1. (1) In accordance with the provisions of section 22 of article IV of the state constitution, all executive and administrative offices, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive department of the state government and their respective functions, powers, and duties, except as otherwise provided by law, are allocated among and within the following principal departments created by this article 1:

   1. (a) Department of state;
   2. (b) Department of the treasury;
   3. (c) Department of law;
   4. (d) Department of higher education;
   5. (e) Department of education;
   6. (f) Repealed.
   7. (g) Department of revenue;
   8. (h) (Deleted by amendment, L. 93, p. 1087, § 3, effective July 1, 1994.)
   9. (i) Department of public health and environment;
   10. (j) (Deleted by amendment, L. 93, p. 1087, § 3, effective July 1, 1994.)
   11. (k) Department of labor and employment;
   12. (l) Department of regulatory agencies;
   13. (m) Department of agriculture;
   14. (n) Department of natural resources;
   15. (o) Department of local affairs;
   16. (p) (Deleted by amendment, L. 91, p. 1054, § 4, effective July 1, 1991.)
   17. (q) Department of military and veterans affairs;
   18. (r) Department of personnel;
   19. (s) Repealed.
   20. (t) Department of corrections;
   21. (u) Department of public safety;
   22. (v) Department of transportation;
   23. (w) Department of human services;
   24. (x) Department of health care policy and financing;
   25. (y) Department of early childhood.

Source: L. 68: p. 75, § 10. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-28-10. L. 72: p. 577, § 5. L. 74: (1)(t) added, p. 202, § 3, effective May 17. L. 77: (1)(t) amended, p. 950, § 14, effective July 13. L. 83: (1)(u) added and (1)(s) repealed, pp. 960, 971, §§ 2, 28, effective July 1, 1984. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1054, § 4, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1087, § 3, effective July 1, 1994. L. 95: (1)(f) repealed, p. 622, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1)(q) amended, p. 357, § 10, effective July 1. L. 2021: IP(1) amended and (1)(y) added, (HB 21-1304), ch. 307, p. 1846, § 2, effective July 1, 2022.

Cross references: (1) For legislative oversight of principal departments, see article 7 of title 2; for the establishment of the office of state planning and budgeting within the office of the governor, see article 37 of this title.

(2) For the legislative declaration contained in the 1995 act repealing subsection (1)(f), see section 112 of chapter 167, Session Laws of Colorado 1995. For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsection (1)(q), see section 1 of chapter 121, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.