Colorado § 42-20-301 Route designation

Colorado Statutes

§ 42-20-301 — Route designation

Colorado § 42-20-301

Title 42Vehicles and

Art.Transportation of Hazardous

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-20-301 (2026).

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(1)(a) The patrol, after consultation with local governmental authorities, has the sole authority to designate which public roads are to be used and which are not to be used by motor vehicles transporting hazardous materials. The patrol shall exercise its authority in accordance with section 42-20-302. Gasoline, diesel fuel, and liquefied petroleum gas are exempt from route designation unless the petitioning authority specified in section 42-20-302 requests their inclusion. The patrol may exempt crude oil from route designation after a request from the petitioning authority.

(b)The patrol may include, as part of designated route restrictions, the closing of streets and highways and other conditions or restrictions the patrol deems advisable, except for hours of operation and cur

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(1) (a) The patrol, after consultation with
local governmental authorities, has the sole authority to designate which public
roads are to be used and which are not to be used by motor vehicles transporting
hazardous materials. The patrol shall exercise its authority in accordance with
section 42-20-302. Gasoline, diesel fuel, and liquefied petroleum gas are exempt
from route designation unless the petitioning authority specified in section 42-20-302 requests their inclusion. The patrol may exempt crude oil from route
designation after a request from the petitioning authority.

(b) The patrol may include, as part of designated route restrictions, the
closing of streets and highways and other conditions or restrictions the patrol
deems advisable, except for hours of operation and curfews.

(c) Routes designated by the patrol in accordance with this part 3 do not
apply to motor vehicles when used to transport to or from the farm or ranch site
products necessary for agricultural production.

(d) No city, county, or city and county may impose restrictions on hours of
operation on designated routes; except that this paragraph (d) does not apply to
any city, county, or city and county that, by resolution or ordinance, had routes or
hours of operation restrictions in effect on July 1, 1985.

(2) The patrol may approve route designations only for those materials listed
in table 1 of 49 CFR 172.504, in any quantities, and those materials listed in table 2
of 49 CFR 172.504, when carried in quantities of five hundred gallons or more;
except that the patrol may not accept or approve route designations for those
materials listed in table 2 when packaged in containers of five gallons or less or
when packaged as consumer commodities as defined in 49 CFR 173.1200.

(3) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part 3 or part 1 or 2 of this
article 20 to the contrary, the transportation commission may regulate hours of
operation of the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnels, structure numbers F13Y and F13X,
respectively, on interstate 70.

(b) The patrol may conform hazardous materials routing regulations made
pursuant to this section to transportation commission regulations made pursuant to
subsection (3)(a) of this section.

Legislative History

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2525, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 95: (3) amended, p. 963, � 26, effective May 25. L. 99: (3) amended, p. 45, � 1, effective August 4. L. 2011: (1) amended, (HB 11-1176), ch. 56, p. 149, � 2, effective August 10. L. 2023: (3) amended, (SB 23-280), ch. 404, p. 2421, � 8, effective August 7.