This bill amends provisions related to the governance of a large public transit district and financial reporting of public transit districts.
This bill:
- requires public transit districts to provide an annual financial report to the Transportation and Infrastructure Appropriations Subcommittee;
- repeals the structure of the large public transit district board of trustees and changes the body to a transit commission;
- provides for selection process, appointment, and duties of the transit commission of a large public transit district;
- defines duties and reallocates certain responsibilities between the executive director and transit commission of a large public transit district;
- provides for the transition of the governance structure of a large public transit district;
- changes the appointment process for the executive director of a large public transit district to be appointed by the governor;
- repeals the requirement of a large public transit district to have a local advisory council;
- requires the State Tax Commission, beginning in fiscal year 2028, to annually deposit a certain amount of new growth derived from state sales and use taxes into the Transit Transportation Investment Fund; and
- makes technical changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 17B-1-301, 67-22-2
Amended 2/20/2026 14:02:833: 17B-1-301, 67-22-2
Enrolled: 17B-1-301, 17B-1-311, 17B-1-702, 59-12-103, 63N-3-605, 67-22-2
Amended 2/26/2026 19:02:436: 17B-1-301, 17B-1-311, 17B-1-702, 59-12-103, 63N-3-605, 67-22-2
Amended 3/6/2026 17:03:606: 17B-1-301, 17B-1-311, 17B-1-702, 59-12-103, 63N-3-605, 67-22-2
Substitute #1: 17B-1-301, 17B-1-311, 17B-1-702, 59-12-103, 63N-3-605, 67-22-2