First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
ENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
on Second Reading in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 25-1017.01 Richard Sweetman x4333
HOUSE BILL 25-1318
House Committees Senate Committees
Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources
Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIES CONSERVATION TRUST101
FUND PROJECTS.102
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
For state fiscal year 2025-26, the bill appropriates $5,000,000 from
the species conservation trust fund in the state treasury for various
wildlife conservation programs directed at conserving candidate species
or species that are likely to become candidate species, as determined by
the United States fish and wildlife service. The executive director of the
Colorado department of natural resources, after consulting with the
HOUSE
2nd Reading Unamended
April 17, 2025
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
McCormick and Soper,
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Roberts and Catlin,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. Colorado water conservation board and its director, the parks and wildlife
commission, and the director of the division of parks and wildlife, has
submitted to the general assembly, for incorporation into the bill, an
eligibility list that describes programs and associated costs that are
eligible to receive funding from the species conservation trust fund, as
follows:
! $2,480,000 for the upper Colorado river endangered fish
recovery program;
! $20,000 for selenium management, research, monitoring,
evaluation, and control;
! $1,250,000 for native terrestrial wildlife conservation; and
! $1,250,000 for native aquatic wildlife conservation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly2
finds and declares that:3
(a) Section 24-33-111 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, creates the4
species conservation trust fund in the state treasury to fund programs5
designed to conserve native species that have been listed as threatened or6
endangered under state or federal law or that are candidate species or are7
likely to become candidate species, as determined by the United States8
fish and wildlife service; and9
(b) Pursuant to section 24-33-111 (3), Colorado Revised Statutes:10
(I) The executive director of the department of natural resources,11
after consulting with the Colorado water conservation board and its12
director, the parks and wildlife commission, and the director of the13
division of parks and wildlife, has prepared and delivered to the general14
assembly a species conservation eligibility list describing programs and15
associated costs that are eligible to receive funding from the species16
conservation trust fund; and17
(II) The species conservation eligibility list is subject to18
modification and adoption through the passage of this House Bill 25-___,19
1318-2- enacted in 2025.1
SECTION 2. Eligibility list - approval. (1) The general2
assembly deems the recommended expenditures described in the species3
conservation eligibility list to be in the interest of the people of the state.4
The money specified in this subsection (1) is available in state fiscal year5
2025-26 and remains available for the designated purposes until it is fully6
expended. The executive director of the department of natural resources7
is authorized to obligate and expend five million dollars ($5,000,000)8
from the species conservation trust fund for the following activities,9
programs, and species in the following amounts:10
PROGRAM/SPECIES AMOUNT 11
(a) Upper Colorado river12
endangered fish recovery13
program; $2,480,000 14
(b) Selenium management, research,15
monitoring, evaluation,16
and control; $20,000 17
(c) Native terrestrial18
wildlife conservation; $1,250,000 19
(d) Native aquatic20
wildlife conservation. $1,250,000 21
Total authorization $5,000,000 22
SECTION 3. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,23
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate24
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for25
the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state26
institutions.27
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