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April 27, 2023 SB 23-200
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Revised Fiscal Note
(replaces fiscal note dated April 24)
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 23-0912
Sen. Winter F.
Rep. Froelich; Herod
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
April 27, 2023
House Appropriations
Colin Gaiser | 303-866-2677
colin.gaiser@coleg.gov
Bill Topic: AUTOMATED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS
Summary of
Fiscal Impact:
☒ State Revenue
☒ State Expenditure
☐ State Transfer
☒ TABOR Refund
☒ Local Government
☐ Statutory Public Entity
The bill establishes new regulations on the use of Automated Vehicle Identification
Systems (AVIS) by state, county, and city jurisdictions. It increases state and local
expenditures in FY 2023-24 and impacts state and local revenue on an ongoing basis.
Appropriation
Summary:
No appropriation is required.
Fiscal Note
Status:
This revised fiscal note reflects the reengrossed bill, as amended by the House
Committee on Transportation, Housing, and Local Government.
Table 1
State Fiscal Impacts Under SB 23-200
Budget Year
FY 2023-24
Out Year
FY 2024-25
Revenue Cash Funds $325 $3,800
Expenditures Cash Fund - -
Transfers - -
Other Budget Impacts TABOR Refund $325 $3,800
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Summary of Legislation
The bill regulates the use of Automated Vehicle Identification Systems (AVIS) by the state, counties,
consolidated cities and counties, and municipalities. The bill:
removes the requirement that penalty assessment notices or summons be served and allows it to
be sent through mail;
changes the deadlines when a jurisdiction is required to issue a notice for a violation detected by
AVIS from 90 days to 30 days for vehicles registered in-state and 60 days for vehicles registered
outside the state.
requires the registered owner to pay the notice unless the register owner requests a hearing to
dispute the violation;
requires a jurisdiction implementing a new AVIS system to announce the system’s implementation
through its website for at least 30 days prior to the use of the system, and issue only warnings for
the first 30 days after the system is installed or deployed;
requires the jurisdiction to report unpaid violations to the Department of Revenue (DOR), and
allows the DOR is allowed to collect a $25 administration fee to cover its administration costs;
requires the jurisdiction to document data – collected within the last five years – on crashes,
speeding, reckless driving, and community complaints on a street designated as an AVIS corridor;
requires a county or municipality implementing a new AVIS system to publish a report on its
website disclosing the number of citations and revenue generated by the AVIS corridor;
allows a municipality to designate all or a portion of a street as an AVIS corridor within which the
municipality may locate a system to detect traffic violation under specified circumstances;
prohibits a local government from requiring a registered owner to disclose the identity of a driver
but allows local government to require the owner to submit evidence that they were not the driver
at the time of the violation;
permits a jurisdiction to compensate a manufacturer or vendor of AVIS system equipment; and
restricts when AVIS may take photographs and requires most photographs and videos to be
destroyed after a specified period.
State Revenue
Administration fee. Starting on June 1, 2024, state revenue to the DRIVES vehicle services account
will increase by an estimated $3,800 per year from a $25 administration fee from unpaid violations
recorded by traffic control devices reported to the DOR. Revenue for FY 2023-24 assumes one month
of fee collection. This fiscal note assumes there will be 152 violations per year, based on a three-year
average of failure-to-pay citations applied to driver records for failure to comply with a traffic control
device. To the extent there are additional AVIS systems statewide that do not currently report unpaid
citations to the DOR, revenue could increase above this estimate.
State Expenditures
The bill requires the DOR to update the Driver License, Record, Identification, and Vehicle Enterprise
Solutions (DRIVES) system to allow the DOR to record and track unpaid violations. This increase in
workload and expenditures is absorbable within existing resources. Page 3
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Other Budget Impacts
TABOR refunds. The bill is expected to increase the amount of state revenue required to be refunded
to taxpayers by the amounts shown in the State Revenue section above. This estimate assumes the
March 2023 LCS revenue forecast. A forecast of state revenue subject to TABOR is not available
beyond FY 2024-25. Because TABOR refunds are paid from the General Fund, increased cash fund
revenue will increase the amount of General Fund available to spend or save.
Local Government
Local government revenue. The bill will likely increase revenue to local governments that implement
AVIS by increasing the number of civil penalties that are paid in a timely manner. It is assumed
persons committing violations will be more likely to pay in order to avoid having their registration
suspended or ability to transfer title restricted. Also, the ability to issue citations by mail, without the
need to issue a summons, will also result in increased collections. This impact will vary by jurisdiction
and their use of AVIS.
Local government expenditures. The bill may increase workload and expenditures for municipalities
and other local jurisdictions that use AVIS. It moves up the deadline in which a jurisdiction is required
to issue a violation notice, and requires a jurisdiction implementing a new AVIS system to announce
the system’s implementation through its website for at least 30 days. It also requires a county or
municipality to document five years of data on traffic incidents on streets designated as an AVIS
corridor, and requires the county or municipality implementing a new AVIS system to publish a
report on its website disclosing the number of citations and revenue generated by the AVIS corridor.
These new requirements may require additional staff time. In addition, jurisdictions installing AVIS
systems may incur additional costs if they choose to compensate vendors or manufacturers of AVIS
equipment.
Effective Date
The bill takes effect upon signature of the Governor, or upon becoming law without his signature;
except that, the provision that allows the DOR to collect an administration fee takes effect on June 1,
2024.
State and Local Government Contacts
Corrections Counties County Treasurers
County Clerks Information Technology Municipalities
Revenue 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.