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Colorado Senate Bill SB257 Compare Versions

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Old	New		Differences
1	1		First Regular Session
2	2		Seventy-fifth General Assembly
3	3		STATE OF COLORADO
4		-	~~REVISED~~
5		-	This Version Includes All Amendments ~~Adopted~~
6		-	~~on Second Reading~~ in the ~~Second House~~
	4	+	REENGROSSED
	5	+	This Version Includes All Amendments
	6	+	Adopted in the House of Introduction
7	7		LLS NO. 25-0889.04 Jason Gelender x4330
8	8		SENATE BILL 25-257
9	9		Senate Committees House Committees
10		-	Appropriations ~~Appropriations~~
	10	+	Appropriations
11	11		A BILL FOR AN ACT
12	12		C
13	13		ONCERNING MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL TRANSFERS FROM THE101
14	14		GENERAL FUND TO THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND .102
15	15		Bill Summary
16	16		(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
17	17		not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
18	18		passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
19	19		applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
20	20		http://leg.colorado.gov/
21	21		.)
22	22		Joint Budget Committee. The bill modifies the schedule and
23	23		amounts of annual transfers from the general fund to the state highway
24	24		fund as follows:
25	25		! The $100 million transfer to the state highway fund
26	26		scheduled for July 1, 2025, is reduced to $36 million;
27	27		! The $100 million transfer to the state highway fund
28		-	HOUSE
29		-	Amended 2nd Reading
30		-	April 9, 2025
31	28		SENATE
32	29		3rd Reading Unamended
33	30		April 3, 2025
34	31		SENATE
35	32		2nd Reading Unamended
36	33		April 2, 2025
37	34		SENATE SPONSORSHIP
38	35		Bridges and Kirkmeyer, Amabile
39	36		HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
40	37		Bird and Taggart, Sirota
41	38		Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
42	39		Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
43	40		Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. scheduled for July 1, 2026, is reduced to $50.5 million;
44	41		! The $82.5 million transfers to the state highway fund
45	42		scheduled for each July 1 from July 1, 2029, through July
46	43		1, 2031, are increased to $100 million;
47	44		! A new $61 million transfer to the state highway fund is
48	45		scheduled for July 1, 2032; and
49	46		! The $7 million transfers to the state highway fund for the
50	47		purpose of providing additional funding for the revitalizing
51	48		main streets program scheduled for each July 1 from July
52	49		1, 2025, through July 1, 2031, are eliminated.
53	50		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
54	51		SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-219, amend2
55	52		(7)(d) and (7)(e); and repeal (7)(c)(II) as follows:3
56	53		24-75-219. Transfers - transportation - capital construction -4
57	54		definitions - repeal. (7) In addition to any other transfers required by5
58	55		this section:6
59	56		(c) On each July 1 from July 1, 2024, through July 1, 2031, the7
60	57		state treasurer shall transfer:8
61	58		(II) Seven million dollars from the general fund to the state
62	59		9
63	60		highway fund for the purpose of providing additional funding for the10
64	61		revitalizing main streets program.11
65	62		(d) (I) On each July 1 from July 1, 2024, through July 1, 202812
66	63		J
67	64		ULY 1, 2025, the state treasurer shall transfer one hundred
68		-	THIRTY-TWO13
69		-	million TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars from the general fund to the14
70		-	state highway fund; and 15
71		-	(II) On each July 1 from July 1, 2029, through July 1, 2031 JULY16
	65	+	THIRTY-SIX13
	66	+	million dollars from the general fund to the state highway fund; and 14
	67	+	(II) On each July 1 from July 1, 2029, through July 1, 2031 JULY15
72	68		1,
73	69		2026, the state treasurer shall transfer eighty-two
74		-	FIFTY million ~~five17~~
75		-	hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the state highway fund; 18
	70	+	FIFTY million five16
	71	+	hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the state highway fund; 17
76	72		(III) O
77		-	N EACH JULY 1 FROM JULY 1, 2027, THROUGH JULY 1, 2031,19
78		-	THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER ONE HUNDRED MILLION ~~DOLLARS20~~
79		-	~~257-2-~~ FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND ; ~~AND1~~
80		-	(IV) O
81		-	~~N JULY 1, 2032, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER2SIXTY-FOUR~~ MILLION ~~EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND~~ DOLLARS FROM ~~THE3~~
82		-	~~GENERAL FUND TO THE STATE~~ HIGHWAY FUND .4
83		-	(e) The department of transportation shall expend ten ~~million5~~
84		-	dollars of each transfer from the general fund to the state highway ~~fund6~~
85		-	made pursuant to subsection (7)(d)(I) SUBSECTION (7)(d)(I), (7)(d)(II), ~~OR7~~
86		-	(7)(d)(III) of this section from July 1, 2024 JULY 1, 2025, through July 1,8
87		-	2028, solely to mitigate the environmental and health impacts ~~of9~~
88		-	increased air pollution from motor vehicle emissions in ~~nonattainment10~~
89		-	areas by funding projects that reduce vehicle miles traveled or ~~that11~~
90		-	directly reduce air pollution.12
91		-	SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,13
92		-	determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the ~~immediate14~~
93		-	preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations ~~for15~~
94		-	the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and ~~state16~~
95		-	institutions.17
	73	+	N EACH JULY 1 FROM JULY 1, 2027, THROUGH JULY 1, 2031,18
	74	+	THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS19
	75	+	FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND ; AND20
	76	+	257-2- (IV) ON JULY 1, 2032, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL TRANSFER1
	77	+	SIXTY-ONE MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE STATE2
	78	+	HIGHWAY FUND.3
	79	+	(e) The department of transportation shall expend ten million4
	80	+	dollars of each transfer from the general fund to the state highway fund5
	81	+	made pursuant to subsection (7)(d)(I) SUBSECTION (7)(d)(I), (7)(d)(II), OR6
	82	+	(7)(d)(III) of this section from July 1, 2024 JULY 1, 2025, through July 1,7
	83	+	2028, solely to mitigate the environmental and health impacts of8
	84	+	increased air pollution from motor vehicle emissions in nonattainment9
	85	+	areas by funding projects that reduce vehicle miles traveled or that10
	86	+	directly reduce air pollution.11
	87	+	SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,12
	88	+	determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate13
	89	+	preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for14
	90	+	the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state15
	91	+	institutions.16
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97	93		-3-