C.R.S. Section 8-83-502
Definitions

As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)

“Coal transition community” means a Colorado municipality, county, or region where a coal transition facility or a center for the manufacturing or transportation supply chain of a coal transition facility was or is located.

(1.5)

“Coal transition facility” means a Colorado coal-fueled electrical power generating plant that was in operation at any time in 2017, or a Colorado coal mine that was actively producing at any time in 2017.

(2)

“Coal transition worker” means a Colorado resident who works or worked in a coal transition facility or in the manufacturing or transportation supply chain of a coal transition facility.

(2.5)

“Coal transition workforce assistance program account” or “account” means the coal transition workforce assistance program account created in section 8-83-504.5.

(3)

“Director” means the director of the office.

(4)

“Disproportionately impacted community” has the meaning set forth in section 24-4-109 (2)(b)(II).

(5)

“Eligible entity” means the following entities that serve a coal transition community and that may apply for a grant:

(a)

An economic development district;

(b)

A county, municipality, city and county, or other political subdivision of the state;

(c)

An Indian tribe;

(d)

An apprenticeship program that is registered with the United States department of labor or a state apprenticeship agency recognized by the United States department of labor;

(e)

An institution of higher education; and

(f)

A public or private nonprofit organization or association.

(6)

“Fund” means the just transition cash fund created in section 8-83-504.

(7)

“Just transition plan” means the plan, in draft or final form, prepared by the just transition advisory committee as outlined in section 8-83-503 (6) and submitted by the director as outlined in section 8-83-503 (4).

(8)

“Office” means the just transition office created in section 8-83-503 (1).

(9)

“Tier one coal transition worker” means a coal transition worker who was laid off on or after January 1, 2017, or who the director determines is reasonably likely to be laid off in the future, from employment in a coal transition facility or the manufacturing or transportation supply chain of a coal transition facility if the proximate cause of the actual or anticipated loss of employment is either the closure or conversion of a coal-fueled electrical power generating plant in Colorado or a contiguous state or what the director determines to be a sustained and likely permanent decline in broader coal markets due to similar closures or conversions nationally and globally.

(10)

“Tier one transition community” means a coal transition community that the director, with the concurrence of the executive directors of the department and the department of local affairs, determines has already experienced or is at risk of experiencing significant economic disruption, the proximate cause of which is either the closure or conversion of a coal-fueled electrical power generating plant in Colorado or a contiguous state or a sustained and likely permanent decline in broader coal markets due to similar closures or conversions nationally and globally.

(11)

“Tier two coal transition worker” means a coal transition worker who is not a tier one coal transition worker.

(12)

“Tier two transition community” means a coal transition community that the director, with the concurrence of the executive directors of the department and the department of local affairs, determines has not yet met the criteria required to be a tier one transition community.

(13)

“Wage differential benefit” means supplemental income covering all or part of the difference between an individual’s previous employment in a coal mine, coal-fueled electrical power generating plant, or the manufacturing and transportation supply chains of either and new employment or supplemental income during job retraining.

Source: Section 8-83-502 — Definitions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-08.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

8‑83‑101
Definitions 8‑83‑102
Division of employment and training created - director 8‑83‑103
Powers, duties, and functions - acceptance of money 8‑83‑104
State employment service 8‑83‑105
Personnel 8‑83‑106
Division - offer waiver of confidentiality for employment purposes 8‑83‑201
Short title 8‑83‑202
Legislative declaration 8‑83‑203
Definitions 8‑83‑204
Work force development program - legislative declaration - purposes 8‑83‑205
Work force development program - creation - administration - merit system - Wagner-Peyser funded employment services 8‑83‑206
Local elected officials - function - authority 8‑83‑207
Local work force development boards - authority - functions 8‑83‑208
Implementation - local plans 8‑83‑209
State work force development plan 8‑83‑210
Work force boards - membership 8‑83‑211
Functions of work force boards 8‑83‑212.5
Work force development board standing committees 8‑83‑213
Rural consortium work force development board 8‑83‑214
Rural consortium local elected officials board 8‑83‑215
Designation of local work force development areas 8‑83‑215.5
Designation of planning regions 8‑83‑216
Required and optional partners of work force boards 8‑83‑217
Memorandum of understanding - one-stop partners 8‑83‑218
Core services 8‑83‑219
Intensive services - training services - individual training accounts 8‑83‑220
Encouragement of in-demand programs - legislative declaration 8‑83‑221
Title I and Title III allocation 8‑83‑222
County distribution formula - use of money 8‑83‑223
Allocation process 8‑83‑224
State council - duties 8‑83‑225
Colorado department of labor and employment - functions 8‑83‑226
Responsibilities of governor 8‑83‑227
Additional funding for workforce development activities - state funding not subject to federal law limitations 8‑83‑308
Colorado state apprenticeship resource directory - collection of apprenticeship program information - promotion of public awareness - definitions 8‑83‑401
Definitions 8‑83‑402
Employment support and job retention services program - creation 8‑83‑403
Program purpose - duties of the director 8‑83‑404
Administration of the program 8‑83‑405
Reports required 8‑83‑406
Employment support and job retention services program cash fund - created 8‑83‑407
Repeal of part 8‑83‑501
Legislative declaration 8‑83‑502
Definitions 8‑83‑503
Just transition office - advisory committee - repeal 8‑83‑504
Just transition cash fund - transfer from general fund - transfer from account - definition 8‑83‑504.5
Additional coal transition workforce assistance program funding - coal transition workforce assistance program account 8‑83‑505
Utility workforce transition plans - reemployment of affected workers 8‑83‑506
Report - recommendations - repeal 8‑83‑601
Definitions 8‑83‑602
Work-based learning incentive program - creation - rules - appropriation 8‑83‑602.5
Teacher externship program - creation - rules - repeal 8‑83‑603
Statewide digital navigator program - office of future work - rules - appropriation 8‑83‑701
Construction registered apprenticeship grant program - created - reports - appropriation - definitions 8‑83‑702
Repeal of part 8‑83‑801
Definitions 8‑83‑802
Apprenticeship navigator pilot program - navigator positions - report 8‑83‑803
Rules 8‑83‑804
Repeal of part 8‑83‑901
Definitions 8‑83‑902
Workforce transitions study - report 8‑83‑903
Repeal of part
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 8-83-502’s source at colorado​.gov