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1999 Colorado Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1999)

handle is hein.sag/sagco0054 and id is 1 raw text is: GALE A. NORTON Attorney General RICHARD A. WESTFALL Solicitor General STATE OF COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LAW OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE SERVICES BUILDING 1525 Sherman Street - 5th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone (303) 866-4500 FAX (303) 866-5691 FORMAL ) OPINION ) ) No. 99-1 of ) ) January 7, 1999 GALEA. NORTON ) Attorney General ) This Opinion is written in response to a request from the Director of the Lottery Division, Department of Revenue for an interpretation of § 33-60-104(1)(c), C.R.S. (1998). QUESTION PRESENTED AND CONCLUSION Whether the term preceding calendar year used in § 33-60-104(1)(c), C.R.S. (1998), means a year which runs from January 1 through December 31, inclusive. Yes. The term preceding calendar year means the first year prior to the present year that runs from January 1 through December 31 inclusive. ANALYSIS In 1992, voters of the State adopted Colo. Const. art. XXVII, the Great Outdoors Colorado Program (hereinafter Program). The Program guarantees that net proceeds from State-supervised lottery games are dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of the State's wildlife, park, river trail and open-space heritage, and specifies their distribution. Colo. Const. art. XXVII, § 1. For each quarter commencing July 1, 1998, forty percent of the net Lottery proceeds is allocated to the Conservation Trust Fund,' and ten percent is allocated to the Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation of the Department of Natural Resources. The remaining funds go to the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund (hereinafter Trust Fund), provided, however, that in any state fiscal year in which the portion of the net proceeds which would otherwise be given in trust to the State Board of the Trust Fund The Conservation Trust Fund is money which is disbursed by the Department of Local Affairs to local governments to be used for the acquisition of new conservation sites. Section 29-21-101, C.R.S. (1998).

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