Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-1-105. Types of entities defined--creation of new entities--transfers of existing entities

(a) “Entity” means a principal department of the state or any division, institution, or part of a principal department, or any agency, board, commission, or unit of state government that is created in or assigned to a principal department of the state. “Entity” includes an individual carrying out powers or exercising duties or functions.

(b) “Type 1 entity” means an entity that is administered under the direction and supervision of a principal department established in this article 1, but exercises its prescribed statutory powers and performs its prescribed duties and functions, including rule-making, regulation, licensing, and registration; the promulgation of rules, rates, regulations, and standards; and the rendering of findings, orders, and adjudications, independently of the head of the principal department. Under a type 1 entity, any powers, duties, and functions not specifically vested by statute in the entity, including, but not limited to, all budgeting, purchasing, planning, and related management functions of the entity, are performed under the direction and supervision of the head of the principal department.

(c) “Type 2 entity” means an entity whose statutory authority, powers, duties, and functions, including the functions of budgeting, purchasing, and planning, are under the direction and supervision of the head of the principal department.