Colorado § 28-5-707 Assistance to county veterans service officers - repeal

Colorado Statutes

§ 28-5-707 — Assistance to county veterans service officers - repeal

Colorado § 28-5-707

Title 28Military and

Art.Veterans

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 28-5-707 (2026).

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(1)(a) The division shall provide satisfactory monitoring, direction, and assistance to all county veterans service officers and shall provide services to the county veterans service officers as the division determines necessary. Out of any money appropriated by the general assembly to the division for support to county veterans service officers, the division shall issue vouchers for the payment to the general fund of a county eligible to receive payment, to be disbursed upon the authority of the county commissioners only for performance of the purposes of this part 7 and part 8 of this article 5.The division shall annually establish the hourly rate of state-funded payments for county veterans service officers who are qualified to serve pursuant to section 28-5-802, based on the

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(1) (a)
The division shall provide satisfactory monitoring, direction, and assistance to all
county veterans service officers and shall provide services to the county veterans
service officers as the division determines necessary. Out of any money
appropriated by the general assembly to the division for support to county veterans
service officers, the division shall issue vouchers for the payment to the general
fund of a county eligible to receive payment, to be disbursed upon the authority of
the county commissioners only for performance of the purposes of this part 7 and
part 8 of this article 5.The division shall annually establish the hourly rate of state-funded payments for county veterans service officers who are qualified to serve
pursuant to section 28-5-802, based on the available appropriation by the general
assembly.

(a.5) (I) On or before August 30, 2024, the division shall convene a working
group for the purpose of consulting with county commissioners regarding the
development of a method for distributing state-funded payments for county
veterans service officers. The working group must include three county
commissioners, recommended for appointment to the working group by a statewide
association of county commissioners.

(II) The division must finalize a method for distributing state-funded
payments for county veterans service officers by no later than December 31, 2024.

(III) This subsection (1)(a.5) is repealed, effective July 1, 2026.

(b) If adjacent counties jointly establish a veterans service office for the
counties pursuant to section 28-5-801 (2), the division may issue a voucher to the
general fund of the county that employs the veterans service officers in an amount
equal to the total of the payments that would have been provided to each of the
counties pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section.

(2) The division shall make the payments described in subsection (1) of this
section to the county commissioners upon application by the county commissioners.
The county commissioners must submit the application for payment at the time and
in the form and manner prescribed by the division.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2002: Entire part added with relocations, p. 349, � 3, effective July 1. L. 2015: (1)(a) amended, HB 15-1315, ch. 219, p. 806, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2024: Entire section amended, (SB 24-004), ch. 29, p. 89, � 2, effective August 7.