Colorado Require Vehicle-Related and Fuel Tax Revenue to Be Used for Road Transportation Initiative
Colorado Ballot Measure -
Election: Nov. 3, 2026 (General)
Outcome: Pending
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TransportationTaxes
Summary
How would the initiative change funding for road transportation in Colorado?
The initiative would add a new section to the Colorado Constitution to require both the state and local governments to spend any state revenue collected to support road transportation on costs related to:[1]
the construction, maintenance, and operation of public streets, roads, highways, or bridges;
the development and improvement of safety measures for motor vehicles traveling on public streets, roads, highways, or bridges;
the design, engineering, and management required for road transportation; and
the Colorado state patrol.
The revenue would be collected from sales and excise taxes on motor vehicles and fuel, as well as two-thirds of the sales and use taxes on motor vehicle parts, equipment, and accessories. The state would then allocate the collected revenue among local governments and the state highway fund
A yes vote supports amending the Colorado Constitution to require state and local governments to spend revenue from sales and excise taxes on motor vehicles and motor vehicle fuel, as well as two-thirds of the revenue from sales taxes on vehicle parts and materials, on road transportation.
A no vote opposes amending the Colorado Constitution to require state and local governments to spend revenue from sales and excise taxes on motor vehicles and motor vehicle fuel, as well as two-thirds of the revenue from sales taxes on vehicle parts and materials, on road transportation.
Measure Text
22. State revenue collected to support road transportation required use.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any district, as that term is defined by section 20 of this article X, must spend any state revenue collected to support road transportation on road transportation.
(2) State revenue collected to support road transportation shall be allocated among local governments and the state highway fund, consistent with the highway users tax fund provided in state law, and expended as set forth in this section.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) Motor vehicle means any self-propelled vehicle that is designed primarily for travel on, and is commonly used to transport persons or property over, public streets, roads, highways, or bridges. This term includes any such vehicle with a trailer or semitrailer attached thereto, but does not include any vehicle that is designed to and does operate as a farm tractor or on rails.
(b) Road transportation means:
(I) The construction, surface repairs, maintenance, and operation of public streets, roads, highways, or bridges, designed and primarily used for motor vehicle use;
(II) The development and improvement of safety measures for motor vehicles traveling on public streets, roads, highways, or bridges;
(III) The directly related design, engineering, and management costs required for road transportation; and
(IV) Costs of the Colorado state patrol.
(c) State revenue collected to support road transportation means:
(I) All sales and use or excise taxes or fees imposed and collected by the state on motor vehicles and motor vehicle fuel; and
(II) Two-thirds (2/3) of state sales and use taxes imposed and collected by the state on motor vehicle parts, equipment, materials, and accessories that are affixed to a vehicle.
(4) The effective date of this section shall be January 1, 2027.
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