(1) Effective July 1, 2012, there is created in the state treasury the board of trustees for Metropolitan state university of Denver fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", which shall be under the control of and administered by the board of trustees in accordance with the provisions of this article. Except as otherwise allowed by state law, including but not limited to section 24-36-103 (2), C.R.S., all moneys received or acquired by the board of trustees or by Metropolitan state university of Denver shall be deposited in the fund, whether received by appropriation, grant, contract, or gift, or by sale or lease of surplus real or personal property, or by any other means, whose disposition is not otherwise provided for by law. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. The moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the board of trustees and shall remain in the fund and shall not be transferred or revert to the general fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year.
The moneys in the fund shall remain under the control of the board of trustees andshall be used for the payment of salaries and operating expenses of the board of trustees and of Metropolitan state university of Denver and for the payment of any other expenses incurred by the board of trustees in carrying out its powers and duties.
Moneys in the fund which are not needed for use by the board of trustees may beinvested by the state treasurer in investments authorized by sections 24-36-109, 24-36-112, and 24-36-113, C.R.S. The board of trustees shall determine the amount of moneys in the fund that may be so invested and shall notify the state treasurer in writing of such amount.
Repealed.
Source: L. 2002: Entire article R&RE, p. 1277, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2012: (1) and (2) amended and (4) added, (SB 12-148), ch. 125, p. 424, § 5, effective July 1.
Editor's note: Subsection (4)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (4), effective July 1, 2013. (See L. 2012, p. 424.)
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act amending subsections (1) and (2) and adding (4), see section 1 of chapter 125, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.