Colorado § 24-30-2103 - Definitions.

§ 24-30-2103. Definitions.

As used in this part 21, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Actual address" means a residential, work, or school address as specified on the individual's application to be a program participant under this part 21, and includes the county, voting precinct number, and any unique identifying information related to the individual's residential, work, or school address.

(2) "Address confidentiality program" or "program" means the program created under this part 21 in the department to protect the confidentiality of the actual address of a relocated protected health-care worker or a relocated victim of domestic violence, a sexual offense, human trafficking, or stalking.

(3) "Applicant" means an individual identified as such in an application received by the executive director or his or her designee pursuant to section 24-30-2105.

(4) "Application assistant" means a person designated by the executive director or his or her designee to assist an applicant in the preparation of an application to participate in the address confidentiality program.

(5) "Department" means the department of personnel created in section 24-1-128.

(6) "Domestic violence" means an act described in section 18-6-800.3 (1), C.R.S.

(7) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.

(7.5) "Human trafficking" means an act described in section 18-3-503 or 18-3-504.

(8) "Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, estate, or other association or any state, the United States, or any subdivision thereof.

(9) "Program participant" or "participant" means an individual accepted into the address confidentiality program in accordance with this part 21.

(9.5) "Protected health-care worker" means a reproductive health-care provider, or an employee, volunteer, patient, or immediate family member of a reproductive health-care provider, engaged in the provision, facilitation, or promotion of a legally protected health-care activity, as defined in section 12-30-121 (1)(d).

(10) "Public record" means all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, digital data, artifacts, or other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance in connection with the transaction of public business by a state or local government agency.

(11) "Sexual offense" means an act described in part 4 of article 3, or article 6 or 7 of title 18, C.R.S.

(12) "Stalking" means an act of harassment as described in section 18-9-111, C.R.S., or stalking as described in section 18-3-602, C.R.S.

(13) "State or local government agency" or "agency" means every elected or appointed state or local public office, public officer, or official; board, commission, bureau, committee, council, department, authority, agency, institution of higher education, or other unit of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the state; or any city, county, city and county, town, special district, school district, local improvement district, or any other kind of municipal, quasi-municipal, or public corporation.

(14) "Substitute address" means an address designated by the executive director or his or her designee under the address confidentiality program that is used instead of an actual address as set forth in this part 21.

Source: L. 2011: Entire part added with relocations, (HB 11-1080), ch. 256, p. 1109, § 2, effective June 2. L. 2015: (1) amended, (HB 15-1174), ch. 42, p. 104, § 3, effective March 20. L. 2023: (2) amended and (9.5) added, (SB 23-188), ch. 68, p. 248, § 18, effective April 14. L. 2024: (2) amended and (7.5) added, (HB 24-1345), ch. 317, p. 2123, § 5, effective May 31.

Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 24-21-203 as it existed prior to 2011.

(2) Subsections (12) and (13) were numbered as subsections (13) and (12), respectively, in House Bill 11-1080 but were renumbered on revision to place defined terms in alphabetical order.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 23-188, see section 1 of chapter 68, Session Laws of Colorado 2023.