NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 4/5/2016.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 16-094
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Crowder, Aguilar, Baumgardner, Donovan, Grantham,
      Guzman, Heath, Holbert, Jahn, Johnston, Kefalas, Lambert, Lundberg,
      Martinez Humenik, Merrifield, Newell, Roberts, Scheffel, Scott, Steadman,
      Todd;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Vigil, Brown, Arndt, Conti, Fields, Ginal,
      Kraft-Tharp, Lontine, Mitsch Bush, Rosenthal, Hullinghorst.
      
      
      Concerning the shared costs of a district public health agency by
           the counties in the district.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-1-511, amend (1)
      and (5) as follows:
      
           25-1-511.  County treasurer - agency funds. (1) (a)  In the case of
      a county public health agency, the county treasurer, as a part of his or her
      official duties as county treasurer, shall serve as treasurer of the agency,
      and the treasurer's official bond as county treasurer shall extend to and
      cover his or her duties as treasurer of the agency. In the case of a district
      public health agency, the county treasurer of the county in the district
      having the largest population as determined by the most recent federal
      census, as a part of his or her official duties as county treasurer, shall serve
      as treasurer of the district agency, and the treasurer's official bond as county
      treasurer shall extend to and cover his or her duties as treasurer of the
      district agency.
      
           (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), in
      a district where the combined population of the counties is four
      thousand or fewer, the boards of the county commissioners of the
      counties may, by consent of all counties in the district, select the
      county whose treasurer shall serve as treasurer of the district.
      
           (5) (a)  On or before September 1, 2008, and on or before September
      1 of each year thereafter, a district board of health shall estimate the total
      cost of maintaining the district public health agency for the ensuing fiscal
      year, and the amount of moneys that may be available from unexpended
      surpluses or from state or federal funds or other grants or donations. On or
      before September 1 of each year, the estimates shall be submitted in the
      form of a budget to a committee composed of the chairs of the boards of
      county commissioners of all counties comprising the district. The cost for
      maintaining the agency, over estimated moneys from surpluses, grants, or
      donations, shall be apportioned by the committee among the counties
      comprising the district in the proportion that the population of each county
      in the district bears to the total population of all counties in the district,
      population figures to be based on the most recent federal census. The
      boards of county commissioners of the respective counties are authorized
      to provide any moneys necessary to cover the proportionate shares of their
      counties by an appropriation from the county general fund.
      
           (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection (5), in
      a district where the combined population of the counties is four
      thousand or fewer, the boards of the county commissioners of the
      counties may apportion the costs for each county maintaining the
      agency by consent of all the counties in the district.
      
           SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
      takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
      ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
      10, 2016, if adjournment sine die is on May 11, 2016); except that, if a
      referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state
      constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within
      such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless
      approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2016
      and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of
      the vote thereon by the governor.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Bill L. Cadman                Dickey Lee Hullinghorst
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Effie Ameen                            Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
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                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO