§ 42-3-242 — Special plates - fallen heroes

Colorado § 42-3-242

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

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(1) Beginning the earlier of
January 1, 2013, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department
shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants under 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 fallen heroes special license plate.
The department may stop issuing the fallen heroes special license plate if a total of
three thousand license plates are not issued by July 1, 2017. A person who was
issued a fallen heroes special license plate on or before July 1, 2017, may continue
to use the fallen heroes special license plate after July 1, 2017, regardless of
whether the department stops issuing the special license plate.

(b) The Colorado chapter of the concerns of police survivors, inc., may design
the special license plate if the plate conforms with standards established by the
department.

(3) (a) A person may apply for a fallen heroes 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 the Colorado chapter of the concerns of
police survivors, inc., or its successor organization, confirming that the applicant
has donated fifty dollars to the Colorado chapter of the concerns of police
survivors, inc.

(b) The Colorado chapter of the concerns of police survivors, 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 are the same as the amount of the taxes and fees 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 the license plate. The department shall
transmit the additional one-time fee to the state treasurer, who shall credit the fee
to the highway users tax fund created in section 43-4-201, C.R.S.

(5) An applicant may apply for personalized fallen heroes 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 the 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 fallen heroes special license plates for the vehicle upon
paying the fee required by section 42-3-211 (6)(a) and upon turning in the existing
plates to the department. A person who has obtained personalized fallen heroes
special license plates under this subsection (5) shall pay the annual fee imposed by
section 42-3-211 (6)(b) for renewal of the personalized plates. The fees under this
subsection (5) are in addition to all other applicable taxes and fees.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2012: Entire section added, (HB 12-1023), ch. 134, p. 460, � 1, effective August 8.