STATEMENT OF BASIS AND PURPOSE

The Colorado State Personnel Board's current rules are found at 4 CCR 801. The purpose of the Rulemaking proposed for August 15, 2006, is to adopt amendments to a Board Rule to comply with a recent decision from the Colorado Court of Appeals.  The amended rule is proposed for the general clarification for the public and efficient management of the Board.   

The Notice of Rulemaking was filed and issued June 16, 2006, for publication in the Colorado Register on July 10, 2006.  The proposed rule and the proposed statement of basis and purpose have been available for review at the Board office and on the Board's web site since July 21, 2006.  The Board took testimony at a public rule-making hearing on August 15, 2006, and conducted deliberations on these proposed amendments at its meeting on August 15, 2006.  The rule was accepted through formal public hearing and approved by the Attorney General.

The following rule was adopted:  Board Rule 4-28.

The specific authority of the State Personnel Board to promulgate these rules is found at Article XII, sections 13 and 14 of the Colorado Constitution; the State Personnel System Act, section 24-50-101, et seq., C.R.S.; section 24-50.5-101, et seq., C.R.S.; and section 24-4-103, C.R.S.

The amendment adopted shall become effective October 1, 2006.	

Dated this _____ day of
August, 2006.	_____________________________________
						John Zakhem, Chair, State Personnel Board