(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the donate to a Colorado nonprofit fund, referred to in this section as the "fund". The fund consists of money credited to the fund pursuant to this part 51 and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund.
The department of revenue shall determine annually the total amount designated tothe fund and the total amounts designated to each individual eligible charitable organization pursuant to section 39-22-5102, and shall report those amounts to the state treasurer and to the general assembly. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund the total amount designated to the fund.
The general assembly shall appropriate annually from the fund to the department ofrevenue, the secretary of state, and the state treasurer its actual, reasonable costs of implementing this part 51. After the appropriations to the department of revenue, the secretary of state, and the state treasurer are deducted, the state treasurer shall distribute the remaining funds to the eligible charitable organizations as designated by taxpayers after a reduction proportionate to the amount deducted from the fund for the administration of the fund.
The department is not liable to a taxpayer or to an eligible charitable organization forany error in distributing a contribution under this part 51.
Source: L. 2018: Entire part added, (SB 18-141), ch. 290, p. 1790, § 1, effective August 8.