2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 23 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-81-102) › STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-56-111) › STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (§§ 23-20-101 — 23-56-111) › Article 52 - FORT LEWIS COLLEGE - GRAND JUNCTION SCHOOL (§§ 23-52-101 — 23-52-201) › Part 1 - FORT LEWIS COLLEGE (§§ 23-52-101 — 23-52-116) › Section 23-52-103 - Board of trustees for Fort Lewis college fund - creation - control - use

(1)
Effective September 1, 2002, there is created in the state treasury the board of trustees for Fort Lewis college fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", which shall be under the control of and administered by the board of trustees in accordance with the provisions of this article. The board of trustees has authority and responsibility for all moneys of the board of trustees and of Fort Lewis college. The board of trustees shall designate, pursuant to its statutory authority, those moneys received or acquired by the board of trustees or by Fort Lewis college, whether received by appropriation, grant, contract, or gift or by sale or lease of surplus real or personal property or by any other means, whose disposition is not otherwise provided for by law, that may be credited to the fund. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. The moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the board of trustees and shall remain in the fund under the control of the board of trustees and shall not be transferred or revert to the general fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year.
(2)
The moneys in the fund shall remain under the control of the board of trustees and shall be used for the payment of salaries and operating expenses of the board of trustees and of Fort Lewis college and for the payment of any other expenses incurred by the board of trustees in carrying out its powers and duties.
(3)
Moneys in the fund which are not needed for use by the board of trustees may be invested by the state treasurer in investments authorized by sections
24-36-109
,
24-36-112
, and
24-36-113
, C.R.S. The board of trustees shall determine the amount of moneys in the fund that may be so invested and shall notify the state treasurer in writing of such amount.
(4)
If the board of trustees votes to invest Fort Lewis college's assets pursuant to sections
23-52-103.3
and
23-52-103.4
, the board shall establish an investment advisory committee consisting of at least five members to make recommendations to the board regarding investments. The investment advisory committee, at a minimum, shall include the Fort Lewis college treasurer, a member of the board, and three representatives from the financial community.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 260,§ 4, eff. 8/7/2013.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 1182, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-14-3. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 768, § 22, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section R&RE, p. 1253, § 4, effective July 1; entire part amended, p. 1242, § 11, effective August 7. L. 2013: (1) amended and (4) added, (HB 13-1297), ch. 260, p. 1373, § 4, effective August 7.
This part 1 was amended in House Bill 02-1260. Those amendments were superseded by the repeal and reenactment of the section in House Bill 02-1419.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 303, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.