Colorado § 25-4-1608 - Food protection cash fund - creation.
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§ 25-4-1608. Food protection cash fund - creation.
(1) Fees collected by the department pursuant to section 25-4-1607 and penalties collected pursuant to section 25-4-1611.5 shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit them to the food protection cash fund, which fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The general assembly shall appropriate the moneys in the fund to the department for the payment of salaries and expenses necessary for the administration of this part 16.
(2) Fifty-five dollars of each fee collected by the department or a county or district board of health pursuant to section 25-4-1607 (1) and (1.1)(a) shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the fee to the food protection cash fund created in subsection (1) of this section. This portion of the fee shall be used by the department to conduct the duties and responsibilities set forth in section 25-4-1604 (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(f), (1)(g), and (1)(i). The remainder of the fee shall be retained by the county or district board of health for deposit in the appropriate county or district public health agency fund in accordance with section 25-1-511 or, if the fee is collected by the department, it shall be deposited pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, and used to pay a portion of the cost of conducting a retail food establishment protection program.
(3) Any interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the food protection cash fund shall be credited to such fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered moneys remaining in such fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert or be transferred to the general fund or any other fund of the state.
Source: L. 98: Entire part R&RE, p. 1244, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 2051, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2008: (2) amended, p. 2053, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2009: (2) amended, (SB 09-223), ch. 255, p. 1157, § 8, effective May 15. L. 2017: (2) amended, (SB 17-244), ch. 344, p. 1816, § 2, effective August 9. L. 2019: (1) amended, (HB 19-1014), ch. 11, p. 43, § 5, effective January 1, 2020. L. 2025: (2) amended, (SB 25-285), ch. 296, p. 1518, § 5, effective August 6.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 25-4-1605 as it existed prior to 1998.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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