Colorado § 26-1-124 - County social services budget.
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§ 26-1-124. County social services budget.
(1) As a part of the county budget and in conformity with the county budget law and the rules of the state board, a county social services budget shall be prepared by the county director and reviewed by the county board.
(2) Before such budget is adopted by the board of county commissioners, it must be submitted by the county board to the state department for review. The state department shall review the budget in consultation with the department of early childhood and shall include in the review an assessment as to whether the county budget includes adequate funding for the county's maintenance of effort for the Colorado works program created in part 7 of article 2 of this title 26 and the Colorado child care assistance program created in part 1 of article 4 of title 26.5.
(3) The state department shall prescribe budget forms and shall furnish a sufficient number of such forms to the county board without charge.
Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1176, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-1-23. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1227, § 10, effective July 1. L. 2022: (2) amended, (HB 22-1295), ch. 123, p. 854, § 89, effective July 1.
ANNOTATION
Contents of budget. The county social services budget is to contain, among other things, the estimated amount required to be raised by county taxation in order to meet the county's share of the cost of social services. State Bd. of Soc. Servs. v. Billings, 175 Colo. 380, 487 P.2d 1110 (1971).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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