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AI Bill Version SB25-188
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION ACT
- PURPOSE
- Appropriates funds for the operation of the Colorado Legislative Department for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
- Allocates funding to the General Assembly, Office of the State Auditor, Joint Budget Committee, Legislative Council, Committee on Legal Services, and PERA amortization payments.
- Updates appropriations for the 2024-25 fiscal year to include an additional allocation for document remediation.
- 2025-26 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION
- Total Appropriation: $75,124,421
- General Fund: $73,376,194
- Cash Funds: $5,000
- Reappropriated Funds: $1,743,227
- Allocations:
- General Assembly: $24,939,797 (173.4 FTE)
- $24,934,797 from the General Fund
- $5,000 from Cash Funds (from bill boxes, directories, and print shop services)
- Office of the State Auditor: $14,078,903 (83.1 FTE)
- $12,476,676 from the General Fund
- $1,602,227 from Reappropriated Funds (from departmental audits)
- Joint Budget Committee: $3,043,526 (20.3 FTE) from the General Fund
- Legislative Council: $17,539,933 (110.2 FTE)
- $17,398,933 from the General Fund
- $141,000 from Reappropriated Funds (from the General Assembly under § 24-70-203(1)(a), C.R.S.)
- Committee on Legal Services: $10,907,250 (65.1 FTE) from the General Fund
- PERA Amortization Payments: $4,615,012 from the General Fund
- EXPECTED REVENUE OFFSET
- Anticipated revenue from the tax levy on civil actions (§ 2-5-119, C.R.S.): $188,902 to the General Fund for statute revision expenses (informational only).
- YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL FUNDING
- Appropriates $5,000 from the General Fund to the Youth Advisory Council Cash Fund (§ 2-2-1306, C.R.S.).
- Legislative Department is responsible for accounting.
- AMENDMENTS TO 2024-25 APPROPRIATION (HB24-1347)
- Legislative Council Funding: $17,444,682 (107.3 FTE)
- $17,303,682 from the General Fund
- $141,000 from Reappropriated Funds (§ 24-70-203(1)(a), C.R.S.)
- Additional $150,000 from the General Fund for document remediation
- If unspent by July 1, 2025, it is reappropriated for the 2025-26 fiscal year for Legislative Council use.
- IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
- Declares the act necessary for public peace, health, and safety.
- Takes effect immediately after the 90-day period following legislative adjournment, unless a referendum petition is filed.
- If referred to voters, the act will be decided in the November 2026 general election and take effect upon certification of results.
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