C.R.S. § 13-1-504: Court security authority board - membership and meetings - rules.

(1) The authority is governed by the court security authority board, which shall evaluate grant applications received pursuant to this part 5 for awarding grants from revenue from the court security surcharge.

(2) (a) The board is composed of seven members as follows:

(I) Two representatives of a statewide association that represents county commissioners who are recommended by the association and who are appointed by the governor;

(II) Two representatives of a statewide association that represents county sheriffs who are recommended by the association and who are appointed by governor;

(III) Two members of the judicial branch, at least one of whom is a chief judge, who are appointed by the chief justice; and

(IV) One member of the general public who is appointed by the chief justice.

(b) Initial appointments to the board must be made by July 1, 2026.

(c) For the initial appointments to the board pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section, each appointing authority shall appoint the same individual who the appointing authority appointed to serve and who is serving as a member of the court security cash fund commission pursuant to part 2 of this article 1 at the time when the initial appointments to the board are made.

(d) Any time that an appointee to the board served as a member of the court security cash fund commission, whether or not the appointee is an initial appointment to the board, does not count toward the term limits specified in subsection (3) or (6) of this section.

(e) The board membership described in subsection (2)(a) of this section must include, at all times, at least one representative from a county in which the population is above the median county population for the state of Colorado, as determined by the most recent data published by the department of local affairs, and at least one representative from a county in which the population is below the median county population for the state of Colorado, as determined by the most recent data published by the department of local affairs.

(3) The term of office of each member of the board is three years; except that for the initial appointments to the board, the governor and the chief justice shall both appoint two board members for three-year terms, the governor shall appoint two board members for two-year terms, and the chief justice shall appoint one board member for a two-year term. A vacancy is filled by the respective appointing authority for the unexpired term only.

(4) Members of the board serve without compensation but must be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(5) Terms expire on December 31 of the final year of the term.

(6) Members may be reappointed to serve two additional terms.

(7) A member may be removed from the board by majority vote of the board for misfeasance, malfeasance, willful neglect of duty, or other cause after notice and a public hearing, unless notice and a public hearing are expressly waived in writing by the member being removed.

(8) The board shall meet at least four times per year.

(9) The board shall elect a chair and vice-chair at its first meeting of each calendar year.

(10) The board shall adopt its own rules of procedure and keep a record of all proceedings.

(11) The board shall determine a schedule for accepting applications for grants awarded from revenue from the court security surcharge and awarding grants. The board, by resolution, shall establish rules to ensure that a grant recipient uses money received from a grant for purposes specified in sections 13-1-506 and 13-1-507 and to determine the grant distribution amount for a county that has applied for a grant or for the state court administrator's office, if applicable.

(12) (a) The authority may cooperate and enter into contracts with another agency or entity for administrative or operational assistance, including for staffing.

(b) The authority shall pay the contracted entity in advance for all agreed-upon costs incurred by the contracted entity in providing staffing for the authority to carry out its mission, including compensation for employees staffing the authority and any administrative and indirect costs associated with staffing the authority.

(c) If the contracted entity expects to incur actual costs as a result of staffing the authority that exceed the amount the authority retains for direct and indirect costs pursuant to section 13-1-506, the authority shall pay the contracted entity for all costs incurred by the contracted entity in providing staffing to the authority, including, but not limited to, compensation for employees staffing the authority and administrative costs in an amount agreed upon by the authority and contracted entity.

(13) The state court administrator shall reimburse the board, from the court security cash fund created in section 13-1-204, for reasonable attorney fees for legal services provided to the board from July 1, 2026, to August 30, 2027.