Colorado Code
Part 2 - State Board of Parole
§ 17-2-201. State Board of Parole - Duties - Definitions

(I) To conduct parole application hearings for inmates convicted of class 4, class 5, or class 6 felonies or level 3 or level 4 drug felonies who have been assessed to be less than high risk by the Colorado risk assessment scale developed pursuant to section 17-22.5-404 (2)(a), or hearings pursuant to subsection (19) of this section pursuant to rules adopted by the parole board; and
(II) To set parole conditions for inmates eligible for release to mandatory parole.

(3.5) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the chairperson shall annually make a presentation to the judiciary committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees, regarding the operations of the board.

(5.8) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (5.7) of this section, if, as a condition of parole, an offender who was convicted of or pled guilty to an offense involving unlawful sexual behavior, as defined in section 16-22-102 (9), C.R.S., is required to undergo counseling or treatment, such treatment or counseling shall be at a facility or with a person listed in subsection (5.7) of this section and the parole board may not determine treatment at another facility or with another person is warranted.
(5.9) As a condition of parole of each person convicted of a felony DUI offense described in section 42-4-1301 (1)(a) , (1)(b), or (2)(a), C.R.S., the board shall require the parolee to use an approved ignition interlock device for the entire period of the person's parole.

Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 911, § 10, effective August 1. L. 79: (3)(a), (3)(b), (6), and (7) amended, (3)(c) repealed, pp. 688, 705, §§ 27, 88, effective July 1; (3)(f) added and (5)(a) amended, p. 666, §§ 11, 12, effective July 1. L. 81: (5)(b) amended and (5)(c) added, p. 942, § 2, effective July 1. L. 84: (5)(d) added, p. 497, § 2, effective April 5; (3)(g) added and (5)(c)(II)(B) amended, p. 511, §§ 2, 1, effective April 13; (5)(c)(II)(B) amended, p. 524, § 4, effective July 1. L. 85: (3) and (4) R&RE, p. 639, § 4, effective June 6; (1), (2), (7), (8), (9), and (11) amended, pp. 637, 638, §§ 2, 3, effective July 1; (5)(c)(I) and (5)(c)(III) amended, p. 628, § 2, effective July 1; (5)(e) added, p. 667, § 4, effective July 1; (12) added, p. 643, § 2, effective July 1. L. 87: (3)(c), (7), (8), and (9)(b) amended, p. 954, § 56, effective March 13; (1)(b) amended, p. 906, § 11, effective June 15; (1) and (9)(c) amended and (5)(f) and (13) added, pp. 651, 653, §§ 7, 8, effective July 1; (5.5) added, p. 660, § 1, effective July 1. L. 88: (5)(g) added, p. 701, § 1, effective May 29; (5)(b) amended, p. 709, § 5, effective July 1. L. 90: (1)(a) and (1)(b) amended and (1)(c) and (1)(d) added, p. 959, § 1, effective June 7. L. 91: (10) amended, p. 1142, § 5, effective May 18; (4)(d) and (5.5)(g) added, p. 442, §§ 6, 7, effective May 29. L. 92: (1)(a) amended, p. 2172, § 22, effective June 2; (4)(e) added, p. 461, § 5, effective June 2; (5)(f)(I)(H) and (5)(f)(I)(I) amended and (5)(f)(I)(J) added, p. 211, § 14, effective August 1. L. 94: (1)(b), (3)(c), (4)(a), (7), (8), (9)(a)(I), and (9)(b) amended, pp. 2595, 2596, 2598, §§ 3, 4, 5, 8, effective June 3; (5.5)(b)(II) and (5.5)(c) amended, p. 2732, § 355, effective July 1. L. 95: (3)(c) and (9)(b) amended, p. 1272, § 5, effective June 5; (5.5)(c) amended, p. 465, § 9, effective July 1. L. 96: (5)(c) amended, p. 1779, § 5, effective June 3; (5)(a) amended and (5)(a.5) added, p. 1584, § 6, effective July 1. L. 97: (5)(c)(I) amended, p. 1566, § 14, effective July 1. L. 98: (13)(b) repealed, p. 727, § 9, effective May 18; (5)(a.7) added and (5)(e) and (6) amended, p. 1291, §§ 10, 11, effective November 1. L. 99: (5)(h) and (5)(i) added, p. 1168, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2000: (11) repealed, p. 842, § 28, effective May 24; (3)(d) added, p. 1056, § 1, effective May 26; (5.7) added, p. 236, § 7, effective July 1; (5)(c) amended, p. 1043, § 4, effective September 1; (3)(a) amended, p. 1496, § 3, effective July 1, 2001. L. 2001: (3)(c.5) added, p. 502, § 3, effective May 16; (5.8) added, p. 658, § 7, effective May 30; (5)(g), (5)(h), and (5)(i) amended, p. 955, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2002: (5)(a.5) amended and (5)(a.6) added, p. 125, § 2, effective March 26; (5.7)(a) amended, p. 666, § 11, effective May 28; (5)(g)(I) and (5.8) amended, p. 1017, § 22, effective June 1; (5)(a), (5)(a.5), (5)(a.6), and (5.8) amended and (5)(j) added, pp. 1185, 1192, 1181, §§ 19, 40, 5, effective July 1; (5)(g)(I) and (5)(h)(I) amended, p. 1152, § 8, effective July 1; (4)(a), (5)(a), (5)(a.6), (5)(a.7), (5)(b), (5)(c)(II)(D), and (6) amended, pp. 1500, 1566, §§ 159, 388, effective October 1. L. 2003: (5)(g)(I) amended, p. 1433, § 25, effective April 29 and (5)(a) amended and (5)(a.3) added, p. 1436, § 33, effective July 1; (4)(a) amended, p. 813, § 3, effective July 1; (14) added, p. 2676, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1)(a), (1)(b), and (1)(c) amended, p. 437, § 1, effective April 13; (10) amended and (15) added, p. 587, § 1, effective April 21. L. 2006: (5)(a) amended, p. 1054, § 7, effective May 25; (5)(k) added, p. 342, § 5, effective July 1; (5)(h)(IV) added by revision, pp. 1689, 1693, §§ 6, 17. L. 2008: IP(5.5)(a), (5.5)(c), and (5.5)(e) amended, p. 461, § 1, effective April 14; (5)(f)(I)(B), (5)(f)(I)(C), (5)(f)(I)(D), (5)(f)(I)(F), (5)(f)(I)(G), (5.5)(c)(I), (5.5)(c)(II), (5.5)(c)(III), and (5.5)(d)(II)(A) amended, p. 657, § 6, effective April 25; (5.5)(c)(II) amended, p. 1888, § 49, effective August 5. L. 2010: (5.7)(a) amended, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 784, § 24, effective April 29; (3.5) added, (HB 10-1374), ch. 261, p. 1187, § 9, effective May 25; (5.7)(d) amended, (HB 10-1260), ch. 403, p. 1986, § 75, effective July 1; (9)(a)(I) amended, (HB 10-1422), ch. 419, p. 2073, § 30, effective August 11. L. 2011: (1)(a), (3)(c), and (3)(c.5) amended and (1)(e), (3)(e), (3)(f), (3)(g), (3)(h), (3)(h.1), and (4)(f) added, (SB 11-241), ch. 200, pp. 832, 833, 834, §§ 2, 3, 4, effective May 23; (3.5) amended, (HB 11-1064), ch. 234, p. 1010, § 2, effective May 27; (5.7)(d) amended, (HB 11-1303), ch. 264, p. 1156, § 29, effective August 10. L. 2012: (3)(h.1)(I) amended, (HB 12-1310), ch. 268, p. 1403, § 27, effective June 7; (5.5)(b) amended, (HB 12-1311), ch. 281, p. 1617, § 36, effective July 1. L. 2013: (3)(h.1)(I) amended, (SB 13-250), ch. 333, p. 1932, § 47, effective October 1. L. 2014: (5)(a.3)(I) amended, (SB 14-163), ch. 391, p. 1969, § 4, effective June 6. L. 2015: (4)(f)(I) and (9)(a)(I) amended and (3.7) added, (HB 15-1122), ch. 37, p. 88, § 2, effective March 20;(5.5)(e) amended, (SB 15-124), ch. 251, p. 918, § 4, effective May 29; (5.9) added, (HB 15-1043), ch. 262, p. 998, § 10, effective August 5. L. 2016: (4)(f)(I)(B) amended, (SB 16-189), ch. 210, p. 759, § 27, effective June 6. L. 2017: IP(5.7), (5.7)(a), and (5.7)(d) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1253, § 11, effective May 25; (3.5) amended, (SB 17-031), ch. 92, p. 281, § 7, effective August 9; (4)(f)(I) amended, (HB 17-1326), ch. 394, p. 2030, § 4, effective August 9; (5)(c)(I), (5)(f)(I)(B), (5)(f)(I)(D), (5.5)(a), and (5.5)(c)(I) amended and (5)(f)(I)(F) and (5.5)(e) repealed, (HB 17-1308), ch. 371, p. 1928, § 2, effective August 9. L. 2018: (5)(a.3)(I) and (5)(a.6) amended, (HB 18-1029), ch. 153, p. 1087, § 2, effective April 23; (4)(f)(I)(D) amended, (HB 18-1375), ch. 274, p. 1700, § 19, effective May 29; (18) added, (HB 18-1410), ch. 394, p. 2353, § 2, effective June 6; (16) and (17) added, (HB 18-1251), ch. 272, p. 1669, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2019: (1)(a) amended and (1)(c.2) added, (SB 19-165), ch. 242, p. 2373, § 1, effective May 20; (3)(h.1)(I), (4)(f)(I)(C), (4)(f)(I)(D), and IP(5)(c)(II) amended and (4)(f)(I)(E) and (19) added, (SB 19-143), ch. 286, p. 2658, § 3, effective May 28. L. 2020: (10) amended, (SB 20-136), ch. 70, p. 284, § 9, effective September 14. L. 2021: (20) and (21) added, (SB 21-146), ch. 459, pp. 3083, 3086, §§ 4, 11, effective July 6.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsections (5.5)(b)(II) and (5.5)(c), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994. For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsections (4)(a), (5)(a), (5)(a.6), (5)(a.7), (5)(b), (5)(c)(II)(D), and (6), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002. For the legislative declaration contained in the 2006 act amending subsection (5)(a), see section 1 of chapter 228, Session Laws of Colorado 2006. For the legislative declaration in HB 15-1122, see section 1 of chapter 37, Session Laws of Colorado 2015. For the legislative declaration in SB 15-124, see section 1 of chapter 251, Session Laws of Colorado 2015. For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017. For the legislative declaration in HB 17-1326, see section 1 of chapter 394, Session Laws of Colorado 2017. For the legislative declaration in HB 17-1308, see section 1 of chapter 371, Session Laws of Colorado 2017. For the legislative declaration in SB 20-136, see section 1 of chapter 70, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.