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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Challenger” means an individual who challenges an exclusion of information from the web-based system by sending written notice to a state agency in accordance with section 24-72.4-103(2)(a).
(2) “Chief information officer” means the chief information officer appointed pursuant to section 24-37.5-103.
(3) “County” means any county in the state and includes a city and county.
(4) “Online database” means the searchable, online revenue and expenditure database developed, maintained, and made publicly available by the department of transportation pursuant to section 24-72.4-105.
(5) “Spending agency” means any county office, unit, department, board, commission, or institution that is responsible for any particular expenditures or revenues, as identified by the county for purposes of the “Local Government Budget Law of Colorado”, part 1 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S.
(6) “State agency” means any department, division, board, bureau, commission, institution, or agency of the state for which account balances are maintained on the state's official book of record.
(7) “State's official book of record” means the electronic database commonly known as the Colorado financial reporting system that is maintained by the office of information technology on behalf of the state controller pursuant to the authority set forth in section 24-30-202.
(8) “Unstructured data field” means a data element in the state's official book of record for which the content is not selected from a predetermined set of options and the preparer of the transaction is allowed to enter any combination of characters or symbols.
(9) “Web-based system” means the searchable web-based system that provides access to:
(a) Descriptions of revenues and expenditures recorded in the state's official book of record that, in accordance with executive order 007-09, is developed and maintained by the chief information officer, in consultation with the state controller; and
(b) Descriptions of revenues and expenditures that a county provides to the chief information officer.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-72.4-102. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-24-government-state/co-rev-st-sect-24-72-4-102/
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