(1) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated to the department of human services pursuant to section 42-1-226, the Colorado advisory council for persons with disabilities, created in section 26-24-103:

(a) May make grants or develop, implement, or deliver education programs for the purpose of providing peace officers, local governments, medical providers, drivers, and persons with disabilities with education concerning eligibility standards for reserved parking available to a person with a disability affecting mobility, appropriate use of the reserved parking, the legal standards and violations contained in sections 42-3-204 and 42-4-1208, and the advantages of creating a volunteer enforcement program; and

(b) Shall create or make available a training program to assist professionals in understanding the standards that need to be met to obtain an identifying license plate or placard.

(2)

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, beginning January 1, 2019, and continuing through June 30, 2020, unless otherwise provided for in subsection (2)(d) of this section, the department of human services, referred to in this section as the "department", shall designate a Colorado nonprofit organization, referred to in this subsection (2) as "nonprofit organization", to perform the duties and responsibilities set forth in subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b) of this section concerning the disabled parking education program. The department is authorized to appropriate any money appropriated pursuant to section 42-1-226 to the nonprofit organization designated pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section, and shall distribute such money to the designated nonprofit organization on or before November 1, 2018.

(b) On or before September 1, 2018, an interested nonprofit organization shall submit an application to the department to become the designated nonprofit organization. On or before October 1, 2018, the department shall designate a single nonprofit organization to administer the disabled parking education program, after consideration of the following criteria:

(I) Whether more than fifty percent of the nonprofit organization's board has a disability;

(II) Whether more than thirty-three percent of the nonprofit organization's board qualifies for disabled parking;

(III) Whether more than thirty-three percent of the nonprofit organization's board has marketing or advertising experience;

(IV) Whether the nonprofit organization's board has a disabled veteran;

(V) The level of the nonprofit organization's subject matter expertise; and

(VI) The nonprofit organization's willingness to provide in-kind or other contributions to the disabled parking education program.

(c) On or before December 1, 2019, the Colorado advisory council for persons with disabilities, created in section 26-24-103, shall make a recommendation to the department concerning whether or not the designated nonprofit organization must continue to administer the disabled parking education program. On or before December 31, 2019, the department shall determine whether to continue to designate the nonprofit organization as the entity to administer the disabled parking education program; however, under no circumstance may the designation continue after July 1, 2020.

(d) No later than one month following the termination of the contract with the designated nonprofit organization pursuant to subsection (2)(c) of this section, the department shall distribute the money appropriated to it for the disabled parking education program pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section to the Colorado advisory council for persons with disabilities for the purposes of this section for the continued implementation of this section.