Colo. Rev. Stat. § 39-29-109.3
(1) The executive director of the department of natural resources shall submit with the department's budget request for each fiscal year a list and description of the programs the executive director recommends to be funded from the severance tax operational fund created in section 39-29-109 (2)(b), referred to in this section as the operational fund. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (10) and (12) of this section, the general assembly may appropriate money from the total money available in the operational fund to fund recommended programs as follows:
(a)
(g) If the general assembly appropriates less than one hundred percent of the money available in the operational fund for the purposes set forth in subsections (1)(a) to (1)(f) of this section, then the general assembly may additionally appropriate:
(3)
(3.5)
(10)
(11)
(12)
Source: L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1863, § 2, effective June 2; (2)(j) added, p. 978, § 3, effective May 21; (2)(f) and IP(4)(a) amended and (4)(c) added, pp. 1328, 1336, §§ 3, 10, effective May 27; (2)(k) added, p. 1535, § 5, effective May 28; (2)(d)(I)(A) and (2)(e)(I)(A) amended, p. 1581, § 6, effective May 29; (2)(d)(I)(A) and (2)(e)(I)(A) amended and (2)(m) added, p. 1591, §§ 9, 8, effective May 29; (2)(l) added, p. 1576, § 33, effective May 29; (1) amended, p. 1689, § 2, effective June 2. L. 2009: (2)(a)(I)(A), (2)(a)(I)(B), (2)(c)(I)(B), (2)(d)(II)(A), (2)(e)(II)(A), (2)(f)(II)(A), (2)(n)(I)(A), and (2)(n)(II) amended and (2)(f)(V) added, (SB 09-293), ch. 370, pp. 2008, 2010, §§ 1, 3, effective June 1; (2)(i) amended, (SB 09-125), ch. 328, p. 1751, § 22, effective June 1; (2)(n) added, (HB 09-1199), ch. 411, p. 2277, § 2, effective June 3; (2)(a) amended, (SB 09-106), ch. 386, p. 2090, § 2, effective July 1; (2)(h) amended, (SB 09-124), ch. 256, p. 1162, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2010: (2)(f)(III)(A) and (2)(f)(IV)(A) amended, (HB 10-1319), ch. 28, p. 103, § 1, effective March 18; (1)(a)(I), (1)(f), (2)(a)(I)(C), (2)(a)(I)(D) amended and (2)(a)(I)(E) added, (HB 10-1326), ch. 36, pp. 140, 141, §§ 1, 2, effective March 22; (6) added, (HB 10-1327), ch. 135, p. 451, § 9, effective April 15; (2)(c)(I)(A) and (2)(c)(III) amended, (SB 10-025), ch. 379, p. 1775, § 2, effective June 7; (2)(d)(IV)(A) amended and (2)(d)(V), (2)(d)(VI), (2)(e)(IV), (2)(e)(V), and (2)(e)(VI) added, (HB 10-1398), ch. 380, pp. 1777, 1778, §§ 4, 5, effective June 7. L. 2011: (2)(b)(IV) added, (HB 11-1156), ch. 134, p. 471, § 2, effective May 4; (6) amended, (SB 11-226), ch. 190, p. 735, § 7, effective May 19; (2)(e)(IV)(A), (2)(e)(V)(A), and (2)(e)(VI)(A) amended, (SB 11-203), ch. 231, p. 989, § 3, effective May 27. L. 2012: (2)(f)(V) amended, (HB 12-1028), ch. 60, p. 217, § 1, effective March 24; (2)(k) and (2)(n) amended, (HB 12-1032), ch. 69, p. 239, § 4, effective March 24; (3), (4)(b), and (5) amended, (HB 12-1353), ch. 221, p. 947, § 1, effective May 24; IP(2)(d), (2)(d)(III), (2)(d)(IV), (2)(d)(V), and (2)(d)(VI) repealed and IP(2)(e), (2)(e)(V)(A), and (2)(e)(VI)(A) amended, (HB 12-1349), ch. 282, p. 1635, § 4, effective June 8; (2)(f)(V)(A) and (4)(c)(I)(A) amended, (HB 12-1315), ch. 224, p. 978, § 46, effective July 1; (2)(h) amended, (HB 12-1334), ch. 219, p. 938, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2012, 1st Ex. Sess.: IP(2)(a)(I) amended, (SB 12S-002), ch. 1, p. 2422, § 20, effective May 19. L. 2013: (1)(b) amended and (1)(b.5) added, (HB 13-1057), ch. 1, p. 3, § 7, effective January 31; (4)(c) amended, (HB 13-1185), ch. 76, p. 244, § 1, effective March 22; IP(1), (1)(a)(I), (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d), (1)(e), (1)(f), IP(2), (3)(a), (4)(b), and (5) amended and (6) repealed, (SB 13-181), ch. 209, p. 874, § 26, effective May 13; (2)(e)(VI)(A) amended, (HB 13-1283), ch. 378, p. 2220, § 3, effective June 5; IP(1) amended, (HB 13-1139), ch. 120, p. 409, § 10, effective August 7. L. 2014: (2)(e)(VII), (2)(e)(VIII), (2)(e)(IX), (2)(e)(X), and (2)(e)(XI) added, (SB 14-188), ch. 219, p. 821, § 3, effective May 17; IP(2)(n)(I) and (2)(n)(I)(A) amended and (2)(n)(I)(C) amended, (SB 14-154), ch. 313, p. 1357, § 4, effective May 31. L. 2015: (2)(o) added, (HB 15-1150), ch. 56, p. 135, § 1, effective March 30; (2)(p) added, (SB 15-022), ch. 183, p. 600, § 4, effective May 12; (2)(q) and (2)(r) added, (SB 15-253), ch. 192, p. 637, § 13, effective May 14; (2)(s) added, (HB 15-1006), ch. 185, p. 605, § 2, effective August 5. L. 2016: (1.5) added, (SB 16-218), ch. 289, p. 1174, § 6, effective June 10; (3)(c) added, (SB 16-167), ch. 279, p. 1147, § 1, effective June 10. L. 2017: (1.7) added, (SB 17-260), ch. 157, p. 536, § 2, effective April 28; IP(2), (2)(k), and (2)(n) amended, (SB 17-050), ch. 34, p. 98, § 3, effective July 1; IP(2)(f) and (2)(f)(V) amended, (HB 17-1116), ch. 393, p. 2024, § 1, effective August 9. L. 2018: (1.5) and (1.7) repealed, IP(2) and IP(4)(a) amended, and (4)(d) and (7) added, (HB 18-1338), ch. 201, p. 1312, § 15, effective May 4; (2)(m) amended, (HB 18-1008), ch. 137, p. 900, § 10, effective August 8. L. 2019: IP(2), (3)(a), and (7)(c) amended, (3.5) and (8) added, and (4) and (5) repealed, (SB 19-016), ch. 68, p. 245, § 1, effective April 1; IP(2) and IP(2)(e) amended and (2)(e)(XII) added, (HB 19-1259), ch. 208, p. 2207, § 4, effective May 17. L. 2020: IP(1) and (1)(c) amended and (2)(o) repealed, (HB 20-1372), ch. 166, p. 765, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2021: IP(1), (3)(a), and (3.5)(b) amended, (1)(g) added, (1.5) RC&RE, and (2), (3.5)(a), (7), and (8) repealed, (SB 21-281), ch. 255, p. 1496, § 5, effective June 18; (2)(c) RC&RE, (SB 21-189), ch. 333, p. 2149, § 7, effective June 24; (2)(t) added, (HB 21-1242), ch. 332, p. 2145, § 3, effective June 24; (2)(c) and (2)(t) repealed, (SB 21-281), ch. 255, p. 1500, §§ 6, 7, effective June 24; (2)(f) repealed, (HB 21-1105), ch. 488, p. 3495, § 2, effective September 7. L. 2023: (1)(g)(II) amended and (1)(g)(IV) and (1)(g)(V) added, (SB 23-139), ch. 11, p. 32, § 1, effective March 6; (9) added, (SB 23-237), ch. 98, p. 365, § 1, effective April 20; IP(1) amended and (10) added, (SB 23-250), ch. 130, p. 496, § 1, effective April 28; (1)(a) amended, (SB 23-285), ch. 235, p. 1259, § 42, effective July 1. L. 2024: (1)(g)(III) amended and (11) added, (HB 24-1413), ch. 228, p. 1404, § 1, effective May 22; IP(1) amended and (12) added, (HB 24-1379), ch. 274, p. 1824, § 6, effective May 29. L. 2025: (3.5)(b) amended, (SB 25-300), ch. 428, p. 2457, § 60, effective August 6.
Editor's note: (1) Subsection (2)(m) was originally numbered as (2)(i) in Senate Bill 08-226 but has been renumbered on revision for ease of location.
(2) Amendments to subsection (2)(a) by Senate Bill 09-106 and Senate Bill 09-293 were harmonized.
(3) (a) Subsections (2)(a)(I)(A), (2)(b)(I)(B), (2)(d)(I)(B), (2)(e)(I)(B), and (2)(g)(II) provided for the repeal of subsections (2)(a)(I)(A), (2)(b)(I), (2)(d)(I), (2)(e)(I), and (2)(g), respectively, effective July 1, 2010. (See L. 2008, p. 1863.)
(b) Subsection (2)(f)(I)(D) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(f)(I), effective July 1, 2010. (See L. 2008, p. 1328.)
(c) Subsection (2)(j)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(j), effective July 1, 2010. (See L. 2008, p. 978.)
(d) Subsection (2)(l)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(l), effective July 1, 2010. (See L. 2008, p. 1576.)
(e) Subsection (2)(m)(I)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(m)(I), effective July 1, 2010. (See L. 2008, p. 1591.)
(f) Subsection (2)(i)(I)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(i)(I), effective July 1, 2010. (See L. 2009, p. 1751.)
(4) Subsections (2)(a)(I)(B), (2)(b)(II)(B), (2)(d)(II)(B), (2)(e)(II)(B), and (2)(f)(II)(B) provided for the repeal of subsections (2)(a)(I)(B), (2)(b)(II), (2)(d)(II), (2)(e)(II), and (2)(f)(II), respectively, effective July 1, 2011. (See L. 2008, p. 1863.)
(5) Subsections (2)(a)(I)(C), (2)(b)(III)(B), (2)(e)(III)(B), and (2)(f)(III)(B) provided for the repeal of subsections (2)(a)(I)(C), (2)(b)(III), (2)(e)(III), and (2)(f)(III), respectively, effective July 1, 2012. (See L. 2008, p. 1863.)
(6) Amendments to subsection (2)(f)(V)(A) by House Bill 12-1028 and House Bill 12-1315 were harmonized.
(7) Subsection (2)(a)(I)(D) provided for the repeal of said subsection (2)(a)(I)(D), effective July 1, 2013. (See L. 2010, p. 141.) Subsection (2)(e)(IV)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(e)(IV), effective July 1, 2013. (See L. 2010, p. 1778.) Subsection (2)(f)(IV)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(f)(IV), effective July 1, 2013. (See L. 2008, p. 1330.)
(8) Amendments to the introductory portion to subsection (1) by House Bill 13-1139 and Senate Bill 13-181 were harmonized. Amendments to subsection (1)(b) by House Bill 13-1057 and Senate Bill 13-181 were harmonized.
(9) Subsection (4)(c)(III)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (4)(c), effective July 1, 2013. (See L. 2013, p. 244.)
(10) (a) Subsection (2)(e)(V)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(e)(V), effective July 1, 2014. (See L. 2010, p. 1778.)
(b) Subsection (3)(b)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (3)(b), effective July 1, 2014. (See L. 2012, p. 947.)
(11) Subsection (2)(e)(VI)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(e)(VI), effective July 1, 2015. (See L. 2010, p. 1777.)
(12) Subsection (2)(e)(VII)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(e)(VII), effective July 1, 2016. (See L. 2014, p. 821.)
(13) (a) Subsection (2)(e)(VIII)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(e)(VIII), effective July 1, 2017. (See L. 2014, p. 821.)
(b) Subsection (2)(p)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(p), effective July 1, 2017. (See L. 2015, p. 600.)
(c) Subsection (3)(c)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (3)(c), effective July 1, 2017. (See L. 2016, p. 1147.)
(14) (a) Subsection (2)(e)(IX)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(e)(IX), effective July 1, 2018. (See L. 2014, p. 821.)
(b) Subsection (2)(h)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(h), effective July 1, 2018. (See L. 2012, p. 938.)
(c) Subsection (2)(s)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(s), effective July 1, 2018. (See L. 2015, p. 605.)
(15) Subsection (2)(e)(X)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(e)(X), effective July 1, 2019. (See L. 2014, p. 821.)
(16) Amendments to subsection IP(2) by SB 19-016 and HB 19-1259 were harmonized.
(17) Subsection (2)(c)(III) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(c), effective July 1, 2020. (See L. 2010, p. 1775.)
(18) Subsection (2)(e)(XI)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(e)(XI), effective July 1, 2020. (See L. 2014, p. 821.)
(19) Subsection (3.5)(c)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (3.5)(c), effective July 1, 2020. (See L. 2019, p. 245.)
(20) Amendments to subsection (2) by SB 21-281 and HB 21-1105 were harmonized.
Cross references: (1) For the legislative declaration contained in the 2008 act amending subsections (2)(d)(I)(A) and (2)(e)(I)(A), see section 1 of chapter 339, Session Laws of Colorado 2008.
(2) For the legislative declaration in the 2011 act amending subsections (2)(e)(IV)(A), (2)(e)(V)(A), and (2)(e)(VI)(A), see section 1 of chapter 231, Session Laws of Colorado 2011.
(3) For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act repealing the introductory portion to subsection (2)(d) and subsections (2)(d)(III), (2)(d)(IV), (2)(d)(V), and (2)(d)(VI) and amending the introductory portion to subsection (2)(e) and subsections (2)(e)(V)(A) and (2)(e)(VI)(A), see section 1 of chapter 282, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.
(4) For the legislative declaration in the 2013 act amending subsection (2)(e)(VI)(A), see section 1 of chapter 378, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
(5) For the legislative declaration in SB 14-188, see section 1 of chapter 219, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
(6) For the legislative declaration in HB 19-1259, see section 1 of chapter 208, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
(7) For the legislative declaration in SB 21-281, see section 1 of chapter 255, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.