Colorado 2025 Regular Session

Colorado Senate Bill SB115 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 02/20/2025

                            SENATE BILL 25-115
BY SENATOR(S) Bridges and Kirkmeyer, Amabile;
also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Sirota and Taggart, Bird, Bacon, Duran,
Froelich, Garcia, Lieder, Story, Valdez, Velasco, McCluskie.
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ONCERNING AN EXTENSION OF SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR THE COLORADO
STATE FOREST SERVICE SEEDLING TREE NURSERY
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 23-31-319, amend (6)
and (8) as follows:
23-31-319.  Forest service seedling tree nursery - necessary
upgrades and improvements - definition - funding - reports - repeal.
(6)  Appropriation. For the 2022-23 and 2023-24 state fiscal years, the
general assembly shall appropriate money to the Colorado state university
system for allocation to and expenditure by the Colorado state forest service
for the purposes specified in this section. Any money appropriated by the
general assembly pursuant to this subsection (6) that is not expended before
the end of the fiscal year for which it is appropriated remains available for
expenditure for the same purposes until the close of the 2024-25
 2026-27
state fiscal year.
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Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
the act. (8)  Repeal. This section is repealed, effective January 1, 2026 JUNE
30, 2027.
SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for
the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state
institutions.
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James Rashad Coleman, Sr.
Julie McCluskie
PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Esther van Mourik Vanessa Reilly
SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
            APPROVED________________________________________
                                                        (Date and Time)
                              _________________________________________
                             Jared S. Polis
                             GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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