Colorado § 42-20-305 Deviation from authorized route - penalty

Colorado Statutes

§ 42-20-305 — Deviation from authorized route - penalty

Colorado § 42-20-305

Title 42Vehicles and

Art.Transportation of Hazardous

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-20-305 (2026).

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(1)No person shall transport hazardous materials by motor vehicle contrary to any route designation approved by the patrol pursuant to this part 3 unless such action is necessary to service a motor vehicle or to make a local pickup or delivery of hazardous materials or unless such action is so required by emergency conditions which would make continued use of authorized routes unsafe or by the closure of an authorized route pursuant to section 42-20-304, and, in such circumstances, the motor vehicle shall remain on authorized routes whenever possible and shall minimize the distance traveled on restricted routes. A person transporting hazardous materials by motor vehicle may make successive local pickups and deliveries without returning to the authorized route between each pickup

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(1) No person shall
transport hazardous materials by motor vehicle contrary to any route designation
approved by the patrol pursuant to this part 3 unless such action is necessary to
service a motor vehicle or to make a local pickup or delivery of hazardous materials
or unless such action is so required by emergency conditions which would make
continued use of authorized routes unsafe or by the closure of an authorized route
pursuant to section 42-20-304, and, in such circumstances, the motor vehicle shall
remain on authorized routes whenever possible and shall minimize the distance
traveled on restricted routes. A person transporting hazardous materials by motor
vehicle may make successive local pickups and deliveries without returning to the
authorized route between each pickup or delivery when such return would be
unreasonable. A person transporting hazardous materials shall not utilize
residential streets unless there is no other reasonable route available to reach the
destination.

(2) Any person who transports hazardous materials by motor vehicle in a
manner inconsistent with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section commits a
misdemeanor traffic offense and shall be assessed a penalty of two hundred fifty
dollars for each separate violation in accordance with the procedure set forth in
section 42-20-105 (2). A person who commits a second or subsequent violation
within a twelve-month period of transporting hazardous materials by motor vehicle
in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section
commits a misdemeanor traffic offense and shall be issued a summons and
complaint in accordance with the provisions of section 42-4-1707 (1), and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.

(3) All penalties collected pursuant to this section by a state agency or by a
court shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the
hazardous materials safety fund created in section 42-20-107.

(4) Every court having jurisdiction over offenses committed under subsection
(2) of this section shall forward to the chief a record of the conviction of any person
in said court for a violation of any said laws within forty-eight hours after such
conviction. The term conviction means a final conviction.