(1) Except as otherwise authorized to be retained by section 40-17-103 (3)(e), all money collected by the voice service providers in accordance with section 40-17-103 shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money to the Colorado telephone users with disabilities fund, which fund is hereby created and is referred to in this article 17 as the "fund". The general assembly shall make annual appropriations out of the fund for the administration of the fund and shall make annual appropriations to the reading services for the blind cash fund, created in section 24-90-105.5 (5), for use by the state librarian in support of privately operated reading services for people who are blind. The money in the fund not used for administration of the fund, not used for the reading services for the blind cash fund, and not used for the Colorado commission for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind cash fund created in section 26-21-107, is hereby continuously appropriated to the public utilities commission for the reimbursement of providers who render telecommunications services authorized by this article 17.

(2) and (3) Repealed.

(4)

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (1) of this section to the contrary, the general assembly shall make annual appropriations from the Colorado telephone users with disabilities fund to the Colorado commission for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind cash fund, created in section 26-21-107.

(b) to (d) Repealed.

(5) and (6) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2006, p. 1170, § 1, effective May 25, 2006.)