Colorado § 42-20-201 Hazardous materials transportation permit required

Colorado Statutes

§ 42-20-201 — Hazardous materials transportation permit required

Colorado § 42-20-201

Title 42Vehicles and

Art.Transportation of Hazardous

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-20-201 (2026).

Text

Except as
otherwise provided in this part 2, no transportation of hazardous materials by motor
vehicle which requires placarding under 49 CFR 172 or 173 shall take place in, to,
from, or through this state until the department of transportation issues a permit, in
accordance with the provisions of this part 2, authorizing the applicant to operate or
move upon the public roads of this state a motor vehicle or a combination of motor
vehicles which carries hazardous materials. This part 2 does not apply to motor
vehicles owned by the federal government, motor vehicles when used to transport
to or from the farm or ranch site products used for agricultural production, or farm
machinery which is exempted from registration requirements by section 42-3-103,
unless such vehicles are used 

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Except as
otherwise provided in this part 2, no transportation of hazardous materials by motor
vehicle which requires placarding under 49 CFR 172 or 173 shall take place in, to,
from, or through this state until the department of transportation issues a permit, in
accordance with the provisions of this part 2, authorizing the applicant to operate or
move upon the public roads of this state a motor vehicle or a combination of motor
vehicles which carries hazardous materials. This part 2 does not apply to motor
vehicles owned by the federal government, motor vehicles when used to transport
to or from the farm or ranch site products used for agricultural production, or farm
machinery which is exempted from registration requirements by section 42-3-103,
unless such vehicles are used in furtherance of any commercial business other than
agriculture. This part 2 applies to motor vehicles owned by the state or any political
subdivision thereof; except that such vehicles are exempt from the fees provided in
section 42-20-202. The requirements of this part 2 are in addition to, and not in
substitution for, any other provisions of law.

Legislative History

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2522, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2020: Entire section amended, (SB 20-118), ch. 155, p. 662, � 1, effective January 1, 2021.