Colorado Revised Statutes Title 23. Postsecondary Education § 23-31-319. Forest service seedling tree nursery--necessary upgrades and improvements--definition--funding--reports--repeal

(1)Definition. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “nursery” means the Colorado state forest service seedling tree nursery located on the foothills campus of Colorado state university in Fort Collins and operated by the Colorado state forest service.

(2)Greenhouses. To upgrade greenhouses and expand their capacity, the nursery shall:

(2.5)Field upgrades. To upgrade the fields where the nursery grows bare-root trees and shrubs, the nursery shall:

(3)Shade house structures. To improve and expand shade house structures, the nursery shall:

(3.5)Seed storage cooler. To improve the capacity, security, and energy efficiency of seed storage, the nursery shall purchase a new seed storage cooler.

(4)Containers and shipping supplies. To prepare for increased production, the nursery shall:

(4.5)Delivery trucks. To improve the timeliness of deliveries and eliminate the cost of renting delivery trucks, the nursery shall purchase two refrigerated box trucks.

(5)Capacity, expertise, and infrastructure analysis. To guide further investment in the modernization of the nursery, the nursery shall contract with nursery management and reforestation professionals to conduct an analysis of priority capacity and knowledge investments that are necessary to address reforestation needs in response to more frequent and intense wildfire, flood, insect, and disease incidents.

(6)Appropriation. For the 2022-23 and 2023-24 state fiscal years, the general assembly shall appropriate money to the Colorado state university system for allocation to and expenditure by the Colorado state forest service for the purposes specified in this section. Any money appropriated by the general assembly pursuant to this subsection (6) that is not expended before the end of the fiscal year for which it is appropriated remains available for expenditure for the same purposes until the close of the 2024-25 state fiscal year.

(7)Reporting. No later than June 1, 2023, and no later than June 1 of any other year in which the Colorado state forest service expends money appropriated to the Colorado state university system pursuant to this section, the state forester shall submit a report concerning the use of money received by the Colorado state forest service pursuant to this section to the wildfire matters review committee created in section 2-3-1602(1)(a).

(8)Repeal. This section is repealed, effective January 1, 2026.