NOTE:  This bill has been prepared for the signature of the appropriate legislative
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or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
      history, or the Session Laws.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 10-184
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Romer and Gibbs, Penry, Schwartz, Hodge, Kopp,
      Williams, Bacon, Boyd, Carroll M., Foster, Heath, Hudak, Johnston,
      Kester, Lundberg, Mitchell, Morse, Newell, Renfroe, Scheffel, Schultheis,
      Shaffer B., Spence, Steadman, Tapia, Tochtrop, Whitehead, King K.,
      White;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Scanlan and King S., Casso, Court, Curry,
      Ferrandino, Fischer, Frangas, Kerr A., Kerr J., Levy, Looper, Massey,
      McCann, McFadyen, Miklosi, Pace, Peniston, Pommer, Primavera, Rice,
      Schafer S., Soper, Swalm, Todd, Tyler, Labuda, Merrifield, Summers,
      Vigil.
      
      
      Concerning transportation demand management solutions for
           traffic congestion in the interstate 70 mountain corridor,
           and, in connection therewith, authorizing the
           high-performance transportation enterprise to contract
           with the department of transportation to provide and
           operate reversible highway lanes within a specified portion
           of the corridor.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  43-4-806, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY
      THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:
      
           43-4-806.  High-performance transportation enterprise - creation
      - board - funds - powers and duties - limitations - reporting
      requirements - legislative declaration.  (7.5)  In addition to any other
      powers and duties specified in this section, the transportation
      enterprise may enter into a transportation demand management
      contract with the department under which the department
      compensates the transportation enterprise for relieving traffic
      congestion during peak travel times, as determined by the
      department and the transportation enterprise, in the portion of
      the interstate 70 mountain corridor that includes and lies
      between Floyd hill and the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnels by
      providing and operating reversible highway lanes within that
      portion of the corridor.  If a feasibility study of a moveable
      barrier system on interstate 70 is completed and demonstrates
      that such a system is viable and that life safety issues can be
      addressed, a transportation demand management contract may
      establish, consistent with planning provisions in section 43-1-1103,
      C.R.S., the interstate 70 collaborative effort, context sensitive
      solutions, and the processes required by the federal "National
      Environmental Policy Act of 1969", 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., the goal
      of beginning the provision and operation of reversible highway
      lanes and reporting to the general assembly no later than
      January 1, 2011.  A transportation demand management contract
      may authorize the transportation enterprise to enter into
      single-fiscal year or multiple-fiscal year operating lease
      agreements or capital lease or lease-purchase agreements with a
      private contractor as needed to provide and operate the
      reversible highway lanes.
      
           SECTION 2.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Brandon C. Shaffer                Terrance D. Carroll
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Karen Goldman                          Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    Bill Ritter, Jr.
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO