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h_tra_2016a_2016-04-28t13:13:57z0 Hearing Summary

Date: 04/28/2016



Final

BILL SUMMARY for SB16-173



HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & ENERGY


Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer Senate Bill 16-173 to the Committee of the W PASS







01:14 PM -- SB 16-173



Representative KC Becker, prime sponsor, presented Senate Bill 16-173 to the committee. Under current law, a local authority may authorize the use of golf cars on local roads but not on state highways. This bill allows a local authority to authorize a person driving a golf car on a local road to cross a state highway at an at-grade crossing in order to continue traveling on the local road. Local authorization can be by ordinance or resolution but only to the extent necessary for the local authority to regulate a local road and not to interfere with the normal operation of the state highway.



01:16 PM --
Joe Gierlach, former Mayor of Nederland, representing the Colorado Municipal League (CML), testified in support of the bill.

01:20 PM --
Dianne Criswell, representing CML, testified in support of the bill.

BILL: SB16-173
TIME: 01:21:43 PM
MOVED: Buck
MOTION: Refer Senate Bill 16-173 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0, with 1 member excused.
SECONDED: Becker J.
VOTE
Becker J.
Yes
Buck
Yes
Carver
Yes
Coram
Yes
Esgar
Excused
Kraft-Tharp
Yes
Melton
Yes
Moreno
Yes
Neville P.
Yes
Nordberg
Yes
Winter
Yes
Mitsch Bush
Yes
Tyler
Yes
Final YES: 12 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS