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January 19, 2024 HB 24-1013
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Fiscal Note
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 24-0605
Rep. Hartsook; Lukens
Sen. Pelton R.; Bridges
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
January 19, 2024
House Judiciary
Clayton Mayfield | 303-866-5851
clayton.mayfield@coleg.gov
Bill Topic: VICTIM PROGRAMS IN NEW 23RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Summary of
Fiscal Impact:
☐ State Revenue
☒ State Expenditure
☐ State Transfer
☐ TABOR Refund
☒ Local Government
☐ Statutory Public Entity
The bill establishes crime victim programs in the 23
rd
Judicial District. For FY 2024-25
only, the bill increases state and local government workload.
Appropriation
Summary:
No appropriation is required.
Fiscal Note
Status:
The fiscal note reflects the introduced bill.
Summary of Legislation
Effective November 1, 2024, the bill creates a crime victim compensation board and a victims
and witnesses assistance and law enforcement board (local VALE) and associated funds in the
new 23
rd
Judicial District. The district attorney for the 18
th
Judicial District and the Judicial
Department are required to assist in the creation and administration of these programs and
funds until the 23
rd
Judicial District is active, upon which time current law authorizes the
existence of these boards and funds.
Background
23
rd
Judicial District. House Bill 20-1026 created the 23
rd
Judicial District effective
January 7, 2025. It will be comprised of Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln counties, which are
relocated from the 18
th
Judicial District.
Boards and funds. Crime victim compensation and local VALE boards are administered
primarily by the district attorney’s office for the judicial district in which they are located. The
boards receive most of their funding from criminal fines and fees. This fine and fee revenue
initially accrues to state cash funds, one for each program, in the Judicial Department, which
then deposits the allocations for individual districts into bank accounts used by the boards for
administration of district programs. The Crime Victim Services Advisory Board in the Department
of Public Safety (CDPS) develops standards for the administration of these programs. More Page 2
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information about victim compensation or local VALE funding can be found in this LCS Issue
Brief on Victim Compensation.
State Expenditures
The bill minimally increases workload in the Judicial Department and the CDPS starting in
FY 2024-25 as detailed below.
Judicial Department. The initial creation and management of board funds will increase
workload for the department. Any workload increase will be minimal and no change in
appropriations is required.
Department of Public Safety. Ensuring the new boards are operating within standards
established by the Crime Victim Services Advisory Board will increase workload for the CDPS.
Any workload increase will be minimal and no change in appropriations is required.
Local Government
Similar to the state, the district attorney’s office for the 18
th
Judicial District will have an increase
in workload to appoint the members to the new boards and assist them until a district attorney
for the 23
rd
Judicial District assumes the office.
Additionally, the bill shifts revenue and related expenditures from victim services programs in
the 18
th
Judicial District to those in the 23
rd
Judicial District. For informational purposes, local
VALE revenue generated by Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln counties in calendar year 2023 was
about $459,000, and victims compensation revenue was about $228,000. Overall service levels
will remain unchanged since victims in the 23
rd
Judicial District will be served by the programs in
that district instead of the 18
th
Judicial District.
Effective Date
The bill takes effect upon signature of the Governor, or upon becoming law without his
signature.
State and Local Government Contacts
Corrections Counties District Attorneys
Judicial 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 the General Assembly website.