First Regular Session
Sixty-first General Assembly
LLS NO. R97@0092.01 SLE
STATE OF COLORADO
BY SENATOR Tebedo;
also REPRESENTATIVE McElhany.
TRANSPORTATION
FINANCE
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 97-4
SUBMITTING TO THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 18 OF ARTICLE X OF THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE OF COLORADO CONCERNING THE USE OF REVENUES RELATED
TO MOTOR VEHICLES, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, RESTRICTING THE
USE OF REVENUES FROM EXCISE TAXES ON GASOLINE AND LIQUID MOTOR
FUEL, OTHER THAN AVIATION FUEL, ONLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND
MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS IN THIS STATE AND FOR THE SUPERVISION
DIRECTLY RELATED TO SUCH CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AND REDUCING
OVER A THREEYEAR PERIOD THE USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
FEE REVENUES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPERVISION
OF HIGHWAYS IN THIS STATE CULMINATING WITH THE USE OF SAID REVENUES
AT THE END OF SAID THREEYEAR PERIOD EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS AND FOR THE SUPERVISION
DIRECTLY RELATED TO SUCH CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.
Resolution Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this resolution
as introduced and does not necessarily reflect any amendments
which may be subsequently adopted.)
On and after July 1, 1999:
Limits the purposes for which revenues resulting from excise taxes on gasoline and liquid motor fuel, other than aviation fuel, can be used from the construction, maintenance, and supervision of highways to the construction and maintenance of highways and the supervision directly related to such construction and maintenance.
Phases out over a 3year period the use of revenues
resulting from motor vehicle registration fees for the construction,
maintenance, and supervision of highways only for the construction
and maintenance of highways and the supervision directly related
to such construction and maintenance.
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixtyfirst General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
SECTION 1. At the next election at which such question may be submitted, there shall be submitted to registered electors of the state of Colorado, for their approval or rejection, the following amendment to the constitution of the state of Colorado, to wit:
Section 18 of article X of the constitution of the state of Colorado is amended to read:
Section 18. License fees and excise
taxes use of. (1) On
and after July 1, 1935,
JULY 1, 1999:
(a) The proceeds from the imposition of
any license registration fee,
or other charge with respect to the operation of any motor vehicle
upon any public highway in this state, and
OTHER THAN ANY MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE, SHALL, EXCEPT COSTS
OF ADMINISTRATION, BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE,
AND SUPERVISION OF THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE;
(b) The proceeds from the imposition of
any excise tax on gasoline or other liquid motor fuel except aviation
fuel used for aviation purposes shall, except costs of administration,
be used exclusively for the construction AND maintenance and
supervision of the public highways
of this state AND FOR THE SUPERVISION DIRECTLY RELATED TO SUCH
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.
(c) THE PROCEEDS FROM THE IMPOSITION OF ANY MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE SHALL, EXCEPT FOR COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION, BE USED AS FOLLOWS:
(I) ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 1999, UNTIL JULY 1, 2000, THREEFOURTHS OF SAID PROCEEDS SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPERVISION OF THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE AND ONEFOURTH OF SAID PROCEEDS SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE AND FOR THE SUPERVISION DIRECTLY RELATED TO SUCH CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.
(II) ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2000, UNTIL JULY 1, 2001, ONEHALF OF SAID PROCEEDS SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPERVISION OF THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE AND ONEHALF OF SAID PROCEEDS SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE AND FOR THE SUPERVISION DIRECTLY RELATED TO SUCH CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.
(III) ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2001, UNTIL JULY 1, 2002, ONEFOURTH OF SAID PROCEEDS SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPERVISION OF THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE AND THREEFOURTHS OF SAID PROCEEDS SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE AND FOR THE SUPERVISION DIRECTLY RELATED TO SUCH CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.
(IV) ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2002, ALL OF SAID PROCEEDS SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE AND FOR THE SUPERVISION DIRECTLY RELATED TO SUCH CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.
(2) Any taxes imposed upon aviation fuel shall be used exclusively for aviation purposes.
SECTION 2. Each elector voting at said election and desirous of voting for or against said amendment shall cast a vote as provided by law either "Yes" or "No" on the proposition: "AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 18 OF ARTICLE X OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO CONCERNING THE USE OF REVENUES RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLES, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, RESTRICTING THE USE OF REVENUES FROM EXCISE TAXES ON GASOLINE AND LIQUID MOTOR FUEL, OTHER THAN AVIATION FUEL, ONLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS IN THIS STATE AND FOR THE SUPERVISION DIRECTLY RELATED TO SUCH CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AND REDUCING OVER A THREEYEAR PERIOD THE USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE REVENUES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPERVISION OF HIGHWAYS IN THIS STATE CULMINATING WITH THE USE OF SAID REVENUES AT THE END OF SAID THREEYEAR PERIOD EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS AND FOR THE SUPERVISION DIRECTLY RELATED TO SUCH CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE."
SECTION 3. The votes cast for the adoption or rejection of said amendment shall be canvassed and the result determined in the manner provided by law for the canvassing of votes for representatives in Congress, and if a majority of the electors voting on the question shall have voted "Yes", the said amendment shall become a part of the state constitution.