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CO Code § 23-31-902 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 31 - Colorado State University|Part 9 - Financing of National Western Center Facilities|§ 23-31-902. Annual Project Report - National Western Center Trust Fund - Creation - Use

  No later than August 1, 2016, and no later than August 1 of each year thereafter, the national western center partnership shall submit an annual national western center project report to the offices of the governor, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and the president and minority leader of the senate. The report must include an update on the national western center project work plan and a general progress report. If the national western center is requesting state funding based upon the phased development schedule for the national western center project, it must provide information regarding necessary facility programming and an estimated budget.    The national western center trust fund is created in the state treasury. The trust fund consists of money transferred from the general fund to the trust fund pursuant to subsection (3) of this section. Interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of the trust fund is credited to the trust fund. All unexpended and unencumbered money in the trust fund at the end of a fiscal year remains in the trust fund and shall not be credited to the general fund or any other fund. Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the board of governors of Colorado state university may expend money from the trust fund to make payments payable under the terms of financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements entered into as authorized by section 23-31-903. The principal and interest of the trust fund shall not be expended or appropriated for any other purpose.    If, in order to contribute to the financing of the phased development of the national western center, the state enters into one or more financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreements as authorized by section 23-31-903, on July 1 of any fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 2019, for which money is due to a seller under such a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement, the state treasurer shall transfer from the general fund to the national western center trust fund the lesser of twenty million dollars or the amount due to any seller during the fiscal year.     History. Source: L. 2015: Entire part added,(HB 15-1344), ch. 207, p. 750, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2021: (2) and (3) amended,(HB 21-1316), ch. 325, p. 2021, § 28, effective July 1.
CO Code § 23-31-904 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 31 - Colorado State University|Part 9 - Financing of National Western Center Facilities|§ 23-31-904. Cooperative Agreements for Regional Economic Development Not Limited

 Nothing in this part 9 limits the ability of Colorado state university and the city and county of Denver to enter into cooperative agreements, including intergovernmental agreements with adjoining entities, for the purpose of facilitating regional economic development and project enhancement.   History. Source: L. 2015: Entire part added,(HB 15-1344), ch. 207, p. 753, § 1, effective August 5.
CO Code § 23-31-905 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 31 - Colorado State University|Part 9 - Financing of National Western Center Facilities|§ 23-31-905. National Western Center Partnership - Open Meetings and Open Records Laws Apply - Audit

  To the extent that such laws are not already applicable, upon the final approval of state funding for any national western center project pursuant to section 23-31-903:   The national western center partnership is subject to the open meetings provisions of the “Colorado Sunshine Act of 1972” contained in part 4 of article 6 of title 24, C.R.S., and the “Colorado Open Records Act”, part 2 of article 72 of title 24, C.R.S. For purposes of the “Colorado Open Records Act”, part 2 of article 72 of title 24, C.R.S., the records of the national western center partnership are public records.    The state auditor may, at any time thereafter, audit the national western center partnership.        History. Source: L. 2015: Entire part added,(HB 15-1344), ch. 207, p. 753, § 1, effective August 5.
CO Code § 23-31-1001 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 31 - Colorado State University|Part 10 - Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program|§ 23-31-1001. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly finds and determines that:   More than one-third of rural communities in Colorado have at most one livestock-oriented veterinarian, thus leaving the owners of hundreds of thousands of livestock with little or no access to veterinary medicine;    Food security and safety are directly linked to animal health;    Colorado plays a key role in meeting our growing population's increasing demand for protein;    According to nationwide market statistics developed for the American Veterinary Medical Association, less than five percent of veterinarians in the United States practice predominantly on livestock;    Rural veterinarians play a critical role in protecting the health of animals and humans;    Many graduates of Colorado state university's college of veterinary medicine and biomedical sciences were raised in rural areas and are interested in livestock-oriented practice; however, these graduates often feel limited to practice in areas of the state with higher starting salaries due to their loan repayment obligations; and    Loan forgiveness and repayment programs in other states have improved veterinarians' ability to pursue veterinary practices in rural areas.       Therefore, the general assembly determines and declares that a veterinary education loan repayment program would benefit Colorado by providing financial incentives for veterinarians to practice in rural areas in which veterinary needs are not currently being met.     History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added,(HB 17-1282), ch. 322, p. 1733, § 1, effective August 9.
CO Code § 23-31-1002 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 31 - Colorado State University|Part 10 - Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program|§ 23-31-1002. Definitions

 As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Council” means the state veterinary education loan repayment council created in section 23-31-1003.    “Licensed veterinarian” has the same meaning as set forth in section 12-315-104 (11).    “Program” means the state veterinary education loan repayment program created in section 23-31-1004.    “Rural” means:   A county with a population of fewer than thirty thousand; or    A municipality with a population of fewer than twenty thousand if the municipality is not contiguous to a municipality with a population of twenty thousand or more.       “Veterinarian” has the same meaning as set forth in section 12-315-104 (18).    “Veterinary shortage area” means a rural area that the council determines has a shortage of veterinarians practicing in the area.     History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added,(HB 17-1282), ch. 322, p. 1734, § 1, effective August 9. L. 2019: (2) and (5) amended,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1684, § 121, effective October 1.
CO Code § 23-31-1004 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 31 - Colorado State University|Part 10 - Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program|§ 23-31-1004. State Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program - Creation - Purpose

 The council shall administer the veterinary education loan repayment program to provide financial incentives to licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary medicine in veterinary shortage areas of the state through assistance with the repayment of veterinary education loans.   History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added,(HB 17-1282), ch. 322, p. 1736, § 1, effective August 9.
CO Code § 23-31-1005 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 31 - Colorado State University|Part 10 - Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program|§ 23-31-1005. Council Powers and Duties

  To implement this part 10, the council shall:   Pursuant to the criteria set forth in section 23-31-1006, determine the eligibility and qualifications of an applicant for loan repayment under the program;    With respect to the veterinary shortage areas that are in need of veterinary medical services:   Identify and designate the veterinary shortage areas that will participate in the program pursuant to the criteria established by the council as set forth in section 23-31-1007;    Establish a priority ranking for the designated veterinary shortage areas participating in the program based on level of need; and    Annually update the list of designated veterinary shortage areas and the priority rankings;       In accordance with the maximum amounts set forth in section 23-31-1009, determine the amount of loan repayment money to which an applicant selected under the program is eligible, based on the unpaid amount of any outstanding education loan that meets the criteria set forth in section 23-31-1006 (2); and    Upon selecting an applicant, enter into a renewable contract with the selected applicant and the designated veterinary shortage area to which the selected applicant has been matched to provide loan repayment money on the selected applicant's behalf in exchange for the selected applicant's agreement to actively practice veterinary medicine in the veterinary shortage area.       In furtherance of its duties under this part 10, the council may:   Receive and use money appropriated for or donated to the program to be used in furtherance of the program;    With respect to any contract that the council has entered into with a selected applicant and a designated veterinary shortage area under the program:   Enforce the contract; or    Cancel the contract for good cause based on a determination that the applicant is not complying with the terms of the contract;       Monitor federal programs that support the repayment of education loans incurred by veterinarians; and    Accept property from another entity to be used in furtherance of the program.        History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added,(HB 17-1282), ch. 322, p. 1736, § 1, effective August 9.
CO Code § 23-31-1007 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 31 - Colorado State University|Part 10 - Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program|§ 23-31-1007. Designated Veterinary Shortage Areas - Criteria

  In designating a community a veterinary shortage area, the council shall consider:   The veterinary service needs identified by the community, giving priority to communities that demonstrate the potential for significant negative food animal health impacts within Colorado if their veterinary service needs are not met;    The number of veterinarians practicing in the community and its surrounding area;    The existing access residents of the community and its surrounding areas have to veterinary services; and    The degree to which residents or livestock producers support the addition of a veterinarian within the community.       For communities that the council identifies as veterinary shortage areas based on their demonstrated need for veterinary services, the council, in designating which veterinary shortage areas to match with veterinarians through the program, shall prioritize the veterinary shortage areas based on their demonstrated level of need for veterinary services.    In evaluating a veterinary shortage area to determine whether to designate the veterinary shortage area for participation in the program, the council may consult with public and private entities and visit the veterinary shortage area.     History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added,(HB 17-1282), ch. 322, p. 1738, § 1, effective August 9.
CO Code § 23-31-1008 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 31 - Colorado State University|Part 10 - Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program|§ 23-31-1008. Release From Contract Obligation

  The council shall release a veterinarian selected for repayment under the program from his or her veterinary loan repayment contract without penalty if:   The veterinarian has completed the service requirements of the contract;    The veterinarian is unable to complete the service requirement of the contract because of a permanent physical disability;    The veterinarian demonstrates to the council extreme hardship or other good cause justifying release from the contract; or    The veterinarian dies.       A decision by the council not to release a veterinarian from the veterinarian's loan repayment contract without penalty is a final agency action that is reviewable by a district court.     History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added,(HB 17-1282), ch. 322, p. 1739, § 1, effective August 9.
CO Code § 23-31-1009 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 31 - Colorado State University|Part 10 - Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program|§ 23-31-1009. Loan Repayment

  The council shall make all payments under the program on a veterinarian's behalf to the issuer or purchaser of the veterinarian's student loan.    As required by a selected veterinarian's contract under the program, the veterinarian is eligible for the following amounts of loan repayment:   Upon completion of six months of the first year of service under the program, ten thousand dollars;    Upon completion of a second year of service under the program, an additional fifteen thousand dollars;    Upon completion of a third year of service under the program, an additional twenty thousand dollars; and    Upon completion of a fourth year of service under the contract, an additional twenty-five thousand dollars.       A veterinarian is not entitled to receive more than seventy thousand dollars under the program.    If, for any of the years of service for which a veterinarian selected under the program is contracted to provide service, the veterinarian fails to complete the entire year of service, the council shall prorate the amount of loan repayment on the veterinarian's behalf for that year.     History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added,(HB 17-1282), ch. 322, p. 1739, § 1, effective August 9.
CO Code § 23-31-1010 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 31 - Colorado State University|Part 10 - Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program|§ 23-31-1010. Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Fund - Creation - Gifts, Grants, and Donations

     The veterinary education loan repayment fund, referred to in this part 10 as the “fund”, is hereby created in the state treasury.    On September 1, 2017, the state treasurer shall transfer one hundred forty thousand dollars from the general fund to the fund.    The fund also consists of money credited to it pursuant to subsection (5) of this section and any additional 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 state treasurer shall credit any unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year to the fund.    Money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the council for implementation of the program under this part 10.      The council may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this part 10. The council shall transmit all money received through gifts, grants, or donations to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money to the fund.    The council may contract with a public or private entity and may expend money available to the council to obtain matching funds for the purpose of this part 10.    If an entity desires to provide a gift, grant, or donation of money to the council for the placement of a veterinarian in a specific veterinary shortage area, the entity shall commit to provide the full amount required under the program for placement of a veterinarian in that veterinary shortage area for four years.    For purposes of this subsection (5), “gifts, grants, or donations” include money from an endowment.       In accordance with section 24-75-402 (2)(a) and for each fiscal year, the alternative maximum reserve for the fund is thirty-three and three-tenths percent of the amount expended from the fund during the fiscal year.      History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added,(HB 17-1282), ch. 322, p. 1740, § 1, effective August 9.
CO Code § 23-31-1101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 31 - Colorado State University|Part 11 - Colorado Food Systems Advisory Council|§ 23-31-1101. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:   In September 2009, the federal centers for disease control and prevention reported that no state in the country was meeting national goals for the amount of fruits and vegetables that Americans should be eating. As a result, the centers for disease control and prevention identified, as a first strategy, the creation of food policy councils to improve the food environment and economies at the local, regional, and state levels.    Food policy councils consist of multistakeholder organizations that employ a food systems approach that facilitates evaluation and program development at every stage of the food process from farm to table. By 2016, there were over two hundred twenty food policy councils throughout the United States addressing issues such as healthy food access, economic development, and food procurement. Colorado's food systems advisory council, which was created in 2010, has focused primarily on strengthening healthy food access for all Coloradans through the growth of Colorado agriculture and local food systems and economies.    In 2017, Colorado state university, in partnership with the council and others, released the Colorado blueprint of food and agriculture that identified key assets, emerging issues, and shared priorities for future investments in food and agriculture throughout Colorado. The blueprint and the existing work of the council demonstrate that building local, regional, and state food economies will create jobs, stimulate statewide economic development, and circulate money from local food sales within local communities.    The continuation and enhancement of the council is necessary to address the recommendations in the blueprint to support food system changes designed to grow local, regional, and statewide food economies within which agricultural producers have access to new markets and Colorado's population has improved access to fresh, affordable, and healthy foods; and    Building robust, resilient, and long-term local and regional food economies in Colorado will preserve and protect the natural environment; increase consumer access to fresh, healthy, and safe foods; and provide greater food security for all Coloradans.        History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added with relocations,(HB 19-1202), ch. 403, p. 3565, § 1, effective May 31.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 24-37.3-101 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 23-31-1103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 31 - Colorado State University|Part 11 - Colorado Food Systems Advisory Council|§ 23-31-1103. Council - Purpose and Duties

  The purposes of the council include:   Growing local, regional, and statewide food economies within which producers have access to new markets and low-income populations have access to fresh, affordable, and healthy foods. The council will collaborate and coordinate with agricultural producers, relevant state and federal educational institutions, nongovernmental organizations, and consumers to connect state and federal agencies and to provide Colorado agricultural producers, including fruit and vegetable producers, with viable market opportunities. Areas of focus include:   Connecting Colorado agricultural producers to federal food assistance programs by functioning as an interagency liaison between relevant state and federal agencies;    Leveraging the purchasing power of the state's institutions to create new and reliable markets for Colorado agricultural products and support the growth of robust and resilient food systems while providing fresh, affordable, and healthy foods to vulnerable populations; and    Supporting the implementation of the recommendations in the Colorado blueprint of food and agriculture project, ensuring that the recommendations in the blueprint, or its successor project, are updated as needed, and ensuring alignment with other state or local food plans if relevant.       Conducting research regarding national best practices regarding food and nutrition assistance, direct and intermediated market development, institutional procurement, and farm-to-school programs as well as other priorities determined by the council;    Collaborating with, serving as a resource to, and receiving input from local and regional food policy councils in the state; and    Exploring methods of collecting and assessing statewide data relating to council activities and reporting the relevant information and data regarding council activities as required by section 23-31-1106.       The department of agriculture, department of education, department of human services, and department of public health and environment shall cooperate with the council with respect to the council's duties specified in subsection (1) of this section.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added with relocations,(HB 19-1202), ch. 403, p. 3569, § 1, effective May 31.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 24-37.3-103 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 23-31-1104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 31 - Colorado State University|Part 11 - Colorado Food Systems Advisory Council|§ 23-31-1104. Subcommittees of the Council

     The council may create subcommittees, as the council deems necessary, to carry out the work of the council.    If created, the subcommittees must include representatives of the council and may include persons appointed by the chair and the vice-chair of the council who are not members of the council.       The council may engage in any other activity the council determines is necessary to accomplish the purposes outlined in this part 11.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added with relocations,(HB 19-1202), ch. 403, p. 3571, § 1, effective May 31.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 24-37.3-104 as it existed prior to 2019.