First Regular Session
              Sixty-ninth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 13-0066.01 Jason Gelender       HOUSE BILL 13-1030
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Priola, Scott
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 King S., 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 Transportation & Energy
 
 
 
 Appropriations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the addition of two at-large members to the
            transportation commission.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            Transportation Legislation Review Committee. The
       transportation commission currently consists of 11 members appointed by
       the governor, each of whom represents a single transportation district.
       The bill adds 2 at-large members appointed by the governor, each of
       whom represents the entire state, to the commission. One of the at-large
       members must reside on the western slope and the other must reside on
       the eastern slope. The at-large members serve 4-year terms; except that
       the at-large member who resides on the western slope serves an initial
       term of 2 years in order to stagger the timing of future appointments.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 43-1-106, amend (1),
       (2) introductory portion, (3), (4) (a), and (6); and add (4) (b.5) as follows:
            43-1-106.  Transportation commission - powers and duties.
       (1)  There is hereby created a transportation commission, which shall
       consist of eleven consists of thirteen members. The initial members
       of the commission shall be the members of the state highway commission
       immediately prior to July 1, 1991, and each such commission member
       shall continue to represent the same district.
            (2)  The governor shall appoint to the commission two
       at-large members, one of whom must reside on the western slope
       and one of whom must reside on the eastern slope, and one
       member of the commission shall be appointed by the governor from each
       of the following districts:
            (3)  Each district member shall must actually reside in the district
       he or she represents. One at-large member must actually reside on
       the western slope, and one at-large member must actually
       reside on the eastern slope, but it is the intent of the general
       assembly that both at-large members represent the entire state
       and focus primarily on statewide transportation needs. If a
       district member ceases to reside in the district he or she represents such
       district or an at-large member ceases to reside on the slope from
       which the governor appointed the member, the member shall be is
       deemed to have resigned as a member of the commission.
            (4) (a)  Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b.5) of
       this subsection (4), each member of the commission shall be appointed
       by the governor, with the consent of the senate, for a term of four years.
            (b.5)  The initial terms of the at-large members of the
       commission begin on July 1, 2013, and the initial term of the
       at-large member who resides on the western slope expires on
       July 1, 2015.
            (6)  The commission shall meet regularly not less than eight times
       a year, but special meetings may be called by the governor, the chairman
       of the commission, the executive director, or a majority of the members
       of the commission may call special meetings on three days' prior
       notice by mail or, in case of emergency, on twenty-four hours' notice by
       telephone or telegraph. The commission shall adopt rules in relation to its
       meetings and the transaction of its business. Six Seven members shall
       constitute a quorum of the commission. All meetings of the commission,
       in any suit or proceedings, shall be are presumed to have been duly
       called and regularly held, and all orders, rules and regulations, and
       proceedings of the commission to have been authorized, unless the
       contrary is proved. Each member of the commission shall receive
       seventy-five dollars per day for each regular or special meeting of the
       commission actually attended and shall be reimbursed for his or her
       necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of such the member's
       official duties. Mileage rates shall must be computed in accordance with
       section 24-9-104, C.R.S.
            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.