Colorado · statute · Colo. Rev. Stat. tit. 9 · 104 active provisions
Every room or building intended to be used as a theater, opera house, music hall, concert hall, church, or other like place of public assemblage shall be provided with at least one doorway of not less than five feet in width for each two hundred fifty persons who may be seated within such building in the part thereof i…
Every proprietor who builds or procures to be built or leases, procures, or permits to be used as a theater, opera house, concert hall, music hall, public school, church, or for any other like public assemblage any building not in conformity to this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall…
No action shall lie to recover the rent on any lease or contract for the use or occupation of any room or building used as a theater, opera house, concert hall, music hall, public school, church, or other like place of public assemblage unless such room or building at the time of such renting, use, or occupation has do…
All doors provided for the doorways of every such room or building shall open outwards, and every person using or occupying any such room or building as a theater, opera house, concert hall, music hall, public school, church, or for other like public assemblage during the whole of every exhibition, performance, or asse…
Whenever any building is erected for the purpose of accommodating public assemblages and the rooms intended for such purpose are not on the first floor of such building, it is the duty of the persons erecting the same to provide and erect at least two fireproof stairways of ample dimensions sufficient for the sudden eg…
If any lives are lost by reason of the willful negligence and failure to observe the provisions of this article, the person through whose default such loss of life was occasioned commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.
The purpose of this article is to prevent injury to persons and damage to property from accidents resulting from damage to underground facilities by excavation. This purpose shall be facilitated through the creation of a single statewide notification system to be administered by an association of the owners and operato…
As used in this article 1.5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "ASCE 38" means the standard for defining the quality of an underground facility location as defined in the current edition of the American Society of Civil Engineers' "Standard Guideline for the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Util…
(1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 93, p. 499, § 1, effective September 1, 1993.) (2) Architects, engineers, or other persons designing excavation shall obtain general information as to the description, nature, and location of underground facilities in the area of such proposed excavation and include such general informatio…
(1) (a) There is created the underground damage prevention safety commission in the department of labor and employment. The safety commission is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105. The safety commission shall: (I) Advise the notification association and other state agencies, the general assembly, and local…
The notification association shall create a voluntary alternative dispute resolution program in consultation with its members and all affected parties. The alternative dispute resolution program must be available to all owners or operators, excavators, and other interested parties regarding disputes arising from damage…
(1) A person who violates this article 1.5 is subject to a fine of not more than five thousand dollars for an initial violation and not more than seventy-five thousand dollars for each subsequent violation within a twelve-month period. (2) In the performance of its duties regarding any complaint, the safety commission…
(1) (a) Every owner or operator of an underground facility in this state shall join the notification association pursuant to section 9-1.5-105. (b) Any owner or operator of an underground facility who does not join the notification association in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall be liable for…
(1) The damage prevention fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund consists of: (a) All receipts from money directed by law to be deposited to the fund; (b) All fines collected pursuant to section 9-1.5-104.4; and (c) Any other money that the general assembly ma…
(1) The safety commission fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund consists of: (a) All receipts from money directed by law to be deposited to the fund, including costs and fees awarded by a court pursuant to section 9-1.5-104.2 (9)(b); and (b) Any other money t…
(1) There is hereby created a nonprofit corporation in the state of Colorado, referred to in this article 1.5 as the "notification association", which consists of all owners or operators of underground facilities. All owners and operators shall join the notification association and shall participate in a statewide prog…
(1) The notification association created in section 9-1.5-105 shall: (a) Receive and record notifications from excavators concerning intended excavation activities including sites, dates, and the nature of any intended excavation; (b) Maintain a record of each notice of intent to excavate for a minimum of three years;…
At least ten days before beginning an excavation to remove an underground facility that is a gas transmission pipeline that has been abandoned or is unused and is not located in a public road, street, alley, or right-of-way dedicated to public use, the excavator shall notify each owner of record and occupant of the rea…
(1) This section and sections 9-1.5-104.2, 9-1.5-104.4, 9-1.5-104.7, and 9-1.5-104.8 are repealed, effective September 1, 2028. (2) Before the repeal, the functions of the underground damage prevention safety commission related to underground facilities specified in sections 9-1.5-104.2, 9-1.5-104.4, 9-1.5-104.7, and 9…
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Authorized person" means: (a) An employee of a public utility which produces, transmits, or delivers electricity; (b) An employee of a public utility which provides and the work of which relates to communication services or an employee of a state, cou…
(1) Unless danger against contact with high voltage overhead lines has been effectively guarded against as provided by section 9-2.5-103, a person or business entity shall not, individually or through an agent or employee, perform or require any other person to perform any function or activity upon any land, building,…
(1) If any person or business entity desires to temporarily carry on any function, activity, work, or operation in closer proximity to any high voltage overhead line than that which is permitted by this article, the person or business entity responsible for performing the work shall promptly notify the public utility o…
(1) (a) A person who violates this article may be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars, to be imposed by any court of competent jurisdiction and credited to the general fund. (b) A person who violates this article more than once may be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand dolla…
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, this article does not apply to construction, reconstruction, operation, or maintenance by an authorized person of overhead electrical or communication circuits or conductors and their supporting structures, or to electrical generating, transmission, or distribut…
Proof of compliance with the requirements of an applicable national electrical safety code standard, as published by the institute of electrical and electronics engineers or a successor entity, that is or was in effect at the time of the installation of the overhead line, establishes the highest degree of care in the d…