C.R.S. Section 24-34-301
Definitions


As used in parts 3 to 10 of this article 34, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)

“Age” means a chronological age of at least forty years.

(2)

“Agency” or “state agency” means any board, bureau, commission, department, institution, division, section, or officer of the state.

(3)

“Basic access” or “basic accessibility” constitute public safety issues and mean the general practice of making information, activities, and environments sensible, meaningful, usable, and safe for as many people as possible.

(4)

“Commission” means the Colorado civil rights commission created in section 24-34-303.

(5)

“Commissioner” means a member of the Colorado civil rights commission.

(6)

“Director” means the director of the Colorado civil rights division created in section 24-34-302.

(7)

“Disability” has the same meaning as set forth in the federal “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 12101 et seq., and its related amendments and implementing regulations.

(8)

“Division” means the Colorado civil rights division, created in section 24-34-302.

(9)

“Gender expression” means an individual’s way of reflecting and expressing the individual’s gender to the outside world, typically demonstrated through appearance, dress, and behavior.

(10)

“Gender identity” means an individual’s innate sense of the individual’s own gender, which may or may not correspond with the individual’s sex assigned at birth.

(11)

“Housing” means a building, structure, vacant land, or part thereof offered for sale, lease, rent, or transfer of ownership; except that “housing” does not include any room offered for rent or lease in a single-family dwelling maintained and occupied in part by the owner or lessee of the dwelling as the owner’s or lessee’s household.

(12)

“Housing accommodations” means any real property or portion thereof that is used or occupied, or intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied, as the home, residence, or sleeping place of one or more persons but does not include any single family residence, the occupants of which rent, lease, or furnish for compensation not more than one room in that residence.

(13)

“Individual with a disability” means an individual with a disability or disabilities.

(14)

“Marital status” means a relationship or a spousal status of an individual, including, but not limited to, being single, cohabitating, engaged, widowed, married, in a civil union, or legally separated, or a relationship or a spousal status of an individual who has had or is in the process of having a marriage or civil union dissolved or declared invalid.

(15)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

“Person” means one or more individuals, limited liability companies, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, receivers, or the state of Colorado and all of its political subdivisions and agencies.

(b)

For the purposes of part 5 of this article 34, “person” does not include any private club not open to the public that, as an incident to its primary purpose or purposes, provides lodgings that it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose, unless the club has the purpose of promoting discrimination in the matter of housing against any person because of disability, race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, or ancestry.

(16)

“Place of public accommodation” or “public accommodation” has the same meaning as set forth in Title III of the federal “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 12181 (7), and its related amendments and implementing regulations.

(17)

“Protective hairstyle” includes such hairstyles as braids, locs, twists, tight coils or curls, cornrows, Bantu knots, Afros, and headwraps.

(18)

“Public entity” means:

(a)

Any state or local government; or

(b)

Any department, agency, special district, or other instrumentality of a state or local government.

(19)

“Public transportation service” means a common carrier of passengers or any other means of public conveyance or modes of transportation, including, but not limited to, airplanes, motor vehicles, railroad trains, motor buses, streetcars, boats, or taxis.

(20)

“Qualified individual with a disability” or “individual with a disability” has the same meaning as set forth in the federal “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 12131, and its related amendments and implementing regulations.

(21)

“Race” includes hair texture, hair type, or a protective hairstyle that is commonly or historically associated with race.

(22)

“Respondent” means any person, agency, organization, or other entity against whom a charge is filed pursuant to any of the provisions of parts 3 to 8 of this article 34.

(23)

“Service animal” has the same meaning as set forth in the implementing regulations of Title II and Title III of the federal “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 12101 et seq.

(24)

“Sexual orientation” means an individual’s identity, or another individual’s perception thereof, in relation to the gender or genders to which the individual is sexually or emotionally attracted and the behavior or social affiliation that may result from the attraction.

(25)

“Trainer of a service animal” means a person who individually trains a service animal.

Source: Section 24-34-301 — Definitions, 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

§ 24-34-301’s source at colorado​.gov