NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 5/1/2015.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 15-245
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Grantham, Steadman, Lambert, Cooke, Garcia, Heath,
      Jones, Kefalas, Kerr, Martinez Humenik, Merrifield, Newell, Roberts,
      Todd, Cadman;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Young, Hamner, Rankin, Becker K.,
      DelGrosso, Fields, Foote, Garnett, Ginal, Kraft-Tharp, Lontine, Melton,
      Mitsch Bush, Pettersen, Rosenthal, Ryden, Singer, Williams, Hullinghorst.
      
      
      Concerning the provision of state funding for natural hazard
      mapping.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 37-60-131 as
      follows:
      
           37-60-131.  Natural hazard mapping - fund - repeal.
      (1) (a)  There is hereby created in the state treasury the natural
      hazard mapping fund, referred to in this section as the "mapping
      fund", which consists of the following revenues:
      
           (I)  Gifts, grants, and donations from private or public
      sources for the purposes of this section; except that the board
      shall not accept a gift, grant, or donation that is subject to a
      condition that is inconsistent with this section or any other law
      of the state;
      
           (II)  Interest derived from the investment of revenues in the
      mapping fund; and
      
           (III)  The following revenues, which the state treasurer
      shall transfer from the general fund to the mapping fund:
      
           (A)  On July 1, 2015, three million eight hundred thousand
      dollars;
      
           (B)  On July 1, 2016, two million four hundred thousand
      dollars; and
      
           (C)  On July 1, 2017, six hundred seventy thousand dollars.
      
           (b)  The revenues in the mapping fund are continuously
      appropriated to the board for the purposes of this section.
      
           (2)  The board is authorized to seek, accept, and expend
      gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of this section and
      may use the revenues in the mapping fund only for the following
      purposes:
      
           (a)  Floodplain mapping, including to update floodplain
      mapping for flood-impacted areas and to digitize and update
      floodplain maps in those counties that do not currently have
      them;
      
           (b)  Erosion zone mapping, including by:
      
           (I)  Convening an interagency technical panel to develop
      erosion zone mapping methodology;
      
           (II)  Updating the board's storm water criteria manual;
      
           (III)  Developing model land use codes in partnership with
      the department of local affairs; and
      
           (IV)  Developing new maps in prioritized areas in partnership
      with local communities;
      
           (c)  Debris flow mapping, including by:
      
           (I)  Convening an interagency panel chaired by the
      Colorado geological survey to develop debris flow mapping
      methodology;
      
           (II)  Conducting pilot projects to develop debris flow
      hazard maps for prioritized areas based on geology, population,
      and assets at risk, including preliminarily El Paso, Jefferson, and
      Douglas counties; and
      
           (III)  Developing a five-year implementation and funding
      plan to map the remainder of the at-risk areas in Colorado; or
      
           (d)  The collection of data from light detection and
      ranging for flood mapping, erosion zones, and debris flows.
      
           (3)  This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2018. The state
      treasurer shall transfer all unencumbered revenues in the
      mapping fund on July 1, 2018, to the general fund.
      
           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.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      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