DEPARTMENT OF LAW — S.B, 23-122 “The Attomey General is one of five independently clected constitutional officers of the State. As the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Law, the Attomey General represents and defends the legal interests of the people of the State of Colorado and serves as the legal counsel and advisor to state agencies FY 2022-23 APPROPRIATION AND SUPPLEMENTAL RECOMMENDATION DEPARTMENT OF LAW: RECOMMENDED CHANGES FOR FY 2022-23 ‘Tora. GENERAL CASH REAPYROMRIATED FEDERAL Pups FuNo, Pups Funps FUNDS FTE FY 2022.25 ArenormiaTion, HB 22-1329 (Long Bll 112,114,238 $20,361 958 $19915,728 568005451 $5231,101 S812 ‘Other legislation 1461979, 261943596885 06997" 2.908) 109 ‘CURRENT FY 2022-25 APPROPRIATION $113,576,217 $20,623,901 $20,512,571 OZ1,A8— 33228,197 592.1 [RecOMMENDED CHANGES Current FY 2022.23 Appropriation $113376217$2ng23901_$20512,571 So211548 — $3228197 5921 Legal for Regulatory Agencies 787917 0 ° 7871917 0 00 Legal foe Public Health & Environment 190,332 o ° 190.332 0 10 Legal for Baveation free school lunch 14786 0 0 14786 oot “Teansvion to OFT real-time biling (4898), 179, 12) 3.010, o 00 RECOMMENDED FY 2022-23 '$1I4,564,354 $20,622,725 $20,511,859 370201573 $5,228,197 593.2 APPROPRIATION, RECOMMENDED INCREASE/(DECREASE) $988,137 ($1,176) (sa) $990,025, so ‘Percentage Change 09% 0%) 00%) 14% 00% © 02% DESCRIPTION OF RECOMMENDED CHANGES [LEGAL FOR REGULATORY AGENCIES: The bill includes a one-time increase of $787,917 reappropriated funds to fund outside counsel for the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) due to ongoing litigation that has created an ethical conflict of interest for attorneys that represent the PUC. The increase is based on the amount of expenditures the Attomey’s General Office has actually paid for the first half of the fiscal year. LEGAL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT: The bill includes an increase of $190,332 reappropriated funds that originate from the Department of Public Health and Environment and 1.0 FTE to account for changing workload demands at the Department of Public Health and Environment. Programmatic areas experiencing increased legal services costs include: Litigation related to Tile V air permit issuance, oil and gas site permit issuance, meeting demands of environmental justice, and overhauling the complaint, investigation, and information systems processes. ‘LEGAL FOR EDUCATION FREE SCHOOL LUNCH: The bill includes an increase of $14,786 reappropriated funds that originate from the Department of Education and 0.1 FTE to provide legal services to the Department of Education ‘on issues related to implementation of Free School Lunch as approved by voters passing Proposition FP. TRANSITION TO OIT REAL-TIME BILLING: The bill includes a decrease of $4,898 total funds, including $1,176 General Fund, to the line item that funds information technology services provided by the Governor's Office of Information Technology (OI). Appropriations made to the Payments to OIT line item provide greater transparency on the total statewide information technology costs because historically OIT has relied on interagency agreements when customers required support beyond their common policy appropriation or when new services must be offered Supplemental Budget Package 34 February 6, 2023