Colorado § 32-14-132 - Commission - powers and duties.

§ 32-14-132. Commission - powers and duties.

(1) The commission shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To advise and make recommendations to the board concerning the performance of the duties of the board as set forth in this article;

(b) To promote the sport of baseball in the state of Colorado, including but not limited to the acquisition of a major league baseball franchise and the construction of a stadium within the district;

(c) To formulate and adopt an annual budget to govern the expenses of the commission in undertaking its activities;

(d) To adopt, and from time to time amend or repeal, such bylaws and rules and regulations as it may consider to be necessary or advisable and to keep a record of its proceedings, which record shall be open to inspection by the public at all reasonable times;

(e) To contract for those services, including services for necessary personnel, and materials required by the activities of the commission;

(f) To administer and use moneys received by the commission in accordance with the provisions of this section;

(g) To receive and expend donations or grants from any private source or from any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States government to be held, used, and applied to carry out the purposes of this section subject to the conditions upon which the donations or grants are made; however, nothing in this paragraph (g) shall authorize the commission to accept or expend public moneys, whether as gifts, grants, or other forms of contribution, from the state, the board, any city, town, city and county, or county;

(h) To deposit any moneys received by the commission pursuant to the provisions of this section in any banking institution within the state or in any depository authorized in section 24-75-603, C.R.S., and to appoint, for purposes of making such deposits, one or more persons to act as custodians of the moneys of the commission, who may be required to give surety bonds in such amounts and form and for such purposes as the board may require; and

(i) To develop reporting and review requirements governing the receipt and expenditures of any moneys received by the commission pursuant to the provisions of this section. The account of all moneys received by and expended by the commission shall be a public record and shall be open for inspection by the public at all reasonable times.

Source: L. 89: Entire article added, p. 1340, § 1, effective June 2.