(1)(a) The employment support and job retention services program cash fund, referred to in this section as the 'fund', is hereby created in the state treasury. For the 2019-20 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate seven hundred fifty thousand dollars from the general fund to the fund. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate two hundred fifty thousand dollars from the general fund to the fund. Any money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year remains in the fund and does not revert to the general fund or any other fund.(b) The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund. At the end of any fiscal year, all unexpended and unencumbered money in the fund remains in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund.(c) Money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department for the purposes of this part 4, to the extent that in each fiscal year the general assembly may only appropriate up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars plus any

general assembly to the department for the purposes of this part 4, to the extent that in each fiscal year the general assembly may only appropriate up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars plus any unexpended money and interest accrued from the previous fiscal year.(2) The department may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this part 4.(3) The division may use the money in the fund for the purposes of this part 4, including administrative costs related to the program. The administering entity may use money in the fund to operate the program. The remainder of the money may be used only for reimbursements made pursuant to section 8-83-404.Amended by 2022 Ch. 162, § 5, eff. 7/1/2022.Added by 2019 Ch. 322, § 1, eff. 7/1/2019.L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1107), ch. 2985, p. 2985, § 1, effective July 1. For the legislative declaration in HB 22-1230, see section 1 of chapter 162, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.