In 2005, the voters approved referendum C, which authorized the state to retain state revenues up to the excess state revenues cap to be spent on specified uses (excess state revenues). The general fund exempt account (account) was created within the general fund and it includes an amount equal to the excess state revenues. There is a statutorily required allocation of the money in the account for uses that are consistent with the uses approved by the voters in referendum C. The actual amount of the excess state revenues, however, is not known until after the last day of the fiscal year. The act addresses the discrepancy between the amounts appropriated or transferred from the account and the actual amount of the excess state revenues. If the appropriations and transfers from the account are less than the actual excess state revenues, then some of the revenue in the general fund is also designated as excess state revenues. Appropriations from the general fund for medical and long-term care services for medicaid eligible individuals and the state share of districts' total program funding, or their successor line items, are designated as how the state uses this revenue. If the appropriations and transfers from the account are more than the actual excess state revenues, then a portion of the account, and a corresponding percentage of all appropriations and transfers from it, are designated as not being excess state revenues. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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Under current law, when the general assembly passes a bill that causes a net increase in the period of imprisonment, the general assembly is required to appropriate money to cover the costs of that imprisonment for the next 5 years. The act suspends that requirement until July 1, 2025, and repeals all of the current statutory 5-year appropriations. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under existing law, an early childhood development service district (service district) must include all of the territory of any special district, municipality, county, or other existing taxing entity that is included in the service district. The act allows a service district to also include a portion of a special district, municipality, county, or other existing taxing entity. The act also authorizes a service district to accept gifts, grants, and donations. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of public health and environment. The general fund and reappropriated funds portions of the appropriation are increased. Senate Bill 21-181, concerning state agencies addressing health disparities in Colorado, is amended to further appropriate the amount appropriated the money for the 2022-23 fiscal year. Senate Bill 21-128, concerning modifications to the administration of the nursing home penalty cash fund, is amended to increase the amount appropriated to the department. Senate Bill 21-243, concerning annual appropriations to the department of public health and environment, is amended to clarify that the money appropriated is from the general fund. House Bill 21-1266, concerning efforts to redress the effects of environmental injustice on disproportionately impacted communities, is amended to clarify that the amount appropriated in subject to the (I) notation defined in the general appropriation act. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of health care policy and financing. The general fund and reappropriated funds portions of the appropriation are decreased and the cash funds and federal funds portions are increased. A new appropriation to the department for overexpenditures of line item appropriations in the 2020 long bill is made. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of human services. The general fund, cash funds, and federal funds portions of the appropriation are increased. An appropriation made in Senate bill 21-236, concerning increasing the capacity of quality early childhood education through grant programs, is amended to further appropriate the amount appropriated through June 30, 2023. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated for capital construction projects. The capital construction fund and cash funds portions of the appropriation are increased. The 2020 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated for capital construction projects. The cash funds portion of the appropriation is decreased. The 2019 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated for capital construction projects. The capital construction fund and cash funds portion of the appropriation are decreased. The 2018 general appropriations act is amended to add a new footnote to allow an appropriation made for the electronic birth registration system to remain available until June 30, 2023. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of state. The cash funds portion of the appropriation is increased. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of revenue. The capital construction fund portion of the appropriation is increased. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act codifies the department of higher education's Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative's (initiative) displaced workers grant and extends the authority for the initiative to use a $13,050,000 appropriation received in the 2020-21 state fiscal year for the displaced workers grant to disperse grant awards to grant recipients through the 2023-24 state fiscal year. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)