§ 42-3-226 — Special plates - share the road

Colorado § 42-3-226

• 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 share the road special license plate.
The department may stop issuing the share the road special license plate if three
thousand license plates are not issued by July 1, 2011. A person may continue to use
the share the road special license plate after July 1, 2011.

(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-175), ch. 226, p. 1028, � 5,
effective July 1, 2009.)

(c) The design for the special license plate shall conform with standards
established by the department and shall be subject to approval by Bicycle
Colorado, Inc.

(3) (a) A person may apply for a share the road special license plate if the
person pays the taxes and fees required under this section and provides to the
department or an authorized agent a certificate, issued by Bicycle Colorado, Inc., or
a successor organization, confirming that such person meets the qualifications for
the license plate established pursuant to this section.

(b) Bicycle Colorado, Inc., or a successor organization, may establish a
specific level of contribution to a share the road education fund that qualifies a
person to obtain special license plates under this section. Such fund shall be used
to fund programs, activities, and events that educate bicyclists, motorists, law
enforcement, and transportation officials on the rights and responsibilities of
bicycling, safely sharing the road, and reducing bicycle crashes.

(c) Bicycle Colorado, Inc., or its successor organization, shall file with the
department an annual statement verifying that it is a nonprofit organization.

(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; 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.

(5) An applicant may apply for personalized share the road 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 share the road 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 share the road license
plates under this subsection (5) shall pay the annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6)(b) for renewal of such personalized plates. The fees under this subsection (5)
are in addition to all other taxes and fees imposed for share the road license plates.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 2075, � 1, effective August 3. L. 2009: (2)(a) and (2)(b) amended, (SB 09-175), ch. 226, p. 1028, � 5, effective July 1.