Colorado § 42-3-207 Special plates - rules - new plates - retirement

Colorado Statutes

§ 42-3-207 — Special plates - rules - new plates - retirement

Colorado § 42-3-207

Title 42Vehicles and

Art.Registration, Taxation, and License Plates

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-3-207 (2026).

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(1)(a) Neither the department nor an authorized agent of the department shall collect any fee for the privilege of using a special plate unless such fee is expressly authorized by statute. The department or an authorized agent of the department shall not transfer money collected for the privilege of using a special plate unless such transfer is expressly authorized by statute.

(b)(I) A special license plate shall not be issued pursuant to this section unless such license plate was approved prior to January 1, 2001.

(II)Special license plates that have been approved pursuant to this section shall be retired, effective March 1, 2008, unless such plates are issued for at least three thousand vehicles. The executive director of the department shall promulgate rules to provide sta

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(1) (a) Neither
the department nor an authorized agent of the department shall collect any fee for
the privilege of using a special plate unless such fee is expressly authorized by
statute. The department or an authorized agent of the department shall not
transfer money collected for the privilege of using a special plate unless such
transfer is expressly authorized by statute.

(b) (I) A special license plate shall not be issued pursuant to this section
unless such license plate was approved prior to January 1, 2001.

(II) Special license plates that have been approved pursuant to this section
shall be retired, effective March 1, 2008, unless such plates are issued for at least
three thousand vehicles. The executive director of the department shall promulgate
rules to provide standards for the retirement of special license plates not issued for
at least three thousand vehicles.

(2) Repealed.

(3) The department shall not issue an approval notification letter to any
business entity conducted for profit.

(4) The amount of taxes and fees for special license plates issued pursuant
to this section shall be the same as the amount of taxes and fees specified for
regular motor vehicle registration plus an additional one-time fee of twenty-five
dollars. The additional fee shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall
credit the same to the highway users tax fund for allocation and expenditure as
specified in section 43-4-205 (5.5)(b), C.R.S.

(5) Before seeking legislative action to authorize a new group special license
plate, the nonprofit organization requesting the new plate shall obtain, from the
director of the department of revenue, written notification that the group has
complied with the requirements for a group special license plate.

(6) The department shall verify that the nonprofit organization proposing a
group special license plate has collected the signatures of at least three thousand
persons committed to purchasing the proposed license plate.

(7) The remaining inventory of any group special license plate or alumni
association license plate that has not been issued to the minimum number of
vehicles specified in law may continue to be issued until the inventory of the plates
is exhausted.

(8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part 2, each organization that
issues a certificate authorizing a person to obtain a group special license plate
upon payment of a specified minimum donation may increase that minimum
donation by ten dollars. Beginning July 1, 2019, an organization may annually adjust
the donation increase authorized by this subsection (8) to account for a change in
inflation. The organization shall round the inflation adjustment upward or downward
to the nearest one-dollar increment.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2005: (4) amended, p. 145, � 19, effective April 5; entire article amended with relocations, p. 1113, � 2, effective August 8. L. 2007: (1)(b)(II) amended, p. 1986, � 1, effective June 1. L. 2011: (2) amended, (HB 11-1236), ch. 98, p. 286, � 1, effective April 8. L. 2012: (2) repealed, (3) amended, and (5), (6), and (7) added, (SB 12-007), ch. 88, p. 288, � 1, effective April 6. L. 2018: (8) added, (SB 18-046), ch. 46, p. 479, � 1, effective August 8.