NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 5/22/2015.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 15-1315
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Ryden, Brown, Court, Hullinghorst, Lontine,
      Mitsch Bush, Primavera, Roupe, Salazar, Tyler, Williams, Becker K.,
      Buckner, Danielson, Duran, Esgar, Fields, Garnett, Ginal, Hamner, Kagan,
      Kraft-Tharp, Lebsock, Lee, Melton, Moreno, Pabon, Pettersen, Priola,
      Rosenthal, Singer, Tate, Vigil, Young;
      also SENATOR(S) Crowder, Aguilar, Baumgardner, Cooke, Donovan,
      Grantham, Heath, Hodge, Jones, Kefalas, Kerr, Lambert, Martinez
      Humenik, Merrifield, Newell, Roberts, Scheffel, Scott, Steadman, Todd,
      Cadman.
      
      
      Concerning support for county veterans service officers.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 28-5-707, amend (1)
      (a) as follows:
      
           28-5-707.  Assistance to county veterans service officers.
      (1) (a)  The division shall provide satisfactory supervision, direction, and
      assistance to all county veterans service officers and shall provide such
      services and facilities to the county veterans service officers as may be
      determined by the division to be necessary. Out of any moneys appropriated
      by the general assembly to the division for veterans' affairs purposes
      support to county veterans service officers, the division is
      authorized to issue vouchers for the semiannual payment to the general
      fund of each county, to be disbursed upon the authority of the county
      commissioners thereof, only for the purposes of this part 7 and part 8 of
      this article. of an amount equal to the amount such county commissioners
      may have authorized to be disbursed out of other moneys in such county
      general fund for such purposes for that period. The general assembly
      division shall annually establish in the general appropriations bill the rate
      of state-funded payments for full-time and part-time county veterans
      service officers based on the available appropriation by the general
      assembly; except that, if a county is receiving payments under paragraph
      (b) of this subsection (1) for a veterans service office established for
      adjacent counties, the payment shall be the total of the semiannual
      payments for the counties that have jointly formed the veterans service
      office.
      
           SECTION 2.  Effective date. This act takes effect July 1, 2015.
      
           SECTION 3.  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