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2009 Colorado Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2009)

handle is hein.sag/sagco0074 and id is 1 raw text is: JOHN W. SUTHERS Attorney General CYNTHIA H. COFFMAN Chief Deputy Attorney General DANIEL D. DOMENICO Solicitor General STATE OF COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LAW OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE SERVICES BUILDING 1525 Sherman Street - 7th Floor Denver Colorado 80203 Phone (303) 866-4500 FORMAL OPINION ) No. 09-01 OF ) AG Alpha No. HE MS AGBCV JOHN W. SUTHERS ) January 28, 2009 Attorney General ) This opinion, requested by Mesa State College President Tim Foster, concerns whether any of the revenues raised under the recently-passed Amendment 50 would be available for Mesa State College and its students. QUESTION PRESENTED AND CONCLUSION Question: Whether under Amendment 50 any of the revenues raised under the measure would be available for Mesa State College and its students. Answer: Yes. Mesa State College's community college students and programs are eligible to receive additional funding under the measure. BACKGROUND Amendment 50 allows residents of Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek to vote to extend casino hours, approve additional games, and increase the maximum single bet limit for legalized gaming. The new gaming tax revenues that will result from these expanded gaming limits are to be used to fund Colorado community colleges. Specifically, the text of Amendment 50 provides that the new tax revenues will be distributed to community colleges as follows: (A) Seventy-eight percent to the state's public community colleges, junior colleges, and local district colleges to supplement existing state funding for student financial aid programs and classroom instruction programs; provided that such revenue shall

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