Colorado § 42-3-258 - Special plates - Colorado nurses - definition.

§ 42-3-258. Special plates - Colorado nurses - definition.

(1) Beginning the earlier of January 15, 2022, 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 Colorado nurses license plate.

(b) The nurses foundation that satisfies all applicable requirements may design the Colorado nurses license plate, but the license plate must conform with standards established by the department.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the department shall utilize signatures collected by the Stephen T. Marchello Scholarship Foundation to satisfy the requirement described in section 42-3-207 (6) and shall apply those signatures to the application for a special group license plate by the Colorado Nurses Association.

(3) (a) A person may apply for a Colorado nurses 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 nurses foundation confirming that the applicant has made a donation to the nurses foundation in an amount that the nurses foundation may determine but that may not exceed one hundred dollars.

(b) The nurses foundation shall file with the department an annual statement verifying that it is a nonprofit organization unless the department stops issuing the Colorado nurses license plate.

(c) For each donation that the nurses foundation receives in association with the sale of a Colorado nurses license plate, the nurses foundation shall use a portion of the donation to provide scholarships to nurses from minority populations.

(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 a 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 nurses 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 nurses 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 Colorado nurses license plates under this subsection (5) shall pay the annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6)(b) for renewal of the personalized plates. The fees under this subsection (5) are in addition to all other applicable taxes and fees.

(6) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "nurses foundation" means a Colorado-based nurses foundation that is dedicated to advancing nursing through scholarship, leadership development, and nurse recognition.

Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1219), ch. 262, p. 1529, § 2, effective September 7.

Cross references: For the short title ("Councilwoman Jennifer Allen-Thomas Colorado Nurses License Plate Act") in HB 21-1219, see section 1 of chapter 262, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.