Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-71.3-118. Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by governmental agencies

(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 24-71.3-112(6), each department, board, commission, authority, institution, or instrumentality of the state in consultation with the office of information technology, created in section 24-37.5-103, and the state archivist and in accordance with policies, standards, and guidelines set forth by the office may determine the extent to which such department, board, commission, authority, institution, or instrumentality shall send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and electronic signatures. A county, municipality, or other political subdivision, or any of their instrumentalities, shall have the general power, in relation to the administration of the affairs of a county, municipality, or of their political subdivision, or any of their instrumentalities, to determine the extent to which it will send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and electronic signatures.

(2) Deleted by Laws 2007, Ch. 231, § 14, eff. May 17, 2007.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in section 24-71.3-112(6), this article does not require a governmental agency of this state to use or permit the use of electronic records or electronic signatures.

(4) Repealed by Laws 2002, Ch. 229, § 1, eff. Dec. 31, 2002.