2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE FUNDS (§§ 24-75-101 — 24-75-1401) › Article 75 - STATE FUNDS (§§ 24-75-101 — 24-75-1401) › Part 2 - GENERAL FUND (§§ 24-75-201 — 24-75-232) › Section 24-75-201 - General fund - general fund surplus - custodial money - repeal

(1)
There is hereby created and established the general fund, to which shall be credited and paid all revenues and moneys not required by the state constitution or the provisions of any law to be credited and paid into a special fund. The surplus fund created before June 30, 1971, is hereby merged into the general fund. Any unrestricted balance remaining in the general fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be designated as the general fund surplus.
(2)
(a)
The general fund surplus shall be determined based upon the accrual system of accounting, as enunciated by the governmental accounting standards board; except that:
(I)
For state fiscal years commencing before July 1, 2003, any general fund revenues that are designated as state revenues in excess of the constitutional limitation on state fiscal year spending shall be included as unrestricted revenues in the general fund surplus for the fiscal year in which such excess revenues were accrued. Such excess revenues shall be restricted in the next fiscal year to preserve their availability for refund unless voters have authorized the state to retain such excess revenues.
(II)
General fund revenues shall be restricted only upon the issuance of a commitment voucher to the state controller by the department of health care policy and financing for the payment of a sufficient claim that warrants reimbursement in accordance with the "Colorado Medical Assistance Act", articles
4
,
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, and
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of title
25.5
, C.R.S., from general fund revenues appropriated for any nonadministrative expenditure that qualifies for federal financial participation under Title XIX of the federal "Social Security Act", except for expenditures under the program for the medically indigent, article
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of title
25.5
, C.R.S., or for the contributions required by
42 U.S.C. sec. 1396u-5 (c)
.
(III)
(A)
General fund revenues shall be restricted only upon actual payment on the first working day of July of monthly salaries of state employees for the month of June from general fund revenues.
(B)
Repealed.
(C)
For purposes of this subparagraph (III), "state employee" means a person employed by the state whether or not a classified employee in the state personnel system.
(IV)
(A)
For the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 2010, and each state fiscal year thereafter, general fund revenues shall be restricted only upon payment for the purchase of services in July from the office of information technology created in section
24-37.5-103
in an amount reported to state agencies by the office of information technology as required in sub-subparagraph (B) of this subparagraph (IV). State agencies shall report to the office of information technology by June 30, 2010, the amounts for positions that restricted general fund revenues in the 2009-10 fiscal year.
(B)
The office of information technology created in section
24-37.5-103
shall calculate and report to state agencies by June 30, 2011, and each June 30 thereafter, according to the office of information technology's accepted billing methodology, the amount of information technology billings related to the current costs that are comparable to the general fund personal services payments for work performed by information technology employees of any state agency in June 2010. The calculation shall be limited to amounts for positions that would have restricted general fund revenues in the state fiscal year that commences July 1, 2010, if not for those revenues subsequently being reappropriated due to the consolidation of information technology services required by Senate Bill 08-155, enacted in 2008.
(b)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, pp. 1899, 2638, §§ 1, 1, effective July 1, 2003.)
(c)
(I)
Any unrestricted balance remaining in the healthy school meals for all program general fund exempt account created in section
22-82.9-210 (2)
at the end of any fiscal year shall not be designated as part of the general fund surplus.
(II)
This subsection (2)(c) is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.
(3)
(a)
Custodial moneys do not include moneys granted by the federal government to the state for the support of general or essential state government services of the type for which expenditures are made in the most recently approved annual general appropriation act, including, but not limited to, additional payments received by the state under the federal "Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003", as amended, (Pub.L. 108-27), received by the state on or after April 30, 2004.
(b)
Nothing in this subsection (3) shall cause federal relief payments under the federal "Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003", as amended, (Pub.L. 108-27), received by the state prior to April 30, 2004, to be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund of the state or to be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly.
(c)
All federal moneys described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) shall be credited and paid to the general fund unless otherwise provided by law and shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 133,§ 13, eff. 4/29/2024.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 138,§ 2, eff. 8/7/2023.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 89,§ 4, eff. 4/20/2023.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 320, § 2, eff. 6/5/2015.
L. 03: p. 103, § 1. R.S. 08: § 2717. C.L. § 333. CSA: C. 153, § 75. CRS 53: § 130-4-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 130-4-1. L. 71: p. 1203, § 1. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 977, § 1, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 848, § 3, effective May 26. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 933, § 1, effective June 1. L. 2003: (2)(a) amended, p. 53, § 2, effective March 5; (2)(a) amended, p. 14, § 2, effective March 5; (2) amended, p. 1899, § 1, effective July 1; (2) amended, p. 2638, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2004: (3) added, p. 693, § 1, effective April 30. L. 2006: (2)(a)(II) amended, p. 917, § 2, effective May 11; IP(2)(a)(II) amended, p. 2011, § 76, effective July 1. L. 2007: (2)(a)(II) amended, p. 466, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2009: (2)(a)(IV) added, (HB 09 -1367), ch. 321, p. 1712, § 1, effective June 1. L. 2015: (2)(a)(III)(A) amended, (HB 15-1392), ch. 320, p. 1304, § 2, effective June 5.
(1) Amendments to subsection (2) by House Bill 03-1238 and Senate Bill 03-222 were harmonized. Amendments to subsection (2)(a) by Senate Bill 03-196 and Senate Bill 03-197 were harmonized.
(2) Subsection (2)(a)(III) was originally numbered as (2)(a)(II) in Senate Bill 03-197 but has been renumbered on revision for ease of location.
(3) Amendments to subsection (2)(a)(II) by Senate Bill 06-129 and Senate Bill 06-219 were harmonized.
2023 Ch. 138, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).