Definitions.

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As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise requires:

  1. "Cost" means the direct cost of providing goods or services including, but not limitedto, the total cost of labor and all related benefits, maintenance costs, materials, provisions, supplies, equipment rentals, equipment purchases, insurance, financing, supervision, engineering, clerical and accounting services, the value of the use of equipment, including its depreciation or replacement value, and an equitable share of other administrative costs not otherwise directly attributable to a particular good or service which may be reasonably apportioned to each particular service in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and standards.

  2. "Director" or "executive director" means the executive director of the department ofpersonnel.

  3. (Deleted by amendment, L. 96, p. 1497, § 8, effective June 1, 1996.)

  4. "Services" means printing, document management, mail-related services, microfilm,graphic arts, fleet management, and other similar support functions that are or may be used by the state of Colorado as a practical and economical means of improving administrative production and efficiency.

  5. "State agency" means this state or any department, board, bureau, commission, institution, or other agency of the state; except that "state agency" shall not include any state institution of higher education, the Auraria higher education center, or the state board of stock inspection commissioners, created pursuant to section 35-41-101, C.R.S.

  6. (a) "State-owned motor vehicle" means all motor vehicles owned by the state or any agency of the state that shall include all two- and four-wheel drive trucks, all passenger vehicles including cars, vans, station wagons and other similar passenger vehicles, and any other vehicle not described herein that may be designated as a state-owned motor vehicle if a state agency requests such designation; except that "state-owned motor vehicle" shall not include any vehicle rated at one ton or more that is:

  1. (Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (SB 10-003), ch. 391, p. 1851, § 29, effective June9, 2010.)

  2. A specialized vehicle used for the purposes of construction or maintenance, andowned, operated, or controlled by the department of transportation.

(b) "State-owned motor vehicle" shall not include any vehicle donated to a specific state agency.

Source: L. 77: Entire part added, p. 1178, § 3, effective June 20. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 863, § 1, effective April 20. L. 92: (3), (4), (5), and (6) added, p. 999, § 1, effective July 1. L. 96: (2) and (3) amended, p. 1497, § 8, effective June 1. L. 2004: (4) amended, p. 305, § 2, effective August 4. L. 2006: (6) amended, p. 1071, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2007: (6) amended, p. 1260, § 1, effective May 25. L. 2010: (5) amended, (HB 10-1181), ch. 351, p. 1621, § 3, effective June 7; (5) and (6)(a)(I) amended, (SB 10-003), ch. 391, p. 1851, § 29, effective June 9.

Editor's note: (1) Section 5 of chapter 235, Session Laws of Colorado 2006, provides that the act amending subsection (6) applies to all motor vehicles owned by the executive branch of the state, including its departments, institutions, and agencies before August 7, 2006, and to all motor vehicles purchased by the state, including its departments, institutions, and agencies on or after August 7, 2006.

(2) Amendments to subsection (5) by Senate Bill 10-003 and House Bill 10-1181 were harmonized.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in the 2010 act amending subsections

(5) and (6)(a)(I), see section 1 of chapter 391, Session Laws of Colorado 2010.


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