Digest of Bills - 2001

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TRANSPORTATION
S.B. 01-90 State highway capital construction prioritized list - amendments - capital development committee approval. Allows the transportation commission to submit the next phase of a project or the next project on the regional priority list to the capital development committee for approval as an addition to a committee-approved prioritized list of recommended state highway projects in the event that a project on the original list cannot be funded with capital construction moneys. Prohibits the capital development committee from approving a substitute project if funding the project would cause a delay in any other project on the list. Requires the department of transportation, upon approval of an amended list by the capital development committee, to provide a copy of the amended list to the members of the joint budget committee, the transportation and energy committee in the house of representatives, and the government, veterans and military affairs, and transportation committee in the senate.

APPROVED by Governor March 28, 2001
EFFECTIVE March 28, 2001

S.B. 01-107 Roadside advertising - state highways - bus benches and shelters. Requires the department of transportation (department) to issue permits for advertising devices on bus benches or shelters on land adjacent to or visible from state highways, if the applicable local government approves the advertising device. Requires the department to implement the regulation of advertisements on bus shelters and benches with the purpose of promoting the use of bus transportation. Prohibits the department from imposing requirements on bus shelter or bench advertisements located outside the right-of-way of a state highway that are more restrictive than those imposed by the local government, unless required by federal law.

        Makes this regulation of bus shelter or bench advertisements inapplicable if the department receives written notice from the applicable federal authority that compliance would directly cause the loss of federal moneys, rather than permitting the department to make that determination without any notice from the applicable federal authority as under current law.

        Prohibits the issuance of a permit for any advertising device that is designed, used, or intended to be designed or used for more than 2 advertising panels facing in the same direction.

APPROVED by Governor April 19, 2001
EFFECTIVE April 19, 2001

H.B. 01-1007 Transportation agencies - development of mass transit - cooperation and coordination - oversight. For purposes of transportation legislation review committee oversight, defines "agency" as any state, regional, or local agency, authority, department, district, or organization, other than an individual municipality or county, that:

• Is responsible for researching, planning, developing, or improving transportation systems, mass transit systems, or regional plans that include the provision of mass transit within the agency's jurisdiction; and
• Has or may have overlapping or coterminous jurisdiction with another agency.

        Includes, without limitation, the following entities in the definition of "agency":

• The Colorado department of transportation;
• The regional transportation district;
• The Colorado intermountain fixed guideway authority; and
• The Denver regional council of governments.

        Requires all agencies to:

• Share information and coordinate efforts in the research, planning, and development of mass transit systems, including fixed guideway systems, to avoid the creation of duplicative or conflicting systems; and
• Report to the transportation legislation review committee annually regarding compliance with the requirement to share information and collaborate with other agencies.

BECAME LAW April 6, 2001
EFFECTIVE August 8, 2001
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date, see the note from page vi of this digest.

H.B. 01-1369 Unsolicited proposals for public-private initiatives. Specifies that the department of transportation may consider an unsolicited proposal for a public-private initiative that is an advance proposal for a known department requirement if:

• The department has not established a timetable for satisfying the known requirement in the state transportation plan or the statewide transportation improvement program that is the short-range element of the state plan; or
• The proposal is likely to significantly shorten an established timetable for satisfying the known requirement.

        Clarifies that the department of transportation may provide written or oral information to any person regarding the department's general policy priorities or the requirements and procedures for submitting an unsolicited proposal for a public-private initiative without violating the requirements that such unsolicited proposals:

• Be independently originated and developed by the proposer; and
• Be prepared without departmental supervision.

APPROVED by Governor June 5, 2001
EFFECTIVE August 8, 2001
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date, see the note from page vi of this digest.

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