§ 2-3-203 — Powers and duties of the joint budget committee

(1) The
committee has the following power and duties:

(a) To study the management, operations, programs, and fiscal needs of the
agencies and institutions of Colorado state government;

(b) Repealed.

(b.1) (I) (A) Effective July 1, 2004, to hold hearings as required and to review
the executive budget and the budget requests of each state agency and institution,
including capital construction, capital renewal, or controlled maintenance budget
requests as prioritized, pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and
house of representatives, by the capital development committee, and information
technology budget requests as prioritized, pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of
the senate and the house of representatives, by the joint technology committee,
and to make appropriation recommendations to the appropriations committees, or
any successor committees, of each house.

(B) If the joint budget committee's recommendations to the appropriations
committees in the general appropriations bill alter the determinations of priority
established by the capital development committee, prior to making the
recommendations, the joint budget committee shall notify the capital development
committee and allow for a joint meeting of the two committees.

(C) If the joint budget committee's recommendations to the appropriations
committees of the senate and house of representatives in the annual general
appropriation bill alter the determinations of priority established by the joint
technology committee, prior to making the recommendations, the joint budget
committee shall notify the joint technology committee and allow for a joint meeting
of the two committees.

(II) Repealed.

(b.2) Effective July 1, 2013, to hold hearings as required to review the
performance plans and performance evaluations of departments as specified in
section 2-7-204 (6). Based on its review of these performance plans and
performance evaluations and its consideration of each department's legal
responsibilities and strategic goals and objectives, the joint budget committee may
prioritize departments' requests for new funding that are expressly intended to
enhance productivity, improve efficiency, reduce costs, and eliminate waste in the
processes and operations that deliver goods and services to taxpayers and
customers of state government.

(c) To make estimates of revenue from existing and proposed taxes and to
make its staff facilities available, upon request, to the finance committee of either
house for the development and analysis of proposed revenue measures;

(d) To study and from time to time review the state's fund structure, financial
condition, fiscal organization, and its budgeting, accounting, reporting, personnel,
and purchasing procedures;

(e) to (g) Repealed.

(2) If a principal department of the executive branch of state government as
specified in section 24-1-110, C.R.S., submits a plan approved by the office of state
planning and budgeting to improve budgetary efficiency or administrative flexibility
by recommending line item consolidation in the annual general appropriation act,
the committee shall consider such plan for recommendation to the general
assembly.

(3) After passage of the annual general appropriation act, in preparing any
letter to the governor with requests for information, the committee shall prioritize
such requests in the letter.

(4) The joint budget committee shall consider, as one of many factors, the
evidence designation as provided in section 2-3-210 (3)(a) when determining the
appropriate level of funding for a program or practice.

Legislative History

Source: L. 59: p. 465, � 3. CRS 53: � 63-2-20. C.R.S. 1963: � 63-2-19. L. 69: p. 462, � 2. L. 85: (1)(b) amended and (1)(b.1) added, p. 285, � 2, effective May 23. L. 89: (1)(b)(II) and (1)(b.1) amended, p. 336, � 4, effective March 15. L. 94: (1)(b.1) amended, p. 628, � 2, effective April 14; (1)(e) added, p. 1094, � 3, effective May 9; (1)(f) added, p. 1836, � 2, effective June 1; (1)(e) amended, p. 2614, � 19, effective July 1. L. 95: (1)(e) amended, p. 1275, � 10, effective June 5. L. 98: (1)(b.1) amended, p. 816, � 5, effective August 5. L. 2000: (1)(f) repealed, p. 22, � 2, effective August 2. L. 2001: (1)(e) repealed, p. 309, � 1, effective August 8. L. 2006: (1)(b.1)(I) amended, p. 231, � 1, effective March 31. L. 2009: (1)(b.1)(I)(B) amended, (HB 09-1169), ch. 45, p. 168, � 2, effective March 20. L. 2010: (2) and (3) added, (HB 10-1119), ch. 340, p. 1564, � 2, effective August 11. L. 2013: (1)(b.2) added, (HB 13-1299), ch. 382, p. 2242, � 3, effective June 5. L. 2014: (1)(b.1)(I)(A) amended and (1)(b.1)(I)(C) added, (HB 14-1395), ch. 309, pp. 1306, 1309, �� 3, 8, effective May 31; (1)(b.1)(I) and (1)(b.1)(I)(A) amended, (HB 14-1387), ch. 378, pp. 1822, 1854, �� 21, 68, effective June 6; (1)(g) added, (SB 14-110), ch. 105, p. 390, � 3, effective August 6. L. 2019: (1)(b.1)(I)(C) amended, (SB 19-241), ch. 390, p. 3462, � 1, effective August 2; (1)(g) repealed, (HB 19-1214), ch. 349, p. 3238, � 1, effective August 2. L. 2021: (4) added, (SB 21-284), ch. 445, p. 2939, � 2, effective September 7. L. 2024: (4) amended, (HB 24-1428), ch. 89, p. 289, � 1, effective August 7.