§ 42-3-229 — Special plates - boy scouts

Colorado § 42-3-229

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

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(1) Beginning July 15, 2009, 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 boy scouts centennial special license
plate, which shall be issued from July 15, 2009, to June 30, 2016, or so long as the
department has the special license plates in stock, whichever occurs later.

(b) A person may continue to use the boy scouts centennial special license
plate after June 30, 2011, in accordance with this section.

(c) The department is authorized to begin issuance of the special license
plate authorized by this subsection (2) if the boy scouts obtain commitments for the
purchase of at least three thousand special license plates and provide to the
department a list of the names and addresses of persons requesting such plates by
January 15, 2009.

(d) Repealed.

(e) The design for the special license plate shall conform with standards
established by the department.

(3) A person may apply for a special license plate created by this section if
the person pays the taxes and fees required under this section.

(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 special license plates created by
this section. 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 special license plates created by this section 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
special 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 the special
license plates created by this section.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 2271, � 2, effective January 1, 2009. L. 2011: (2)(a) amended, (HB 11-1236), ch. 98, p. 288, � 8, effective April 8; (2)(d) repealed, (HB 11-1303), ch. 264, p. 1182, � 108, effective August 10.