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April 17, 2023 SB 23-277
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Fiscal Note
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 23-0992
Sen. Buckner
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
April 17, 2023
Senate Local Government
Josh Abram | 303-866-3561
josh.abram@coleg.gov
Bill Topic: PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS EXTENDED USES
Summary of
Fiscal Impact:
☐ State Revenue
☒ State Expenditure
☐ State Transfer
☐ TABOR Refund
☐ Local Government
☐ Statutory Public Entity
The bill revises and extends grant programs in the Department of Public Safety, and
extends the authority to spend any remaining funds from appropriations made in the
current FY 2022-23. It increases state expenditures beginning in FY 2024-25.
Appropriation
Summary:
No appropriation is required.
Fiscal Note
Status:
The fiscal note reflects the introduced bill and is preliminary. More data must be
collected to estimate new expenditures beginning FY 2024-25. This fiscal note will be
revised when additional information is available.
Table 1
State Fiscal Impacts Under SB 23-277
Budget Year
FY 2023-24
Out Year
FY 2024-25
Revenue - -
Expenditures General Fund - up to $12.65 million
Transfers - -
Other Budget Impacts General Fund Reserve up to $1.9 million
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Summary of Legislation
The bill modifies four grant programs in the Department of Public Safety (DPS).
The Crime Prevention Through Safer Streets Grant Program received a one-time appropriation of
$10.3 million in FY 2022-23. This bill permits the DPS to spend money remaining from that
appropriation beginning FY 2023-24. The department must use the remaining funds for the same
purposes as the original appropriation. Under current law, the grant program repeals
November 1, 2023. This bill extends the program until July 1, 2027.
Under current law, the Law Enforcement Workforce Recruitment, Retention, and Tuition Grant
Program and the State’s Mission for Assistance in Recruiting and Training Policing (SMART)
Grant Program both repeal January 1, 2025. This bill extends the grant programs until July 1, 2027.
The bill also expands the permissible uses of grant funds, updates reporting requirements, and
authorizes DPS to provide technical support to assist in grant applications.
The Behavioral Information and Data-Sharing Program received a one-time appropriation of
$3.5 million in FY 2022-23. This bill permits the department to spend money remaining from that
appropriation in FY 2023-24. Any money that is not expended or obligated by December 30, 2024,
reverts to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Cash Fund.
State Expenditures
The bill extends spending authority for appropriations made to the DPS for the current FY 2022-23.
No estimate has been provided of the amounts remaining from the $13.8 million appropriations or an
estimate of the amount to be spent in the next two fiscal years. This fiscal note will be updated when
more information is collected from the DPS.
Beginning FY 2024-25, the bill increases state expenditures by extending the repeal of three grant
programs. The Crime Prevention Through Safer Streets Grant Program may continue spending the
original $10.3 million without additional appropriations; under current law, the other grant programs
are required to receive $3.8 million in the current FY 2022-23, and in FY 2023-24. Depending on the
timing of expenditures and fund balances, the DPS must make a budget request for funding these
programs as new expenditures beginning sometime in FY 2024-25. Assuming the General Assembly
funds the Safer Streets Grant Fund at $5.15 million (one half the original $10.3 million appropriation),
and continues funding the other programs at $3.75 million annually, total new expenditures beginning
FY 2024-25 are about $12.7 million. Because the department has not provided any detail on remaining
fund balance or estimated future expenditures, this fiscal note will be revised when additional data is
provided.
Other Budget Impacts
This bill will have a General Fund reserve requirement beginning FY 2024-25; however, no estimate is
available as of this writing.
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Effective Date
The bill takes effect upon signature of the Governor, or upon becoming law without his signature.
State and Local Government Contacts
Public Safety
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.