Colorado § 2-3-103.7 - Disclosure of reports before filing.
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§ 2-3-103.7. Disclosure of reports before filing.
(1) Any state employee or other individual acting in an oversight role as a member of a committee, board, or commission, or any employee or other individual acting in an oversight role with respect to any audit conducted pursuant to sections 2-3-120, 10-22-105 (4)(c), and 25.5-6-1708 (1), who willfully and knowingly discloses the contents of any report prepared by or at the direction of the state auditor's office prior to the release of such report by a majority vote of the committee as provided in section 2-3-103 (2) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
(2) This section shall not apply to necessary communication of employees of the state auditor's office or employees of any person contracting to provide services for the state auditor's office with those persons necessary to complete the audit report or with other state agencies involved with comparable reports.
Source: L. 79: Entire section added, p. 296, § 1, effective July 1. L. 89: (1) amended, p. 332, § 2, effective April 7. L. 2019: (1) amended, (HB 19-1136), ch. 26, p. 86, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2021: (1) amended, (HB 21-1294), ch. 414, p. 2764, § 2, effective July 2; (1) amended, (HB 21-1249), ch. 178, p. 970, § 2, effective September 7; (1) amended, (HB 21-1187), ch. 83, p. 323, § 2, effective July 1, 2024. L. 2024: (1) amended, (HB 24-1450), ch. 490, p. 3403, § 3, effective August 7.
Editor's note: (1) Amendments to subsection (1) by HB 21-1249 and HB 21-1294 were harmonized.
(2) Amendments to subsection (1) by HB 21-1249, HB 21-1294, and HB 21-1187 were harmonized, effective July 1, 2024.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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