1E3BF493959E06728725850D0060873D Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For SB20-070SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & ENERGYDate Feb 13, 2020 Location SCR 352 SB20-070 - Committee Discussion Only 10:34:23 AM Senators Coram and Lee, co-prime sponsors, introduced Senate Bill 20-070, concerning penalties for traffic offenses, and distributing money collected from a traffic violation to the county in which the violation occurs. The bill increases the presumptive ranges of fines for traffic offenses, as well as other fines and surcharges. The bill requires that 25 percent of fines collected for traffic misdemeanors and 50 percent of the fine collected for traffic infractions be transmitted to the county where the violation occurs. Counties may use the funds for traffic safety improvement, enforcement, and prosecution. The bill also changes the classification of certain traffic offienses. 10:41:48 AM The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee. 10:42:05 AM Keith Caddy, representing Montrose County, testified in support of the bill. 10:46:59 AM Tim Payne, representing Fremont County, testified in support of the bill. 10:47:50 AM The witnesses responded to questions from the committee. 10:49:03 AM Dan Hotsen Piller, representing the Seventh Judicial District, testified in support of the bill. 10:51:06 AM Lane Thomasson, representing Montrose County, testified in support of the bill. 10:56:49 AM The witnesses responded to questions from the committee. 11:07:13 AM Rebecca Wallace, representing the ACLU of Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill. 11:10:59 AM The witness responded to questions from the committee. 11:17:35 AM The chair laid the bill over to a later date at the request of the sponsors.