§ 42-3-217 — Special plates - Colorado commission of Indian affairs

Colorado § 42-3-217

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 42: Vehicles and
• Art.: Registration, Taxation, and License Plates

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(1) The
department shall issue one or more sets of special license plates to applicants
under this section for passenger cars, motorcycles, or trucks that do not exceed
sixteen thousand pounds empty weight. The American Indian special license plate
shall not be issued for motorcycles until January 1, 2007.

(2) (a) There is hereby established the American Indian special license plate.
The department may begin issuance of such special license plate when the Rocky
Mountain Indian chamber of commerce has commitments for special license plate
purchases for at least two thousand special license plates and provides a list of the
names and addresses of persons purchasing such plates to the department.

(b) The Rocky Mountain Indian chamber of commerce is responsible for the
costs of designing the special license plate and shall pay such costs before the
license plate is produced. The design for the special license plate shall conform
with standards established by the department.

(3) (a) A person may apply for an American Indian special license plate for a
motor vehicle if the person pays the taxes and fees required under this section and
provides a certificate issued by the Rocky Mountain Indian chamber of commerce
confirming that such person meets the qualifications for the license plate
established pursuant to this subsection (3).

(b) The Colorado commission of Indian affairs shall establish a specific level
of contribution to a scholarship fund that qualifies a person to obtain special
license plates under this section and shall set appropriate qualifications in order for
an applicant to receive a scholarship. The scholarship fund shall be administered by
a nonprofit organization, association, or corporation selected and supervised by the
Colorado commission of Indian affairs. Such scholarship shall not be awarded to an
applicant unless the applicant can demonstrate that he or she is a Colorado
resident and such scholarship will be used to attend an institution of higher
education within Colorado. Such nonprofit organization shall issue a report to the
Colorado commission of Indian affairs accounting for revenues and expenditures at
least every other year.

(4) The amount of the taxes and fees for special license plates under this
section is the same as the amount of the taxes and fees specified for regular motor
vehicle license plates plus a one-time fee of twenty-five dollars for each motor
vehicle for issuing or replacing such license plates. The department shall transmit
the additional one-time fee to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the
highway users tax fund, created in section 43-4-201, C.R.S., for allocation and
expenditure as specified in section 43-4-205 (5.5)(b), C.R.S.

(5) On or after January 1, 2007, an applicant may apply for personalized
American Indian special license plates. If the applicant complies with section 42-3-211, the department may issue such plates upon payment of the additional fee
required by section 42-3-211 (6) for personalized license plates. If the applicant has
existing personalized license plates for a motor vehicle, the applicant may transfer
the combination of letters or numbers to a new set of American Indian special
license plates for the vehicle upon paying the fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6)(a)
and upon turning such existing plates in to the department as required by the
department. A person who has obtained personalized license plates under this
subsection (5) shall pay the annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6)(b) to renew
such plates. The fees imposed by this subsection (5) shall be in addition to all other
taxes and fees imposed for license plates issued pursuant to this section.

(6) Special license plates issued under this section shall be renewed in the
same manner as other license plates under section 42-3-113 or, for personalized
plates, under section 42-3-211.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2005: (4) amended, p. 144, � 16, effective April 5; entire article amended with relocations, p. 1129, � 2, effective August 8.