2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › TAXATION (§§ 42-3-101 — 42-3-314) › Article 3 - REGISTRATION, TAXATION, AND LICENSE PLATES (§§ 42-3-101 — 42-3-314) › Part 2 - LICENSE PLATES (§§ 42-3-201 — 42-3-271) › Section 42-3-252 - Special plates - childhood cancer awareness plate - short title

(1)
The short title of this section is the "Gabriel Santistevan Childhood Cancer License Plate Act".
(2)
Beginning on or before January 1, 2019, the department shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do not exceed sixteen thousand pounds empty weight.
(3)
(a)
There is hereby established the childhood cancer awareness license plate. The department may stop issuing the plate if fewer than three thousand plates are issued by July 1, 2023. A person who was issued a childhood cancer awareness license plate on or before July 1, 2023, may continue to use it after July 1, 2023, regardless of whether the department stops issuing the special license plate.
(b)
The department shall use a design from an organization meeting the standards of subsection (4) of this section, but the design must conform to department standards and be approved by the department.
(4)
(a)
At least once every five years, the department shall designate an organization to qualify applicants to be issued the childhood cancer awareness license plate. The organization must:
(I)
Be headquartered in Colorado;
(II)
Have been in existence for at least five years;
(III)
Ensure that the money from the donations required in subsection (4)(b) of this section covers costs for operations in Colorado or is spent, in accordance with subsection (4)(a)(IV) of this section, in Colorado; and
(IV)
Spend at least fifty percent of the organization's revenue financially assisting:
(A)
Families with minors being treated in Colorado for cancer; or
(B)
Research foundations that provide money for pediatric cancer research.
(b)
A person may apply for a childhood cancer awareness license plate if the person pays the taxes and fees required under this section and provides to the department or an authorized agent a certificate issued by the organization chosen in accordance with this subsection (4) confirming that the applicant has made a donation to the organization. The organization may establish a minimum donation amount to qualify for the plate. The amount must neither be less than twenty-five dollars nor more than seventy-five dollars. The organization shall use the donation to financially assist:
(I)
Families of a minor being treated in Colorado for cancer; or
(II)
Research foundations that provide money for pediatric cancer research.
(c)
To qualify applicants to have a childhood cancer awareness license plate, the organization chosen in accordance with this subsection (4) must file with the department an annual statement verifying that it is a nonprofit organization unless the department stops issuing the license plate.
(5)
The amount of the taxes and fees for special license plates under this section is the same as the amount of the taxes and fees for regular motor vehicle license plates; except that the department shall collect an additional one-time fee of twenty-five dollars for issuance or replacement of the license plate. The department shall transmit the additional one-time fee to the state treasurer, who shall credit the fee to the highway users tax fund created in section
43-4-201
.
(6)
An applicant may apply for personalized childhood cancer awareness license plates. Upon payment of the additional fee required by section
42-3-211(6)(a)
for personalized license plates, the department may issue the plates if the applicant complies with section
42-3-211
. If an applicant has existing personalized license plates for a motor vehicle, the applicant may transfer the combination of letters or numbers to a new set of childhood cancer awareness license plates for the vehicle upon paying the fee required by section
42-3-211(6)(a)
and upon turning in the existing plates to the department. A person who has obtained personalized license plates under this subsection (6) shall pay the annual fee imposed by section
42-3-211(6)(b)
for renewal of the personalized plates. The fees under this subsection (6) are in addition to all other applicable taxes and fees.
Added by 2018 Ch. 226,§ 1, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 2018: Entire section added, (HB 18-1255), ch. 226, p. 1434, § 1, effective August 8.