§ 26-1-703 — Respite care task force fund - creation

Colorado § 26-1-703

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 26: Human
• Art.: Department of Human Services

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(1) There is hereby
created in the state treasury the respite care task force fund, referred to in this
section as the fund, to provide money to the state department for the request-for-proposal process pursuant to section 26-1-702. The fund consists of any money
appropriated by the general assembly to the fund and any gifts, grants, and
donations to the fund from private or public sources for the purposes of this article.
All private and public funds received through gifts, grants, and donations shall be
transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the fund. Money in
the fund shall be continuously appropriated by the general assembly to the state
department for the purposes specified in this part 7. Any unexpended and
unencumbered money remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall
remain in the fund and shall not be transferred to the general fund or any other
fund.

(2) On July 1, 2016, the state treasurer shall transfer nine hundred thousand
dollars from the intellectual and developmental disabilities services cash fund
created in section 25.5-10-207, C.R.S., to the general fund for the purposes of this
part 7. The state department may not use more than three percent of the money for
administrative costs.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2016: Entire part added, (HB 16-1398), ch. 305, p. 1230, � 1, effective July 1.