(1)(a) The Colorado National Guard
foundation shall make grants from the fund to members of the Colorado National
Guard or reservists, to active duty military personnel stationed in Colorado, or to the
families of members of the Colorado National Guard or reservists or active duty
military personnel stationed in Colorado subject to the provisions of this section.
(b)The Colorado National Guard foundation, in cooperation with the
department, shall develop criteria for awarding the grants to members of the
Colorado National Guard and reservists, subject to the provisions of subsection (2)
of this section.
(c)The Air Force aid society and Army emergency relief shall work in
cooperation to develop criteria for awarding the grants to active duty military
personnel, subject to the
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(1) (a) The Colorado National Guard
foundation shall make grants from the fund to members of the Colorado National
Guard or reservists, to active duty military personnel stationed in Colorado, or to the
families of members of the Colorado National Guard or reservists or active duty
military personnel stationed in Colorado subject to the provisions of this section.
(b) The Colorado National Guard foundation, in cooperation with the
department, shall develop criteria for awarding the grants to members of the
Colorado National Guard and reservists, subject to the provisions of subsection (2)
of this section.
(c) The Air Force aid society and Army emergency relief shall work in
cooperation to develop criteria for awarding the grants to active duty military
personnel, subject to the provisions of subsection (2.5) of this section.
(2) A member of the Colorado National Guard or a reservist shall meet the
following requirements to be eligible to receive a grant from the fund:
(a) The National Guard member or reservist is currently on active military
duty for a minimum of thirty days on mobilization orders pursuant to title 10 of the
United States Code or is called to state active duty by executive order of the
governor.
(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2007, p. 2083, � 1, effective June 4, 2007.)
(c) The National Guard member or reservist or the family of the National
Guard member or reservist applies for a grant as required by the Colorado National
Guard foundation.
(d) The National Guard member or reservist is a Colorado resident as
evidenced by a Colorado income tax return for the then current or previous fiscal
year on which the National Guard member or reservist filed as a Colorado resident.
(2.5) Any active duty military member stationed in Colorado shall meet the
following requirements to be eligible to receive a grant from the fund:
(a) The active duty military member has been deployed overseas and is in
receipt of hostile fire pay or the equivalent.
(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2007, p. 2083, � 1, effective June 4, 2007.)
(c) The active duty military member or the family of the active duty military
member applies for a grant as required by the Colorado National Guard foundation.
(d) The active duty military member is stationed in Colorado as verified by his
or her commanding officer.
(e) The active duty military member is a Colorado resident for income tax
purposes.
(3) (a) Each National Guard member or reservist or the family of a National
Guard member or reservist may apply to the Colorado National Guard foundation
for one grant per set of mobilization orders or per executive order. Subject to the
provisions of paragraph (c) of this subsection (3), if the foundation determines that
the National Guard member or reservist or the family of a National Guard member
or reservist is eligible to receive a grant pursuant to this section, the foundation
shall issue the grant.
(b) Each active duty military member or the family of an active duty military
member may apply to the Air Force aid society or Army emergency relief, as
appropriate, for one grant per deployment to a zone in which the active duty
military member qualifies to receive hostile fire pay or the equivalent. If the Air
Force aid society or Army emergency relief determines that the active duty military
member or the family of an active duty military member is eligible to receive a grant
pursuant to this section, the Air Force aid society or Army emergency relief shall
notify the Colorado National Guard foundation, in writing, of the active duty military
member or family member that is eligible to receive a grant. Subject to the
provisions of paragraph (c) of this subsection (3), upon receipt of such notification,
the foundation shall issue the grant.
(c) The Colorado National Guard foundation shall award grants in
accordance with the criteria developed for awarding grants pursuant to subsection
(1) of this section. In awarding the grants, the foundation shall, to the extent
possible, prioritize eligible grant applicants who hold the lowest pay grades.
Timeliness of payment will be determined by the amount of funds available at the
time of application.
(4) The Colorado National Guard foundation may be reimbursed from the
moneys in the fund for actual expenses incurred in implementing the provisions of
this part 15; except that the total annual reimbursement to the foundation shall not
exceed an amount equal to five percent of the amount of fund moneys transferred
to the foundation in such year.
(5) The department shall have the authority to oversee the grants issued by
the Colorado National Guard foundation from the fund pursuant to this part 15.