First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 25-0721.01 Rebecca Bayetti x4348
SENATE BILL 25-263
Senate Committees House Committees
Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING STATUTES GOVE RNING SPENDING AUTHORITY , AND, IN101
CONNECTION THEREWITH , EXTENDING THE REPEAL DATE OF102
CERTAIN STATUTES THAT ALLOW TRANSFERS AND103
OVEREXPENDITURES IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AND104
CLARIFYING WHICH TRANSFERS BETWEEN APPROPRIATIONS ARE 105
FOR LIKE PURPOSES.106
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. The bill extends the repeal date from
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Amabile and Bridges, Kirkmeyer
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Bird and Taggart, Sirota
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. September 1, 2025, to September 1, 2030, for statutes authorizing the
transfer of spending authority between line items in specified
circumstances and allowing overexpenditures in excess of the amount
authorized by an item of appropriation in specified circumstances.
The bill also clarifies which transfers between appropriations are
for like purposes in the statute allowing for intradepartmental transfers
and specifies that transfers between any line items of appropriation in the
department of corrections that are not explicitly authorized in a footnote
to the annual general appropriation act are not for like purposes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-105, amend2
(2) as follows:3
24-75-105. Transfers required to implement conditional and4
centralized appropriations - repeal. (2) This section is repealed,5
effective September 1, 2025
SEPTEMBER 1, 2030.6
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-106, amend7
(2) as follows:8
24-75-106. Transfers between departments of health care9
policy and financing and human services for materially similar items10
of appropriation for medicaid programs - limitation - repeal. (2) This11
section is repealed, effective September 1, 2025 SEPTEMBER 1, 2030.12
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-106.5, amend13
(5) as follows:14
24-75-106.5. Transfers between departments of health care15
policy and financing and human services for corresponding items of16
appropriation - limitations - repeal. (5) This section is repealed,17
effective September 1, 2025 SEPTEMBER 1, 2030.18
SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-107, amend19
(2) as follows:20
SB25-263-2- 24-75-107. Cash fund transfers pursuant to sections 24-75-1051
and 24-75-106 - repeal. (2) This section is repealed, effective September2
1, 2025 SEPTEMBER 1, 2030.3
SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-108, amend4
(1), (2) introductory portion, and (11); and add (2)(h) as follows:5
24-75-108. Intradepartmental transfers between6
appropriations - definition - repeal. (1) Upon approval by the7
governor, the head of a principal department of state government may, on8
or after May 1 of any fiscal year and before the forty-fifth day after the9
close of such fiscal year, transfer moneys MONEY from one item of10
appropriation made to the principal department in the general11
appropriation act to another item of appropriation made to the same12
principal department in said act; except that such transfers shall MUST be13
made only between appropriations for like purposes. A
TRANSFER IS14
BETWEEN APPROPRIATIONS FOR LIKE PURPOSES WHEN BOTH LINE ITEMS OF15
APPROPRIATION ARE FOR THE SAME SPECIFIED PURPOSE , AS THOSE16
PURPOSES ARE DEFINED IN SECTION 24-75-112. All transfers made17
pursuant to this section shall be
ARE between appropriations made for the18
expiring fiscal year.19
(2) None of the following transfers shall be ARE deemed to be20
between like purposes within the meaning of subsection (1) of this21
section:22
(h) T
RANSFERS BETWEEN ANY LINE ITEMS OF APPROPRIATION IN23
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS THAT ARE NOT EXPLICITLY24
AUTHORIZED IN A FOOTNOTE TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATION25
ACT.26
(11) This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2025
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SECTION 6. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-109, amend2
(6) as follows:3
24-75-109. Controller may allow expenditures in excess of4
appropriations - limitations - appropriations for subsequent fiscal5
year restricted - repeal. (6) The controller may allow overexpenditures6
pursuant to this section only for the fiscal years beginning on or after July7
1, 1998, but prior to July 1, 2025 JULY 1, 2030. This section is repealed,8
effective September 1, 2025 SEPTEMBER 1, 2030.9
SECTION 7. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-110, amend10
(2) as follows:11
24-75-110. Limitation on judicial department - repeal. (2) This12
section is repealed, effective September 1, 2025 SEPTEMBER 1, 2030.13
SECTION 8. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,14
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate15
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for16
the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state17
institutions.18
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