Colorado lawmakers debate when, how to fund $350M voter-approved public safety mandate

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics

Colorado lawmakers are scrambling to figure out exactly how to carry out voters’ approval of a ballot measure that directs the General Assembly to put $350 million into a fund to help recruit, train, and retain local law enforcement.

The measure did not specify a timeline for when the money must be allocated or whether it’s a yearly allocation.

Lawmakers are grappling with those questions as the state’s budget crafters are seeking money anywhere, given that the state faces a $1 billion shortfall.

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