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      SENATE BILL 11-025
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Carroll, Boyd, Newell;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Ferrandino, Court, Duran, Fields, Fischer,
      Hullinghorst, Jones, Kerr A., Labuda, Pabon, Pace, Ryden, Schafer S.,
      Tyler, Vigil.
      
      
      Concerning accountability for state procurement, and, in
           connection therewith, enacting the "Colorado Taxpayer
           Empowerment Act of 2011".
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited
      as the "Colorado Taxpayer Empowerment Act of 2011".
      
           SECTION 2.  24-101-401, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended
      to read:
      
           24-101-401.  Public access to procurement information - repeal. 
      (1)  Except as provided in section 24-103-202 (4), procurement information
      shall be is a public record and shall be is available to the public as provided
      in sections 24-72-203 and 24-72-204.
      
           (2) (a)  To the extent not prohibited by federal law, each
      contract entered into by a governmental body pursuant to this
      code shall specify that the contract and performance measures
      and standards under article 103.5 of this title are open to
      inspection by the public as provided in sections 24-72-203 and
      24-72-204.
      
           (b) (I)  Each agreement entered into by a governmental body
      with a certified employee organization for state employees under
      executive order D 028 07, or any similar successor executive order
      with respect to the existence of a certified employee organization
      for state employees, shall specify that the agreement is open to
      public inspection as provided in sections 24-72-203 and 24-72-204.
      
           (II)  If executive order D 028 07, or any similar successor
      executive order with respect to the existence of a certified
      employee organization for state employees, is rescinded or
      altered by the governor in any way to create a situation where a
      certified employee organization for state employees no longer
      represents state employees, the governor shall provide written
      notice of this fact to the revisor of statutes.
      
           (III)  This paragraph (b) is repealed, effective upon the
      receipt by the revisor of statutes of the written notice under
      subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (b).
      
           SECTION 3.  Effective date - applicability.  This act shall take
      effect July 1, 2011, and shall apply to all state contracts on or after said
      date.
      
           SECTION 4.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Brandon C. Shaffer                      Frank McNulty
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Cindi L. Markwell                      Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO