Colorado § 24-31-108.5 - Use of funds for unanticipated legal needs.
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§ 24-31-108.5. Use of funds for unanticipated legal needs.
The department may use money appropriated to the department for litigation management to address unanticipated state legal needs that arise during the state fiscal year for which the money is appropriated; except that the department shall not use the money reallocated in accordance with this section for any type of salary increase, promotion, reclassification, or bonus related to any present or future department employee, or to offset present or future personal services deficits in any division in the department.
Source: L. 2023: Entire section added, (SB 23-235), ch. 97, p. 364, § 1, effective April 20.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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