Colorado § 26-1-103 - Definitions.
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§ 26-1-103. Definitions.
As used in this title 26, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "County board" means the county or district board of human or social services.
(2) "County department" means the county or district department of human or social services.
(3) "County director" means the director of the county or district department of human or social services.
(4) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department of human services.
(5) "State board" means the state board of human services authorized to act in accordance with the provisions of section 26-1-107.
(6) "State department" means the department of human services.
(7) "State designated agency" means an agency designated to perform specified functions that would otherwise be performed by the county departments.
Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1160, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-1-3. L. 91: (7) added, p. 1895, § 4, effective July 1. L. 93: (4) to (6) amended, p. 1104, § 18, effective July 1, 1994. L. 94: (5) amended, p. 1560, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2003: (4), (5), and (6) amended, p. 2584, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2006: (4), (5), (6), and (7) amended, p. 1985, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2015: (2) and (3) amended, (SB 15-087), ch. 263, p. 1001, § 1, effective June 2. L. 2018: IP and (1) amended, (SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 446, § 114, effective August 8.
Cross references: (1) For the legislative declaration contained in the 1993 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 230, Session Laws of Colorado 1993. For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
(2) For additional definitions applicable to this article, see § 26-2-103.
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