S.B. 03-7 Toll evasion violations - liability of owner of leased or rented vehicles. Specifies that a car rental or leasing company is liable for a highway toll evasion civil violation penalty as the owner of the vehicle, but specifies that the company may obtain payment of the penalty from the person who was responsible for the vehicle or may avoid liability by providing the public highway authority or enterprise with the name, address, and state driver's license number of the person who was responsible for the vehicle at the time of the violation.
APPROVED by Governor May 14, 2003
EFFECTIVE May 14, 2003
S.B. 03-46 Trash trucks - speed limits. Clarifies that the 45-mile-per-hour speed limit for trash trucks only applies to single rear axle vehicles that exceed 20,000 pounds.
APPROVED by Governor March 20, 2003
EFFECTIVE August 6, 2003
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the
effective date, see page vi of this digest.
S.B. 03-54 Commercial vehicle permits - carrying requirements - annual fleet permits. Eliminates the requirement that permits for the use of longer vehicle combinations or excess size and weight vehicles, permits for the transportation of manufactured homes, and permits for the transportation of hazardous materials be carried in the commercial vehicles for which they are issued if a peace officer or an authorized agent of the department of transportation may determine that such a permit can be electronically verified at the time of contact. Allows the department of transportation to issue annual fleet permits for the operation of multiple excess size or weight vehicles for which the issuance of such permits is not currently authorized. Requires an application for an annual fleet permit to specifically describe the vehicles, loads, and estimated number of loads to be operated or moved and the particular highways for which the permit to operate is requested.
Prohibits the issuance of annual fleet permits that authorize the operation of vehicles that exceed the maximum dimensions allowed for vehicles operating under annual permits issued pursuant to rules of the department of transportation pertaining to transport permits for the movement of extra-legal vehicles or loads. Specifies that the fee for an annual fleet permit is $3,000 for a fleet of from 2 to 10 vehicles plus $300 for each additional vehicle in the fleet.
APPROVED by Governor March 18, 2003
EFFECTIVE January 1, 2004
S.B. 03-60 Registration and taxation - fleet vehicle registration renewal - county of fleet owner's principal office or principal management facility. Authorizes a fleet owner to process the registration renewal for any fleet vehicle, with the exception of Class A personal property, in the county where the fleet owner's principal office or principal fleet management facility is located instead of in the county in which the fleet vehicle is located at the time of registration. Specifies that any fleet vehicle for which the registration renewal is processed in the county where the fleet owner's principal office or principal fleet management facility is located shall continue to be registered in the county in which the fleet vehicle is located at the time of registration.
Specifies that it is the duty of the authorized agent in the county where the principal office or principal fleet management facility is located to collect the registration fee and specific ownership tax payable on each fleet vehicle for which the registration renewal is processed by the fleet owner in such county.
Directs the authorized agent in any county in which a fleet vehicle registration renewal is processed to retain the sum authorized pursuant to state statute to defray the costs associated with vehicle registration, and specifies that the agent shall not disperse such sum to the county in which the fleet vehicle is located at the time of registration. Directs the authorized agent in the county in which a fleet vehicle registration renewal is processed to transmit to the department of revenue all other fees and moneys collected by the agent.
Specifies that the annual specific ownership tax on each fleet vehicle for which the registration renewal is processed in the county in which the principal office or principal fleet management facility is located shall become due and payable to the authorized agent in such county. Directs the authorized agent in such county to apportion the specific ownership taxes collected for all fleet vehicles for which the registration renewal is processed to the counties in which the fleet vehicles are located at the time of registration in proportion to the number of fleet vehicles located in each county.
APPROVED by Governor March 28, 2003
EFFECTIVE August 6, 2003
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the
effective date, see page vi of this digest.
S.B. 03-61 Registration - city and county of Denver. Conforms state laws dealing with the registration of motor vehicles, including manufactured homes, to the charter of the city and county of Denver, as authorized by the state constitution.
APPROVED by Governor March 12, 2003
EFFECTIVE July 1, 2003
S.B. 03-91 Alternative fuels - tax credit - high occupancy vehicle lane use - use by state motor pool. Clarifies that a hybrid motor vehicle qualifies for the income tax credit available for motor vehicles that use alternative fuels. Allows a hybrid vehicle to use high occupancy vehicle lanes notwithstanding the fact that only one person may be riding in such vehicle if allowed pursuant to federal law and requires the department of transportation to inform motorists of the availability of such use. Requires the adoption of a state policy under which at least 10% of state-owned vehicles that can use both gasoline and an alternative fuel (bi-fueled vehicles) to actually use only alternative fuels by July 1, 2010. Requires the collection of data concerning actual fuel use by state-owned bi-fueled vehicles.
APPROVED by Governor April 22, 2003
EFFECTIVE September 1, 2003
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the
effective date, see page vi of this digest.
S.B. 03-116 Repairs - service contracts - definition of "provider" - applicability to motor vehicle dealer. Clarifies that a motor vehicle dealer who sells a motor vehicle that is the subject of a motor vehicle service contract does not thereby become a "provider" under statutory definitions applicable to motor vehicle service contract insurance.
APPROVED by Governor April 7, 2003
EFFECTIVE April 7, 2003
S.B. 03-131 Drivers' licenses - continuation of electronic hearings under sunset law. Continues indefinitely the use of electronic hearings regarding motor vehicle regulation by the department of revenue.
APPROVED by Governor June 5, 2003
EFFECTIVE June 5, 2003
S.B. 03-192 FY 2003-04 budget reduction bill - driver's license restoration fee - appropriation. Increases the restoration fee that a person whose license or other privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended, cancelled, or revoked pays to the executive director of the department of revenue from $40 to $60. Allows the department to use moneys collected in the administration of certain drivers' license restraints, including, but not limited to, the direct and indirect costs of providing administration hearings, without the use of moneys from the general fund.
Decreases the general fund portion of the appropriation to the department of revenue and increases the cash funds exempt portion of the appropriation.
Provides that section 2 of the act shall only take effect if Senate Bill 03-217 is enacted and becomes law. Provides that section 3 of the act shall only take effect if Senate Bill 03-217 is not enacted and does not become law.
APPROVED by Governor March 5, 2003
EFFECTIVE March 5, 2003
NOTE: Senate Bill 03-217 was signed by the Governor March 5, 2003.
S.B. 03-239 Motorist insurance identification database program - insurers' reports of policy information - continuation under sunset law - designated agent requirements - appropriation. Beginning January 1, 2004, requires each insurer that has 10,000 or more current policies in place for the preceding 6 months to provide policy information to the designated agent that monitors the program database every 2 weeks. Beginning July 1, 2004, requires each such insurer to report such information on a weekly basis. Requires each insurer to provide complete policy information on all existing policies to the designated agent at least every 6 months. Requires the division of insurance to assess a fine of not more than $250 against an insurer for each day the insurer fails to report timely and accurate information to the designated agent.
Extends the automatic termination date of the motorist insurance identification database program (program) to July 1, 2006, pursuant to the provisions of the sunset law. Requires the department of regulatory agencies, in conducting its sunset review, to consider whether the rate of uninsured drivers has decreased, the number of letters sent to uninsured motorists pursuant to the program and the effect of such letters, the degree to which law enforcement uses the database, and the use and effectiveness of the internet option offered pursuant to the program.
Adds a provision regarding license plate theft to a section that deals with the theft of motor vehicle parts.
Requires the designated agent to provide an internet option that allows citizens, county clerks, and insurers and their agents, including commercial insurers, to submit insurance information directly to the designated agent. Requires the designated agent to provide a quality control process to ensure the accurate input of information into the database. Requires the designated agent to send a letter of noncompliance to an uninsured vehicle owner upon receipt of information that such owner has been uninsured for 60 consecutive days. Requires such letter to state that providing proof of insurance is the responsibility of the owner and not the county clerk. Requires the designated agent to provide the department of revenue access to the database.
Eliminates the requirement that insurers writing automobile insurance report policyholder and uninsured motorist claim numbers to the commissioner of insurance. Eliminates the requirement that the division of insurance contract with a company to gather information regarding uninsured motorist claims and report such information to the general assembly.
Deletes the provision that ties the repeal of the penalty for failure to have compulsory motor vehicle insurance or a certificate of self-insurance to the repeal of the program.
Decreases the appropriation to the department of regulatory agencies, division of insurance, by $12,500.
APPROVED by Governor June 5, 2003
EFFECTIVE July 1, 2003
S.B. 03-272 FY 2003-04 budget reduction bill - cash funding license plate issuance from license plate fees - appropriation. Provides that, in addition to the payment of any fees for motor vehicle registration or for the issuance of license plates, decals, or validating tabs, each owner of a motor vehicle issued any license plate, decal, or validating tab for a motor vehicle shall also pay a fee to cover the cost of issuing such plates, decals, placards, or tabs. Credits the fees collected to the license plate cash fund, and creates such fund in the state treasury. Places responsibility for administering the fund with the department of revenue. Funds the issuance of all license plates from the fund. Specifies that any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall revert to the highway users tax fund.
Provides that the fees imposed by the act shall be set in an amount necessary to recover only the costs of the production and distribution of any license plates, decals, or validating tabs issued. Specifies the amount of the fees to be collected.
Specifies that, with the exception of special license plates issued for purple heart recipients, former prisoners of war, disabled veterans, or recipients of a medal of honor, the fees imposed by the act apply to all other special license plates issued.
Appropriates out of any moneys in the license plate cash fund to the department of revenue, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, the sum of $3,124,902 for the implementation of the act.
Adjusts the appropriations made in the annual general appropriation act for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, by decreasing the appropriation to the department of revenue, for license plate ordering by $3,124,902. Specifies that this sum shall be from the highway users tax fund.
APPROVED by Governor May 1, 2003
EFFECTIVE July 1, 2003
S.B. 03-333 Electronic tickets and signatures - court enforcement. Prohibits a court from dismissing charges or refusing to enforce any traffic law or rule solely because the penalty assessment notice or summons and complaint is in electronic form or contains an electronic signature.
APPROVED by Governor June 5, 2003
EFFECTIVE June 5, 2003
H.B. 03-1010 License plates - disabled veterans - application requirements. Removes a requirement that a person issued disabled veteran special license plates send an application to the department every year. Requires such person to apply when such special plates are transferred to another vehicle.
APPROVED by Governor April 17, 2003
EFFECTIVE August 6, 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. 03-1016 Emissions - certificate of compliance - duration. Authorizes the air quality control commission to increase the effective duration of certifications of emissions compliance issued for new motor vehicles. Authorizes the sale of a motor vehicle without obtaining an emissions test if the original new vehicle emissions certification does not expire within the next 12 months.
Requires a motor vehicle dealer to have a motor vehicle inspected annually but not more than annually.
APPROVED by Governor May 2, 2003
EFFECTIVE August 6, 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. 03-1040 License plates - remanufactured. Repeals the law authorizing the holder of a set of license plates that contain only 2 letters and up to 4 numeric figures to remanufacture and use such plates upon application to the department of revenue. Authorizes a person to continue to use a remanufactured license plate as a personal license plate without paying additional fees.
APPROVED by Governor May 21, 2003
EFFECTIVE August 6, 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. 03-1053 Emissions program - heavy-duty diesel vehicles. Changes the definition of a "heavy-duty diesel vehicle" from a vehicle that exceeds 7,500 pounds empty weight to a vehicle that exceeds 14,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating. Defines "light-duty diesel vehicle".
Transfers from the executive director of the department of public health and environment to the air quality control commission the authority to promulgate rules covering the heavy-duty diesel fleet inspection and maintenance program (program). Replaces criminal penalties with civil penalties up to $15,000 for violations concerning the program. Repeals the authority of the executive director of the department of revenue to contract with the Colorado institute for fuels and high altitude engine research of the Colorado school of mines to research the unique conditions existing in the front range and the high altitude communities that affect heavy-duty diesel vehicles.
Increases the model year exemption from 2 to 4 years for heavy-duty diesel vehicles and decreases test frequency to biennial testing for heavy-duty diesel vehicles that are equal to or less than 10 model years old and at least model year 1995. Requires testing of all diesel vehicles routinely operated in the program area, not just those registered, required to be registered, or housed in the program area. Allows the use of an automated testing protocol as an option for fleet heavy-duty vehicles equal to or less than 10 model years old. Eliminates visual testing for heavy-duty vehicles in the program for vehicles greater than 10 model years old.
Authorizes the transfer of ownership of a diesel vehicle from the lessor to the lessee without an emissions test during the first 4 model years of the vehicle's life. Changes from 50% to 40% for less than one second the peak smoke opacity limit that may be promulgated by the air quality control commission.
Authorizes a trained peace officer to perform a snap acceleration opacity test to determine if a person has committed the offense of polluting the air. Repeals a clause that allows a person who has received a complaint for polluting the air to avoid the penalty if such person repairs or decommissions the offending diesel vehicle.
APPROVED by Governor April 17, 2003
EFFECTIVE August 6, 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. 03-1067 Motor vehicles abandoned on public property - sale - bonded title for vehicles less than 5 years old. Requires the purchaser of a motor vehicle that was abandoned on public property to obtain a bonded title for the vehicle if:
● The vehicle being purchased is less than 5 years old; and
● The department of revenue does not provide the name of an owner of record to the law enforcement agency conducting the public or private sale.
Directs the department of revenue to promulgate rules regarding the qualifications for a bonded title.
APPROVED by Governor March 7, 2003
EFFECTIVE March 7, 2003
H.B. 03-1071 Certification requirement - commercial vehicle safety inspectors. On and after September 1, 2003, requires the following types of commercial vehicle safety inspections to be performed by enforcement officers who have been certified by the commercial vehicle safety alliance, or any successor organization thereto, to perform level I inspections:
● Inspections conducted to determine compliance with rules and regulations for the operation of all commercial vehicles promulgated by the department of public safety; and
● Inspections conducted to enforce specified statutory provisions relating to the transportation of hazardous materials.
APPROVED by Governor March 20, 2003
EFFECTIVE August 6, 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. 03-1144 Child restraint systems - vehicle equipped with only 2-point-lap-belt-only system. Modifies the child restraint system requirement for children who are at least 4 years of age but less than 6 years of age and who are less than 55 inches tall and who are being transported in a vehicle equipped with only a 2-point-lap-belt-only system available for the child by requiring such children to be restrained with a lap belt rather than a child booster seat or a child safety belt-positioning device.
APPROVED by Governor March 7, 2003
EFFECTIVE August 1, 2003
H.B. 03-1170 Crimes involving motor vehicles - license revocation. If a person is convicted of, or adjudicated a juvenile delinquent for, aggravated motor vehicle theft, criminal mischief involving a motor vehicle, or second degree criminal trespass for entering or remaining in a motor vehicle, or a comparable municipal offense, requires the department of revenue to revoke the person's driver's license for at least one year, and allows the person's driver's license to be reinstated only upon proof that the person has satisfied the order for restitution entered for the crime.
APPROVED by Governor May 21, 2003
EFFECTIVE July 1, 2003
H.B. 03-1185 Electric utility vehicle combination - weight limit. Allows a vehicle combination that is operated by an electric utility to weigh up to 21,000 pounds on a highway that is not an interstate highway.
APPROVED by Governor March 20, 2003
EFFECTIVE March 20, 2003
H.B. 03-1190 Temporary special event license plate- issuance - fee. Grants authority to the department of revenue (department) to issue a temporary special event license plate (license plate) to a person or group of people in connection with a special event. Requires an applicant for a license plate to submit to the department special event and vehicle information and other information as required by the department.
Authorizes the department to determine a fee to be charged for the temporary license plate not to exceed $25. Requires the fee to be transmitted to the state treasurer who shall credit the fee to the license plate cash fund. Requires that any sales or use tax due in connection with the license plate or related vehicle be paid before the license plate is issued.
Grants rule-making authority to the department.
Makes alternative provisions relating to the collection and deposition of fees contingent on the passage of Senate Bill 03-272.
APPROVED by Governor May 21, 2003
EFFECTIVE May 21, 2003
NOTE: Senate Bill 03-272 was signed by the Governor on May 1, 2003.
H.B. 03-1223 Insurance - motor vehicle registration. Requires the provision of proof of insurance prior to the reinstatement of a motor vehicle registration that has been suspended pursuant to the "Motorist Insurance Identification Database Program Act".
Deletes a court's authority to suspend a minimum fine if the person obtains insurance after violating the prohibition of driving without insurance.
Repeals a provision requiring an oath that such person has insurance before a registration may be renewed.
APPROVED by Governor May 22, 2003
EFFECTIVE May 22, 2003
H.B. 03-1287 Certificate of title - requirements - vehicle twenty-five years or older. Exempts an applicant for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle that is 25 years old or older from furnishing a savings account, deposit, certificate of deposit, or a good and sufficient bond with a corporate surety, in a case where the applicant is unable to provide a certificate of title or other evidence of ownership of the motor vehicle to the department of revenue, if the applicant has had a certified vehicle identification number inspection performed on the vehicle and the applicant presents a notarized bill of sale with the title application.
APPROVED by Governor April 22, 2003
EFFECTIVE April 22, 2003
H.B. 03-1313 Emissions inspection program area - boundary change - legislative pre-approval. Requires the air quality control commission to review the boundaries of the motor vehicle emissions inspection program area. Authorizes the commission to promulgate a rule on or before December 31, 2004, to adjust the program area boundaries to exclude particularly identified regions from either the program area, the enhanced area, or both, based on an analysis of the applicable air quality science and the effects of the program on the population living in such regions. Exempts such exclusion from the general assembly's state implementation plan review process.
APPROVED by Governor April 22, 2003
EFFECTIVE August 6, 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. 03-1342 Manufactured homes - fees. Aligns fees for manufactured homes and lien releases with motor vehicle fees by making the following changes:
● Changes from $5.50 to $7.20 the title fees on manufactured homes that support the Colorado state titling and registration system (system).
● Imposes an additional temporary fee of $2.30 to administer and upgrade the system. Repeals such temporary fee on September 1, 2006.
● Changes from $1.50 to $8.20 the fee for a duplicate certificate of title.
● Changes from $1.50 to $7.20 the lien release fee.
Authorizes the department to use the entire fee it collects from making copies to fund the system. Requires the authorized agent to forward 10¢ of such fee to fund the system.
Authorizes the use of transporter plates on special mobile machinery.
Clarifies the percentages of title and registration fees that are distributed to the Colorado state titling and registration account.
APPROVED by Governor May 22, 2003
EFFECTIVE May 22, 2003
H.B. 03-1357 Emissions inspection - required upon sale - sale of abandoned motor vehicle. Exempts the sale of abandoned motor vehicles by towing carriers and police departments from the requirement for the seller to obtain a certification of emissions control.
APPROVED by Governor June 3, 2003
EFFECTIVE August 6, 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. 03-1367 License plates - military valor recognition. Creates the military valor special license plate. Authorizes persons who have received the following awards to be issued such license plate:
● Navy cross;
● Distinguished service cross;
● Air force cross; or
● Silver star.
Makes an appropriation.
States that the act will not take effect unless Senate Bill 03-272 is enacted and becomes law.
APPROVED by Governor June 3, 2003
EFFECTIVE August 6, 2003
NOTE: (1) This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning
the effective date, see page vi of this digest.
(2) Senate Bill 03-272 was signed by the Governor May 1, 2003.
H.B. 03-1381 Child restraint systems in motor vehicles. Clarifies that a child who is being transported in this state in a privately owned noncommercial passenger vehicle or a vehicle operated by a child care center, and who is 4 years of age or older or 40 pounds or more, shall not be restrained in a forward-facing child restraint system, but shall be restrained with another applicable safety device.
Clarifies that a child who is being transported in this state in a privately owned noncommercial passenger vehicle or a vehicle operated by a child care center, and who is 6 years of age or older or 55 inches tall or more, shall be restrained with the motor vehicle's safety belt.
APPROVED by Governor June 3, 2003
EFFECTIVE June 3, 2003
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