CO Code § 25-7.5-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 7.5 - Clean Motor Vehicle Fleet Support|§ 25-7.5-102. Definitions

 As used in this article 7.5, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Battery electric motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is powered exclusively by a rechargeable battery pack that can be recharged by being plugged into an external source of electricity and that has no secondary source of propulsion.    “Board” means the governing board of the enterprise.    “Carshare ride” means a prearranged ride for which the rider agrees, at the time the rider requests the ride through a digital network, to be transported with another rider who has separately requested a prearranged ride regardless of whether or not another rider is actually transported with the rider.    “Commission” means the air quality control commission created in section 25-7-104.    “Compressed natural gas motor vehicle” means a vehicle that is powered by an engine fueled by compressed natural gas.    “Department” means the department of public health and environment created in section 24-1-119 (1).      “Disproportionately impacted community” means a community that is in a census block group, as determined in accordance with the most recent United States decennial census, where the proportion of households that are low income is greater than forty percent, the proportion of households that identify as minority is greater than forty percent, or the proportion of households that are housing cost-burdened is greater than forty percent.    As used in this subsection (7):   “Cost-burdened” means a household that spends more than thirty percent of its income on housing.    “Low income” means the median household income is less than or equal to two hundred percent of the federal poverty guideline.          “Electric motor vehicle” means a battery electric motor vehicle, a hydrogen fuel cell motor vehicle, or a plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle.    “Enterprise” means the clean fleet enterprise created in section 25-7.5-103 (1)(a)(I).    “Fund” means the clean fleet enterprise fund created in section 25-7.5-103 (5).    “Heavy-duty motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating, as defined in section 42-2-402 (6), of greater than twenty-six thousand pounds.    “Hydrogen fuel cell motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is powered by electricity produced from a fuel cell that uses hydrogen gas as fuel.    “Inflation” means the average annual percentage change in the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood for all items and all urban consumers, or its applicable predecessor or successor index, for the five years ending on the last December 31 before a state fiscal year for which an inflation adjustment to be made to the clean fleet per ride fee imposed by section 25-7.5-103 (7) or the clean fleet retail delivery fee imposed by section 25-7.5-103 (8) begins.    “Medium-duty motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating, as defined in section 42-2-402 (6), of more than ten thousand pounds and not more than twenty-six thousand pounds.    “Motor vehicle” has the meaning set forth in section 42-1-102 (58). The term does not include a personal delivery device.    “Motor vehicle fleet” means a group of motor vehicles that is owned or operated:   By a governmental entity for a public purpose including but not limited to public school transportation or law enforcement; or    By a business entity for a business if:   The group of motor vehicles is composed primarily of heavy-duty motor vehicles, medium-duty motor vehicles, or refrigerated trailer units; or    The group of motor vehicles is owned or operated by a company that rents motor vehicles in the fleet to transportation network company drivers for use in providing transportation network company services or is owned and operated directly, or indirectly through independent contractors who own or lease individual motor vehicles in the group, by a transportation network company or by a retailer for the purpose of making retail deliveries.          “Personal delivery device” means an autonomously operated robot that is:   Designed and manufactured for the purpose of transporting tangible personal property primarily on sidewalks, crosswalks, and other public rights-of-way that are typically used by pedestrians;    Weighs no more than five hundred fifty pounds, excluding any tangible personal property being transported; and    Operates at speeds of less than ten miles per hour when on sidewalks, crosswalks, and other public rights-of-way that are typically used by pedestrians.       “Plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is powered by both a rechargeable battery pack that can be recharged by being plugged into an external source of electricity and a secondary source of propulsion such as an internal combustion engine.    “Prearranged ride” has the same meaning as set forth in section 40-10.1-602 (2).    “Recovered methane” means any of the following if the air pollution control division determines them to provide a net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions:   Biomethane;    Methane derived from:   Municipal solid waste;    Biomass pyrolysis or enzymatic biomass; or    Wastewater treatment; and       Coal mine methane, as defined in section 40-2-124 (1)(a)(II).       “Retail delivery” means a retail sale of tangible personal property by a retailer for delivery by a motor vehicle owned or operated by the retailer or any other person to the purchaser at a location in the state, which sale includes at least one item of tangible personal property that is subject to taxation under article 26 of title 39. Each such retail sale is a single retail delivery regardless of the number of shipments necessary to deliver the items of tangible personal property purchased.    “Retailer” has the same meaning as set forth in section 39-26-102 (8).    “Retail sale” has the same meaning as set forth in section 39-26-102 (9).    “Rider” has the same meaning as set forth in section 40-10.1-602 (5).    “Tangible personal property” has the same meaning as set forth in section 39-26-102 (15).    “Transportation network company” has the same meaning as set forth in section 40-10.1-602 (3).    “Transportation network company driver” has the same meaning as set forth in section 40-10.1-602 (4).    “Transportation network company services” has the same meaning as set forth in section 40-10.1-602 (6).    “Zero emissions motor vehicle” means a battery electric motor vehicle or a hydrogen fuel cell motor vehicle.      History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-260), ch. 250, p. 1390, § 11, effective June 17.