State Administrative Support Services - Department of Personnel

C.R.S. tit. 24, art. 50.3

in effect

C.R.S. § 24-50.3-101 Legislative declaration

24-50.3-101. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the merger of the department of administration, which is responsible for providing specific administrative support services to state agencies, into the department of personnel, which is responsible for the administration of the state personnel system, will result in increased efficiency, reduced costs, increased accountability, and improvements in the provision of services to state agencies and the public. It is for this purpose that the general assembly has enacted this article.

C.R.S. § 24-50.3-102 Short title

24-50.3-102. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "State Support Services Reorganization Act".

C.R.S. § 24-50.3-103 Definitions

24-50.3-103. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Department" means the department of personnel. (2) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department of personnel.

C.R.S. § 24-50.3-104 Powers and duties of executive director

24-50.3-104. Powers and duties of executive director. (1) Nothing in this article shall be construed to diminish the responsibility of the executive director in administering the state personnel system as required by the state constitution or statutes. (2) In addition to all other powers and duties conferred or imposed upon the executive director by this article or any other law, the executive director shall: (a) Study and make recommendations to the governor regarding improvements in techniques used by state agencies for management specialties, including, but not limited to, accounting, purchasing, maintenance of state buildings and grounds, records management, and data processing management; (b) Coordinate and provide services used by more than one state agency; (c) Review agencies' programs and management in order to identify problems and suggest improvements to the governor; (d) Report annually to the governor concerning all findings and recommendations; (e) Repealed. (f) Supervise the provision of maintenance and other related services to all buildings and grounds in the capitol buildings group. (3) In order to perform these duties, the executive director shall have the power to: (a) Promulgate rules and regulations; (b) Examine the books, accounts, and employees of the various state agencies; (c) Conduct public or private hearings on any matter relating to the functions of the executive director; (d) Establish standards for the executive branch regarding the allocation of office space to various functions, the size and density of occupancy of office space, and the amount and quality of office furnishings; (e) After consultation with other state agencies, promulgate rules and regulations which set out the methods to be employed by state agencies in the collection of debts due the state. Rules and regulations shall be uniform wherever possible for all state agencies and shall include such things as the classification of debts by type, amount, time status as to delinquency, circumstances of debtor, possibility of error, and any other method of classification which aids an agency in efficient efforts to recover amounts due the state. (f) Repealed. (g) Promulgate procedural rules governing the conduct of hearings before the office of administrative courts. (4) The executive director shall have such other powers, duties, and functions as are prescribed for heads of principal departments in the "Administrative Organization Act of 1968", article 1 of this title. (5) Every state department, its officers, and its employees shall cooperate with the executive director in the performance of the executive director's duties. (6) The executive director shall have the responsibility for the analysis of all state agency programs; the appraisal of the quantity and quality of services rendered by each principal department and by the divisions, sections, and units thereunder; and the development of plans for improvements and economies in the organization and operation of the principal departments and for reporting thereon to the governor and the general assembly. (7) The executive director may establish such divisions, sections, and other units within the department of personnel as are necessary for the proper and efficient discharge of the powers, duties, and functions of the department. The executive director may allocate, as necessary, such powers, duties, and functions to the divisions, sections, or other units established by the executive director. (8) Repealed.

C.R.S. § 24-50.3-105 Transfer of functions - employees - property - records

24-50.3-105. Transfer of functions - employees - property - records. (1) On and after July 1, 1995, the department of personnel shall execute, administer, perform, and enforce the rights, powers, duties, functions, and obligations vested prior to July 1, 1995, in the department of administration. (2) (a) On and after July 1, 1995, all positions of employment in the department of administration concerning the duties and functions transferred to the department of personnel pursuant to section 24-1-128, this article, and article 30 of this title and determined to be necessary to carry out the purposes of these articles by the executive director shall be transferred to the department of personnel and shall become employment positions therein. The executive director shall appoint such employees as are necessary to carry out the duties and exercise the powers conferred by law upon the department and the office of the executive director. Any appointment of employees and any creation or elimination of positions of employment necessary to carry out the purposes of these articles shall be consistent with the plan for reorganizing state support services as set forth in part 2 of this article and shall be implemented after the plan or relevant portion of the plan has been presented to the state support services reorganization committee pursuant to section 24-50.3-202. Appointing authority may be delegated by the executive director as appropriate. (b) On and after July 1, 1995, all employees of the department of administration whose duties and functions concerned the powers, duties, and functions transferred to the department of personnel pursuant to section 24-1-128, this article, and article 30 of this title, regardless of whether the position of employment in which the employee served was transferred, shall be considered employees of the department of personnel for purposes of section 24-50-124. Such employees shall retain all rights under the state personnel system and to retirement benefits pursuant to the laws of this state, and their services shall be deemed continuous. (3) On July 1, 1995, all items of property, real and personal, including office furniture and fixtures, books, documents, and records of the department of administration pertaining to the duties and functions transferred to the department of personnel are transferred to the department of personnel and shall become the property thereof. (4) On and after July 1, 1995, whenever the department of administration is referred to or designated by any contract or other document in connection with the duties and functions transferred to the department of personnel, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the department of personnel. All contracts entered into by the said departments prior to July 1, 1995, in connection with the duties and functions transferred to the department of personnel are hereby validated, with the department of personnel succeeding to all rights and obligations under such contracts. Any cash funds, custodial funds, trusts, grants, and any appropriations of funds from prior fiscal years open to satisfy obligations incurred under such contracts shall be transferred and appropriated to the department of personnel for the payment of such obligations. (5) On and after July 1, 1995, unless otherwise specified, whenever any provision of law refers to the department of administration, said law shall be construed as referring to the department of personnel. funds from prior fiscal years open to satisfy obligations incurred under such contracts shall be transferred and appropriated to the department of personnel for the payment of such obligations. (5) On and after July 1, 1995, unless otherwise specified, whenever any provision of law refers to the department of administration, said law shall be construed as referring to the department of personnel. (6) All rules, regulations, and orders of the department of administration adopted prior to July 1, 1995, in connection with the powers, duties, and functions transferred to the department of personnel shall continue to be effective until revised, amended, repealed, or nullified pursuant to law. On and after July 1, 1995, the executive director shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of the department and the administration of the administrative support services transferred to the department pursuant to section 24-1-128, this article, and article 30 of this title. Any rules proposed by the executive director on and after July 1, 1995, necessary to carry out the purposes of these articles shall be consistent with the plan for reorganizing state support services as set forth in part 2 of this article and shall be adopted after the plan or relevant portion of the plan has been presented to the state support services reorganization committee pursuant to section 24-50.3-202. (7) No suit, action, or other judicial or administrative proceeding lawfully commenced prior to July 1, 1995, or that could have been commenced prior to such date, by or against the department of administration or any officer thereof in such officer's official capacity or in relation to the discharge of the officer's duties, shall abate by reason of the transfer of duties and functions from said department to the department of personnel. (8) (a) The executive director, or a designee of the executive director, may accept and expend, on behalf of and in the name of the state, gifts, donations, and grants for any purpose connected with the work and programs of the department. Any property so given shall be held by the state treasurer, but the executive director, or the designee therefor, shall have the power to direct the disposition of any property so given for any purpose consistent with the terms and conditions under which such gift was created. (b) Pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (8), the executive director, or a designee of the executive director, may expend gifts, donations, and grants that are custodial funds without further appropriation by the general assembly. Any gifts, donations, and grants accepted by the executive director, or the designee thereof, pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (8) that are not custodial funds are subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly.

C.R.S. § 24-50.3-106 Authority of revisor of statutes to amend references to department - affected statutory provisions

24-50.3-106. Authority of revisor of statutes to amend references to department - affected statutory provisions. (1) The revisor of statutes is hereby authorized to change all references in the Colorado Revised Statutes to the department of administration from the department of administration to the department of personnel with respect to the powers, duties, and functions transferred to the department. In connection with such authority, the revisor of statutes is hereby authorized to amend or delete provisions of the Colorado Revised Statutes so as to make the statutes consistent with the powers, duties, and functions transferred pursuant to section 24-1-128, this article, and article 30 of this title. (2) On and after July 1, 1996, the revisor of statutes is hereby authorized to change all references in the Colorado Revised Statutes to the divisions of purchasing, state archives and public records, accounts and controls, telecommunications, central services, risk management, and general government computer center, from said references to the department of personnel and to change all references to the directors of said divisions, except the state controller, to the executive director of the department of personnel with respect to the powers, duties, and functions transferred to the department and the executive director. In connection with such authority, the revisor is hereby authorized to amend or delete provisions of the Colorado Revised Statutes so as to make the statutes consistent with the powers, duties, and functions transferred pursuant to section 24-1-128, this article, and article 30 of this title.

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