2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 24 - Government - State
Administration
Article 1 - Administrative Organization Act of 1968
§ 24-1-121. Department of labor and employment - creation

(1) There is hereby created the department of labor and employment, the head of which shall be the executive director of the department of labor and employment, which office is hereby created. The governor shall appoint said executive director, with the consent of the senate, and the executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The reappointment of an executive director after initial election of a governor shall be subject to the provisions of section 24-20-109. The executive director shall have the powers, duties, and functions prescribed for heads of principal departments in the "Administrative Organization Act of 1968", article 1 of this title.

(1.5) The department of labor and employment shall include, as part of the office of the executive director, the industrial claim appeals office, created by section 8-1-102, C.R.S. Said industrial claim appeals office shall exercise its powers and perform its duties and functions under the department as if transferred thereto by a type 2 transfer.

(2) The industrial commission of Colorado, created by article 1 of title 8, C.R.S., and its powers, duties, and functions, except those powers, duties, and functions transferred to the state board of pharmacy and the industrial claim appeals office, are transferred by a type 3 transfer to the department of labor and employment, and the industrial commission of Colorado is abolished.

(3) The department of labor and employment consists of the following divisions and programs:

(a) (I) The division of labor standards and statistics, the head of which is the director of the division of labor standards and statistics, which division and office are hereby created. The division and the director shall exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions specified by law under the department of labor and employment as if they were transferred to the department by a type 2 transfer.

(II) (Deleted by amendment, L. 91, p. 1338, § 55, effective July 1, 1991.)

(b) The division of employment and training, the head of which is the director of the division of employment and training. The division, created by article 83 of title 8, C.R.S., and the director of the division shall exercise their powers, duties, and functions under the department of labor and employment as if transferred by a type 2 transfer.

(c) Repealed.

(d) (I) The division of workers' compensation, the head of which shall be the director of the division of workers' compensation. Said division, created by section 8-47-101, C.R.S., and the director thereof, shall exercise their powers, duties, and functions under the department of labor and employment as if transferred thereto by a type 2 transfer.

(II) Repealed.

(e) The division of oil and public safety, the head of which shall be the director of the division of oil and public safety, which division and office are created pursuant to section 8-20-101, C.R.S. The division and the director shall exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions specified by law under the department of labor and employment as if the same were transferred to the department by a type 2 transfer.

(f) The state work force development council, created by article 46.3 of this title, which shall exercise its powers and perform its duties and functions under the department of labor and employment as if the same were transferred to the department by a type 2 transfer.

(g) The division of unemployment insurance, the head of which is the director of the division of unemployment insurance. The division, created in article 71 of title 8, C.R.S., and the director of the division shall exercise their powers, duties, and functions under the department of labor and employment as if transferred by a type 2 transfer.

(h) The powers, duties, and functions relating to vocational rehabilitation programs, including the business enterprise program, which are transferred by a type 2 transfer to the department of labor and employment.

(i) The powers, duties, and functions relating to the oversight of independent living services pursuant to article 85 of title 8, C.R.S., are transferred by a type 2 transfer.

(4) The division of oil and public safety shall include the following:

(a) Repealed.

(b) The division of boiler inspection, created by article 4 of title 9, C.R.S. Said division and its powers, duties, and functions are transferred by a type 2 transfer to the department of labor and employment and allocated to the division of oil and public safety as a section thereof.

(c) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2001, p. 1113, § 2, effective June 5, 2001.)

(d) and (e) Repealed.

(5) The petroleum storage tank committee shall exercise its powers and perform the duties and functions specified by article 20.5 of title 8, C.R.S., under the department of labor and employment and the executive director thereof as if the same were transferred to the department by a type 1 transfer.