Senate Bill 25-101

NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 2/27/2025.

BY SENATOR(S) Bridges, Amabile, Kirkmeyer;

also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Bird, Sirota, Taggart, Caldwell, Carter, Clifford, Duran, Gonzalez R., Lieder, Story, McCluskie.

Concerning a supplemental appropriation to the department of military and veterans affairs.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1. Appropriation to the department of military and veterans affairs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024. In Session Laws of Colorado 2024, section 2 of chapter 519, (HB 24-1430), amend Part XIV as follows:

Section 2. Appropriation.

Part XIV

DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

(1) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	Total	General Fund	Cash Funds	Reappropriated Funds	Federal Funds
Personal Services⁸⁰	2,898,407		2,476,736	4,260^a	1,171^b	416,240^c
	(29.2 FTE)
Health, Life, and Dental	2,064,395		952,227	30,047^a		1,082,121^c
Short-term Disability	19,340		8,868	328^a		10,144^c
Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance	58,019		26,603	985^a		30,431^c
Unfunded Liability Amortization Equalization Disbursement Payments	1,289,318		591,186	21,882^a		676,250^c
Salary Survey	493,773		238,502	8,379^a		246,892^c
Step Pay	486,910		144,495			342,415^c
PERA Direct Distribution	262,590		258,061	4,529^a
Shift Differential	56,288					56,288^c
Temporary Employees Related to Authorized Leave	17,716		17,716
Workers' Compensation	136,682		63,848			72,834^c
Operating Expenses⁸⁰	980,558		884,558	96,000^d
Information Technology Asset Maintenance	232,817		232,817
Legal Services	62,380		62,380
Payment to Risk Management and Property Funds	857,295		857,295
Vehicle Lease Payments⁸⁰	~~94,848~~		~~44,985~~			~~49,863~~^c
	112,588		49,173			63,415^c
Leased Space	63,893		63,893
Capitol Complex Leased Space	46,847		46,847
Annual Depreciation-Lease Equivalent Payment	87,994		87,994
Payments to OIT	~~779,346~~		~~779,346~~
	811,311		811,311
CORE Operations	13,492		13,492
Digital Trunk Radio	55,260		55,260
Civil Air Patrol Operations	70,365		70,365
Local Armory Incentive Plan	20,000			20,000^d
Statewide Indirect Cost Collections	208,763			8,961^e	27^b	199,775^c
Appropriation to the Colorado National Guard Tuition Fund	1,421,157		1,421,157
Army National Guard Cooperative Agreement⁸⁰	15,133,997		2,183,026			12,950,971^c
	(84.1 FTE)
		~~27,912,450~~
		27,962,155

^a This amount includes approximately $59,404from the Western Slope Military Veterans' Cemetery Fund created in Section 28-5-708 (1)(a), C.R.S., $6,670 be from the Veterans Assistance Grant Program Cash Fund created in Section 28-5-712 (3), C.R.S., $204 from the Veterans One-stop Center Cash Fund created in Section 28-5-713 (4), C.R.S., and $4,132 from various sources of cash funds.

^b This amount shall be from statewide indirect cost collections.

^c These amounts are pursuant to cooperative agreements with the federal government for operations of the Colorado National Guard and are shown for informational purposes only.

^d~~These amounts shall be from~~Of this amount an estimated $46,000 shall be from armory lease and real estate proceeds, pursuant to Section 28-3-106 (1)(s)(I), C.R.S., and an estimated $50,000 shall be from the Electric Vehicle Services Equipment Fund created in Section 28-3-110 (1), C.R.S.

^e This amount shall be from various sources of cash funds.

(2) DIVISION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	Total	General Fund	Cash Funds	Reappropriated Funds
Veterans Service Operations	1,730,422		1,685,038	45,384^a
	(19.0 FTE)
Veterans Mental Health Services	660,143		660,143
			(2.0 FTE)
County Veterans Service Officer Payments	1,367,189		1,367,189
Colorado State Veterans Trust Fund Expenditures⁸¹	1,450,085			1,450,085^a
Veterans Assistance Grant Program	1,507,886		1,350,000	157,886^b
			(0.5 FTE)
Western Slope Veterans Cemetery	725,668		460,704	264,964^c
	(7.8 FTE)
Grand Junction Veterans One-stop Center/Western Region One Source	375,412		150,863	174,549^d	50,000^e
			(3.1 FTE)		(1.0 FTE)
		7,816,805

^a These amounts shall be from the Colorado State Veterans Trust Fund created in Section 28-5-709 (1)(a), C.R.S.

^b This amount shall be from the Veterans Assistance Grant Program Cash Fund created in Section 28-5-712 (3), C.R.S.

^c This amount shall be from the Western Slope Military Veterans' Cemetery Fund created in Section 28-5-708 (1)(a), C.R.S.

^d This amount shall be from the Veterans One-stop Center Cash Fund created in Section 28-5-713 (4), C.R.S.

^e This amount is estimated to be received from amounts appropriated in the Colorado State Veterans Trust Fund Expenditures line item in this division.

(3) AIR NATIONAL GUARD

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	Total	General Fund	Federal Funds
Operations and Maintenance Agreement for Buckley/Greeley	2,924,744		448,804	2,475,940^a
	(28.0 FTE)
Air Traffic Control Buckley	737,692			737,692^a
				(7.0 FTE)
Security for Space Command Facility at Greeley	390,000			390,000^a
				(6.0 FTE)
		4,052,436

^a These amounts are pursuant to cooperative agreements with the federal government for operations of the Colorado National Guard and are shown for informational purposes only.

(4) FEDERAL FUNDED PROGRAMS

Agency Name or Title	Item & Subtotal	Total	Federal Funds
National Guard Service Members	109,500,000		109,500,000^a
			(2,087.0 FTE)
		109,500,000

^a This amount is an estimate of federal expenditures for Colorado National Guard military personnel. This amount is not accounted for in the state accounting system and is shown for informational purposes only.

Agency Name or Title	Total	General Fund	Cash Funds	Reappropriated Funds	Federal Funds
TOTALS PART XIV
(MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS)	~~$149,281,691~~	~~$17,740,551~~	$2,288,239	$51,198^a	~~$129,251,408~~^b
	$149,331,396	$17,740,551			$129,251,408^b

^a Of this amount, $50,000 contains an (I) notation.

^b This amount contains an (I) notation.

Footnotes: The following statements are referenced to the numbered footnotes throughout section 2.

⁸⁰Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Executive Director and Army National Guard, Personal Services; Operating Expenses; Vehicle Lease Payments; Army National Guard Cooperative Agreement -- In addition to the transfer authority provided in Section 24-75-108, C.R.S., the Department is authorized to transfer up to 20.0 percent of the total General Fund appropriations in these line items between these line items. Transfers to or from the Vehicle Lease Payments line item may be used solely to address changes in the portion of costs covered by federal authorities for vehicle lease payments.

⁸¹Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Division of Veterans Affairs, Colorado State Veterans Trust Fund Expenditures -- This appropriation remains available for expenditure until the close of the 2025-26 state fiscal year.

SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state institutions.

Signed By: James Rashad Coleman, Sr., President of the Senate

Signed By: Julie McCluskie, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Signed By: Esther van Mourik, Secretary of the Senate

Signed By: Vanessa Reilly, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives

Signed By: Jared S. Polis, Governor of the State of Colorado