Julie McCluskie
Primary
The act allows the department of transportation (department) to establish steep downhill grade zones within the public highways of the state where the downhill grade is 5% or greater and where there are safety concerns related to commercial motor vehicle drivers exceeding the posted speed limits. If the department establishes a steep downhill grade zone, the department must erect signs identifying the zone and notifying commercial motor vehicle drivers that increased fines are assessed for speeding in the zone. The act subjects a commercial motor vehicle driver who commits a speeding violation in a steep downhill grade zone to doubled fines and surcharges. The act creates the mountain highways commercial motor vehicle safety account (account) within the highway users tax fund and requires the state treasurer to credit one-half of the amount of each doubled fine and surcharge to the account for the department to pay costs associated with the provision of educational outreach and public information about runaway truck events, the purchase and implementation of equipment for the purpose of reducing the frequency of runaway truck events, and the completion of studies of means by which the state may reduce the frequency of runaway truck events and improve overall commercial motor vehicle safety on state highways that pass through the state's mountains. The act appropriates $54,073 to the department of revenue from the Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account in the highway users tax fund for the 2023-24 state fiscal year. The act reappropriates $7,425 of the appropriation to the office of the governor for use by the office of information technology to provide information technology services to the department of revenue. APPROVED by Governor June 5, 2023 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Governor Signed
Sent to the Governor
Signed by the President of the Senate
Signed by the Speaker of the House
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - No Amendments
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations
Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Signed Act (06/05/2023) | |
| Final Act (05/22/2023) | |
| Rerevised (05/03/2023) | |
| Revised (05/02/2023) | |
| Reengrossed (04/21/2023) | |
| Engrossed (04/18/2023) | |
| Introduced (03/27/2023) | |
| PA2 (04/18/2023) | |
| PA1 (04/12/2023) | |
| Committee Amendment |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Note SA1 (04/14/2023) | |
| Fiscal Note SA2 (05/01/2023) | |
| Fiscal Note FN1 (04/06/2023) | |
| Fiscal Note FN2 (04/25/2023) | |
| Fiscal Note FN3 (07/10/2023) |
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