HB 23-1270

House Bill 23-1270 creates a new fund called the Urgent Incident Response Fund in Colorado. This fund provides $1 million for reimbursing state agencies and local governments for costs related to urgent incidents that aren’t classified as disasters or emergencies. The bill requires the Department of Public Safety to manage this fund and set rules for how reimbursements are given. Since Governor Polis signed it into law on June 1, 2023, the fund is now active and available to help cover costs for these urgent situations.

Official Summary

The act creates the urgent incident response fund (fund). Money in the fund is annually appropriated to the division of homeland security and emergency management (division) in the department of public safety (department) to reimburse state agencies and local governments for the costs of responding to urgent incidents that do not rise to the level of disasters or emergencies. The act requires the division to: Publish certain information on its website regarding reimbursements made to state agencies or local governments for the costs of responding to urgent incidents; and Promulgate rules to establish a process for local governments and state agencies to receive reimbursements. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, $1,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the fund and reappropriated from the fund to the department for use by the division for urgent incident response. The department is responsible for the accounting related to this appropriation. APPROVED by Governor June 1, 2023 EFFECTIVE June 1, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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