TITLE: CONCERNING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT.

The bill would eliminate the current Board of Directors for the Regional Transportation District (RTD) and replace it with a 12 member board representing cities and counties in the RTD district. The bill would become effective July 1, 1998.

STATE FISCAL IMPACT SUMMARY	FY 1998/99	FY 1999/2000
State Revenues General Fund Other Fund
State Expenditures General Fund Other Fund
FTE Position Change	None	None
Local Government Impact — Reduced cost of operating the Regional Transportation District Board

The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation would serve on the RTD board as a non-voting member. The costs incurred by the executive director would be paid by RTD and the state would not have any expenditure impacts. The bill would not impact state revenues or expenditures. Therefore, this bill is assessed as having no fiscal impact to the state.

The new 12 member board would have the same powers and duties of the existing board. The members would become appointed members rather than elected. Two members would be appointed by the Denver City Council, five would be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners in each of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, and Jefferson counties. Four members would be appointed from a city council in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, and Jefferson counties on a rotating basis. The boards of county commissioners in each county would develop a plan to have the cities within their county represented on a rotating basis. The Governor would be allowed to appoint any member that was not appointed by any of the appointing authorities described in the bill.

Replacing the existing 15 member board with a 12 member board would reduce the existing operating costs of the board by approximately $26,651 annually. In years when RTD board members are elected, RTD would save an additional $20,000 that is spent to reimburse counties for the cost of an election.

This fiscal note implies that no additional spending authority would be required to implement this bill.