NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signature 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. HOUSE BILL 10-1336 BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Schafer S., Labuda, Vigil; also SENATOR(S) Newell. Concerning expenditures to be made by the department of public safety, and making an appropriation therefor. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. 24-33.5-503 (1) (e), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read: 24-33.5-503. Duties of division. (1) The division has the following duties: (e) To do all things necessary to apply for, qualify for, accept, and distribute expend any state, federal, or other funds moneys made available or allotted under said Public Law 93-83 and under any other law or program, including the Colorado community policing program described in part 6 of this article, designed to improve the administration of criminal justice, court systems, law enforcement, prosecution, corrections, probation and parole, juvenile delinquency programs, and related fields; SECTION 2. Part 18 of article 33.5 of title 24, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING NEW SECTIONS to read: 24-33.5-1807. School safety resource center cash fund. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the school safety resource center cash fund, referred to in this section as the "fund". The fund shall consist of: (a) Such moneys as the general assembly may appropriate to the fund; (b) Gifts, grants, and donations received by the department pursuant to subsection (2) of this section; and (c) Any moneys that the center receives as fees charged to attendees of a training program or conference, as described in section 24-33.5-1808. (2) The department is authorized to solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from public and private sources for the purposes of this part 18; except that the department may not accept a gift, grant, or donation that is subject to conditions that are inconsistent with this section or any other law of the state. All moneys collected by the department pursuant to this subsection (2) shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the fund. (3) The moneys in the fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department for the direct and indirect costs associated with implementing this part 18. Any moneys in the fund not expended for the purposes of this part 18 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. (4) (a) The department is authorized to expend moneys from the fund for the purposes of this part 18. (b) The department may expend up to two percent of the moneys annually appropriated from the fund to offset the costs incurred in implementing this part 18. (5) 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 to the general fund or another fund. 24-33.5-1808. Training program and conference fees authorized. (1) The center is authorized to charge a fee to each attendee of a training program or conference that the center implements for the purposes of this part 18. The center shall forward each fee collected pursuant to this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit the entire amount to the school safety resource center cash fund created in section 24-33.5-1807. (2) The total amount of fees charged by the center to attendees of a training program or conference pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall not exceed the actual costs incurred by the center in implementing the training program or conference. SECTION 3. Appropriation. In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the school safety resource center cash fund created in section 24-33.5-1807 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, not otherwise appropriated, to the department of public safety, executive director's office, special programs, school resource center services, for program costs, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, the sum of forty-four thousand dollars ($44,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the implementation of this act. SECTION 4. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. ________________________________________________________ Terrance D. Carroll Brandon C. Shaffer SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE ____________________________ ____________________________ Marilyn Eddins Karen Goldman CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE APPROVED________________________________________ _________________________________________ Bill Ritter, Jr. GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO