S.B. 95-1 Vehicle registration fees - trucks and truck tractors - appropriation. Modifies the vehicle registration fees for trucks and truck tractors with an empty weight in excess of 16,000 pounds. Imposes higher fees for trucks and truck tractors operated by common or contract carriers than for other trucks and truck tractors. Eliminates a schedule of reduced fees for trucks and truck tractors operated less than 30,000 miles annually in all jurisdictions and prescribes a new schedule of reduced fees for trucks and truck tractors operated less than 10,000 miles annually in all jurisdictions. Authorizes the department of revenue to adopt rules allowing vehicle owners who apportion their vehicle registrations to register directly with the department those vehicles that qualify for the reduced fees due to low mileage.
Appropriates $27,229, of which $8,338 is from the highway users tax fund and $18,891 is from cash exempt funds, to the department of revenue for the implementation of the act.
APPROVED by Governor May 31, 1995
EFFECTIVE January 1, 1996
S.B. 95-11 Driver's licenses - period of revocation - probationary licenses - ignition interlock devices - appropriation. Imposes a 2 year period of license revocation for a person's second refusal to take a test to determine the alcoholic content of the person's breath or blood and a 3 year revocation for a third or subsequent refusal.
Establishes an ignition interlock device pilot program. Authorizes issuance of a probationary license to any person whose driver's license or provisional driver's license has been revoked because of any alcohol-related administrative proceeding if the person leases an approved ignition interlock device. Specifies the conditions under which an ignition interlock probationary license may be issued. Requires that any person obtaining such a probationary license lease the device at the person's own expense. Imposes a fee on ignition interlock device leasing agencies for each person leasing a device to cover program start-up and operational costs. Creates the interlock fund for the deposit of such fees and for any federal grant money received. Authorizes the department of public health and environment and the department of revenue to promulgate rules and regulations. Requires the office of transportation safety in the department of transportation to assess the ignition interlock program and include the results in a report to the general assembly by January 1, 1998. Provides for the repeal of the ignition interlock device pilot program on July 1, 1998.
Makes it a class 1 misdemeanor for any person to intercept, bypass, or interfere with an ignition interlock device or to drive a motor vehicle with knowledge that any person has tampered with the ignition interlock device.
Prohibits suspending the license of a driver if the same offense or conviction that caused the driver to obtain the number of points required for suspension also subjected the driver to a license restraint with a determined reinstatement date; except that the license may be suspended despite the restraint for the same offense or conviction if the person's license or driving privilege was revoked for refusal to submit to testing for alcohol or drugs. Directs that the points that were accumulated shall be utilized by the department of revenue to determine whether to impose any future license suspension if the driver accumulates any additional points against his or her license.
Appropriates from the interlock fund $67,698 to the department of revenue and $10,867 to the department of public health and environment for the implementation of the act.
APPROVED by Governor June 5, 1995
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1995
S.B. 95-127 Traffic offenses - sealing of records of alcohol- or drug-related traffic offenses - mandatory license revocation for underage possession or consumption of ethyl alcohol - proof of prior alcohol- or drug-related convictions - community service for insurance violations. Prohibits a court from sealing any court record pertaining to an alcohol- or drug-related traffic offense.
Requires the department of revenue to immediately revoke the driver's license or permit of any driver upon receipt of a record showing that such driver has been convicted of illegal possession or consumption of ethyl alcohol by an underage person.
States that an authenticated copy of the record of a previous conviction or judgment for an alcohol- or drug-related traffic offense is prima facie proof of the prior conviction for the purposes of sentencing a person for a second or subsequent offense. Eliminates the requirement that a person convicted of a driving violation involving the use of drugs or alcohol appear before the sheriff in order that photographs and fingerprints be taken.
Makes the penalty of community service for any person convicted of a motor vehicle insurance violation a matter of discretion for the court rather than a mandatory sentence.
APPROVED by Governor April 21, 1995
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1995
S.B. 95-164 Motor vehicle restraint systems - mandatory use of safety belts by children - use of child restraint systems. Requires that the following children be provided with and fastened into a safety belt system if transported in a privately owned noncommercial vehicle or a vehicle operated by a child care center: (1) Any child at least 4 years of age but not yet 16 years of age; or (2) Any child under 4 years of age and weighing at least 40 pounds.
Eliminates the provision limiting child restraint system requirements to state residents. Requires that any child under 4 years of age and under 40 pounds transported in any vehicle operated by a child care center, in addition to any such child transported in a privately owned noncommercial vehicle, be provided with and fastened into a child restraint system.
Provides that the existing exemptions from the child restraint system requirements for any child transported in a vehicle in which all seating positions with safety belts or child restraint systems are occupied or for any child transported as the result of a medical emergency also apply to the safety belt requirements. Limits the exemption allowed when all seating positions in a vehicle with safety belts or child restraint systems are occupied to children transported in privately owned noncommercial vehicles.
Prohibits the use of a child restraint or safety belt system for a child under 16 years of age unless the system conforms to federal requirements.
Authorizes a court to waive the fine for failure to comply with child restraint system requirements if a driver provides evidence that the driver has acquired, purchased, or rented an approved child restraint system, rather than mandating the waiver of the fine in such circumstances.
APPROVED by Governor April 21, 1995
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1995
S.B. 95-167 License plates - automobile dealers and wholesalers - full-use dealer plates - transfer and assignment - annual fee - appropriation. Authorizes the department of revenue to issue full-use dealer plates to be used in lieu of, in the same manner as, and to the same extent as license plates issued for privately-owned motor vehicles. Specifies that such plates may be issued to a motor vehicle dealer or wholesaler who: Has sold more than 25 motor vehicles in the 12 months preceding application; purchases an existing motor vehicle dealership or wholesale business that has sold more than 25 vehicles during the 12 months preceding application; or obtains a license to operate a new or used motor vehicle dealership or wholesale business with an inventory of 50 or more motor vehicles.
Specifies that full-use dealer plates may be used only for vehicles owned and offered for sale by the dealer or wholesaler. Prohibits such plates from being used on vehicles that are commonly used for towing or to pick up or deliver parts. Authorizes the dealer or wholesaler to transfer such plates from one motor vehicle to another without being required to report the transfer. Authorizes the motor vehicle dealer or wholesaler to assign the use of full-use dealer plates to persons authorized to utilize dealer plates under existing law and to the motor vehicle dealer's or wholesaler's employees, customers, and family members.
Specifies that the annual fee for full-use dealer plates shall be established and adjusted annually by the department of revenue based on the average of specific ownership taxes and registration fees paid for passenger vehicles and light duty trucks that are 7 model years old or newer and that were registered during the one-year period preceding January 1 of each year. Specifies that such plates are valid for a period not to exceed one year, and requires each such plate to expire on June 30 in the year of expiration.
Requires the return of such plates within 10 days upon closure of a motor vehicle dealership or wholesale business.
Appropriates $10,277 out of the distributive data processing fund to the department of revenue for the implementation of the act.
APPROVED by Governor May 23, 1995
EFFECTIVE January 1, 1996
S.B. 95-172 Motor vehicle insurance - uninsured motorists - study. Directs the transportation legislation review committee to examine the problem of uninsured motorists and to propose legislation to alleviate the problem. Directs the committee to examine the current compulsory motor vehicle insurance system and other enforcement mechanisms, including uninsured motorist identification database programs adopted in other states, which help law enforcement verify owner compliance with motor vehicle financial security requirements.
APPROVED by Governor May 23, 1995
EFFECTIVE May 23, 1995
S.B. 95-173 Traffic laws - 1994 recodification - correction of errors and omissions. Corrects internal statutory references in the 1994 traffic code recodification. In addition to the authority granted to issue special license plates to members of the general assembly for passenger cars, authorizes the department of revenue to issue such plates for members' trucks weighing less than 16,000 lbs. Classifies certain windshield and windshield wiper-related violations as Class B traffic infractions and sets a fine for such violations. Specifies that the unlawful installation, coverage, or treatment of a windshield is a misdemeanor. Clarifies that school buses with a seating capacity of 15, rather than 9, are not required to use signal lights. Repeals obsolete language.
APPROVED by Governor May 25, 1995
EFFECTIVE May 25, 1995
H.B. 95-1003 Motor vehicle registration materials - unlawful acts. Adds language to clarify that it is unlawful for any person to offer for sale any certificate of title, validation tab or sticker, or registration number plate that the person knows is stolen.
APPROVED by Governor March 23, 1995
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1995
H.B. 95-1021 Specific ownership tax - rental vehicles - submission of taxes to county where vehicles are rented. Requires any rental vehicle owner who is authorized to collect specific ownership taxes from the users of such vehicles to submit such taxes and the monthly report regarding such taxes to the county clerk in the county where the vehicles are rented rather than the county where the owner's principal place of business is located.
APPROVED by Governor March 17, 1995
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1995
H.B. 95-1085 Truck tractors - "laden" and "unladen" - commercial vehicle combinations - height and length limitations - transportation of automobiles and boats - foreign commercial semitractors - registration pursuant to reciprocal agreement. Changes the definition of the term "truck tractor" by making a distinction between "laden" and "unladen" truck tractors. Specifies that exclusions applicable to the 75-foot length limitation for specialized equipment used in combination to transport automobiles and boats include the automobiles or boats being transported and any extension device used for loading; except that the projected load, including such extension devices, may not extend more than 4 feet from the front of the vehicle or more than 6 feet from the rear.
When a reciprocal registration agreement exists between Colorado and a foreign entity, includes foreign commercial semitractors operated within this state among the vehicles to be registered and reregistered only in accordance with such reciprocal agreement.
APPROVED by Governor May 16, 1995
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1995
H.B. 95-1156 Mandatory automobile insurance - proof of financial responsibility - evidence of insurance - satisfaction of judgment. Makes the following changes to the motor vehicle financial responsibility law:
APPROVED by Governor May 31, 1995
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1995
H.B. 95-1219 Drivers' licenses - applicants under 18 years of age - outstanding judgment or warrant - administrative processing fee. Extends the prohibition against issuing a driver's license to an applicant who has an outstanding judgment or warrant to include applicants under 18 years of age.
Authorizes the issuance of a driver's, minor driver's, or provisional driver's license if there is no outstanding judgment or warrant. Prohibits issuance if there is an outstanding judgment or warrant. Requires any person who satisfies an outstanding judgment or warrant to pay a $30 administrative processing fee for each such judgment or warrant in addition to all other penalties, costs, or forfeitures. Directs the court to remit half of the fee to the department of revenue and to retain the remainder.
APPROVED by Governor May 25, 1995
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1995
H.B. 95-1222 Used motor vehicle sales - certificates of title - time of delivery for out-of-state certificates - monthly report - repeal. Requires motor vehicle dealers to deliver or facilitate the delivery of an out-of-state certificate of title to the purchaser or transferee within 30 days after the date of sale rather than requiring delivery of the certificate immediately upon sale.
Repeals the requirement that used motor vehicle dealers submit a monthly report to the auto theft division of the Colorado state patrol that describes certain out-of-state vehicles held by such dealers.
APPROVED by Governor April 7, 1995
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1995
H.B. 95-1236 Motor vehicle registration - exemption for certain nonresidents. Exempts the following nonresident motor vehicle owners from provisions of Colorado law that require a motor vehicle to be registered in this state:
Specifies that the exemption is applicable only if the state in which such nonresident owner resides extends the same privileges to Colorado residents gainfully employed or enrolled in an institution of higher education within the boundaries of that state.
APPROVED by Governor March 31, 1995
EFFECTIVE March 31, 1995
H.B. 95-1285 Motor vehicle repair garages - consent for repairs - storage charges - repair estimates - warranties - penalties. Clarifies that the requirement that written consent be obtained before repairs may be performed by a motor vehicle repair garage is waived if a motor vehicle is towed to the garage or left by the customer outside of normal business hours or if a waiver is signed. Limits the waiver of written consent when a vehicle is towed to a garage or left by the customer outside of normal business hours to a maximum of $100 in labor and parts.
Sets the maximum amount that may be charged for storage if a customer fails to remove a motor vehicle within 3 days after completion of repairs at $10 per day. Requires that the amounts that may be charged for storage be conspicuously printed on the written estimate provided to the customer and provides a notice that is required to be printed on the estimate. Requires that a garage provide a record on the invoice regarding the notice that is given to the customer about the completion of motor vehicle repairs. Requires that storage charges be assessed in accordance with the statutory provisions regarding mechanics liens if a garage chooses to sell a customer's property in accordance with such provisions.
Shortens the time period during which a garage is required to notify a customer if there is a change in the expected date of completion of motor vehicle repairs from 3 days to 24 hours. If a repair contract is cancelled because of the failure of the garage to provide notice of a change in completion date or because of the customer's refusal to consent to a change in the completion date, provides that the garage in not required to reassemble the motor vehicle without cost if the customer has previously been notified regarding the impracticality of such reassembly.
Requires a garage to specify in the original estimate whether parts to be installed are new, used, reconditioned, or rebuilt.
If a motor vehicle is returned to a repair garage that issued a warranty, requires the garage to provide a notice to the customer that specifies that the repair work is under warranty and that provides the customer with a completion date for the repair.
Modifies the criminal penalties for conviction of specified violations of the "Motor Vehicle Repair Act of 1977". Establishes a new criminal penalty for violations of other provisions of the act. Increases the minimum penalty awarded in a successful civil action to enforce the act. Requires that a demand to a garage for damages under the act be in writing and be sent by certified mail. Provides that a garage convicted of a third violation under the act may be subject to the provisions of the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act".
APPROVED by Governor May 22, 1995
EFFECTIVE January 1, 1996
H.B. 95-1349 Substitute license plates - surrender of plate - issuance of identical substitute personalized plates - 12-month waiting period when plate not surrendered. If a license plate to be replaced is in the possession of an applicant for a substitute plate, requires the applicant to surrender the plate to the department of revenue at the time of application.
When an application for a substitute personalized plate is accompanied by the personalized plate to be replaced, requires the department to issue a substitute personalized plate bearing the identical sequential combination of letters and numbers that appeared on the plate to be replaced.
If a number or personalized license plate is lost, stolen, or otherwise not surrendered to the department at the time an application for a substitute plate is made, requires a 12-month waiting period prior to the reissuance of a license plate bearing the identical sequential combination of letters and numbers that appeared on the plate to be replaced.
APPROVED by Governor May 25, 1995
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1995
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