Colorado § 29-32-102 - State affordable housing fund.

§ 29-32-102. State affordable housing fund.

(1) The state affordable housing fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Commencing on January 1, 2023, all state revenues collected from an existing tax on one-tenth of one percent on federal taxable income, as modified by law, of every individual, estate, trust, and corporation, as defined in law, as calculated pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, shall be deposited in the fund by the state treasurer. The revenue deposited into the fund pursuant to this subsection (1) shall not be subject to the limitation on fiscal year spending specified in section 20 of article X of the state constitution.

(2) The fund shall consist of money deposited into the fund under subsection (1) of this section; any money appropriated to the fund by the general assembly; and any gifts, grants, or donations from any public or private sources, including governmental entities, that the division and the office are hereby authorized to seek and accept.

(3) All money not expended or encumbered, and all interest earned on the investment or deposit of money in the fund, shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year.

(4) (a) The legislative council, in consultation with the office of state planning and budgeting, shall calculate the amount of revenues to be deposited in the fund for the period commencing January 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2023, and for each state fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 2023. The legislative council and the office of state planning and budgeting shall rely upon the quarterly state revenue estimates issued by the legislative council in calculating such amounts and shall update its calculations not later than five days following the issuance of each quarterly state revenue estimate.

(b) To ensure that all fund revenues are transferred to the fund and that other state revenues are not erroneously transferred to the fund:

(I) No later than two days after calculating or recalculating the amount of fund revenues for the period commencing January 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2023, and for any fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 2023, the legislative council, in consultation with the office of state planning and budgeting, shall certify to the department of revenue the amount of fund revenues that the department shall transfer to the state treasurer for deposit into the fund on the first day of each of the three succeeding calendar months as required by paragraph (c) of this subsection (4);

(II) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b), no later than May 25 of 2023 and of any state fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 2023, the legislative council, in consultation with the office of state planning and budgeting, may certify to the department of revenue an adjusted amount for any transfer to be made on the first business day of the immediately succeeding June; and

(III) Subject to review by the state auditor, the legislative council, in consultation with the office of state planning and budgeting, may correct any error in the total amount of state affordable housing revenues transferred during any state fiscal year by adjusting the amount of any transfer to be made during the next state fiscal year.

(c) On the first business day of each calendar month that commences after January 5, 2023, the department of revenue shall transfer to the state treasurer for deposit into the fund revenues in an amount certified to the department by the legislative council, in consultation with the office of state planning and budgeting, pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (4).

(5) (a) During the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the treasurer shall transfer the first eighty million dollars that the treasurer deposits into the fund pursuant to subsection (4)(c) of this section during the 2026-27 state fiscal year to the financing fund.

(b) During the 2027-28 state fiscal year, the treasurer shall transfer the first forty million dollars that the treasurer deposits into the fund pursuant to subsection (4)(c) of this section during the 2027-28 state fiscal year to the financing fund.

(c) Notwithstanding section 29-32-103 (3):

(I) On July 1, 2027, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the treasurer shall transfer forty percent of the total of the balance of the fund plus the amount already transferred pursuant to subsection (5)(a) of this section to the support fund and transfer the remaining balance of the fund to the financing fund; and

(II) On July 1, 2028, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the treasurer shall transfer forty percent of the total of the balance of the fund plus the amount already transferred pursuant to subsection (5)(b) of this section to the support fund and transfer the remaining balance of the fund to the financing fund.

Source: Initiated 2022: Entire article added, Proposition 123, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 27, 2022. L. 2026: (5) added, (HB 26-1313), ch. 154, p. 859, § 2, effective May 26.