Department of Public Safety Supplemental

Plain English: This amendment fixes a mistake in the budget by swapping two numbers so that money for wildfire safety comes from the correct fund sources.

• The amount listed under 'Cash Funds' is changed from $102,879 to $52,255.
• The amount listed under 'Reappropriated Funds' is changed from $52,255 to $102,879.

• This amendment only corrects the numbers for fund sources and does not change the total budget or add new programs.
• The specific details of how these funds will be used are described in other parts of the bill that were not included here.

Plain English: This amendment removes a previously added $1 million funding increase for DNA testing and reimbursement at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

• It cancels an extra $1,000,000 in General Fund money that was set aside for DNA Testing and Reimbursement.
• It removes a matching adjustment to cash funds in the Executive Director's Office.

Plain English: This amendment fixes a typo in the bill that shows how much money from the Highway Users Tax Fund is given to the Department of Public Safety.

• Updates the total amount listed for the Department of Public Safety on page 39, line 4.

• The amendment text shows a formatting error where two numbers are placed next to each other without clear instructions on which one is correct.
• Because the official text does not clearly state if money was added or removed, it is impossible to explain exactly how much funding changed.

Plain English: This amendment adds $1 million in cash funds to pay for DNA testing and reimbursement while keeping the total General Fund spending amount unchanged.

• It creates a new funding line item called 'DNA Testing and Reimbursement' with $1,000,000 from Cash Funds.
• The money must come specifically from the Indirect Costs Excess Recovery Fund created by state law.
• The total budget for the Department of Public Safety increases by exactly $1 million to include this new item.

• The text does not explain how much time it will take to clear the backlog of sexual assault kits mentioned in the bill's intent.
• Some numbers listed as being struck and substituted are identical, which suggests a formatting error or no change for those specific lines.

Plain English: This amendment adds a new funding source of one million dollars from the Revenue Loss Restoration Cash Fund to pay for DNA testing and reimbursements.

• It removes $1,000,000 that was originally planned to come from the General Fund.
• It replaces that amount with $1,000,000 taken from a specific Cash Fund called the Revenue Loss Restoration Cash Fund.

• The amendment text does not explain what other changes were made to lines 6 through 8 or lines 9 through 11 that are being removed.
• Because this amendment was voted down and lost, these funding changes did not become part of the final bill.