Colorado § 43-4-809 - Enterprises - applicability of other laws.
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§ 43-4-809. Enterprises - applicability of other laws.
(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, neither the bridge enterprise nor the transportation enterprise shall be subject to the provisions of the "Procurement Code", articles 101 to 112 of title 24, C.R.S.
(2) (a) The bridge enterprise and the transportation enterprise shall be subject to the open meetings provisions of the Colorado sunshine law contained in part 4 of article 6 of title 24, C.R.S., and the "Colorado Open Records Act", article 72 of title 24, C.R.S.
(b) For purposes of part 2 of the "Colorado Open Records Act", article 72 of title 24, C.R.S., the records of the bridge enterprise and the transportation enterprise shall be public records, as defined in section 24-72-202 (6), C.R.S., regardless of whether the bridge enterprise or the transportation enterprise receives less than ten percent of its total annual revenues in grants, as defined in section 24-77-102 (7), C.R.S., from all Colorado state and local governments combined.
(3) Revenues of the bridge enterprise and the transportation enterprise shall not be subject to the provisions of section 43-1-1205.
(4) The bridge enterprise and the transportation enterprise shall each constitute a public entity for purposes of part 2 of article 57 of title 11, C.R.S.
(5) Labor standards specified in law that apply to the department shall apply with equal force to the bridge enterprise and the transportation enterprise.
Source: L. 2009: Entire part R&RE, (SB 09-108), ch. 5, p. 46, § 1, effective March 2.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 43-4-812 as it existed prior to 2009, and the former § 43-4-809 was relocated to § 43-4-807.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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