(1) (a) Any nongovernmental agency or unit of local government operating a domestic abuse program pursuant to this article shall, subject to available appropriations, be reimbursed by the state department at a rate to be set by the general assembly in the annual appropriation bill. Not less than seventy-five percent of all contract funding under this article shall be allocated to nongovernmental agencies.
(b) Moneys generated from fees collected pursuant to sections 14-2-106 (1)(a) and 1415-110, C.R.S., or transferred pursuant to section 13-32-101 (5)(a)(X) or (5)(b)(II), C.R.S., shall be used to reimburse domestic abuse programs that provide services as provided in section 267.5-103 to persons or their families, which persons are married, separated, or divorced or parties to a civil union or an invalidated, legally separated, or dissolved civil union.
Staffing and administrative expenses of the state department of human services andother agencies for carrying out the provisions of this article shall be appropriated annually from available funds generated by the contribution cash funds.
The Colorado domestic abuse program fund established pursuant to section 39-22802, C.R.S., may be funded by any general fund moneys that may be appropriated thereto by the general assembly pursuant to the annual general appropriations act. The executive director shall have the authority to expend such funds appropriated to the Colorado domestic abuse program fund for the purposes described in this article.
Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1137, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 967, § 1, effective April 28; (2) amended, p. 2706, § 272. effective July 1. L. 99: (3) added, p. 1177, § 3, effective June 2. L. 2009: (1) amended, (SB 09-068), ch. 264, p. 1210, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2011: (1)(b) amended, (HB 11-1303), ch. 264, p. 1170, § 73, effective August 10. L.
2013: (1)(b) amended, (SB 13-011), ch. 49, p. 169, § 29, effective May 1; (1)(b) amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1690, § 83, effective August 7.
Editor's note: Amendments to subsection (1)(b) by Senate Bill 13-011 and House Bill 13-1300 were harmonized.
Cross references: (1) For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsection (2), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
(2) For the domestic abuse program voluntary contribution, see part 8 of article 22 of title 39.