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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 42-3-268 - Special plates - "In God We Trust"

(1)
Beginning on January 1, 2024, or when the department is able to issue the plates, 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.
(2)
(a)
There is hereby established the "In God We Trust" license plate.
(b)
The department shall design the plate in cooperation and consultation with interested persons to feature the statement "In God We Trust".
(3)
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 special 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
.
(4)
An applicant may apply to the department for personalized "In God We Trust" 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 "In God We Trust" 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 (4) must pay the annual fee imposed by section
42-3-211 (6)(b)
to renew the personalized plates. The fees under this subsection (4) are in addition to all other applicable taxes and fees.
Added by 2023 Ch. 314,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2023.
2023 Ch. 314, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
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 42-3-271 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Special plates - Colorado agriculture

(1)
On January 1, 2025, or when the department is able to issue the plates, 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.
(2)
(a)
There is established the Colorado agriculture license plate.
(b)
The department shall use a design:
(I)
That includes a tagline to read "Feeding the World"; and
(II)
Submitted by or developed with the Logan County Cattlewomen, but the design must conform to department standards and be approved by the department.
(3)
A person may apply for a Colorado agriculture license plate if the person pays the taxes and fees required under this section.
(4)
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 the fee specified in section 42-3-312 and 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.
(5)
An applicant may apply for personalized Colorado agriculture 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 Colorado agriculture 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 (5) must pay the annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6)(b) to renew the personalized plates. The fees under this subsection (5) are in addition to all other applicable taxes and fees.
Added by 2024 Ch. 347,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 347, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
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 3 - FEES AND CASH FUNDS (§§ 42-3-301 — 42-3-314) › Section 42-3-302 - Special plate fees

(1)
The fees collected pursuant to sections
42-3-213
and
42-3-217
for the issuance of a license plate pursuant to sections
42-3-213(9)
and
42-3-217
shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the license plate cash fund created in section
42-3-301
.
(2)
Repealed.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 45,§ 8, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2005: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1135, § 2, effective August 8. L. 2017: (2) repealed, (HB 17-1137), ch. 45, p. 136, § 8, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 42-3-122.5 as it existed prior to 2005.
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 3 - FEES AND CASH FUNDS (§§ 42-3-301 — 42-3-314) › Section 42-3-303 - Persistent drunk driver cash fund - programs to deter persistent drunk drivers

(1)
There is hereby created in the state treasury the persistent drunk driver cash fund, which shall be composed of moneys collected for penalty surcharges under section
42-4-1307 (10)(b)
. The moneys in the fund are subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly:
(a)
To pay the costs incurred by the department concerning persistent drunk drivers under sections
42-2-126 (10)
and
42-7-406
(1.5);
(b)
To pay for costs incurred by the department for computer programing changes related to treatment compliance for persistent drunk drivers pursuant to section
42-2-144
;
(c)
(I)
To support programs that are intended to deter persistent drunk driving or intended to educate the public, with particular emphasis on the education of young drivers, regarding the dangers of persistent drunk driving.
(II)
The departments of transportation, revenue, and human services and the judicial branch shall coordinate programs intended to accomplish the goals described in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (c).
(d)
On and after July 1, 2007, to pay a portion of the costs for intervention or treatment services required under sections
42-2-125
,
42-2-126
,
42-2-132
,
42-2-132.5
, and
42-4-1301.3
for a persistent drunk driver, as defined in section
42-1-102
(68.5), who is unable to pay for the required intervention or treatment services;
(e)
To assist in providing court-ordered alcohol treatment programs for indigent and incarcerated offenders;
(f)
To assist in providing approved ignition interlock devices, as defined in section
42-2-132.5 (9)(a)
, for indigent offenders; and
(g)
To assist in providing continuous monitoring technology or devices for indigent offenders.
L. 2005: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1135, § 2, effective August 8. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 1369, § 8, effective 1/1/2007. L. 2008: (1)(a) amended, p. 252, § 19, effective July 1. L. 2010: (1)(c)(II) amended and (1)(e), (1)(f), and (1)(g) added, (HB 10 -1347), ch. 258, p. 1158, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2011: IP(1) amended, (HB 11 -1268), ch. 267, p. 1221, § 5, effective June 2; IP(1) amended, (HB 11 -1303), ch. 264, p. 1182, § 109, effective August 10. L. 2012: IP(1) and (1)(f) amended, (HB 12-1168), ch. 278, p. 1484, § 7, effective August 8.
This section is similar to former § 42-3-130.5 as it existed prior to 2005.
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 3 - FEES AND CASH FUNDS (§§ 42-3-301 — 42-3-314) › Section 42-3-305 - [Repealed]

L. 2005: (6), (7), (8)(c), (11)(a), and (11)(b) amended, p. 145, § 21, effective April 5; entire article amended with relocations, p. 1145, § 2, effective August 8. L. 2009: (2)(a) amended, (HB 09-1026), ch. 281, p. 1269, §31, effective October 1. L. 2010: Entire section repealed, (SB 10-212), ch. 412, p. 2032, §1, effective July 1; (12)(a) amended, (HB 10-1172), ch. 320, p. 1492, §12, effective October 1.
(1) This section was similar to former § 42-3-134 as it existed prior to 2005.
(2) Subsection (12)(a) was amended in House Bill 10-1172, effective October 1, 2010. However, those amendments were superseded by the repeal of the entire section by Senate Bill 10-212, effective July 1, 2010.
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 3 - FEES AND CASH FUNDS (§§ 42-3-301 — 42-3-314) › Section 42-3-307 - Enforcement powers of department

(1)
The department may administer and enforce sections
42-3-304
and
42-3-306
, including the right to inspect and audit the books, records, and documents of an owner or operator of a vehicle operated upon the public highways who is required to pay any registration fee or tax imposed, and the executive director of the department may promulgate such reasonable rules as the director deems necessary or suitable for such administration and enforcement.
(2)
The powers granted in this section shall be separate, apart, and distinct from any powers or duties conferred prior to January 1, 1955, upon the public utilities commission with respect to the issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity, contract carrier permits, and the regulation and supervision of motor carriers.
L. 2005: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1167, § 2, effective August 8. L. 2010: (1) amended, (SB 10-212), ch. 412, p. 2037, §14, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 42-3-135 as it existed prior to 2005.
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 3 - FEES AND CASH FUNDS (§§ 42-3-301 — 42-3-314) › Section 42-3-311 - Low-power scooter registration - fee

(1)
Every low-power scooter sold in this state shall have an identification number stamped on its frame, which number shall be recorded upon registration. A low-power scooter shall be registered with the department, which registration shall be evidenced by a number decal that is securely affixed to the low-power scooter frame in a conspicuous place. Registration shall be valid for a period of three years, and the fee for such registration shall be five dollars. Retail sellers of low-power scooters shall retain one dollar from each such fee, and four dollars of each such fee shall be forwarded monthly to the department for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the highway users tax fund.
(2)
The general assembly shall make appropriations from the fund for the expenses of the administration of this section, and any fees credited to the fund pursuant to subsection (1) of this section in excess of the amount of the appropriations shall be allocated and expended as specified in section
43-4-205
(5.5)(f), C.R.S. The department shall promulgate rules authorizing retail sellers of low-power scooters to be agents of the department for such registration.
L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 148, § 24, effective April 5; entire article amended with relocations, p. 1171, § 2, effective August 8. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09-1026), ch. 281, p. 1269, §34, effective October 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 42-3-144 as it existed prior to 2005.
(2) Subsection (1) was originally numbered as § 42-3-144(1), and the amendments to it in Senate Bill 05-041 were harmonized with § 42-3-311(1) as it appears in House Bill 05-1107.
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 3 - FEES AND CASH FUNDS (§§ 42-3-301 — 42-3-314) › Section 42-3-313 - Fee for long-term or permanent registration - trailers and semitrailers

(1)
In lieu of any other fee imposed for registration, the fee for registration issued under section
42-3-102(4)
is twenty-four dollars and fifty cents.
(2)
(a)
The department or authorized agent who registered the commercial trailer or semitrailer may retain two dollars of the registration fee.
(b)
The department or authorized agent shall retain one dollar and fifty cents of the fee, which the department shall transfer to the county, if applicable, and the county shall allocate to the county road and bridge fund.
(c)
The department shall transfer the remainder of the fee to the state treasurer, who shall credit the following amounts to the following funds:
(I)
Fifty cents to the Colorado state titling and registration account created in section
42-1-211(2)
within the highway users tax fund until July 1, 2019, and thereafter to the Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account created in section
42-1-211(2)
within the highway users tax fund;
(II)
Two dollars and fifty cents to the license plate cash fund created in section
42-3-301(1)(b)
;
(III)
Five dollars to the statewide bridge enterprise special revenue fund created in section
43-4-805(3)(a)
, C.R.S.; and
(IV)
The remainder of the fee to the highway users tax fund.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 293,§ 5, eff. 5/29/2018.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 101,§ 19, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2012: Entire section added, (HB 12-1038), ch. 276, p. 1457, § 6, effective June 8. L. 2017: (2)(c)(I) amended, (HB 17-1107), ch. 101, p. 371, § 19, effective August 9. L. 2018: (2)(c)(I) amended, (SB 18-253), ch. 293, p. 1800, § 5, effective May 29.
For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act adding this section, see section 1 of chapter 276, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.
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 3 - FEES AND CASH FUNDS (§§ 42-3-301 — 42-3-314) › Section 42-3-314 - Military deployment

(1)
Motor vehicle fees exempted.
If the owner is a member of the United States armed forces and has orders to serve outside the United States, the owner may exempt the Class C personal property or Class B personal property under sixteen thousand pounds empty weight from the registration fees imposed under this part 3 during the time the owner is serving. If the owner serves less than one year outside the United States, the fees are exempt for the portion of the year that the owner served outside the United States, prorated according to the number of months the owner was in the United States.
(2)
Qualifications.
In order for a motor vehicle to qualify for the exemption from registration fees under this section, the owner must:
(a)
Show the department military orders to serve outside the United States or any evidence acceptable to the department that the owner served outside the United States; and
(b)
File a signed affidavit that the motor vehicle will not be operated on a highway during the exemption period.
(3)
If a person has already paid the normal fees under this part 3 for a motor vehicle that is eligible for an exemption under this section, the department shall credit the person the exempted portion of the fee amount towards the person's fees for succeeding years.
(4)
Violations.
A person shall not operate the motor vehicle during the time covered by the affidavit filed under subsection (2) of this section. A violation of this section is a class B traffic infraction.
Added by 2014 Ch. 264,§ 2, eff. 8/6/2014.
L. 2014: Entire section added, (SB 14-075), ch. 264, p. 1060, § 2, effective August 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-118) › Section 42-4-101 - Short title

Parts 1 to 3, 5 to 19, and 21 of this article, part 1 of article
2
of this title, and part 5 of article
5
of title
43
, C.R.S., shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Safety Code of 1935".
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2227, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 485, § 5, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-118) › Section 42-4-102 - Legislative declaration

The general assembly recognizes the many conflicts which presently exist between the state's traffic laws and many of the municipal traffic codes, which conflicts lead to uncertainty in the movement of traffic on the state's highways and streets. These conflicts are compounded by the fact that today's Americans are extremely mobile and that while this state enjoys a large influx of traffic from many areas, there is some lack of uniformity existing between the "rules of the road" of this state and those of other states of the nation. The general assembly, therefore, declares it the purpose of this article to alleviate these conflicts and lack of uniformity by conforming, as nearly as possible, certain of the traffic laws of this state with the recommendations of the national committee of uniform traffic laws and ordinances as set forth in the committee's "Uniform Vehicle Code".
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2227, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-118) › Section 42-4-103 - Scope and effect of article - exceptions to provisions

(1)
This article constitutes the uniform traffic code throughout the state and in all political subdivisions and municipalities therein.
(2)
The provisions of this article relating to the operation of vehicles and the movement of pedestrians refer exclusively to the use of streets and highways except:
(a)
Where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section;
(b)
For provisions of sections
42-2-128
,
42-4-1301
to
42-4-1303
,
42-4-1401
,
42-4-1402
, and
42-4-1413
and part 16 of this article which shall apply upon streets and highways and elsewhere throughout the state.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2228, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 31, § 6, effective August 3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-118) › Section 42-4-104 - Adoption of traffic control manual

The department of transportation shall adopt a manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices consistent with the provisions of this article for use upon highways within this state. Such uniform system shall correlate with and insofar as possible conform to the system set forth in the most recent edition of the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways" and other related standards issued or endorsed by the federal highway administrator. For compliance with this section, the said department shall either publish and distribute a state manual and specifications approved by the transportation commission or shall, by the issuance of a traffic control manual supplement approved by the transportation commission, adopt the said national manual and other related standards subject to such exceptions, additions, and adaptations as are necessary for lawful and uniform application in this state. Said state manual or supplement shall be made available to all municipal and county road authorities and to other concerned agencies in the state.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2228, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-501 as it existed prior to 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-118) › Section 42-4-105 - Local traffic control devices

Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain such traffic control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction as they may deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this article or local traffic ordinances or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic, subject in the case of state highways to the provisions of sections
42-4-110
and
43-2-135 (1)(g)
, C.R.S. All such traffic control devices shall conform to the state manual and specifications for statewide uniformity as provided in section
42-4-104
.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2228, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-503 (1) as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-105 was relocated to §
42-4-107
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-118) › Section 42-4-107 - Obedience to police officers

No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2230, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-105 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-107 was relocated to §
42-4-109
.
For the penalty for a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense, see § 42-4-1701(3)(a)(II) .
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-118) › Section 42-4-109.5 - Low-speed electric vehicles

(1)
(a)
A low-speed electric vehicle may be operated only on a roadway that has a speed limit equal to or less than thirty-five miles per hour; except that it may be operated to directly cross a roadway that has a speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per hour at an at-grade crossing to continue traveling along a roadway with a speed limit equal to or less than thirty-five miles per hour.
(b)
Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), a low-speed electric vehicle may be operated on a state highway that has a speed limit equal to forty miles per hour or cross a roadway with a speed limit equal to forty miles per hour to cross at-grade, if:
(I)
Such roadway's lane width is eleven feet or greater;
(II)
Such roadway provides two or more lanes in either direction; and
(III)
The department determines, in consultation with local government and law enforcement, upon the basis of a traffic investigation, survey, appropriate design standards, or projected volumes, that the operation of a low-speed electric vehicle on the roadway poses no substantial safety risk or hazard to motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians, or other persons.
(c)
The department may waive the necessity of a traffic investigation or survey pursuant to section
42-4-1102
or may conduct a traffic investigation or survey to determine where low-speed electric vehicles can be driven safely on state highways or portions thereof. The department shall conduct this traffic investigation or survey using existing appropriations.
(2)
No person shall operate a low-speed electric vehicle on a limited-access highway.
(3)
Any person who violates subsection (1) or (2) of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
(4)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-075), ch. 2321, p. 2321, § 5, effective August 5, 2009.)
(5)
The Colorado department of transportation may regulate the operation of a low-speed electric vehicle on a state highway located outside of a municipality. The regulation shall take effect when the Colorado department of transportation places an appropriate sign that provides adequate notice of the regulation.
L. 97: Entire section added, p. 394, § 7, effective August 6. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (SB 09 -075), ch. 418, p. 2321, § 5, effective August 5. L. 2012: (1) amended, (SB 12-013), ch. 148, p. 532, § 1, effective May 3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-118) › Section 42-4-109.6 - Class B low-speed electric vehicles - effective date - rules

(1)
A class B low-speed electric vehicle may be operated only on a roadway that has a speed limit equal to or less than forty-five miles per hour; except that it may be operated to directly cross a roadway that has a speed limit greater than forty-five miles per hour at an at-grade crossing to continue traveling along a roadway with a speed limit equal to or less than forty-five miles per hour.
(2)
No person shall operate a class B low-speed electric vehicle on a limited-access highway.
(3)
Any person who violates subsection (1) or (2) of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
(4)
For the purposes of this section, "class B low-speed electric vehicle" means a low-speed electric vehicle that is capable of traveling at greater than twenty-five miles per hour but less than forty-five miles per hour.
(5)
(a)
The department of revenue shall not register or issue a title for a class B low-speed electric vehicle until after the United States department of transportation, through the national highway traffic safety administration, has adopted a federal motor vehicle safety standard for low-speed electric vehicles that authorizes operation at greater than twenty-five miles per hour but less than forty-five miles per hour.
(b)
After the United States department of transportation, through the national highway traffic safety administration, has adopted a federal motor vehicle safety standard for low-speed electric vehicles that authorizes operation at greater than twenty-five miles per hour but less than forty-five miles per hour, the department of revenue shall promulgate rules authorizing the operation of class B low-speed electric vehicles in compliance with this section and shall notify the revisor of statutes in writing. Upon the promulgation of rules authorizing the operation of such vehicles, subsections (1) to (3) of this section shall take effect.
(6)
The Colorado department of transportation may regulate the operation of a class B low-speed electric vehicle on a state highway located outside of a municipality. The regulation shall take effect when the Colorado department of transportation places an appropriate sign that provides adequate notice of the regulation.
L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-075), ch. 418, p. 2322, §6, effective August 5. L. 2010: (1) amended, (HB 10-1422), ch. 419, p. 2125, §186, effective August 11.
As of publication date, the revisor of statutes has not received the notice referred to in subsection (5)(b).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-118) › Section 42-4-112 - Noninterference with the rights of owners of realty

Subject to the exception provided in section
42-4-103 (2)
, nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner and not as matter of right from prohibiting such use, or from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in this article, or from otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such owner.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2237, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-110 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-112 was relocated to §
42-4-1211
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-118) › Section 42-4-113 - Appropriations for administration of article

The general assembly shall make appropriations from the highway users tax fund for the expenses of the administration of this article.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2238, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-111 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-113 was relocated to §
42-4-1405
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-118) › Section 42-4-114 - Removal of traffic hazards

(1)
The department of transportation and local authorities, within their respective jurisdictions, may by written notice sent by certified mail require the owner of real property abutting on the right-of-way of any highway, sidewalk, or other public way to trim or remove, at the expense of said property owner, any tree limb or any shrub, vine, hedge, or other plant which projects beyond the property line of such owner onto or over the public right-of-way and thereby obstructs the view of traffic, obscures any traffic control device, or otherwise constitutes a hazard to drivers or pedestrians.
(2)
It is the duty of the property owner to remove any dead, overhanging boughs of trees located on the premises of such property owner that endanger life or property on the public right-of-way.
(3)
In the event that any property owner fails or neglects to trim or remove any such tree limb or any such shrub, vine, hedge, or other plant within ten days after receipt of written notice from said department or concerned local authority to do so, said department or local authority may do or cause to be done the necessary work incident thereto, and said property owner shall reimburse the state or local authority for the cost of the work performed.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2238, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-118) › Section 42-4-115 - [Repealed]

L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 933, § 1, effective June 5.
Subsection (4) provided for the repeal of this section, effective January 1, 2004. (See L. 2001, p. 933.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-118) › Section 42-4-117 - Personal mobility devices

(1)
A rider of an EPAMD shall have all the same rights and duties as an operator of any other vehicle under this article, except as to those provisions that by their nature have no application.
(2)
Unless prohibited under section
42-4-111(1)(cc)
, an EPAMD may be operated on a roadway in conformity with vehicle use.
(3)
An EPAMD shall not be operated:
(a)
On a limited-access highway;
(b)
On a bike or pedestrian path; or
(c)
At a speed of greater than twelve and one-half miles per hour.
(4)
A person who violates this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
L. 2009: Entire section added, (HB 09-1026), ch. 281, p. 1272, §37, effective October 1.
For the penalty for class B traffic infractions, see § 42-4-1701(3)(a)(I).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 2 - EQUIPMENT (§§ 42-4-201 — 42-4-242) › Section 42-4-204 - When lighted lamps are required

(1)
Every vehicle upon a highway within this state, between sunset and sunrise and at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of one thousand feet ahead, shall display lighted lamps and illuminating devices as required by this article for different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions with respect to parked vehicles.
(2)
Whenever requirement is declared by this article as to distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible or within which such lamps or devices shall be visible, said provisions shall apply during the times stated in subsection (1) of this section in respect to a vehicle without load when upon a straight, level, unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions, unless a different time or condition is expressly stated.
(3)
Whenever requirement is declared by this article as to the mounted height of lamps or devices, it shall mean from the center of such lamp or device to the level ground upon which the vehicle stands when such vehicle is without a load.
(4)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2242, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-203 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-204 was relocated to §
42-4-205
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 2 - EQUIPMENT (§§ 42-4-201 — 42-4-242) › Section 42-4-205 - Head lamps on motor vehicles - penalty

(1)
Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or autocycle, shall be equipped with at least two head lamps, with at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle. The head lamps shall comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in sections
42-4-202
and
42-4-204
to
42-4-231
and part 3 of this article 4 where applicable.
(2)
Every motorcycle or autocycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two head lamps that comply with the requirements and limitations of sections
42-4-202
and
42-4-204
to
42-4-231
and part 3 of this article 4 where applicable.
(3)
Every head lamp upon every motor vehicle, including every motorcycle, shall be located at a height measured from the center of the head lamp of not more than fifty-four inches nor less than twenty-four inches, to be measured as set forth in section
42-4-204 (3)
.
(4)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 361, § 13, eff. 1/1/2023.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2242, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2009: (1) to (3) amended, (HB 09 -1026), ch. 281, p. 1272, § 38, effective October 1.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-204 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-205 was relocated to §
42-4-206
.
2022 Ch. 361, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 2 - EQUIPMENT (§§ 42-4-201 — 42-4-242) › Section 42-4-208 - Stop lamps and turn signals - penalty

(1)
Every motor vehicle or motor-drawn vehicle shall be equipped with a stop light in good working order at all times and shall meet the requirements of section
42-4-215 (1)
.
(2)
A person shall not sell or offer for sale or operate on the highways any motor vehicle registered in this state and manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1958, unless it is equipped with at least two stop lamps meeting the requirements of section
42-4-215 (1)
; except that a motorcycle or autocycle manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1958, must be equipped with at least one stop lamp meeting the requirements of section
42-4-215 (1)
.
(3)
A person shall not sell or offer for sale or operate on the highways any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer registered in this state and manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1958, and a person shall not operate any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer on the highways when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the left outside limit of the body, cab, or load of the motor vehicle exceeds twenty-four inches, unless it is equipped with electrical turn signals meeting the requirements of section
42-4-215 (2)
. This subsection (3) does not apply to any motorcycle, autocycle, or low-power scooter.
(4)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 361, § 15, eff. 1/1/2023.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2246, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2009: (2) and (3) amended, (HB 09 -1026), ch. 281, p. 1273, § 40, effective October 1.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-207 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-208 was relocated to §
42-4-209
.
2022 Ch. 361, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 2 - EQUIPMENT (§§ 42-4-201 — 42-4-242) › Section 42-4-209 - Lamp or flag on projecting load

Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four feet or more beyond the bed or body of such vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the time specified in section
42-4-204
, a red light or lantern plainly visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the sides and rear. The red light or lantern required under this section shall be in addition to the red rear light required upon every vehicle. At any other time, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of such load a red flag or cloth not less than twelve inches square and so hung that the entire area is visible to the driver of a vehicle approaching from the rear. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2246, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-208 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-209 was relocated to §
42-4-210
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 2 - EQUIPMENT (§§ 42-4-201 — 42-4-242) › Section 42-4-210 - Lamps on parked vehicles

(1)
Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a highway during the hours between sunset and sunrise and in the event there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of one thousand feet upon such highway, no lights need be displayed upon such parked vehicle.
(2)
Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between sunset and sunrise and there is not sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of one thousand feet upon such highway, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with one or more operating lamps meeting the following requirements: At least one lamp shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of the vehicle, and the same lamp or at least one other lamp shall display a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle, and the location of said lamp or lamps shall always be such that at least one lamp or combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this section is installed as near as practicable to the side of the vehicle that is closer to passing traffic. This subsection (2) shall not apply to a low-power scooter.
(3)
Any lighted head lamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
(4)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
(5)
This section shall not apply to low-speed electric vehicles.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2246, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2009: (5) added, (SB 09 -075), ch. 418, p. 2323, § 9, effective August 5; (2) amended, (HB 09 -1026), ch. 281, p. 1273, § 41, effective October 1.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-209 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-210 was relocated to §
42-4-211
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 2 - EQUIPMENT (§§ 42-4-201 — 42-4-242) › Section 42-4-212 - Spot lamps and auxiliary lamps

(1)
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two spot lamps, and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the high-intensity portion of the beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side of the vehicle nor more than one hundred feet ahead of the vehicle.
(2)
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two fog lamps mounted on the front at a height of not less than twelve inches nor more than thirty inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands and so aimed that, when the vehicle is not loaded, none of the high-intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle shall at a distance of twenty-five feet ahead project higher than a level of four inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes. Lighted fog lamps meeting the requirements of this subsection (2) may be used with lower head-lamp beams as specified in section
42-4-216 (1)(b)
.
(3)
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two auxiliary passing lamps mounted on the front at a height of not less than twenty inches nor more than forty-two inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. The provisions of section
42-4-216
shall apply to any combination of head lamps and auxiliary passing lamps.
(4)
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two auxiliary driving lamps mounted on the front at a height of not less than sixteen inches nor more than forty-two inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. The provisions of section
42-4-216
shall apply to any combination of head lamps and auxiliary driving lamps.
(5)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2249, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-211 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-212 was relocated to §
42-4-213
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 2 - EQUIPMENT (§§ 42-4-201 — 42-4-242) › Section 42-4-213 - Audible and visual signals on emergency vehicles

(1)
Except as otherwise provided in this section or in section
42-4-222
in the case of volunteer fire vehicles and volunteer ambulances, every authorized emergency vehicle shall, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required by this article, be equipped as a minimum with a siren and a horn. Such devices shall be capable of emitting a sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than five hundred feet.
(2)
Every authorized emergency vehicle, except those used as undercover vehicles by governmental agencies, shall, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required by this article, be equipped with at least one signal lamp mounted as high as practicable, which shall be capable of displaying a flashing, oscillating, or rotating red light to the front and to the rear having sufficient intensity to be visible at five hundred feet in normal sunlight. In addition to the required red light, flashing, oscillating, or rotating signal lights may be used which emit blue, white, or blue in combination with white.
(3)
A police vehicle, when used as an authorized emergency vehicle, may but need not be equipped with the red lights specified in this section.
(4)
Any authorized emergency vehicle, including those authorized by section
42-4-222
, may be equipped with green flashing lights, mounted at sufficient height and having sufficient intensity to be visible at five hundred feet in all directions in normal daylight. Such lights may only be used at the single designated command post at any emergency location or incident and only when such command post is stationary. The single command post shall be designated by the on-scene incident commander in accordance with local or state government emergency plans. Any other use of a green light by a vehicle shall constitute a violation of this section.
(5)
The use of either the audible or the visual signal equipment described in this section shall impose upon drivers of other vehicles the obligation to yield right-of-way and stop as prescribed in section
42-4-705
.
(6)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2249, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-212 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-213 was relocated to §
42-4-215
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 2 - EQUIPMENT (§§ 42-4-201 — 42-4-242) › Section 42-4-215.5 - [Repealed]

L. 96: Entire section added, p. 441, § 5, effective April 22. L. 2005: (1)(b) repealed, p. 1173, § 9, effective August 8. L. 2011: Entire section repealed, (SB 11-031), ch. 86, p. 249, §22, effective August 10.
This section was relocated to §
42-12-204
in 2011.