C.R.S. Section 42-3-217
Special plates

  • Colorado commission of Indian affairs

(1)

The department shall issue one or more sets of special license plates to applicants under this section for passenger cars, motorcycles, or trucks that do not exceed sixteen thousand pounds empty weight. The American Indian special license plate shall not be issued for motorcycles until January 1, 2007.

(2)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

There is hereby established the American Indian special license plate. The department may begin issuance of such special license plate when the Rocky Mountain Indian chamber of commerce has commitments for special license plate purchases for at least two thousand special license plates and provides a list of the names and addresses of persons purchasing such plates to the department.

(b)

The Rocky Mountain Indian chamber of commerce is responsible for the costs of designing the special license plate and shall pay such costs before the license plate is produced. The design for the special license plate shall conform with standards established by the department.

(3)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

A person may apply for an American Indian special license plate for a motor vehicle if the person pays the taxes and fees required under this section and provides a certificate issued by the Rocky Mountain Indian chamber of commerce confirming that such person meets the qualifications for the license plate established pursuant to this subsection (3).

(b)

The Colorado commission of Indian affairs shall establish a specific level of contribution to a scholarship fund that qualifies a person to obtain special license plates under this section and shall set appropriate qualifications in order for an applicant to receive a scholarship. The scholarship fund shall be administered by a nonprofit organization, association, or corporation selected and supervised by the Colorado commission of Indian affairs. Such scholarship shall not be awarded to an applicant unless the applicant can demonstrate that he or she is a Colorado resident and such scholarship will be used to attend an institution of higher education within Colorado. Such nonprofit organization shall issue a report to the Colorado commission of Indian affairs accounting for revenues and expenditures at least every other year.

(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 specified for regular motor vehicle license plates plus a one-time fee of twenty-five dollars for each motor vehicle for issuing or replacing such license plates. The department shall transmit the additional one-time fee to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the highway users tax fund, created in section 43-4-201, C.R.S., for allocation and expenditure as specified in section 43-4-205 (5.5)(b), C.R.S.

(5)

On or after January 1, 2007, an applicant may apply for personalized American Indian special license plates. If the applicant complies with section 42-3-211, the department may issue such plates upon payment of the additional fee required by section 42-3-211 (6) for personalized license plates. If the 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 American Indian special license plates for the vehicle upon paying the fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6)(a) and upon turning such existing plates in to the department as required by the department. A person who has obtained personalized license plates under this subsection (5) shall pay the annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6)(b) to renew such plates. The fees imposed by this subsection (5) shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees imposed for license plates issued pursuant to this section.

(6)

Special license plates issued under this section shall be renewed in the same manner as other license plates under section 42-3-113 or, for personalized plates, under section 42-3-211.

Source: Section 42-3-217 — Special plates - Colorado commission of Indian affairs, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-42.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

42‑3‑101
Legislative declaration
42‑3‑102
Periodic registration - rules
42‑3‑103
Registration required - exemptions - rules
42‑3‑104
Exemptions - specific ownership tax - registration - domicile and residency - rules - definitions
42‑3‑105
Application for registration - tax - definitions
42‑3‑106
Tax imposed - classification - taxable value
42‑3‑107
Taxable value of classes of property - rate of tax - when and where payable - department duties - apportionment of tax collections - definitions - rules - repeal
42‑3‑108
Determination of year model - tax lists
42‑3‑109
Tax for registration period
42‑3‑110
Payment of motor vehicle registration fees and specific ownership taxes in installments
42‑3‑111
Tax year - disposition
42‑3‑112
Failure to pay tax - penalty - rules
42‑3‑113
Records of application and registration - disability of a driver - rules - definitions
42‑3‑114
Expiration
42‑3‑115
Registration upon transfer - rules - definitions
42‑3‑116
Manufacturers or dealers - fees - rules - definition - penalty
42‑3‑117
Nonresidents
42‑3‑118
Registration suspended upon theft - recovery - rules
42‑3‑118.5
Inoperable vehicle - rules
42‑3‑119
No application for registration granted - when
42‑3‑120
Department may cancel or deny registration
42‑3‑121
Violation of registration provisions - penalty
42‑3‑122
Perjury on a motor vehicle registration application
42‑3‑123
Dishonored payment - recovery of taxes, fees, and plates
42‑3‑124
Violation - penalty
42‑3‑125
Fleet operators - registration period certificates - multi-year registrations
42‑3‑126
Notice - primary body color
42‑3‑127
Sale of special mobile machinery
42‑3‑201
Number plates furnished - style - periodic reissuance - tabs - rules - definition - repeal
42‑3‑202
Number plates furnished to be attached - penalty
42‑3‑203
Standardized plates - notice of funding through gifts, grants, and donations - rules - repeal
42‑3‑204
Reserved parking for persons with disabilities - applicability - definitions - rules
42‑3‑205
Substitute plates - waiting period for reissuance of identical combination of numbers and letters
42‑3‑206
Remanufacture of certain license plates
42‑3‑206.5
Issuance of plates in a retired style authorized - additional fee - rules
42‑3‑207
Special plates - rules - new plates - retirement
42‑3‑208
Special plates - qualifications for issuance of special license plates
42‑3‑209
Legislative license plates
42‑3‑210
Radio and television license plates
42‑3‑211
Issuance of personalized plates authorized
42‑3‑212
Issuance of optional plates authorized - retirement
42‑3‑213
License plates - military veterans - rules - retirement
42‑3‑214
Special plates - alumni associations - retirement
42‑3‑217
Special plates - Colorado commission of Indian affairs
42‑3‑217.5
Special plates - breast cancer awareness - retirement
42‑3‑218
Special plates - active and retired members of the Colorado National Guard - retirement
42‑3‑220
Temporary special event license plates
42‑3‑221
Special plates - Denver Broncos
42‑3‑222
Special plates - support public education
42‑3‑223
Special plates - support the troops - retirement
42‑3‑224
Special plates - Colorado “Kids First”
42‑3‑225
Special plates - Italian-American heritage
42‑3‑226
Special plates - share the road
42‑3‑227
Special plates - Colorado horse development authority
42‑3‑228
Special plates - Colorado carbon fund
42‑3‑229
Special plates - boy scouts
42‑3‑230
Special plates - “Alive at Twenty-five”
42‑3‑231
Special plates - Colorado ski country
42‑3‑232
Special plates - donate life
42‑3‑233
Special plates - Colorado state parks
42‑3‑234
Special plates - adopt a shelter pet
42‑3‑235
Livery license plates - luxury limousines
42‑3‑235.5
Tow truck license plates - conditions for use - transitional provisions
42‑3‑236
Taxicab license plates - taxicabs
42‑3‑237
Special plates - girl scouts
42‑3‑238
Special plates - juvenile diabetes
42‑3‑239
Special plates - Colorado Avalanche or Denver Nuggets
42‑3‑240
Special plates - Craig hospital
42‑3‑241
Special plates - Colorado Rockies
42‑3‑242
Special plates - fallen heroes
42‑3‑243
Special plates - child loss awareness
42‑3‑244
Special plates - flight for life Colorado
42‑3‑245
Special plates - wildlife sporting
42‑3‑246
Special plates - “Protect Our Rivers”
42‑3‑247
Special plates - emergency medical services (EMS)
42‑3‑248
Special plates - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
42‑3‑249
Special plates - Rocky Mountain National Park
42‑3‑250
Special plates - Pueblo chile license plate
42‑3‑251
Special plates - aviation license plate
42‑3‑252
Special plates - childhood cancer awareness plate - short title
42‑3‑253
Special plates - Mesa Verde National Park
42‑3‑254
Special plates - Colorado professional fire fighters - definition
42‑3‑255
Special plates - support foster families
42‑3‑256
Special plates - hospice and palliative care
42‑3‑257
Special plates - support pollinators
42‑3‑258
Special plates - Colorado nurses - definition
42‑3‑259
Electric vehicle license plates
42‑3‑260
Special plates - Special Olympics Colorado - short title - definition
42‑3‑261
Special plates - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority - short title
42‑3‑262
Special plates - Colorado rotary - fees - definition
42‑3‑263
Special plates - CASA license plate - definition
42‑3‑264
Special plates - Pikes Peak international hill climb
42‑3‑265
Special plates - epilepsy awareness
42‑3‑266
Special plates - one hundred fiftieth anniversary
42‑3‑267
Special plates - “Born to Be Wild” - gray wolf conflict mitigation and prevention
42‑3‑268
Special plates - “In God We Trust”
42‑3‑269
Special plates - stegosaurus state fossil
42‑3‑301
License plate cash fund - license plate fees
42‑3‑302
Special plate fees
42‑3‑303
Persistent drunk driver cash fund - programs to deter persistent drunk drivers
42‑3‑304
Registration fees - passenger-mile taxes - clean screen fund - pilot program - report - rules - definitions
42‑3‑306
Registration fees - passenger and passenger-mile taxes - fee schedule - repeal
42‑3‑307
Enforcement powers of department
42‑3‑308
Taxpayer statements - payment of tax - estimates - penalties - deposits - delinquency proceedings
42‑3‑309
Permit to be secured - records kept - penalties
42‑3‑310
Additional registration fees - apportionment of fees - repeal
42‑3‑311
Low-power scooter registration - fee
42‑3‑312
Special license plate surcharge
42‑3‑313
Fee for long-term or permanent registration - trailers and semitrailers
42‑3‑314
Military deployment
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 42-3-217’s source at colorado​.gov