First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
ENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
on Second Reading in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 25-0386.01 Jed Franklin x5484
SENATE BILL 25-051
Senate Committees House Committees
Transportation & Energy
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF OPERATING COSTS FOR101
CALCULATING COST EFFICIENCY METRICS FOR THE REGIONAL102
TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT . 103
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov/
.)
Legislative Audit Committee. Currently, for purposes of
reporting cost efficiency metrics, the regional transportation district is
required to calculate "operating costs" by including depreciation and
excluding costs incurred in long-term planning and development of mass
transportation and rapid transit infrastructures and the costs incurred as
SENATE
2nd Reading Unamended
February 3, 2025
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Michaelson Jenet and Pelton R.,
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Lindstedt,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. a result of providing transportation services mandated by the federal
"Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990". The bill changes the
definition of "operating costs" to mean all operating expenditures,
excluding depreciation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 32-9-119.7, amend2
(2) as follows:3
32-9-119.7. Cost efficiency of transit services - reporting -4
plans - definition. (2) For the purposes of this section, "operating costs"5
means all
OPERATING expenditures, including
EXCLUDING depreciation.6
except for those incurred in long-term planning and development of mass7
transportation and rapid transit infrastructures and those costs incurred as8
a result of providing transportation service mandated by the federal9
"Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990", 42 U.S.C. sec. 12101 through10
12213.11
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act12
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the13
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except14
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V15
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this16
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take17
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in18
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the19
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.20
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