§ 42-3-225 — Special plates - Italian-American heritage

Colorado § 42-3-225

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

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(1) Beginning January
1, 2008, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in
accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or
noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do not exceed sixteen thousand
pounds empty weight.

(2) (a) There is hereby established the Italian-American heritage special
license plate, which shall be issued to any person who pays the taxes and fees
required under this section.

(b) The department may stop issuing the Italian-American heritage special
license plate if at least three thousand plates are not issued by July 1, 2016. A
person who was issued an Italian-American heritage special license plate on or
before July 1, 2016, may continue to use the plate after July 1, 2016.

(c) The Italian-American heritage special license plate shall be designed:

(I) To celebrate Italian-American heritage; and

(II) In accordance with standards established by the department and be
subject to the department's approval.

(3) 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; except that the department shall collect a one-time fee of
twenty-five dollars for issuance or replacement of each such license plate. 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.

(4) An applicant may apply for personalized Italian-American heritage
special license plates. Upon payment of the additional fee required by section 42-3-211 (6)(a) for personalized license plates, the department may issue such plates if
the applicant complies with section 42-3-211. If an 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 Colorado Italian-American
heritage license plates for the vehicle upon paying the fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6) and upon turning in such existing plates to the department. A person who
has obtained personalized Italian-American heritage special license plates under
this subsection (4) shall pay the annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6)(b) for
renewal of such personalized plates. The fees under this subsection (4) are in
addition to all other taxes and fees imposed for the Italian-American heritage
special license plates.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 967, � 1, effective August 3. L. 2008: (2)(b) amended, p. 229, � 4, effective August 5. L. 2009: (2)(b) amended, (SB 09-175), ch. 226, p. 1028, � 4, effective July 1. L. 2011: (2)(b) amended, (HB 11-1236), ch. 98, p. 288, � 5, effective April 8.