Colorado 2025 Regular Session

Colorado House Bill HB1318 Compare Versions

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Old	New		Differences
1	1		First Regular Session
2	2		Seventy-fifth General Assembly
3	3		STATE OF COLORADO
4		-	~~REENGROSSED~~
5		-	This Version Includes All Amendments
6		-	~~Adopted~~ in the House of Introduction
	4	+	ENGROSSED
	5	+	This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
	6	+	on Second Reading in the House of Introduction
7	7		LLS NO. 25-1017.01 Richard Sweetman x4333
8	8		HOUSE BILL 25-1318
9	9		House Committees Senate Committees
10	10		Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources
11	11		Appropriations
12	12		A BILL FOR AN ACT
13	13		C
14	14		ONCERNING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIES CONSERVATION TRUST101
15	15		FUND PROJECTS.102
16	16		Bill Summary
17	17		(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
18	18		not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
19	19		passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
20	20		applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
21	21		http://leg.colorado.gov
22	22		.)
23	23		For state fiscal year 2025-26, the bill appropriates $5,000,000 from
24	24		the species conservation trust fund in the state treasury for various
25	25		wildlife conservation programs directed at conserving candidate species
26	26		or species that are likely to become candidate species, as determined by
27	27		the United States fish and wildlife service. The executive director of the
28	28		Colorado department of natural resources, after consulting with the
29	29		HOUSE
30		-	3rd Reading Unamended
31		-	April 21, 2025
32		-	HOUSE
33	30		2nd Reading Unamended
34	31		April 17, 2025
35	32		HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
36		-	McCormick and Soper, Bird, Boesenecker, Froelich, Hamrick, Lindsay, Lukens, Marshall,
37		-	McCluskie, Ricks, Rutinel, Smith, Stewart K., Story
	33	+	McCormick and Soper,
38	34		SENATE SPONSORSHIP
39	35		Roberts and Catlin,
40	36		Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
41	37		Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
42	38		Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. Colorado water conservation board and its director, the parks and wildlife
43	39		commission, and the director of the division of parks and wildlife, has
44	40		submitted to the general assembly, for incorporation into the bill, an
45	41		eligibility list that describes programs and associated costs that are
46	42		eligible to receive funding from the species conservation trust fund, as
47	43		follows:
48	44		! $2,480,000 for the upper Colorado river endangered fish
49	45		recovery program;
50	46		! $20,000 for selenium management, research, monitoring,
51	47		evaluation, and control;
52	48		! $1,250,000 for native terrestrial wildlife conservation; and
53	49		! $1,250,000 for native aquatic wildlife conservation.
54	50		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
55	51		SECTION 1. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly2
56	52		finds and declares that:3
57	53		(a) Section 24-33-111 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, creates the4
58	54		species conservation trust fund in the state treasury to fund programs5
59	55		designed to conserve native species that have been listed as threatened or6
60	56		endangered under state or federal law or that are candidate species or are7
61	57		likely to become candidate species, as determined by the United States8
62	58		fish and wildlife service; and9
63	59		(b) Pursuant to section 24-33-111 (3), Colorado Revised Statutes:10
64	60		(I) The executive director of the department of natural resources,11
65	61		after consulting with the Colorado water conservation board and its12
66	62		director, the parks and wildlife commission, and the director of the13
67	63		division of parks and wildlife, has prepared and delivered to the general14
68	64		assembly a species conservation eligibility list describing programs and15
69	65		associated costs that are eligible to receive funding from the species16
70	66		conservation trust fund; and17
71	67		(II) The species conservation eligibility list is subject to18
72	68		modification and adoption through the passage of this House Bill 25-___,19
73	69		1318-2- enacted in 2025.1
74	70		SECTION 2. Eligibility list - approval. (1) The general2
75	71		assembly deems the recommended expenditures described in the species3
76	72		conservation eligibility list to be in the interest of the people of the state.4
77	73		The money specified in this subsection (1) is available in state fiscal year5
78	74		2025-26 and remains available for the designated purposes until it is fully6
79	75		expended. The executive director of the department of natural resources7
80	76		is authorized to obligate and expend five million dollars ($5,000,000)8
81	77		from the species conservation trust fund for the following activities,9
82	78		programs, and species in the following amounts:10
83	79		PROGRAM/SPECIES AMOUNT 11
84	80		(a) Upper Colorado river12
85	81		endangered fish recovery13
86	82		program; $2,480,000 14
87	83		(b) Selenium management, research,15
88	84		monitoring, evaluation,16
89	85		and control; $20,000 17
90	86		(c) Native terrestrial18
91	87		wildlife conservation; $1,250,000 19
92	88		(d) Native aquatic20
93	89		wildlife conservation. $1,250,000 21
94	90		Total authorization $5,000,000 22
95	91		SECTION 3. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,23
96	92		determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate24
97	93		preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for25
98	94		the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state26
99	95		institutions.27
100	96		1318
101	97		-3-