Colorado 2025 Regular Session

Colorado Senate Bill SB051 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 03/27/2025

                            SENATE BILL 25-051
BY SENATOR(S) Michaelson Jenet and Pelton R., Hinrichsen, Jodeh,
Weissman, Winter F., Coleman;
also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Lindstedt, Bird.
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ONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF OPERATING COSTS FOR CALCULATING COST
EFFICIENCY METRICS FOR THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 32-9-119.7, amend (2)
as follows:
32-9-119.7.  Cost efficiency of transit services - reporting - plans
- definition. (2)  For the purposes of this section, "operating costs" means
all 
OPERATING expenditures, including
 EXCLUDING depreciation. except for
those incurred in long-term planning and development of mass
transportation and rapid transit infrastructures and those costs incurred as
a result of providing transportation service mandated by the federal
"Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990", 42 U.S.C. sec. 12101 through
12213.
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
NOTE:  This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
officers and the Governor.  To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
history, or the Session Laws.
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Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
the 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.
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James Rashad Coleman, Sr.
Julie McCluskie
PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Esther van Mourik Vanessa Reilly
SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
            APPROVED________________________________________
                                                        (Date and Time)
                              _________________________________________
                             Jared S. Polis
                             GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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