Section 24-61-201 - Legislative declaration(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:(a) A taxation compact has been entered into between the Southern Ute Indian tribe, La Plata county, and the state of Colorado, as set forth in House Bill 96-1367, enacted at the second regular session of the sixtieth general assembly; and(b) Pursuant to section 3.02 of said compact, the tribe, the county, and the state have agreed to explore means of mitigating the local property tax revenue impacts of tribal acquisitions on trust property.(2) It is the intent of this part 2 to establish a mechanism for holding and distributing moneys made available from any source to implement the provisions of section 3.02 of said compact.L. 96: Entire part added, p. 1703, § 1, effective June 3.