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Update 5/24: Gov. Jared Polis has signed the bill.
A bill that will give the Regional Transportation District more power to lower fares and raise new revenue for itself cleared its final legislative hurdle Monday.
The legislation now goes to Gov. Jared Polis. A spokeswoman for his office did not immediately say whether he would sign it.
The bill builds on recommendations from the RTD accountability committee the governor and other state leaders convened in 2020. Committee leaders and legislative sponsors say none of the provisions in the bill amount to major changes, but collectively they give RTD more power to make decisions for itself.
"There are restrictions in place on RTD that make it so they are forced to take actions that don't make sense for the people they are trying to serve,” state Sen. Jeff Bridges, D-Greenwood Village, said at a committee hearing last week.
The bill is meant to change that. It would:
The RTD board, a body of independent elected officials that governs RTD, endorsed the bill in March.
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