§ 42-3-268 — Special plates - In God We Trust

Colorado § 42-3-268

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

Text

(1) Beginning on January 1,
2024, 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 In God We Trust license plate.

(b) The department shall design the plate in cooperation and consultation
with interested persons to feature the statement In God We Trust.

(3) 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 an additional one-time fee
of twenty-five dollars for issuance or replacement of the special 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.

(4) An applicant may apply to the department for personalized In God We
Trust 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 In God We Trust 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 license
plates under this subsection (4) must pay the annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6)(b) to renew the personalized plates. The fees under this subsection (4) are in
addition to all other applicable taxes and fees.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2023: Entire section added, (SB 23-025), ch. 314, p. 1908, �1, effective August 7.