HOUSE BILL 971315
BY REPRESENTATIVES C. Berry, Anderson, Snyder, Lamborn, McPherson, and Hagedorn;
also SENATORS Norton, Wells, and Feeley.
CONCERNING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Colorado:
SECTION 1. Appropriation.
In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby appropriated,
to the legislative department of the state of Colorado, the sum
of twenty million nine hundred fiftythree thousand five
hundred fourteen dollars ($20,953,514), or so much thereof as
may be necessary, of which amount twenty million eight hundred
fiftythree thousand five hundred fourteen dollars ($20,853,514)
shall be out of any moneys in the general fund not otherwise appropriated
and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be from cash
funds, for payment of the expenses of the legislative department
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, to be allocated as
follows:
House of representatives and senate $ 8,234,507 1/,2/
State auditor
5,315,296
Joint budget committee 870,800
Legislative council 3,266,698
Committee on legal services 3,266,213 3/
Total legislative department $20,953,514
1/ Of this amount, $100,000 is appropriated out of cash funds generated by the joint bill room, and $8,134,507 is appropriated out of the general fund.
2/ Of this amount, $6,474 is to be expended for the establishment of a tollfree telephone number for use by the general public to leave messages for and request legislative information from members of the Senate and for the publication of such legislative telephone numbers in telephone directory publications statewide.
3/
It is anticipated that, during the 199798 fiscal year, the
tax levy on civil actions provided for in section 25119,
Colorado Revised Statutes, will return approximately $200,000
to the general fund to offset expenses of the revision of statutes
by the office of legislative legal services.
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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Charles E. Berry Tom Norton
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
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Judith M. Rodrigue Joan M. Albi
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF
OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE
APPROVED________________________________________
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Roy Romer
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO