Colorado Legislative Council Staff

NO FISCAL IMPACT

TITLE:            CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE AWARDING OF GRANTS UNDER THE YOUTH CRIME PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAM.

Summary of Assessment

            This bill would eliminate several requirements of the Youth Crime Prevention and Intervention Program Board. The requirements proposed to be eliminated include:

            ∙          development of program guidelines regarding processes for local prioritization of program applications; and

            ∙          implementation by grant recipients of a method of tracking persons served by the program.

            The bill would require the board to develop results-oriented criteria for measuring program effectiveness as appropriate to the nature of each program. The bill would also eliminate the restriction concerning when the board may submit selected entities to the Governor.

            The bill would become effective at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the ninety-day period after adjournment sine die of the General Assembly, or on the date of the official declaration of the vote of the people as proclaimed by the Governor, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to Article V, Section 1 (3) of the State Constitution.

            The bill addressess programmatic issues and does not have an impact on state or local expenditures or revenues. Therefore, the bill is assessed as having no fiscal impact.

Departments Contacted

            Department of Local Affairs

            Legislative Council Staff