C.R.S. Section 24-34-1003
Task force on the rights of Coloradans with disabilities

  • creation
  • membership
  • report

(1)

There is created in the commission the task force on the rights of Coloradans with disabilities. The mission of the task force is to bring together the appropriate stakeholders, experts, and impacted groups to study and make recommendations concerning issues related to persons with disabilities. The task force shall create subcommittees to study and report findings on the following issues:

(a)

Rewriting and modernizing the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning civil rights for persons with disabilities;

(b)

Basic access to the Colorado outdoors for persons with disabilities;

(c)

The affordability, accessibility, and attainability of housing for persons with disabilities;

(d)

Physical and programmatic basic access within state and local government; and

(e)

Any other issue related to accessibility and the civil rights of persons with disabilities.

(2)

The task force includes the following members, appointed on or before August 1, 2023:

(a)

The lieutenant governor, or the lieutenant governor’s designee, who is a non-voting member except as necessary to break a tie;

(b)

Four voting members who are either from a disability rights advocacy organization or a veterans service organization that serves veterans with a disability. The speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the minority leader of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the senate shall each appoint one voting member.

(c)

Four voting members as appointed by the governor; and

(d)

Subject matter experts must be allowed to participate in task force discussions upon the invitation of the task force. The subject matter experts presence is not required or included in determining a quorum of the task force. The subject matter experts must include, but need not be limited to:

(I)

Representation from the department of local affairs;

(II)

Representation from the division of housing within the department of local affairs;

(III)

Representation from the department of regulatory agencies;

(IV)

Representation from the Colorado civil rights commission;

(V)

Representation from the Colorado office of economic development and international trade;

(VI)

Representation from the office of state planning and budgeting;

(VII)

Representation from varying advocacy organizations as deemed appropriate;

(VIII)

Disability law experts;

(IX)

Other legal experts; and

(X)

Persons who represent Colorado’s federal partners.

(3)

The task force shall create the subcommittees identified in sections 24-34-1004 to 24-34-1007, and the governor shall make appointments to each subcommittee, based on recommendations from the task force. Each subcommittee shall make separate reports on its findings and recommendations and provide the reports to the task force.

(4)

The task force shall produce a final report, including recommendations, and submit it to the governor and general assembly on or before January 30, 2025. The task force shall consider the reports of the subcommittees but is not bound by any findings or conclusions of any subcommittee in producing its final report.

(5)

The task force may employ one-and-a-half full-time employees and contract with a vendor to facilitate and assist with the operations and duties of the task force and subcommittees. Task force members and subcommittee members may receive per diem compensation and may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred while on official task force or subcommittee business, as provided in section 12-20-103 (6).

Source: Section 24-34-1003 — Task force on the rights of Coloradans with disabilities - creation - membership - report, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-24.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

24‑34‑101
Department created - executive director 24‑34‑104
General assembly review of regulatory agencies and functions for repeal, continuation, or reestablishment - legislative declaration - repeal 24‑34‑104.1
General assembly sunrise review of new regulation of occupations and professions - definition - repeal 24‑34‑104.5
Cost of reports - charges 24‑34‑106
Professions and occupations - alternative to existing disciplinary actions 24‑34‑107
Applications for licenses - authority to suspend licenses - rules 24‑34‑108
Consumer outreach and education program - creation - cash fund - fine surcharge 24‑34‑111
Posting summary transparency reports required by federal law 24‑34‑301
Definitions 24‑34‑302
Civil rights division - director - powers and duties 24‑34‑303
Civil rights commission - membership 24‑34‑304
Division and commission subject to termination - repeal of part 24‑34‑305
Powers and duties of commission 24‑34‑306
Charge - complaint - hearing - procedure - exhaustion of administrative remedies 24‑34‑307
Judicial review and enforcement 24‑34‑308
Enforcement of federal law prohibited 24‑34‑309
Public education - service and assistance animals - form used in housing 24‑34‑400.2
Legislative declaration 24‑34‑401
Definitions 24‑34‑402
Discriminatory or unfair employment practices - affirmative defense - definition 24‑34‑402.3
Prohibition of discrimination - pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions - reasonable accommodations required - notice of rights - definitions 24‑34‑402.5
Unlawful prohibition of legal activities as a condition of employment 24‑34‑402.7
Unlawful action against employees seeking protection 24‑34‑403
Time limits on filing of charges 24‑34‑404
Charges by employers and others 24‑34‑405
Relief authorized - short title 24‑34‑406
Ruling on unemployment benefits not a bar 24‑34‑407
Nondisclosure agreements - requirements for enforcement - penalties for noncompliance 24‑34‑408
Employer record keeping - repository of discrimination complaints - definition 24‑34‑501
Definitions 24‑34‑502
Unfair housing practices prohibited - definition 24‑34‑502.2
Unfair or discriminatory housing practices against individuals with disabilities prohibited 24‑34‑503
Refusal to show housing 24‑34‑504
Time limits on filing of charges 24‑34‑505
Charges by other persons 24‑34‑505.5
Enforcement by the attorney general 24‑34‑505.6
Enforcement by private persons 24‑34‑506
Probable cause 24‑34‑506.5
Conciliation agreements 24‑34‑507
Injunctive relief 24‑34‑508
Relief authorized 24‑34‑509
Enforcement sought by commission 24‑34‑601
Discrimination in places of public accommodation - definition 24‑34‑602
Penalty and civil liability 24‑34‑603
Jurisdiction of county court - trial 24‑34‑604
Time limits on filing of charges 24‑34‑605
Relief authorized 24‑34‑701
Publishing of discriminative matter forbidden 24‑34‑702
Presumptive evidence 24‑34‑703
Places of public accommodation - definition 24‑34‑704
Exceptions 24‑34‑705
Penalty 24‑34‑706
Time limits on filing of charges 24‑34‑707
Relief authorized 24‑34‑801
Legislative declaration 24‑34‑802
Violations - penalties - immunity 24‑34‑803
Rights of individuals with service animals 24‑34‑804
Service animals - violations - penalties 24‑34‑805
Family preservation safeguards for families that include a parent with a disability - protections - legislative declaration - definitions 24‑34‑901
Proposed continuing education requirements for regulated occupations and professions - review by office of executive director 24‑34‑1001
Legislative declaration 24‑34‑1002
Definitions 24‑34‑1003
Task force on the rights of Coloradans with disabilities - creation - membership - report 24‑34‑1004
Subcommittee on the rewrite and modernization of the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning civil rights of persons with disabilities - membership - purpose - reporting 24‑34‑1005
Subcommittee on basic access to Colorado outdoors for persons with disabilities - membership - purpose - reporting 24‑34‑1006
Subcommittee on affordability, accessibility, and attainability of housing for persons with disabilities - membership - purpose - reporting 24‑34‑1007
Subcommittee on physical and programmatic basic access within state and local government for persons with disabilities - membership - purpose - reporting 24‑34‑1008
Repeal of part
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 24-34-1003’s source at colorado​.gov