§ 24-50-110 — Budget control - personal services

(1) In order to provide
controls and proper identification of personal services costs necessary to carry out
the policy of the state regarding compensation of state employees, the following
administrative and fiscal procedures apply:

(a) Whenever the authorities or responsibilities within state government are
altered by the general assembly, executive order of the governor, or action of an
executive director of a principal department or whenever in the course of
administering the state personnel system the state personnel director conducts a
study of positions or classes in the state personnel system, the state personnel
director shall estimate the increased costs of personal services, if any, resulting
from such actions and shall submit such estimated costs to the joint budget
committee of the general assembly and to the office of state planning and
budgeting.

(b) In their annual budget requests, the heads of all principal departments of
state government shall set forth separately the projected costs of personal
services arising from anticipated classification reviews, promotions, and other
increases in compensation or bonuses for employees in their departments. The
costs of personal services shall include any step pay.

(c) No funds appropriated to any principal department for purposes other
than personal services shall be used for personal services; except that the head of
a principal department may use such funds for temporary personal services upon a
showing of emergency or unusual circumstances where such use is necessary to
the proper functioning of the department. Each such use shall be approved in
advance by the governor and shall be reported to the general assembly.

(d) (I) Except as set forth in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (d), each
principal department shall annually reconcile the number of positions it has
authorized for the prior fiscal year with the number of appropriated full-time
equivalent employees for the same fiscal year. On or before September 1 of each
year, a department shall submit a copy of such reconciliation to the department of
personnel. On or before October 1 of each year, the department of personnel shall
prepare a report that consolidates all of the departmental reconciliations and
provide the report to the office of state planning and budgeting and the joint
budget committee. The department of personnel has the authority to abolish any
nonappropriated or vacant classified positions identified in this reconciliation.

(II) On or before September 1 of each year, the department of higher
education shall report to the department of personnel the number of positions
authorized at each institution of higher education, but the department is not subject
to the reconciliation requirement set forth in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (d).

(III) This paragraph (d) is exempt from the provisions of section 24-1-136 (11),
and the periodic reporting requirements of this section are effective until changed
by the general assembly acting by bill.

Legislative History

Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 169, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 26-1-10. L. 73: p. 424, � 8. L. 78: (1)(a) amended, p. 268, � 76, effective May 23. L. 81: (1)(d) added, p. 1200, � 11, effective July 1. L. 2012: (1)(d) amended, (SB 12-111), ch. 31, p. 124, � 1, effective August 8; (1)(b) amended, (HB 12-1321), ch. 260, p.1348, � 8, effective September 1. L. 2024: IP(1) and (1)(b) amended, (HB 24-1467), ch. 430, p. 3016, � 7, effective June 5.