Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of revenue. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of transportation. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Statutory Revision Committee. Pursuant to section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), Colorado Revised Statutes, any report that is required to be made to the general assembly by an executive agency or the judicial branch on a periodic basis expires on the day after the third anniversary of the date on which the first report was due unless the general assembly, acting by bill, continues the requirement. Section 1 repeals reporting requirements by the department of regulatory agencies that were scheduled to repeal according to section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I); except that it continues the reporting requirement to the state auditor. Currently there is no repeal date listed in the organic statute. Sections 2, 3, and 4 continue indefinitely the reporting requirements contained in those statutory sections. Sections 5, 6, and 7 repeal reporting requirements by the department of regulatory agencies that were scheduled to repeal according to section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I). Currently there is no repeal date listed in the organic statute. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of state. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Statutory Revision Committee. The commission on family medicine (commission) is an advisory body within the department of health care policy and financing (HCPF). Currently, the laws governing the commission are located within title 25, Colorado Revised Statutes. Sections 1 and 4 of the bill relocate those laws to title 25.5, Colorado Revised Statutes, (the 'State Health Care Policy and Financing Act'), which title generally pertains to HCPF. Sections 2 and 3 make conforming amendments.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Supplemental appropriations are made to the judicial department. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of military and veterans affairs. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Joint Budget Committee. The general assembly recognizes that the actual funded pupil count and the actual at-risk pupil count were less than anticipated during the 2016 legislative session. In addition, local property tax and specific ownership tax receipts were less than anticipated, reducing the local share of total program funding. The bill reflects the general assembly's intent to maintain the state share of school districts' total program funding at the level of the original appropriation during the 2016 legislative session, and to adjust total program funding, after application of the negative factor, to reflect a reduction in the negative factor. The bill appropriates $3,950 cash funds from the state education fund to align the hold-harmless full-day kindergarten funding with the change in total program funding. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Statutory Revision Committee. The bill implements 2 recommendations related to title 22 from the department of education to the statutory revision committee. The first recommendation is to change the single remaining statutory reference in title 22 that names October 1 as a mileage or pupil enrollment count date to the 'pupil enrollment count day, as defined in section 22-54-103 (10.5)' in order to conform with the rest of the references in title 22. The second recommendation is to delete from statute the phrases 'accredited independent school' and 'accredited nonpublic school' because the state board of education does not accredit either type of school. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Joint Budget Committee. Under current law, the Colorado commission on higher education (commission) is prohibited from allocating more than $800,000 annually for purposes of providing tuition assistance to members of the National Guard. The bill removes statutory provisions relating to the limit on appropriations and the commission's allocation of money for the tuition assistance program.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of human services. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Statutory Revision Committee. The bill updates various statutes pertaining to the office of the state auditor (OSA). Currently, the legislative audit committee (LAC) has the discretion to direct the state auditor to conduct a performance audit of any public highway authority; except that the LAC may not do so in any year during which the interim transportation legislation review committee (TLRC) meets. However, the TLRC is statutorily required to meet every year. Consequently, section 1 of the bill repeals the timing limitation so that such a performance audit can be requested at any time. The executive director of the department of revenue (DOR) is currently required to account monthly to the state treasurer regarding working capital retained by DOR and to provide copies of this accounting to the governor and the state auditor. Because DOR does not retain working capital, section 2 repeals this obsolete provision. Additionally, the state treasurer must provide copies of receipts for money transmitted daily from the executive director of DOR to the state auditor, in addition to providing one copy to the executive director and retaining one copy for his or her files. Section 2 also removes the requirement to provide the state auditor these copies. Pursuant to a statute created in 1881, holders of warrants from counties with more than $50,000 in floating indebtedness may exchange those warrants for county bonds, if the exchange is approved by election. County bonds so exchanged must be registered with OSA, and a ten-cent fee must be paid to OSA for recording each bond. Because this registration provision is obsolete, section 3 repeals the registration and recording fee requirements. Section 4 repeals an obsolete provision relating to an audit of the estimated actual operating costs of the enhanced emissions inspections program contractor, which audit was required to be completed by the end of 2001. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
