HB 13-1283 Summary

• Authorizes the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources to obligate and expend $4,000,000 from the Species Conservation Trust Fund in fiscal year 2013-14 for designated conservation programs.

• Allocates funds across ten specific programs including Selenium Management ($500,000), White River Management Plan ($250,000), Instream Flow Water Acquisition ($500,000), Fountain Creek Fish Passage Project ($250,000), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife research and management, wildlife disease management, and rare plant conservation.

• Modifies Colorado Revised Statutes Section 39-29-109.3 to reduce the severance tax trust fund transfer to the Species Conservation Trust Fund from $6,600,000 to $4,000,000 for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2013.

• Requires the species conservation eligibility list to be subject to modification and adoption through passage of a bill before funds can be obligated.

• Declares the act necessary for immediate preservation of public peace, health, and safety.