S.B. 02-14 Registration - commercial vehicles. Authorizes the registration of a commercial vehicle owned by a nonresident when such vehicle is not titled in Colorado but is registered in Colorado as part of a fleet. Limits such authorization to commercial vehicles with an apportioned registration. Requires the applicant for such registration to provide a copy of a current registration or title from a foreign jurisdiction and a copy of the lease agreement.
APPROVED by Governor March 5, 2002
EFFECTIVE August 7, 2002
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date, see page vi
of this digest.
S.B. 02-57 Moving violations - alcohol and drug offenses - driving under the influence (DUI) - driving while ability impaired (DWAI) - recodification of statutes. Breaks the existing statutory section governing DUI and DWAI offenses, sobriety tests, sentencing, alcohol and drug treatment programs, and suspension and revocation of drivers' licenses into separate sections. Consolidates and clarifies definitions and amends cross-references accordingly.
APPROVED by Governor June 7, 2002
EFFECTIVE July 1, 2002
S.B. 02-72 Registration - multiple vehicles - fleet registration - special plates. Allows the department of revenue to adopt rules under which the operator of a fleet of motor vehicles, including trailers and pole trailers, may register the vehicles of such fleet and have them identified by special license plates that do not require an annual validating tab or sticker. Prohibits the discounting of registration fees in connection with such an arrangement.
APPROVED by Governor March 1, 2002
EFFECTIVE March 1, 2002
S.B. 02-112 Driver's licenses and identification cards - lawful presence in the United States. Requires an applicant for a driver's license or identification card to provide further proof that he or she is lawfully in the United States if the applicant submits to the division of motor vehicles within the department of revenue, as proof of age or identity, a driver's license or identification card from a state that issues licenses or identification cards to persons who are not lawfully in the United States.
APPROVED by Governor April 2, 2002
EFFECTIVE April 2, 2002
S.B. 02-132 Abandoned motor vehicles - towing - storage - public and private property. Divides the law dealing with abandoned vehicles into 2 parts based upon the distinction between vehicles that are abandoned on public property and those that are abandoned on private property.
Authorizes the law enforcement agency or towing carrier that tows and stores an abandoned vehicle to recover fees from the vehicle's owner.
Extends from 3 to 10 days the time a law enforcement agency has to report the tow of an abandoned vehicle from public property to the department of revenue. Authorizes the use of internet communications for such report. Repeals the requirement that such report contain a list of the names and addresses of any known drivers. Extends from immediate notification to notification within 30 minutes the time a tow operator has to notify the appropriate law enforcement agency of a nonconsensual tow from private property. Upon such notification, requires the law enforcement agency that receives such notice to assign the vehicle a case tow report number immediately and to make a notation in the Colorado crime information center computer system. Upon the release of the vehicle to the owner or lienholder, instructs the operator to notify the responsible law enforcement agent, and instructs such agent to adjust or delete the entry in the Colorado crime information center computer system.
Extends to 10 days:
Authorizes such reports to be made via the internet. Raises from $50 to $100 the cap on the amount a tow operator may charge for sending such notices to the owner or lienholder.
Requires a towing carrier to send a notification to the owner and the lienholder within 10 working days after a vehicle has been towed from public property. Prohibits an operator from collecting storage fees caused by the failure to make a reasonable attempt to send such notification. Extends from 30 to 90 days the time a tow carrier or a law enforcement agency must hold a vehicle before such vehicle can be sold when such vehicle is a collector's item.
Extends from 5 to 10 days the time a towing carrier has to notify the owner of an abandoned motor vehicle before the towing carrier is prohibited from collecting storage fees prior to such notification. Requires such notification to include the tow report number.
Requires a law enforcement agency to pay towing charges and storage fees when it is determined at the appropriate hearing that the motor vehicle was illegally towed at the request of the law enforcement agency. Requires a finding by an administrative law judge of a violation of this act before an operator's registration is canceled.
Authorizes the payment of reasonable fees for recovering and securing a motor vehicle when it is discovered that a motor vehicle towed from private property has been reported stolen.
Repeals a requirement that a tow operator send a copy of a tow report to the responsible law enforcement agency.
When a tow operator is preparing to sell an abandoned motor vehicle to satisfy the operator's lien, repeals a provision that allows the owner of the motor vehicle to delay such sale for 30 days by notifying the tow operator of an intent to claim the vehicle. Instructs a vehicle owner that failure to register a vehicle constitutes a waiver of such owner's right to be notified for the purposes of foreclosure of the lien on an abandoned vehicle.
Authorizes a tow operator to satisfy fees for selling, recovery, towing, and storage of a motor vehicle from the operator's lien. Authorizes the tow operator to satisfy the operator's lien from the personal property within or attached to the vehicle. Clarifies that a foreclosed motor vehicle may be sold through advertisement in any newspaper in Colorado. Clarifies that the sale of a vehicle valued at less than $200 to a person with a proprietary interest in the operator is a commercially reasonable sale. Requires the buyer of a vehicle auctioned to satisfy the operator's lien to get a bonded title if the vehicle is less than 5 years old and the owner is unknown. Upon sale, requires the operator to destroy or discard personal property within a vehicle if the serial or identification number of such property has been visibly altered or removed. Requires the operator to notify the law enforcement agency of all personal property with serial or identification numbers.
Lowers from 30 to 10 days the time a vehicle owner has to comply with the law and reclaim the vehicle after the court has determined that the vehicle owner has violated registration or inspection laws.
Authorizes the commission to revoke or deny a towing carrier permit if such carrier has, within 5 years, been convicted of a felony.
Defines relevant terms. Redefines "abandoned motor vehicle" to include any vehicle left on a public road for 48 hours. Redefines "operator" to remove a prohibition on the public utilities commission licensing auto parts recyclers that receive remuneration. Deletes the terms "private tow" and "public tow".
APPROVED by Governor May 24, 2002
EFFECTIVE July 1, 2002
S.B. 02-158 Width limitations - recreational vehicles - farm vehicles. Excludes appurtenances on recreational vehicles from the vehicle width limitation of 8 feet 6 inches if such appurtenances do not cause the vehicle to exceed 9 feet 6 inches in width. Deletes limitations that prohibit motor vehicles that transport rectangular hay bales and do not exceed 10 feet 6 inches in width from exceeding 30 feet in length and from being a single unit, which includes trailers. Defines appurtenance.
APPROVED by Governor May 6, 2002
EFFECTIVE August 7, 2002
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date, see page vi
of this digest.
H.B. 02-1011 Registration - special license plates - issuance - sunset. Sunsets the following special license plates on July 1, 2007, if such special license plates are not issued for at least 3,000 vehicles:
Removes the department of revenue's ("department") authority to issue special license plates pursuant to rule. Raises the threshold for issuing a special license plate by statute from 2,000 plates issued to 3,000 plates issued.
Requires all class C vehicles and all class B vehicles that are not recreational trucks and that weigh less than 16,000 pounds empty weight to be issued a standard license plate unless otherwise authorized by statute. Directs the department to issue only one type of plate to both passenger vehicles and light trucks.
Changes to $25 the fee for issuance of the following special license plates:
APPROVED by Governor April 12, 2002
EFFECTIVE August 7, 2002
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date, see page vi
of this digest.
H.B. 02-1020 Driving restrictions - violation - enhanced penalty. Expands the application of enhanced penalties for violation of state-imposed driving restrictions requiring chains or adequate snow tires to apply to any such violation that causes the closure of any single travel lane.
APPROVED by Governor March 26, 2002
EFFECTIVE March 26, 2002
H.B. 02-1044 Registration - special license plates - qualifications - fees - American Indian license plate - Korean war veteran license plate. Establishes the American Indian special license plate for passenger cars or trucks that do not exceed 16,000 pounds empty weight.
Requires the Rocky Mountain Indian chamber of commerce to establish commitments for American Indian plate purchases for at least 2,000 American Indian plates and provide a list of the names and addresses of persons purchasing such plates to the department of revenue. Makes the Rocky Mountain Indian chamber of commerce responsible for the costs of designing the American Indian plate. Requires the design for the American Indian plate to conform with standards established by the department of revenue.
Requires an applicant for the American Indian plate to give a donation to a scholarship fund, pay the normal fees plus an additional one-time $25 fee, and fulfill all other appropriate requirements under the law. Administers the scholarship fund through a nonprofit organization, association, or corporation selected and supervised by the Colorado commission of Indian affairs. Credits the one-time $25 fee to the highway users tax fund.
Establishes a veteran of the Korean war special license plate for trucks not exceeding 12,000 pounds empty weight, and for passenger cars, motorcycles, and noncommercial and recreational vehicles.
Establishes the following qualifications for certain special license plates:
APPROVED by Governor June 7, 2002
EFFECTIVE July 1, 2002
H.B. 02-1066 Motor vehicles - registration and taxation - license plate replacement program - biannual registration. Changes the date from January 1, 2004, to July 1, 2007, by which the department of revenue (department) is required to complete the license plate replacement program. Eliminates the date by which the department must begin the license plate replacement program.
Removes a requirement that the authorized agent of the department calculate shipping and handling license fees manually.
Changes from mandatory to discretionary the biannual registration of certain motor vehicles by the department.
APPROVED by Governor May 30, 2002
EFFECTIVE May 30, 2002
H.B. 02-1070 Child passenger restraint systems - enforcement. Declares that motor vehicle accidents are a leading cause of death and that children are particularly at risk because many ride without the use of a proper restraint system. Declares that the use of specific restraint systems are the surest way to protect children and adults from injuries and deaths resulting from motor vehicle accidents.
Requires every child under the age of 16 years to be properly restrained while riding in a motor vehicle. Requires a rear-facing infant car seat for a child less than one year of age and less than 20 pounds; a forward-facing car seat for a child one year of age or older, but less than 4 years of age, and who weighs more than 20 but less than 40 pounds; a child booster seat for a child at least 4 but less than 6 years of age and who is less than 55 inches tall; and a safety belt for a child who is at least 6 but less than 16 years of age and is 55 inches tall or more.
Prohibits citing a driver of a motor vehicle for not having a child properly restrained in a booster seat unless the driver was stopped for another motor vehicle violation. Requires a law enforcement officer to issue a warning to a driver who does not properly restrain a child in a booster seat for one year after August 1, 2003. Prohibits issuing a citation for such period.
APPROVED by Governor June 4, 2002
EFFECTIVE August 1, 2003
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date, see page vi
of this digest.
H.B. 02-1071 Driver's licenses and identification cards - image comparison technology - access standards. Directs the department of revenue to promulgate rules that raise the standard that a government agency must meet before it can access image comparison technology used for driver's licenses. Requires the government agency to have a reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed or will be committed and to have a reasonable suspicion that the subject of the search is the perpetrator or victim of such crime, or, alternatively, requires the department of revenue to have a reasonable suspicion that the subject has used a driver's license or identification card to create a false identity.
APPROVED by Governor April 25, 2002
EFFECTIVE April 25, 2002
H.B. 02-1131 Registration - special license plates - qualifications. Establishes certain qualifications for the following special license plates:
APPROVED by Governor June 7, 2002
EFFECTIVE August 7, 2002
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date, see page vi
of this digest.
H.B. 02-1189 Motor vehicles - registration - salvage vehicles - method of designation. Changes the special designation on the certificate of title for a salvage vehicle that has been made roadworthy from the single letter "S" to the phrase "REBUILT FROM SALVAGE".
APPROVED by Governor May 24, 2002
EFFECTIVE January 1, 2003
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date, see page vi
of this digest.
H.B. 02-1210 Parking privileges for persons with disabilities - special license plates for vehicles owned by a trust - authority of podiatrist to verify disability for issuance of temporary placard. Allows a person with a disability who drives a motor vehicle that is owned by a trust set up for such person to obtain special license plates that qualify the vehicle for disabled parking privileges.
Requires the department of revenue to issue a temporary distinguishing license permit and a temporary identifying placard to a temporarily disabled person for the purpose of obtaining disabled parking privileges upon presentation of a written statement that has been verified by a licensed podiatrist that such person is temporarily disabled. Requires the verification to be carried in the vehicle that is transporting the disabled person and to be presented to a law enforcement officer upon request.
APPROVED by Governor May 30, 2002
EFFECTIVE August 7, 2002
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date, see page vi
of this digest.
H.B. 02-1244 Drivers' licenses and identification cards - identification security fund. States that all unexpended and unencumbered moneys in the identification security fund at the end of each fiscal year shall remain in the fund. Requires all interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund to be credited to the fund.
APPROVED by Governor May 24, 2002
EFFECTIVE May 24, 2002
H.B. 02-1247 Theft - fuel piracy - appropriation. Creates the crime of fuel piracy, which is defined as knowingly leaving an establishment after dispensing fuel without paying for such fuel. Imposes the following punishments for the crime of fuel piracy:
Creates the fuel piracy computer reprogramming cash fund to implement this act. Authorizes such fund to receive appropriate gifts, grants, or donations.
Appropriates $1,680 from the fuel piracy computer reprogramming cash fund to the department of revenue for the implementation of this act.
APPROVED by Governor June 3, 2002
EFFECTIVE July 1, 2002
H.B. 02-1338 Registration - emission testing - fees. Increases from $15 to $25 the statutory cap for a basic or enhanced emissions test for cars newer than model year 1981.
Withdraws independent inspection stations in Weld and Larimer counties from the clean screen payment program and authorizes such stations to continue collecting fees for such tests. Repeals an obsolete provision dealing with emissions stickers.
APPROVED by Governor June 7, 2002
EFFECTIVE September 1, 2002
H.B. 02-1400 Automated vehicle identification devices - areas permitted - service - operation. Limits the use of photo radar to school zones, streets that border a municipal park, and residential neighborhoods.
Repeals the requirement that tickets issued for violations detected by an automated vehicle identification device be served by a certified peace officer or deputy sheriff. Clarifies that the cost for service of process be actual costs and no more than usually charged for civil service of process.
Clarifies that the sign informing persons of an automated vehicle identification device must be a temporary sign posted not fewer than 300 feet before the device and not a permanent sign posted at the border of a county, city and county, or municipality.
Prior to serving tickets for speeding violations detected using an automated vehicle identification device, requires the device be operated by a governmental officer or employee.
Prohibits enforcing failure to pay a penalty for a violation detected using an automated vehicle identification device through immobilizing the driver's vehicle.
For toll evasion violations detected by an automated vehicle detection device, prohibits the toll authority from reporting the violation to the department of revenue and the department of revenue from assessing points or keeping records of such violations.
APPROVED by Governor May 24, 2002
EFFECTIVE May 24, 2002
H.B. 02-1412 Certificate of title - fees - extension. Extends the time that a county clerk and recorder or manager of revenue may collect a $2.30 fee for each application for a certificate of title. Extends the time that the moneys received from such fees shall be credited to the Colorado state titling and registration account.
APPROVED by Governor June 1, 2002
EFFECTIVE August 7, 2002
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the effective date, see page vi
of this digest.
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