Colorado § 42-20-103 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 42-20-103 — Definitions

Colorado § 42-20-103

Title 42Vehicles and

Art.Transportation of Hazardous

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-20-103 (2026).

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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Chief means the chief of the Colorado state patrol.

(2)Enforcement official means, and is limited to, a peace officer who is an officer of the Colorado state patrol as described in sections 16-2.5-101 and 16-2.5-114, C.R.S., a port of entry officer, as defined in section 42-8-102 (3), a peace officer who is an investigating official of the transportation section of the public utilities commission as described in sections 16-2.5-101 and 16-2.5-143, C.R.S., or any other peace officer as described in section 16-2.5-101, C.R.S.

(3)Hazardous materials means those materials listed in tables 1 and 2 of 49 CFR 172.504, excluding highway route controlled quantities of radioactive materials as defined in 49 CFR 173.403 (

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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Chief means the chief of the Colorado state patrol.

(2) Enforcement official means, and is limited to, a peace officer who is an
officer of the Colorado state patrol as described in sections 16-2.5-101 and 16-2.5-114, C.R.S., a port of entry officer, as defined in section 42-8-102 (3), a peace officer
who is an investigating official of the transportation section of the public utilities
commission as described in sections 16-2.5-101 and 16-2.5-143, C.R.S., or any other
peace officer as described in section 16-2.5-101, C.R.S.

(3) Hazardous materials means those materials listed in tables 1 and 2 of
49 CFR 172.504, excluding highway route controlled quantities of radioactive
materials as defined in 49 CFR 173.403 (l), excluding ores, the products from
mining, milling, smelting, and similar processing of ores, and the wastes and tailing
therefrom, and excluding special fireworks as defined in 49 CFR 173.88 (d) when
the aggregate amount of flash powder does not exceed fifty pounds.

(4) Motor vehicle means any device which is capable of moving from place
to place upon public roads. The term includes, but is not limited to, any motorized
vehicle or any such vehicle with a trailer or semitrailer attached thereto.

(5) Patrol means the Colorado state patrol within the department of public
safety.

(6) Person means an individual, a corporation, a government or
governmental subdivision or agency, a partnership, an association, or any other
legal entity; except that separate divisions of the same corporation may, at their
request, be treated as separate persons for the purposes of part 2 of this article.

(7) Public road means every way publicly maintained and opened to the use
of the public for the purposes of vehicular travel, including, but not limited to,
streets, bridges, toll roads, tunnels, and state and federal highways.

Legislative History

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2516, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 1626, � 52, effective August 6. L. 2012: (2) amended, (HB 12-1019), ch. 135, p. 472, � 21, effective July 1.