Colorado § 26-1-703 - Respite care task force fund - creation.
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§ 26-1-703. Respite care task force fund - creation.
(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the respite care task force fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", to provide money to the state department for the request-for-proposal process pursuant to section 26-1-702. The fund consists of any money appropriated by the general assembly to the fund and any gifts, grants, and donations to the fund from private or public sources for the purposes of this article. All private and public funds received through gifts, grants, and donations shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the fund. Money in the fund shall be continuously appropriated by the general assembly to the state department for the purposes specified in this part 7. Any unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not be transferred to the general fund or any other fund.
(2) On July 1, 2016, the state treasurer shall transfer nine hundred thousand dollars from the intellectual and developmental disabilities services cash fund created in section 25.5-10-207, C.R.S., to the general fund for the purposes of this part 7. The state department may not use more than three percent of the money for administrative costs.
Source: L. 2016: Entire part added, (HB 16-1398), ch. 305, p. 1230, § 1, effective July 1.
PART 8
DELIVERY OF PUBLIC BENEFITS
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 26-1429, see section 1 of chapter 374, Session Laws of Colorado 2026.
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