S.B. 04-23 Remuneration not included as wages - periodically distributed supplemental unemployment benefits. Excludes from the definition of "wages", for purposes of the "Colorado Employment Security Act", the amount of any payment made to or on behalf of an employee under a specific type of plan or system established by an employer for the purpose of supplementing unemployment benefits.
APPROVED by Governor March 23, 2004
EFFECTIVE August 4, 2004
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the
effective date, see page vi of this digest.
S.B. 04-226 Explosives permits - criminal history record check required prior to issuance - fingerprint-based criminal history record check required upon further investigation - appropriation. Requires an applicant for an explosives permit to submit his or her set of fingerprints to the department of labor and employment (department). Requires the department to conduct a criminal history record check of each applicant. Directs the department to forward the fingerprints to the Colorado bureau of investigation for a state and national fingerprint-based criminal history record check if the department finds that further investigation is necessary. Requires the applicant to pay for the costs of the check. Prohibits a person from purchasing explosives without an explosives permit.
Appropriates $2,963 from the moneys collected to pay for the costs of the check to the department of public safety for the implementation of the act.
APPROVED by Governor May 27, 2004
EFFECTIVE May 27, 2004
S.B. 04-249 Workers' compensation - definition of "employer" - general contractor. Amends the definition of an "employer" under the workers' compensation statutes for a general contractor who hires an independent contractor. Defines "individual" as a natural person for the purposes of this act and prior, related legislation.
APPROVED by Governor May 21, 2004
EFFECTIVE May 21, 2004
H.B. 04-1068 Workers' compensation - notice to pursue claim against third party - penalties. Expands the requirement to file notice of intent to pursue a workers' compensation claim for damages arising out of actions of a negligent stranger to all parties to the claim. Allows the party pursuing subrogation to recover attorney fees and costs. Specifies that if the party bringing a subrogation action is the insurer paying workers' compensation benefits and such party fails to provide notice to the injured employee or, if the injured employee is deceased, to the employee's decedents, any amount recovered by the insurer shall be reduced by $50 per day for each day the notice was not given to the employee or the employee's decedents up to 20% of the total assigned interest at the time the notice was due.
APPROVED by Governor March 9, 2004
EFFECTIVE August 4, 2004
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the
effective date, see page vi of this digest.
H.B. 04-1087 High voltage power line safety requirements - establishment of care in defense of negligence claim. Proof of compliance with an applicable standard of the national electric safety code that is or was in effect at the time of installation of an overhead high voltage power line establishes the highest degree of care in the defense of a negligence claim asserted by persons or entities exempt from the high voltage power line safety requirements.
APPROVED by Governor March 17, 2004
EFFECTIVE August 4, 2004
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the
effective date, see page vi of this digest.
H.B. 04-1090 Workers' compensation insurance coverage - verification - department of revenue access to inquiries made by division of workers' compensation. Allows the director of the division of workers' compensation (director) to verify that all of an employer's employees are covered under a workers' compensation plan as part of the director's investigation of a default. Allows the findings of the director to be forwarded to the employer's workers' compensation carrier for further investigation. Applies to investigations of the director on and after August 4, 2004.
Allows the department of revenue access to the records of the division of workers' compensation to determine if an employer has any tax liability.
APPROVED by Governor April 23, 2004
EFFECTIVE August 4, 2004
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the
effective date, see page vi of this digest.
H.B. 04-1145 Liquefied petroleum gas - liability - limitation. Limits the liability of transporter, handler, supplier, and retail seller of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for damages related to the alteration, modification, or repair of equipment or appliances for use with LPG by any other person unless such alteration, modification, or repair was done without the knowledge or consent of the transporter, handler, supplier, or retail seller. Limits liability for a transporter, handler, supplier, or retailer of LPG for use of LPG in a manner or purpose other than that for which the equipment or appliance was intended. Specifies that a person who complies with applicable rules and the national fire code procedures, as adopted by the director of the division of oil and public safety, shall not be deemed to be grossly negligent or willful and wanton.
APPROVED by Governor April 23, 2004
EFFECTIVE August 4, 2004
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the
effective date, see page vi of this digest.
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