SENATE BILL 25-264
BY SENATOR(S) Bridges and Kirkmeyer, Amabile, Marchman;
also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Bird and Sirota, Taggart, Zokaie.
C
ONCERNING TRANSFERS OF MONEY FROM CERTAIN CASH FUNDS TO THE
GENERAL FUND
.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 2-2-1601, add (2.7) as
follows:
2-2-1601. Legislative department cash fund - redistricting
accounts - creation - definition - repeal. (2.7) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING
ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE
STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED
THIRTY
-EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS FROM THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT CASH FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (2.7) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-15.7-305, add (3.5)
as follows:
NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
history, or the Session Laws.
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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. 8-15.7-305. Scale-up grant fund - creation - gifts, grants, or
donations - transfer. (3.5) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER
SHALL TRANSFER FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE SCALE
-UP
GRANT FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-15.7-405, add (3.5)
as follows:
8-15.7-405. Qualified apprenticeship intermediary grant fund
- creation - transfer - gifts, grants, or donations. (3.5) O
N JUNE 30, 2025,
THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
FROM THE QUALIFIED APPRENTICESHIP INTERMEDIARY GRANT FUND TO THE
GENERAL FUND
.
SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-20.5-103, add (9)(f)
as follows:
8-20.5-103. Petroleum storage tank fund - petroleum cleanup
and redevelopment fund - creation - rules - definition - repeal.
(9) (f) (I) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SUBSECTION (9) TO
THE CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER
SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT FUND TO
THE GENERAL FUND
.
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (9)(f) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-46-202, add (1.9) as
follows:
8-46-202. Major medical insurance fund - tax imposed - returns.
(1.9) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE
CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER
FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE MAJOR MEDICAL INSURANCE FUND TO
THE GENERAL FUND
.
SECTION 6. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 11-51-707, add (4) as
follows:
11-51-707. Collection of fees - division of securities cash fund
PAGE 2-SENATE BILL 25-264 created - repeal. (4) (a) N OTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
SECTION TO THE CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER
SHALL TRANSFER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE DIVISION
OF SECURITIES CASH FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 7. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 11-102-403 as
follows:
11-102-403. Division of banking cash fund - creation - repeal.
(1) All fees and assessments collected by the banking board shall be
transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the division
of banking cash fund, which fund is hereby
created in the state treasury. All
money in the fund shall be subject to appropriation by the general assembly
for the direct and indirect costs of the activities of the banking board and the
division. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of money in
the fund shall be credited to the fund. Any money not appropriated shall
remain in the fund and shall not be transferred or revert to the general fund
of the state at the end of any fiscal year.
(2) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION
TO THE CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL
TRANSFER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE DIVISION OF
BANKING CASH FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (2) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 8. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-10-215, add (3) as
follows:
12-10-215. Fee adjustments - cash fund created - repeal.
(3) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE
CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE DIVISION OF REAL ESTATE CASH
FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (3) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 9. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-20-105, add (9) as
PAGE 3-SENATE BILL 25-264 follows:
12-20-105. Fee adjustments - division of professions and
occupations cash fund created - legal defense account created - general
fund transfer - definition - repeal. (9) (a) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE
TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY
-TWO
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY
-THREE DOLLARS FROM THE DIVISION OF
PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS CASH FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (9) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 10. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-280-405, amend
(4) as follows:
12-280-405. Prescription drug monitoring fund - creation - fee
- repeal. (4) (a) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, on July 1,
2020, the state treasurer shall transfer two hundred sixty-seven thousand
five hundred twenty-one dollars from the prescription drug monitoring fund
created in subsection (1) of this section to the general fund.
(b) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS
SECTION TO THE CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER
SHALL TRANSFER ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
FROM THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(c) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 11. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-20-114.7, add
(2)(h) as follows:
22-20-114.7. High-cost special education trust fund - creation -
grants - eligibility - legislative declaration - annual report - definition
- repeal. (2) (h) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SUBSECTION
(2) TO THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL
TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE TRUST
FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
SECTION 12. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-27.5-105, add (5)
as follows:
PAGE 4-SENATE BILL 25-264 22-27.5-105. Dropout prevention activity grant fund - created -
administrative costs - repeal. (5) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION
OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE
TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED
BALANCE OF THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (5) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 13. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-43.7-201, add (5)
as follows:
22-43.7-201. Full-day kindergarten facility capital construction
fund - creation - grants - definitions - repeal. (5) (a) O
N JUNE 30, 2025,
THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED AND
UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (5) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 14. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-44-105, add (6)(d)
as follows:
22-44-105. Budget - contents - mandatory - repeal.
(6) (d) (I) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SUBSECTION (6) TO
THE CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER
THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE FUND TO THE
GENERAL FUND
.
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (6) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 15. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 23-64-122, add (4) as
follows:
23-64-122. Fees - private occupational schools fund - annual
adjustment - rules - repeal. (4) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF
SUBSECTION
(1) OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE
STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE EXCESS UNCOMMITTED RESERVE
BALANCE OF THE PRIVATE OCCUPATIONAL SCHOOLS FUND TO THE GENERAL
FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
PAGE 5-SENATE BILL 25-264 SECTION 16. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-32-1709.5, add (4)
as follows:
24-32-1709.5. Administrative costs of the department - private
activity bond allocation fund - creation. (4) B
EGINNING ON JUNE 30,
2025,
AND ON JUNE 30 OF EACH STATE FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER, THE STATE
TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED
BALANCE OF THE FUND THAT EXCEEDS ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
SECTION 17. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-32-3501, add
(7)(e) as follows:
24-32-3501. Peace officers behavioral health support and
community partnerships grant program - created - report - rules - fund
- definitions - repeal. (7) (e) (I) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER
SHALL TRANSFER THREE MILLION SIXTY
-EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
THIRTY
-FOUR DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND .
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (7)(e) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 18. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-33.5-106, amend
(6) as follows:
24-33.5-106. Witness protection board - creation - Javad
Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe witness protection program - witness
protection fund - repeal. (6) (a) Any moneys
MONEY distributed by the
board shall be made from the witness protection fund, which fund is hereby
created in the state treasury. The general assembly may make appropriations from the general fund for purposes of the witness protection program when the witness protection board demonstrates that there is a need to replenish the fund. In order to receive consideration for additional appropriations to the witness protection fund, the witness protection board shall submit information to the general assembly detailing how much money has been allocated out of the fund in the prior year, how many witnesses have received witness security and protection from allocations out of the fund, and how many requests for witness security and protection are anticipated in the next fiscal year. The department of public safety is authorized to accept, receive, use, and expend gifts, grants, donations, services, or
assistance from any source to provide for the security or protection of a
PAGE 6-SENATE BILL 25-264 witness as specified in this section. All interest derived from the deposit and
investment of moneys MONEY in the fund shall be credited to the fund. At
the end of any fiscal year, all unexpended and unencumbered moneys
MONEY in the fund shall remain therein and shall not be credited or
transferred to the general fund or any other fund.
(b) (I) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SUBSECTION (6)
TO THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL
TRANSFER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE WITNESS
PROTECTION FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (6)(b) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 19. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-33.5-529, add
(4)(e) as follows:
24-33.5-529. State's mission for assistance in recruiting and
training (SMART) grant program - committee - fund - reports -
definitions - repeal. (4) (e) (I) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS
SUBSECTION
(4) TO THE CONTRARY , ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE
TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE
FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4)(e) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 20. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-37.5-120, add (7)
as follows:
24-37.5-120. Technology risk prevention and response fund -
creation - definitions - repeal. (7) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION
OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE
TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO
THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (7) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 21. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-38.5-102.4, add
(1)(a)(IV) as follows:
24-38.5-102.4. Energy fund - creation - use of fund - definitions
PAGE 7-SENATE BILL 25-264 - report - repeal. (1) (a) (IV) (A) O N JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER
SHALL TRANSFER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY
-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM
THE ENERGY FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(B) T
HIS SUBSECTION (1)(a)(IV) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2026.
SECTION 22. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-38.5-102.5, add
(3) as follows:
24-38.5-102.5. Innovative energy fund - creation - use of fund -
definitions - repeal. (3) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS
SECTION TO THE CONTRARY
, ON JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL
TRANSFER ONE HUNDRED FIFTY
-FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
SIXTY
-TWO DOLLARS FROM THE INNOVATIVE ENERGY FUND TO THE GENERAL
FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (3) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 23. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-38.5-117, add (5)
as follows:
24-38.5-117. Cannabis resource optimization cash fund -
creation - gifts, grants, or donations - repeal. (5) (a) O
N JULY 1, 2025,
THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (5) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 24. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-38.5-506, add (4)
as follows:
24-38.5-506. Community access to electric bicycles cash fund -
creation - gifts, grants, or donations - transfer - repeal.
(4) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE
CONTRARY
, ON JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER FIVE
HUNDRED TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY DOLLARS FROM THE
COMMUNITY ACCESS TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES CASH FUND TO THE GENERAL
FUND
.
PAGE 8-SENATE BILL 25-264 (b) THIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 25. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-48.5-117, add
(7)(f) as follows:
24-48.5-117. Advanced industry - grants - fund - definitions -
repeal. (7) (f) (I) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL
TRANSFER ELEVEN MILLION ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY
DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(II) O
N JUNE 30, 2026, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER
SEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(III) T
HIS SUBSECTION (7)(f) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 26. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-48.5-132, add
(5)(f) as follows:
24-48.5-132. Innovative housing incentive program - report -
legislative declaration - definitions - repeal. (5) (f) (I) O
N JUNE 30, 2025,
THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (5)(f) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 27. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-48.5-502, add
(3)(b.5) as follows:
24-48.5-502. Universal high school scholarship program -
established - administration - cash fund - eligibility - repeal.
(3) (b.5) O
N JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THREE
MILLION THREE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM
THE CASH FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
SECTION 28. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-50-104, amend
(1)(j)(III)(A); and add (1)(j)(III)(H), (1)(j)(III.5), and (1)(j)(VII) as follows:
24-50-104. Job evaluation and compensation - state employee
reserve fund - created - study - report - definitions - legislative
PAGE 9-SENATE BILL 25-264 declaration - repeal. (1) Total compensation philosophy.
(j) (III) (A) Any money in the fund not expended as provided in subsection
(1)(j)(II) of this section may be invested by the state treasurer as provided
by law. All interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of
money in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Except as set forth in
subsection (1)(j)(III)(B)
OR (1)(j)(III)(H) of this section, any unexpended
and unencumbered money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year
shall remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the
general fund or another fund.
(H) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE
UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE F UND TO THE GENERAL
FUND
.
(III.5) T
HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT THE
MONEY TRANSFERRED FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND IN
SUBSECTION
(1)(j)(III)(H) OF THIS SECTION SHOULD BE USED FOR DIRECT
DISTRIBUTION TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
' RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION AS
DESCRIBED IN SECTION
24-51-414.
(VII) T
HIS SUBSECTION (1)(j) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025.
SECTION 29. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-50-609, amend (5)
as follows:
24-50-609. State contributions - supplemental state contribution
fund - creation - repeal. (5) (a) The supplemental state contribution fund
is hereby
created in the state treasury. The principal of the fund consists of
tobacco litigation settlement moneys MONEY transferred by the state
treasurer to the fund pursuant to section 24-75-1104.5 (1.7)(j). The principal
of the fund is continuously appropriated to the department of personnel and
shall be expended in its entirety in each fiscal year by the department to pay
the costs of increased nonsupplemental state contributions, as defined in
section 24-50-609.5 (3)(c)(II), and supplement the state contribution, as
defined in section 24-50-609.5 (2)(d), for each eligible state employee, as
defined in section 24-50-609.5 (2)(a), enrolled in a qualifying group benefit
plan, as defined in section 24-50-609.5 (2)(c), as required by section
24-50-609.5; except that the department shall expend no more than the
amount needed to pay the costs of increased nonsupplemental state
contributions and reduce the employee contribution, as defined in section
PAGE 10-SENATE BILL 25-264 24-50-609.5 (2)(b), of each eligible state employee for all qualifying group
benefit plans to zero. The principal of the fund remains in the fund until
expended and shall not be transferred to the general fund or any other fund.
Interest and income earned on the deposit and investment of moneys
MONEY
in the fund shall be credited to the fund, shall not be transferred to the general fund or to any other fund, and shall be used by the department,
subject to annual appropriation, solely to pay the costs of the department
related to the supplementation of the state contribution for each eligible
state employee required by section 24-50-609.5.
(b) (I) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBSECTION (5)(a) OF
THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY
, ON JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER
SHALL TRANSFER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL
FUND
.
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (5)(b) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 30. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 24-75-224.5 as
follows:
24-75-224.5. Transfers from repealed cash funds to the general
fund - repeal. (1) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL
TRANSFER THE BALANCE OF THE FOLLOWING CASH FUNDS TO THE GENERAL
FUND
:
(a) T
HE RURAL SCHOOLS CASH FUND CREATED IN SECTION 22-54-142
(5),
AS IT EXISTED PRIOR TO ITS REPEAL ON JULY 1, 2023;
(b) T
HE TEACHER RESIDENCY EXPANSION PROGRAM FUND CREATED
IN SECTION
22-60.3-106, AS IT EXISTED PRIOR TO ITS REPEAL ON JULY 1,
2023;
AND
(c) THE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND CREATED IN SECTION 39-22-4203,
AS IT EXISTED PRIOR TO ITS REPEAL ON JANUARY 1, 2019.
(2) O
N JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE
BALANCE OF THE NUTRIENTS GRANT FUND CREATED IN SECTION
25-8-608.5,
AS IT EXISTED PRIOR TO ITS REPEAL ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2016, TO THE GENERAL
FUND
.
PAGE 11-SENATE BILL 25-264 (3) THIS SECTION IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 31. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-229, add (3)(e)
as follows:
24-75-229. Affordable housing and home ownership cash fund
- creation - allowable uses - task force - legislative declaration -
definitions - repeal. (3) (e) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER
SHALL TRANSFER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT ORIGINATED
FROM THE GENERAL FUND FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
SECTION 32. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-2-121, add (5) as
follows:
25-2-121. Fee adjustments - vital statistics records cash fund
created - definition - repeal. (5) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION
OF SUBSECTION
(2)(b)(I) OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, ON JUNE 30,
2025,
THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER ONE MILLION EIGHT
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS CASH
FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (5) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 33. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-7-129, add (4) as
follows:
25-7-129. Disposition of fines - community impact cash fund -
repeal. (4) (a) O
N JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER
SIX MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 34. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-7-1405, add (4) as
follows:
25-7-1405. Electrifying school buses grant program cash fund
- creation - gifts, grants, and donations - transfer - repeal.
(4) (a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBSECTION (2)(a) OF THIS
SECTION TO THE CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER
SHALL TRANSFER FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE
PAGE 12-SENATE BILL 25-264 GENERAL FUND.
(b) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBSECTION (2)(a) OF
THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY
, ON JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER
SHALL TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE
FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(c) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 35. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-8-608.7, amend
(1) as follows:
25-8-608.7. Natural disaster grant fund - creation - rules -
repeal. (1) (a) The natural disaster grant fund is hereby
created in the state
treasury. Moneys MONEY in the fund, including interest earned on the
investment of moneys MONEY in the fund, are IS continuously appropriated
to the department of public health and environment for the purpose
specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(b) (I) O
N JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER
THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE FUND TO THE
GENERAL FUND
.
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (1)(b) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 36. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25.5-3-112, add (1.7)
and (5) as follows:
25.5-3-112. Health care services fund - creation - state plan
amendment - primary care special distribution fund - repeal.
(1.7) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS
SECTION TO THE CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER
SHALL TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE
FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(5) T
HIS SECTION IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025.
SECTION 37. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25.5-5-305, add (7)
as follows:
PAGE 13-SENATE BILL 25-264 25.5-5-305. Pediatric hospice care - legislative declaration -
federal authorization - rules - fund - repeal. (7) Transfer from fund.
(a) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBSECTION (6) OF THIS SECTION
TO THE CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL
TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE FUND
TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (7) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025.
SECTION 38. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25.5-5-305, amend
(6) as follows:
25.5-5-305. Pediatric hospice care - legislative declaration -
federal authorization - rules. (6) Gifts, grants, and donations. The state
department is authorized to seek and accept gifts, grants, or donations from
private or public sources for the purpose of providing for the administrative
costs of preparing and submitting the request for federal approval for the
provision of pediatric hospice care. All private and public funds received
through gifts, grants, or donations shall be transmitted to the state treasurer.
who shall credit the same to the pediatric hospice care cash fund, which
fund is hereby created and referred to in this section as the "fund". The
moneys in the fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general
assembly for preparing and submitting the request for federal approval
pursuant to this section. Any moneys in the fund not expended for the
purpose of this section may be invested by the state treasurer as provided by
law. All interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of
moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Any unexpended and
unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall
remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred or revert to the
general fund or another fund.
SECTION 39. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 25.5-5-418 as
follows:
25.5-5-418. Primary care provider sustainability fund - creation
- use of fund - repeal. (1) The primary care provider sustainability fund is
hereby created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money transferred
to the fund from the children's basic health plan trust created in section
25.5-8-105 (1) pursuant to section 25.5-8-105 (8)(b) and any other money
that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. The state
PAGE 14-SENATE BILL 25-264 treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and
investment of money in the fund to the fund. Any unexpended and
unencumbered money in the fund at the end of any fiscal year remains in the
fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other
fund. Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the state
department may expend money from the fund for the purpose of increasing
access to primary care through rate enhancements for primary care office
visits, preventive medicine visits, counseling and health-risk assessments,
immunization administration, health screening services, and newborn care,
including neonatal critical care. Money expended from the fund for the
purposes of increasing access to primary care through rate enhancements
supplements and does not supplant general fund appropriations for that
purpose.
(2) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE
CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE
UNEXPENDED AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE PRIMARY CARE
PROVIDER SUSTAINABILITY FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(3) T
HIS SECTION IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025.
SECTION 40. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 26-11-209, add (6)(c)
as follows:
26-11-209. State funding for senior services contingency reserve
fund - creation - fund - reporting - appropriation - definitions - repeal.
(6) (c) (I) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SUBSECTION (6) TO
THE CONTRARY
, ON JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER
SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL
FUND
.
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (6)(c) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 41. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 35-1-106.9 as
follows:
35-1-106.9. Agriculture management fund - creation - repeal.
(1) There is hereby
created in the state treasury the agriculture management
fund. The fund shall consist CONSISTS of money transferred pursuant to
section 38-13-801.5 (3), any money realized from the sale of the inspection
PAGE 15-SENATE BILL 25-264 and consumer services division facility and other real property associated
with that facility that are all located in the Highlands neighborhood of
Denver, Colorado, and any money realized from the sale of the warehouse
and storage facility located at 5000 Packing House Road, Denver, Colorado.
The department shall use such money to fund agricultural efforts approved
by the commissioner, including, but not limited to, funding additional
department employees necessary to implement and manage approved
programs. Money may be used for direct assistance or grant assistance for
conservation districts created pursuant to article 70 of this title 35. Money
in the fund may be used for expenses related to the department's office
consolidation as authorized by House Bill 13-1234, enacted in 2013, and as
authorized by House Bill 16-1460, enacted in 2016. Money in the fund is
subject to annual appropriation to the department. Any money not expended
or encumbered from any appropriation at the end of any fiscal year shall
remain available for expenditure in the next fiscal year without further
appropriation. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of
money in the fund shall be credited to the fund and shall not be transferred
or credited to the general fund or any other fund.
(2) (a) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER
SIX HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE AGRICULTURE
MANAGEMENT FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (2) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 42. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 35-7-103, add (3) as
follows:
35-7-103. Rodent pest control fund - creation - repeal. (3) (a) O
N
JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER THE UNEXPENDED
AND UNENCUMBERED BALANCE OF THE RODENT PEST CONTROL FUND TO THE
GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (3) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 43. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 35-50-114, amend (3)
as follows:
35-50-114. Indemnification of livestock owners - fund - repeal.
(3) (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the diseased livestock
PAGE 16-SENATE BILL 25-264 indemnity fund. The unexpended and unencumbered balance of moneys
MONEY appropriated by the general assembly for payments for the services
of commissioned or appointed personnel pursuant to section 35-50-104
shall be credited to the diseased livestock indemnity fund, upon approval of
the commissioner, at the end of each fiscal year. The moneys
MONEY in the
fund are IS continuously appropriated for the purpose of making payments
as provided in this section.
(b) (I) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE DISEASED LIVESTOCK
INDEMNITY FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (3)(b) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 44. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 35-50-115, add (4) as
follows:
35-50-115. Cervidae disease revolving fund - creation - repeal.
(4) (a) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER TWENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 45. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-2-125, add (4) as
follows:
39-2-125. Duties of the board - board of assessment appeals cash
fund - creation - accelerated appeal cash fund - repeal. (4) (a) O
N JUNE
30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS CASH FUND
TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 46. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-29-110, add (7)(f)
as follows:
39-29-110. Local government severance tax fund - creation -
administration - definitions - repeal. (7) Notwithstanding any provision
of this section to the contrary:
PAGE 17-SENATE BILL 25-264 (f) ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER TEN
MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SEVERANCE TAX F UND TO
THE GENERAL FUND
.
SECTION 47. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 40-17-104, add (7) as
follows:
40-17-104. Colorado telephone users with disabilities fund -
creation - purpose - repeal. (7) (a) O
N JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE
TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE
FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (7) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 48. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 40-29-116, amend (3)
as follows:
40-29-116. Highway-rail crossing signalization fund created -
annual appropriation - repeal. (3) (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this section, on July 1, 2020, the state treasurer shall transfer
one million seven thousand one hundred seventy-six dollars from the
highway-rail crossing signalization fund to the general fund.
(b) N
OTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO
THE CONTRARY
, ON JUNE 30, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER
SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE HIGHWAY
-RAIL CROSSING
SIGNALIZATION FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(c) T
HIS SUBSECTION (3) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 49. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 42-20-511 as
follows:
42-20-511. Nuclear materials transportation fund - repeal.
(1) All money collected pursuant to parts 4 and 5 of this article 20 shall be
transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money to the nuclear
materials transportation fund, which fund is hereby created. The money in
the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly for the
direct and indirect costs of the administration of parts 4 and 5 of this article
20.
PAGE 18-SENATE BILL 25-264 (2) (a) ON JULY 1, 2025, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE NUCLEAR MATERIALS
TRANSPORTATION FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (2) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 50. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 43-4-1103, add (1)(c)
as follows:
43-4-1103. Multimodal transportation options fund - creation -
revenue sources for fund - use of fund - repeal. (1) (c) (I) O
N JUNE 30,
2025,
THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER SEVENTY -ONE MILLION FOUR
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND
.
(II) T
HIS SUBSECTION (1)(c) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.
SECTION 51. Effective date. This act takes effect upon passage;
except that section 25.5-5-305, C.R.S., as amended in section 38 of this act,
takes effect July 1, 2025.
SECTION 52. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
PAGE 19-SENATE BILL 25-264 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.
____________________________ ____________________________
James Rashad Coleman, Sr. Julie McCluskie
PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
____________________________ ____________________________
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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