The bill clarifies that local governments, rather than the air quality control commission or the department of public health and environment, control the regulation of burning in burn barrels. Burning in burn barrels is permitted as regulated by or unless prohibited by the local government. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The act clarifies that the department of early childhood (department) may use the remaining money annually appropriated from the preschool programs cash fund (fund) to provide additional preschool services for children who are in low-income families or who meet at least one qualifying factor and to provide services for the furtherance of the universal preschool program. The act prohibits the general assembly from appropriating the full balance of the fund prior to the start of a state fiscal year. The unappropriated balance in the fund is the reserve. The department may submit a request for a supplemental appropriation from the reserve to the joint budget committee. APPROVED by Governor April 18, 2024 EFFECTIVE April 18, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Current law requires the general assembly to appropriate or transfer money to the mill levy equalization fund (fund) for institute charter school (institute) funding. The act repeals the fund. For the 2024-25 budget year and each budget year thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate money from the general fund or the state education fund to the state charter school institute to fund full mill levy equalization for all institute charter schools. Appropriations made in the annual general appropriation act for the 2024-25 state fiscal year to the department of education for use by the state charter school institute are adjusted as follows: The cash fund appropriation from the fund for institute mill levy equalization is decreased by $735,000; The reappropriated funds appropriation from the fund for institute mill levy equalization is decreased by $49,220,696; The general fund for institute mill levy equalization is decreased by $22,000,000; and The cash funds appropriation from the state education fund for institute mill levy equalization is increased by $22,000,000. APPROVED by Governor April 18, 2024 EFFECTIVE April 18, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under existing law, the appropriation to the university of Colorado for fee-for-service contracts for health services is reduced by a certain amount of additional medicaid reimbursements and payments received by the state pursuant to the federal"Families First Coronavirus Response Act" (additional medicaid payments) through December 31, 2024. The act continues this provision until July 1, 2026. As additional medicaid payments are phased out, the general fund appropriation to the university of Colorado for fee-for-service contracts is increased. The act exempts the increased general fund appropriations in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 state fiscal years made as a result of the phased out additional medicaid payments from the required annual increase in student financial assistance. The act reduces the appropriation to the department of higher education for the 2024-25 state fiscal year for need-based grants by $2,273,392. APPROVED by Governor April 18, 2024 EFFECTIVE April 18, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Current law requires that annual appropriations for student financial assistance increase by at least the same percentage as the aggregate percentage increase of all general fund appropriations to institutions of higher education. The act creates a limited exception for appropriations that are less than $2 million that are made through legislation other than the general appropriation act or supplemental appropriations acts. APPROVED by Governor April 18, 2024 EFFECTIVE April 18, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under current law, the money in the educator licensure cash fund (cash fund) is continuously appropriated through fiscal year 2023-24. The act extends the continuous appropriation authority to fiscal year 2029-30. On or before November 1, 2029, the department of education shall report to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate and the joint budget committee concerning the revenue credited to, and expenditures from, the cash fund and shall make a recommendation whether the continuous appropriation authority should be maintained. APPROVED by Governor April 18, 2024 EFFECTIVE April 18, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act delays a $20 million transfer from the marijuana tax cash fund to the public school capital construction assistance fund from June 1, 2024, to June 1, 2026. The act reduces the appropriation to the department of education from the public school capital construction assistance fund for the 2024-25 state fiscal year by $20 million. APPROVED by Governor April 18, 2024 EFFECTIVE April 18, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act combines the food pantry assistance program and the food bank assistance program into a single program named the community food assistance provider grant program (grant program) in the department of human services (state department). The purpose of the grant program is to provide grants to procure and distribute nutritious foods that meet the needs of eligible entities' clientele. The state department may contract with a third-party vendor to solicit, vet, award, and monitor grants. The state department shall include information regarding the grant program at its "SMART Act" hearing. The act allows a recipient of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (recipient) to receive fuel assistance payments through the same payment mechanism that the recipient uses to receive other cash assistance benefits. For the 2024-25 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $3,000,000 from the general fund to the state department for the use by the office of economic security for the grant program. APPROVED by Governor April 18, 2024 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires the state treasurer to transfer $31,160,000 from the state employee reserve fund to the general fund on June 30, 2024. APPROVED by Governor April 18, 2024 EFFECTIVE April 18, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires the state treasurer to transfer $10 million from the energy and carbon management cash fund to the stationary sources control fund on June 30, 2024. APPROVED by Governor April 18, 2024 EFFECTIVE April 18, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires the state treasurer to transfer $4 million from the general fund to the Colorado crime victim services fund on July 1, 2024. APPROVED by Governor April 18, 2024 EFFECTIVE April 18, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The advanced industries acceleration cash fund (AI cash fund) consists, in part, of money transferred annually to the fund from the general fund pursuant to the "Colorado Bioscience and Clean Technology Innovation Reinvestment Act" (bioscience act). The amount of money transferred pursuant to the bioscience act is based on the amount of income tax withholding for certain bioscience and clean technology occupation classifications. The act extends both the transfers to the AI cash fund and the bioscience act, which had respectively been scheduled to repeal on July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, for an additional 8 years so that the last transfer is scheduled for March 1, 2033, and the bioscience act is scheduled to repeal, effective July 1, 2034. APPROVED by Governor April 18, 2024 EFFECTIVE April 18, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
