§ 42-3-246 — Special plates - Protect Our Rivers

Colorado § 42-3-246

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

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(1) Beginning the earlier of
January 1, 2014, 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 Protect Our Rivers license plate. The
department may stop issuing the Protect Our Rivers license plate if three
thousand license plates are not issued by July 1, 2017. A person may continue to use
the Protect Our Rivers license plate after July 1, 2017.

(b) Colorado trout unlimited may design the special license plates, but the
design must conform with standards established by the department.

(3) (a) A person may apply for a Protect Our Rivers 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 Colorado trout unlimited
or its successor organization, confirming that the applicant has donated twenty-five
dollars to Colorado trout unlimited.

(b) Colorado trout unlimited shall file with the department an annual
statement verifying that it is a nonprofit organization unless the department stops
issuing the license plate pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section.

(c) Colorado trout unlimited shall not use any moneys from a donation made
under paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) for litigation or lobbying.

(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 each 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 Protect Our Rivers 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 Protect Our Rivers 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 Protect Our
Rivers 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. 2013: Entire section added, (SB 13-224), ch. 245, p. 1184, � 1, effective August 7.