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 42-3-207 - Special plates - rules - new plates - retirement

(1)
(a)
Neither the department nor an authorized agent of the department shall collect any fee for the privilege of using a special plate unless such fee is expressly authorized by statute. The department or an authorized agent of the department shall not transfer money collected for the privilege of using a special plate unless such transfer is expressly authorized by statute.
(b)
(I)
A special license plate shall not be issued pursuant to this section unless such license plate was approved prior to January 1, 2001.
(II)
Special license plates that have been approved pursuant to this section shall be retired, effective March 1, 2008, unless such plates are issued for at least three thousand vehicles. The executive director of the department shall promulgate rules to provide standards for the retirement of special license plates not issued for at least three thousand vehicles.
(2)
Repealed.
(3)
The department shall not issue an approval notification letter to any business entity conducted for profit.
(4)
The amount of taxes and fees for special license plates issued pursuant to this section shall be the same as the amount of taxes and fees specified for regular motor vehicle registration plus an additional one-time fee of twenty-five dollars. The additional fee shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the highway users tax fund for allocation and expenditure as specified in section
43-4-205
(5.5)(b), C.R.S.
(5)
Before seeking legislative action to authorize a new group special license plate, the nonprofit organization requesting the new plate shall obtain, from the director of the department of revenue, written notification that the group has complied with the requirements for a group special license plate.
(6)
The department shall verify that the nonprofit organization proposing a group special license plate has collected the signatures of at least three thousand persons committed to purchasing the proposed license plate.
(7)
The remaining inventory of any group special license plate or alumni association license plate that has not been issued to the minimum number of vehicles specified in law may continue to be issued until the inventory of the plates is exhausted.
(8)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this part 2, each organization that issues a certificate authorizing a person to obtain a group special license plate upon payment of a specified minimum donation may increase that minimum donation by ten dollars. Beginning July 1, 2019, an organization may annually adjust the donation increase authorized by this subsection (8) to account for a change in inflation. The organization shall round the inflation adjustment upward or downward to the nearest one-dollar increment.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 46,§ 1, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 2005: (4) amended, p. 145, § 19, effective April 5; entire article amended with relocations, p. 1113, § 2, effective August 8. L. 2007: (1)(b)(II) amended, p. 1986, § 1, effective June 1. L. 2011: (2) amended, (HB 11-1236), ch. 98, p. 286, §1, effective April 8. L. 2012: (2) repealed, (3) amended, and (5), (6), and (7) added, (SB 12-007), ch. 88, p. 288, § 1, effective April 6. L. 2018: (8) added, (SB 18-046), ch. 46, p. 479, § 1, effective August 8.
(1) This section is similar to former § 42-3-122 as it existed prior to 2005.
(2) Subsection (4) was originally numbered as §
42-3-122(4)
, and the amendments to it in Senate Bill 05-041 were harmonized with § 42-3-207(4) as it appears in House Bill 05-1107.