HOUSE BILL 22-1411
BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) McCluskie and Herod, Duran, Esgar, Jodeh,
Kipp, Lindsay, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Exum, Lontine, Ortiz, Ricks,
Titone, Valdez A.;
also SENATOR(S) Moreno, Donovan, Hansen, Lee, Rankin, Story,
Zenzinger, Fenberg.
C
ONCERNING MEASURES TO ENSURE THE STATE 'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE FEDERAL CORONAVIRUS STATE
FISCAL RECOVERY FUND CREATED IN THE FEDERAL
"AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021", AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH ,
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-226, amend
(4)(a), (4)(d), (5)(a), (5)(f), and (6); and add (1)(a.5), (1)(f), (3)(d), and
(5)(g) as follows:
24-75-226. "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" cash fund -
creation - recipient funds - limitations - reporting - legislative
declaration - definitions - repeal. (1) As used in this section, unless the
context otherwise requires:
NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
history, or the Session Laws.
________
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
the act. (a.5) "CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND " MEANS THE
FEDERAL FUND CREATED IN
42 U.S.C. SEC. 802, OR ANY SUCCESSOR FUND.
(f) "S
UBRECIPIENT" MEANS A PERSON THAT RECEIVES MONEY FROM
THE FUND OR A RECIPIENT FUND TO CARRY OUT A PROGRAM OR PROJECT ON
BEHALF OF THE STATE BUT THAT IS NOT A BENEFICIARY OF THE SERVICES OR
BENEFITS PROVIDED THROUGH THE PROGRAM OR PROJECT
.
(3) (d) T
HE FUND ALSO INCLUDES THE AMOUNT TRANSFERRED TO
THE FUND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
24-75-228 (3.5)(a).
(4) (a) The general assembly shall not appropriate money from the
fund. The general assembly may transfer money in the fund to another cash
fund that is established for the purpose of using the money from the federal
coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund. Transfers from the fund to the
general fund are prohibited. If there is any of the money transferred to the
fund under subsection (3)(a) of this section remaining in the fund after any
transfers from the fund required by bills enacted during the 2021 regular
legislative session, then, of the remainder in the fund, the lesser of three
hundred million dollars or the remainder is continuously appropriated to any
department designated by the governor for any allowable purpose under the
"American Rescue Plan Act of 2021". T
HE MONEY SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION
(3)(d) OF THIS SECTION IS CONTINUOUSLY APPROPRIATED TO ANY
DEPARTMENT DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR FOR ANY EXPENDITURES
NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT
TO
COVID-19.
(4) (d) (I) Money in the fund or a recipient fund must be expended
or obligated by December 31, 2024. Any money obligated by December 31,
2024, must be expended by December 31, 2026. Just prior to the close of
business on December 30, 2024, any unexpended appropriations from a
recipient fund that are not for expenditures obligated
TO BE MADE after
December 31, 2024,
THAT WERE OBLIGATED BEFORE THAT DATE , revert to
the "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" cash fund, and the state treasurer
shall transfer the unexpended and unobligated balance in the fund to the
unemployment compensation fund created in section 8-77-101 (1). A
NY
MONEY OBLIGATED BY
DECEMBER 31, 2024, MUST BE EXPENDED BY
DECEMBER 31, 2026. EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31, 2026, THE STATE
CONTROLLER SHALL TRANSMIT ANY UNEXPENDED MONEY IN THE FUND OR
PAGE 2-HOUSE BILL 22-1411 A RECIPIENT FUND TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY .
(II) A
SUBRECIPIENT MUST SPEND OR OBLIGATE MONEY RECEIVED
FROM THE FUND OR A RECIPIENT F UND BY
NOVEMBER 30, 2024, AND, BY
DECEMBER 13, 2024, SHALL NOTIFY THE STATE AGENCY FROM WHICH THE
SUBRECIPIENT RECEIVED THE MONEY OF THE STATUS OF THE MONEY THAT
IS OBLIGATED OR EXPENDED
. THE SUBRECIPIENT SHALL RETURN TO THE
STATE ANY UNEXPENDED AND UNOBLIGATED MONEY UNDER TERMS
DICTATED BY THE STATE CONTROLLER
, AND THE STATE TREASURER SHALL
TRANSFER THE AMOUNT RETURNED TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
FUND CREATED IN SECTION
8-77-101 (1). ANY MONEY OBLIGATED BY
NOVEMBER 30, 2024, MUST BE EXPENDED BY DECEMBER 11, 2026. ON OR
BEFORE
DECEMBER 11, 2026, THE SUBRECIPIENT SHALL RETURN TO THE
STATE ANY REMAINING MONEY UNDER TERMS DICTATED BY THE STATE
CONTROLLER AND THEREAFTER THE STATE CONTROLLER SHALL TRANSMIT
THE MONEY TO THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE TREASURY
'S REQUIREMENTS.
(III) T
HE STATE CONTROLLER SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER MONEY
IS OBLIGATED FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING THE DEADLINE FOR
EXPENDITURES AND THE REVERSION OR REPAYMENT OF MONEY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBSECTION
(4)(d).
(5) (a) (I) The state controller shall provide periodic reports to the
secretary as required by the secretary under the "American Rescue Plan Act
of 2021". The department of revenue shall provide the state controller with
any information required by the secretary about any reductions
OR
INCREASES
in net tax revenue.
(II) T
HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEREBY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT :
(A) U
NDER 42 U.S.C. SEC. 802 (c)(1)(C), THE STATE IS PERMITTED
TO USE MONEY RECEIVED FROM THE CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY
FUND FOR THE PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO THE EXTENT OF THE
REDUCTION IN THE STATE
'S REVENUE DUE TO THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY RELATIVE TO THE REVENUES THE STATE COLLECTED FOR THE
STATE FISCAL YEAR
2018-19;
(B) T
HE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY HAS
PROMULGATED A RULE TO ESTABLISH THE METHODOLOGY FOR THE STATE TO
PAGE 3-HOUSE BILL 22-1411 CALCULATE A RECIPIENT GOVERNMENT 'S ANNUAL REDUCTION IN REVENUE
FOR THE FOUR CALENDAR YEARS BEGINNING IN
2020;
(C) A
S OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION (5)(a)(II), THE
STATE REPORTED A REDUCTION FOR THE
2020 AND 2021 CALENDAR YEARS
THAT TOTALS THREE BILLION SIX HUNDRED NINETY
-FOUR MILLION SIX
HUNDRED FIFTY
-THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY -NINE DOLLARS;
(D) T
HIS AMOUNT EXCEEDS THE TOTAL OF ALL THE FUNDS THAT
HAVE YET TO BE REPORTED TO THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY
; AND
(E) THEREFORE, ANY MONEY IN THE FUND OR TRANSFERRED FROM
THE FUND TO A RECIPIENT FUND IS AVAILABLE TO BE REPORTED AS BEING AN
EXPENDITURE FOR THE PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES
.
(III) T
HE STATE CONTROLLER MAY REPORT THE EXPENDITURE OF
ANY MONEY IN OR TRANSFERRED FROM THE
"AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT
OF
2021" THAT ORIGINATED FROM THE CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL
RECOVERY FUND AS A GOVERNMENT SERVICE TO THE EXTENT OF THE
REDUCTION IN THE STATE
'S REVENUE DUE TO THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY RELATIVE TO THE REVENUES THE STATE COLLECTED FOR THE
STATE FISCAL YEAR
2018-19, IF THE DESCRIPTION IS APPLICABLE ,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PURPOSE OF THE EXPENDITURE IS ALSO
DESCRIBED AS BEING TO RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WITH
RESPECT TO
COVID-19 OR ITS NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS.
(f) The general assembly may appropriate money from a recipient
fund that includes money that may be used for government services THE
REVENUE LOSS RESTORATION CASH FUND CREATED IN SECTION
24-75-227 to
the department of personnel for use by the state controller and to the office
for any direct or indirect expenses related to the administration of this
subsection (5).
(g) T
HE COMPLIANCE, REPORTING, RECORD-KEEPING, AND PROGRAM
EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF STATE
PLANNING AND BUDGETING AND THE STATE CONTROLLER APPLY TO A
PERSON REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PERSON IS A BENEFICIARY OR A
SUBRECIPIENT AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PERSON RECEIVES THE
MONEY DIRECTLY FROM A DEPARTMENT OR FROM A SUBRECIPIENT
.
PAGE 4-HOUSE BILL 22-1411 (6) Money transferred to the state highway fund AND the multimodal
transportation and mitigation options fund and the highway users tax fund
in accordance with section 24-75-219 (7), TO THE WORKERS, EMPLOYERS,
AND WORKFORCE CENTERS CASH FUND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
24-75-231 (2)(b)(III), AND TO THE REVENUE LOSS RESTORATION CASH FUND
IN ACCORDANCE IN SECTION
24-75-227 (2)(b)(III)(A) are subject to the
requirements of this section as if they were recipient funds.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-227, add
(2)(b)(III) as follows:
24-75-227. Revenue loss restoration cash fund - creation -
allowable uses - definitions - repeal. (2) (b) (III) T
HE FUND ALSO
INCLUDES
:
(A) F
IVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY -THREE THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED EIGHTY
-EIGHT DOLLARS FROM THE MONEY THE STATE RECEIVED
FROM THE FEDERAL CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND UNDER
SECTION
9901 OF TITLE IX, SUBTITLE M OF THE "AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
ACT OF 2021", WHICH THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER TO THE
FUND
; AND
(B) THE AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED TO THE FUND IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SECTION
24-75-228 (3.5)(b) AND (3.7).
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-228, amend
(2)(a) introductory portion; and add (3.5) and (3.7) as follows:
24-75-228. Economic recovery and relief cash fund - creation -
allowable uses - interim task force - report - legislative declaration -
definitions - repeal. (2) (a) The economic recovery and relief cash fund is
hereby created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money credited to
the fund in accordance with subsection (3) of this section and any other
money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. To
respond to the public health emergency with respect to COVID-19 or its
negative economic impacts
OR FOR THE PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT
SERVICES
, the general assembly may appropriate or transfer money from the
fund to a department for the following uses:
(3.5) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION ,
PAGE 5-HOUSE BILL 22-1411 WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION
(3.5), THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER FROM THE FUND THE
FOLLOWING AMOUNTS THAT ORIGINATE FROM MONEY THE STATE RECEIVED
FROM THE FEDERAL CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND
:
(a) S
EVENTY MILLION DOLLARS TO THE "AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
ACT OF 2021" CASH FUND CREATED IN SECTION 24-75-226 (2);
(b) T
EN MILLION DOLLARS TO THE REVENUE LOSS RESTORATION
CASH FUND CREATED IN SECTION
24-75-227 (2)(a);
(c) F
IFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
HOME OWNERSHIP CASH FUND CREATED IN SECTION
24-75-229 (3)(a); AND
(d) ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY -SEVEN THOUSAND ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY
-TWO DOLLARS TO THE WORKERS , EMPLOYERS, AND
WORKFORCE CENTERS CASH FUND CREATED IN SECTION
24-75-231 (2)(a).
(3.7) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION ,
WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION
(3.7), THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER TEN MILLION DOLLARS FROM
THE FUND THAT ORIGINATES FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE REVENUE
LOSS RESTORATION CASH FUND CREATED IN SECTION
24-75-227 (2)(a).
SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-229, amend
(3)(a) and (3)(b) as follows:
24-75-229. Affordable housing and home ownership cash fund
- creation - allowable uses - task force - legislative declaration -
definitions - repeal. (3) (a) The affordable housing and home ownership
cash fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money
deposited in the fund in accordance with subsection (3)(b) of this section
and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer
to the fund. To respond to the public health emergency with respect to
COVID-19 or its negative economic impacts
OR FOR THE PROVISION OF
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
, the general assembly may appropriate or transfer
money from the fund to a department or cash fund for programs or services
that benefit populations, households, or geographic areas disproportionately
affected by the COVID-19 public health emergency to obtain affordable
housing, focusing on programs or services that address housing insecurity,
PAGE 6-HOUSE BILL 22-1411 lack of affordable and workforce housing, or homelessness. Money from
the fund may be expended to support the task force created in subsection
(5)(a) of this section. Permissible uses of such money include costs
associated with the creation and administration of the task force and related
expenses for research and evaluation undertaken by the task force.
(b) (I) Three days after June 25, 2021, the state treasurer shall
transfer five hundred fifty million dollars from the "American Rescue Plan
Act of 2021" cash fund created in section 24-75-226 to the fund; and
(II) The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived
from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund;
AND
(III) THE FUND ALSO INCLUDES THE AMOUNT TRANSFERRED TO THE
FUND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
24-75-228 (3.5)(c).
SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-230, amend
(2)(a) as follows:
24-75-230. Behavioral and mental health cash fund - creation -
allowable uses - task force - definitions - repeal. (2) (a) The behavioral
and mental health cash fund is created in the state treasury. The fund
consists of money credited to the fund in accordance with subsection (2)(b)
of this section and any other money that the general assembly may
appropriate or transfer to the fund. To respond to the public health
emergency with respect to COVID-19 or its negative economic impacts
OR
FOR THE PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES
, the general assembly may
appropriate money from the fund to a department for mental health
treatment, substance misuse treatment, and other behavioral health services
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE .
SECTION 6. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-231, amend
(2)(a) introductory portion; and add (2)(b)(III) as follows:
24-75-231. Workers, employers, and workforce centers cash
fund - creation - allowable uses - definitions - repeal. (2) (a) The
workers, employers, and workforce centers cash fund is hereby created in
the state treasury. The fund consists of money credited to the fund in
accordance with subsection (2)(b) of this section and any other money that
the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. To respond to
PAGE 7-HOUSE BILL 22-1411 the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts, The general
assembly may appropriate money from the fund to respond to the negative
economic impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency
OR FOR THE
PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES
, including for the following purposes:
(b) (III) T
HE FUND ALSO INCLUDES:
(A) T
HIRTY MILLION NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND TWELVE
DOLLARS FROM THE MONEY THE STATE RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL
CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY F UND UNDER SECTION
9901 OF TITLE
IX, SUBTITLE M OF THE "AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021", WHICH
THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER TO THE FUND
; AND
(B) THE AMOUNT TRANSFERRED TO THE FUND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION
24-75-228 (3.5)(d).
SECTION 7. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-32-721, amend
(2)(g)(I) and (2)(g)(II) as follows:
24-32-721. Colorado affordable housing construction grants and
loans - housing development grant fund - creation - housing assistance
for persons with behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorders
- cash fund - appropriation - report to general assembly - rules -
definitions - repeal. (2) (g) (I) Within three business days of June 26,
2021, the state treasurer shall transfer thirty million dollars from the
affordable housing and home ownership cash fund created in section
24-75-229, that originates from money the state received from the federal
coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund, to the housing development grant
fund and transfer fifteen million dollars from the general fund to the
affordable housing and home ownership cash fund created in section
24-75-229. W
ITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
HOUSE BILL 22-1411, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER :
(A) O
NE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY -FOUR THOUSAND FOUR
DOLLARS TO THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUND FROM THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP CASH FUND CREATED IN
SECTION
24-75-229 THAT ORIGINATES FROM THE GENERAL FUND ;
(B) T
WENTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS TO THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUND FROM THE GENERAL FUND
; AND
PAGE 8-HOUSE BILL 22-1411 (C) TWENTY-NINE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY -FOUR
THOUSAND FOUR DOLLARS FROM THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUND
TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP CASH FUND CREATED
IN SECTION
24-75-229. THE TRANSFER REQUIRED BY THIS SUBSECTION
(2)(g)(I)(C) IS FROM MONEY THAT WAS TRANSFERRED ON JUNE 26, 2021, TO
THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUND FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND HOME OWNERSHIP CASH FUND THAT ORIGINATED FROM MONEY THE
STATE RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL
RECOVERY FUND
.
(II) The division shall use money transferred from the affordable
housing and home ownership cash fund created in section 24-75-229, that
originates from money the state received from the federal coronavirus state
fiscal recovery GENERAL fund, pursuant to subsection (2)(g)(I) of this
section for the purposes allowed under subsection (2)(d)(VI)(A.5) of this
section that are related to subsection (2)(d)(VII) of this section and for the
purposes allowed by subsection (2)(d)(VII) of this section.
SECTION 8. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-219, amend
(7)(a) as follows:
24-75-219. Transfers - transportation - capital construction -
definitions - repeal. (7) In addition to any other transfers required by this
section:
(a) On June 30, 2021, from the money that the state received from
EITHER the federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund under section 9901
of title IX, subtitle M of the federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021",
Pub.L. 117-2, which is eligible to be used as specified in section 602
(c)(I)(C) of said section 9901,
OR FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AS SPECIFIED,
the state treasurer shall transfer:
(I) One hundred eighty-two million one hundred sixty thousand
dollars
FROM MONEY THE STATE RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL
CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND
to the state highway fund. Of
this amount, twenty-two million one hundred sixty thousand dollars is for
the purpose of providing additional funding for the revitalizing main streets
program and five hundred thousand dollars is for the purpose of acquiring,
planning the development of, or developing the Burnham Yard rail property
in Denver.
PAGE 9-HOUSE BILL 22-1411 (II) One hundred sixty-one million three hundred forty thousand
dollars
FROM MONEY THE STATE RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL
CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND
to the multimodal
transportation and mitigation options fund; and
(III) Thirty-six million five hundred thousand dollars
FROM THE
GENERAL FUND
to the highway users tax fund.
SECTION 9. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-48.5-317, amend
as amended by House Bill 22-1409 (7) introductory portion as follows:
24-48.5-317. Community revitalization grants - fund - reporting
- definitions - compliance with federal requirements - legislative
declaration - repeal. (7) On June 16, 2021, or as soon as practicable
thereafter, the state treasurer shall transfer sixty-five million dollars from
the general fund to the fund. On July 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall
transfer twenty TO THE FUND FOUR million FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT
THOUSAND FORTY
-TWO dollars from the economic recovery and relief cash
fund created in section 24-75-228 (2)(a) to the fund
THAT ORIGINATE FROM
THE GENERAL FUND AND FOURTEEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP CASH
FUND CREATED IN SECTION
25-75-229 (3)(a) THAT ORIGINATE FROM THE
GENERAL FUND
. The division shall use the money transferred pursuant to
this subsection (7) only for:
SECTION 10. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-96-104, amend as
added by Senate Bill 22-147 (5.3)(a) as follows:
22-96-104. Behavioral health care professional matching grant
program - application - criteria - grant awards. (5.3) (a) For the
2022-23 budget year, the general assembly shall appropriate five million
dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created pursuant to
section 24-75-230 to the department to fund the program for the benefit of
increasing the presence of school health professionals in schools to respond
to the COVID-19 pandemic and its negative public health impacts. The
department or the grantees awarded money shall
MUST spend or obligate
any THIS money by December 31, 2024. Any money obligated by December
31, 2024, must be expended by December 31, 2026 IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION
24-75-226 (4)(d).
PAGE 10-HOUSE BILL 22-1411 SECTION 11. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 23-20-144, amend as
added by Senate Bill 22-147 (4) as follows:
23-20-144. Colorado pediatric psychiatry consultation and
access program (CoPPCAP) - created. (4) For the 2022-23 state fiscal
year, the general assembly shall appropriate four million six hundred
thousand dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created
pursuant to section 24-75-230 to the board of regents of the university of
Colorado to fund CoPPCAP to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and its
negative public health impacts. CoPPCAP shall
MUST spend or obligate any
THIS money by December 31, 2024. Any money obligated by December 31,
2024, must be expended by December 31, 2026 IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION
24-75-226 (4)(d).
SECTION 12. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-32-132, amend as
added by House Bill 22-1356 (7)(c) as follows:
24-32-132. Small community-based nonprofit infrastructure
grant program - creation - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal.
(7) Grant applications and awards. (c) Subject to available
appropriations, the regional access partner shall
MUST award grants for the
purposes specified in this section on or before December 30, 2024 IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
24-75-226 (4)(d).
SECTION 13. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-32-727, amend as
added by House Bill 22-1378 (8)(d) as follows:
24-32-727. Denver-metropolitan regional navigation campus
grant - regional navigation campus cash fund - creation - definitions.
(8) (d) The grant recipient shall
MUST expend or obligate any money
received pursuant to this section no later than December 30, 2024. Any
money the grant recipient obligates must be expended no later than
December 30, 2026 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 24-75-226 (4)(d).
SECTION 14. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-20.5-503, amend
as added by Senate Bill 22-147 (2)(c)(I) as follows:
25-20.5-503. School-based health center grant program -
creation - funding - grants. (2) (c) (I) For the 2022-23 budget year, the
general assembly shall appropriate one million five hundred thousand
PAGE 11-HOUSE BILL 22-1411 dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created pursuant to
section 24-75-230 to the department to fund the grant program for the
benefit of school-based health centers to respond to the COVID-19
pandemic and its negative public health impacts. The department or the
grantees awarded money shall
MUST spend or obligate any money prior to
December 31, 2024. Any money obligated by December 31, 2024, must be
expended by December 31, 2026 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 24-75-226
(4)(d).
SECTION 15. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25.5-5-333, amend
as added by House Bill 22-1302 (9) as follows:
25.5-5-333. Primary care and behavioral health statewide
integration grant program - creation - report - definition - repeal. (9) A
grant recipient shall MUST spend or obligate any money received pursuant
to this section no later than December 30, 2024. Any money a grant
recipient obligates must be expended no later than December 30, 2026 IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
24-75-226 (4)(d).
SECTION 16. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 26-2-709, amend as
amended by House Bill 22-1259 (1)(b)(II)(B) as follows:
26-2-709. Benefits - cash assistance - programs - rules - repeal.
(1) Standard of need - basic cash assistance grant. (b) (II) (B) The
money transferred pursuant to subsection (1)(b)(II)(A) of this section must
be expended no later than December 30, 2026
IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION
24-75-226 (4)(d).
SECTION 17. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 26.5-3-803 amend as
amended by Senate Bill 22-213 (6)(b) as follows:
26.5-3-803. Emerging and expanding child care grant program
- created - timeline and criteria - grant awards - funding - definitions
- repeal. (6) (b) Money spent pursuant to this subsection (6) must conform
with the allowable purposes set forth in the federal "American Rescue Plan
Act of 2021", Pub.L. 117-2, as amended. The department shall
MUST either
spend or obligate such appropriation prior to December 30, 2024, and
expend the appropriation on or before December 31, 2026 IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SECTION
24-75-226 (4)(d).
PAGE 12-HOUSE BILL 22-1411 SECTION 18. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 26.5-1-113, amend
as added by House Bill 22-1369 (4)(b) as follows:
26.5-1-113. Children's mental health program - appropriation -
legislative declaration - definitions - repeal. (4) (b) Money spent pursuant
to this subsection (4) must conform with the allowable purposes set forth in
the federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021", Pub.L. 117-2, as
amended. The department shall
MUST either spend or obligate such
appropriation prior to December 30, 2024, and expend the appropriation on
or before December 31, 2026 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 24-75-226
(4)(d).
SECTION 19. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-60-503, amend as
added by House Bill 22-1281 (4)(a) as follows:
27-60-503. Grant program application - criteria - contributing
resources - award - rules. (4) (a) A grant recipient shall MUST spend or
obligate any grant money by December 31, 2024. Any money obligated by
December 31, 2024, must be expended by December 31, 2026 IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
24-75-226 (4)(d).
SECTION 20. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-60-403, amend as
added by Senate Bill 22-196 (5)(a) as follows:
27-60-403. Grant program application - criteria - award - rules.
(5) (a) A grant recipient shall
MUST spend or obligate any grant money by
December 31, 2024. Any money obligated by December 31, 2024, must be
expended by December 31, 2026 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 24-75-226
(4)(d).
SECTION 21. In Session Laws of Colorado 2021, amend section
2 of chapter 487 (HB21-1288) as follows:
Section 2. Appropriation. For the 2021-22 state fiscal year,
$10,000,000 is appropriated to the Colorado startup loan program fund
created in section 24-48.5-131 (9)(a), C.R.S. This appropriation is from the
economic recovery and relief cash fund created in section 24-75-228 (2)(a),
C.R.S, and of money the state received from the federal coronavirus state
fiscal recovery GENERAL fund. The office of the governor is responsible for
the accounting related to this appropriation.
PAGE 13-HOUSE BILL 22-1411 SECTION 22. In Session Laws of Colorado 2021, section 4 of
chapter 347 (HB21-1329), amend (1) as follows:
Section 4. Appropriation. (1) For the 2021-22 state fiscal year,
$98,500,000 is appropriated to the department of local affairs for use by the
division of housing. This appropriation is from the affordable housing and
home ownership cash fund created in section 24-75-229 (3)(a), C.R.S., and
IS of money the state received from the federal coronavirus state fiscal
recovery THAT ORIGINATES FROM THE GENERAL fund. To implement this act,
the division may use the appropriation for purposes authorized in section
24-75-229 (3), C.R.S. Any money appropriated in this subsection that is not
expended or encumbered at the end of the 2021-22 state fiscal year remains
available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years without further
appropriation. subject to the requirements for obligating and expending
money received under the federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021",
Pub. L. 117-2, as the act may be subsequently amended as specified in
section 24-75-226 (4)(d), C.R.S.
SECTION 23. Amend section 3 of House Bill 22-1379 as follows:
Section 3. Appropriation. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year,
$15,000,000 is appropriated to the department of natural resources for use
by the Colorado water conservation board. This appropriation is from the
Colorado water conservation board construction fund created in section
37-60-121 (1)(a), C.R.S. To implement this act, the board may use this
appropriation for watershed restoration and flood mitigation project grants
FOR THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN SECTION 37-60-121 (12), (13), AND (14),
C.R.S. Any money appropriated in this section not expended prior to July
1, 2023, is further appropriated to the board from July 1, 2023, through
December 30, 2024, for the same purpose.
SECTION 24. Effective date. (1) This act takes effect upon
passage; except that:
(a) Section 23 takes effect only if House Bill 22-1379 becomes law,
in which case section 23 takes effect upon the effective date of this act or
House Bill 22-1379, whichever is later;
(b) Section 9 of this act takes effect only if House Bill 22-1409
becomes law, in which case section 9 takes effect upon the effective date
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(c) Sections 10, 11, and 14 of this act take effect only if Senate Bill
22-147 becomes law, in which case sections 10, 11, and 14 take effect upon
the effective date of this act or Senate Bill 22-147, whichever is later;
(d) Section 12 of this act takes effect only if House Bill 22-1356
becomes law, in which case section 12 takes effect upon the effective date
of this act or House Bill 22-1356, whichever is later;
(e) Section 13 of this act takes effect only if House Bill 22-1378
becomes law, in which case section 13 takes effect upon the effective date
of this act or House Bill 22-1378, whichever is later;
(f) Section 15 of this act takes effect only if House Bill 22-1302
becomes law, in which case section 15 takes effect upon the effective date
of this act or House Bill 22-1302, whichever is later;
(g) Section 16 of this act takes effect only if House Bill 22-1259
becomes law, in which case section 16 takes effect upon the effective date
of this act or House Bill 22-1259, whichever is later;
(h) Section 17 of this act takes effect only if Senate Bill 22-213
becomes law, in which case section 17 takes effect upon the effective date
of this act or Senate Bill 22-213, whichever is later;
(i) Section 18 of this act takes effect only if House Bill 22-1369
becomes law, in which case section 18 takes effect upon the effective date
of this act or House Bill 22-1369, whichever is later;
(j) Section 19 of this act takes effect only if House Bill 22-1281
becomes law, in which case section 19 takes effect upon the effective date
of this act or House Bill 22-1281, whichever is later; and
(k) Section 20 of this act takes effect only if Senate Bill 22-196
becomes law, in which case section 20 takes effect upon the effective date
of this act or Senate Bill 22-196, whichever is later.
SECTION 25. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
PAGE 15-HOUSE BILL 22-1411 determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.
____________________________ ____________________________
Alec Garnett Steve Fenberg
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
____________________________ ____________________________
Robin Jones Cindi L. Markwell
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
APPROVED________________________________________
(Date and Time)
_________________________________________
Jared S. Polis
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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