Second Regular Session
              Sixty-eighth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 12-0333.01 Esther van Mourik x4215HOUSE BILL 12-1025
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Tyler,
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the establishment of a regulator navigator.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The bill requires the director of research of legislative council to
       provide a regulator navigator to the public. The regulator navigator will
       provide the public with easy access to information about any state, local,
       or federal government rule or regulation, including the name and
       telephone number of the person to contact or the correct web site link
       regarding the rule or regulation at issue. The regulator navigator is not
       expected to be a problem solver, but is expected to be an expert in
       providing the public with quality contact information for the appropriate
       state, local, or federal government agency.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 2-3-304, add (8) as
       follows:
            2-3-304.  Director of research - assistants. (8) (a)  Effective
       July 1, 2012, the director of research shall be responsible for
       providing a regulator navigator to the public. The regulator
       navigator shall provide the public with easy access to
       information about any state, local, or federal government rule
       or regulation, including the name and telephone number of the
       person to contact or the correct web site link regarding the
       rule or regulation at issue. The regulator navigator is not
       expected to be a problem solver, but is expected to be an expert
       in providing the public with quality contact information at the
       appropriate state, local, or federal government agency.
            (b)  The director of research shall establish a single
       telephone number for the regulator navigator and shall
       provide a link to the regulator navigator on the official web
       sites of the state of Colorado, the office of the governor,
       legislative council, and any others as necessary.
            (c)  The director of research shall collect metric
       tracking data of the inquiries received.
            (d)  The executive directors of the principal departments
       of state government shall provide any necessary information to
       the director of research in order to facilitate the duties of the
       regulator navigator.
            (e)  The director of research shall not employ more than
       one full-time equivalent employee for the position of regulator
       navigator.
            (f)  Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11), C.R.S., the
       governor, or his or her designee, the director of research, and
       the executive director of the department of regulatory
       agencies, or his or her designee, shall jointly prepare a report to
       the general assembly, distributed electronically to all
       members, on or before November 1, 2013, and on or before each
       November 1 thereafter, regarding the data described in
       paragraph (c) of this subsection (8). The report shall also
       include recommendations regarding the continuation of the
       regulator navigator and the most efficient location for the
       regulator navigator in state government.
            SECTION 2.  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.