First Regular Session
Sixty-first General Assembly
LLS NO. 97-0262.01D JBC SENATE BILL 97-183
STATE OF COLORADO
BY SENATORS Lacy, Blickensderfer, and Rizzuto;
also REPRESENTATIVES Grampsas, Owen, and Romero.
APPROPRIATIONS
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Concerning a supplemental to the judicial department.
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not necessarily reflect any amendments which may be subsequently adopted.)
Makes a supplemental appropriation to the judicial department.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. Part VIII of section 2 of chapter 324, Session Laws of Colorado 1996, is amended to read:
Section 2. Appropriation.
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ITEM &SUBTOTAL
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TOTAL
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GENERAL FUND $ |
GENERAL FUNDEXEMPT$ |
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CASH FUNDS $ |
CASH FUNDSEXEMPT $ |
FEDERAL FUNDS $ |
PART VIII
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JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
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(1) SUPREME COURT
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Personal Services
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2,033,430
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2,033,430
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(38.0 FTE)
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Operating Expenses
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75,270
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30,270
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45,000
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a
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Grievance Committee
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2,323,230
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2,050,000
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b
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273,230
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c
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(30.5 FTE)
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Continuing Legal Education
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250,000
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236,000
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b
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14,000
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d
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(4.0 FTE)
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Law Examiner Board
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616,000
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550,000
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66,000
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f
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(8.2 FTE)
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Law Library
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425,000
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375,000
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50,000
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(2.0 FTE)
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5,722,930
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a This amount shall be from various fees and other cost recoveries.
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b These amounts shall be from annual attorney registration fees and other fees. For purposes of complying with the limitation on state fiscal year spending imposed by Article X, Section 20 of the State Constitution, these moneys are included for informational purposes as they are continuously appropriated by a permanent statute or constitutional provision.
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c This amount shall be from reserves in the Attorney Registration Fund.
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d This amount shall be from reserves in the Continuing Legal Education Fund.
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e This amount shall be from law examination application fees and other fees. For purposes of complying with the limitation on state fiscal year spending imposed by Article X, Section 20 of the State Constitution, these moneys are included for informational purposes as they are continuously appropriated by a permanent statute or constitutional provision.
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f This amount shall be from reserves in the Law Examiner Board Fund.
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g This amount shall be from new attorney registration fees and appellate court filing fees. For purposes of complying with the limitation on state fiscal year spending imposed by Article X, Section 20 of the State Constitution, these moneys are included for informational purposes as they are continuously appropriated by a permanent statute or constitutional provision.
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h This amount shall be from reserves in the Law Library Fund.
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(2) COURT OF APPEALS
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Personal Services
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4,332,808
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4,332,808
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(79.0 FTE)
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Operating Expenses
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78,121
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71,121
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7,000
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a
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4,410,929
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a This amount shall be from copier machine receipts.
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(3) COURTS ADMINISTRATION
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(A) Administration
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Personal Services
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2,142,231
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2,142,231
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(40.5 FTE)
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Operating Expenses
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217,503
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217,503
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County Courthouse Furnishings97, 98
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920,632
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920,632
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3,280,366
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(B) Administrative Special Purpose
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Health, Life, and Dental
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4,592,604
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4,353,297
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95,751
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a
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143,556
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(T)b
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Short-term Disability
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139,532
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132,571
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2,475
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a
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4,486
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(T)b
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Salary Survey and Anniversary Increases
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3,790,232
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3,646,928
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74,211
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a
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69,093
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(T)b
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Workers' Compensation
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1,401,701
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1,380,501
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4,506
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16,694
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(T)b
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Legal Services for 2,556 hours
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121,274
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121,274
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Payment to Risk Management and Property Funds
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301,551
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297,329
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718
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a
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3,504
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(T)b
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Leased Space
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170,000
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170,000
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Lease Purchase
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94,561
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94,561
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Administrative Purposes
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137,446
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112,446
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25,000
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c
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Judicial Conference
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91,716
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91,716
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Retired Judges
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55,598
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55,598
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Appellate Reports Publication
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74,600
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74,600
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Office of Dispute Resolution99
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393,671
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15,515
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378,156
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d
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350,156
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d
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28,000
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(4.5 FTE)
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Alimony and Support
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265,578
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80,000
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147,578
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e
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38,000
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f
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Judicial Performance
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90,000
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90,000
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Child Support Enforcement
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85,000
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23,700
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61,300
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(T)g
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(1.0 FTE)
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Training
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190,955
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190,955
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253,770
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62,815
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Federal Funds and Other Grants
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28,000
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28,000
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h
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12,024,019
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12,058,834
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a These amounts shall be from fines deposited into the Fines Collection Cash Fund pursuant to Section 18-1-105(1)(a)(III)(D), C.R.S., from the Drug Offender Surcharge Fund pursuant to Section 18-19-103, C.R.S. , and from fees collected by the Office of Dispute Resolution pursuant to Section 13-22-305(3), C.R.S.
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b These amounts shall be from the Department of Human Services, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division.
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c This amount shall be from fees for jury instruction committees.
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d This amount shall be from fees collected by the Office of Dispute Resolution pursuant to Section 13-22-305(3), C.R.S.
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e This amount shall be from fees available pursuant to Section 13-32-101(1)(a.5)(I), C.R.S.
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f This amount shall be from reserves in the Child Support Registry Fund.
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g This amount shall be from federal funds appropriated in the Department of Human Services.
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h This amount shall be from a grant from Jefferson County.
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iThis amount shall be from reserves in the Dispute Resolution Fund.
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(C) Judicial/Heritage Complex50
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Personal Services
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368,913
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368,913
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(4.0 FTE)
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Operating Expenses
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58,680
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58,680
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Parking Lot Maintenance
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2,500
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2,500
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430,093
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a This amount shall be from parking receipts.
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(D) Integrated Information Services
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Personal Services
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1,496,493
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1,496,493
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1,671,493
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1,671,493
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(36.0 FTE)
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Operating Expenses
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165,262
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150,262
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15,000
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a
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Purchase of Services from Computer Center
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421,649
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421,649
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Telecommunications Expense
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350,000
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350,000
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Hardware/Software Maintenance
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1,075,000
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1,075,000
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Lease Purchase
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1,123,967
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1,123,967
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Hardware Replacement
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726,000
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726,000
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New Projects
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200,000
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200,000
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Computer Integrated Courtroom
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30,000
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30,000
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5,588,371
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5,563,371
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a This amount shall be from various fees and other cost recoveries.
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21,322,849
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21,332,664
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(4) TRIAL COURTS
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Personal Services
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57,639,248
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57,612,320
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26,928
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(T)a
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(1,351.5 FTE)
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(0.5 FTE)
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Operating Expenses
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3,980,673
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2,704,814
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1,275,859
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b
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4,125,400
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1,420,586
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b
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Capital Outlay
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38,264
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38,264
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Purchase of Microfilm Services
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85,536
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85,536
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Mandated Costs
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16,104,256
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16,104,256
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Collections Investigators
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1,168,393
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826,826
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c
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341,567
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d
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1,251,836
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425,010
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(T)d
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(21.3 FTE)
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(14.0 FTE)
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(18.0 FTE)
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Involuntary Commitments
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8,344
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8,344
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(T)e
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Sex Offender Surcharge Fund Program
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7,529
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7,529
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f
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Victim Compensation
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6,906,485
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6,906,485
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g
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Victim Assistance
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8,515,920
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8,515,920
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h
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Family Preservation Matching Funds100
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202,894
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40,578
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162,316
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Dependency and Neglect Pilot Projects
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275,817
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275,817
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(T)i
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Federal Funds and Other Grants
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952,000
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150,000
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j
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535,000
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(T)k
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267,000
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1,035,548
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178,000
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j
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390,000
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(T)k
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467,548
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(4.0 FTE)
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95,885,359
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96,197,077
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a This amount shall be from the Department of Human Services, Office of Youth Services.
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b This amount shall be from various fees and other cost recoveries.
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c This amount Of this amount, $542,364 shall be from fines deposited into the Fines Collection Cash Fund pursuant to Section 18-1-105(1)(a)(III)(D), C.R.S. C.R.S., and $284,462 shall be from the Judicial Collections Enhancement Fund.
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d This amount shall be from local Victim's Assistance and Law Enforcement boards.
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e This amount shall be from federal funds appropriated in the Department of Human Services, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, pursuant to Section 25-1-1112, C.R.S.
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f This amount shall be from the Sex Offender Surcharge Fund.
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g This amount shall be from the Crime Victim Compensation Fund. For purposes of complying with the limitation on state fiscal year spending imposed by Article X, Section 20 of the State Constitution, these moneys are included for informational purposes as they are continuously appropriated by a permanent statute or constitutional provision.
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h This amount shall be from the Victims and Witnesses Assistance and Law Enforcement Fund. For purposes of complying with the limitation on state fiscal year spending imposed by Article X, Section 20 of the State Constitution, these moneys are included for informational purposes as they are continuously appropriated by a permanent statute or constitutional provision.
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i This amount shall be from the Department of Human Services, out of monies in Family Issues Cash Fund.
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j This amount Of this amount, $150,000 shall be from local grants for administration of useful public service programs. programs, and $28,000 shall be from a grant from Jefferson County.
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k Of this amount, $185,000 $40,000 shall be from federal funds appropriated in the Governor's Office and $350,000 shall be from federal funds appropriated in the Department of Public Safety for the Denver Drug Court.
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(5) PROBATION AND RELATED SERVICES6, 101, 102
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Personal Services
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25,957,849
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25,957,849
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(579.9 FTE)
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Female Offender Program
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227,770
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227,770
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(6.0 FTE)
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Operating Expenses
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1,074,631
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1,074,631
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Intensive Supervision Operating Expenses
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122,505
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122,505
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Offender Services103
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1,017,000
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740,000
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a
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277,000
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(T)b
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867,000
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a
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150,000
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(T)b
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(0.7 FTE)
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(2.1 FTE)
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Electronic Monitoring/Drug Testing
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667,170
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667,170
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Juvenile Residential and Aftercare Services
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558,720
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558,720
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Alcohol/Drug Driving Safety Contract
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2,860,564
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2,860,564
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(T)c
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(70.2 FTE)
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Collections
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Investigators
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383,168
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383,168
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d
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(4.0 FTE)
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Drug Offender Assessment
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455,595
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455,595
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e
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(8.0 FTE)
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Victims Assistance and Law Enforcement Grant
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60,000
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60,000
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(T)f
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S.B. 91-94
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1,025,000
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1,025,000
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(T)g
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1,202,328
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1,202,328
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(T)g
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(20.2 FTE)
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(20.8 FTE)
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Federal Funds and Other Grants
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931,000
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50,000
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h
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836,000
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(T)i
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45,000
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1,263,020
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881,000
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(T)i
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332,020
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(2.1 FTE)
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(8.9 FTE)
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(2.0 FTE)
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35,340,972
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35,850,320
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a This amount shall be from the Offender Services Fund pursuant to Section 16-11-214(1), C.R.S.
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b This amount shall be from federal funds appropriated in the Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice.
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c This amount shall be from the Department of Human Services, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, pursuant to Section 42-4-1202(5), C.R.S.
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d This amount shall be from fines deposited into the Fines Collection Cash Fund pursuant to Section 18-1-105(1)(a)(III)(D), C.R.S.
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e This amount shall be from the Drug Offender Surcharge Fund pursuant to Section 18-19-103, C.R.S.
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f This amount shall be from state Victims Assistance and Law Enforcement grant funds appropriated in the Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice.
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g This amount shall be from the Department of Human Services, Office of Youth Services.
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h This amount shall be from local grants for administration of useful public service programs.
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i This amount Of this amount, $836,000 shall be from federal funds appropriated in the Department of Human Services for juvenile assessment and treatment programs. programs, and $45,000 shall be from federal funds appropriated in the Department of Education for adult literacy programs.
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(6) PUBLIC DEFENDER104, 105
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Personal Services
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15,583,430
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15,583,430
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(291.8 FTE)
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Health, Life, and Dental
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614,734
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614,734
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Short-term Disability
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29,216
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29,216
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Salary Survey and Anniversary Increases
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750,114
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750,114
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Workers' Compensation
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120,067
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120,067
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Operating Expenses
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1,004,884
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996,634
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8,250
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a
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Purchases of Services from Computer Center
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3,978
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3,978
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Vehicle Lease Payments
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52,188
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52,188
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Leased Space/Utilities
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883,686
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883,686
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Automation Plan
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390,181
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390,181
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Contract Services
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20,000
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20,000
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Conflict of Interest106
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5,938,084
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5,938,084
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Public Defender Overload
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797,192
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797,192
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(8.0 FTE)
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26,187,754
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a This amount shall be from training fees.
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TOTALS PART VIII
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(JUDICIAL)2, 3, 99
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$188,870,793
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$158,053,867
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$23,356,527
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$6,986,083
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a
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$474,316
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$189,701,674
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$158,028,867
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$23,600,254
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$7,047,854
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a
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$1,024,699
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a Of this amount, $6,203,286 $6,578,624 contains a (T) notation.
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FOOTNOTES -- The following statements are referenced to the numbered footnotes throughout section 2.
2(Governor lined through this provision. See L. 96, p. 2317.)
3All Departments, Totals -- The General Assembly requests that copies of all reports requested in other footnotes contained in this act be delivered to the Joint Budget Committee and the majority and minority leadership in each house of the General Assembly.
6Department of Corrections, Management, Executive Director's Office Subprogram; Department of Human Services, Office of Youth Services, and Health and Rehabilitation Services, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division; Judicial Department, Probation and Related Services; and Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice -- It is the intent of the General Assembly that state criminal justice agencies involved in multi-agency programs requiring separate appropriations to each agency designate one lead agency to be responsible for submitting a comprehensive annual budget request for such programs to the Joint Budget Committee. Each agency must still submit its portion of such request with its own budget document.
50Department of Higher Education, State Historical Society; and Judicial Department, Courts Administration, Judicial/Heritage Complex -- It is the intent of the General Assembly that any requests for increased funding for the Judicial Heritage Complex should include an appropriate level of cash funds, federal funds,or both from sources available to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education and the Colorado Historical Society.
97Judicial Department, Courts Administration, Administration, County Courthouse Furnishings -- It is the intent of the General Assembly to fund courthouse furnishings requests at a constant level. The Judicial Department is encouraged to prioritize courthouse furnishings projects within the annual appropriation. It is the further intent of the General Assembly that the Judicial Department be allowed to roll-forward unexpended funds appropriated in the Courthouse Furnishings line item for up to two years after the original appropriation authority expires.
98Judicial Department, Courts Administration, Administration, County Courthouse Furnishings -- These funds shall be used to provide furnishings for those county projects involving remodeling and renovations of existing courthouses and those projects involving the construction of new county courthouses. These funds shall not be used for the purposes of providing capital outlay for the regular replacement and modernization of Judicial Department equipment and furnishings. The Department shall, as its first option, purchase such furnishings from the Department of Corrections, Correctional Industries, unless Correctional Industries can not provide furnishings of similar quality in a timely manner at a lower price than other vendors. The Judicial Department is requested to submit to the Joint Budget Committee and the General Assembly a report detailing the Department's five-year plan for county courthouse furnishing projects, pursuant to Section 13-3-108(3), C.R.S., on or before each November 1.
99Judicial Department, Courts Administration, Administrative Special Purpose, Office of Dispute Resolution; and Totals Part VIII (Judicial) -- The JudicialDepartment is requested to provide, by February 1 of each fiscal year, a report to the Joint Budget committee on any proposed fee increases in any program or division funded from an appropriation to the Judicial Department.
100Judicial Department, Trial Courts, Family Preservation Matching Funds -- It is the intent of the General Assembly that these funds be used for pilot projects in at least three judicial districts to allow for expedited processing of dependency and neglect cases and to improve the representation of a child's best interests in court proceedings. The pilot projects shall involve the appointment of case managers and shall include the participation of court appointed special advocates and a training program for guardians ad litem. Funding for the pilot projects shall be a temporary supplement to the existing base appropriation for trial court staffing costs. A report on the implementation of these pilot projects is requested by November 1, 1996.
101Judicial Department, Probation and Related Services -- The Judicial Department is requested to provide by November 1 of each year a report on pre- and post-release recidivism rates among offenders in all segments of the probation population, including adult and juvenile intensive supervision, adult and juvenile minimum, medium and maximum supervision, and the specialized drug offender program.
102Judicial Department, Probation and Related Services -- The Judicial Department is requested to provide by January 1, 1997 a detailed report on the preliminary findings from the Department's review of the Female Offender Program. Such report shall include an analysis of the number of female offenders diverted from incarceration, the cost per case, the level of service inventory (LSI) profile, and the pre- and post-release recidivism rates for female offenders in this program. In addition, the report shall provide comparisons of the cost per case, the LSI profile, and the pre- and post-release recidivism rates for female offenders in other probation programs, including adult maximum and medium supervision probation.
103Judicial Department, Probation and Related Services, Offender Services -- These funds shall be used for the purposes of offender services such as: domestic violence evaluation and monitoring, literacy programs, sex offender treatment, and specialized female offender programs. These funds shall not be used for the purposes of satisfying obligations incurred in the normal operations of the Division.
104Judicial Department, Public Defender -- In addition to the transfer authority provided in Section 24-75-110, C.R.S., up to 5 percent of the total Public Defender appropriation may be transferred between budgetary line items in the Public Defender's Office.
105Judicial Department, Public Defender -- The Public Defender is requested to provide a report to the General Assembly on both the dollars and the FTE utilized by the office in death penalty cases in FY 1995-96. Such report is requested no later than October 15, 1996.
106Judicial Department, Public Defender, Conflict of Interest -- These funds may be used for court appointed counsel only when there is a genuine conflict of interest precluding representation by the Public Defender's Office. If a court appoints private counsel for other reasons, such costs shall be paid for from the trial courts' mandated costs appropriation. The Public Defender may not use these funds to provide counsel to address caseload increases, but this restrictionshall not apply to caseload increases arising from leave mandated by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act and from staffing problems related to death penalty litigation for the non-Denver metropolitan area offices.
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.