C.R.S. Section 24-34-108
Consumer outreach and education program

  • creation
  • cash fund
  • fine surcharge

(1)

The executive director of the department of regulatory agencies shall develop and implement a consumer outreach and education program, referred to in this section as the “program”, for the purposes of informing consumers of their rights regarding regulated professions and occupations, decreasing regulatory violations, and ensuring public awareness of consumer protection information available from the department.

(2)

There is hereby created within the state treasury the consumer outreach and education cash fund for the purpose of developing, implementing, and maintaining the program. The fund shall consist of any surcharges that may be imposed by the executive director of the department of regulatory agencies within the department of regulatory agencies, including fines collected pursuant to titles 10, 11, 12, 40, and 42, C.R.S. The amount of each surcharge shall not exceed fifteen percent of the fine collected. The surcharges shall be adjusted as necessary so that surcharge revenues collected do not exceed two hundred thousand dollars annually. All moneys collected shall be transmitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such moneys to the fund. The moneys in the fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly for the direct and indirect costs associated with the implementation of the program. Moneys in the fund not expended for the purposes of this section may be invested by the state treasurer as provided by law. All interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys credited to the fund shall not be transferred to the general fund or any other fund; except that any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year that exceed ten percent of the fund’s expenditures in that fiscal year shall be transferred to the general fund or another fund.

(3)

On or before November 1 of each year, the executive director of the department of regulatory agencies shall provide a report to the joint budget committee of the general assembly that includes the amount of revenue collected from the surcharge in accordance with subsection (2) of this section for the previous fiscal year, a description of how the moneys were spent in the previous fiscal year, and a plan for how the moneys will be spent in the current fiscal year.

Source: Section 24-34-108 — Consumer outreach and education program - creation - cash fund - fine surcharge, 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

§ 24-34-108’s source at colorado​.gov