§ 42-3-258 — Special plates - Colorado nurses - definition

Colorado § 42-3-258

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

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(1) Beginning the
earlier of January 15, 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 Colorado nurses license plate.

(b) The nurses foundation that satisfies all applicable requirements may
design the Colorado nurses license plate, but the license plate must conform with
standards established by the department.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the department shall utilize signatures
collected by the Stephen T. Marchello Scholarship Foundation to satisfy the
requirement described in section 42-3-207 (6) and shall apply those signatures to
the application for a special group license plate by the Colorado Nurses
Association.

(3) (a) A person may apply for a Colorado nurses 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 nurses foundation confirming that
the applicant has made a donation to the nurses foundation in an amount that the
nurses foundation may determine but that may not exceed one hundred dollars.

(b) The nurses foundation shall file with the department an annual statement
verifying that it is a nonprofit organization unless the department stops issuing the
Colorado nurses license plate.

(c) For each donation that the nurses foundation receives in association with
the sale of a Colorado nurses license plate, the nurses foundation shall use a
portion of the donation to provide scholarships to nurses from minority populations.

(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 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.

(5) An applicant may apply for personalized Colorado nurses 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 Colorado nurses 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 Colorado nurses 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.

(6) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, nurses
foundation means a Colorado-based nurses foundation that is dedicated to
advancing nursing through scholarship, leadership development, and nurse
recognition.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1219), ch. 262, p. 1529, � 2, effective September 7.