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h_tra_2016a_2016-04-13t13:38:00z2 Hearing Summary

Date: 04/13/2016



Final

BILL SUMMARY for HB16-1304



HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & ENERGY


Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment I). The motion p

Refer House Bill 16-1304, as amended, to the Commi
Pass Without Objection

PASS







06:11 PM -- HB 16-1304



Representative Tyler, prime sponsor, came to the table to present House Bill 16-1304. The bill requires the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to hold at least one community meeting about transportation planning and funding in each of the 15 Transportation Planning Regions (TPRs) by October 1, 2016. The Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) is to assist CDOT in providing extensive public notice in advance of each community meeting.



The bill specifies meeting protocol, including a requirement that public testimony, including remote public testimony, be available. Each meeting must include representation from the transportation commissioners whose districts fall within the region, the area CDOT regional transportation director's office, and any overlapping economic development district. Other specified government officials must also be invited.



No later than November 1, 2016, the TPR representative who convened the meeting is required to develop and submit to CDOT's executive director a report ranking their region's top transportation priorities and the preferred means of raising revenue to fund those priorities. CDOT's executive director must compile the regional reports into a statewide report, ranking top transportation priorities and preferred funding mechanisms, and present that report during CDOT's 2017 SMART Act hearing. The bill repeals on July 1, 2017.



Amendment L.001 was distributed to the committee (Attachment I).



160413 AttachI.pdf160413 AttachI.pdf



06:19 PM --
Commissioner Norm Steen, representing Colorado Counties, Inc., testified in opposition to the bill. Commissioner Steen responded to questions from the committee.

06:39 PM --
Andy Karsian, representing CDOT, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Karsian responded to questions from the committee.



06:42 PM



Representative Mitsch Bush explained amendment L.001.

BILL: HB16-1304
TIME: 06:45:03 PM
MOVED: Mitsch Bush
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment I). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED: Coram
VOTE
Brown
Buck
Coram
Esgar
Kraft-Tharp
Melton
Moreno
Neville P.
Nordberg
Willett
Winter
Mitsch Bush
Tyler
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection



06:47 PM



Representative Tyler made his closing comments on the bill.

BILL: HB16-1304
TIME: 06:49:51 PM
MOVED: Tyler
MOTION: Refer House Bill 16-1304, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 10-3.
SECONDED: Coram
VOTE
Brown
Yes
Buck
No
Coram
Yes
Esgar
Yes
Kraft-Tharp
Yes
Melton
Yes
Moreno
Yes
Neville P.
No
Nordberg
No
Willett
Yes
Winter
Yes
Mitsch Bush
Yes
Tyler
Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



06:50 PM



The committee was adjourned.




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