(1) The southwest chief rail line economic development, rural tourism, and infrastructure repair and maintenance fund is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of any moneys, including but not limited to any gifts, grants, or donations, received by the state from the federal government, local governments, public-private partnerships, or any other person, or as a result of any voter-approved ballot measure, that are dedicated for the purposes of ensuring that the Amtrak southwest chief rail line continues to pass through Colorado and that an additional stop in Pueblo is added to the line, and any other moneys that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. Interest and income earned on the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund and all unencumbered and unexpended moneys in the fund at the end of any fiscal year remain in the fund.Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the commission may expend moneys from the fund for its administrative, staffing, and any other operating expenses and for the costs of any necessary studies. Subject to annual appropriation, the commission may also expend moneys from the fund for rail replacement or other improvements to the portion of the BNSF railway line used to provide existing Amtrak southwest chief rail line service in Colorado and to pay costs associated with the expansion of southwest chief rail line service to include a stop in Pueblo.
(2) Repealed.
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