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January 25, 2023 HB23-1094
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Fiscal Note
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 23-0585
Rep. Lukens; Catlin
Sen. Roberts; Pelton R.
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
January 25, 2023
House Agriculture
Alexa Kelly | 303-866-3469
alexa.kelly@coleg.gov
Bill Topic: EXTEND AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Summary of
Fiscal Impact:
☐ State Revenue
☒ State Expenditure
☐ State Transfer
☐ TABOR Refund
☐ Local Government
☐ Statutory Public Entity
The bill modifies the agricultural workforce development program to allow internships
to last up to a year and extends the program repeal date by seven years. It increases
state expenditures beginning FY 2024-25 through FY 2030-31.
Appropriation
Summary:
No appropriation is required.
Fiscal Note
Status:
The fiscal note reflects the introduced bill.
Table 1
State Fiscal Impacts Under HB23-1094
Budget Year
FY 2023-24
Out Year
FY 2024-25
Revenue - -
Expenditures General Fund - $67,090
Centrally Appropriated - $5,468
Total Expenditures - $72,558
Total FTE - 0.3 FTE
Transfers - -
Other Budget Impacts General Fund Reserve - $10,064
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January 25, 2023 HB23-1094
Summary of Legislation
The bill makes modifications to the Agricultural Workforce Development Program by:
allowing an internship to last up to one year instead of six months; and
extending the repeal date to July 1, 2031, from the current repeal date of July 1, 2024.
Background
Senate Bill 18-042 created the Agricultural Workforce Development Program to provide financial
incentives to farms, ranches, and agricultural businesses to hire interns and give them hands-on
training for a career in agriculture. Currently, qualified businesses may be reimbursed up to
50 percent of the cost of hiring an intern up to $5,000. In the first two years of the program, it has
supported 35 internships at 18 different Colorado agricultural businesses.
State Expenditures
By continuing the program past its current repeal date, the bill increases state General Fund
expenditures in the Department of Agriculture by $72,558 and 0.3 FTE beginning in FY 2024-25.
Expenditures are shown in Table 2 and detailed below.
Table 2
Expenditures Under HB 23-1094
FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25
Department of Agriculture
Personal Services - $23,090
Internship Reimbursement - $44,000
Centrally Appropriated Costs
1
- $5,468
Total Costs - $72,558
Total FTE - 0.3 FTE
1
Centrally appropriated costs are not included in the bill's appropriation.
Department of Agriculture. The program is currently funded through FY 2023-24, so the department
will need an additional appropriation beginning in FY 2024-25 to continue the program until its repeal
date in July 2031. Extending the length of the internship is not expected to increase administrative
costs for the department to administer the program.
Centrally appropriated costs. Pursuant to a Joint Budget Committee policy, certain costs associated
with this bill are addressed through the annual budget process and centrally appropriated in the Long
Bill or supplemental appropriations bills, rather than in this bill. These costs, which include employee
insurance and supplemental employee retirement payments, are shown in Table 2.
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January 25, 2023 HB23-1094
Effective Date
The bill takes effect upon signature of the Governor, or upon becoming law without his signature.
State and Local Government Contacts
Agriculture Law Information Technology
The revenue and expenditure impacts in this fiscal note represent changes from current law under the bill for each
fiscal year. For additional information about fiscal notes, please visit: leg.colorado.gov/fiscalnotes.