Colorado Code
Part 2 - General Fund
§ 24-75-201.7. Enforcement of State Spending Restriction - Punitive or Exemplary Damages - Property Tax Relief Fund - Creation

Any punitive or exemplary damages awarded to any party to a lawsuit brought to enforce the restriction on state spending as set forth in section 24-75-201.1 shall be deposited and credited to the property tax relief fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. All moneys in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not be transferred or credited to the state general fund or to any other state fund. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in said fund shall be used only in such manner as the general assembly deems appropriate as to provide property tax relief throughout the state and shall never be available for appropriation for any other state purpose.
Source: L. 91: Entire section added, p. 912, § 2, effective June 7. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 16, § 9, effective March 9.

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