(1) In addition to their salaries, all employees of the division shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their official duties.
(2) In addition to the compensation paid employees of the division and in addition to reimbursement for all actual and necessary expenses as provided in subsection (1) of this section, each employee of the division who is vested with the rights and powers of a certified parks and recreation officer, including the chief enforcement officer and the assistant chief enforcement officer, shall, because of the number of hours and the extraordinary service performed by such an employee, be further reimbursed for maintenance and ordinary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties in such amount as shall be determined by the director, but the amount authorized under this subsection (2) for any such employee of the division shall not exceed the sum of fifty dollars per month.
Source: L. 84: Entire article added, p. 886, � 2, effective January 1, 1985.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 33-30-109 as it existed prior to 1984.
33-10-111. Parks and outdoor recreation cash fund - parks for future generations trust fund - creation - fees - accounting expenditures for roads and highways - definition. (1) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section and sections 33-10.5-104.5, 33-10.5-105, 33-14-106, 33-14.5-106, and 33-15-103, all money derived pursuant to articles 10 to 15 of this title 33 from division facilities and fees, and all interest earned on the money, shall be credited to the parks and outdoor recreation cash fund, which is hereby created, together with all money donated, transferred, or appropriated from whatever source for the use of the division in administering, managing, and supervising the state parks and outdoor recreation system and in the financing of impact assistance grants pursuant to part 3 of article 25 of title 30. All cash receipts from state-owned desert, saline, and internal improvement lands shall be credited to the parks and outdoor recreation cash fund.
(1.5) Repealed.
(2) The director, with the consent and approval of the executive director, is authorized and directed to establish an adequate system of accounting which will accurately record:
(a) All moneys received and from what sources;
(b) All moneys expended and for what purposes;
(c) All passes, permits, and registrations that are issued, numbering each type separately.
(3) In his annual budget request to the governor, the executive director shall clearly show the allocation of funds used for parks and outdoor recreation purposes among operations, land acquisition, capital construction, and other purposes.
(4) At each regular session, the general assembly shall determine the amounts to be expended by the division for the acquisition of rights-of-way for the construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of public roads and highways in state recreation areas and parks and shall appropriate such amounts from the state allocation provided by section 43-4-206, C.R.S., from the highway users tax fund to the division as are necessary to accomplish these purposes.
(5) Repealed.
(6) (a) (I) (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the parks for future generations trust fund. The fund consists of moneys appropriated to the fund by the general assembly, moneys received from energy or mineral royalties or leases of energy or mineral rights on park properties, and gifts, grants, and donations.
(B) For purposes of this subparagraph (I), park properties means each state park and state recreation area and any other park properties in which the division owns mineral interests.
(II) No less than fifty percent of the total moneys deposited in the fund other than interest shall be accrued and maintained intact, and the remaining balance of the moneys deposited into the fund may be expended subject to appropriation by the general assembly; except that the interest earned on moneys in the fund is continuously appropriated and may be expended on such property operation and maintenance and other park projects and programs as the commission deems appropriate.
(b) The fund is under the control of and administered by the commission. The controller shall authorize disbursements from the fund as directed by the commission on receipt of a voucher from the commission stating that the disbursement is in accordance with this subsection (6).
(c) Repealed.
(d) All moneys and interest in the fund remain in the fund to be used for the purposes set forth in this subsection (6) and shall not be deposited in or transferred to the general fund or any other fund.
Source: L. 84: Entire article added, p. 887, � 2, effective January 1, 1985. L. 91: (4) amended, p. 1071, � 47, effective July 1. L. 96: (1) amended and (5) added, p. 778, � 1, effective May 23. L. 2000: (5)(b)(III) amended and (5)(b)(IV) added, p. 1598, � 1, effective August 2. L. 2003: (5)(a) amended, (5)(b)(III) and (5)(b)(IV) repealed, and (5)(c) added, pp. 1528, 1529, �� 1, 3, effective May 1; (4) amended, p. 1943, � 10, effective May 22. L. 2007: (5)(c) amended, p. 700, � 1, effective May 3. L. 2012: IP(5)(a), (5)(a)(I), (5)(b)(I), (5)(b)(II), and (5)(c) amended, (HB 12-1317), ch. 248, p. 1218, � 36, effective June 4. L. 2015: (1) amended and (6) added, (HB 15-1243), ch. 167, p. 512, � 2, effective August 5. L. 2017: (6)(c) amended, (HB 17-1257), ch. 254, p. 1065, � 6, effective August 9. L. 2018: (1) amended, (HB 18-1008), ch. 137, p. 895, � 2, effective August 8. L. 2021: (1.5) added, (HB 21-1326), ch. 274, p. 1593, � 5, effective June 21. L. 2024: (6)(c) repealed, (SB 24-135), ch. 34, p. 120, � 39, effective March 22.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former � 33-30-110 as it existed prior to 1984.
(2) (a) Subsection (5)(c) provided for the repeal of subsection (5), effective September 1, 2017. (See L. 2012, p. 1218.)
(b) Subsection (1.5)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (1.5), effective September 1, 2024. (See L. 2021, p. 1593.)
33-10-111.5. Parks and outdoor recreation emergency reserve cash fund - stores revolving fund - created. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the parks and outdoor recreation emergency reserve cash fund. Moneys in an amount as specified in subsection (2) of this section from the parks and outdoor recreation cash fund created in section 33-10-111 that are not otherwise expended pursuant to that section shall be credited to the parks and outdoor recreation emergency reserve cash fund. Such fund shall be available to be used if there are insufficient funds in the parks and outdoor recreation cash fund at the end of any fiscal year for appropriations affecting the division made in that fiscal year.
(2) For the fiscal year 2008 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the balance in the parks and outdoor recreation emergency reserve cash fund shall increase by one percent of the overall appropriation to the division of parks and wildlife for state park operations; except that the balance in the parks and outdoor recreation emergency reserve cash fund shall not exceed ten percent of the total amount appropriated for state park operations.
(3) The parks and outdoor recreation cash fund shall not be unreasonably used to offset any general fund restriction or reduction that is imposed on the department of natural resources.
(4) There is hereby created a stores revolving fund, which fund shall be maintained to acquire stock for warehousing and distributing supplies for retail sales to visitors. The money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the division for the purchase of stock for retail sales to visitors. The purpose of the fund is to provide better budgetary control. Nothing contained in this subsection (4) authorizes the division to make any purchases or acquisitions in any manner except as provided by law. Any surplus in the revolving fund in excess of the amount needed for stock purchases may be reverted, as appropriate, to any other cash fund administered by the division.
Source: L. 89: Entire section added, p. 1351, � 4, effective May 26. L. 92: (2) amended, p. 1977, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: (4) added, p. 1529, � 4, effective May 1. L. 2007: (2) amended, p. 700, � 2, effective May 3. L. 2015: (2) and (4) amended, (SB 15-264), ch. 259, p. 964, � 83, effective August 5. L. 2018: (4) amended, (SB 18-143), ch. 207, p. 1336, � 13, effective August 8. L. 2021: (4) amended, (SB 21-249), ch. 273, p. 1590, � 8, effective September 7.
Cross references: For the short title (Hunting, Fishing, and Parks for Future Generations Act) and the legislative declaration in SB 18-143, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 207, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.