C.R.S. § 13-1-507: Grant applications - requirements.

(1) (a) For a county to be eligible for money distributed by the authority, a local security team must apply to the board on behalf of the county in a form and manner to be determined by the board. For the board to consider a grant application from a county, the application must be signed by the administrative authority of each entity that is represented on the local security team.

(b) For the state court administrator's office to be eligible for money distributed by the authority, the office must apply to the board in a form and manner to be determined by the board. For the board to consider a grant application from the office, the application must be signed by the state court administrator.

(2) (a) (I) A county that receives money from a grant must use the money to:

(A) Provide court security staffing at a facility containing a state court or probation office;

(B) Purchase security equipment or related structural improvements for a facility containing a state court or probation office;

(C) Provide training on issues of court security; or

(D) Address other funding needs associated with issues of court security or security equipment.

(II) A county that receives money from a grant shall not use the money to supplant money already allocated by the county for such purposes.

(b) If the state court administrator's office receives money from a grant, the office must use the money to provide support for general system-wide security of facilities containing a state court or probation office, including security support for judges and judicial staff outside of court facilities when necessary.

(3) The board shall award grants from money collected from the court security surcharge. The board shall prioritize requests from counties that satisfy the criteria specified in subsection (4) of this section and requests for personnel costs. The board may also consider requests from the state court administrator's office in a priority to be determined by the board.

(4) (a) The board shall give the highest priority for grants pursuant to this part 5 to counties that satisfy at least two of the following criteria:

(I) Counties in which the total population is below the median county population for the state, as determined by the most recent data published by the department of local affairs;

(II) Counties in which the per capita income is below the state median, as determined by the most recent data published by the department of local affairs;

(III) Counties in which property tax revenues are below the state median, as determined by the most recent data published by the department of local affairs; or

(IV) Counties in which the total county population living below the federal poverty line is greater than the state median population living below the federal poverty line, as determined by the most recent census published by the United States bureau of the census.

(b) After awarding grants based on the priority specified in subsection (4)(a) of this section, the board may give the next highest priority for grants to counties pursuant to this part 5 to provide security to probation offices in the county without regard to the county's total population, per capita income, property tax revenues, or percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line.