(1) On or before the second Tuesday in January after his or her election, the state treasurer shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101 and shall give a bond to the people of the state of Colorado in the sum of one million dollars, with not less than ten individual sureties or one or more surety companies authorized to do business in this state. The bond and each surety shall be approved by the governor and the attorney general and held in the custody of the secretary of state.
The conditions of said bond shall be in substance that the state treasurer and allpersons employed in the treasury department under his supervision shall faithfully discharge their respective duties and trusts and that the state treasurer shall be held responsible against all risks and losses whatsoever for all state moneys coming into his hands or received by the treasury department.
If the bond is furnished by one or more surety companies, the entire premium therefor shall be paid by the state, and the general assembly shall appropriate the amount thereof.
Whenever the governor, with the concurrence of the attorney general, deems the surety on said bond to be insufficient for the said sum of one million dollars, he may demand, and the state treasurer shall give, additional bond with sureties, at the cost of the state, to be approved by the governor and the attorney general.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 1236, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 132-3-1. L. 2018: (1) amended, (HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 696, § 19, effective August 8.
Cross references: (1) For general bond requirements, see § 24-2-104; for the salary of the state treasurer, see § 24-9-101; for discretionary funds of the state treasurer, see § 24-9-105; for the election of the state treasurer, see § 3 of art. IV, Colo. Const., and § 1-4-204.
(2) For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1138, see section 1 of chapter 88, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.