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Lee White Executive Director Office of State Planning and Budgeting Room 102 State Capitol Denver, CO 80203

Dear Mr. White:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion concerning whether the executive branch has authority to administer block grants of federal moneys made to Colorado pursuant to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981.

QUESTION PRESENTED AND CONCLUSION

Your specific question is whether the executive branch may accept and spend block grants of federal moneys without appropriation of those moneys by the general assembly.

My answer is yes. It is my opinion that block…