Any principal department to which powers, duties, and functions of any existing department, institution, or other agency are transferred or any division, section, or unit of any principal department to which such powers, duties, and functions are allocated shall be the successor in every way with respect to such powers, duties, and functions of the department, institution, or other agency in which such powers, duties, and functions were vested prior to July 1, 1968, except as otherwise provided by this article. Every act performed in the exercise of such powers, duties, and functions by or under the authority of the principal department or any division, section, or unit thereof to which such powers, duties, and functions are transferred or allocated by this article shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the department, institution, or other agency in which such functions were vested prior to July 1, 1968. When any such department, institution, or other agency is referred to or designated by any law, contract, or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the principal department or the division, section, or unit thereof in which the powers, duties, and functions of such department, institution, or other agency so referred to or designated are vested by the provisions of this article.
Source: L. 68: p. 92, § 28. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-28-28.
Structure Colorado Code
Article 1 - Administrative Organization Act of 1968
§ 24-1-101. Legislative Declaration
§ 24-1-103. Head of Department Defined
§ 24-1-105. Types of Transfers
§ 24-1-106. Agencies Not Enumerated - Continuation
§ 24-1-108. Appointment of Officers and Employees - Repeal
§ 24-1-109. Office of the Governor
§ 24-1-110. Principal Departments
§ 24-1-111. Department of State - Creation
§ 24-1-112. Department of the Treasury - Creation
§ 24-1-113. Department of Law - Creation
§ 24-1-114. Department of Higher Education - Creation
§ 24-1-115. Department of Education - Creation
§ 24-1-117. Department of Revenue - Creation
§ 24-1-119. Department of Public Health and Environment - Creation
§ 24-1-119.5. Department of Health Care Policy and Financing - Creation
§ 24-1-120. Department of Human Services - Creation
§ 24-1-120.5. Department of Early Childhood - Creation
§ 24-1-121. Department of Labor and Employment - Creation
§ 24-1-122. Department of Regulatory Agencies - Creation
§ 24-1-123. Department of Agriculture - Creation
§ 24-1-124. Department of Natural Resources - Creation - Divisions
§ 24-1-125. Department of Local Affairs - Creation
§ 24-1-127. Department of Military and Veterans Affairs - Creation
§ 24-1-128. Department of Personnel - Creation
§ 24-1-128.5. Department of Corrections - Creation
§ 24-1-128.6. Department of Public Safety - Creation - Repeal
§ 24-1-128.7. Department of Transportation - Creation - Repeal
§ 24-1-129. Effect of Transfer of Powers, Duties, and Functions
§ 24-1-131. Rules, Regulations, and Orders Adopted Prior to Article - Continuation
§ 24-1-132. Transfer of Officers and Employees
§ 24-1-133. Transfer of Property and Records
§ 24-1-134. Subsequent Powers and Functions - Assignment