§ 42-3-244 — Special plates - flight for life Colorado

Colorado § 42-3-244

• 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 flight for life Colorado license plate.
The department may stop issuing the flight for life Colorado license plate if a total
of three thousand license plates are not issued by July 1, 2017. A person who was
issued a flight for life Colorado license plate on or before July 1, 2017, may continue
to use the plate after July 1, 2017, regardless of whether the department stops
issuing the license plate.

(b) Flight for life Colorado may design the special license plate if the plate
conforms with standards established by the department.

(3) (a) A person may apply for a flight for life Colorado 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 flight for life Colorado, or
its successor organization, confirming that the applicant has donated twenty-five
dollars to flight for life Colorado.

(b) Flight for life Colorado, 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 flight for life Colorado 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 flight for life Colorado 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 flight for life
Colorado 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 12-1302), ch. 215, p. 926, � 1, effective August 8.