Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-33.5-220
Except as otherwise provided in section 24-33.5-226 (3)(c), the cost of administration of this part 2 and of all payrolls and salaries of the chief, commissioned and noncommissioned officers, troopers, and office personnel and the cost of clerical work, stationery, postage, uniforms, badges, all supplies and equipment, and necessary travel and subsistence allowances shall be appropriated by the general assembly out of the moneys in the highway users tax fund. The expenses and salaries provided for in this section are declared to be for the administration and enforcement of the several statutes referred to in this part 2 and for the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public highways. Expenses and salaries shall be paid by the state treasurer upon warrants of the controller issued upon vouchers provided by the chief and shall be charged against net collection of highway users taxes as an expense of construction, maintenance, and supervision of public highways and the administration of the laws of the state governing the public highways and their use. The expenditures of the Colorado state patrol shall be audited and approved from time to time by the executive director and the state auditor.
C.R.S. § 24-33.5-220