The act requires the state treasurer to transfer $1,800,000 from the hazardous substance site response fund to the hazardous substance response fund. APPROVED by Governor April 17, 2023 EFFECTIVE April 17, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires a county that seeks to use county department employees (employees) to deliver employment services that are funded through the federal "Wagner-Peyser Act" to create a merit system for the selection, retention, and promotion of these employees. The act requires each county's merit system to conform to specific standards. If a county already has a system in place, the county is required to update the system to comply with the standards. APPROVED by Governor April 17, 2023 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2023 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause and takes effect 90 days after sine die. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
If the Colorado commission on higher education (commission) enters into a professional student exchange program through the western interstate commission on higher education (WICHE), then, subject to available appropriations, the commission shall establish policies to maximize the benefit of the exchange program to Colorado residents. The policies may include, but need not be limited to: Policies for Colorado residents seeking postsecondary optometry degrees at institutions in other states. Beginning in the 2024-25 academic year, the commission shall ensure that any student who enters the postsecondary optometry program, as a part of the student's post-educational service commitment, shall agree to provide services to Coloradans enrolled in programs established pursuant to the "Colorado Medical Assistance Act". Policies that promote the provision of services in underserved areas. Such policies may include reducing the service requirement for an individual to meet the individual's post-educational service requirement by serving in areas that have insufficient access to optometry services. The act aligns Colorado law with the current operation of WICHE professional student exchange programs. APPROVED by Governor April 17, 2023 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2023 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause and takes effect 90 days after sine die. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
In order to allow the department of military and veterans affairs (department) to impose charges for the charging of electric vehicles using electric vehicle services equipment (equipment) provided by the department at Colorado National Guard facilities and to use the revenue to fund the ongoing operation of the equipment, the act: Creates the electric vehicle service equipment fund (fund); Requires all money received by the department from such charges to be credited to the fund; Authorizes the department to accept gifts, grants, and donations to be credited to the fund; Subject to annual appropriation, authorizes the department to expend money from the fund to defray the costs associated with operation of the equipment; and Appropriates $50,000 from the fund to the department for state fiscal year 2023-24. APPROVED by Governor April 17, 2023 EFFECTIVE April 17, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires the state treasurer to transfer $5 million from the general fund to the Colorado economic development fund and requires the Colorado office of economic development (office) to use the transferred money in connection with the federal "Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act of 2022". The act also requires the office to submit an annual report to the joint budget committee detailing how the office is expending the transferred money. APPROVED by Governor March 6, 2023 EFFECTIVE March 6, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act authorizes the general assembly to appropriate up to $10 million from the severance tax operational fund (operational fund) to the wildfire mitigation capacity development fund (wildfire fund) for state fiscal year 2022-23 and makes a corresponding appropriation. The act authorizes the general assembly to appropriate up to $5 million from the operational fund to the wildfire fund for state fiscal year 2023-24 and for each state fiscal year thereafter. Such appropriations may be made only if less than 100% of the money available in the operational fund is used for current core programs. APPROVED by Governor March 6, 2023 EFFECTIVE March 6, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The general assembly recognizes that the actual funded pupil count was lower and the at-risk pupil count was higher than expected when the appropriation amount for the state share of total program funding was established during the 2022 legislative session, resulting in an overall increase in total program funding for the 2022-23 budget year. In addition, the 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 the budget stabilization factor at the amount of the original appropriation for the 2022-23 budget year. The act decreases the appropriation for the state share of total program funding by $76,383,372 in cash funds from the state education fund and adjusts the 2022-23 state fiscal year long bill accordingly. APPROVED by Governor March 3, 2023 EFFECTIVE March 3, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act extends the deadline from January 1, 2023, to October 1, 2023, for when the department of public health and environment (department) must contract with an independent entity to conduct a study concerning House Bill 22-1326. The act extends the authority for the department to use the appropriation received in the 2022-23 state fiscal year to pay for the independent study through the 2024-25 state fiscal year. APPROVED by Governor March 3, 2023 EFFECTIVE March 3, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $5 million from the general fund to the department of health care policy and financing to distribute to the Denver health and hospital authority. APPROVED by Governor March 3, 2023 EFFECTIVE March 3, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the act transfers from the general fund: $5,592,930 to the capital construction fund; $4,908,395 to the real estate proceeds account that is used, subject to annual appropriation, by the adjutant general of the state for capital construction related to armories; and $499,500 to the information technology capital account of the capital construction fund. APPROVED by Governor March 3, 2023 EFFECTIVE March 3, 2023(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
