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Committee OKs technical fix letting State Patrol use state risk management coverage instead of individual bonds
Summary
The committee approved a change to permit the Colorado State Patrol to meet a statutory bond requirement through the state Office of Risk Management’s self‑insurance coverage, aligning the Patrol with other public safety agencies and saving bond costs to the risk management fund, proponents said.
Representative Leader and Assistant Minority Leader Winter presented a technical bill to permit the Colorado State Patrol to use the State Office of Risk Management’s self‑insurance coverage as the statutory substitute for personal surety bonds. Sponsors said a 2018 change (House Bill 11‑40) had allowed many public officials to use insurance instead of personal bonds, but the State Patrol remained unable to use that option because insurers would not issue…
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