(1) The office of transportation safety shall allocate not less than thirty percent and not more than fifty percent of the moneys allocated to the office pursuant to section 43-4-402 (2) to counties that have established a qualified drunken driving prevention and law enforcement program. The intent of the general assembly is that these moneys be expended in a manner that will improve enforcement of drunken driving laws. To this end, rules for the distribution of these moneys shall be developed by the office of transportation safety. All moneys appropriated hereunder shall be used for drunken driving prevention and law enforcement improvement by counties and not for statewide programs.
The office of transportation safety shall allocate not less than fifty percent and notmore than seventy percent of the moneys to municipalities and city and counties that have established a qualified drunken driving prevention and law enforcement program. The intent of the general assembly is that these moneys be expended in a manner that will improve enforcement of drunken driving laws. To this end, rules for the distribution of these moneys shall be developed by the office of transportation safety. The office shall report annually to the transportation legislation review committee on the distribution and expenditure of these funds and the nature and purpose of the programs. All moneys appropriated hereunder shall be used for drunken driving prevention and law enforcement improvement by municipalities and city and counties and not for statewide programs.
The money in the fund appropriated to the office of behavioral health in the department of human services pursuant to section 43-4-402 (2) must be used to establish a statewide program for the prevention of driving after drinking, including educating the public in the problems of driving after drinking; training teachers, health professionals, and law enforcement in the dangers of driving after drinking; preparing and disseminating educational materials dealing with the effects of alcohol and other drugs on driving behavior; and preparing and disseminating education curriculum materials for use at all school levels. The office of behavioral health in the department of human services is authorized to contract with a qualified private corporation to provide all or part of these services and to establish standards for the program.
Source: L. 82: Entire part added, p. 609, § 15, effective July 1. L. 83: (3) amended, p. 396, § 7, effective June 3; entire section amended, p. 1666, § 2, effective June 15. L. 86: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1212, § 2, effective July 1. L. 91: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1134, § 218, effective July 1. L. 93: (3) amended, p. 1126, § 49, effective July 1, 1994. L. 2000: (1) and (2) amended, p. 262, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) and (2) amended, p. 873, § 13, effective August 7. L. 2011: (3) amended, (HB 11-1303), ch. 264, p. 1184, § 116, effective August 10. L. 2017: (3) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1261, § 27, effective May 25; (1) amended, (SB 17-231), ch. 174, p. 634, § 4, effective August 9.
Editor's note: Amendments to this section by Senate Bill 83-215 and House Bill 831356 were harmonized.
Cross references: (1) For the legislative declaration contained in the 1993 act amending subsection (3) of this section, see section 1 of chapter 230, Session Laws of Colorado 1993.
(2) For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.