(1)Beginning in calendar fiscal year 1994 and for each calendar fiscal year thereafter
to and including calendar fiscal year 1997, the board of county commissioners in
each county of this state shall annually appropriate funds for the county share of
the administrative costs and program costs of public assistance and food stamps in
the county in an amount equal to the actual county share for the previous fiscal
year adjusted by an amount equal to the actual county share for the previous fiscal
year multiplied by the percentage of change in property tax revenue.
(2)For the purposes of this section:
(a)County share means the actual amount of the county share for the
previous fiscal year. County share shall not include:
(I)The amount expended by the county from the county cont
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(1)
Beginning in calendar fiscal year 1994 and for each calendar fiscal year thereafter
to and including calendar fiscal year 1997, the board of county commissioners in
each county of this state shall annually appropriate funds for the county share of
the administrative costs and program costs of public assistance and food stamps in
the county in an amount equal to the actual county share for the previous fiscal
year adjusted by an amount equal to the actual county share for the previous fiscal
year multiplied by the percentage of change in property tax revenue.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) County share means the actual amount of the county share for the
previous fiscal year. County share shall not include:
(I) The amount expended by the county from the county contingency fund or
the county tax base relief fund pursuant to section 26-1-126;
(II) The amount expended by the county for general assistance pursuant to
part 1 of article 17 of title 30, C.R.S.; and
(III) The amount expended by the county for programs or services provided
by the county on its own, without requirements or funding from any other
governmental agency.
(b) Percentage of change in property tax revenue means the difference
between the total property tax levied for the previous fiscal year less the amount
levied for debt service for the previous fiscal year and the total property tax levied
for the year for which the percentage of change in tax revenue is being calculated
less the amount levied for debt service for the year in which the percentage of
change in tax revenue is being calculated divided by the total property tax levied
for the previous fiscal year less the amount levied for debt service for the previous
fiscal year.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 26-1-122, no county in the state
shall be required to contribute more than the amount set forth in subsection (1) of
this section in any fiscal year. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the
ability of a county to establish programs or services provided by the county on its
own, without requirements or funding from any other governmental agency.
(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2008, p. 1813, � 4, effective June 2, 2008.)
(5) Any amounts remaining in the county social services fund created in
section 26-1-123 at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the county fund for
expenditure as determined by the board of county commissioners for administrative
costs and program costs of public assistance, medical assistance, and food stamps.
(6) The limitation set forth in this section on the increase in the county share
of the administrative costs and program costs of public assistance and food stamps
will result in increased costs to the state. By making state funds available, the state
is encouraging counties not to exercise any right a county may have pursuant to
section 20 (9) of article X of the Colorado constitution to reduce or end its share of
the costs of public assistance and food stamps for the county for three fiscal years
following the fiscal year in which the state funds are received. If a county accepts
funds from the state based on the limitation provided in this section for any fiscal
year, the county agrees not to exercise any rights the county may have to reduce or
end its share of the costs of public assistance and food stamps for the fiscal year in
which the funds are accepted. Nothing in this subsection (6) or any agreement
pursuant to this subsection (6) shall be construed to affect the existence or status
of any rights accruing to the state or any county pursuant to section 20 (9) of article
X of the Colorado constitution.
(7) In the event that there are any funds remaining in the department of
human services budget which were appropriated for fiscal year 1994-95 to cover
the additional state share of expenses required as a result of the limitation
established in this section, the executive director of the department of human
services shall distribute such remaining funds to counties whose assessed
valuation declined between calendar year 1992 and 1993 if such county provides
evidence to the department in 1994 that the county has a shortfall. Distributions to
counties pursuant to this subsection (7) shall be made on a pro rata basis and shall
not exceed the amount of the county's shortfall. For purposes of this section,
shortfall means the amount by which a county's 1992 county share exceeds the
property tax revenue collected by the county through its 1992 social services mill
levy levied on the county's 1992 assessed valuation.