C.R.S. Section 24-32-3001
Community-based access grant program

  • powers and duties of department of local affairs
  • definitions
  • legislative declaration

(1)

As used in this section:

(a)

“Aggregate” means to aggregate or consolidate the telecommunications service requirements of all or a substantial portion of the public offices within a community into a coordinated and rational network plan for the provision and procurement of telecommunications services so as to maximize economies of scale and combine the buying power of the entities operating such offices.

(b)

“Community” means a geographically contiguous and distinct population, self-defined for the purposes of applying for the grant resources described in this section, and having a sponsoring fiscal agent that is a political subdivision of the state.

(c)

“Connect” and “connection” refer to the establishment of a full-time, dedicated, digital network connection between a public office and the state network.

(d)

“Department” means the department of local affairs, created in section 24-1-125.

(e)

“Director” means the executive director of the department.

(f)

“End-user equipment” means hardware and software that are identified with a specific public office or other physical location and that can operate independently of the state network. The term includes, without limitation, personal computers, network servers, local area networks, and video conferencing equipment.

(g)

“Private-sector telecommunications provider” means a private corporation, whether or not operated for profit, that offers telephone, cable, wireless, or other telecommunications services to the public.

(h)

“Public office” means any building, office, or facility that is physically located within the geographic boundaries of a community and is owned or operated by:

(I)

An agency or political subdivision of the state or of any local government, including, but not limited to, a state administrative agency, a public school or college, a library, a county or municipal government, and a public hospital or health-care facility; or

(II)

A nonprofit hospital.

(2)

The department shall establish a community-based access grant program under which the department shall allocate capital construction funds appropriated to the department for this purpose to communities seeking to aggregate the telecommunications services required by the public offices within the community to connect to the digital network operated by the department of personnel pursuant to article 30 of this title. Said telecommunications services shall be procured by the communities from private-sector telecommunications providers.

(3)

The use of moneys allocated under this section shall be limited as follows:

(a)

Expenditures shall be made only in accordance with proposals that result in material improvements in the availability and competitive cost of advanced, digital telecommunications services to the community as compared to other communities of comparable size and characteristics.

(b)

Expenditures shall be made only for services procured by the community from private-sector telecommunications service providers.

(c)

Expenditures shall be made only for costs associated with:

(I)

Terminating communications equipment at a public office;

(II)

Leased digital telecommunications services associated with connecting a public office to the state’s digital network; and

(III)

Appropriate cost-recovery charges for the use of the state’s digital network.

(d)

No expenditures shall be made for costs associated with connecting public offices that already have connections; except that such public offices may be reimbursed for their net, new incremental costs incurred as a result of their inclusion in the community’s plan for the aggregation of telecommunications services.

(e)

No expenditures shall be made for end-user equipment, applications development, maintenance, training, or other similar costs incurred by a public office or organization.

(f)

Moneys shall be disbursed only to the fiscal agent acting on behalf of a community.

(4)

The department shall receive and evaluate proposals for funding under this section, subject to the following policy directives:

(a)

The proposal process shall be conducted with the overall goal of providing funding to every community whose proposal is of high quality and competitive with those of communities of comparable size and characteristics.

(b)

Priority shall be given to those communities proposing to aggregate the traffic of, and obtain participation from, the greatest proportion of the public offices within the community. To qualify for consideration, proposals shall list all public offices in the community and, as to each such public office, shall specify whether or not the public office is to be connected under the proposal. In addition, increased priority shall be given to those communities that show participation of private- and nonprofit-sector telecommunications consumers in the total aggregated demand.

(c)

In accordance with measurable criteria established in advance by the department, the department shall consider the degree of cash and in-kind matching funds to be provided by the community, consistent with the community’s resources.

(5)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, the department may allocate up to ten percent of the capital construction appropriation for technical assistance, training, engineering, and consulting to prepare plans, program documents, life-cycle cost studies, requests for proposals and other studies, and documents associated with and necessary for the development of proposals under this section.

(6)

The department shall coordinate the allocation of the capital construction funds appropriated to it for the purposes of this section with the schedule of deployment for the state’s digital networks.

(7)

In the funding of aggregated access for communities, the department shall require that public entities participating in the aggregation of traffic locally demonstrate the ability to divert or separate local traffic, including but not limited to internet and voice traffic, from the point of aggregation to a local destination.

(8)

The department shall allocate the capital construction funds appropriated to it for the purposes of this section in such a manner as to reduce geographic disparity throughout the state in the availability and cost of advanced communications services.

(9)

The department shall report to and make an appearance before the capital development committee at the conclusion of each fiscal year of operation of this program.

(10)

The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the aggregation of local public telecommunications services is a new state program and that administration of the program requires services of a specialized, technical nature that are not available within the state personnel system. The director is therefore authorized to contract with a private person, corporation, or entity for the administration of the community-based access grant program described in subsection (2) of this section if the contract otherwise complies with part 5 of article 50 of this title, concerning contracts for personal services.

(11)

During the initial year of funding, the department of local affairs shall allocate the moneys made available for the purposes of this section in a manner that:

(a)

Provides technical assistance for strategic telecommunications planning to communities that require help in preparing competitive proposals for future funding;

(b)

Evaluates the relationship between the size of a community and the ability to successfully attract investment through aggregation; and

(c)

Gives priority to proposals that demonstrate a high probability of success through sufficient prior strategic telecommunications planning, local managerial expertise, and technical feasibility of the chosen bid from the private vendor.

Source: Section 24-32-3001 — Community-based access grant program - powers and duties of department of local affairs - definitions - legislative declaration, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-24.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

24‑32‑101
Legislative declaration 24‑32‑102
Definitions 24‑32‑103
Division of local government - created 24‑32‑104
Functions of the division - interconnectivity grant program - interconnectivity grant program fund - reporting - definition 24‑32‑105
Limitation of authority of division 24‑32‑106
Powers of the director 24‑32‑107
Payment of expenses and salaries 24‑32‑108
Establishment of a file 24‑32‑109
Notice of change - failure to file - effect 24‑32‑115
Economic self-sufficiency - development of standards - rules - fund - legislative declaration 24‑32‑116
Inventory of local governmental entities - information required - definitions 24‑32‑118
Military and community partnerships 24‑32‑118.5
Mobile veterans-support unit grant program - fund created - report - definitions - repeal 24‑32‑119
Gray and black market marijuana enforcement grant program - report - definition 24‑32‑120
Justice reinvestment crime prevention initiative - program - rules - cash funds - reports - definitions - repeal 24‑32‑121
Colorado resiliency office - creation - director - repeal 24‑32‑122
Colorado resiliency office - duties and powers - repeal 24‑32‑123
Defense counsel on first appearance grant program - rules - report - definition - repeal 24‑32‑124
Law enforcement community services grant program - committee - policies and procedures - fund - rules - report - definitions 24‑32‑126
Strategic action plan for upcoming decennial census 24‑32‑127
Community substance use and mental health services grant program - creation - legislative intent 24‑32‑128
Rural economic development initiative grant program - creation - report - definitions 24‑32‑130
Local government affordable housing development incentives grant program - local government planning grant program - creation - report - definitions 24‑32‑131
Best practices in policing study 24‑32‑132
Small community-based nonprofit infrastructure grant program - creation - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal 24‑32‑133
Infrastructure and strong communities grant program - creation - fund - reporting - definitions - repeal 24‑32‑134
Disaster resilience rebuilding program - fund - creation - policies - report - definitions 24‑32‑202
Division of planning - creation 24‑32‑203
Duties of the division of planning 24‑32‑204
Population statistics, estimates, and projections 24‑32‑205
Assistance to local planning agencies 24‑32‑207
Reference in contracts, documents 24‑32‑301
Division of commerce and development - creation - director - assistants 24‑32‑302
Purpose 24‑32‑303
Authority and responsibility of the director 24‑32‑305
Offices of division - expenses and salaries - reports and publications 24‑32‑306
Matching funds - gifts - bequests 24‑32‑307
Reference in contracts, documents 24‑32‑701
Short title 24‑32‑702
Legislative declaration 24‑32‑703
Definitions 24‑32‑704
Division of housing - director 24‑32‑705
Functions of division 24‑32‑705.5
Annual public report on funding of affordable housing preservation and production - definition - repeal 24‑32‑706
State housing board 24‑32‑707
Powers of board 24‑32‑717
Housing investment trust fund - loans - definitions 24‑32‑718
Publicly assisted housing - notice of termination - database - high energy performance building standard program - definitions 24‑32‑721
Colorado affordable housing construction grants and loans - housing development grant fund - creation - housing assistance for persons with behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorders - cash fund - appropriation - report to general assembly - rules - definitions - repeal 24‑32‑721.3
Middle income access program - contract with Colorado housing and finance authority for administration of funds - appropriation 24‑32‑721.7
Affordable housing guided toolkit and local officials guide program - creation 24‑32‑723
Office of homeless youth services - creation - function - duties - definitions 24‑32‑724
Fort Lyon property - supportive residential community - definitions - repeal 24‑32‑726
Financial literacy and exchange program - creation - FLEX accounts - FLEX cash fund - short title - legislative declaration - definitions 24‑32‑727
Denver-metropolitan regional navigation campuses grant - regional navigation campuses cash fund - creation - definitions 24‑32‑728
Mobile home park resident empowerment loan program - fund - creation - policies - report - legislative declaration - definitions 24‑32‑729
Transformational affordable housing through local investments - grant program - investments eligible for funding - report - definitions - repeal 24‑32‑730
Ridge View Supportive Residential Community at the Ridge View campus - report - legislative declaration 24‑32‑731
Revolving loan fund - eligible projects - report - definitions - legislative declaration 24‑32‑732
Connecting Coloradans experiencing homelessness with services, recovery care, and housing supports grant program - funding - report - definitions - repeal 24‑32‑733
Task force on corporate housing ownership - creation - membership - issues of study - additional duties - report - compensation - staff support - definitions - repeal 24‑32‑801
Legislative declaration 24‑32‑802
Office of rural development created 24‑32‑803
Duties of the office 24‑32‑901
Legislative declaration 24‑32‑902
Definitions 24‑32‑904.5
Compliance with national standards - recreational park trailers - recreational vehicles 24‑32‑907
Injunctive relief 24‑32‑909
Violation - penalty 24‑32‑1201
Legislative declaration 24‑32‑1202
Definitions 24‑32‑1203
State clearinghouse designated - duties - limitations 24‑32‑1620
Effect of repeal of sections 24‑32‑1701
Short title 24‑32‑1702
Legislative declaration 24‑32‑1703
Definitions 24‑32‑1704
Allocation of state ceiling 24‑32‑1705
Allocations to state issuing authorities 24‑32‑1706
Allocations to designated local issuing authorities 24‑32‑1707
Statewide balance 24‑32‑1708
Bond issuance and mortgage credit certificate election - reporting requirement 24‑32‑1709
Application for allocation from statewide balance 24‑32‑1709.5
Administrative costs of the department - private activity bond allocation fund - creation 24‑32‑1710
Notifications and validity of allocations from the statewide balance 24‑32‑1711
Statewide balance carryforward allocations 24‑32‑1712
Time period must end on business day 24‑32‑1713
Effect of mortgage credit certificate election or issuance of bonds without allocation 24‑32‑1714
Severability 24‑32‑1715
Agreement with bond owners 24‑32‑2001
Legislative declaration 24‑32‑2002
Definitions 24‑32‑2003
Colorado youth conservation and service corps council - creation - membership - duties 24‑32‑2004
Colorado youth service corps established - director’s duties 24‑32‑2005
Duties and functions of the youth service corps 24‑32‑2006
Colorado youth service corps - criteria for enrollment 24‑32‑2007
Local youth employment opportunities 24‑32‑2008
Placement under work agreements 24‑32‑2009
Youth service corps members - compensation - scholarship 24‑32‑2010
Youth service corps members not to displace current workers 24‑32‑2011
Acceptance and utilization of funds 24‑32‑2012
Colorado youth service corps fund - created 24‑32‑2013
Conflict with federal requirements 24‑32‑3001
Community-based access grant program - powers and duties of department of local affairs - definitions - legislative declaration 24‑32‑3201
Legislative declaration 24‑32‑3202
Definitions 24‑32‑3203
Office of smart growth - creation - powers and duties of executive director 24‑32‑3204
Powers and duties of the office of smart growth 24‑32‑3205
Qualifications 24‑32‑3207
Colorado heritage communities fund - creation - source of funds 24‑32‑3208
Additional sources of funding 24‑32‑3209
Comprehensive planning disputes - development plan disputes - mediation - list of qualified professionals to assist in mediating land use disputes - definitions 24‑32‑3301
Legislative declaration 24‑32‑3302
Definitions 24‑32‑3303
Division of housing - powers and duties - rules 24‑32‑3304
State housing board - powers and duties - rules 24‑32‑3305
Rules - advisory committee - enforcement 24‑32‑3306
Recognition of similar standards - compliance with standards 24‑32‑3307
Noncompliance with standards 24‑32‑3308
Violation - penalty 24‑32‑3309
Fees - building regulation fund - rules 24‑32‑3310
Local enforcement 24‑32‑3311
Certification of factory-built structures - rules 24‑32‑3312
Notification and correction of defects 24‑32‑3314
Cooperation with department of revenue 24‑32‑3315
Installers of manufactured homes and tiny homes - registration - fees - educational requirements - rules 24‑32‑3315.5
Contract for the installation of manufactured homes and tiny homes - requirements 24‑32‑3316
Compliance with manufacturer’s installation instructions 24‑32‑3317
Installation of manufactured homes and tiny homes - authorization - certificates - inspections - inspector qualification and education requirements - rules 24‑32‑3318
Local installation standards preempted 24‑32‑3319
Prohibited acts 24‑32‑3320
Penalty for violation 24‑32‑3321
Investigations of consumer complaints 24‑32‑3323
Sellers of manufactured homes and tiny homes - registration 24‑32‑3324
Escrow and bonding requirements - rules 24‑32‑3325
Contract for sale of manufactured home or tiny home - requirements 24‑32‑3326
Unlawful sales practices - manufactured homes and tiny homes - fines 24‑32‑3327
Inspections 24‑32‑3328
Tiny homes - standards - rules 24‑32‑3329
Local governments inspections of tiny homes - connection to utilities - rules 24‑32‑3501
Peace officers behavioral health support and community partnerships grant program - created - report - rules - fund - definitions - repeal 24‑32‑3502
Public defender and prosecutor behavioral health support program - policies - report - fund 24‑32‑3601
Short title 24‑32‑3602
Legislative declaration 24‑32‑3603
Definitions - rules 24‑32‑3604
Rural economic advancement of Colorado towns - coordination of nonmonetary assistance - application - rules
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 24-32-3001’s source at colorado​.gov