§ 24-33.5-203 — Duties of executive director and patrol

Colorado § 24-33.5-203

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Public Safety

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(1) (a) The executive
director has the power, authority, and responsibility to approve policies governing
the activities of the Colorado state patrol so as to secure the proper and efficient
enforcement of all laws of the state delegating enforcement, authority, and
responsibility to the Colorado state patrol.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in section 40-10.1-108 (1), C.R.S., the
executive director has the duty to establish, for motor carriers as defined in section
42-4-235, C.R.S., reasonable requirements to promote safety of operation and, to
that end, to prescribe qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees
and minimum standards of equipment and for the operation of commercial vehicles
as defined in section 42-4-235, C.R.S. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions
of this section pertaining to safety, the executive director may enlist the assistance
of any agency of the United States or of this state having special knowledge of any
matter as may be necessary to promote the safety of operation and equipment of
motor vehicles as provided in this section. In adopting such rules, the executive
director shall use as general guidelines the standards contained in the current rules
of the United States department of transportation relating to explosives and other
dangerous articles, safety regulations, qualifications of drivers, driving of motor
vehicles, parts and accessories, recording and reporting of accidents, hours of
service of drivers, and inspection and maintenance of motor vehicles. The state
patrol shall enforce or aid in enforcing all of such rules.

(2) The Colorado state patrol shall enforce or aid in enforcing all state laws
pertaining to motor and all other vehicles, their equipment, weight, cargoes, and
licenses, vehicle operators, and other operations including checking for brand
inspection certificates or official bills of sale or acceptable trucking waybills on
livestock or agricultural products upon the highways of Colorado and for the use
thereof. The Colorado state patrol shall also aid in the enforcement of the
collection of all motor and other vehicle taxes and license fees, motor fuel taxes,
and highway compensation taxes (with respect to the transportation of persons and
property over public highways) as provided by law and shall otherwise promote
safety, protect human life, and preserve the highways of this state by the courteous
and strict enforcement of laws of this state which relate to highways and traffic
upon such highways, notwithstanding any provisions of law charging any other
department or agency in the state with the enforcement of such laws. The Colorado
state patrol shall also establish and operate port of entry weigh stations pursuant
to article 8 of title 42, C.R.S. The Colorado state patrol shall also aid in the
enforcement of other laws of this state as specifically authorized by the provisions
of this part 2.

Legislative History

Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 921, � 1, effective July 1, 1984. L. 88: (2) amended, p. 919, � 1, effective April 14. L. 2003: (1)(b) amended, p. 2381, � 7, effective August 6. L. 2011: (1)(b) amended, (HB 11-1198), ch. 127, p. 417, � 8, effective August 10. L. 2012: (2) amended, (HB 12-1019), ch. 135, p. 464, � 4, effective July 1.