Amendments for SB25-030
Senate Journal, March 13
After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that SB25-030 be amended
as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations with
favorable recommendation.
Amend printed bill, strike everything below the enacting clause and substitute:
"SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 43-1-138 as follows:
43-1-138. Transit and active transportation project inventory -
transportation planning - mode choice targets - report - definitions. (1) AS
USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES:
(a) "METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION" MEANS A
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION UNDER THE "FEDERAL TRANSIT
ACT", 49 U.S.C. SEC. 5301 ET SEQ.
(b) "MODE CHOICE TARGET" MEANS A GOAL ESTABLISHED FOR THE
SHARE OF TOTAL TRIPS WITHIN A SPECIFIED GEOGRAPHIC AREA COMPLETED
USING BIKING, CARPOOLING, PUBLIC TRANSIT, SINGLE-OCCUPANCY VEHICLES,
OR WALKING.
(c) "STATE HIGHWAY" MEANS ANY HIGHWAY OWNED, CONTROLLED, OR
MAINTAINED BY THE STATE, INCLUDING FEDERAL-AID PRIMARY OR SECONDARY
SYSTEMS OR THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM. "STATE HIGHWAY" DOES NOT INCLUDE
A PUBLIC HIGHWAY OPERATED BY A PUBLIC HIGHWAY AUTHORITY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE "PUBLIC HIGHWAY AUTHORITY LAW", PART 5 OF
ARTICLE 4 OF THIS TITLE 43.
(d) "SUBJECT LOCAL GOVERNMENT" MEANS A HOME RULE OR
STATUTORY CITY, TOWN, COUNTY, OR CITY AND COUNTY WITH A POPULATION
OF FIVE THOUSAND OR MORE THAT IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF A
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
(2) (a) (I) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2026, IN COORDINATION WITH LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AND TRANSIT AGENCIES, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CREATE A
TRANSIT AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT INVENTORY THAT IDENTIFIES
GAPS IN TRANSIT, BICYCLE, AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE ON STATE
HIGHWAYS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY CONTROLLED AND MAINTAINED BY THE
DEPARTMENT. THE INVENTORY MUST IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT WOULD
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE TRANSIT, BIKING, AND WALKING BY IMPROVING
CONNECTIVITY AND SAFETY, AND MUST INCLUDE COST ESTIMATES OF SUCH
PROJECTS WHERE AVAILABLE.
(II) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2026, IN COORDINATION WITH LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AND TRANSIT AGENCIES, A METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION SHALL CREATE A TRANSIT AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
PROJECT INVENTORY THAT IDENTIFIES GAPS IN TRANSIT, BICYCLE, AND
PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE ON ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY WITHIN THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. THE
INVENTORY MUST IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE
TRANSIT, BIKING, AND WALKING BY IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY AND SAFETY,
AND MUST INCLUDE COST ESTIMATES FOR SUCH PROJECTS IF AVAILABLE.
(b) ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 31, 2026, THE DEPARTMENT AND EACH
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS SHALL REPORT TO THE
TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION REVIEW COMMITTEE CREATED IN SECTION
43-2-145 (1)(a) ON THE INVENTORIES CREATED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (2)(a)
OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING AN ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING AND POTENTIAL
FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE PROJECTS LISTED IN THE INVENTORIES.
(c) THE DEPARTMENT AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS
SHALL USE THE INVENTORIES CREATED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (2)(a) OF THIS
SECTION TO INFORM THE REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLANS
REQUIRED BY SECTION 43-1-1103, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS,
AND TRANSIT SERVICE PLANS.
(d) THE DEPARTMENT AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS
SHALL UPDATE THE INVENTORIES CREATED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (2)(a) OF
THIS SECTION AS PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESSES FOR THE REGIONAL AND
STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLANS REQUIRED BY SECTION 43-1-1103.
(3) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2026, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP
CLEAR DEFINITIONS FOR ROADWAY CAPACITY INVESTMENTS AND
STATE-OF-GOOD-REPAIR INVESTMENTS. THE DEPARTMENT AND METROPOLITAN
PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS SHALL SEPARATELY CATEGORIZE THESE
INVESTMENT COSTS IN THEIR REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION
PLANS AND ANY PUBLISHED DASHBOARDS.
(4) (a) ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2025, A SUBJECT LOCAL
GOVERNMENT SHALL SUBMIT ALL PLANNED TRANSIT, BICYCLE, AND PEDESTRIAN
PROJECTS INCLUDED IN ANY TRANSPORTATION, CAPITAL, OR OTHER PLAN TO ITS
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
(b) A SUBJECT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY ALSO:
(I) ADOPT MODE CHOICE TARGETS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
DEPARTMENT, ITS METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, AND TRANSIT
AGENCIES THAT OPERATE WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES;
(II) SUBMIT LOCAL TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIES TO ITS METROPOLITAN ORGANIZATION; AND
(III) IN COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, ITS METROPOLITAN
PLANNING ORGANIZATION, AND TRANSIT AGENCIES, IDENTIFY UNFINISHED
TRANSIT, BICYCLE, AND PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS IN TRANSIT AREAS, AS DEFINED
IN SECTION 29-35-202 (8), AND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 29-35-202 (5), AND PRIORITIZE SUCH PROJECTS BASED ON EACH
PROJECT'S POTENTIAL TO INCREASE TRANSPORTATION MODE CHOICE, PROTECT
VULNERABLE ROAD USERS, REDUCE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO NONDRIVING
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS IN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES,
AS DEFINED IN SECTION 24-4-109 (2)(b)(II).
(c) NOTHING IN THIS SUBSECTION (4) REQUIRES A LOCAL GOVERNMENT
TO DEVELOP PLANS IN ADDITION TO THOSE THAT IT IS OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO
DEVELOP.
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act takes
effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period
after final adjournment of the general assembly; except that, if a referendum
petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution
against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then
the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approved by the people
at the general election to be held in November 2026 and, in such case, will take
effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the
governor.".
Trans-
portation &
Energy
Senate Journal, April 21
SB25-030 by Senator(s) Winter F. and Hinrichsen; also Representative(s) Froelich, Lindsay--
Concerning measures to increase transportation mode choice to reduce emissions.
Amendment No. 1, Transportation & Energy Committee Amendment.
(Printed in Senate Journal, March 13, page(s) 445-447 and placed in members' bill files.)
Amendment No. 2(L.009), by Senator Winter.
Amend the Senate Transportation and Energy Committee Report, dated March
12, 2025, page 2, line 3, after "INFRASTRUCTURE" insert "AND ACCESS" and
strike "CONTROLLED".
Page 2, line 4, strike "AND MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT." and substitute
"THAT ARE CONTROLLED AND MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND FOR
WHICH THERE IS A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF USER DEMAND FOR THOSE
TRANSPORTATION MODES.".
Page 2, strike lines 12 and 13 and substitute "PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
AND ACCESS WITHIN THE NETWORK OF REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT ROADWAYS
AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY THAT ARE TYPICALLY SUBJECT TO PLANNING AND
PROGRAMMING BY THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND FOR
WHICH THERE IS A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF USER DEMAND FOR THOSE
TRANSPORTATION MODES.".
Page 2, line 14, strike "ORGANIZATION.".
Amendment No. 3(L.014), by Senator Winter.
Amend the Transportation and Energy Committee Report, dated March 12,
2025, page 3, before line 23 insert:
"SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 32-8-101.5, amend the
introductory portion and (3) as follows:
32-8-101.5. Definitions. As used in this article ARTICLE 8, unless the
context otherwise requires:
(3) "Department" means the department of local affairs
TRANSPORTATION created in section 24-1-125, C.R.S SECTION 43-1-103.
Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.".
As amended, ordered engrossed and placed on the calendar for third reading and final
passage.