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Issue Briefs

Transportation Planning and Funding in Colorado

Subjects

State Revenue & Budget

Transportation & Motor Vehicles

Agency

Legislative Council Staff

Published

11/20/2014

This issue brief examines the entities and revenue sources used to administer and finance Colorado's transportation system.

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Oversize and Overweight Commercial Vehicles (2014)

State and federal regulations set standards for the size and weight of commercial vehicles operated on public highways. A commercial vehicle is any vehicle used for commerce or that has a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more. For commercial vehicles that exceed the established...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/16/2014

Subject:

Transportation & Motor Vehicles

Final/Annual Reports

2014 Transportation Legislation Review Committee Final Report

Pursuant to Section 43-2-145, Colorado Revised Statutes. The purpose of this committee is to give guidance and direction to the state Department of Transportation in the development of the state transportation system, and to provide legislative oversight of and input into such development.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/12/2014

Subjects:

General Assembly

Transportation & Motor Vehicles

Issue Briefs

High Performance Certification Program (2014)

New construction and substantial renovation of academic buildings and facilities constructed or maintained with state General Fund moneys (hereafter referred to as "state facilities") are required to comply with the High Performance Certification Program (HPCP). The program requires the...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/02/2014

Subject:

State Revenue & Budget

Issue Briefs

Statutory Transfer to Fund Transportation and Capital Construction (2014)

Senate Bill (SB) 09-228, adopted by the General Assembly during the 2009 legislative session, creates a five-year block of statutory transfers from the General Fund to finance transportation and capital construction projects. This issue brief discusses the state law that specifies the amounts of...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/17/2014

Subjects:

Capital Construction

State Revenue & Budget

Transportation & Motor Vehicles

Staff Publications

Distribution of FY 2013-14 General Fund Surplus

The FY 2013-14 General Fund surplus is estimated at $235.8 million.1 State law requires this surplus to be distributed in the amounts and order shown in Table 1.2 Additionally, the transfer to the Capital Construction Fund is allocated by state law in the order and amounts shown in Table 2.3 Up...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/12/2014

Subject:

State Revenue & Budget

Issue Briefs

State and Local Government as a Proportion of the State Economy (2014)

This issue brief provides information on the relative size of state and local governments, compared with the total state economy. Government expenditures are represented as a percentage of the state's gross domestic product (GDP). In Colorado, stategovernmentexpendituresarebelowthenational...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

08/12/2014

Subjects:

Local Government

State Government

State Revenue & Budget

Staff Publications