Page 1
January 16, 2023 HB 23-1014
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Fiscal Note
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 23-0108
Rep. Boesenecker
Sen. Winter F.
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
January 16, 2023
House Trans. & Local Govt.
Aaron Carpenter | 303-866-4918
aaron.carpenter@coleg.gov
Bill Topic: YIELD TO LARGER VEHICLES IN ROUNDABOUTS
Summary of
Fiscal Impact:
☒ State Revenue
☒ State Expenditure
☐ State Transfer
☒ TABOR Refund
☒ Local Government
☐ Statutory Public Entity
The bill requires a driver to yield the right of way to a driver of a vehicle that is longer
than 40 feet or wider than 10 feet when driving through a roundabout. The bill will
increase state expenditures in FY 2023-24, and minimally increase state and local
government revenue on an ongoing basis.
Appropriation
Summary:
No appropriation is required.
Fiscal Note
Status:
The fiscal note reflects the introduced bill, which was recommended by the
Transportation Legislation Review Committee.
Summary of Legislation
Beginning October 1, 2023, the bill requires a driver to yield the right-of-way to the driver of a vehicle
with a length of at least 40 feet or a width of at least 10 feet when driving through a roundabout. If
two vehicles that are at least 40 feet in length or 10 feet in width approach a roundabout at the same
time, the driver on the right must yield to the driver on the left. A person who violates these
requirements commits a class A traffic infraction subject to a $70 penalty and $11 surcharge.
Comparable Crime Analysis
Legislative Council Staff is required to include certain information in the fiscal note for any bill that
creates a new crime, changes the classification of an existing crime, or creates a new factual basis for
an existing crime. This section outlines data on crimes comparable to the offense in this bill and
discusses assumptions on future rates of conviction for that offense.
Prior conviction data and assumptions. This bill creates a new class A traffic infraction. To form an
estimate on the prevalence of this new crime, the fiscal note analyzed the existing offense of failing to
properly yield the right-of-way when entering or crossing a roadway as a comparable crime. From
FY 2019-20 to FY 2021-22, 186 offenders have been sentenced and convicted for this existing offense.
Of those, 114 were male, 70 were female, and 2 were unknown. Demographically, 162 were White, Page 2
January 16, 2023 HB 23-1014
9 were Black/African American, 9 were Hispanic, 2 were Asian, 1 was American Indian, and 3 did not
have race identified. This fiscal note assumes that failure to yield is already charged under existing
offenses; therefore, there will be minimal additional case filings or convictions for the new offense
under the bill. Visit leg.colorado.gov/fiscalnotes for more information about criminal justice costs in
fiscal notes.
State Revenue
Based on the assumptions above, this analysis assumes that there will be a minimal impact on state
revenue. Under the bill, penalty and surcharge revenue, which are subject to TABOR, may increase
by a minimal amount. Traffic fines are deposited to the Highway Users Trust Fund (HUTF) and are
distributed to CDOT (65 percent), counties (26 percent), and municipalities (9 percent), while other
criminal surcharges and court fees are distributed to various cash funds in the Judicial Department.
State Expenditures
The bill will increase state expenditures in the Department of Revenue (DOR) by $4,594 in FY 2023-24
only from the DRIVES Vehicle Services Account. The DOR will be required to update the Driver
License, Record, Identification, and Vehicle Enterprise Solutions (DRIVES) system to add the new
violation. Programming costs are calculated at 16 hours at a rate of $225/hour for a total of $3,600. In
addition, programming and testing within the innovation strategy and delivery team, which
maintains the DRIVES system, will cost $594. These costs can be accommodated within existing
appropriations.
Local Government
Similar to the state, the fiscal note assumes that counties and municipalities may have a minimal
increase in traffic fine revenue from the HUTF. Counties receive 26 percent and municipalities receive
9 percent of traffic fine revenue credited to the HUTF.
Effective Date
The bill takes effect on October 1, 2023, assuming no referendum petition is filed, and applies to
offenses committed on or after that date.
State and Local Government Contacts
Counties Information Technology Judicial
Municipalities Public Safety Revenue
Sheriffs Transportation
The revenue and expenditure impacts in this fiscal note represent changes from current law under the bill for each
fiscal year. For additional information about fiscal notes, please visit: leg.colorado.gov/fiscalnotes.