§ 26-8-107 — Work therapy program - creation - cash fund

(1) There is hereby
created in the state department a work therapy program to provide sheltered
workshop programs for training and employment of persons receiving services at
the mental health institutes and at the regional centers located at Grand Junction,
Pueblo, and Wheat Ridge.

(2) (a) The state department shall transmit all moneys collected pursuant to
this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the work therapy
cash fund, which fund is hereby created and referred to in this section as the fund.
The fund shall consist of any moneys held for the state department as of May 3,
2012, from work therapy activities and any moneys received by the state
department after May 3, 2012, pursuant to this paragraph (a). The moneys in the
fund are subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the state
department for the direct and indirect costs associated with implementing this
section.

(b) The state treasurer may invest any moneys in the fund not expended for
the purpose of this section as provided by law. The state treasurer shall credit all
interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of moneys in the fund
to the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at
the end of a fiscal year remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred
to the general fund or another fund.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2012: Entire section added, (HB 12-1342), ch. 156, p. 556, � 1, effective May 3.