Colorado § 23-31-303 - Funds available.
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§ 23-31-303. Funds available.
(1) Repealed.
(2) The beetle mitigation fund is hereby created in the state treasury to be administered by the Colorado state forest service for the purpose of removing trees infested by beetles from forests on state-owned land and otherwise mitigating the effects of beetle infestation on state-owned land. The fund shall consist of donations received pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.
(3) The Colorado state forest service shall create and maintain one or more web pages on its official website that provide information on the beetle mitigation fund to the public and that allow the public to donate to the fund online. Websites operated by other interested state departments shall add prominent links referring the public to the Colorado state forest service's beetle mitigation fund web page to encourage voluntary contributions to the fund. The Colorado state forest service shall transmit all such contributions to the state treasurer, who shall deposit them in the fund.
Source: L. 2007: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 534, § 2, effective August 3. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1553, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2009: (1) amended, (SB 09-020), ch. 189, p. 828, § 2, effective April 30. L. 2012: (1) repealed, (HB 12-1283), ch. 240, p. 1137, § 55, effective July 1.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 23-30-303 as it existed prior to 2007.
(2) Subsection (1) was relocated to § 24-33.5-1220 in 2012.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act repealing subsection (1), see section 1 of chapter 240, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.
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