Amendments for SB23-250
Senate Journal, March 31
After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that SB23-250 be amended
as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable
recommendation and with a recommendation that it be placed on the Consent Calendar.
Amend printed bill, page 3, strike lines 6 through 26 and insert:
"SECTION 3. Capital construction appropriation. (1) For the 2023-
24 state fiscal year, $9,108,609 is appropriated to Colorado Mesa university.
This appropriation consists of $6,000,000 from the capital construction fund
created in section 24-75-302 (1)(a), C.R.S., and $3,108,609 cash funds from
Colorado Mesa university institutional reserves and donations. To implement
this act, the university may use this appropriation for capital construction
related to the campus-wide geothermal-exchange loop. Any money appropriated
in this subsection (1) not expended prior to July 1, 2024 is further appropriated
to Colorado Mesa university for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 state fiscal years for
the same purpose.
(2) For the FY 2023-24 state fiscal year, $4,000,000 is appropriated to
Western Colorado university. This appropriation is from the capital
construction fund created in section 24-75-302 (1)(a), C.R.S. To implement this
act, the university may use this appropriation for capital construction related to
the petroleum geology program teaching and laboratory space expansion and
the natural and environmental sciences department expansion. Any money
appropriated in this subsection (2) not expended prior to July 1, 2024 is further
appropriated to Western Colorado university for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 state
fiscal years for the same purpose.".
Page 1, strike line 105 and substitute "COUNTIES, AND, IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.".