Colorado § 24-37.5-103 - Office of information technology - creation - information technology revolving fund - geographic information system coordination - repeal.

§ 24-37.5-103. Office of information technology - creation - information technology revolving fund - geographic information system coordination - repeal.

(1) There is hereby created in the office of the governor an office of information technology, the head of which shall be the chief information officer, who shall be appointed by the governor and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

(2) For state fiscal year 2013-14 and for each state fiscal year thereafter, one hundred percent of the money appropriated by the general assembly from the information technology revolving fund established in section 24-37.5-112 (1)(a) shall be used to fund the office.

(3) (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the information technology revolving fund. Money shall be appropriated to the fund each year by the general assembly in the annual general appropriation act for the direct and indirect costs of the office.

(b) The office shall develop a method for billing users of the office's services the full cost of the services, including materials, depreciation related to capital costs, labor, and administrative overhead. The billing method shall be fully implemented for all users of the office's services on or before July 1, 2013.

(c) All interest earned on the investment of money in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the revolving fund shall be continuously appropriated to the office of information technology to pay the costs of consolidation and information technology maintenance and upgrades. Any money credited to the revolving fund and unexpended and unencumbered at the end of any given fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the general fund.

(4) On and after July 1, 2008, all duties and responsibilities for statewide geographic information system coordination shall be transferred from the department of local affairs to the office. The office shall develop a statewide geographic information system plan on or before July 1, 2010, and submit such plan to the governor and to the state, veterans, and military affairs committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or their successor committees.

(5) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (3)(c) of this section to the contrary, on June 30, 2026, the state treasurer shall transfer eleven million dollars from the information technology revolving fund to the general fund.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (3)(c) of this section to the contrary, on June 30, 2027, the state treasurer shall transfer twenty million dollars from the information technology revolving fund to the general fund.

(c) This subsection (5) is repealed, effective July 1, 2028.

Source: L. 99: Entire article added with relocations, p. 866, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 1726, § 3, effective June 6. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (HB 21-1236), ch. 211, p. 1101, § 6, effective September 7. L. 2026: (5) added, (HB 26-1405), ch. 396, p. 2483, § 16, effective June 4.

Editor's note: The provisions of this section are similar to several former provisions of §§ 24-37.5-104 (7)(h)(IV), 24-37.5-111, and 24-37.5-112 as they existed prior to 2021.