NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 4/14/2016.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 16-122
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Baumgardner, Crowder, Grantham, Hill, Lambert,
      Lundberg, Neville T., Scheffel, Scott, Woods;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Nordberg and Brown, Becker J., Becker K.,
      Coram, DelGrosso, Kraft-Tharp, Landgraf, Lawrence, Priola, Saine, Sias,
      Van Winkle, Wilson, Wist.
      
      
      Concerning additional oversight of the activities of the
           department of transportation.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 2-3-122 as
      follows:
      
           2-3-122.  Risk-based performance audit of department of
      transportation - repeal. (1)  No later than June 30, 2018, the state
      auditor shall conduct or cause to be conducted a risk-based
      performance audit of the department of transportation.
      
           (2)  This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2018.
      
           SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 43-1-123 as
      follows:
      
           43-1-123.  Project closure and project reporting requirements.
      (1)  The department shall close each transportation project and
      release any money budgeted for the project as quickly as feasible
      and within one year following the substantial completion of the
      project unless a pending legal claim relating to the project or an
      unusual circumstance beyond the control of the department
      unavoidably requires a longer time to close the project.
      
           (2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, for
      transportation projects for which the department awards a
      competitively bid contract on or after July 1, 2016, the
      department shall report on its public website within thirty days
      of the contract award:
      
           (a)  The identity of the winning bidder;
      
           (b)  The amount of the winning bid; and
      
           (c)  Whether or not the bid awarded was the low bid, and, if
      not, why the department chose the bid over a lower bid.
      
           (3)  No later than November 1, 2017, and no later than
      November 1 of each year thereafter, the department shall report
      to the transportation commission regarding the percentages and
      total amount of money budgeted and expended during the
      preceding fiscal year for:
      
           (a)  Payments to private sector contractors for work on
      transportation projects; and
      
           (b)  Total transportation project costs for projects
      completed by department employees, including indirect cost
      recoveries and employee salaries.
      
           (4)  On or after July 1, 2016, and on and after July 1 of each
      year thereafter, the department shall report to the
      transportation legislation review committee created in section
      43-2-145 (1) regarding all policy amendments made to the
      statewide transportation improvement plan that were adopted
      during the most recently ended fiscal year and that added or
      deleted a project from the plan or modified the funding priority
      of any project included in the plan. The report shall include an
      explanation of the reasons for each reported policy amendment.
      
           SECTION 3.  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.
      
      
      
      
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      Bill L. Cadman                Dickey Lee Hullinghorst
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      Effie Ameen                            Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO