§ 42-3-255 — Special plates - support foster families

(1) On or after January 1,
2022, or when the department is able to issue the plates, 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 support foster families license plate.

(b) The department shall use a design from Foster Source, registered as a
nonprofit organization under section 26 U.S.C. sec. 501 (c), but the design must
conform to department standards and be approved by the department.

(3) (a) At least once every five years, the department shall designate an
organization to qualify applicants to be issued the support foster families license
plate. The organization must:

(I) Be registered as a nonprofit organization under 26 U.S.C. sec. 501 (c);

(II) Be headquartered in Colorado;

(III) Have been in existence for at least four years;

(IV) Have been founded by foster parents or former foster parents;

(V) Have at least one partnership with a Colorado county or city and county;
and

(VI) Provide services to and support for foster care families in Colorado.

(b) A person may apply for a support foster families 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 organization
designated under subsection (3)(a) of this section confirming that the applicant has
made a donation to the organization. The organization may establish a minimum
donation amount to qualify for the license plate. The organization shall use each
donation to support foster care families in Colorado.

(c) To qualify applicants to have a support foster families license plate, the
organization designated under subsection (3)(a) of this section must 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 issued under
this section is the same as the amount of the taxes and fees for regular motor
vehicle license plates; except that the department shall collect an additional one-time fee of twenty-five dollars for issuance or replacement of the license plates.
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.

(5) A person may apply for personalized support foster families license
plates. Upon payment of the additional fee required by section 42-3-211 (6)(a) for
personalized license plates, the department shall 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 support foster families license plates for the vehicle after
paying the fee required by section 42-3-211 (6)(a) and turning in the existing plates
to the department. A person who obtains personalized license plates under this
subsection (5) must pay the annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6)(b) for
renewal of the personalized plates. The fees imposed under this subsection (5) are
in addition to all other applicable taxes and fees.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1073), ch. 345, p. 2246, � 1, effective September 7.