SB 26-172

Senate Bill 26-172, known as the Front Range Passenger Rail District Act, updates the boundaries and operations of a passenger rail district in Colorado. It expands the district to include new municipalities and metropolitan districts that agree to join, requires future board directors to live within the district's borders starting July 1, 2026, allows for the creation of subdistricts, and changes how election costs are distributed and notified. The bill has been signed into law, meaning its provisions will now be implemented as part of Colorado’s transportation planning and governance.

Official Summary

The bill makes a number of changes to the boundaries and operation of the front range passenger rail district (district).      Section 1 of the bill changes the boundaries of the district to include certain listed municipalities, any municipality whose governing board and, if necessary, electors, consent for the municipality to be included in the district, certain listed metropolitan districts, and any metropolitan district whose governing board consents for the metropolitan district to be included in the district and that is identified for inclusion in the district by a board resolution.      Section 2 requires that directors of the board appointed on or after July 1, 2026, reside within the district, unless that director is already serving on the board.      Section 3 allows the board to create subdistricts within the district.      Section 4 changes the method for determining the distribution of the costs of a district or subdistrict election. Under the new method, the costs of such an election are distributed in the same method and manner as state primary, coordinated, general, congressional vacancy, special legislative, or recall elections conducted after July 1, 2024. Section 4 also requires that any constitutionally required notice for a district or subdistrict election be included in the ballot information booklet.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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