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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-33.5-1104. Temporary housing for disaster victims

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Whenever the governor has proclaimed a disaster emergency under the laws of this state or the president of the United States has declared an emergency or a major disaster to exist in this state, the governor is authorized:

(a) To enter into purchase, lease, or other arrangements with any agency of the United States for temporary housing units to be occupied by disaster victims and to make such units available to any political subdivision of the state;

(b) To assist any political subdivision of the state which is the locus of temporary housing for disaster victims to acquire sites necessary for such temporary housing and to do all things required to prepare such sites to receive and utilize temporary housing units by:

(I) Advancing or lending funds available to the governor from any appropriation made by the general assembly or from any other source;

(II) Passing through funds made available by any agency, public or private; or

(III) Becoming a copartner with the political subdivision for the execution and performance of any temporary housing project for disaster victims; and

(c) Under such rules as the governor shall prescribe, to temporarily suspend or modify for not to exceed sixty days any public health, safety, zoning, transportation within or across the state, or other requirement of law or regulation within this state when by proclamation the governor deems such suspension or modification essential to provide temporary housing for disaster victims.

(2) Any political subdivision of the state is expressly authorized to acquire, temporarily or permanently, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, sites required for installation of temporary housing units for disaster victims and to enter into whatever arrangements, including purchase of temporary housing units and payment of transportation charges, which are necessary to prepare or equip such sites to utilize the housing units.

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