§ 42-3-237 — Special plates - girl scouts

Colorado § 42-3-237

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

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(1) Beginning January 1, 2012, 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 girl scouts centennial special license
plate.

(b) The girl scouts of Colorado may design the girl scouts centennial special
license plate, but the plate must conform with standards established by the
department.

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

(6) The department may stop issuing the girl scouts centennial special
license plate if three thousand license plates are not issued by July 1, 2017. A
person who was issued the plate on or before July 1, 2017, may continue to use the
plate after July 1, 2017.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2011: Entire section added, (SB 11-197), ch. 291, p. 1355, � 1, effective August 10.