Title 43, Transportation
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1001 Urban mass transportation grants
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(1) The department of transportation and the executive director thereof are hereby designated and authorized to take all steps and adopt all procedures necessary to make and enter into such contracts or agreements as are necessary for the state application and administration of a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1002 Rules and regulations
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The state department of transportation is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this part 10. Source: L. 92: Entire section added, p. 1347, � 6, effective July 1. Cross references: For promulgation of rules and regu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-101 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the creation of a department of transportation in Colorado is necessary to: (a) Provide strategic planning for statewide transportation systems to meet the transportation challenges to be faced by Colorado in the future; (b)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-102 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Commission means the transportation commission created by section 43-1-106. (2) Department means the department of transportation created by this part 1. (3) Executive director means the executive director of the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-103 Department created - executive director
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(1) There is hereby created the department of transportation, the head of which shall be the executive director of the department of transportation, which office is hereby created. The executive director shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate and shall …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-104 Department divisions, sections, and units
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(1) The department consists of the following divisions: (a) The highway maintenance division, created in section 43-1-114; (b) The engineering, design, and construction division, created in section 43-1-116; (c) The transportation development division, created in section 43-1-117…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-105 Powers and duties of the executive director
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(1) The executive director shall: (a) Plan, develop, construct, coordinate, and promote an integrated transportation system in cooperation with federal, regional, local, and other state agencies and with private individuals and organizations concerned with transportation planning…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-107 Duties of deputy director
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At the request of the executive director or in his or her absence or disability, the deputy director of the department shall perform all of the duties of the executive director, and, when so acting, the deputy director shall have all the powers of and be subject to all of the res…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-108 Transfer of functions, employees, and property - contracts
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(1) The department shall, on and after July 1, 1991, execute, administer, perform, and enforce the rights, powers, duties, functions, and obligations vested in the state department of highways as a principal department prior to July 1, 1991, concerning the duties and functions tr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-109 Chief engineer
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(1) There is hereby created the office of chief engineer. The chief engineer shall be a licensed professional engineer with a minimum of ten years' responsible engineering experience, including management and organization in the field of highway engineering. (2) The chief enginee…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-110 Powers and duties of the chief engineer - hearings - rule-making
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(1) The chief engineer is the director of the engineering, design, and construction division and has direct control and management of the functions of the division subject only to the direction and supervision of the executive director as prescribed in this part 1. The chief engi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1101 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby finds and declares that local government involvement in transportation planning is critical to the overall statewide transportation planning process. The general assembly recognizes that regional planning commissions and transportation planning regions…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1102 Definitions
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For the purposes of this part 11, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Committee means the transportation advisory committee created by section 43-1-1104. (2) County hearing process means the process of review of highway projects in counties performed by the department. (3)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1103 Transportation planning
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(1) A twenty-year transportation plan shall be required for each transportation planning region that includes the metropolitan area of a metropolitan planning organization. Other transportation planning regions may, through intergovernmental agreements defined in section 30-28-10…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1104 Transportation advisory committee
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(1) (a) A transportation advisory committee is hereby created. The committee is composed of one representative from each transportation planning region, one representative of the Southern Ute tribe chosen by the Southern Ute Indian tribal council, and one representative of the Ut…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1105 Metropolitan planning commissions
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The provisions of this part 11 shall not be construed to replace or interfere with the duties of metropolitan planning organizations. Source: L. 91: Entire part added, p. 1045, � 2, effective July 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 2050, � 102, effective June 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-111 Engineer to acquire property
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On behalf of the department of transportation, the chief engineer has the authority to take and hold and to contract to take and hold title to real property, or any interest therein, in the name of the department of transportation, whether such real property or interest is used, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-112 Legal services
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(1) The attorney general shall provide legal services for the department of transportation, including the commission. (2) The executive director shall cause the attorney general to bring and prosecute for and defend on behalf of and in the name of the department, or any of its di…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-113 Funds - budgets - fiscal year - reports and publications
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(1) All funds and moneys to the credit of the department of transportation shall be expended under the supervision and direction of the commission within the total expenditures prescribed by the general assembly for the fiscal year pursuant to section 43-1-112.5; except that mone…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-114 Highway maintenance division - creation
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(1) There is hereby created a highway maintenance division in the department of transportation. The executive director shall appoint the director of the division, and either the executive director, the director of the division, or another designee of the executive director shall …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-115 Transportation data collection
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(1) The transportation development division shall compile and maintain consistent information concerning the condition of the streets, roads, highways, and other transportation systems of this state. Such information shall be obtained from data available to the division, counties…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-118 Employees - duties
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All employees of the department not otherwise provided for in this part 1 shall be employed and shall serve pursuant to the constitution and laws of the state. They shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the chief engineer, by the execu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-119 Applications for licenses - authority to suspend licenses - rules
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(1) Every application by an individual for a license issued by the department or any authorized agent of the department shall require the applicant's name, address, and social security number. (2) The department or any authorized agent of the department shall deny, suspend, or re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1201 Definitions
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As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Private contribution means the supply by a private entity of resources to accomplish all or any part of the work on a transportation system project, including funds, financing, income, revenue, cost sharing, tech…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1202 Department powers - definition
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(1) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may: (a) Solicit and consider proposals, enter into agreements, grant benefits, and accept contributions for public-private initiatives pursuant to this part 12 concerning any of the following: (I) Use of advanced transportation t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1203 Unsolicited and comparable proposals
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(1) The department may consider, evaluate, and accept an unsolicited proposal for a public-private initiative only if the proposal complies with all of the requirements of this section. (2) The department may consider an unsolicited proposal only if the proposal: (a) Is innovativ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1204 Public-private initiative agreement - definition
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(1) The department shall enter into an agreement for each public-private initiative. (2) The department shall include terms and conditions in the agreement that it determines are appropriate in the public interest and to protect highway and traffic safety. (3) The agreement may p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1205 Revenue - disposition - use
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The department shall deposit any private contribution of money and any department share of revenue or income resulting from a transportation system project, if any, in the state highway supplementary fund created in section 43-1-219. The department shall use the contributed money…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1206 Rules
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The transportation commission created pursuant to section 43-1-106 shall adopt rules that it determines are necessary or appropriate to implement this part 12, including rules on the solicitation and evaluation of public-private initiatives, initiative agreements, private contrib…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1207 Applicability - public highway use by public and private entities
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This part 12 is subject to applicable state and federal laws to the extent that such laws authorize the use of public highways by any public or private entity. Source: L. 95: Entire part added, p. 260, � 2, effective April 17.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1208 Repeal of part. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 95: Entire part added, p. 261, � 2, effective April 17. L. 98: Entire section repealed, p. 447, � 11, effective August 5. Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1998 act repealing this section, see section 1 of chapter 154, Session Laws of C…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1209 Notice of investment opportunities
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(1) The department or the private entity responsible for funding a public-private initiative under this part 12 may forward the agreement and a description of the investment opportunity for such initiative to any of the following for consideration under their respective statutory…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-123 Project closure and project reporting requirements
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-124 Study of transportation commission districts
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No later than August 1, 2016, legislative council staff, with the cooperation of the department, shall prepare and present to the transportation legislation review committee a research study of the commission districts established in section 43-1-106 (2). The study must document …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-129 Road usage charge study - report - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-260), ch. 250, p. 1415, � 30, effective June 17. Editor's note: Subsection (3) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2024. (See L. 2021, p. 1415.)
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-130 Autonomous motor vehicles study - report - repeal
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(1) The department shall study issues relating to the development and adoption of autonomous motor vehicles. The study must, at a minimum: (a) Summarize the current status of autonomous motor vehicle technology and the extent of the use of such technology in commercial and govern…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1301 Legislative declaration - intent
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the abandonment of railroad rights-of-way and the resulting loss of railroad service and established railroad corridors will have an adverse impact on the citizens of the state of Colorado. The general assembly further decla…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1302 Definitions
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As used in this part 13, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Interim recreational purposes means a use for hiking, biking, equestrian, or similar recreational use which does not prevent the restoration and reconstruction of the right-of-way for railroad or other transporta…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1304 Notice of rail line or right-of-way availability
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Whenever an owner of a rail line or railroad right-of-way intends to dispose of such property, the owner shall notify the executive director of such intention in writing. The executive director shall, within thirty days after the receipt of such notice, inform all departments of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1305 Acquisition for state rail bank
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(1) The department, subject to section 43-1-1303, may acquire by purchase all or part of any eligible rail line or right-of-way made available as provided in this part 13. Rail lines and rights-of-way purchased by the department pursuant to this part 13 shall constitute the state…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1306 Disposition of state rail bank property
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(1) The executive director shall maintain property within the state rail bank, including weed control, in a manner that minimizes maintenance costs and provides a benefit to the state. The executive director shall assume the responsibilities of the abandoning railroad company for…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1308 Recommendations and findings of the TLRC
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The members of the transportation legislation review committee shall make a written report setting forth its recommendations, findings, and comments as to each recommendation for the acquisition of abandoned railroad rights-of-way and their uses and submit the report to the gener…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1309 State rail bank fund - creation
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(1) There is hereby created the state rail bank fund to which shall be allocated such revenues as the general assembly may from time to time determine. Moneys in the state rail bank fund may be used for the acquisition, maintenance, improvement, or disposal of rail lines or railr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-131 Transportation planning study - report - rules
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(1) On or before November 30, 2023, the department shall complete a study and study report of the boundaries of the transportation planning regions, as defined in section 43-1-1102 (8), the membership of the transportation advisory committee created in section 43-1-1104 (1)(a) an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1310 Effect of transfer of railroad rights-of-way
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Any transfer of title of the railroad rights-of-way from a railroad company as provided in section 43-1-803 or in this part 13 shall not affect the title, either possessory or reversionary, of an owner of real property along the currently existing railroad right-of-way. Nothing i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1311 Survey required - railroad track removal
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(1) Before any railroad tracks are removed from abandoned railroad rights-of-way in Colorado, if a proper legal description is not available, the person or entity removing the railroad tracks shall cause a field survey of the centerline of such railroad tracks to be made by a pro…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-132 Mobile electronic device education - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2024: Entire section added, (SB 24-065), ch. 431, p. 3021, � 2, effective August 7. Editor's note: Subsection (2) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2025. (See L. 2024, p. 3021.) 43-1-133. Additional chain-up and chain-down stations and winter s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-134 Front range passenger rail service - annual status reports
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(1) No later than September 30, 2024, and September 30 of each year thereafter, the department and the front range passenger rail district, created in section 32-22-103 (1), shall jointly report to the transportation legislation review committee, created in section 43-2-145 (1)(a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-137 Vulnerable road user fatality reduction targets - requirements
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(1) As part of its effort to reduce fatalities for vulnerable road users, as defined in section 43-4-803 (29), the department shall establish declining annual targets for vulnerable road user fatalities and serious bodily injuries as part of its performance plan required by secti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-1-1401 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) The increased population growth and economic activity within the state has resulted in the significant and growing demand for increased construction and reconstruction of highways and other transportation projects withi…