NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 6/6/2016.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 16-195
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Grantham, Lambert, Steadman, Aguilar, Baumgardner,
      Cooke, Crowder, Donovan, Heath, Hill, Jahn, Johnston, Jones, Kefalas,
      Kerr, Martinez Humenik, Merrifield, Roberts, Scott, Woods, Cadman;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Rankin, Hamner, Young, Duran, Fields,
      Ginal, Klingenschmitt, Mitsch Bush, Pabon, Rosenthal, Roupe, Windholz.
      
      
      Concerning the annual appropriation of money in the central
           fund for veterans centers to the state department of
           human services.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 26-12-108, amend (1)
      (b) (I); and add (1) (b) (I.5) and (1) (d) as follows:
      
           26-12-108.  Payments for care - funds - annual report -
      collections for charges - central fund for veterans centers created -
      repeal. (1) (b) (I)  The state department is authorized to expend moneys out
      of the central fund for the direct and indirect costs incurred by the state
      department for the operation and administration of the veterans centers and
      for capital construction in connection with such veterans centers. Such
      expenditures shall not require an appropriation by the general assembly but
      shall be limited to amounts in the central fund. This subparagraph (I) is
      repealed, effective July 1, 2017.
      
           (I.5)  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and for each
      fiscal year thereafter:
      
           (A)  The money in the central fund is continuously
      appropriated to the state department for the direct costs of the
      operation and administration of the veterans centers and for
      capital construction in connection with the veterans centers;
      and
      
           (B)  Subject to annual appropriation, the state department
      may expend money from the central fund for indirect costs of the
      operation and administration of the veterans centers; except
      that the amount expended for indirect costs shall not exceed five
      percent of the total expenditures from the fund for the fiscal
      year.
      
           (d)  As part of the budget request that the state
      department submits to the joint budget committee in accordance
      with section 2-3-208 (2) (a), C.R.S., the state department shall
      provide a detailed report of the anticipated direct and indirect
      costs for the operation and administration of each veterans
      center for the upcoming fiscal year, including amounts for
      personal services, operating expenses, indirect costs, centrally
      appropriated costs, and FTE.
      
           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________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO