Colorado Revised Statutes Title 16. Criminal Proceedings § 16-20.5-103. Colorado integrated criminal justice information system program--executive board

(1) There is hereby established the Colorado integrated criminal justice information system program, referred to in this article as the “program”. The program shall be a joint effort of the criminal justice agencies and other approved agencies. The program shall be implemented, maintained, supported, and enhanced by the criminal justice information program executive board, which is hereby created and referred to in this article as the “executive board”. Membership of the executive board shall be comprised initially of the executive directors of the department of public safety, department of corrections, department of human services, and Colorado district attorneys council and the state court administrator. The executive board shall unanimously designate a chief information officer. Upon unanimous agreement, the executive board may approve the addition of either voting or nonvoting members.

(2) The executive board shall be responsible and accountable for the program. The program shall include mechanisms to enable the criminal justice agencies to share data stored in each agency's information system. Initially, the program shall maximize the use of existing databases and platforms through the use of a virtual database created by a network linking existing databases and platforms among the various departments. The program shall also develop plans for new interoperable system platforms when the existing platforms become obsolete.