NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 2/25/2015.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 15-098
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Steadman, Grantham, Lambert;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Young, Hamner, Rankin, Kraft-Tharp,
      Lontine, Rosenthal, Tyler.
      
      
      Concerning the codification of certain phrases previously
           included in appropriation clauses.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 24-75-112.5 as
      follows:
      
           24-75-112.5.  Appropriation clauses - general provisions -
      legislative declaration - definition. (1)  The general assembly hereby
      finds, determines, and declares that:
      
           (a)  The mechanism through which the general assembly
      commonly authorizes state agencies to spend moneys, the
      appropriation clause, has remained essentially unchanged for
      over a century;
      
           (b)  The typical appropriation clause employed prior to the
      2015 regular legislative session features certain stock phrases
      that make ascertaining essential information more difficult;
      
           (c)  Legislation should, whenever possible, be written
      clearly and concisely; and
      
           (d)  It is therefore the intent of the general assembly, in
      enacting this section:
      
           (I)  To enhance comprehensibility of appropriation clauses
      by omitting the identified phrases formerly used in standard
      appropriation clauses; and
      
           (II)  To continue undisturbed the operation and legal effect
      of these phrases by codifying versions of them in a statute of
      general applicability.
      
           (2) (a)  Unless the context otherwise requires, and
      regardless of whether the law is statutory or noncodified, the
      following provisions apply to an appropriation made in a duly
      enacted law of the state:
      
           (I)  The appropriation is made in addition to any other
      appropriation;
      
           (II)  The appropriation is made from moneys that are not
      otherwise appropriated; and
      
           (III)  A state agency is only required to spend so much of the
      appropriation as may be necessary.
      
           (b)  As used in any appropriation clause, "C.R.S." means the
      Colorado Revised Statutes.
      
           (3)  This section applies to legislation enacted on or after
      January 1, 2015.
      
           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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      Bill L. Cadman                Dickey Lee Hullinghorst
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      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