NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 3/30/2015.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 15-1150
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Rankin, Hamner, Young, Coram, Fields,
      Mitsch Bush, Priola, Vigil;
      also SENATOR(S) Grantham, Lambert, Steadman.
      
      
      Concerning annual tier 2 transfers from the severance tax
           operational fund to an existing special account in the
           general fund established by the mined land reclamation
           board for the purpose of funding reclamation of lands that
           were obligated to be reclaimed under permits upon which
           financial warranties have been forfeited.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-29-109.3, add (2)
      (o) as follows:
      
           39-29-109.3.  Severance tax operational fund - repeal.
      (2)  Subject to the requirements of subsections (3) and (4) of this section,
      if the general assembly chooses not to spend up to one hundred percent of
      the moneys in the operational fund as specified in subsection (1) of this
      section, the state treasurer shall transfer the following:
      
           (o)  For the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 2015, and
      for each state fiscal year thereafter, one hundred twenty-seven
      thousand dollars to the special account in the general fund
      established pursuant to section 34-32-122 (1) (a), C.R.S., by the
      mined land reclamation board established in section 34-32-105,
      C.R.S., for the purpose of reclaiming lands that were obligated to
      be reclaimed under permits upon which financial warranties have
      been forfeited.
      
           SECTION 2.  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.
      
      
      
      
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      Dickey Lee Hullinghorst                Bill L. Cadman
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      Marilyn Eddins                      Cindi L. Markwell
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
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                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO