First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 25-0758.01 Jed Franklin x5484
SENATE BILL 25-135
Senate Committees House Committees
State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING THE COLORADO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AUTHORITY .101
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
The bill creates the Colorado government efficiency authority
(authority). The authority is governed by a board consisting of the
following appointees:
! One representative of the private sector with business
experience with state contracts, appointed by the governor;
! One representative of the private sector with experience as
a chief financial officer or legal advisor, appointed by the
speaker of the house of representatives;
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Carson,
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Brooks,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. ! One representative of the private sector with experience in
energy and environmental work, appointed by the president
of the senate;
! One representative of the private sector with experience in
transportation, appointed by the minority leader of the
house of representatives;
! One representative of the private sector with experience in
health care or real estate, appointed by the minority leader
of the senate;
! The staff director of the joint budget committee, or the staff
director's designee, as a nonvoting advisory member;
! The director of the office of state planning and budgeting,
or the director's designee, as a nonvoting advisory member;
and
! The state auditor, or the state auditor's designee, as a
nonvoting advisory member.
Members of the board serve without compensation for any service
provided to the authority and do not receive any reimbursement from the
board for expenses incurred in furtherance of the board's responsibilities.
The board is charged with:
! Examining every state-funded state agency and state
department's operations, personnel, and mission to
determine whether the state agency or state department is
maximizing the efficient use of state money and resources;
! Identifying efficiencies in state government that would
result in cost savings and improved provision of
government services;
! Working with the federal government to implement federal
directives designed to increase government efficiency and
reduce government costs;
! Providing recommendations to the governor and general
assembly about implementing efficiencies in state
government, leveraging money from the federal
government, and implementing federal directives;
! Holding public hearings that solicit input from the public
about increasing efficiencies in state government; and
! Developing a process for members of the public to make
ongoing recommendations related to state government
efficiency, which recommendations will be reviewed by the
authority.
The authority may accept gifts, grants, donations, and federal
money to pay for the authority's operations. The authority is not funded
by a state agency or state department.
SB25-135-2- Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 24-1-139 as2
follows:3
24-1-139. Government efficiency authority - creation - duties4
and powers - government efficiency fund. (1) T
HERE IS CREATED THE5
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OLORADO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AUTHORITY , ALSO REFERRED TO IN6
THIS SECTION AS THE "AUTHORITY", WHICH IS A BODY CORPORATE AND A7
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE. THE AUTHORITY IS NOT AN AGENCY8
OF STATE GOVERNMENT AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO ADMINISTRATIVE9
DIRECTION BY ANY STATE AGENCY .10
(2) (a) T
HE POWERS OF THE AUTHORITY ARE VESTED IN A BOARD11
OF DIRECTORS CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS :12
(I) O
NE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR WITH BUSINESS13
EXPERIENCE WITH STATE CONTRACTS , APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR;14
(II) O
NE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR WITH15
EXPERIENCE AS A CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OR LEGAL ADVISOR ,16
APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ;17
(III) O
NE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR WITH18
EXPERIENCE IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL WORK , APPOINTED BY THE19
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE;20
(IV) O
NE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR WITH21
EXPERIENCE IN TRANSPORTATION , APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER22
OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ;23
(V) O
NE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR WITH24
EXPERIENCE IN HEALTH CARE OR REAL ESTATE , APPOINTED BY THE25
MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE;26
(VI) T
HE STAFF DIRECTOR OF THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE , OR27
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-3- THE STAFF DIRECTOR'S DESIGNEE, AS A NONVOTING ADVISORY MEMBER ;1
(VII) T
HE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF STATE PLANNING AND2
BUDGETING, OR THE DIRECTOR'S DESIGNEE, AS A NONVOTING ADVISORY3
MEMBER; AND4
(VIII)
THE STATE AUDITOR, OR THE STATE AUDITOR'S DESIGNEE,5
AS A NONVOTING ADVISORY MEMBER .6
(b) T
HE BOARD MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED TO THREE -YEAR TERMS;7
EXCEPT THAT THREE OF THE MEMBERS APPOINTED ON OR BEFORE JANUARY8
1,
2026, SERVE AN INITIAL TERM OF TWO YEARS . EACH MEMBER9
CONTINUES IN OFFICE UNTIL THE MEMBER 'S SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED.10
I
NITIAL MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY MUST BE APPOINTED NO LATER THAN11
J
ANUARY 1, 2026.12
(c) O
N THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF A MEMBER OF THE BOARD ,13
THAT MEMBER'S SUCCESSOR MUST BE APPO INTED BY THE RESPECTIVE14
APPOINTING AUTHORITY FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS ; EXCEPT THAT, IN15
THE CASE OF A VACANCY, THE RESPECTIVE APPOINTING AUTHORITY SHALL16
APPOINT A PERSON TO SERVE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE UNEXPIRED17
TERM.18
(3) (a) E
ACH BOARD MEMBER WHO IS NOT AN ADVISORY MEMBER19
SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS AT THE TIME OF20
APPOINTMENT AND THROUGHOUT THE MEMBER 'S TERM OF OFFICE:21
(I)
RESIDENCY IN THIS STATE; AND22
(II)
DEMONSTRATION OF ACTIVE INTEREST IN STREAMLINING23
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS , COST MANAGEMENT , AND REDUCING24
GOVERNMENT WASTE .25
(b) T
HE RESPECTIVE APPOINTING AUTHORITY SHALL IMMEDIATELY26
DECLARE THE OFFICE OF ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD WHO IS NOT AN27
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-4- ADVISORY MEMBER VACANT WHENEVER THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY1
FINDS THAT THE MEMBER NO LONGER MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS SET2
FORTH IN SUBSECTION (3)(a) OF THIS SECTION OR THAT THE MEMBER IS3
UNABLE TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE .4
(c) M
EMBERS SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION FOR ANY SERVICE5
PROVIDED TO THE AUTHORITY AND DO NOT RECEIVE ANY REIMBURSEMENT6
FROM THE BOARD FOR EXPENSES INCURRED FULFILLING THEIR7
RESPONSIBILITIES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.8
(4) T
HE BOARD MAY:9
(a) E
XAMINE EVERY STATE-FUNDED STATE AGENCY AND STATE10
DEPARTMENT'S OPERATIONS, PERSONNEL, AND MISSION TO DETERMINE11
WHETHER THE STATE AGENCY OR STATE DEPARTMENT IS MAXIMIZING THE12
EFFICIENT USE OF STATE MONEY AND RESOURCES ;13
(b) I
DENTIFY EFFICIENCIES IN STATE GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD14
RESULT IN COST SAVINGS AND IMPROVED PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT15
SERVICES;16
(c) W
ORK WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT17
FEDERAL DIRECTIVES DESIGNED TO INCREASE GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY18
AND REDUCE GOVERNMENT COSTS ;19
(d) D
EVELOP, ADOPT, AND IMPLEMENT A PROCESS TO FUND AND20
EXPEND MONEY FOR THE ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD ;21
(e) A
CCEPT GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS , INCLUDING22
PERSONAL SERVICES, AND MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO23
SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD . WHEN24
EXPENDING MONEY TO IMPLEMENT THIS SECTION , THE AUTHORITY SHALL25
GIVE PRIORITY TO LEVERAGING FEDERAL MONEY THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE26
TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE AUTHORITY ;27
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-5- (f) PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR AND GENERAL1
ASSEMBLY ABOUT IMPLEMENTING EFFICIENCIES IN STATE GOVERNMENT ,2
LEVERAGING MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT , AND3
IMPLEMENTING FEDERAL DIRECTIVES ;4
(g) H
OLD PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT SOLICIT INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC5
ABOUT INCREASING EFFICIENCIES IN STATE GOVERNMENT ; AND6
(h) D
EVELOP A PROCESS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO MAKE7
ONGOING RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO STATE GOVERNMENT8
EFFICIENCY, WHICH RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE9
AUTHORITY.10
(5) T
HE AUTHORITY, CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, IS NOT11
FUNDED BY OR THROUGH ANY STATE AGENCY OR STATE DEPARTMENT .12
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act13
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the14
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except15
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V16
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this17
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take18
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in19
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the20
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.21
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