First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REVISED
This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
on Second Reading in the Second House
LLS NO. 25-0833.01 Rebecca Bayetti x4348
SENATE BILL 25-264
Senate Committees House Committees
Appropriations Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING TRANSFERS OF MONE Y FROM CERTAIN CASH FUNDS TO101
THE GENERAL FUND. 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/
.)
Joint Budget Committee. The bill requires the state treasurer to
make the following transfers of money from certain cash funds to the
general fund.
On June 30, 2025, the state treasurer is required to transfer the
following amounts to the general fund:
! $6,338,640 from the legislative department cash fund
HOUSE
2nd Reading Unamended
April 9, 2025
SENATE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 3, 2025
SENATE
Amended 2nd Reading
April 2, 2025
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Bridges and Kirkmeyer, Amabile, Marchman
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Bird and Sirota, Taggart
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. (section 1 of the bill);
! $500,000 from the scale-up grant fund (section 2);
! $500,000 from the qualified apprenticeship intermediary
grant fund (section 3);
! $700,000 from the petroleum cleanup and redevelopment
fund (section 4);
! $15,000,000 from the major medical insurance fund
(section 5);
! $200,000 from the division of securities cash fund (section
6);
! $200,000 from the division of banking cash fund (section
7);
! $200,000 from the division of real estate cash fund (section
8);
! $1,372,843 from the division of professions and
occupations cash fund (section 9);
! $1,750,000 from the prescription drug monitoring fund
(section 10);
! The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the
high-cost special education trust fund (section 11);
! The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the dropout
prevention activity grant fund (section 12);
! The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the full-day
kindergarten facility capital construction fund (section 13);
! The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the
financial reporting fund. The bill also repeals the fund
(section 14).
! The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the private
occupational schools fund (section 15);
! The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the private
activity bond allocations fund that exceeds $100,000. This
transfer is an annual transfer at the end of each state fiscal
year (section 16).
! $3,068,634 from the peace officers behavioral health
support and community partnership fund (section 17);
! $200,000 from the witness protection fund (section 18);
! $500,000 from the state's mission for assistance in
recruiting and training (SMART) policing grant fund
(section 19);
! $7,000,000 from the technology risk prevention and
response fund (section 20
);
! $11,011,550 from the advanced industries acceleration cash
fund (section 25);
! $8,500,000 from the innovative housing incentive program
fund (section 26);
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-2- ! The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the state
employee reserve fund. The bill also repeals this fund
(section 28).
! The balance of the following cash funds, which were
previously repealed (section 30):
! The rural schools cash fund;
! The teacher residency expansion program fund; and
! The public education fund;
! $200,000 from the affordable housing and home ownership
cash fund (section 31);
! $1,800,000 from the vital statistics records cash fund
(section 32);
! $14,000,000 from the electrifying school buses grant
program cash fund (section 34);
! The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the
Colorado health care services fund. The bill also repeals the
fund (section 36).
! The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the
pediatric hospice care cash fund (section 37). The bill also
repeals the fund (section 38).
! The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the primary
care provider sustainability fund. The bill also repeals the
fund (section 39).
! $620,000 from the agriculture management fund (section
41);
! The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the rodent
pest control fund (section 42);
! $250,000 from the diseased livestock indemnity fund
(section 43);
! $20,000 from the cervidae disease revolving fund (section
44);
! $200,000 from the board of assessment appeals cash fund
(section 45);
! $10,000,000 from the local government severance tax fund
(section 46);
! $200,000 from the Colorado telephone users with
disabilities fund (section 47);
! $700,000 from the highway-rail crossing signalization fund
(section 48); and
! $71,400,000 from the multimodal transportation and
mitigation options fund (section 50).
On July 1, 2025, the state treasurer is required to transfer the
following amounts to the general fund:
! $125,000 from the energy fund (section 21);
! $154,862 from the innovative energy fund (section 22);
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-3- ! $900,000 from the cannabis resource optimization cash
fund (section 23);
! $512,570 from the community access to electric bicycles
cash fund (section 24);
! $3,304,500 from the universal high school scholarship cash
fund (section 27);
! $5,000,000 from the supplemental state contribution fund
(section 29);
! The balance of the nutrients grant fund, which was
previously repealed (section 30);
! $6,000,000 from the community impact cash fund (section
33);
! The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the
electrifying school buses grant program cash fund (section
34);
! The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the natural
disaster grant fund (section 35);
! $680,000 from the state funding for senior services
contingency reserve fund (section 40); and
! $100,000 from the nuclear materials transportation fund
(section 49).
On June 30, 2026, the state treasurer is required to transfer
$7,710,500 from the advanced industries acceleration cash fund to the
general fund (section 25).
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 2-2-1601, add (2.7)2
as follows:3
2-2-1601. Legislative department cash fund - redistricting4
accounts - creation - definition - repeal. (2.7) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING5
ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY , ON JUNE 30, 2025,6
THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED7
THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS FROM THE8
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT CASH FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .9
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (2.7) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.10
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-15.7-305, add (3.5)11
264-4- as follows:1
8-15.7-305. Scale-up grant fund - creation - gifts, grants, or2
donations - transfer. (3.5) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER3
SHALL TRANSFER FIVE HUNDRED THOUS AND DOLLARS FROM THE SCALE -UP4
GRANT FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .5
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-15.7-405, add (3.5)6
as follows:7
8-15.7-405. Qualified apprenticeship intermediary grant fund8
- creation - transfer - gifts, grants, or donations. (3.5) O
N JUNE 30,9
2025,
THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND10
DOLLARS FROM THE QUALIFIED APPRENTICESHIP INTERMEDIARY GRANT11
FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND.12
SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-20.5-103, add13
(9)(f) as follows:14
8-20.5-103. Petroleum storage tank fund - petroleum cleanup15
and redevelopment fund - creation - rules - definition - repeal.16
(9) (f) (I) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SUBSECTION (9) TO17
THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL18
TRANSFER SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE19
REDEVELOPMENT FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .20
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (9)(f) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.21
SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-46-202, add (1.9)22
as follows:23
8-46-202. Major medical insurance fund - tax imposed -24
returns. (1.9) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO25
THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL26
TRANSFER FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE MAJOR MEDICAL27
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-5- INSURANCE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .1
SECTION 6. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 11-51-707, add (4)2
as follows:3
11-51-707. Collection of fees - division of securities cash fund4
created - repeal. (4) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF5
THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY , ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE6
TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM7
THE DIVISION OF SECURITIES CASH FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .8
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.9
SECTION 7. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 11-102-40310
as follows:11
11-102-403. Division of banking cash fund - creation - repeal.12
(1) All fees and assessments collected by the banking board shall be13
transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the division14
of banking cash fund, which fund is hereby
created in the state treasury.15
All money in the fund shall be subject to appropriation by the general16
assembly for the direct and indirect costs of the activities of the banking17
board and the division. All interest derived from the deposit and18
investment of money in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Any money19
not appropriated shall remain in the fund and shall not be transferred or20
revert to the general fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year.21
(2) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION22
TO THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL23
TRANSFER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE DIVISION OF24
BANKING CASH FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .25
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (2) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.26
SECTION 8. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-10-215, add (3)27
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-6- as follows:1
12-10-215. Fee adjustments - cash fund created - repeal.2
(3) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE3
CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER4
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE DIVISION OF REAL ESTATE5
CASH FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .6
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (3) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.7
SECTION 9. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-20-105, add (9)8
as follows:9
12-20-105. Fee adjustments - division of professions and10
occupations cash fund created - legal defense account created -11
general fund transfer - definition - repeal. (9) (a) O
N JUNE 30, 2025,12
THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED13
SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY -THREE DOLLARS FROM14
THE DIVISION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS CASH FUND TO THE15
GENERAL FUND.16
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (9) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.17
SECTION 10. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-280-405, amend18
(4) as follows:19
12-280-405. Prescription drug monitoring fund - creation - fee20
- repeal. (4) (a) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, on July21
1, 2020, the state treasurer shall transfer two hundred sixty-seven22
thousand five hundred twenty-one dollars from the prescription drug23
monitoring fund created in subsection (1) of this section to the general24
fund.25
(b) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS26
SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER27
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-7- SHALL TRANSFER ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND1
DOLLARS FROM THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING FUND TO THE2
GENERAL FUND.3
(c) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.4
SECTION 11. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-20-114.7, add5
(2)(h) as follows:6
22-20-114.7. High-cost special education trust fund - creation7
- grants - eligibility - legislative declaration - annual report -8
definition - repeal. (2) (h) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS9
SUBSECTION (2) TO THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE10
TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED11
BALANCE OF THE TRUST FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .12
SECTION 12. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-27.5-105, add13
(5) as follows:14
22-27.5-105. Dropout prevention activity grant fund - created15
- administrative costs - repeal. (5) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY16
PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY , ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE17
STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED AND18
UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .19
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (5) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.20
SECTION 13. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-43.7-201, add21
(5) as follows:22
22-43.7-201. Full-day kindergarten facility capital23
construction fund - creation - grants - definitions - repeal. (5) (a) O
N24
J
UNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED25
AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .26
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (5) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.27
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-8- SECTION 14. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-44-105, add1
(6)(d) as follows:2
22-44-105. Budget - contents - mandatory - repeal.3
(6) (d) (I) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SUBSECTION (6) TO4
THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL5
TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE FUND6
TO THE GENERAL FUND.7
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (6) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.8
SECTION 15. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 23-64-122, add (4)9
as follows:10
23-64-122. Fees - private occupational schools fund - annual11
adjustment - rules - repeal. (4) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION12
OF SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025,13
THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE EXCESS UNCOMMITTED
14
RESERVE BALANCE OF THE PRIVATE OCCUPATIONAL SCHOOLS F UND TO THE15
GENERAL FUND.16
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.17
SECTION 16. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-32-1709.5, add18
(4) as follows:19
24-32-1709.5. Administrative costs of the department - private20
activity bond allocation fund - creation. (4) B
EGINNING ON JUNE 30,21
2025,
AND ON JUNE 30 OF EACH STATE FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER , THE22
STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED AND23
UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE FUND THAT EXCEEDS ONE HUNDRED24
THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .25
SECTION 17. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-32-3501, add26
(7)(e) as follows:27
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-9- 24-32-3501. Peace officers behavioral health support and1
community partnerships grant program - created - report - rules -2
fund - definitions - repeal. (7) (e) (I) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE3
TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THREE MILLION SIXTY -EIGHT THOUSAND SIX4
HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .5
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (7)(e) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.6
SECTION 18. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-33.5-106,7
amend (6) as follows:8
24-33.5-106. Witness protection board - creation - Javad9
Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe witness protection program -10
witness protection fund - repeal. (6) (a) Any moneys
MONEY11
distributed by the board shall be made from the witness protection fund,12
which fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The general assembly13
may make appropriations from the general fund for purposes of the14
witness protection program when the witness protection board15
demonstrates that there is a need to replenish the fund. In order to receive16
consideration for additional appropriations to the witness protection fund,17
the witness protection board shall submit information to the general18
assembly detailing how much money has been allocated out of the fund19
in the prior year, how many witnesses have received witness security and20
protection from allocations out of the fund, and how many requests for21
witness security and protection are anticipated in the next fiscal year. The22
department of public safety is authorized to accept, receive, use, and23
expend gifts, grants, donations, services, or assistance from any source to24
provide for the security or protection of a witness as specified in this25
section. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys26
MONEY in the fund shall be credited to the fund. At the end of any fiscal27
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-10- year, all unexpended and unencumbered moneys MONEY in the fund shall1
remain therein and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund2
or any other fund.3
(b) (I) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SUBSECTION (6)4
TO THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL5
TRANSFER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE WITNESS6
PROTECTION FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .7
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (6)(b) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.8
SECTION 19. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-33.5-529, add9
(4)(e) as follows:10
24-33.5-529. State's mission for assistance in recruiting and11
training (SMART) grant program - committee - fund - reports -12
definitions - repeal. (4) (e) (I) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF13
THIS SUBSECTION (4) TO THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE14
TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM15
THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .16
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4)(e) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.17
SECTION 20. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-37.5-120, add18
(7) as follows:19
24-37.5-120. Technology risk prevention and response fund -20
creation - definitions - repeal. (7) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY21
PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY , ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE22
STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE23
FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND.24
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (7) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.25
SECTION 21. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-38.5-102.4, add26
(1)(a)(IV) as follows:27
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-11- 24-38.5-102.4. Energy fund - creation - use of fund -1
definitions - report - repeal. (1) (a) (IV) (A) O
N JULY 1, 2025, THE2
STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY -FIVE3
THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE ENERGY FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .4
(B) T
HIS SUBSECTION (1)(a)(IV) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1,5
2026.6
SECTION 22. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-38.5-102.5, add7
(3) as follows:8
24-38.5-102.5. Innovative energy fund - creation - use of fund9
- definitions - repeal. (3) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS10
SECTION TO THE CONTRARY , ON JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER11
SHALL TRANSFER ONE HUNDRED FIFTY -FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED12
SIXTY-TWO DOLLARS FROM THE INNOVATIVE ENERGY FUND TO THE13
GENERAL FUND.14
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (3) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.15
SECTION 23. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-38.5-117, add16
(5) as follows:17
24-38.5-117. Cannabis resource optimization cash fund -18
creation - gifts, grants, or donations - repeal. (5) (a) O
N JULY 1, 2025,19
THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND20
DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .21
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (5) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.22
SECTION 24. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-38.5-506, add23
(4) as follows:24
24-38.5-506. Community access to electric bicycles cash fund25
- creation - gifts, grants, or donations - transfer - repeal.26
(4) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE27
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-12- CONTRARY, ON JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER1
FIVE HUNDRED TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY DOLLARS2
FROM THE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES CASH FUND TO THE3
GENERAL FUND.4
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.5
SECTION 25. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-48.5-117, add6
(7)(f) as follows:7
24-48.5-117. Advanced industry - grants - fund - definitions -8
repeal. (7) (f) (I) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL9
TRANSFER ELEVEN MILLION ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY10
DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .11
(II) O
N JUNE 30, 2026, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER12
SEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS13
FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .14
(III) T
HIS SUBSECTION (7)(f) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1,15
2026.16
SECTION 26. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-48.5-132, add17
(5)(f) as follows:18
24-48.5-132. Innovative housing incentive program - report -19
legislative declaration - definitions - repeal. (5) (f) (I) O
N JUNE 30,20
2025,
THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER EIGHT MILLION FIVE21
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .22
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (5)(f) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.23
SECTION 27. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-48.5-502, add24
(3)(b.5) as follows:25
24-48.5-502. Universal high school scholarship program -26
established - administration - cash fund - eligibility - repeal.27
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-13- (3) (b.5) ON JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER1
THREE MILLION THREE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED2
DOLLARS FROM THE CASH FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .3
SECTION 28. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-50-104, amend4
(1)(j)(III)(A); and add (1)(j)(III)(H), (1)(j)(III.5), and (1)(j)(VII) as5
follows:6
24-50-104. Job evaluation and compensation - state employee7
reserve fund - created - study - report - definitions - legislative8
declaration - repeal. (1) Total compensation philosophy.9
(j) (III) (A) Any money in the fund not expended as provided in10
subsection (1)(j)(II) of this section may be invested by the state treasurer11
as provided by law. All interest and income derived from the investment12
and deposit of money in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Except as13
set forth in subsection (1)(j)(III)(B)
OR (1)(j)(III)(H) of this section, any14
unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the fund at the end15
of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not be credited or16
transferred to the general fund or another fund.17
(H) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER18
THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE FUND TO THE19
GENERAL FUND.20
(III.5) T
HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT THE21
MONEY TRANSFERRED FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND IN22
SUBSECTION (1)(j)(III)(H) OF THIS SECTION SHOULD BE USED FOR DIRECT23
DISTRIBUTION TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ' RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION AS24
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 24-51-414.25
(VII) T
HIS SUBSECTION (1)(j) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1,26
2025.27
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-14- SECTION 29. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-50-609, amend1
(5) as follows:2
24-50-609. State contributions - supplemental state3
contribution fund - creation - repeal. (5) (a) The supplemental state4
contribution fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The principal of5
the fund consists of tobacco litigation settlement moneys MONEY6
transferred by the state treasurer to the fund pursuant to section7
24-75-1104.5 (1.7)(j). The principal of the fund is continuously8
appropriated to the department of personnel and shall be expended in its9
entirety in each fiscal year by the department to pay the costs of increased10
nonsupplemental state contributions, as defined in section 24-50-609.511
(3)(c)(II), and supplement the state contribution, as defined in section12
24-50-609.5 (2)(d), for each eligible state employee, as defined in section13
24-50-609.5 (2)(a), enrolled in a qualifying group benefit plan, as defined14
in section 24-50-609.5 (2)(c), as required by section 24-50-609.5; except15
that the department shall expend no more than the amount needed to pay16
the costs of increased nonsupplemental state contributions and reduce the17
employee contribution, as defined in section 24-50-609.5 (2)(b), of each18
eligible state employee for all qualifying group benefit plans to zero. The19
principal of the fund remains in the fund until expended and shall not be20
transferred to the general fund or any other fund. Interest and income21
earned on the deposit and investment of moneys MONEY in the fund shall22
be credited to the fund, shall not be transferred to the general fund or to23
any other fund, and shall be used by the department, subject to annual24
appropriation, solely to pay the costs of the department related to the25
supplementation of the state contribution for each eligible state employee26
required by section 24-50-609.5.27
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OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY , ON JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE2
TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO3
THE GENERAL FUND.4
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (5)(b) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.5
SECTION 30. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 24-75-224.5 as6
follows:7
24-75-224.5. Transfers from repealed cash funds to the8
general fund - repeal. (1) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER9
SHALL TRANSFER THE BALANCE OF THE FOLLOWING CASH FUNDS TO THE10
GENERAL FUND:11
(a) T
HE RURAL SCHOOLS CASH FUND CREATED IN SECTION12
22-54-142
(5), AS IT EXISTED PRIOR TO ITS REPEAL ON JULY 1, 2023;13
(b) T
HE TEACHER RESIDENCY EXPANSION PROGRAM FUND14
CREATED IN SECTION 22-60.3-106, AS IT EXISTED PRIOR TO ITS REPEAL ON15
J
ULY 1, 2023; AND16
(c) T
HE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND CREATED IN SECTION17
39-22-4203,
AS IT EXISTED PRIOR TO ITS REPEAL ON JANUARY 1, 2019.18
(2) O
N JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE19
BALANCE OF THE NUTRIENTS GRANT FUND CREATED IN SECTION20
25-8-608.5,
AS IT EXISTED PRIOR TO ITS REPEAL ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2016,21
TO THE GENERAL FUND.22
(3) T
HIS SECTION IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.23
SECTION 31. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-229, add24
(3)(e) as follows:25
24-75-229. Affordable housing and home ownership cash fund26
- creation - allowable uses - task force - legislative declaration -27
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-16- definitions - repeal. (3) (e) O N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER1
SHALL TRANSFER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT ORIGINATED2
FROM THE GENERAL FUND FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .3
SECTION 32. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-2-121, add (5)4
as follows:5
25-2-121. Fee adjustments - vital statistics records cash fund6
created - definition - repeal. (5) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION7
OF SUBSECTION (2)(b)(I) OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30,8
2025,
THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER ONE MILLION EIGHT9
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS10
CASH FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .11
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (5) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.12
SECTION 33. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-7-129, add (4)13
as follows:14
25-7-129. Disposition of fines - community impact cash fund15
- repeal. (4) (a) O
N JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL16
TRANSFER SIX MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .17
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.18
SECTION 34. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-7-1405, add (4)19
as follows:20
25-7-1405. Electrifying school buses grant program cash fund21
- creation - gifts, grants, and donations - transfer - repeal.22
(4) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBSECTION (2)(a) OF THIS23
SECTION TO THE CONTRARY , ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER24
SHALL TRANSFER FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE25
GENERAL FUND.26
(b) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBSECTION (2)(a) OF27
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SHALL TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF2
THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .3
(c) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.4
SECTION 35. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-8-608.7, amend5
(1) as follows:6
25-8-608.7. Natural disaster grant fund - creation - rules -7
repeal. (1) (a) The natural disaster grant fund is hereby
created in the8
state treasury. Moneys MONEY in the fund, including interest earned on9
the investment of moneys MONEY in the fund, are IS continuously10
appropriated to the department of public health and environment for the11
purpose specified in subsection (2) of this section.12
(b) (I) O
N JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER13
THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE FUND TO THE14
GENERAL FUND.15
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (1)(b) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.16
SECTION 36. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25.5-3-112, add17
(1.7) and (5) as follows:18
25.5-3-112. Health care services fund - creation - state plan19
amendment - primary care special distribution fund - repeal.20
(1.7) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS21
SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER22
SHALL TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF23
THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .24
(5) T
HIS SECTION IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025.25
SECTION 37. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25.5-5-305, add (7)26
as follows:27
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federal authorization - rules - fund - repeal. (7) Transfer from fund.2
(a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBSECTION (6) OF THIS3
SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER4
SHALL TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF5
THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .6
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (7) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025.7
SECTION 38. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25.5-5-305, amend8
(6) as follows:9
25.5-5-305. Pediatric hospice care - legislative declaration -10
federal authorization - rules. (6) Gifts, grants, and donations. The11
state department is authorized to seek and accept gifts, grants, or12
donations from private or public sources for the purpose of providing for13
the administrative costs of preparing and submitting the request for14
federal approval for the provision of pediatric hospice care. All private15
and public funds received through gifts, grants, or donations shall be16
transmitted to the state treasurer. who shall credit the same to the
17
pediatric hospice care cash fund, which fund is hereby created and18
referred to in this section as the "fund". The moneys in the fund shall be19
subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly for preparing and20
submitting the request for federal approval pursuant to this section. Any21
moneys in the fund not expended for the purpose of this section may be22
invested by the state treasurer as provided by law. All interest and income23
derived from the investment and deposit of moneys in the fund shall be24
credited to the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys25
remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund26
and shall not be credited or transferred or revert to the general fund or27
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SECTION 39. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 25.5-5-4182
as follows:3
25.5-5-418. Primary care provider sustainability fund -4
creation - use of fund - repeal. (1) The primary care provider5
sustainability fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund6
consists of money transferred to the fund from the children's basic health7
plan trust created in section 25.5-8-105 (1) pursuant to section 25.5-8-1058
(8)(b) and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or9
transfer to the fund. The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income10
derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund.11
Any unexpended and unencumbered money in the fund at the end of any12
fiscal year remains in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to13
the general fund or any other fund. Subject to annual appropriation by the14
general assembly, the state department may expend money from the fund15
for the purpose of increasing access to primary care through rate16
enhancements for primary care office visits, preventive medicine visits,17
counseling and health-risk assessments, immunization administration,18
health screening services, and newborn care, including neonatal critical19
care. Money expended from the fund for the purposes of increasing20
access to primary care through rate enhancements supplements and does21
not supplant general fund appropriations for that purpose.22
(2) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE23
CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER24
THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE PRIMARY CARE25
PROVIDER SUSTAINABILITY FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .26
(3) T
HIS SECTION IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025.27
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(6)(c) as follows:2
26-11-209. State funding for senior services contingency3
reserve fund - creation - fund - reporting - appropriation - definitions4
- repeal. (6) (c) (I) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS5
SUBSECTION (6) TO THE CONTRARY , ON JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE6
TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS7
FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .8
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (6)(c) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.9
SECTION 41. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 35-1-106.910
as follows:11
35-1-106.9. Agriculture management fund - creation - repeal.12
(1) There is hereby
created in the state treasury the agriculture13
management fund. The fund shall consist CONSISTS of money transferred14
pursuant to section 38-13-801.5 (3), any money realized from the sale of15
the inspection and consumer services division facility and other real16
property associated with that facility that are all located in the Highlands17
neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, and any money realized from the sale18
of the warehouse and storage facility located at 5000 Packing House19
Road, Denver, Colorado. The department shall use such money to fund20
agricultural efforts approved by the commissioner, including, but not21
limited to, funding additional department employees necessary to22
implement and manage approved programs. Money may be used for23
direct assistance or grant assistance for conservation districts created24
pursuant to article 70 of this title 35. Money in the fund may be used for25
expenses related to the department's office consolidation as authorized by26
House Bill 13-1234, enacted in 2013, and as authorized by House Bill27
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-21- 16-1460, enacted in 2016. Money in the fund is subject to annual1
appropriation to the department. Any money not expended or encumbered2
from any appropriation at the end of any fiscal year shall remain available3
for expenditure in the next fiscal year without further appropriation. All4
interest derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund5
shall be credited to the fund and shall not be transferred or credited to the6
general fund or any other fund.7
(2) (a) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER8
SIX HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE AGRICULTURE9
MANAGEMENT FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .10
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (2) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.11
SECTION 42. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 35-7-103, add (3)12
as follows:13
35-7-103. Rodent pest control fund - creation - repeal.14
(3) (a) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE15
UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE RODENT PEST16
CONTROL FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .17
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (3) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.18
SECTION 43. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 35-50-114, amend19
(3) as follows:20
35-50-114. Indemnification of livestock owners - fund - repeal.21
(3) (a) There is hereby
created in the state treasury the diseased livestock22
indemnity fund. The unexpended and unencumbered balance of moneys23
MONEY appropriated by the general assembly for payments for the24
services of commissioned or appointed personnel pursuant to section25
35-50-104 shall be credited to the diseased livestock indemnity fund,26
upon approval of the commissioner, at the end of each fiscal year. The27
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purpose of making payments as provided in this section.2
(b) (I) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER3
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE DISEASED LIVESTOCK4
INDEMNITY FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .5
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (3)(b) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026. 6
SECTION 44. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 35-50-115, add (4)7
as follows:8
35-50-115. Cervidae disease revolving fund - creation - repeal.9
(4) (a) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER10
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .11
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.12
SECTION 45. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-2-125, add (4)13
as follows:14
39-2-125. Duties of the board - board of assessment appeals15
cash fund - creation - accelerated appeal cash fund - repeal.16
(4) (a) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER TWO17
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS18
CASH FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .19
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.20
SECTION 46. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-29-110, add21
(7)(f) as follows:22
39-29-110. Local government severance tax fund - creation -23
administration - definitions - repeal. (7) Notwithstanding any provision24
of this section to the contrary:25
(f) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER26
TEN MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SEVERANCE TAX27
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SECTION 47. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 40-17-104, add (7)2
as follows:3
40-17-104. Colorado telephone users with disabilities fund -4
creation - purpose - repeal. (7) (a) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE5
TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM6
THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .7
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (7) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.8
SECTION 48. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 40-29-116, amend9
(3) as follows:10
40-29-116. Highway-rail crossing signalization fund created11
- annual appropriation - repeal. (3) (a) Notwithstanding any other12
provision of this section, on July 1, 2020, the state treasurer shall transfer13
one million seven thousand one hundred seventy-six dollars from the14
highway-rail crossing signalization fund to the general fund.15
(b) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO16
THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL17
TRANSFER SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE18
HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING SIGNALIZATION FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .19
(c) T
HIS SUBSECTION (3) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.20
SECTION 49. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 42-20-51121
as follows:22
42-20-511. Nuclear materials transportation fund - repeal.23
(1) All money collected pursuant to parts 4 and 5 of this article 20 shall24
be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money to the25
nuclear materials transportation fund, which fund is hereby created. The26
money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general27
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and 5 of this article 20.2
(2) (a) O
N JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER3
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE NUCLEAR MATERIALS4
TRANSPORTATION FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .5
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (2) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.6
SECTION 50. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 43-4-1103, add7
(1)(c) as follows:8
43-4-1103. Multimodal transportation options fund - creation9
- revenue sources for fund - use of fund - repeal. (1) (c) (I) O
N JUNE10
30,
2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER SEVENTY -ONE MILLION11
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE F UND TO THE GENERAL12
FUND.13
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (1)(c) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.14
SECTION 51. Effective date. This act takes effect upon passage;15
except that section 25.5-5-305, C.R.S., as amended in section 38 of this16
act, takes effect July 1, 2025.17
SECTION 52. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,18
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate19
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for20
the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state21
institutions.22
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