Senate Committee of Reference Report

Committee on Appropriations

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April 11, 2025

After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:

SB25-040     be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation:

Page 1, Line 1Amend printed bill, page 5, after line 6 insert:

Page 1, Line 2"SECTION 2.  Appropriation. (1)  For the 2025-26 state fiscal

Page 1, Line 3year, $198,592 is appropriated to the department of natural resources for

Page 1, Line 4use by the executive director's office. This appropriation is from the

Page 1, Line 5severance tax operational fund created in section 39-29-109 (2)(b)(I),

Page 1, Line 6C.R.S. To implement this act, the office may use this appropriation as

Page 1, Line 7follows:

Page 1, Line 8(a)  $192,566 for personal services; and

Page 1, Line 9(b)  $6,026 for operating expenses.

Page 1, Line 10(2) Any money appropriated in subsection (1) of this section not

Page 1, Line 11expended prior to July 1, 2026, is further appropriated to the department

Page 1, Line 12through December 31, 2026 for the same purpose.".

Page 1, Line 13Renumber succeeding section accordingly.

Page 1, Line 14Page 1, line 102, strike "force." and substitute "force, and, in

Page 1, Line 15connection therewith, making an appropriation.".