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Feb. 3, 2010, 10:59 pm

State Bill Colorado reports that the sponsor of the FASTER bill said a lawmaker’s proposal to fund a streetcar line along Colfax Avenue using dollars from the statewide hike in vehicle-registration fees might not be proper.

Rep. Joe Rice, D-Littleton, who sponsored FASTER and shepherded it through heated, partisan debate last spring, says he would be OK with Sen. Chris Romer’s idea as long as the state’s revenue share isn’t touched and the streetcar project conforms to local government’s permissible use of the money–which he doubts.

“Were going to stay true to what we passed last year and I don’t think this falls under either category,” said Rice.

Go to State Bill Colorado to see the entire report.