Colorado § 8-47-110 - Public officers to enforce orders - furnish information.
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§ 8-47-110. Public officers to enforce orders - furnish information.
It is the duty of all officers and employees of the state, counties, and municipalities, upon the request of the director, to enforce in their respective departments all lawful orders of the director insofar as the same may be applicable and consistent with the general duties of such officers and employees. It is also their duty to make to the director such reports as the director may require concerning matters within their knowledge pertaining to the purposes of articles 40 to 47 of this title and to furnish the director such facts, data, statistics, and information as, from time to time, may come to them pertaining to the purposes of said articles and the duties of the division thereunder, and particularly all information coming to their knowledge respecting the condition of all places of employment subject to the provisions of said articles with regard to the health, protection, and safety of employees and the hazard of risk of such places of employment.
Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 554, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 8-46-111 as it existed prior to 1990.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 8-47-110 is similar to § 8-46-110 as it existed prior to the 1990 repeal and reenactment of the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado", articles 40 to 47 of this title, a relevant case construing that provision has been included in the annotations to this section.
Duty of public officers and employees to enforce. This section continues to make a distinction between public employees and employers on the one hand and private employees and employers on the other, for it makes it the duty of all officers and employees of the state, counties and municipalities, upon the request of the director, to enforce director's orders and from time to time to furnish him various types of information. State Comp. Ins. Fund v. Alishio, 125 Colo. 242, 250 P.2d 1015 (1952).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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