C.R.S. § 24-33.5-2502: Office of public safety communications - public safety communications revolving fund - creation.

(1) The office of public safety communications is created in the division of homeland security and emergency management in the department of public safety. The office is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of public safety. The director of the division shall appoint a director as head of the office of public safety communications.

(2) (a) The public safety communications revolving fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money appropriated to the fund pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section, money deposited or credited to the fund pursuant to subsections (3) and (4) of this section, and any other money that the general assembly may transfer to the fund.

(b) The general assembly shall appropriate money to the fund each fiscal year in the annual general appropriation act for the direct and indirect costs of the office.

(c) The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit or investment of money in the fund to the fund.

(d) The state treasurer shall credit any unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year to the public safety communications trust fund, created in section 24-33.5-2510 (1).

(e) Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the office may expend money from the fund to pay the direct and indirect costs, including personal services and operating costs, associated with administering public safety communications.

(3) The office shall develop a method for billing users of the office's services the full direct and indirect cost of the services, including materials, depreciation related to capital costs, labor, and administrative overhead. The billing method must be fully implemented for all users of the office's services and public safety communications network or components of the network. Revenue generated from the billing shall be credited to the fund pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section.

(4) (a) The office may seek, accept, and expend service charges, fees, revenue, gifts, grants, donations, and bequests from private or public sources for the direct and indirect costs, including personal services and operating costs, associated with administering public safety communications. The office shall transmit all money received through service charges, fees, revenue, gifts, grants, donations, or bequests for related purposes to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money to the fund.

(b) The office may contract with the United States and any other legal entities with respect to money available to the office through service charges, fees, revenue, gifts, grants, donations, or bequests.

(c) The office may contract with private entities for the private entity using the public safety communications network or components of the network.

(d) The office, acting by and through the department of public safety, is authorized to enter into ancillary agreements and instruments that are necessary or appropriate in connection with administering public safety communications.