CHAPTER 343

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HUMAN SERVICES - SOCIAL SERVICES

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SENATE BILL 07-252 [Digest]

BY SENATOR(S) Isgar, Kester, Bacon, Groff, Hagedorn, Keller, Romer, Schwartz, Tapia, Taylor, Tochtrop, Veiga, Williams, Fitz-Gerald, Gordon, Sandoval, Shaffer, Spence, Tupa, and Windels;

also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Judd, Fischer, Gibbs, Kefalas, Kerr A., Roberts, Carroll M., Carroll T., Gagliardi, Labuda, McGihon, Rice, Stafford, and Todd.

AN ACT

Concerning funding sources for the family resource center program.

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

  SECTION 1.  26-18-104 (1) (c), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

  26-18-104.  Program created. (1) (c) (I)  The family resource center program shall not may receive direct appropriations from the state general fund. from any state moneys received pursuant to the temporary assistance for needy families federal block grant or from the family issues cash fund created in section 26-5.3-106.

  (II)  Any moneys received by family resource centers pursuant to the temporary assistance for needy family block grant or from the family issues cash fund created in section 26-5.3-106 shall be from funds directly disbursed by a county at the discretion of the county.

  (III)  The division is authorized to accept and expend any grants from any public or private source for the purpose of making grants to community applicants for the establishment or continued operation of family resource centers and for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of the family resource center program. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit a family resource center from accepting and expending funds received through an authorized contract, grants, or donations from public or private sources.

  SECTION 2.  Effective date. This act shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly that is allowed for submitting a referendum petition pursuant to article V, section 1 (3) of the state constitution, (August 8, 2007, if adjournment sine die is on May 9, 2007); except that, if a referendum petition is filed against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part, if approved by the people, shall take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by proclamation of the governor.

Approved: May 30, 2007

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