Colorado § 43-1-1102 - Definitions.
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§ 43-1-1102. Definitions.
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) "Department" means the department of transportation.
(3.5) "Metropolitan area" means the area determined by agreement between a metropolitan planning organization and the governor pursuant to 23 U.S.C. sec. 134.
(4) "Metropolitan planning organization" means a metropolitan planning organization under the "Federal Transit Act", codified at 49 U.S.C. sec. 5301 et seq.
(5) "Regional planning commission" means a regional planning commission formed under the provisions of section 30-28-105, C.R.S.
(6) "Regional transportation plan" means a technically based, long-range, future mobility needs assessment for any planning and management region.
(7) "State plan" means the comprehensive statewide transportation plan formed by the commission pursuant to the provisions of section 43-1-1103 (5).
(7.5) "Transportation planning organization" means a metropolitan planning organization or a rural transportation planning organization responsible for transportation planning for a transportation planning region.
(8) (a) "Transportation planning region" means a region of the state as defined by the rule or regulation process required by section 43-1-1103 (5). The maximum number of such regions shall be fifteen unless such number is increased pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (8).
(b) Each metropolitan planning organization's metropolitan area shall, at a minimum, comprise a transportation planning region. If any new metropolitan planning organization is designated on or after January 1, 1998, the maximum allowable number of transportation planning regions under paragraph (a) of this subsection (8) shall be increased by one region for each such new metropolitan planning organization.
Source: L. 91: Entire part added, p. 1042, § 2, effective July 1. L. 98: (3.5) added and (7) amended, p. 462, § 1, effective April 21. L. 2007: (1) and (4) amended, p. 2050, § 101, effective June 1. L. 2008: (4) amended, p. 1917, § 141, effective August 5. L. 2023: (7.5) added, (HB 23-1101), ch. 132, p. 509, § 4, effective April 28.
Editor's note: Subsection (7) was originally numbered as subsection (8) and subsection (8) was originally numbered as subsection (7) in House Bill 91-1198, Session Laws of Colorado 1991, chapter 188, section 1, but those subsections were renumbered on revision in 1999 for proper placement.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 23-1101, see section 1 of chapter 132, Session Laws of Colorado 2023.
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