HB 24-1012 — Front Range Passenger Rail District Efficiency

Second Regular Session Seventy-fourth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO ENGROSSEDREENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the House of Introduction LLS NO.

24-0526.01 Jason Gelender x4330 HOUSE BILL 24-1012 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Mauro and Boesenecker, Kipp, Lindstedt, MabreyMabrey, Brown, Clifford, Daugherty, Duran, Froelich, Hamrick, Herod, Jodeh, Joseph, Lieder, Lindsay, Marshall, Martinez, McCluskie, McCormick, McLachlan, Ortiz, Rutinel, Titone, Vigil, Woodrow SENATE SPONSORSHIP Zenzinger, House Committees Senate Committees Transportation, Housing & Local Government A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF THE FRONT RANGE PASSENGER RAIL DISTRICT .

This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does notreflectanyamendmentsthatmaybesubsequentlyadopted.Ifthisbill n 4 passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that d 0 e , applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at S d 1 http://leg.colorado.gov.) O 3 r H e u n b Toimprovetheoperationalefficiencyofthefrontrangepassenger e F rail district (district):

A ! Section1ofthebillreplacestherequirementthattheboard of the district (board) hold annual joint meetings with the transportation commission, the board of directors of the ig 24 d 0 I-70 coalition or any successor entity, and the board of aE 2e S, U R 9y O n ra Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.

H 2d rb Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existingdlaw.existing law.d F Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.

Dashese throughm A directors of the wordsregional ortransportation numbersdistrict indicatewith deletionsa fromrequirementthattheboardprovideanannualupdate,which existingmay law.be provided by district staff and may be provided electronically, to each of those entities;

e F m A directors of the regional transportation district with a requirementthattheboardprovideanannualupdate,which may be provided by district staff and may be provided electronically, to each of those entities;

(e) Hold at least one joint meeting annually of the board and the board of directors of the I-70 coalition, or a successor entity of the coalition,HICH MEETING SHALL INCLUDE AN ANNUAL UPDATE ,WHICH MAY BE PROVIDED BY DISTRICT STAF,AND MAY BE HELD IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS MEMBERS OF THE BOARDBOARDS AND COMMISSION TO ATTEND REMOTELY BY ELECTRONIC MEANS , to ensure that anydistrict front range passenger rail system interconnects with any passenger rail system that serves the interstate highway 70 mountain corridor;

and (f) Hold at least one joint meeting annually of the board and the board of directors of the regional transportation district, to discuss and resolveWHICHMEETINGSHALLINCLUDEANANNUALUPDATE ,WHICHMAY BE PROVIDED BY DISTRICT STA,AND MAY BE HELD IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWSMEMBERSOFTHEBOARDANDCOMMISSIONTOATTENDREMOTELYALLOWSMEMBERSOFTHEBOARDSTOATTENDREMOTELYBYELECTRONIC BY ELECTRONIC MEANS ,REGARDING operational and interconnectivity issues.

-3- 1012 32-22-104.

Board of directors - appointment - meetings - -3- 1012 compensation - conflicts of interest.

-4- 1012 (II) Adirectorappointedbyametropolitanplanningorganization -4- 1012 or a council of governments pursuant to subsection (1)(b)(I) of this section must be or must have been an appointed representative to the board of directors of the appointing authorityand must represent or must haverepresentedamemberhaverepresented locala governmentofmemberlocalgovernmentof theappointingauthority thatiswhollyorpartlyincludedwithinthedistrict.Whenappointingsuch a director, only members of the board of directors of the appointing authority who represent a member local government of the appointing authoritythat is whollyor partlyincluded within the district mayvote on theappointment.Theappointingauthoritiesforsuchdirectorsshallmake initial appointments no later than March 1, 2022.

-5- 1012 (2) (c) A majoritymajorityof of the voting directors of the board constitutes -5- 1012 aquorum,and,exceptasotherwisespecificallyprovidedinthisarticle22, a majority of a quorum may make binding decisions for the board.

Advisorynonvotingmembersoftheboardmayparticipate,inanonvoting capacity, in all board meetings, including executiveS;EXCEPT THAT ,AN ADVISORY NONVOTING MEMBER OF THE BOARD SHALL NOT PARTICIPATE IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT A PARTICULAR MATTER TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESS,AS IDENTIFIEDBYTHEBOARDPURSUANTTOSECTION 24-6-402(4)CONCERNS THEAPPOINTINGAUTHORITYFORTHEADVISORYNONVOTINGMEMBERAND SHOULDNOT BE DISCUSSEDWHENDISCUSSED WHEN THE ADVISORYADVISORYNONVOTINGMEMBERIS NONVOTING MEMBERIS PRESENT.

By a two-thirds vote of the voting directors of all voting directors of the board, the board may add additional advisory nonvoting memberstotheboardforeitherfixedmemberstothe termsboard offor foureither yearsfixed orterms forof serviceatfouryearsorforserviceat the pleasure of a majority of the voting directors of the board.

(VIII) The power to enter into contracts on behalf of the district, including but not limited togovernmental agreements and contracts -6- 1012 for public-private partnerships.

-6- 1012 SECTION 4.

(c) (I.5) EEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 32-22-105 (1)(a)(VIII)THE(1)(a)(VIII),HE BOARD MAY , TO THE EXTENT THAT IT DEEMS APPROPRIATE,DELEGATE TOTOITSOFFICERSANDEMPLOYEESITS ITSPOWER OFFICERSANDEMPLOYEESITSPOWERTOTO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT .

(1) No action by the district to establish or increase any tax and no action of the governing body of any station area improvement district to establish or increase any tax or any specialassessmentonrealpropertyauthorizedbythisarticle22shalltake effect unless it isfirstis first submitted, as applicable, to a vote of the registered electorsofthedistrictorofthestationareaimprovementdistrictinwhich the assessment or tax is proposed to be collected.

The financing plan must -7- 1012 identify committed and potential financial partners, including but not -7- 1012 limited to the regional transportation district, the federal government, Amtrak, and private partners;

on the day following the expiration of the ninety-dayperiodafterfinaladjournmentofthegeneralassembly;except that,ifthat, if a referendumpetition is filed pursuant to sectionsection1(3) 1 (3) of articleVarticle V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approved bytheby the people at the general election to be held in November 2024 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.