Changes to Broadband Infrastructure Cash Fund

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify when this law takes effect beyond stating it is enacted; only the repeal date (July 1, 2028) is explicit.

Adding Three Prisons to the Broadband Fund List

This law adds three specific correctional facilities to a list where broadband can be installed and extends the deadline for this funding section until July 1, 2028.

What This Bill Does

• Adds Trinidad Correctional Facility, Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility, and Arrowhead Correctional Facility to the list of places where broadband infrastructure may be installed.
• Extends the date when this specific law section ends from July 1, 2027, to July 1, 2028.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Colorado Department of Corrections
• Trinidad Correctional Facility
• Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility
• Arrowhead Correctional Facility

Terms To Know

Broadband Infrastructure Cash Fund

A state fund that the Department of Corrections can use to install broadband infrastructure at listed correctional facilities.

Annual Appropriation

The requirement that the General Assembly must approve spending from this fund each year before money is used.

Limits and Unknowns

• Money can only be spent if the General Assembly approves it in their yearly budget.
• This section of law will end on July 1, 2028, unless changed by new laws later.
• The text does not say how much money is available or exactly what equipment will be bought.

Official Summary Text

The act adds the Trinidad correctional facility, the Arkansas Valley correctional facility, and the Arrowhead correctional facility to the list of correctional facilities where the department of corrections may install broadband infrastructure.
The act extends the repeal date of the broadband infrastructure cash fund to July 1, 2028.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 26-1348
BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Brown and Taggart, Sirota;
also SENATOR(S) Amabile and Bridges, Kirkmeyer.
CONCERNING THE USE OF MONEY FROM THE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE
CASH FUND.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 17-1-168, amend (3 )( e)
and (5); and add (3)(g), (3)(h), and (3)(i) as follows:
17-1-168. Broadband infrastructure cash fund- created-repeal.
(3) Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the
department may expend money from the fund to install broadband
infrastructure at the following correctional facilities:
( e) San Carlos correctional facility; and
(g) TRINIDAD CORRECTIONAL FACILITY;
(h) ARKANSAS VALLEY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; AND
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
the act.
(i) ARROWHEAD CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
(5) This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2027 JULY I, 2028.
SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for
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the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state
institutions.
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