Colorado § 25-4-1608 Food protection cash fund - creation

Colorado Statutes

§ 25-4-1608 — Food protection cash fund - creation

Colorado § 25-4-1608

Title 25Public

Art.Disease Control

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1608 (2026).

Text

(1)Fees collected by the department pursuant to section 25-4-1607 and penalties collected pursuant to section 25-4-1611.5 shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit them to the food protection cash fund, which fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The general assembly shall appropriate the moneys in the fund to the department for the payment of salaries and expenses necessary for the administration of this part 16.

(2)Fifty-five dollars of each fee collected by the department or a county or district board of health pursuant to section 25-4-1607 (1) and (1.1)(a) shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the fee to the food protection cash fund created in subsection (1) of this section. This portion of the fee shall be used by the d

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(1) Fees collected by the
department pursuant to section 25-4-1607 and penalties collected pursuant to
section 25-4-1611.5 shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit
them to the food protection cash fund, which fund is hereby created in the state
treasury. The general assembly shall appropriate the moneys in the fund to the
department for the payment of salaries and expenses necessary for the
administration of this part 16.

(2) Fifty-five dollars of each fee collected by the department or a county or
district board of health pursuant to section 25-4-1607 (1) and (1.1)(a) shall be
transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the fee to the food protection
cash fund created in subsection (1) of this section. This portion of the fee shall be
used by the department to conduct the duties and responsibilities set forth in
section 25-4-1604 (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(f), (1)(g), and (1)(i). The remainder of the fee
shall be retained by the county or district board of health for deposit in the
appropriate county or district public health agency fund in accordance with section
25-1-511 or, if the fee is collected by the department, it shall be deposited pursuant
to subsection (1) of this section, and used to pay a portion of the cost of conducting
a retail food establishment protection program.

(3) Any interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the
food protection cash fund shall be credited to such fund. Any unexpended or
unencumbered moneys remaining in such fund at the end of a fiscal year shall
remain in the fund and shall not revert or be transferred to the general fund or any
other fund of the state.

Legislative History

Source: L. 98: Entire part R&RE, p. 1244, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 2051, � 2, effective July 1. L. 2008: (2) amended, p. 2053, � 8, effective July 1. L. 2009: (2) amended, (SB 09-223), ch. 255, p. 1157, � 8, effective May 15. L. 2017: (2) amended, (SB 17-244), ch. 344, p. 1816, � 2, effective August 9. L. 2019: (1) amended, (HB 19-1014), ch. 11, p. 43, � 5, effective January 1, 2020. L. 2025: (2) amended, (SB 25-285), ch. 296, p. 1518, � 5, effective August 6.