The general assembly is required to annually appropriate $350,000 to the department of law for allocation to the Colorado district attorneys' council for prosecution training. The act reduces the annual amount to $200,000 for fiscal year 2020-21. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act eliminates the requirement that the department of public health and environment (department) assist and staff the stroke advisory board and the Colorado coroners standards and training board. Each board is authorized to accept and expend gifts, grants, and donations to cover the board's direct expenses. The general fund appropriation to the department for use by the health facilities and emergency medical services division is decreased by $44,007. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Before the enactment of the act, existing law, enacted by Senate Bills 18-001 and 19-263, required that a ballot issue seeking approval for the issuance of transportation revenue anticipation notes (TRANs) be submitted to the voters of the state at the November 2020 general election. If the ballot issue had been approved, the requirement, enacted by Senate Bill 17-267, that the state execute 2 separate tranches of up to $500 million each of lease-purchase agreements in state fiscal years 2020-21 and 2021-22 for the purpose of funding transportation would have been repealed. Existing law, enacted by Senate Bill 19-239, also required department of transportation (CDOT) rule-making and reporting relating to motor vehicles used for certain types of commercial purposes. The act: Delays from the November 2020 general election to the November 2021 statewide election the requirement that a ballot issue seeking approval for the issuance of transportation revenue anticipation notes (TRANs) be submitted to the voters of the state; Amends the ballot issue to reduce the amount of TRANs authorized to be issued by $500 million to offset the additional $500 million of lease-purchase agreement transportation funding that becomes available because the approval of the ballot issue at the November 2020 general election will repeal only the state fiscal year 2021-22 and tranche of Senate Bill 17-267 lease-purchase agreements, rather than both the state fiscal year 2020-21 and 2021-22 tranches of such lease-purchase agreements; Eliminates 2 statutory transfers of $50 million each from the general fund to the state highway fund that are scheduled under current law to be made on June 30, 2021, and June 30, 2022; Reduces the amount of general fund money dedicated to make lease-purchase agreement payments due in state fiscal years 2020-21 and 2021-22 by $12 million per year by increasing the amount of such payment to be paid by the department of transportation from its other sources of legally available money by $12 million per year; Makes corresponding adjustments to the state fiscal year 2020-21 long bill appropriations to the department of treasury for lease-purchase agreements that decrease the general fund appropriation by $12 million and increase the cash funds appropriation from various cash funds under the control of the transportation commission by $12 million; and Repeals the CDOT rule-making and reporting requirements relating to motor vehicles used for certain types of commercial purposes.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Current law requires appropriations of $750,000 for state fiscal years 2019-20 through 2023-24 from the marijuana tax cash fund to the center for research into substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery support strategies to implement a program to increase public awareness concerning the safe use, storage, and disposal of opioids and the availability of naloxone and other drugs used to block the effects of an opioid overdose. The act reduces the appropriation to $250,000 for state fiscal years 2020-21 through 2023-24. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act removes the requirement that the state department of human services (department) implement a behavioral health capacity tracking system and make available to the public appropriate information from the capacity tracking system, unless money is appropriated for the system. The act removes the requirement that the department implement a care navigation program to assist engaged clients in obtaining access to treatment for substance use disorders, unless money is appropriated for the program. The act requires the department to report to the general assembly if the care navigation program is implemented. For the 2020-21 fiscal year, the act reduces the appropriation from the marijuana tax cash fund, created in section 39-28.8-501, to the department of human services by $546,013. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act limits to 2% the annual increase in the general fund share of per diem rates to nursing facilities for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 state fiscal years. For the 2020-21 fiscal year, the act decreases the general fund appropriation to the department of health care policy and financing for medical services premiums by $3,288,230, with an anticipated corresponding decrease in federal funds of $3,722,921. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
For the purpose of augmenting the revenue in the state general fund, the act requires the state treasurer to make specific transfers to the general fund. On June 30, 2020, the state treasurer is required to transfer the following amounts to the general fund: $3,176 from the employment verification fund, as it existed prior to its repeal in 2016; The unexpended and unencumbered balance from the fund state employee reserve fund; $7.9 million from the Fort Logan land sale account in the capital construction fund; $8,381,753 from the indirect costs excess recovery fund; $1,887,116 from the state supplemental security income stabilization fund; $1 million from the veterans assistance grant program cash fund; $167,463 from the Moffat tunnel cash fund; and $10 million from the multimodal transportation options fund. On July 1, 2020, the state treasurer is required to transfer: $45.5 million from the severance tax perpetual base fund to the general fund; and $43 million from the unclaimed property trust fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
For the purpose of augmenting the amount of revenues in the state general fund, the act requires the state treasurer to make specific transfers to the general fund. On June 30, 2020, the state treasurer is required to transfer $4 million from the petroleum cleanup and redevelopment fund to the petroleum storage tank fund, which total amount will then be transferred to the general fund with 8 transfers of $500,000, beginning on October 15, 2020. On June 30, 2020, the state treasurer is required to transfer the following amounts to the general fund: $2 million from the petroleum cleanup and redevelopment fund; $1 million from the workers' compensation cash fund; $2 million from the unemployment revenue fund; $500,000 from the conveyance safety fund; $1 million from the school safety resource center cash fund; $771,204 from the waste tire market development fund, as it existed prior to its repeal in 2018; $5.6 million from the small communities water and wastewater grant fund; $180,000 from the vital statistics records cash fund; $433,728 from the construction sector fund; $500,000 from the public and private utilities sector fund; $483,535 from the water quality improvement fund; $422,411 from the hazardous waste service fund; $363,243 from the solid waste management fund; $5,372,415 from the waste tire administration, enforcement, market development, and cleanup fund; $1.4 million from the end users fund; $5 million from the off-highway vehicle recreation fund; $2.3 million from the local government permanent fund; and $1.6 million from the marijuana cash fund. On July 1, 2020, the state treasurer is required to transfer the following amounts to the general fund: $1,224,100 from the division of insurance cash fund; $370,795 from the division of banking cash fund; $267,521 from the prescription drug monitoring fund; $130,000 from the state archives and records cash fund; $4,908,395 from an account with the proceeds of sales of real estate that was acquired for military purposes; and $1,007,176 from the highway-rail crossing signalization fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act redirects a portion of tobacco litigation settlement moneys (settlement moneys) to the general fund for state fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 by: Transferring $20 million of settlement moneys received during FY 2019-20 to the general fund and offsetting the $20 million reduction in the amount of such settlement moneys available for allocation in FY 2020-21 to the programs that receive settlement moneys by allocating to the programs in FY 2020-21 $20 million of settlement moneys to be received by the state in FY 2020-21 that would otherwise be allocated in FY 2021-22; Removing $2,000,130 of settlement moneys received in excess of projections during FY 2019-20 from the base amount used to calculate the statutory allocations of settlement moneys to various programs; Reducing the statutory allocations of settlement moneys: For the tobacco settlement defense account of the tobacco litigation settlement cash fund (litigation account) from 2.5% to 0.75% of the settlement moneys; and For the state dental loan repayment program by $160,717; Requiring all settlement moneys received during FY 2019-20 that are not allocated for state fiscal year 2020-21 under the modified statutory allocation formula to be transferred to the general fund on July 1, 2020; Requiring additional July 1, 2020, transfers to the general fund of settlement moneys previously credited to cash funds that receive statutory allocations of settlement moneys as follows: $8 million from the tobacco settlement defense account; $4,237,375 from the nurse home visitor program fund; and $3 million from the Colorado state veterans trust fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act: Repeals the state regulatory program concerning the registration, fees, record keeping, violations, and rules regarding waste grease; and Reduces the cash funds appropriation from the solid waste management fund made in the 2020-21 general appropriation act (long bill) by $100,890 and reduces the related FTE by 0.7 FTE.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
