NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 5/14/2014.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 14-008
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Roberts, Crowder, Guzman, Heath, Herpin, Jahn, Jones,
      Kefalas, Kerr, King, Lambert, Newell, Nicholson, Rivera, Schwartz,
      Tochtrop, Todd, Ulibarri, Carroll;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Dore and Exum, Duran, Fields, Gerou, Ginal,
      Hamner, Hullinghorst, Lee, Mitsch Bush, Pettersen, Rankin, Rosenthal,
      Ryden, Salazar, Schafer, Williams, Young, Ferrandino.
      
      
      Concerning the creation of the wildfire information and
           resource center in the division of fire prevention and
           control in the department of public safety, and, in
           connection therewith, making and reducing appropriations.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-33.5-1203, add (1)
      (w) as follows:
      
           24-33.5-1203.  Duties of division. (1)  The division shall perform
      the following duties:
      
           (w)  Establish and operate the wildfire information and
      resource center created in section 24-33.5-1230.
      
           SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 24-33.5-1230 as
      follows:
      
           24-33.5-1230.  Wildfire information and resource center.
      (1) (a)  In order to improve protection of the public by enhancing
      access to information by homeowners, wildland fire
      professionals, the media, and educators, there is hereby created
      in the division the wildfire information and resource center, also
      referred to in this section as the "center".
      
           (b)  The center must be operational within sixty days of the
      effective date of this section.
      
           (2) (a)  The center is an on-line source of wildfire
      information for homeowners, wildland fire professionals, the
      media, and educators.
      
           (b)  The center's web site must include information, or
      hyperlinks to information, regarding:
      
           (I)  Current wildfires in Colorado;
      
           (II)  How to prevent and prepare for a wildfire;
      
           (III)  Statewide fire danger and current burning
      restrictions;
      
           (IV)  Current prescribed burn activity, with contact
      information for the responsible agency;
      
           (V)  Wildland and prescribed fire training;
      
           (VI)  Sources of funding for wildfire mitigation activities;
      and
      
           (VII)  Other information that the director deems pertinent,
      such as results of local, state, or national research related to
      wildfire.
      
           (3)  The director may fulfill any of the duties contained in
      subsection (2) of this section through the use of public-private
      partnerships with one or more private or public entities.
      
           (4) (a)  The division is authorized to seek and accept gifts,
      grants, donations, or reimbursements from private or public
      sources for the purposes of this section.
      
           (b)  The general assembly finds that the implementation of
      this section does not rely entirely or in any part on the receipt of
      adequate funding through gifts, grants, or donations. Therefore,
      the division is not subject to the notice requirements specified in
      section 24-75-1303 (3).
      
           SECTION 3.  Appropriation - adjustments to 2014 long bill.
      (1)  For the implementation of this act, the general fund appropriation made
      in the annual general appropriation act to the controlled maintenance trust
      fund created in section 24-75-302.5 (2) (a), Colorado Revised Statutes, for
      the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, is decreased by $27,175.
      
           (2)  In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby
      appropriated, out of any moneys in the general fund, not otherwise
      appropriated, to the department of public safety, for the fiscal year
      beginning July 1, 2014, the sum of $27,175 and 0.5 FTE, or so much
      thereof as may be necessary, to be allocated to the division of fire
      prevention and control for the implementation of this act as follows:
      
           (a)   $21,997 and 0.5 FTE for personal services;
      
           (b)   $475 for operating expenses; and
      
           (c)   $4,703 for capital outlay.
      
           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.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Morgan Carroll                        Mark Ferrandino
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      Cindi L. Markwell                      Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO