A hearing will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 1525 Sherman Street, Room 104 (First Floor) Denver, Colorado 80203.
The general purpose of this hearing is to modify Chapters 3, 5 & 9 of the Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures.
For full information on the Basis & Purpose of the hearing click on the Basis & Purpose link below.
For full information on the hearing, how to comment on the proposed changes, or for special accommodations to participate in the hearing please click on the Notice link below.
For a copy of the redlined proposed changes, or a copy of how the proposed rules would read in final form, please click on the appropriate link below.
Copies of comments to this docket will be posted on this site below in the order in which they were received.
- Notice of Hearing
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Notice of Proposed Rule Making
To: Secretary of State; All State Government Departments, Agencies, Institutions and Other Interested Parties
From: Kara Veitch, State Personnel Director Department of Personnel & Administration
Date: July 30, 2019
Subject: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF PERMANENT RULES
The State Personnel Director (Executive Director of the Department of Personnel & Administration - DPA) will hold a public hearing on September 4, 2019, to consider adoption of personnel director's administrative procedures for the Division of Human Resources (found at 4 CCR 801-1). The September 4, 2019 public hearing will commence at 1:00 p.m. in Room 104, First Floor, at 1525 Sherman St. All interested persons are urged to attend this public hearing and to submit written comments for consideration concerning the proposed rules.The Hearing Officer will take comments as follows:
In order to facilitate review of written comments by the Hearing Officer, all interested parties are strongly encouraged to submit their written comments prior to the hearing;
Written comments submitted prior to the hearing must be submitted to Doug Platt at 1525 Sherman St., Denver, CO 80203, or via email at doug.platt@state.co.us on before 5:00 p.m. on August 28, 2019;
All written comments submitted on or before 5:00 p.m. on August 28, 2019, will be posted on the DPA website and linked to the Division of Human Resources website, on or before 5:00 p.m. on August 29, 2019.
Any written comments submitted after 5:00 p.m. on August 28, 2019, must be submitted a) at the rulemaking hearing on September 4, 2019; b) in hard copy format with an original and five (5) copies.
- Oral comment may be provided at the hearing as follows:
- Each speaker will be allowed to testify;
- All persons wishing to provide oral comment must sign up to do so at the hearing, noting whom they represent and/or if they are ceding any portion of their time to another speaker;
- Any person signing up to speak may cede any portion or all of their time to another speaker, however, no speaker may be ceded the time of more than two other speakers, and
- At her discretion, the Hearing Officer may limit or extend the time of any speaker.
After taking public comment the Hearing Officer will commence deliberations regarding adoption of the proposed permanent rules.
Reasonable accommodation will be provided upon request for persons with disabilities. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this public hearing, please notify Doug Platt at 303-866-6095 or via email at doug.platt@state.co.us by no later than August 28, 2019.
The State Personnel Director will consider changes to Chapters 3, 5, and 9 of the personnel director's administrative procedures for the Division of Human Resources, found at 4 CCR 801-1. The rules are being promulgated primarily to address matters concerning Compensation, Time Off and Fair Employment Practices.
The proposed rules, notice of proposed rulemaking and the proposed statement of basis, specific statutory authority and purpose will be available for review by interested persons on or before close of business on July 31, 2019, at the Department's Executive Director's office, 1525 Sherman St., 5th floor, Denver, Colorado 80203, or on the Executive Director's website, "What's New," at http://www.colorado.gov/dpa In addition, they are available for review at the Division of Human Resources offices, 1525 Sherman St., 2nd floor, Denver, Colorado 80203, or on the Division of Human Resources website "What's New" at
https:/ /www.colorado.gov/dhr. The specific authority of the Executive Director to promulgate these rules is found in the State of Colorado Constitution Article XII, Section 13.
Katra Veitch
State Personnel Director
Department of Personnel & Administration
Proposed Rules (changes accepted version)