Sunset Motorcycle Operator Safety Training Program

Sunset Process - Senate Transportation and Energy Committee. The bill implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies (department) regarding the motorcycle operator training program (MOST program), as contained in the department's sunset review of the MOST program, as follows:

• Continues the MOST program in the office of the chief of the state patrol in the department of public safety for 9 years, until September 1, 2034 ( sections 1 and 2 of the bill);
• Lowers the required minimum age to be a MOST instructor from 21 to 18 years of age ( section 3 );
• Removes the authority of the motorcycle operator safety advisory board to make recommendations on expenditures of money from the MOST fund ( section 4 ); and
• Makes a technical change to align with the placement of the MOST program within the Colorado state patrol rather than the department of transportation ( section 5 ).
  (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)