CHAPTER 184

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MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION

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HOUSE BILL 02-1189 [Digest]

BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Spradley, Borodkin, Boyd, Coleman, Hoppe, Jameson, Kester, Mace, Marshall, Miller, Plant, Rippy, Schultheis, Stafford, Stengel, Tapia, and Williams S.;

also SENATOR(S) Fitz-Gerald, Hernandez, Taylor, and Tupa.

AN ACT

Concerning the assignment to every salvage vehicle of a substitute vehicle identification document that clearly denotes the fact that the vehicle is a salvage vehicle.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

  SECTION 1.  42-6-136 (3), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

  42-6-136.  Surrender and cancellation of certificate - penalty for violation. (3)  Any owner of a salvage vehicle which has been made roadworthy who makes application for a certificate of title as provided in section 42-6-116 shall include such information regarding the salvage vehicle as the director may require by rule. The owner shall provide to the director evidence of ownership which satisfies the director that the applicant is entitled to filing of a certificate of title. The director or the director's authorized agent shall place the letter "S" designate in a conspicuous place in the record for a vehicle that is a salvage vehicle that has been made roadworthy. Such letter "S" designation shall include the words "REBUILT FROM SALVAGE" and shall become a permanent part of the certificate of title for such vehicle and shall appear on all subsequent certificates of title for such vehicle.

  SECTION 2.  Effective date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2003, unless a referendum petition is filed during the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly that is allowed for submitting a referendum petition pursuant to article V, section 1 (3) of the state constitution. If such a referendum petition is filed against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part shall take effect on the specified date only if approved by the people.

Approved: May 24, 2002

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