(1) The department of public health and environment shall administer a program to award grants pursuant to this section.
(2) (a) A grant of fifty thousand dollars shall be awarded to Colorado state university to conduct research on the potential for the use of terrestrial carbon sequestration in agricultural, rangeland, and forest soils as a technique for mitigating the emissions of greenhouse gases in the state.
A grant of fifty thousand dollars shall be awarded to the Colorado school of mines toconduct research on the potential for the use of geologic carbon sequestration as a technique for mitigating the emissions of greenhouse gases in the state.
A grant of thirty-five thousand dollars shall be awarded to the university of Coloradoto conduct research on the emerging international and domestic markets in greenhouse gas emissions and to conduct research on private firms in various economic sectors that are reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
(3) Each recipient of a grant awarded pursuant to this section shall report the results of the research conducted under the grant to the agriculture committees of the senate and the house of representatives no later than March 15, 2007.
Source: L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 1743, § 4, effective June 6.