2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS (§§ 24-30-101 — 24-36-306) › Article 31 - DEPARTMENT OF LAW (§§ 24-31-101 — 24-31-1303) › Part 12 - COLORADO FALSE CLAIMS ACT (§§ 24-31-1201 — 24-31-1211) › Section 24-31-1209 - Use of recoveries - false claims recovery cash fund - creation

(1)
The state treasurer shall transfer all proceeds retained by the state from a false claims action brought pursuant to this part 12 to the false claims recovery cash fund, which is hereby created.
(2)
Any money in the fund not expended for the purpose of this section may be invested by the state treasurer as provided by law. All interest and income derived from investment and deposit of money in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
(3)
(a)
Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the department may expend money from the fund for necessary actual costs of carrying out its duties pursuant to this part 12.
(b)
(I)
When proceeds retained by the state from a false claims action are deposited into the fund, the attorney general shall determine the amount of the proceeds that should remain in the fund for use by the department for the costs of carrying out its duties pursuant to this part 12 and the amount of any proceeds deposited into the fund that are attributable to a political subdivision.
(II)
If the amount of the proceeds is equal to or exceeds the amount of the false claim plus the department's costs, the attorney general shall direct the state treasurer to transfer to the original fund from which the false claim was paid an amount equal to the false claim. If all or part of the proceeds are attributable to a political subdivision, the attorney general shall direct the treasurer to pay to the political subdivision, as described in subsection (3)(c) of this section, an amount equal to the false claim.
(III)
If the amount of the proceeds is less than the amount of the false claim plus the department's costs, the attorney general shall direct the state treasurer to transfer to the original fund from which the false claim was paid a pro-rated amount based on the actual recovery. If all or part of the proceeds are attributable to a political subdivision, the attorney general shall direct the treasurer to pay to the political subdivision, as described in subsection (3)(c) of this section, a pro-rated amount based on the actual recovery.
(IV)
For the purposes of a false claims action involving a violation of section
24-31-1203(1)(g)
, the relevant fund is the unemployment compensation fund established in section
8-77-101
.
(c)
No later than seven days after the attorney general directs the state treasurer to make a payment to a political subdivision pursuant to subsection (3)(b) of this section, the state treasurer shall issue a warrant to be paid upon demand from the fund to the political subdivision in the amount specified by the attorney general.
(4)
Any unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to another fund.
Added by 2022 Ch. 394, § 2, eff. 8/10/2022.
2022 Ch. 394, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).