Colorado § 24-33.5-506 Victims assistance and law enforcement fund - creation

Colorado Statutes

§ 24-33.5-506 — Victims assistance and law enforcement fund - creation

Colorado § 24-33.5-506

Title 24Government

Art.Public Safety

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-33.5-506 (2026).

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(1)There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the victims assistance and law enforcement fund, referred to in this section as the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund all moneys deposited with the state treasurer pursuant to section 24-4.2-105 (1) and voluntary victim assistance payments from inmates pursuant to article 24 of title 17, C.R.S. The general assembly shall make annual appropriations of the moneys in the fund to the division:

(a)For payment of the direct and indirect costs incurred by said division in administering the provisions of this section and section 24-33.5-507 and in administering any victims program authorized by federal or state law;

(b)For distribution as determined by the division, with recommendations from the

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(1)
There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the victims
assistance and law enforcement fund, referred to in this section as the fund. The
state treasurer shall credit to the fund all moneys deposited with the state
treasurer pursuant to section 24-4.2-105 (1) and voluntary victim assistance
payments from inmates pursuant to article 24 of title 17, C.R.S. The general
assembly shall make annual appropriations of the moneys in the fund to the
division:

(a) For payment of the direct and indirect costs incurred by said division in
administering the provisions of this section and section 24-33.5-507 and in
administering any victims program authorized by federal or state law;

(b) For distribution as determined by the division, with recommendations
from the crime victim services advisory board, created in section 24-4.1-117.3 (1) and
referred to in this section as the advisory board, to the department of public
safety, the department of corrections, the department of human services, and the
office of the state court administrator to implement and coordinate statewide
victim services. Subject to available appropriations, the amount of moneys
distributed by the division to each agency each fiscal year shall be no less than the
total of the amount distributed to the agency in the prior fiscal year minus any
moneys budgeted for one-time projects or evaluations and minus any additional
grant moneys that the agency received through the grant process described in
section 24-33.5-507.

(c) For allocation to the department of law for the position of victims'
services coordinator created pursuant to section 24-31-106. The amount allocated
to the department of law pursuant to this paragraph (c) may be increased by up to
five percent annually.

(c.5) Repealed.

(d) For distribution by the division, based on recommendations from the
advisory board, through the awarding of grants.

(1.5) (a) In addition to the annual appropriations specified in subsection (1) of
this section, the general assembly shall make annual appropriations of the money in
the victims assistance and law enforcement fund for payment of the direct and
indirect costs of implementing the provisions of section 17-2-201 (5)(g).

(b) In addition to the money paid into the fund pursuant to this subsection
(1.5) and subsection (1) of this section, the general assembly shall appropriate
money from the economic recovery and relief cash fund, created in section 24-75-228, as enacted by Senate Bill 21-291, enacted in 2021, to the division of criminal
justice in the department of public safety to be used for the programs and purposes
described in subsection (1) of this section.

(c) Money appropriated pursuant to this subsection (1.5) from the economic
recovery and relief cash fund, created in section 24-75-228, as enacted by Senate
Bill 21-291, enacted in 2021, must only fund programs and purposes that also
conform with the allowable purposes set forth in the federal American Rescue
Plan Act of 2021, Pub.L. 117-2, as the act may be subsequently amended. The
division of criminal justice in the department of public safety may use up to ten
percent of any money appropriated pursuant to this subsection (1.5) for
development and administrative costs incurred pursuant to this section in the
provision of programs and services allowed pursuant to the federal American
Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub.L. 117-2, as the act may be subsequently amended.

(2) Any unexpended balance of moneys appropriated by the general
assembly in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general
fund but shall remain in the fund for allocation pursuant to subsection (1) of this
section.

(3) The priority use for moneys in the fund shall be for the implementation of
the rights afforded to crime victims pursuant to section 24-4.1-302.5 and the
provision of services and programs for crime victims. The advisory board may set
additional priorities for the use of moneys in the fund.

Legislative History

Source: L. 84: Entire section added, p. 656, � 4, effective July 1. L. 87: (1) amended, p. 1002, � 1, effective July 1. L. 88: (1.5) added, p. 702, � 2, effective May 29. L. 90: (1)(a) amended, p. 1182, � 8, effective July 1. L. 92: (3) amended, p. 428, � 7, effective January 14, 1993. L. 93: (1) amended, p. 2054, � 6, effective June 9. L. 95: (1) and (3) amended, p. 530, � 2, effective May 16; (3) amended, p. 1406, � 8, effective July 1. L. 96: IP(1) amended, p. 1150, � 12, effective June 1. L. 97: (1)(b) amended, p. 1559, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2008: IP(1), (1)(b), and (1)(c) amended and (1)(d) added, p. 37, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2009: IP(1), (1)(b), (1)(d), and (3) amended, (SB 09-047), ch. 129, p. 557, � 8, effective July 1; (1)(c.5) added, (HB 09-1137), ch. 308, p. 1657, � 4, effective September 1. L. 2011: IP(1) amended, (HB 11-1303), ch. 264, p. 1164, � 56, effective August 10. L. 2021: (1.5) amended, (SB 21-292), ch. 291, p. 1722, � 6, effective June 22.