(1) The state archaeologist shall function to provide assistance to and cooperate with the general public, industries, and agencies of local, state, and federal government, including institutions of higher education, in pursuit of the following objectives:
To assist, consult with, and advise state and local governmental agencies and privatepersons on archaeological problems;
To promote development of archaeological resources for educational purposes;
To conduct studies to develop archaeological information;
To inventory and analyze this state's archaeological resources as to location, quantity,and their cultural significance;
To collect and preserve archaeological resources;
To advise the state and to act as liaison agency in transactions dealing with archaeological resources between state agencies and other states and between state agencies and the federal government on common problems and studies;
To issue permits to qualified applicants for the conduct of archaeological studies;
To arrange for the care, use, and storage of any archaeological resources collected;
To prepare, publish, and distribute reports, maps, and bulletins when necessary toachieve the purposes of this part 4;
To accept and, through the department of personnel, to use, disburse, and administerall federal funds or other property, services, and moneys allotted to the office of state archaeologist for the purposes of this part 4 and to prescribe, by regulation not inconsistent with the laws of this state, the conditions under which such funds, property, services, or moneys shall be accepted and administered. On behalf of the state, the society is empowered to make such agreements with the approval of the attorney general, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, as may be required as a condition precedent to receiving such funds or other assistance.
To implement a program of salvage archaeology, which shall include surveys andeither the salvage or the preservation of sites or antiquities imperiled by construction or other earth-movement projects;
To establish and coordinate a procedure by which an historical, prehistorical, or archaeological resource belonging to the state of Colorado may be removed from Colorado on a loan basis, subject to its return pursuant to section 24-80-406.
(2) The duties of the state archaeologist are to fulfill the objectives of this part 4 and, together with other employees of the society, to work for the maximum beneficial conservation of the archaeological resources of the state of Colorado and the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge pertaining to archaeology.
Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1382, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 131-12-5. L. 90: (1)(l) added, p. 1278, § 2, effective May 9. L. 95: (1)(j) amended, p. 656, § 77, effective July 1.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1995 act amending subsection (1)(j), see section 112 of chapter 167, Session Laws of Colorado 1995.