department of local affairs is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department. (11) The office of homeless youth services is created in the department pursuant to section 24-32-723.
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