Colorado § 2-3-203 - Powers and duties of the joint budget committee.

§ 2-3-203. Powers and duties of the joint budget committee.

(1) The committee has the following power and duties:

(a) To study the management, operations, programs, and fiscal needs of the agencies and institutions of Colorado state government;

(b) Repealed.

(b.1) (I) (A) Effective July 1, 2004, to hold hearings as required and to review the executive budget and the budget requests of each state agency and institution, including capital construction, capital renewal, or controlled maintenance budget requests as prioritized, pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and house of representatives, by the capital development committee, and information technology budget requests as prioritized, pursuant to rule 45 of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives, by the joint technology committee, and to make appropriation recommendations to the appropriations committees, or any successor committees, of each house.

(B) If the joint budget committee's recommendations to the appropriations committees in the general appropriations bill alter the determinations of priority established by the capital development committee, prior to making the recommendations, the joint budget committee shall notify the capital development committee and allow for a joint meeting of the two committees.

(C) If the joint budget committee's recommendations to the appropriations committees of the senate and house of representatives in the annual general appropriation bill alter the determinations of priority established by the joint technology committee, prior to making the recommendations, the joint budget committee shall notify the joint technology committee and allow for a joint meeting of the two committees.

(II) Repealed.

(b.2) Effective July 1, 2013, to hold hearings as required to review the performance plans and performance evaluations of departments as specified in section 2-7-204 (6). Based on its review of these performance plans and performance evaluations and its consideration of each department's legal responsibilities and strategic goals and objectives, the joint budget committee may prioritize departments' requests for new funding that are expressly intended to enhance productivity, improve efficiency, reduce costs, and eliminate waste in the processes and operations that deliver goods and services to taxpayers and customers of state government.

(c) To make estimates of revenue from existing and proposed taxes and to make its staff facilities available, upon request, to the finance committee of either house for the development and analysis of proposed revenue measures;

(d) To study and from time to time review the state's fund structure, financial condition, fiscal organization, and its budgeting, accounting, reporting, personnel, and purchasing procedures;

(e) to (g) Repealed.

(2) If a principal department of the executive branch of state government as specified in section 24-1-110, C.R.S., submits a plan approved by the office of state planning and budgeting to improve budgetary efficiency or administrative flexibility by recommending line item consolidation in the annual general appropriation act, the committee shall consider such plan for recommendation to the general assembly.

(3) After passage of the annual general appropriation act, in preparing any letter to the governor with requests for information, the committee shall prioritize such requests in the letter.

(4) The joint budget committee shall consider, as one of many factors, the evidence designation as provided in section 2-3-210 (3)(a) when determining the appropriate level of funding for a program or practice.

Source: L. 59: p. 465, § 3. CRS 53: § 63-2-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 63-2-19. L. 69: p. 462, § 2. L. 85: (1)(b) amended and (1)(b.1) added, p. 285, § 2, effective May 23. L. 89: (1)(b)(II) and (1)(b.1) amended, p. 336, § 4, effective March 15. L. 94: (1)(b.1) amended, p. 628, § 2, effective April 14; (1)(e) added, p. 1094, § 3, effective May 9; (1)(f) added, p. 1836, § 2, effective June 1; (1)(e) amended, p. 2614, § 19, effective July 1. L. 95: (1)(e) amended, p. 1275, § 10, effective June 5. L. 98: (1)(b.1) amended, p. 816, § 5, effective August 5. L. 2000: (1)(f) repealed, p. 22, § 2, effective August 2. L. 2001: (1)(e) repealed, p. 309, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2006: (1)(b.1)(I) amended, p. 231, § 1, effective March 31. L. 2009: (1)(b.1)(I)(B) amended, (HB 09-1169), ch. 45, p. 168, § 2, effective March 20. L. 2010: (2) and (3) added, (HB 10-1119), ch. 340, p. 1564, § 2, effective August 11. L. 2013: (1)(b.2) added, (HB 13-1299), ch. 382, p. 2242, § 3, effective June 5. L. 2014: (1)(b.1)(I)(A) amended and (1)(b.1)(I)(C) added, (HB 14-1395), ch. 309, pp. 1306, 1309, §§ 3, 8, effective May 31; (1)(b.1)(I) and (1)(b.1)(I)(A) amended, (HB 14-1387), ch. 378, pp. 1822, 1854, §§ 21, 68, effective June 6; (1)(g) added, (SB 14-110), ch. 105, p. 390, § 3, effective August 6. L. 2019: (1)(b.1)(I)(C) amended, (SB 19-241), ch. 390, p. 3462, § 1, effective August 2; (1)(g) repealed, (HB 19-1214), ch. 349, p. 3238, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2021: (4) added, (SB 21-284), ch. 445, p. 2939, § 2, effective September 7. L. 2024: (4) amended, (HB 24-1428), ch. 89, p. 289, § 1, effective August 7.

Editor's note: (1) Subsection (1)(b)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (1)(b), effective July 1, 1994. (See L. 89, p. 336.)

(2) Subsection (1)(b.1)(II)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (1)(b.1)(II), effective July 1, 2004. (See L. 98, p. 816.)

(3) Amendments to subsection (1)(b.1)(I) by HB 14-1387 and HB 14-1395 were harmonized.

Cross references: (1) In 2010, subsections (2) and (3) were added by the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act". For the short title, see section 1 of chapter 340, Session Laws of Colorado 2010.

(2) For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1387, see section 1 of chapter 378, Session Laws of Colorado 2014. For the legislative declaration in SB 14-110, see section 1 of chapter 105, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.