The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of revenue. The cash funds portion of the appropriation is increased. The 2020 general appropriation act is amended to make adjustments to the amount appropriation to the state lottery division. Senate Bill 21-260, concerning the sustainability of the transportation system in Colorado, is amended to further appropriate the unexpended amount through the 2022-23 fiscal year. House Bill 21-1233, concerning modifications to the requirements for claiming an income tax credit for the donation of a perpetual conservation easement, is amended to further appropriate the unexpended amount through the 2022-23 fiscal year. Senate Bill 21-076, concerning the funding of a system for electronic transactions made by third-party providers related to the regulation of vehicles, is amended to further appropriate the unexpended amount through the 2022-23 fiscal year. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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The general assembly recognizes that the actual funded pupil count and the at-risk pupil count for the 2021-22 budget year are lower than expected when the appropriation amount for the state share of total program funding was established during the 2021 legislative session, resulting in a decrease in total program funding for the 2021-22 budget year. In addition, local property tax revenue and specific ownership tax revenue are higher than anticipated, resulting in an increase in the local share of total program funding. The act declares the general assembly's intent to maintain total program funding after application of the budget stabilization factor at the amount of the original appropriation for the 2021-22 budget year. The act decreases the appropriation for the state share of total program funding by $139,565,749 in cash funds from the state education fund and adjusts the 2021-22 state fiscal year long bill accordingly. The act appropriates $91,433,760 in cash funds from the state education fund to the department of education to distribute to school districts and institute charter schools that received lower than anticipated funding for at-risk pupils for the 2021-22 budget year. The appropriation is additional funding and does not affect a district's or institute charter school's total program. (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 higher education. The general fund and reappropriated funds portions of the appropriation are decreased and the cash funds portion is increased. An appropriation made in House Bill 21-1330, concerning measures to support student success in obtaining postsecondary credentials, is amended to further appropriate the amount appropriated for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 fiscal years. (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 corrections. The general fund portion of the appropriation is increased and the cash funds portion is decreased. (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 judicial department. The general fund portion of the appropriation is decreased and the cash funds and reappropriated funds portions are 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 personnel. The general fund, cash funds, and reappropriated funds portion of the appropriation are increased. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act changes the effective date for the department of early childhood (department) from July 1, 2022, to March 1, 2022. The act transfers $3,500,000 from the general fund to the information technology capital account in the capital construction fund, effective April 1, 2022. For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $3,500,000 from the information technology capital account in the capital construction fund to the department for data system capital construction costs and $326,413 from the general fund to the department for use by the executive director's office. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The state treasurer is required to transfer $5 million from the general fund to the local firefighter safety and disease prevention fund (fund). The money is continuously appropriated to the department of public safety (department). The division of fire prevention and control (division) in the department is required to use the money transferred to directly pay for equipment and training for local and volunteer fire departments or to reimburse local and volunteer fire departments for the costs of equipment and training without requiring a grant application and review process. If the division determines it cannot use the full amount to directly pay for equipment and training, it may use the money for any purpose authorized prior to January 1, 2022, for money in the fund. The division is required to prioritize fire departments that it identifies as having the greatest need for assistance to ensure firefighter safety. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates the technology risk prevention and response fund (fund) for the office of information technology (office). The act specifies that the fund consists of money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund.Fifty percent of the total balance of the fund is continuously appropriated to the office.The office may use the money in the fund for one-time costs associated with:Information technology emergencies; Ensuring compliance with the office's information technology standards and policies; or Preventing risk from certain information technology debt. The act also increases the amount of money that may be transferred between items of appropriation made to principal departments of state government and to the office of the governor, which includes the office of information technology.The act appropriates $2 million from the general fund to the fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Part C of child find in the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act", requires states to find, identify, locate, evaluate, and serve children with disabilities from birth through 2 years of age.The act transfers the responsibility of performing part C child find from the department of education to the department of human services on July 1, 2022; except that, on and after May 1, 2022, the department of human services shall administer the referral intake process for part C child find evaluations.The act requires the department of education and the department of human services to enter into an interagency operating agreement concerning the coordination of transitions of children from part C child find to part B child find.The act appropriates $8,266,779 from the general fund and allocates 0.9 FTE to the department of human services and appropriates $6,888,983 to the department of education.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)