(1) Any contract to which the house of representatives or the senate is a party shall be approved by the speaker of the house of representatives or the president of the senate, as the case may be. Whenever the house of representatives and the senate are parties to the same contract, both the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall approve the contract. Any contract to which the legislative council, the office of legislative legal services, the joint budget committee, the office of the state auditor, or the commission on uniform state laws is a party shall be approved by the chair or vice-chair of the governing committee of such agency, as the case may be.
(2) (a) For legislative department contracts subject to section 29 of article V of the state constitution, the attorney general shall approve all such legislative department contracts as to form, and the controller shall approve such contracts in accordance with section 24-30-202, C.R.S.
(b) The director of the office of legislative legal services or the director's designee shall approve all legislative department contracts not subject to section 29 of article V of the state constitution. No approval by the controller or any assistant designated by the controller shall be required for the validity of any contract entered into and approved under this paragraph (b). The controller shall issue payment for expenditures for legislative department contracts approved in accordance with this paragraph (b) as set forth in section 24-30-202, C.R.S. Notwithstanding the legislative department's exemption from the fiscal rules pursuant to section 24-2-101, C.R.S., the office of legislative legal services shall consider the fiscal rules as guidelines for legislative department contracts approved under this paragraph (b) and may consult with the controller or attorney general, or both, when drafting legislative department contracts.
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