Colorado § 24-33.5-101 - Legislative declaration.
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§ 24-33.5-101. Legislative declaration.
(1) The general assembly finds and declares that:
(a) The various agencies of this state concerned with public safety have functioned independently and without central direction or focus;
(b) Consolidation of these agencies under a single department would provide the state with greater responsibility for and direction of the several aspects of the public safety system without creating a new bureaucracy; and
(c) The several state agencies thus brought together would benefit from such an association.
Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 918, § 1, effective July 1, 1984.
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