Colorado § 42-3-307 - Enforcement powers of department.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 42-3-307 — Enforcement powers of department., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 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.
Source: 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.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-3-135 as it existed prior to 2005.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 42-3-307 is similar to § 42-3-135 as it existed prior to the 2005 amendment to article 3 of title 42, which resulted in the relocation of provisions, a relevant case construing a former provision similar to that section has been included in the annotations to this section.
Applied in Zucchini v. Colorado Dept. of Rev., 620 P.2d 247 (Colo. App. 1980).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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