First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 25-0841.01 Jennifer Berman x3286
SENATE BILL 25-115
Senate Committees House Committees
Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING AN EXTENSION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR THE101
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OLORADO STATE FOREST SERV ICE SEEDLING TREE NURSERY .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/
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Joint Budget Committee. For money appropriated to the
Colorado state university system for use by the Colorado state forest
service to renovate and expand the seedling tree nursery, the bill extends
the spending authority through the 2026-27 state fiscal year.
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Bridges and Kirkmeyer, Amabile
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Sirota and Taggart, Bird
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. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 23-31-319, amend2
(6) and (8) as follows:3
23-31-319. Forest service seedling tree nursery - necessary4
upgrades and improvements - definition - funding - reports - repeal.5
(6) Appropriation. For the 2022-23 and 2023-24 state fiscal years, the6
general assembly shall appropriate money to the Colorado state university7
system for allocation to and expenditure by the Colorado state forest8
service for the purposes specified in this section. Any money appropriated9
by the general assembly pursuant to this subsection (6) that is not10
expended before the end of the fiscal year for which it is appropriated11
remains available for expenditure for the same purposes until the close of12
the 2024-25 2026-27 state fiscal year.13
(8) Repeal. This section is repealed, effective January 1, 202614
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UNE 30, 2027.15
SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,16
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate17
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for18
the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state19
institutions.20
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