Section 25-4-2208 - Necessary document program - report - definition(1) As used in this section, "necessary document" means:(a) A social security card issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 405(c)(2)(G);(b) One of the following documents issued in Colorado or analogous documents issued in another jurisdiction: (I) A driver's license issued pursuant to part 1 of article 2 of title 42, C.R.S.;(II) An identification card issued pursuant to part 3 of article 2 of title 42, C.R.S.; and(III) A vital statistics certificate or vital statistics report issued pursuant to article 2 of this title; or(c) Any document required as a condition of issuance of a document specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection (1).(2) The office shall administer a necessary document program. The office shall make one or more grants per fiscal year to, enter into one or more vendor contracts with, or both, a nonprofit entity or collection of nonprofit entities that conduct a collaborative identification project to assist Colorado residents who are victims of domestic violence, impacted by a natural disaster, low-income, disabled, homeless, or elderly and who are seeking documentation of their identity, status, or citizenship by paying the fees to acquire a necessary document.(3) The general assembly shall annually appropriate to the office up to three hundred thousand dollars from the general fund. The office shall expend the money for the purposes specified in this section, including up to fifteen thousand dollars for the office's direct and indirect costs in administering the necessary document program.(4) Beginning January 1, 2032, and each five years thereafter, the department shall include, as part of its annual presentation to the general assembly pursuant to the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act", part 2 of article 7 of title 2, a report on the total number of necessary documents acquired on an annual basis and any significant technological changes or other developments that affect the need for, or operations of, the necessary document program.Amended by 2021 Ch. 418,§1, eff. 7/2/2021.Added by 2016 Ch. 302,§1, eff. 6/10/2016.L. 2016: Entire section added, (HB 16-1386), ch. 1219, p. 1219, § 1, effective June 10. L. 2021: (4) amended, (SB 21-018), ch. 2778, p. 2778, § 1, effective July 2.