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1999

SENATE BILL 99193

BY SENATORS Lacy, Owen, and Tanner;

also REPRESENTATIVES Tool, Berry, and Saliman.

CONCERNING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1. Part XX of section 2 of chapter 336, Session Laws of Colorado 1998, is amended to read:

Section 2. Appropriation.

PART XX

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

(1) ADMINISTRATION

Personal Services

2,526,917

(71.0 FTE)

Health, Life, and Dental

139,706

Shortterm Disability

4,632

Salary Survey and Anniversary Increases

148,668

Workers' Compensation

2,700

Operating Expenses

377,586

Legal Services for 1,925 hours

94,537

Administrative Law Judge Services for 911 hours

~~77,891~~

77,468

Purchase of Services from Computer Center

2,000

Payment to Risk Management and Property Funds

~~9,200~~

7,600

Vehicle Lease Payments

2,904

Leased Space

383,943

Indirect Cost Assessment

~~138,533~~

175,333

Discretionary Fund

5,000

~~3,914,217~~

3,948,994

^a 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.

^b This amount shall be from fees, taxes and all other sources of revenue collected by the Department.

(2) SPECIAL PURPOSE

Bilingual Translation

5,000

County Clerk Candidate Reimbursement

3,000

Computer System²⁰⁷

1,723,958

(15.0 FTE)

Implementation of National Voter Registration Act

121,643

(1.0 FTE)

Initiative and Referendum

500,000

Central Lien Indexing

3,364,196

(2.0 FTE)

5,717,797

^a This amount shall be from fees, taxes and all other sources of revenue collected by the Department.

TOTALS PART XX

(STATE)^{4, 5}

~~$9,632,014~~

$9,666,791

FOOTNOTES The following statements are referenced to the numbered footnotes throughout section 2.

4 (Governor lined through this provision. See L. 98, p. 2193.)

5 All 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. Each principal department of the state shall produce its rules and regulations in an electronic format that is suitable for public access through electronic means. Such rules and regulations in such format shall be submitted to the Office of Legislative Legal Services for publishing on the Internet. It is the intent of the General Assembly that this be done within existing resources.

207 Department of State, Special Purpose, Computer System The Department of State is requested to provide to the Joint Budget Committee a long range plan for the COVRS systems, which addresses the continual decline in its utilization by the counties, and provides recommendations to the Joint Budget Committee on the best approach to create a unified computer election system. This report shall be provided for Joint Budget Committee review by October 31, 1998, and shall include the current number of counties using the COVRS system on that date, and the direct and indirect costs associated with maintaining the COVRS system within the Department of State.

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.

____________________________ ____________________________

Ray Powers Russell George

PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES

____________________________ ____________________________

Patricia K. Dicks Judith M. Rodrigue

SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE

THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED________________________________________

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Bill Owens

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO